Reference Sources
- Science Resource Center With Science Resource Center, thousands of topic overviews, experiments, biographies, pictures and illustrations are just a few clicks away and the latest scientific developments are covered in articles from over 200 magazines and academic journals.
- Gale Virtual Reference Center Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Included here is: Environmental Issues: Essential Primary Sources , 2006
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Databases
Below is a list of databases in Stevenson Library that you may want to consult when conducting your research. Here you can find peer-reviewed academic journals, as well as trade and popular magazines.
Note: In order to access these databases from off campus, you will need to log on to the system. You can do this in one of two ways:
1) Click on the database name. In the window that pops up, enter the user name you use for checking email, followed by "@lhup.edu" Ex. jsmith@lhup.edu. Then, in the second box, enter your password as you normally would for email. OR
2) Click on the database name. In the window that pops up, enter the six digit ID# found on your student ID. Then, enter your last name in the second box.
- IOP Science IOPscience is a new online service for journal content published by IOP. It contains more than 300,000 articles, from 1874 to the present day. It's been designed to give you easy access to scientific, technical and medical content.
- PROLA LHU has on-campus access to full text publications through PROLA. Reviews of Modern Physics is available through the current issues. Physical Review Letters is available except for the most recent three years.
- JSTOR This full-text database provides access to a large number of outstanding academic journals.
- GreenFILE GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government &general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, and more.
- Academic OneFile Peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. Extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects.
- Academic Search Complete A scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals.
- Computers and Applied Sciences Complete Covers the research and development spectrum of the computing and applied sciences disciplines. indexing and abstracts for 1,300+ journals,and other reference sources. Full text for more than 500 periodicals.
Web Resources
Here are a few private and government sites that may help you with your research.
- SciNet An Internet search engine for science and technology topics, high-quality science links, original science and technology articles, and science and technology pictures.
- science.gov Information resources for selected authoritative science Websites and databases of technical reports, journal articles, conference prodeedings, and other published materials.
- Engineers Edge Strength and Mechanics of materials basics. General equations and definitions.
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