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Astronomy, Chemistry, Earth Sciences: Geology & Soils

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From Gale, Academic OneFile contains peer-reviewed, full-text articles for academic libraries from the world's leading journals. This comprehensive resource covers the physical and social sciences, technology, medicine, engineering, the arts, technology, literature, and many other subjects.

Academic Search Premier

(Via EbscoHost) Full text for thousands of publications, including thousands of peer-reviewed journal articles as well as newspapers. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further.

Air & Space Magazine Archives (1970-) Gale Digital Archives

Gale Digital Archives provides access to Smithsonian's Air & Space magazine from 1986 - present and the Smithsonian from 1970 - present.

AVON: Academic Video Online (was VAST)

From Alexander Street Press, this comprehensive multidisciplinary streaming video resource on the Web brings together thousands of video titles in a wide range of disciplines. With thousands and thousands of complete titles (not clips), AVON includes award-winning films from dozens of notable producers and distributors.

Britannica Academic Edition

An excellent online encyclopedia, dictionary, and world atlas. Don't know much about your topic? Start here.

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications, 1976 to present (GPO Access)

Finding tool for Federal publications that includes descriptive records for historical (since 1976) and current publications and provides direct links to those that are available online. For publications 1895-1976 visit Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications, 1895-1976 (Chadwyck).

ChemIDplus (National Library of Medicine)

From the U.S. National Library of Medicine, this site is used to locate & identify a chemical or drug's toxicity, physical properites, molecular weight, etc.

Conversion of Units

From the Institute of Chemistry - a conversion guide

Copyright & Intellectual Property Law

Let’s face it. Intellectual property law can be confusing, even overwhelming. That’s why the Wyoming State Library's State Publications Librarian Karen Kitchens put together the list of resources below. Open or download these helpful items for basic information about patent, trademark, and copyright law. Please remember that these guides provide a very basic overview. Always consult an attorney for legal assistance.

Credo Reference

General reference source, aggregating content of major subjects from the "best publishers of reference."

Culture Grams

Provided by the Wyoming State Library, Culture Grams provides demographic, political, economic, climate, and social statistical information and maps about world countries, states, and Canadian provinces.

Data.Gov (U.S. Government data & statistics)

The home of the U.S. Government’s open data

Here you will find data, tools, and resources to conduct research, develop web and mobile applications, design data visualizations, and more.

Dissertations & Theses (via Proquest)

The official digital dissertations archive for the Library of Congress and the database of record for graduate research. Full-text for most entries since 1997. Abstracts back to 1980.

Earth Science World Image Bank

Service provided by the American Geological Institute (AGI); includes descriptive information. Photo quality images are available for a fee.

EBook Central -- (ProQuest Academic Complete, Non-Fiction Collection)

At over 300,000 online books, these non-fiction books span all academic subject areas. Can be read online or downloaded.

Ebsco eBook Collections

The library subscribes to the following eBook collections that are searched together from this link: Publishing Collection, Academic Collection North America, and Community College Collection: Nursing & Allied Health (includes Vet Tech and Computer Software), Clinical collection and Engineering Collection.

Encyclopedia of Associations: National Organizations of the U.S. (Part of Gale Directory Library)

This publication is part of Gale Directory Library, a federated search engine of directories.

Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) Complete (Proquest)

The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires that U.S. federal agencies or anyone receiving federal funding prepare detailed analyses of any of their actions that significantly affect the quality of the environment. Almost all developments, such as roads, houses and airports, have an impact on the environment. In recent years, EISs have looked increasingly at biodiversity. Most EIS documents will include a description of major habitats and a list of the plant and animal species present. They also pay particular attention to the presence of threatened species. Where the effects are considered significantly harmful to threatened species, an additional document, the Species Impact Statement (SIS), may also be prepared.

ERIC

(Education Resources Information Center) U.S. Department of Education produces the world's premier database of journal and non-journal education literature; greater than 1.4 million citations going back to 1966; Over 527,000 full-text non-journal documents (issued 1966-present), previously available for a fee.

FDLP Guide: Natural Disasters & General Preparedness

Government resources for preparedness and response.

FedStats

The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. government agencies. NOTE: Search this site for table information that was in the Statistical Abstracts of the United States, now discontinued.

Films on Demand: Academic Collection

Academic Collection by Films Media Group (FMG) of online educational videos. These films are viewed through streaming video and can be linked by faculty into online classes. Flash is the recommended viewing software. If streaming is not smooth, try a lower playback file size (300, or 400).

Fire Effects Information System (FEIS)

FEIS provides up-to-date information [literature reviews and summaries with complete bibliographies] about fire effects on plants, lichens, and animals. It was developed at the United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory in Missoula, Montana.

