Robert H. Goddard Library

Databases and Indexes By Subject Area

Subject: General

Academic OneFile
A collection of over 8,000 journals with extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. General; General Sciences
AGRICOLA
An index to the agricultural literature Life Sciences; General Sciences; Biology; Chemistry; Math/CS
arXiv,org e-print Server
Open access to 379,320 e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science and Quantitative Biology General Sciences; Biology; Math/CS; Physics
Biography In Context
The Biography In Context combines over 600,000 biographies on more than 335,000 people from more than 170 respected Gale Group sources. General
Biological Science Collection
Comprehensive database covering the literature of the biological science. Life Sciences; General Sciences; Biology; Chemistry; Math/CS
Biology Digest
Life-science information written in non-technical style Life Sciences; General Sciences; Biology; Math/CS
BRENDA - The Comprehensive Enzyme Information System
Cologne University BioInformatics Center’s collection of enzyme functional data. General Sciences; Biology; Chemistry
ChemBank
Data derived from small molecules and small-molecule screens, and resources for studying the data so that biological and medical insights can be gained. General Sciences; Biology; Chemistry
ChemFinder
Chemical searching including structures and physical properties. General Sciences; Chemistry
ChemIDplus
The National Library of Medicine's database of over 380,000 chemicals, synonyms, structures, regulatory list information, and links to other databases General Sciences; Chemistry
Cogprints
An electronic archive for self-archived papers in any area of Psychology, neuroscience, and Linguistics, and many areas of Computer Science. Social Sciences;Life Sciences; General Sciences; Biology; Chemistry; Math/CS
Consumers Index
Index to consumer related literature General
Dissertation Abstracts Online
An index to U.S., Canadian, British, and other European dissertations and theses General
Dissertations @ Clark University
Fulltext of Clark PhD Dissertations from 1997 to present General; General Sciences; Biology; Chemistry; Math/CS; Physics
Energy Citations Database
U.S. DOE database.  Coverage: 1948 to present General Sciences; Chemistry; Physics
Energy Files - Energy Science and Technology Virtual Library
From the DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information, access to over 500 databases and web sites containing information and resources pertaining to science and technology of interest to the DOE, with an emphasis on the physical sciences. General Science; Biology; Chemistry; Math/CS; Physics
Environmental Science Collection
Environmental literature General Sciences; Life Sciences; Biology; Chemistry; Math/CS
E-Print Network
Search thousands of e-prints in scientific and technical disciplines General Sciences; Biology; Chemistry; Math/CS; Physics
Expanded Academic ASAP
Index to the scholarly literature. FULLTEXT General/Scholarly
FedStats
The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies General Sciences; Biology; Chemistry; Math/CS; Physics
General Reference Center
A general interest database. FULLTEXT General; General Science
GEOBASE
Worldwide literature on geography, geology, and ecology General Sciences; Biology; Math/CS; Physics
GPO Monthly Catalog
U.S. Government Publications Reference; General Sciences; Biology; Chemistry; Math/CS; Physics
GreenFILE
A database of articles, documents, and reports on human effect on the environment General Sciences; Life Sciences; Biology; Chemistry; Math/CS
Health Reference Center - Academic
Index the health and medical literature. FULLTEXT Health
/Medical; General Sciences; Biology; Chemistry; Math/CS
Information Bridge: DOE Scientific and Technical Information
Free public access to full-text documents and bibliographic citations of Department of Energy (DOE) research report literature. General Science; Biology; Chemistry; Math/CS; Physics
InfoTrac OneFile
A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social sciences General/Scholarly; General Sciences; Biology; Chemistry; Math/CS; Physics
INGENTA (previously UnCover)
Index and table of contents to over 17,000 journals. General/Scholarly; General Sciences; Biology; Chemistry; Math/CS; Physics
International Critical Tables of Numerical Data, Physics, Chemistry and Technology (1st Electronic Edition)
Critical data on the physical, thermodynamic, mechanical, and other key properties of inorganic and organic compounds. Originally published from 1926 – 1930 by the National Research Council. General Sciences; Chemistry; Physics
JSTOR
A fulltext database of scholarly journals in the social sciences and humanities. Social Sciences; Arts/Humanities; General Sciences
Know It All U
A database of 1.4 million spectra* (IR, NMR, MS, Raman, UV-Vis) plus chemical structures and properties General Sciences; Biology; Chemistry; Physics
LexisNexis Academic
Full-text database of news, business, and legal information General;News;Law;Medical;Business; General Sciences; Biology; Chemistry; Math/CS; Physics
Marquis Who's Who on the Web
Access to over 1,444,914 million biographies taken from 21 Marquis Who's Who print titles. General
Material Safety Data Sheets
A database of over 3,500,000 MSDS sheets. General Sciences; Biology; Chemistry; Physics
MathSciNet
MathSciNet is a comprehensive database covering the world's mathematical literature of the past 61 years. General Sciences; Math/CS
MatWeb
Database of materials property data. Includes data sheets for over 59,000 metals, plastics, ceramics, and composites. General Sciences; Chemistry; Physics
National Center for Biotechnology Information - Entrez
Search all of NCBI’s major databases, including PubMed, Nucleotide and Protein Sequences, Protein Structures, Complete Genomes, Taxonomy, and others. General Sciences; Biology; Chemistry; Math/CS; Physics
NeighborhoodScout - geographic search engine
Send request for login info to emcdermott@clarku.edu General
NIST Online Databases
Access to over 80 databases in the sciences, including the Atomic Spectra Database, Biological Macromolecule Crystallization Database, Chemical Kinetics Database, Chemistry WebBook, Fundamental Physical Constants, and many others. General Sciences; Biology; Chemistry; Math/CS; Physics
Oxford English Dictionary Online
The Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. Reference; General; Arts/Humanities
PapersFirst
An index of papers presented at conferences General; General Sciences; Biology; Chemistry; Math/CS; Physics
Proceedings
An index of worldwide conference proceedings General; General Sciences; Biology; Chemistry; Math/CS; Physics
PsycINFO
The psychological literature from 1887. Social Sciences; Biology; General Sciences
PubChem
National Center for Biotechnology Information databases for the biological activities of small molecules. General Science; Biology; Chemistry
PubMed
Index to the medical literature Medicine/Health; General Sciences; Biology; Chemistry; Math/CS
Readers' Guide Retrospective
Indexing of the most popular general interest periodicals published in the United States. Coverage: 1890-1982. General
science.gov
U.S. governmenat science and technology databases General Sciences; Biology; Chemistry; Math/CS; Physics
SciFinder Scholar
Username and Password required; see library staff. References from over 9,500 journals and as well as patent information for chemistry and the life sciences including biochemistry, biology, medicine, and related disciplines. General Science; Biology; Chemistry; Math/CS; Physics
Scirus
Free database of journal, preprint, e-print, and web-based scientific information. General Sciences; Biology; Chemistry; Math/CS; Physics
Smithsonian Physical Tables (9th Revised Edition)
901 tables of general interest to scientists and engineers, and of particular interest to those involved with physics in its larger sense. General Sciences; Chemistry; Math/CS; Physics
TOXNET
Databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases. Life Sciences;General Sciences;Biology;Chemistry
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Search for text and images of U.S. patents from 1790-present. General Sciences; Biology; Chemistry; Math/CS; Physics
WorldCat
Books and other materials in libraries worldwide General; Biology; Chemistry; Math/CS; Physics
WorldWideScience.org
A global science gateway enabling federated searching of national and international scientific databases Life Sciences; General Sciences; Biology; Chemistry; Math/CS; Physics