Databases for Science

 Databases to try first
fulltext icon = fulltext partial fulltext = partial fulltext cd rom = CD ROM new = new resource more information = more information Image = quota free if accessed by this link
Title Tips Notes
ACM Digital Library fulltext icon Image Tips

Computing, information technology, networking, artificial intelligence and human-machine interaction. International.

1985 - present

more information

Conditions of use

ACM Portal

American Chemical Society Publications fulltext icon Image Tips

Chemistry and related areas, such as toxicology and chemical engineering. International.

First issues - present

more information

Terms and Conditions (pdf)

ACS website

American Geophysical Union Digital Library   Geophysics
Archive access only, up to 2002, except where Library has a current subscription


AGU website
American Institute of Physics Journals    

 Current and archive content on this site

AIP website. AIP is a society of several societies in the physical sciences area

American Physical Society Journals     

Current and archive content to journals of this publisher

APS Website

Analytical Abstracts online (Analytical WebBase) Image  

Analytical chemistry

1980 - present

Image

RSC website

Annual Reviews Image Image Tips

Sciences and social sciences

Image

Conditions of use

Annual reviews

Attorney-General's Information Service (AGIS) Plus Text partial fulltext icon Image Tips

Law, including administrative law, companies and securities, constitutional law, copyright, criminal law, environmental law, family law. Australian.

Indexing 1975 - present Fulltext 1999 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

AUSTLII fulltext icon Image Tips

Law, legislation and case law. Australia. Commonwealth and state jurisdictions plus New Zealand and South Pacific.

Starting dates vary

more information

Conditions of use

AustLII website.

Australian Bureau of Statistics fulltext icon Image Tips

Statistical data of Australia, the States and smaller regions. ABS' full standard product range on-line. Australian.

publications 1988 - present, with older time series

more information

This is a free site but there are some conditions of use specified on the ABS website

ABS website

Australian Heritage Bibliography (AHB) Image Tips

National parks; endangered species; coasts; forests; wetlands; rivers; geological features; wilderness areas; world heritage sites Australian.

1987 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Australian Public Affairs - full text APAFT partial fulltext icon Image Tips

Business, health, current affairs, economics, humanities, law, literature, politics and social sciences. APAIS with some fulltext. Australian.

Index 1978 - present Fulltext 1995 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Biological Abstracts Image Tips

Biological and medical research. Clinical studies, new organisms. agriculture biochemistry, biomedicine, biotechnology, genetics, botany, ecology, microbiology, pharmacology, and zoology. International.

1969- 2003

Access to later material is available through Biosis Previews

more information

Conditions of use

Ovid

Biosis Previews Image Tips

Biological and medical research. Clinical studies, new organisms. agriculture biochemistry, biomedicine, biotechnology, genetics, botany, ecology, microbiology, pharmacology, and zoology. International.

2002 -

Access to earlier material is through Biological Abstracts

Image

Conditions of use

Ovid

Cambridge Journals Online Image Image Tips

Sciences, social sciences, and humanities

Image

Conditions of use

Cambridge journals website

Catalysts & Catalysed Reactions Image  

Graphical abstracts of new developments in catalysis.

International

2002 - present

Image

Royal Society of Chemistry

Chem Alert Image Image Tips

Chemical hazards, safety, toxicology

Current

 

CHEMnetBASE fulltext icon Image Tips

Chemistry dictionaries and handbooks International.

Dates vary

more information

Conditions of use

Chapman and Hall/CRC

CLIB2001, CLIB96 & CLIB91 Image Tips Statistics from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Stand alone CD ROM ask at Research Help.
Combined Chemical Dictionary fulltext icon Image Tips

Chemical substances, properties of compounds. International.

