SCI/ENG INDEXES BY SUBJECT

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Due to licensing restrictions offsite access to many of these databases is limited to faculty, students and staff at the University of Minnesota--Twin Cities (access is available for all users from University Libraries computer terminals). Databases marked with a are freely available.
An Alphabetical List of databases is also available.

• Agriculture, Biology & Ecology
• Chemistry
• Citation Searching
• Computer Science & Electronics
• Current Awareness
• Dissertations
• Earth Sciences
• Engineering
• General & Multidisciplinary Science
• Health Sciences
• History of Science & Technology
• Materials Science
• Mathematics
• Patents
• Physics & Astronomy
• Standards

Agriculture, Biology & Ecology

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BIOSIS Previews 1980-present.
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Chemistry

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• Beilstein CrossFire Plus Reactions, information about more than 7 million organic compounds.
  The Beilstein Crossfire database requires special software, known as Beilstein Commander. To access the database, either:
  
  - Use the networked computers in the Science & Engineering Library (Walter Library)
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  - If you are a U of MN faculty, student or staff member, you can download the software to your own computer and search from there.
  
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• CA on CD (Chemical Abstracts), 1987-2003.
  Available in the Science & Engineering Library (Walter Library)
  


• Gmelin, information about 1 million inorganic and organometallic compounds.
  The Gmelin database requires special software, known as Beilstein Commander. To access the database, either:
  
  - Use the networked computers in the Science & Engineering Library (Walter Library)
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  - If you are a U of MN faculty, student or staff member, you can download the software to your own computer and search from there.
  
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• SciFinder Scholar, 1907-present.
  ***Note: Available only to U of MN faculty, students and staff
  SciFinder provides access to CAS databases (Chemical Abstracts and more) via a desktop client/server application for Mac and Windows. To access the database, either:
  
  - Use the networked computers in the Science & Engineering Library (Walter Library)
  OR
  - If you are a U of MN faculty, student or staff member, you can download the software to your own computer and search from there.
  
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Citation Searching

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• Science Citation Index (ISI Web of Science), 1975-present.
  Earlier years of Science Citation Index, back to 1945,are available in the Science & Engineering Library in the Walter Library building.
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Computer Science & Electronics

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• IEEE Xplore, 1988-present.
  Provides full-text access to IEEE transactions, journals, magazines and conference proceedings published since 1988 and all current IEEE standards.
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• INSPEC, 1898-present.
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• MathSciNet, 1940-present (web interface).
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  MathSciNet mirror site in Bielefeld, Germany

Current Awareness

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• Ingenta, 1988-present.
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• Science Citation Index (ISI Web of Science), 1975-present.
  Earlier years of Science Citation Index, back to 1945,are available in the Science & Engineering Library in the Walter Library building.
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Dissertations

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• Digital Dissertations, 1861-present for dissertations, 1962-present for theses.
  Offers the full text of dissertations in digital format starting with titles published from 1997 forward. The full text of University of Minnesota dissertations is available, as are those from CIC institutions. The first twenty-four pages of other institutions' dissertations can be displayed free of charge. Other options are available for borrowing and purchasing dissertations.
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• California Institute of Technology Theses
  Many CIT theses are freely available in electronic form.
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• MIT Theses
  As theses have been scanned in the process of selling copies, MIT has been making them freely available in electronic form. A selective list, but presumably those most in demand. Also a bit inconvenient to read and difficult to print. Others not in this file must still be purchased.
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Earth Sciences

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• Geobase, 1980-present.
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• GeoRef, 1785-present.
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• Pollution Abstracts, 1981-present.
  This index includes citations and abstracts for articles, conference papers and technical reports on air, water and soil pollution, pollution control, and hazardous waste disposal.
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• Water Resources Abstracts, 1967-present.
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Engineering

