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Academic Search Premier via EbscoHost
1965 - present:
Citations with abstracts for academic journals, magazines, newspapers, and books from science, social science, and humanities. About half of the records link directly to full text.
AGRICOLA via EbscoHost
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NAL (free) 1970 - present :
Citations, most with abstracts, for
publications in agriculture and related areas such as nutrition,
biotechnology, and botany.
Search
Guide (PDF)
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.
Search
Guide (PDF)
1975 - present:
Citations with abstracts for articles in all American Society for Civil Engineering journals, conference proceedings, books, standards, and other publications.
ACM
(Association for Computing Machinery) Digital Library
A full-text database of ACM journals and conference proceedings that includes current and archival content.
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.
Search
Guide (PDF)
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.
Search
Guide (PDF)
1973 - present
This trial of CAB Abstracts via CABI expires 31 Dec 2009
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (free) 1976-present:The Catalog of U.S. Government Publications is the finding tool for electronic and print publications from the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the U.S. government. The Catalog contains descriptive records for historical and current publications and provides direct links to those that are available online.
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 with Full-Text via EbscoHost
1983 - present:
Citations with abstracts for English
language nursing and allied health journal articles, books and other
publications.
Search
Guide
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The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) includes the full text of the reviews of randomized controlled trials often combined with meta-analysis.
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.
Ebscohost1965
- 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
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.
Note: When you get to the FSTA home page, click on the button that
reads "Search FSTA Direct" in the right column.
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.
Global Change Master DirectoryA catalog of data sets from research in land, sea, and space research, e.g. agriculture, atmosphere, climate, engineering, solar, etc.
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.
GreenFILE
GreenFILE, a free database from EBSCO, indexes scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports. The database contains nearly 300,000 records, full text for selected titles and searchable cited references for more than 200 titles as well. UHM users should go through the eproxy link for access to licensed journals. Public access is available at http://www.greeninfoonline.com.
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.
--CANCELLED MAY 1, 2009 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.
Contains citations with abstracts of publications from two government agencies: the Office of Dietary Supplements, National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Food and Nutrition Information Center, US Department of Agriculture (USDA). The focus is on use and function of vitamin, mineral, phytochemical, botanical, and herbal supplements in human nutrition.
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.
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.
National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC)A permanent archive of space science mission data, on the NASA server.
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.
Search
Guide (PDF)
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)
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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Guide
Safari Computer Books
Provides searchable full-text access to computer books from Addison Wesley, O'Reilly, Prentice Hall, Peachpit, and others.
ScholarSpace University of Hawaii at ManoaA repository that stores and maintains scholarly information in digital format. This repository will provide a home for the increasing amount of digital scholarly output that is being created by the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM) community.
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.
Scientific American Cumulative Index 1948-1992:An executable DOS program (does not work on Mac) that provides indexing to Scientific American. Save the application onto your computer, then launch SCIDEX.EXE.
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)
Learning
to Use SciFinder Scholar at UHM
A free tool that enables searching across the publications of the Acoustical Society of America, the American Geophysical Union, the American Institute of Physics, the American Physical Society, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Audio Engineering Society, AVS, ECS, IEEE, the Institute of Physics, the IUCR Crystallography Journals Online, the Optical Society of America, the Professional Engineering Publishing, the Royal Society, the Society for Industrial & Applied Mathematics, the Society of Automotive Engineers, SPIE, and the Society for Information Display, plus the patent offices of the U.S. Japan, and Europe.
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.
Stat!Ref
Access is provided through JABSOM Health Sciences Library. Database of key medical texts, including Diagnostic and Statistical Manual DSM-IV-TR, 2000.
Turfgrass Information Center (TGIF)
The Turfgrass Information File (TGIF) provides bibliographic and descriptive records of all types of works related to turfgrass culture. TGIF was established in 1983 by the United States Golf Association (USGA) Turfgrass Research Committee and the Michigan State University Libraries, and is now maintained by the Turfgrass Information Center, a division of MSU Libraries. The ultimate goal of TGIF is to provide access to all published materials reporting on aspects of turfgrass and its maintenance.
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.
Web
of Science Search Guide (PDF) | Cited
Reference Search Guide (PDF)
The Western Waters Digital Library (WWDL) is dedicated to providing access to water-related resources regarding the Trans-Mississippi region of North America. The currently available resources include classic water literature, government reports, legal transcripts, water project records, personal papers, photographic collections, and audio/video materials associated with the major river basins of the Western United States.
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.
Last updated on 22 September 2009 (Eileen Herring: eherring@hawaii.edu)