Dates vary

more information

Conditions of use

Chapman and Hall/CRC

Comprehensive Organic Functional Group Transformations Image Image Tips

Chemical transformations, organic synthesis, functional groups

Up to 1995

Image

ScienceDirect

Comprehensive Organic Functional Group Transformations II Image Image Tips

Chemical transformations, organic synthesis, functional groups

1995 - 2005

Image

ScienceDirect

Conference Proceedings Citation Index noquota Tips Conference papers and citations. Choose Science or Social Science and Humanities
1991- present
i2
Conditions of use
CSIRO Online fulltext icon Image Tips

Scientific research. Fulltext access to UOW subscriptions only. Australian.

1997 - present

more information

CSIRO website.

Current Contents Connect Image Tips

Current information in sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities, technology and medical science. International.

more information

Conditions of use

ISI Web of Knowledge

Dictionary of Commonly Cited Compounds fulltext icon Image Tips

25,000 most commonly cited compounds in Chemical Abstracts. International.

Dates vary

Image

Conditions of use

Chapman and Hall/CRC

Dictionary of Drugs fulltext icon Image Tips

Drugs and pharmacological agents. International.

Dates vary

Image

Conditions of use

Chapman and Hall/CRC

EBM Reviews - ACP Journal Club fulltext icon Image Tips

Evidence- based medicine. International.

1991 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Ovid

EBM Reviews - Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials fulltext icon Image Tips

Clinical medicine, trials. International.

Not date limited

more information

Conditions of use

Ovid

EBM Reviews - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews fulltext icon Image Tips

Clinical medicine, systematic reviews. International.

1991 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Ovid.

EBM Reviews - Dare fulltext icon Image Tips

Clinical medicine, systematic reviews. International.

Date is latest update for whole database

more information

Conditions of use

Ovid

Encyclopedia of Archaeology    Tips

The nature and diversity of archaeology as a scientific discipline, the practice of archaeology, archaeology in the everyday world, and the future of the discipline.

International

Conditions of use

ScienceDirect

Encyclopedia of Life Sciences fulltext icon Image Tips

Biochemistry, biology, ecology, evolution, genetics, immunology, history of life sciences. International.

Published 2001 with continual updates

more information

Wiley

Encyclopedia of Materials fulltext icon Image Tips

Material science. International.

Published 2001 with continual updates

more information

ScienceDirect

Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Image Image Tips

All aspects of nanoscale science and technology dealing.

Published 2004

Image

American Scientific Publishers, accessed on IngentaSelect

ENVIROnetBASE Image Image Tips

Environmental science and engineering e-books

Image

Conditions of use

CRCnetBASE

Suggested browser Netscape or Mozilla. The site also suggests IE but problems have been encountered with this browser from campus

Expanded Academic ASAP partial fulltext icon Image Tips

General Database with information in arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology. International.

1980 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Gale InfoTrac

Georef 1785 -

Georef 2002 - Image

Tips

Geosciences. North American until 1933 then international.

1785 - present

more information

Ovid.

Handbook of Chemistry and Physics fulltext icon Image Tips

Scientific data for chemistry and physics. International.

83rd ed. 2003

more information

Conditions of use

Chapman and Hall/CRC

HighWirePress partial fulltext icon Image Tips

Science, Technology, Medicine, Social Sciences. International

Archive site, dates vary, latest issues usually embargoed.

more information

Stanford U. P.

IEEExplore fulltext icon Image Tips

Electrical and electronic engineering. International.

1988 - present

more information

Conditions of use

IEEExplore website

Informaworld Image Image Tips

Over 1000 journals in many disciplines. Strengths in Social Sciences and Humanities. International.

Image

Conditions of use

Institute of Physics - Journals  Image  

Physics and its subdisciplines, such as quantum physics, superconductors, semiconductors, nanotechnology and astrophysics and nuclear physics.

First volumes to present

Image

IOP website

Lexis.com Image Image Tips

Legal resources. International law.

Various dates

more information

Lexis

Medline 1966-

Medline 1996-

Medline Daily update

Premedline - In-process records

Old medline 1948-1965

Image

 

Tips

Medicine. Anatomy, diseases, chemicals and drugs, techniques and equipment, psychiatry and psychology and health care. International.