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• AIAA Papers, 1996-present.
  Includes full-text of the technical papers presented at the conferences of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. After clicking on the URL, select "Institutional Subscriptions."
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• Applied Science & Technology Abstracts, 1983-present.
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• Civil Engineering Database (ASCE publications), 1973-present.
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• COMPENDEX, 1884-present.
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• Department of Energy "DOE Information Bridge," 1996-present.
  Access to full-text DOE research and development reports
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• Energy Citations Database, 1948-present.
  This database incorporates into one data set the public releasable records from Nuclear Science Abstracts, Energy Research Abstracts, and the Energy Data Base. It encompasses information from disciplines of interest to the Department of Energy (DOE), such as chemistry, physics, materials, environmental science, geology, engineering, mathematics, climatology, oceanography, computer science, and related disciplines, and includes reports, conference papers, journal articles, books, dissertations, patents, and legislative materials.
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• IEEE Xplore, 1988-present.
  Provides full-text access to IEEE transactions, journals, magazines and conference proceedings published since 1988 and all current IEEE standards.
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• INSPEC, 1898-present.
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• NASA Technical Report Server,1962-present (NASA); 1915-1960 (NACA).
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• Pollution Abstracts, 1981-present.
  This index includes citations and abstracts for articles, conference papers and technical reports on air, water and soil pollution, pollution control, and hazardous waste disposal.
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• E-PRINT Network
  The Department of Energy's E-PRINT Network provides users with searching capability across multiple servers of over 6,000 preprint sites, as well as report series from many universities. It covers scientific and technical disciplines of concern to DOE, including physics, materials, chemistry, biology, environmental sciences, and nuclear medicine. Often, full-text is available.
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• TLCat, 1971-present.
  Catalog of transportation-related books and other materials held in government, university and other transportation libraries
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• TRANSPORT Database, 1968-present.
  Provided In cooperation with The Center for Transportation Studies
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• Transportation Article File, 1976-present.
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General & Multidisciplinary Science

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• Academic Search Premier (full text), 1975-present.
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• Applied Science & Technology Abstracts, 1983-present.
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• Catalogue of Scientific Papers.
  The Catalogue of Scientific Papers, by the Royal Society (Great Britain), is also in our paper indexes collection in the Reference Room (Room 206) of the library. It provides a means for accessing older scientific literature. Call number: Z7403 .R8813 Non-Circulating. Contents: volumes 1-6 [First series] 1800-1863; volumes 7-8 [Second series] 1864-1873; volumes 9-11 [Third series] 1874-1883; volume 12 Supplementary volume 1800-1883; volumes 13-19 [Fourth series] 1884-1900.
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• Encyclopedia Britannica Online
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• Gallica
  A project by the Bibliothèque Nationale de France to digitize documents from the Middle Ages to the early 20th century. Both French and premier foreign journals are included. Notable titles include Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie Des Sciences, Berichte der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin, Journal für Praktische Chemie, Annalen der Physik, and more. Includes an electronic version of the Catalogue of Scientific Papers<, which provides a means for accessing older scientific literature.
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• LEXIS/NEXIS Academic Universe, 1990-present (varies depending on resource).
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• NTIS Technical Reports Database, 1964-present.
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• Pollution Abstracts, 1981-present.
  This index includes citations and abstracts for articles, conference papers and technical reports on air, water and soil pollution, pollution control, and hazardous waste disposal.
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• Science Citation Index, 1975-present.
  Earlier years of Science Citation Index, back to 1945, are available in the Science & Engineering Reference Room, 206 Walter.
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• Science.gov
  Contains reliable information resources selected by the respective U.S. government agencies as their best science information. Includes selected authoritative science Web sites and databases of technical reports, journal articles, conference proceedings, and other published materials.
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• WorldCat
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Health Sciences

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• Medline, 1966-present.
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• PubMed, 1966-present.
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History of Science & Technology

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• History of Science & Technology (HST), 1976-present (Technology, 1987-present).
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Materials Science

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• COMPENDEX, 1884-present.
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• SciFinder Scholar, 1907-present.
  ***Note: Available only to U of MN faculty, students and staff
  SciFinder provides access to CAS databases (Chemical Abstracts and more) via a desktop client/server application for Mac and Windows. To access the database, either:
  
  - Use the networked computers in the Science & Engineering Library (Walter Library)
  OR
  - If you are a U of MN faculty, student or staff member, you can download the software to your own computer and search from there.
  
  Click here to choose your location
  
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Mathematics

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• MathSciNet, 1940-present (web interface).
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  MathSciNet mirror site in Bielefeld, Germany




Patents

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• USPTO Web Patent Databases, 1790-present.
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Physics & Astronomy

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• Astrophysics Data System [ADS] Abstract Service (NASA), 1975-present.
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• INSPEC,1898-present.
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Standards

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• Document Center Standards Library, extensive database indexing industry, military, international and non-U.S. Standards and regulations.
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• IHS Standards, extensive database of industrial standards.
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• NSSN, database from ANSI of over 100,000 standards sponsored by 600+ developers.
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