Research Tools by Subject: Science

AGRICOLA

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Indexes thousands of articles, reports, and other documents pertaining to agriculture around the world. From the National Agricultural Library.

Tags: Agriculture, Wildlife, Climate, Forestry

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Agriculture & Environmental Science Database

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Provides full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, and government publications. This database includes specialized, editorially-curated A&I resources covering such topics as the effects of pollution on people and animals and environmental action and policy responses.

Tags: Pollution, Climate Change, Environmental Policy, Biodiversity, Conservation

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American Physical Society (APS)

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APS publishes journals that embody the society’s mission to advance the knowledge of physics. Databases listed in bold are available to CALS patrons inside the library only.

  • Physical Review Letters – brief important papers, all topics in physics.
  • Physical Review A – atomic, molecular, and optical physics.
  • Physical Review B – condensed matter and materials physics.
  • Physical Review C – nuclear physics.
  • Physical Review D – particles, fields, gravitation and cosmology.
  • Physical Review E – statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics.
  • Physical Review Special Topics – Accelerators and Beams.
  • Physical Review Special Topics – Physics Education Research
  • Physics – highlighting significant papers from APS journals.
  • PROLA, the Physical Review Online Archive – archive of APS journals back to 1893.
  • Reviews of Modern Physics – in-depth articles, all topics in physics.

Tags: Physics, Thermodynamics, Cosmology, General Relativity, Astrophysics

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Biological Science Database

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Wide range of research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology and ecology, and some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science.

Tags: Biomedicine, Biotechnology, Zoology, Ecology, Veterinary Science

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Brainfuse HelpNow

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Brainfuse HelpNow provides on demand, anytime, anywhere eLearning for all ages and levels. HelpNow offers personalized homework help in core subjects (math, reading, writing, science and social studies) including SAT preparation. The Adult Learning Center is included in the HelpNow suite. Live tutors are available online from 2:00 PM to 11:00 PM each day for direct assistance. HelpNow will support the new Count UP math tutoring program but also offers learning assistance in other subjects.

With HelpNow, tutors and students communicate in real time in an online classroom by typing, drawing, and marking-up lessons and web content. Plus, students can use a secure file sharing feature in the writing lab to submit writing assignments to writing tutors any time of the day. The Brainfuse full-service test center offers practice tests for all levels in math, reading, and writing as well as college preparatory tests – including the SAT.

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The Oxford Encyclopedia of Evolution

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A comprehensive guide to the essentials of evolutionary biology, these entries by leading experts survey essential concepts and theories, present methods, models and findings, and discuss both the history of the field and current controversies.

Tags: Darwinism, Charles Darwin, Natural Selection, Jane Goodall, Cultural Evolution, Creationism, Galapagos

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The Oxford Encyclopedia of Global Change

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Encompassing tsunamis, elephant conservation, ocean pollution, mining regulation, and permafrost melt, the 300 authoritative articles in this unique and wide-ranging encyclopedia investigate all types of phenomena that change life on Earth.

Tags: Animal Conservation, Ecosystems, Climate Change, Global Warming, Food Supply, Water Supply, Population Control, Anthropology

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Science Database

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Full text and images for the leading periodicals in science and technology, covering computers, engineering, physics, telecommunications, transportation and more.

Tags: Aerospace, Engineering, Applied Sciences, Telecommunications, Physics

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