Science Databases
General databases and medical databases also include information on scientific topics
Access Science (Faculty Book Fund in Honor of Frank and Helen Boyden)
Full text.
Full text science encyclopedia (McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology) plus definitions, biographies, news, evaluated websites, study guides, and illustrations and images.
Beachams's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America
Full text.
CountryWatch (Walter B. Mahony Library Book Fund)
Full text.
Provides information on each of the 192 recognized countries of the world including:
- CountryReviews--demographic, political, economic, business, cultural and environmental information;
- CountryWire--daily news coverage and a news archive;
- CountryWatch Forecast--a five-year macroeconomic forecast;
- CountryWatch Energy Forecast--a 20-year forecast of energy demand, supply, and pricing;
Also features CountryWatch Data (statistics), the CountryWatch Map Gallery, CountryWatch@School (curriculum based resources), and the weekly Global News Update.
GreenFILE
Abstracts + some full text.
A free EBSCO database of bibliographic information and backfiles for certain key journals containing environmental information--also contains key nonscholarly titles.
GREENR: global reference on the environment, energy, and natural resources (Loblolly Fund for Environmental Studies) ~ New
Updated daily. Features include news, commentary, audio, vidio, primary source documents, images, conference reports, and statistics. Full text.
The Recorder - Greenfield Recorder Online Newspaper -
(Walter B. Mahony Library Book Fund)
For local environmental issues. This online newspaper is subtitled: "Serving the people of Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region". Full text and searchable access.
Science AAAS (Loblolly Fund for Environmental Studies) ~ New
Science/AAAS provides access to the journal Science from the American Association for the Advancement of Science from 1996 to the present. Also includes Science Express, an electronic publication of selected Science papers in advance of print and ScienceNOW, a daily science news from Science journalists.
Science in Context
"Delivers integrated content through 150+ comprehensive reference sets from Gale Encyclopedia of Science , Chemical Elements , and Science in Dispute and Macmillan Science Library."
Science Reference Center (Loblolly Fund for Environmental Studies)
Full text.
Contains full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources--topics include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.
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