Citations, most with abstracts, for publications in agriculture and related areas such as nutrition, biotechnology, and botany.
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AGRIS (free) 1975 - present:

International database covering agricultural sciences and technology containing citations for conventional and non-conventional ("grey") literature.

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) Technical Library

1999 - present:

Searchable database of full text of all ASABE technical documents including journals, conference proceedings, standards, technical meetings, and books.

Annual Reviews

volume 1-current

Annual Reviews in Biomedical, Physical and Social Sciences, thirty different Annual Review titles, providing substantive review articles by authorities in the fields reviewed.

Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) via CSA

1971 - present:

Citations with abstracts for publications in science, technology and management of marine, brackish and freshwater environments.
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ASCE Civil Engineering Database

1975 - present:

Citations with abstracts for articles in all American Society for Civil Engineering journals, conference proceedings, books, standards, and other publications.

Astrophysics Data System from NASA (ADS) (free)

Premier index of astronomical and astrophysical literature. Citations with abstracts and links to full-text journal articles (some free archival material, other articles from licensed e-journals). Logging into the UHM Library proxyserver will allow you to download journal articles from licensed journals via the E link in ADS records. The direct URL to ADS without going through the proxyserver is http://adsabs.harvard.edu/ads_browse.html.

Biological Abstracts via Web of Knowledge (ISI)

1969 - present:

Citations with abstracts for journal articles covering all aspects of the life sciences dealing with animals (including humans), plants and microorganisms. Print volumes go back to 1926 and are located at QH 301.B37 in SciTech Reference.

BioOne Journal Collection

2000 - present | BioOne Index via CSA

Collection of full-text bioscience research journals published by scientific societies and non-commercial publishers; focuses on the biological, ecological and environmental sciences.

BRENDA (The Comprehensive Enzyme Information System)

A database based on the Springer Handbook of Enzymes that provides functional and physical data on enzymes, e.g. kinetics, isolation, reaction data, with literature references. The data are provided free to academic researchers.

CAB Abstracts via EbscoHost

1973 - present

Citations with abstracts to international literature in the agricultural sciences, including tropical agriculture, and related areas of applied biology.
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Catalogue of Scientific Papers (free) 1800-1925:

Index to the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, digitized by the Bibliotheque Nationale de France Gallica Project as page images.

CINAHL via EbscoHost

1983 - present:

Citations with abstracts for English language nursing and allied health journal articles, books and other publications.
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Cochrane Library

The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) includes the full text of the reviews of randomized controlled trials often combined with meta-analysis.

Columbia Earthscape

An interdisciplinary resource of Earth and environmental sciences that provides full-text access to white papers, scholarly journal and book chapter articles, government documents, policy papers, etc.

Compendex via EI Village

1970 - present:

Citations with abstracts to international engineering journals, conference proceedings, technical reports, and trade publications.

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics

Find chemical and physical data of inorganic and organic compounds. This online database contains the data tables found in the 87th edition of theHandbook. The print copy of this edition is held in the Science & Technology Reference Desk.

Data Center on Hawaii's Aging

The Data Center has the most comprehensive collection of statistics and publications related to Hawaii's aging population. The collection of statistics and references in Hawaii's aging is an on-going process, and the website is updated continually with the newest and latest information. For the books or full-text journal articles cited in the Center's publications, users are encouraged to check their availability through Hawaii Voyager or the Electronic Resources of the UH Manoa Library website.

Dissertations and Theses

1861-present:

A database that includes bibliographic citations for the doctoral and masters work of authors from over 1,000 graduate schools and universities dating back to 1861. Citations for dissertations from 1980 forward include abstracts. Full-text is available for dissertations from 1997 on.

Ebrary Online Books

Ebrary provides online access to over 22,000 books across many subjects. In science and technology the titles range from Schaum's instruction guides to scholarly monographs. Most titles are cataloged in the public catalog, Hawaii Voyager. To view a book, one must download the Ebrary reader, compatible on most operating systems.

Ebscohost

1965 - present:

Ebscohost is a multi-database system containing article abstracts from nearly 4,000 magazines and journals; complete text of articles is available for about half of these titles. The database Academic Search Premier covers many areas of scientific study. More specific science databases include Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection, Computer Source, Health Source: Nursing and Academic Edition, and Health Source: Consumer Edition.

Environmental Protection Agency Publications (free)

A searchable database of digitized EPA publications going back to pre-1976. A growing collection of documents.

Food Science and Technology Abstracts via Ovid

FSTA contains over 500,000 references covering all areas of food science, food technology, and human nutrition, including basic food science, biotechnology, toxicology, packaging, and engineering.

Geobase via Ovid

1980 - present:

Citations for journal articles, books, monographs, conference proceedings, and reports, many with abstracts, in geography, geology, and ecology.

GeoRef via CSA

1785 - present:

Covers the geology of North America from 1785 to the present and the geology of the rest of the world from 1933 to the present. The database includes references to all publications of the U.S. Geological Survey. Masters theses and doctoral dissertations from US and Canadian universities are also covered.

Google Scholar via UHM:

allows you to search in google and retrieve only scholarly literature. To find a specific article, or search on a phrase, enter the title or phrase in quotes, e.g. "title of article". Going through the library url will allow you to access the full-text using the Fulltext @ My Library link.

