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Academic OneFile 1980 - current. Interdisciplinary index covering over 10,000 scholarly and popular journals and magazines. Most references include full-text or links to full-text. Contains all of Expanded Academic Index ASAP. Coverage of scientific journals is limited. Shortcuts: go/onefile (on campus), http://go.middlebury.edu/onefile (off-campus).
arXiv An e-print service in the fields of physics, mathematics, non-linear science, computer science, and quantitative biology. Many of the papers are scheduled to be published in professional journals. Because papers are submitted and posted without peer review, the archive represents extremely up-to-date research. Materials are added on a daily basis.
Google Scholar Searches for many types of primarily scholarly sources including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other organizations. Some documents will be available for free while others require a subscription or a one-time access fee. Tips: Note: Preferences can be set to link directly to articles in Middlebury collections. (See above)
NASA Astrophysics Data System References to articles published in scholarly journals, bulletins and conference publications in Astronomy and Physics. This is not a subscription resource, but accessing it from a library page might help to enable linking to fulltext articles. To connect to Middlebury's journal collections from NASA ADS: 1. Create a NASA ADS account and modify your settings: a) Look for the "Sign on" link in the upper-right of every page, b) Create an account and sign in, c) Click on "My Account," d) Click on "Library Links Settings," e) Beside "Select Library Link Server," choose "Middlebury College" from the drop-down menu. From now on, when you sign in to your NASA ADS account, your search settings will be activated. 2. Sign in to your NASA ADS account, then search. In your results list, you may click on the "L" beside any reference you would like to find at Middlebury. Alternatively, you may click on the "E" or the "F" to see if NASA ADS has made the article available through its own database. Tips:
Physical Review Online Archive (PROLA) 1893 - 4 years ago. Includes all American Physical Society (APS) journal content.
ProQuest Science Journals 1986-current. References to articles on a wide variety of topics in the sciences including Physics, Engineering, Astronomy, Biology, Earth Science, Chemistry, and more. The database includes over 660 titles, with more than 540 available in full text. 
ScienceDirect The Middlebury College Libraries subscribe to less than a third of the 3,000+ electronic journals in this database of science journals published by Elsevier. Articles from journals to which we subscribe are marked with a green full-text icon. To find out if we have alternative access to journals not available via ScienceDirect, click on the "Find at Middlebury" button or consult our Journals A to Z list.
Web of Science 1985-current. Together, the Science Citation Index and the Social Sciences Citation Index cover several thousand scholarly journals worldwide. The Science Citation Index segment covers core science and technology research journals. Special features include cited article searching and discovery of related articles through common terms. This is a subscription resource; for off-campus access, enter your Middlebury username and password when prompted. Tips: Note: For references to articles published 1974-1989, use SciSearch via Dialog on Library computers; ask the Science Librarian for assistance.
Middlebury College Libraries Indexes & Databases by Title Links to all indexes and databases available through the Middlebury College Libraries. Shortcuts = go/indexes (on campus); http://go.middlebury.edu/indexes (off-campus).
Middlebury College Libraries Interlibrary Loan Department Advice on how to request books and articles from other libraries.
NExpress Use the
button in Midcat to search for and request items from a consortia of 6 other northeastern libraries, Middlebury borrowers can also visit these libraries and check out items directly. These libraries are: Williams, Bates, Bowdoin, Wellesley, Colby, and Northeastern University. See the NExpress page for full details.
WorldCat Use this union catalog of over 40 million books, documents, reports, and media from libraries worldwide to identify books to request via InterLibrary Loan. If we don't own the book and you want to borrow it from another library, click on the ILL icon from the record.
AstroWeb Links to astronomy-related information available on the internet, maintained by the AstroWeb Consortium.
Futurity News about scientific research at research at 35 universities in the United States and Canada.
ScienceDaily News culled from journals, magazines and other online sources about scientific research.
Scientific Commons A searchable database of freely available scientific publications stored in online archives around the world.
Science Accelerator Searches resources made available by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), U.S. Department of Energy. Smaller in scope than, but not necessarily replicated in, Science.gov.