1950 - present, in several files

more information

Conditions of use

Ovid

Mineralogical Abstracts (Minabs Online) Image Tips

Mineralogy, crystallography, geochemistry, petrology, environmental mineralogy. International.

1982 - present

Mineralogical Society

Natural Product Updates Image  

Developments in natural product chemistry

International

1999 - present

Image

Royal Society of Chemistry

Nature Journals Online Image Image

Tips

 

Science research. International

Image

Nature Publishing Group

Please consult the Info link for subscribed titles and their links. Individual titles also listed in the Library catalogue

Optics Encyclopedia     Tips

Classical optics plus latest applications, including optical sensing and metrology, biomedicine, optical components and systems

International

Conditions of use

Wiley

Polymers: A Property Database fulltext icon  Image Tips

Physical properties of polymers, scientific and trade information. International

more information

Conditions of use

Chapman and Hall/CRC

Properties of Organic Compounds fulltext icon  Image Tips

Organic compounds, featuring physical data, spectral data, and structures. International.

more information

Conditions of use

Chapman and Hall/CRC

Proquest Central  partial fulltext icon Image Tips

Information in most topic areas. Several databases which may be searched either individually or in combinations. International.

Various dates

more information

Conditions of use

Proquest.

 

Royal Society of Chemistry fulltext quota free Tips

Chemistry. International

All issues of the available titles

Possible to restrict to the archive or later years

information

Conditions of use

Royal Society of Chemistry

Sage Journals Online   Tips

Virtually all journals published by SAGE. This publisher publishes in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine. International

SAGE

Note: SAGE Journals Online includes the Nursing and Psychology collections which have been available on the CSA platform. These are still available on the CSA platform as well as on the SAGE platform

SAI Global fulltext icon quota free Tips

Standards of Standards Australia plus index to standards of other bodies. Australian.

Current and draft standards.

International standards may be unlocked and made available.

Preferred browser Internet Explorer

more information

Conditions of use

Standards Australia website.

Science & Technology Proceedings on ISI Proceedings Image Tips

Index to significant conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops, and conventions in a range of science and technology disciplines.

Subset of ISI Proceedings, select when logged on

International

2002- present

Image

Conditions of use

Thomson Scientific (ISI)

ScienceDirect Image Image Tips

Life, physical, medical, technical, and social sciences. International.

1995 - present, some earlier

more information

Conditions of use

ScienceDirect website

SciFinder Scholar / Chemical Abstracts

Web version access (once you have registered) 

Tips

Chemistry and many other science and technology applications.

International.

1907 - present

Now available, Scifinder Scholar Web version. 

Please email ngrant@uow.edu.au for registration details. The link previously here has been removed temporarily. Please accept our apologies

Note: Web version uses secure http. This can cause security certificate warnings when using IE because the University's generic security certificate can appear as a mismatch with the EZproxy server. It is OK to use the link that states "Continue to this website (not recommended)." 

Users who are using an IE browser will be able to get ready access if they uncheck the option to "Warn about certificate address mismatch". This warning is designed to alert users that the security certificate presented by this website was issued for a different website’s address. In this instance, it is because the University uses generic security certificates so they do not exactly match the servers the traffic is coming from and so cause the error message.  Go into: Tools->Internet Options->Advanced->”Warn about certificate address mismatch” uncheck the box and restart your browser. You might like to revert to having the warning once you have finished using Scifinder Scholar.

When using reaction or substance search problems will be encountered if you do not have the Java 6 installed.  More information about browsers and Java requirements

more information

CAS Website

 

Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater     

All aspects of water and wastewater analysis techniques.

Latest edition

Standard Methods website

Springerlink Image Image Tips

Journal of the publisher Springer-Verlag. International with strengths in Behavioral Sciences, Biomedical & Life Sciences, Business & Economics, Chemistry & Material Science, Computer Science, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Engineering, Humanities, Social Sciences & Law, Mathematics, Medicine, and Physics & Astronomy.

