General Science Resources

Wesleyan University Links

• Synthesis - Wesleyan's science and technology Webazine

Wesleyan University Library online resources - These resources are only available for the use of Wesleyan students, staff and faculty.

Databases

• Science Citation Index : covers over 6,000 of the world's most significant scientific and technical journals across more than 160 scientific disciplines from 1994 to present. Besides the traditional author, and keyword search, SCI includes cited reference searching which lets you use a given work as if it were a subject term to identify more recent articleson the same topic. For example, you can find all works that reference articles published by A. Williamson in 1995 in the Journal of Neurophysiology. This type of searching often locates relevant articles that cannot be retrieved through traditional subject-author searching. To search years 1974 to 1994 contact the Science Librarian.
• ArticleFirst - Covers 12,500 journals in all fields including most major mathematics journals, coverage from 1990+, updated daily.
• Applied Science & Technology Index covers 411 English-language scientific and technical publications on such topics as engineering, acoustics, chemistry, computers, metallurgy, physics, plastics, telecommunications, transportation, and waste management.
• General Science Index covers 168 popular and professional English-language science periodicals in biology, chemistry, astronomy, and other sciences, going back to1984.
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Searchable Database - Includes full-text of patents (text and graphics). You will need to download a viewer to access the file.

  Encyclopedias

• Encyclopedia Brittanica - Though not strictly a scientific encyclopedia, this can be a good place to get a start.

  Electronic Journals

• All electronic Journals are listed in both the CTW library catalog as well as on the Electronic Journals page. Please consult these resources to find electronic journals.

Wesleyan University Library Print Resources - These are some of the major or helpful print resources available in the Science Library reference collection. This list is far from inclusive, please consult the CTW Catalog or a reference librarian for additional resources. All items listed, unless otherwise noted, are located in the reference area.

• Dictionaries & Literature Guides
• Science Matters - Q 162 H36 1991 (stacks) - A nice basic introduction to why science should matter to the average citizen as well as an introduction to the basic concepts of science.
• A Dictionary of Scientific Quotations - Q 173 H36 1991- Witty and profound remarks on, about, or from science, includes a decent index.
• Cambridge Dictionary of Science and Technology - Q 123 C482 1990 - A fairly extensive dictionary of science and technology, fairly brief definitions.
• McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms - Q 123 M34 1989 - Another fairly extensive dictionary, includes many illustrations.

  Encyclopedias

•  McGraw Encyclopedia of Science and Technology - Q 121 M3 1997 - A 20 volume set with articles written by thousands of subject experts. Articles range from long to short, are well illustrated and include bibliographies.
• Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology - Q 123 E 497 1987 - A 15 volume encyclopedia, articles are a little longer and more technical than above, they include glossaries and bibliographies.
• Dictionary of Scientific Biography - Q 141 D5 - An excellent 16 volume source for lengthly essays with bibliographies on, for the most part, dead scientists. For more contemporary scientists try:
• Notable Twetieth Century Scientists - Q 141 N73 1995 - Short biographical essays that include lists of selected writings as well as sources.

  Indexes

• Science Citation Index - Z 7401 S365 - A very important index that allows the user to track who's been citing who in the literature. Also allows key words from title, and author searching. Ask a librarian how you can use this source, it can be a very powerful!

WWW guides to Science resources - It is important to note that anyone can publish information on the Internet. You need to be very careful about evaluating and citing information found on the Web. Another good way of finding science resources is to use a search engine or one of the subject directories.

• Argus Clearing House - sites evaulated and rated by subject specialists
• BUBL Link - sites with an European slant, includes brief descriptions
• Internet Public Library - Selected Science resources with annotations
• SciCentral Gateway - a guide to science www guides
• Scout Report - selected and annotated sites of interest to the academic community
• Virtual Library - selected sites, maintained by subject specialists
• YAHOO - submitted sites, no evaluation, widest coverage

General Science Magazines: These are not library subscriptions, just web sites for these magazines. We do not have full access to the Science website.

• Nature - The web site for the international weekly journal of science Nature
• New Scientist Planet Science - The online version of the British weekly science news magazine, accessible and humorous
• Science - Journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Scientific American
• The Scientist - the Newspaper for the Life science Professional
• Science Ethics Bibliography - An extensive bibliography on all aspects of science ethics

Organizations

• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• National Academy of Sciences
• National Science Foundation

Last updated: April 2000