Science.gov Selective coverage, as far back as 1948. Science.gov is a search engine for government science information. It allows you to search the contents of web sites from the Dept of Agriculture, Dept of Commerce, Dept of Defense, Dept of Education, Dept of Energy, Dept of Health and Human Services, Dept of Interior, Environmental Protection Agency, Library of Congress, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, and the US Government Printing Office. Results are authoritative and selective and may include scientific or technical data, publications, databases, documentation, or other forms of information. Tip: To limit your search to a subset of the database, click on the "Advanced Search" link
WorldWideScience A global science gateway to national and international scientific databases and portals containing results of scientific research conducted by government agencies.
American Men and Women of Science Main Library Ref Q141 A474 next to latest ed Note: Print Resource
Armstrong Ref Q141 A474 latest ed
American National Biography Oxford ANB Online is an exploration of American history through the lives of the men and women who shaped the nation.
American Women in Science Note: Print Resource
Biography Reference Bank Coverage dates: Ancient times to present
Includes biographical profiles, feature articles, interviews, essays, book reviews, performance reviews, speeches, and obituaries. It covers over 500,000 people and includes over 36,000 images.
Black Women Scientists in the United States Note: Print Resource
Current Biography Illustrated (Wilson) Biographical information on persons from all fields. Use cumulated index.
Dictionary of National Biography Oxford DNB - 56,000 biographies of deceased people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the present. Also available in print: Main Library Reference CT773 .D4 2004. Note: Oxford
Dictionary of Scientific Biography Multi-volume Armstrong Ref Q141 .D5 Note: Print Resource
Distinguished African American Scientists of the 20th Century Note: Print Resource
Emilio Segrč Visual Archives More than 30,000 historical photographs, slides, lithographs, engravings, and other visual materials, on American physicists and astronomers of the twentieth century. Includes many scientists in Europe and elsewhere, in other fields related to physics, and in earlier times.
Notable Twentieth-Century Scientists Multi-volume Armstrong Ref Q141 .N73 1995 Note: Print Resource
Who's Who (Marquis) Select volumes available via Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe.
Some older volumes in print (consult Midcat for additional titles)
Marquis Who's Who in the World
Marquis Who's Who in America
Abbreviations.com Directory and search engine for acronyms, abbreviations and initialisms. Holds hundreds of thousands of entries organized by a large variety of categories from computing and the Web to governmental, medicine and business.
AIP style manual Current edition at Armstrong Reference QC5.45 .A45
Older edition online at AIP Style Manual
The Chicago Manual of Style Online at: In print at:
A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers / Kate L. Turabian This is the "Turabian" style. See also the online Turabian Quick Guide with basic examples, available from the publisher. Note: Print resource
Multiple print copies including:
Ref LB2369 .T8 2007
Ready Ref LB2369 .T8 2007
Armstrong Ref LB2369 .T8 2007
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers In print at: Examples online at:
Periodical title abbreviations Note: Print resource
RefWorks RefWorks will automatically generate bibliographies and format your research papers in any of hundreds of styles including MLA, APA, Chicago, and Turabian. Middlebury College students and faculty may use RefWorks by creating a RefWorks account. For more info, follow the RefWorks link or email refworks@middlebury.edu. Middlebury-specific RefWorks Guide located at http://go.middlebury.edu/refworks?midd.
Scientific Style and Format (CSE) In print at: Examples online at:
eigenfactor A free database of journal rankings in the sciences. An alternative to Thomson ISI's Journal Citation Rankings, eigenfactor attempts to measure the relative importance of a journal based on factors such as the number of articles which cite it.
SCImago Journal & Country Rank A free database of journal rankings in the sciences. An alternative to Thomson ISI's Journal Citation Rankings, SCImago attempts to measure the relative importance of a journal based on factors such as the number of articles which cite it. It also tries to measure the scientific productivity of a country using the same factors.
Access Science McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology Online. 
Provides authoritative information for non-specialists on a wide variety of science-related topics. Includes the 20-volume McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms and the Yearbooks of Science & Technology in addition to biographies from the Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography, selected Science News articles, and links to evaluated web sites. Shortcuts: go/accsci (on campus), http://go.middlebury.edu/accsci (off-campus).
Encyclopaedic dictionary of physics Note: Print resource
Encyclopedia Britannica Online Academic edition. Search by subject or keyword. In addition to topical essays, timelines, images, and videos, it provides links to full text journal articles and links to related websites.