Dates vary

Image

Conditions of use

Springerlink

Treatise on Geochemistry Image Image Tips

Geochemistry

Image

Conditions of use

ScienceDirect website

Web of Knowledge Image Tips

Portal for Web of Science, Current Contents Connect, JCR Web

Dates vary for each database

more information

Conditions of use

ISI Web of Knowledge

Web of Science Image Tips

Citation indexes, which allow searching by cited references. Science Citation Index, Social Science citation Index 1965 - present, Arts and Humanities Citation Index. 1975 - present

more information

Conditions of use

ISI Web of Knowledge

Wiley Interscience fulltext icon Image Tips

Journals published by Wiley, including sciences, life sciences, technology, business and finance and behavioural sciences. International.

Dates vary according to title

more information

Conditions of use

Wiley

top of page

 Other relevant databases
fulltext icon = fulltext partial fulltext = partial fulltext cd rom = CD ROM new = new resource more information = more information Image = quota free if accessed by this link
Title Tips Notes

Agriculture and Natural Resources Index (ANR-Index) Image

 

Tips

Agriculture and natural resources including sustainable agriculture, food, forestry and fisheries industries, water and natural resources. Australian

2000 - present

Conditions of use

Image

Informit

[formerly ABOA and STREAMLINE]

Agriculture and Natural Resources Index - Archive Image Tips

Agriculture and natural resources including sustainable agriculture, food, forestry and fisheries industries, water and natural resources. Australian

1975 - 2000

Conditions of use

Image

Informit

[formerly ABOA and STREAMLINE]

Agriculture and Natural Resources Research (ANR-Research) Image Tips

Current and recently completed research projects across the agriculture and natural resources areas including sustainable agriculture, food, forestry and fisheries industries, water and natural resources. Australian

Research in progress

Conditions of use

Image

Informit

[formerly ARRIP]

Agriculture and Natural Resources Research - Archive Image Tips

Completed research projects across the agriculture and natural resources areas including sustainable agriculture, food, forestry and fisheries industries, water and natural resources. Australian

1984 - present, updated twice per year

Conditions of use

Image

Informit

[formerly CARRP]

APEC Literature Database (APECLIT) Image Tips

Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and related topics. Asia and Pacific.

1990 approx. - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

AUSTGUIDE Image Tips

General and educational. Australian focus.

1986 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Australian Architecture Database (ARCH) Image Tips

Architects, architecture, building, interior design and landscape architecture. Australian.

1980 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Australian Criminology Database (CINCH) Image Tips

Criminal law and justice. Australian.

1968 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Australian Historic Records Register (AHRR) Image Tips

A list of paper-based historical records held in private hands in Australia.

1788 - 1988.

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Information (ANSTI) Image Tips

Nuclear science research and development, with special emphasis on its peaceful applications. Australian.

1970 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Australian Tourism Index (ATI) Image Tips

Leisure, recreation, sport, tourism and travel. Australian.

1982 - 2000

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Bibliography of Indonesian Politics and the Economy (BIPE) Image Tips

Politics, government, economy, political culture and demography. Indonesia.

1965 - October 1998

more information

Conditions of use

Informit .

CHemical Engineering Reference User Bibliography (CHERUB) Image Tips

Chemical engineering. Australian.

1956 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit.

A Chronology of Australian Historic & Current Events (AUSCHRON) Image Tips

Current and historical events. Australian.

1992- plus historical material

more information

Conditions of use

Informit.

Compendex no quota Tips

Engineering and technology. International.

1969 - present

more information

Engineering Village website

Consumer Sciences Index (CSI) Image Tips

Consumer economics. Australian.

1988 - 2001

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Dictionary of Natural Products fulltext icon Image Tips

Naturally occuring chemicals. International.

Dates vary

Image

Conditions of use

Chapman and Hall/CRC

EDGE Image Tips

Management, environmental, packaging and building. Australian.

1985 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Elixir Image Tips

Agriculture, mineral resources, conservation and land management. Australian

1990 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Endanger Image Tips

Threatened flora and fauna. Australian.

1960 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

ENGINE Image Tips

All branches of engineering. Australian.

