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ACS Publications
From the American Chemical Society, Web Editions consists of the full-text over 30 ACS journals from volume 1 to the present, covering all aspects of chemistry.

AGRICOLA
Access to the National Agricultural Library book and article databases. The Journal Article Citation Index contains citations to articles from thousands of journals.

Annual Reviews 1996+ (dates vary)
Scholarly coverage of 12 disciplines in the sciences and social sciences. Articles provide evaluations of recent advances in the primary research literature and include comprehensive bibliographies. Back issues are availabe in print format.

arXiv
arXiv archives papers in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science, and quantitative biology.

EBSCO Science (via EBSCOhost)
Search multiple databases: Academic Search Elite, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Health Source.

HighWire
Produced by Stanford University, HighWire Press is the largest archive of free, full-text biological, medical, physical, and social science journals on the web.

The Information Bridge: DOE Scientific and Technical Information
Provides free public access to over 200,000 full-text documents from the Department of Energy (DOE) covering subjects in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, engineering, computer and information science, renewable energy, and other topics related to DOE's mission. Search results generate clusters of related authors and subjects with links leading to additional related full-text documents.

PubMed Central
PubMed Central® (PMC) is a free archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM). PMC provides access to 150+ journals. (Note: Many journals have a six month to one year delay period before issues become available.)

MEDLINE (via EBSCOhost)
MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Database searches citations from 4,800+ current biomedical journals. Citations may include links to full-text content when available.

ScienceDirect
Abstracts from over 1800 journals. Coverage focuses on science and medicine, with some social science, computer, and business journals.

SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System Abstract Service
The SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) Abstract Service provides a gateway to the online Astronomy and Physics literature.

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General and Interdisciplinary Content Databases
General content databases cover a range of subjects and may be helpful to your research in this area.

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