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Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Engineering, Computer Science, Math

Database

Subject

Coverage

Description

Source

Academic Search Premier General

 1975-

Provides full text from 4500 serials, including over 3600 peer-reviewed titles. Contains unmatched full text coverage in biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, psychology, religion & theology, and more.

EBSCO

Academic Onefile General

 1980-

Peer-reviewed, full-text articles from leading journals and reference sources. Extensive coverage of physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Updated daily.

Gale

ASCE Research Library Engineering

1970-

Database of the publications of the American Society for Civil Engineering. Includes fulltext to 30+ ASCE journals, back to the first date of a title's publication; only abstracts available for proceedings.

ASCE

CINAHL Plus with Full Text Nursing, Allied Health

1937-

CINAHL® Plus with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive source of full text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 610 journals indexed in CINAHL. Usage info.: Licensed for 4 simultaneous users.

 EBSCO

Computer Database Computer Science

1983-

Find computer-related product introductions, news, and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications, and the application of technology.

Gale

EBSCO eBooks General

eBooks

EBSCO eBooks (formerly NetLibrary) offers more than 60,000 eBook titles in all subject areas. Includes scholarly reference and professional works from leading university, academic, and professional publishers. NOTE: Adobe Digital Editions must be installed on your computer to view EBSCO eBooks.

EBSCO

EBSCO Encyclopedia of Animals Animals

 

Useful for Education students, EBSCO's Encyclopedia of Animals provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals.

EBSCO

Films On Demand General

Varies

Films on Demand is a web-based digital video service providing streaming videos from Films Media Group 24/7. Choose from more than 5,500 educational titles in dozens of subject areas. Special features allow users to organize and bookmark clips, share playlists, and personalize folders.

Films Media Group

General Reference Center Gold General

1980-

General Reference Center GOLD is a general interest database from a variety of sources - newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications. Find articles on current events, popular culture, business and industry trends, the arts and sciences, and more.

Gale

GreenFILE Environment

Varies

Offers information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. Provides indexing and abstracts for nearly 295,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,600 records.

EBSCO

Health and Wellness Resource Center Health & Medicine

1980-

Access carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials. Includes nearly 400 health/medical journals, numerous reference volumes, 700+ health videos from partner Healthology Inc., pamphlets, and health-related articles from 2200 general interest publications. Material is intended for informational purposes only.

Gale

Health & Medicine

1980-

Covers all aspects of health and medicine, including fitness, pregnancy, medicine, nutrition, diseases, public health, occupational health and safety, alcohol and drug abuse, HMOs, prescription drugs, and many other topics.

Gale

Sciences

1995-

* Please note that not all articles in this database are free.*
Highwire Press is a database of over 300 academic science journals. Many journals available in Highwire provide free access to full text of some articles. Click here to see a list of free full-text HighWire journals.  Note: If you find a citation for an article that is not free, be sure to check for the journal at CBU here: Find Journals or request it via InterLibrary Loan.

WWW

JSTOR General

Varies up to most recent 2-5 years

JSTOR offers complete indexing to all its backfiles of core journals in various subjects: economics, education, history, literature, mathematics, philosophy, political science and many more. Coverage begins with the first date of publication of a journal and cuts off at the most recent 2-5 years. If you need CURRENT articles, JSTOR is not for you. Full-text access is determined by subscription. CBU subscribes to three JSTOR sets: Arts & Sciences I, II, and IV.

JSTOR

JSTOR Plant Science Science

Varies

JSTOR Plant Science is a searchable collection of historic writings and images in the field of botany. In addition to searching, you can browse by plant, family, or genus name, as well as by media type. Media represented in the collection include artefacts, articles, books, drawings, letters and correspondence, photos, reference works, and specimens.

JSTOR

Knovel Science, Engineering

Varies

Offers Biochemistry, Biology & Biotechnology and Chemistry and Chemical Engineering collections.  Reference titles include Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook (8th Edition) and Yaws' Handbooks.

Knovel

LexisNexis Academic News, Legal, Business, Medicine

Varies

LexisNexis includes general medical and health topics and medical abstracts.

Lexis-
Nexis

MD Consult Medicine

1995-

Elsevier's searchable collection of fulltext medical books and journals; includes drug information, practice guidelines, patient education material, and evidence-based medicine resources. Mobile interface available with individual registration.

Elsevier

Ovid Healthcare Journals Nursing, Allied Health

Varies

The LWW Nursing & Health Professions Premier ejournal collection from Ovid includes American Journal of Nursing and roughly 60 other top nursing journals covering general and specialized subjects.

Ovid

PubMed Health & Medicine

1950-

PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 17 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources.

WWW

Salem Health Health & Medicine

Varies

Contains Magill's Medical Guide, an up-to-date and easy-to-use compendium of medical information suitable for student research.

Salem Press

ScienceDirect Sciences

 Varies

Free index to Elsevier science abstracts and tables of contents of Elsevier journals. Fulltext NOT available. Note: See librarian for assistance in locating ScienceDirect articles from other Memphis libraries, through interlibrary loan, or by pay-per-view purchase of articles.

WWW

Science Database Sciences

 Varies

Provides a point of access to journal and magazine articles on the sciences.

Gale

Sciences

1997-

Journals covering all subjects, but especially sciences. In addition, CBU has begun adding Wiley e-books. Includes a personal registration option for users to save references for later use.

Wiley