1980 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

EVA - Environmental Abstracts Image Tips

Environment

Informit

Factiva Image Image Tips

Newspaper and company information

Image

Factiva

Preferred browser Internet Explorer v. 5.5+, Firefox (Windows) and Safari (Macintosh).

The site uses secure http. The certificate on the Library's EZproxy server can cause an error. If you are warned about a security error and recommended not to proceed it is OK to do so in this instance. It is possible with IE browsers to turn off the warning about certificate mismatches but it can be a valid warning, so take this option with care.

Family and Society Plus partial fulltext quota free Tips

Issues about, or of relevance to families. Australia.

Fulltext 2000 - present. Index 1980 - present

This is Family database with selected fulltext added

information

Conditions of use

Informit

Far North Queensland Collection (FNQ) Image Tips

Indigenous issues, local history, environment, biography. Far North Queensland and Torres Strait.

Records up to 1999.

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Province Database (REEF) Image Tips

Great Barrier Reef and the activities associated with the Marine Park.

1982 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Health & Society Database (H&S) Image Tips

Health policy services and issues. Australian. Subset of Family.

1980 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Health Reference Center - Academic partial fulltext icon Image Tips

Health information for nursing, public health, nutrition, psychology. International.

Current year plus previous four years

more information

Conditions of use

Gale InfoTrac

Indigenous Studies Bibliography (AIATSIS) Image Tips

Australian Indigenous studies.

1990 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

IngentaConnect partial fulltext icon Image Tips

A comprehensive collection of academic and professional research articles online. Fulltext is available to titles subscribed to by the Library. Other fulltext may be purchased

International

Various dates

more information

Ingenta.

Inspec Image Tips

Physics, electrical engineering, electronics,communications, information technology. International.

1969 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Ovid

IREL Image Tips

Industrial conflict, wages and conditions, labour market economics, equal employment opportunity, labour law, occupational health and safety, workplace reform. Australian.

1983 - 2000

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Malaysia/Singapore/Brunei/ASEAN Database (BERITA) Image Tips

General reference. Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, or South-East Asia as a whole and ASEAN.

1990 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Management and Environment Information (MEDGE) Image Tips

Major corporations, international economy, Australian economy and government policy. Australian focus.

1985 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Media Scan Image Tips

Current events and news items. Australian focus.

1991 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Multicultural Australia and Immigration Studies (MAIS) Image Tips

Immigration, emigration, multiculturalism, ethnicity, racism, multicultural education, migrant health, refugees and aboriginal studies. Australian.

1988 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Philosopher's Index Image Tips

Philosophy and related fields. International.

1940 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Ovid.

Rural and Remote Health Database (RURAL) Image Tips

Rural and remote area health issues and care, and the practice and educational needs of health providers Australian

1966 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Sage - Science and geography education Image Tips

Science and more general information. Australian focus

Mid 1980s - present

Image

Conditions of use

Informit

Safari Tech Books Online Image Image Tips

Computing, networks, web, applications, security. books from several key publishers.

Usually latest editions

more information

Conditions of use

Safari Proquest

SCANfile Image Tips

Science and technology policy, R&D management, social and economic issues of R&D. Australian focus.

1973 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Sociological Abstracts Image Tips

Sociology and related disciplines. International.

1963 - present Records after 1974 include abstracts

more information

Conditions of use

CSA.

Springerlink Image Image Tips

Journal of the publisher Springer-Verlag. International with strengths in Behavioral Sciences, Biomedical & Life Sciences, Business & Economics, Chemistry & Material Science, Computer Science, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Engineering, Humanities, Social Sciences & Law, Mathematics, Medicine, and Physics & Astronomy.

Dates vary

Image

Conditions of use

Springerlink

top of page

 

Content by: Electronic Services Librarian

su
Last reviewed: 13 November, 2009

       

Library sticky region image

Interruptions to UOW IT services (on & off campus)

Maintenance to UOW IT services is planned for Saturday 21 November, 6am – 6pm. On-campus, internet access to websites outside UOW, and access to UOW webpages from off-campus will be affected. More details...