Science

Page Author: Janet Cottrell

 

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Find Background Information

 

Online sources:

 

• Encyclopedia Britannica
  • Science 
  • Natural science
  • Biological sciences
  • Earth sciences
  • Physcial science
• Wikipedia --   Science
   
  NOTE: Encyclopedia Britannica and Wikipedia can help you familiarize yourself with a subject, but are not considered appropriate, citeable sources for a college-level research paper. 

• Gale Virtual Reference Library : Biology (2002) [online resource]
• Gale Virtual Reference Library ; World of Earth Science (2004) [online resource]
• Gale Virtual Reference Library: Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America 6v, 2000  [online resource] 
• Gale Virtual Reference Library: U*X*L Encyclopedia of Landforms and Other Geologic Features 3v, 2004 [online resource]

 

Print reference books are located in the reference section of the main floor of Miller Information Commons.  Some likely choices include: 

 

• McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of science & technology (20 vols) [Ref]] Q121 .M3 2007
• Science, technology, and society : an encyclopedia [Ref]HM846 .S43 2005
• The Facts on File encyclopedia of science (2 vols) [Ref] Q123 .F14 1999
• Encyclopedia of evolution (2 vols) [Ref] QH360.2 .E56 2002
• Grzimek's animal life encyclopedia.(10 vols) [Ref] QL7 .G7813 2003
• Chemistry: Foundationa and Applications (4 vols) [Ref ] QD4 .C48 2004
• History of Science and Mathematics (4 vols) [Ref[ Q125 .H6298 2002

 

 

Find Books and E-Books

 

Search the Library Catalog

In the stacks, books about computing will often be found in these call number ranges:

Q Science (General)

QA Mathematics

QB Astronomy

QC Physics

QD Chemistry

QE Geology

QH Natural history - Biology

QK Botany

QL Zoology

QM Human anatomy

QP Physiology

QR Microbiology

 

Find Databases

• Biology Journals (Proquest Curriculum Package)  
• Science Full Text (WilsonWeb ) 
• Science Journals (Proquest Curriculum Package) 
• Today's Science (Facts on File)

 

Find Journals

 

Search List of Full-text Online Journals

Online full-text journals in the fields of Biological and Health Sciences

Online full-text journals in the fields of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Online full-text journals in the fields of Physical Sciences and Mathematics 

 

Key print journals available in Miller Information Commons:

• Environment Science
• Science
• Science News
• Scientific American
• Vermont Nature

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