Databases for Research: Science & Technology
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| Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) Provides access to a large multi-disciplinary database of more than 3900 magazines, journals, newspapers and trade publications. |
| AccessScience - McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (McGraw-Hill) Provides science & technology encyclopaedic entries, including recent research developments, biographies of scientists, and late-breaking science and technology news. |
| Aerospace and High Technology (ProQuest) Provides access to citations, abstracts of journal articles covering basic and applied research in aeronautics, astronautics and space science. |
| Applied Science and Technology Full Text (H.W. Wilson / EBSCO) Provides comprehensive research, trade and news information in all areas of applied science and technology. |
| Books24x7 (if you are using Internet Explorer and MySeneca, add *.senecac.on.ca and *.senecacollege.ca as "Trusted Sites" in Internet Options > Security) (SkillSoft) Provides access to online versions of thousands of books in the fields of computer and information technology, business, and engineering (ITPro, BusinessPro, and EngineeringPro, respectively). |
| British Pharmacopoeia Online (Please Note: Our licence is for 5 concurrent users only. Please click "Log out" when you are finished.) (The Stationery Office (TSO)) Online access to the print version of British Pharmacopoeia, standards for UK medicinal products and pharmaceutical substances. |
| Canada's Information Resource Centre (CIRC) (Grey House) Online access to eight Grey House Reference tools: Canadian Almanac and Directory, Associations Canada, Financial Services Canada, Canadian Environmental Resource Guide, Canadian Parliamentary Guide, Governments Canada, Libraries Canada, and a History of Canada. |
| Computer Database (Gale) Provides access to research, reviews and career information pertaining to the telecommunication, electronic, IT and robotic industries. |
| Contact Canada Life Science Search Engine (Contact Canada) The online versions of Contact Canada's Pharma and BioPharma Canada, Canadian Medical Technologies, and Canadian Biotechnology print directories, providing company profiles, contact information, and industry statistics. |
| CRC ENVIROnetBASE (Please note: Our licence is for 2 concurrent users only.) (Taylor and Francis / CRC Press) A collection of electronic handbooks focusing on environmental sciences and engineering. |
| CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (Taylor and Francis / CRC Press) Provides access to the most frequently used data in science, including the periodic table of the elements, basic constants and units, and geophysical data. |
| Current Protocols Essential Laboratory Techniques (Wiley) A compilation of life science laboratory research procedures, protocols, and techniques of use to chemistry, biochemistry, biotechnology, and bioinformatics students and researchers. |
| e-CPS - Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties (Canadian Pharmacists Association) e-CPS is the online edition of the Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties (CPS). It contains information on proprietary and nonproprietary Canadian drugs for both medical specialists and patients. It also provides links to Health Canada advisories. |
| Environmental Studies and Policy Collection (Gale) Provides access to comprehensive coverage of environmental topics from the perspective of the scientific community, governmental policy makers and corporate interests. |
| General Science Collection (Gale) Provides access to a wide range of articles in science-related fields. |
| GreenFILE (EBSCO) Provides access to 295,000+ abstracts and citations of scholarly, government and general interest articles covering environmental issues, with an additional 4600+ Open Source documents. |
| GREENR (Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources) (Gale) An interdisciplinary portal of information on the environment, sustainability, and emerging green technologies. May be searched by issue, organization, or country. |
| Grzimek's Animal Life (Gale) Created from the 17-volume print reference work, Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia, a leading source of information on “everything animal”. Also includes select periodical articles, audio and video content, and photographs. |
| HighWire Press (Stanford University Libraries) Provides access to over 2 million free online full-text articles, primarily in the life and physical sciences and medicine. |
| IEEE (ASPP) Full-text is not available for all content in our subscription. To limit to full-text, click Advanced Search and then check ASPP under Subscribed Content. Conference Proceedings are not available. (IEEE) Provides access to technical literature in electrical engineering, computer science and electronics published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE). |
| Information Science and Library Issues Collection (Gale) Provides access to articles on topics such as library research, information infrastructure, data processing techniques, metadata architectures and more. |
| Knovel Handbooks: Handbook of Critical Tables (Knovel) Provides access to tables of physical (21,000 inorganic and organic compounds, pure substances), solvent (385 solvents), and thermodynamic (have 500 compounds) properties. |
| Knovel Handbooks: International Critical Tables of Numerical Data, Physics, Chemistry and Technology (Knovel) Provides access to 901 tables of general interest to scientists and engineers. |
| Knovel Handbooks: Smithsonian Physical Tables (Knovel) Provides access to 901 tables of general interest to scientists and engineers and physicists. |
| Merck Index Online (Please note: the CS ChemDraw Plugin is not available. If prompted to install it, just click "Cancel". Searches may still be conducted and details still retrieved without it) (Merck and Co., Inc and CambridgeSoft) Provides information on chemical substances, including human and veterinary drugs, biologicals and natural products. |
| MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheets) plus CHEMINFO (CCINFO Web) (Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety) Provides information on issues pertaining to various chemical substances as well as occupational health and safety. |
| National Academies Press (National Academy of Sciences) Provides access to a multidisciplinary digital library of book length studies and policy reports by leading experts in their fields. |
| NFPA Codes Online (Please note: Our licence is for 20 concurrent users only.) (National Fire Protection Association) Provides users with electronic access to the complete set of nearly 300 National Fire Codes. |
| NRC Research Press (Canadian Science Publishing (NRC Research Press)) Provides access to journals published by the National Research Council and affiliated publishers. |
| OneFile (Gale) Provides access to a large multidisciplinary collection of more than 6000 books, magazines, journals, newspapers and trade publications. |
| ProQuest Science Journals (ProQuest) Provides full-text access to a wide range of science and engineering journals, trade publications and news magazines. |
| Science in Context (Gale) A multimedia approach to learning about popular science topics: news reports, journal and magazine articles, video, audio, photos, experiments, and reference materials. |
| ScienceDirect (Please note: Full-text is not available for all content. To limit to full-text, click Advanced Search > Source > Subscribed journals or Subscribed books (depending on what tab you are in). (Elsevier) Provides users with access to a wide range of journal articles and full-text e-books in Health and Life Sciences, Physical Sciences and Engineering, Computers and Technology, and the Social and Behavioural Sciences. |
| USP-NF Online -- In-library access only -- (Seneca@York only. Please contact reference / library staff to obtain access) (United States Pharmacopeial Convention) Provides the latest U.S. FDA standards of identity, strength, quality, and purity for prescription and non-prescription drug ingredients and dosage forms, dietary supplements, medical devices and other healthcare products. |
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