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Journal Articles and Books
EBSCO (for mobile devices)
EBSCO Academic Search Complete provides citations and abstracts or the full text of articles from a wide range of journals.

EBSCO MasterFILE Premier has many full-text general interest reference books, as well as a large image collection.

Science in Context provides abstracts or the full text of scholarly journal articles as well as reference and multimedia material.

EBL offers access to a collection of electronic books in the areas of science, technology, engineering, mathematics and health.

Nature links to a weekly science journal.

Science links to a weekly journal of scientific research.

First Search has databases that can be searched for citations to journals and books.

CSA Illumina Cambridge Scientific Abstracts provides access to 35 scientific databases.

High Wire Press has 11 scientific journals with full text available online. In addition, High Wire Press has free links to many other full-text journals. Search by category.

Today's Science draws on major scientific journals, magazines and newspapers in the United States and abroad to present the latest scientific discoveries and the fundamental concepts that underlie them.

Annual Reviews provides systematic, periodic examinations of scholarly advances in science and social science through critical authoritative reviews. Search by broad subjects (called "suites") or by more narrow series, including microbiology, public health, psychology and sociology.

Reference Works
Credo Reference
A Dictionary of Astronomy
Encyclopedia Britannica

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