IEEE Xplore

1998-present:

Full-text access to IEEE journals and conference articles from 1998 to present for UH Manoa affiliates; license does not include full-text access to IEEE standards. Access to citations and abstracts for IEEE journals, conferences and standards is free.

INSPEC via Web of Knowledge (ISI)

1969 - present :

Citations with abstracts for journal articles and conference proceedings covering the fields of physics, electrical engineering and electronics, computers and control engineering, and information technology.
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Journal Citation Reports

2004-latest update:

Journal Citation Reports is a unique resource that allows you to evaluate and compare journals using citation data drawn from over 7,500 scholarly and technical journals from more than 3,300 publishers in over 60 countries. It is the main source of citation data on journals, and includes virtually all areas of science, technology, and social sciences.

JSTOR

JSTOR provides full-text journal backfiles in many disciplines including general science, ecology, mathematics and statistics scholarly journal literature.

MarciveWeb DOCS

1976-present:

Citations for federal depository documents which are available in the UH Manoa Government Documents collection (not all documents in the collection are listed in Hawaii Voyager).

MathSciNet

1940-present:

Premier English language review index for mathematics; all reviews printed in Mathematical Reviews are now online.

Medline via PubMed | Medline via Ovid | Medline via Web of Knowledge (ISI) 1950-present:

Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, the MEDLINE database is widely recognized as the premier citation and abstract database for biomedical literature. Old Medline provides coverage from 1950-1965, Medline covers 1966 to the present.

Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts (MGA) via CSA

1974 - present:

Records are drawn from the world's literature on meteorology, climatology, atmospheric chemistry and physics, astrophysics, hydrology, glaciology, physical oceanography and environmental sciences; includes journal articles, conference proceedings, books, technical reports and other monographs.

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine NCCAM (free):

The NCCAM, an initiative of the National Institutes of Health, provides links to health information about alternative and/or complementary medical treatment, e.g. acupuncture, herbal treatments, etc.

NIST Chemistry WebBook (free):

The NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) Chemistry WebBook provides physical data compiled for the Standards Reference Database.

Oceanic Abstracts via CSA

1981 - present:

Citations and abstracts covering worldwide technical literature on the marine and brackish-water environments.

Physical Education Index via CSA 1970 - present:

Physical Education Index includes records from peer-reviewed journals, report literature, conference proceedings, trade magazines, patents, and articles from the popular press. Beginning in January 2001, the database includes abstracts. Subjects covered include physical education curricula, sports medicine, dance, sport law, kinesiology, motor learning, recreation, standardized fitness tests, sports equipment, business and marketing, coaching and training, sport sociology/psychology, health education and physical therapy.

PsycINFO via CSA

1887-present:

Citations and abstracts covering international literature in psychology and related disciplines such as psychiatry, education, business, medicine, nursing, pharmacology, law, linguistics, and social work.

See also: PsycArticles via Ovid (select Journals@Ovid then limit to PsychArticles)

See also: PsycBooks via Ovid (APA books 1806-present)

PubChem (free):

The National Library of Medicine's free database of biologically active compounds. Provides structure, molecular formula, molecular weight and links to other data sources.

PubMed (Medline) 1950 - present:

Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, citations, most with abstracts, for journal articles in biomedicine including research, clinical practice and health care services. Includes links to GenBank and protein sequence data and core medical, molecular biology and biochemistry textbooks.
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Safari Computer Books

Provides searchable full-text access to computer books from Addison Wesley, O'Reilly, PRentice Hall, Peachpit, and others.

Science Direct

1995 - present:

Provides searchable full-text access to hundreds of Elsevier Science journals in science, mathematics, medicine, and technology as well as social sciences and humanities.

Science.gov (free):

A gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results.

SciFinder Scholar

1907-present:

Web-based Chemical Abstracts that requires installation of special software on your computer. Must be a UH Manoa faculty, staff, or student to load client software onto lab or personal computers and access the remote server. To obtain a copy of the software, email the Science & Technology Reference Department. Database is the premier index of chemical research and patents. (Note: access available in Hamilton Library 1st floor addition)

Spectral Database System (free):

Created and maintained by the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) of Japan that allows you to search an organic compound by name, by CAS registry or by physical aspects of the compound and retrieve spectra (NMR, MS, ESR, IR, and Raman). This is a non-profit, free access database. Spectra should be cited per SDBS, as SDBSWeb : http://www.aist.go.jp/RIODB/SDBS/ (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, date of access).

SPIE Digital Library

1990-present:

The SPIE (International Society for Optical Engineering) Digital Library is the most extensive resource available on optics and photonics, providing unprecedented access to more than 230,000 technical papers from SPIE Journals and Conference Proceedings. More than 17,000 new research papers are added annually.

UpToDate

(Manoa/Kakaako On-Campus Access Only)

Comprehensive, current and concise information targeted to physicians on a broad range of medical topics. This resource is available to UH Manoa through the JABSOM Health Sciences Library.

Web of Science (Science Citation Index Expanded)

1980 - present:

Multidisciplinary index covering the journal literature of the sciences. Allows searching to find papers that have cited a particular citation, as well as searching by topic or author.

Zoological Record

1978 - present:

Citations with abstracts for publications covering all aspects of zoology. Earlier print volumes (1864-1994) are at call number Z7991 .Z76 in SciTech Reference.