Database Subject
Science Databases
| Database Names and Descriptions | Full Text |
| AGRICOLA AGRICOLA is an index of books and articles related to the field of agriculture, dating from the 15th century to the present. It is produced and made freely available on the web by the National Agricultural Library. | |
Annual Reviews  Annual Reviews publishes authoritative reviews of scientific research. These articles summarize the current understanding of a topic, set it within its historical context, outline practical applications and suggest the future course of research. |  |
| ArXiv.org Arxiv.org, published by Cornell University, is a source for scientific articles, often in the form of pre-prints, in the fields of physics, mathematics, non-linear science, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance and statistics. | |
| Cochrane Collection The Cochrane Collection is a group of health science databases focused on evidence-based systematic reviews. It includes the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR), the leading resource for systematic reviews in health care, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, the Cochrane Methodology Register, and Cochrane Clinical Answers. Full text access to many of the reviews abstracted in these databases is available from other databases. | |
| GreenFILE GreenFILE is a citation database covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes citations of content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. | |
| MEDLINE Medline provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, Medline uses Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) to allow for the targeted search of citations from over 4,800 current biomedical journals. | |
| OSTI.gov From the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Scientific and Technical Information, OSTI.gov searches over more than 3 million science research citations. Includes scientific and technical research reports in chemistry, physics, materials, environmental science, geology, engineering, mathematics, climatology, oceanography, and computer science. | |
| PubMed PubMed is a resource provided by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, comprising over 20 million citations of biomedical literature. | |
| ScienceDirect This collection includes over 2,000 full-text journals -- and over 16 million articles -- from academic publisher Elsevier across all academic disciplines, with an emphasis on scientific and technical subjects. | |
| SciFinder SciFinder is the world's most comprehensive and authoritative source of chemical substances, reactions and literature references. Note: Registration is required. SciFinder is made available to CBU for educational use only. Use of SciFinder for commercial research or for organizations other than CBU is strictly prohibited. | |
| SpringerLink This database includes access to over 20,000 e-books and 1,800 e-journals from Springer, a respected academic publisher. Most academic fields are represented, but it is strongest in the fields of science, technology and medicine. Please note that the library does not own all resources shown in this collection. | |
Or try these general resources:
| Academic Search Premier A great first stop when looking for scholarly journal articles, Academic Search Premier contains full text content across all academic disciplines from over 4,600 periodicals. Also contains some popular magazines. Most content is from the last twenty years. | |
| Academic Writer (formerly APA Style Central) Academic Writer helps you develop your writing and research skills, combining sophisticated learning and teaching tools, advanced authoring technology, and full integration of the APA manual. | |
| Christian Periodical Index Published by the Association of Christian Librarians, CPI is an interdisciplinary index of Christian periodicals. Search here if you're looking for articles or reviews written from an evangelical perspective. | |
| Credo Reference Credo Reference is a powerful source of introductory and reference information across all academic disciplines. Combining cross-searchable content from over 500 encyclopedias and other reference sources, Credo will also connect you to related materials in other library databases and collections. | |
| Dissertations and Theses The world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses includes 3 million citations, over 1.5 million of which are available in full-text. | |
| Ebook Central Ebook Central is a database of over 130,000 e-books in all academic areas. This collection is also searchable via OneSearch and the OneSearch Catalog. | |
| Films on Demand This database includes over 20,000 online streaming educational videos from providers like PBS and Films for the Humanities & Sciences. Includes coverage of nearly all academic disciplines. Instructors can embed films in Blackboard for easy course integration. These videos are also discoverable through OneSearch and the library catalog (Webcat). |  |
| Gale eBooks (formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library) A cross-searchable collection of more than 2,500 reference volumes, including encyclopedias across all academic disciplines. | |
| Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints (formerly Opposing Viewpoints in Context) Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints is a great starting point for all of today's most common research topics. Featured "viewpoints" provide accessible overviews, which are supplemented by many articles from popular magazines and academic journals, as well as books, newspapers, statistics, videos and even audio recordings. A good way to get started is to click "Browse Issues". | |
| Google Scholar Google Scholar is a broad index of scholarly content across many different fields and content types. | |
| JSTOR JSTOR is an interdisciplinary database of back issues from the most important scholarly journals in many fields. Coverage of most journals begins with volume one and ends four or more years ago. The library currently provides access to twelve JSTOR collections: Arts & Sciences I-X, XII, and the Life Sciences collection. | |
| OneSearch OneSearch is a discovery service that lets you search across just about all of the library's collections at once. It includes everything in the library catalog, most databases, and much more. For finding books in our collections, use OneSearch Catalog or the "CBU Catalog Only" limiter. Databases that are not included in OneSearch include Dissertations and Theses and U.S. Major Dailies. | |
| Scopus A comprehensive general index of scholarly publications. Includes bibliographic records for academic journal articles primarily, but also for peer-reviewed books and conference proceedings. Scopus also provides advanced tools for analyzing the significance of individual journals, articles, scholars and institutions. Some journals are indexed as far back as 1823, but comprehensive coverage begins in 1996. |