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Highly Recommended

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Agricola Indexes journal papers and other publication on all aspects of agriculure including animal science, aquaculture, horticulture, entomology, forestry, land management, nutrition, pesticides and soil science. More Details... 1970 to present
BIOSIS Previews Indexes journal papers and conference papers covering field, laboratory, clinical, experimental and theoretical studies in all fields of biology. More Details... 1969 to present
Forest Science Database Indexes journal papers and other publications on all aspects of forestry including land use and conservation, forest products, forest industry and agroforestry. (Note: Please Logout when done.) More Details... 1939 to present
FS INFO Database Indexes forest and range research of interest to researchers and managers in the US Forest Service, with links to fulltext if available. More Details... 1904 to present

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AGRIS Complements the Agricola database by indexing non-US agricultural publications. More Details... 1975 to present
CE Database - American Society of Civil Engineers Indexes all American Society of Civil Engineering publications -- journals, conference publications, and books--including engineering geology. More Details... 1972 to present
Chemical Abstracts Online Comprehensive index to chemistry research literature, including biological chemistry and chemical pollution. More Details... 1907 to present
Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management Indexes journal articles and other literature covering environmental science and pollution, including ecology and water resources. More Details... 1981 to present
Geobase Indexes journal articles and other literature in geology, geography, ecology, oceanography, geographical information systems, remote sensing, and international development.. More Details... 1980 to present
GeoRef Indexes journal articles, maps, dissertations, conference papers and government documents on geology, geophysics, hydrology and other earth sciences. More Details... 1693 to present for North America; 1933 to present for the rest of the world

Other Databases to Consider

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Annual Reviews Contains critical reviews written by leading scientists in 33 disciplines within the biological, medical, physical, and social sciences. 1932 to present
ArticleFirst Indexes the table of contents of 16,000 journals in all subject areas. More Details... 1990 to present
BioOne Includes fulltext articles from high-impact bioscience, environmental science and ecology research journals published by scientific societies. More Details... 2000 to present
Conference Papers Index Indexes meeting papers and poster sessions presented at major scientific conferences. More Details... 1982 to present
Dissertations Index to US doctoral dissertations with selective coverage of foreign dissertations and US masters theses. More Details... 1861 to present
Google Scholar Indexes scholarly journal articles and web pages in all academic disciplines. More Details...  
HighWire Press Network Includes fulltext articles from over 1,000 scholarly journals, with almost 50% being freely available and with indexing back to volume one for most journals. Dates vary
JSTOR Includes fulltext articles from scholarly journals from their first volume to a point five years before the present. More Details... Dates vary
NTIS Database (National Technical Information Service) Includes fulltext technical reports produced by the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, EPA and NASA. More Details... 1964 to present
Oxford Journals Includes fulltext articles from journals published by Oxford University Press from 1996 to the present with article indexing back to Vol. 1 of each journal. More Details... 1996 to present
PapersFirst Indexes individual papers presented at congresses, conferences, and symposia. More Details... 1993 to present
Science.gov Gateway to science information provided by 13 federal scientific agencies. The site provides access to federal science web sites and databases containing technical reports, journal articles, conference proceedings, and other published materials on science topics. More Details... Dates vary
ScienceDirect Includes full-text articles from Elsevier and Academic Press journals covering the physical, life, health, and social sciences. More Details... 1997 to present
Scirus Scientific search engine that indexes articles, patents, pre-prints, technical reports and other scientific information available on the web. date varies
SciSearch (Science Citation Index) Indexes cited literature that found in the "Literature Cited" or "Bibliography" of articles included in 4,500 key scientific journals. Enter an older reference to find more recent papers that have cited it. (Note: direct access to SciSearch is limited to HSU faculty and graduate students; all others must search this database through a librarian. More Details... 1994 to present
SpringerLink Includes fulltext articles from 750 journals published by Springer from Vol. 1 of each journal. More Details... Date varies
US Government Publications Monthly Catalog Indexes documents issued by the legislative, executive and judicial branches of the US federal government. More Details... 1976 to present
Wiley Interscience Includes fulltext articles from 1,100 journals published by Wiley/Blackwell from volume 1 of each journal. More Details... Date varies
WorldCat Indexes books, government documents, technical reports, media, maps, sound recordings, and other monographic materials found in libraries worldwide. More Details... 1000 B.C. to present