Encyclopedia of astronomy and astrophysics Note: Print resource
Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy Compiled by Eric W. Weisstein with assistance from the internet community, this growing encyclopedia provides explanations for technical subjects with illustrations and examples.
MIDCAT list - Astronomy encyclopedias Try these encyclopedias too.
Oxford Reference Online Premium General reference resources, including encyclopedias, bilingual dictionaries, chronologies, and maps and illustrations.
Wolfram Alpha This is a new search engine that attempts to answer factual questions (eg, what is the density of lead, where was Venus on May 13, how many calories would be burned with 30 minutes of jogging). It is still under development (by the makers of Mathematica); read the About document, watch the video, or check out the search examples for details.
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics The contents can be searched online at CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. Search results will include section number and section title. We do not have an online subscription, so once you know the section number and title of the information you seek, you'll need to consult the print edition (at Armstrong Ref QD65 .H3). Note: Print resource
Also consult Tables Relocated or Removed from CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, as information is sometimes removed or rearranged in subsequent editions.
Handbook of Optics Note: Print resource
Sky Maps - Hawaiian Astronomical Society From the Hawaiian Astronomical Society, an online atlas of the sky combined with photographs and descriptions of significant objects.
Google Earth Download a free virtual globe from Google. Also includes Google Sky, with photographic images of the universe.
International Space Archives The International Space Archives is a growing online archive of still and video imagery captured by national and private space agencies and programs worldwide, including NASA ( the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration) and the space programs of Russia, Japan, China, India, the European Union and others.
Lunar Orbiter photographic atlas of the Moon High-resolution photographs that enable the study of the surface of the moon. The atlas is also availaible in print at Armstrong Oversize QB595 .B67
The Periodic Table of Videos A clickable version of the periodic table that opens a short YouTube video about each element.
Planetary Photojournal Images of the planets from NASA
Scitalks Links to recorded lectures on scientific topics. Viewers can vote on the quality of the lectures and ratings are visible to all.
Sloan Digital Sky Survey When complete, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) will provide detailed optical images covering more than a quarter of the sky, and a 3-dimensional map of about a million galaxies and quasars. As the survey progresses, the data are released to the scientific community and the general public in annual increments.
WorldWide Telescope Enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope—bringing together imagery from ground- and space-based telescopes around the world for a seamless exploration of the universe. (Requires free software download.)
Middlebury College Department of Physics Middlebury College Department of Physics web site
Middlebury College Library and Information Services Library hours, borrowing policies, and research and technology resources from the Middlebury College Libraries. Shortcuts = go/lis (on campus), http://go.middlebury.edu/lis (off-campus).
Middlebury College Observatory Middlebury College Observatory web site
Advances in atomic, molecular, and optical physics
Advances in geophysics Note: Print resource
Annual Reviews This annual series identifies and summarizes principal contributions in 32 disciplines. For links to earlier Annual Reviews, search Print & E-Journals, A-Z.
Progress in biophysics and molecular biology In print 1968-2005 at Armstrong Periodicals.
Online 1995-current at ScienceDirect.
Review of scientific instruments In print 1930-current at Armstrong Periodicals
Online 1985-current via EBSCOHost
Reviews of modern physics In print 1930- at Armstrong Microfilm and Armstrong Periodicals
Online 2005-current via EBSCOHost
Web of Science 1985-current. Together, the Science Citation Index and the Social Sciences Citation Index cover several thousand scholarly journals worldwide. The Science Citation Index segment covers core science and technology research journals. Special features include cited article searching and discovery of related articles through common terms. This is a subscription resource; for off-campus access, enter your Middlebury username and password when prompted. Tips: Note: For references to articles published 1974-1989, use SciSearch via Dialog on Library computers; ask the Science Librarian for assistance.
Canadian Astronomy Data Centre Research data from the Canadian Astronomy Data Centre operated by the National Research Council of Canada with the support of the Canadian Space Agency.
Lunar and Planetary Science From the National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC). Planetary and lunar data from NASA and non-NASA missions.
US National Virtual Observatory Access to astronomical data from ground- and space-based telescopes worldwide.
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