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (via EBSCO)

An online encyclopedia

Gale Ebooks (Was Gale Reference or GVRL)

All of your favorite reference books online. Search within one reference title, across several reference titles, or even across several other Gale databases.

General OneFile (Gale)

General OneFile is Gale's largest general-interest database with more than 8,000 titles (most in full text with no embargo), many of which are recommended by Bowker's Magazines for Libraries. We've included the reference, newspaper, and audio content that complements the resource's robust collection of magazines and journals.

General Science Collection [Gale]

General Science Collection provides access to scholarly journals and magazines covering the latest scientific developments. Key subjects covered by the database include biological sciences, computing, engineering, and technology.

Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

Information for almost 2 million physical and cultural geographic features in the United States and its territories. The GNIS is our Nation's official repository of domestic geographic names information.

Geology of National Parks (USGS)

3D and photographic tours featuring park geology and natural history.

GeoRef (Proquest)

This database, established by the American Geological Institute (AGI) in 1966, provides access to the geoscience literature of the world. Searching also includes GeoRef In Process and Proquest Deep Indexing: Earth Sciences.

Global Issues in Context

From Gale, this database provides perspectives on International news, events, health, business, foreign conflict, science, society, politics, women and family and other issues as well as maps, history and other tools.

GREENR [Gale]

Gale Databases

HathiTrust

HathiTrust (pronounced "Hot'-y" is a partnership of major research institutions and libraries working to ensure that the cultural record is preserved and accessible long into the future. There are more than sixty partners in HathiTrust, and membership is open to institutions worldwide.

InfoTrac Newsstand [Gale]

InfoTrac Newsstand provides access to full-text newspapers and allows users to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, newspaper section, or other fields. The database offers a one-stop source for current news and searchable archives.

JSTOR

Provides full-text to scholarly journals in administration, African-American studies, anthropology, Asian studies, business, ecology, economics, education, finance, history, law, literature, mathematics, philosophy, political science, population, psychology, public policy, sociology, statistics, US and International Music research and theory, and more... Current issues are not included.

Kanopy

A new video streaming service for adults and children. Kanopy provides educational, entertaining, and enriching films. You will be prompted to make a free account using your NWC login and password.

MasterFILE Complete

(via EbscoHost) Multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 2,000 general reference publications dating as far back as 1975. Also includes more than 360 full text reference books, 84,074 biographies, 86,135 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags.

Material Safety Data Sheets

Information provided by Sigma-Aldrich, this site provides chemical safety information, manufacturer's original MSDS labels, etc.

Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications, 1895-1976 (Chadwyck)

An historical archive of U.S. Government publications from 1895-1976. For publications since 1976, visit Catalog of U.S. Government Publications, 1976 to present (GPO Access).

NASA Images

Images from the National Aeronautics & Space Administration

National Geographic Virtual Library [Gale]

Gale Databases

National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC): Geological Hazards Images

NGDC maintains a collection of geologic hazards photographs.

National Interagency Fire Center

Find out what is burning and where. Also includes educational and management materials for potential firefighters & agencies. Follow link to InciWeb for specific fire information.

Nature Online

Nature (London) is accessed through a variety of library databases. Most have a one year embargo; however, the current year is indexed and articles may be requested through interlibrary loan.

Nine (8) Planets

This website is an overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of the planets, moons and other objects in our solar system. Each page has our text and NASA's images, some have sounds and movies, most provide references to additional related information.

NRCS Soils Website

From the Natural Resources Conservation Service - Helping people understand soils.

Office of Science & Technical Information

From the U.S. Department of Energy, the OSTI provides information in science, research & development, energy & technology for industry and homeowners, energy market information & analysis, and nuclear security and environmental management and more.

Old Farmer's Almanac

Predicts everything you need to know, plus includes useful information.

Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection

Scholarly-level information on all subjects in a variety of formats: Overview pages, subject resources, timelines, quotations, specific dictionaries, and bilingual disctionaries.

Periodic Table of Elements (LANL)

Developed by the Los Alamos National Laboratory, this periodic table of chemistry elements includes each element's atomic properties as well as history, sources, uses, isotopes and other properties.

PLOS One (Open access Science & Medicine)

PLOS publishes a suite of influential Open Access journals across all areas of science and medicine. Publications include Biology, Medicine, Computational Biology, Genetics, Neglected Tropical Diseases, Pathogens, and Current Events (Natural disasters, disease outbreaks, etc.) Note: Some content may not be fully peer-reviewed.

PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

PNAS Archives articles are free to use (Search within the archives section). The current issues require a subscription. Please request articles from the library in which you are prompted to pay money.

Popular Magazines [Gale]

Popular Magazines provides access to the most searched magazines across the InfoTrac products. All of the titles are selected based on actual publication searches performed by library patrons and the database includes many titles recommended by Bowker's "Magazines for Libraries".

Proquest Central

An interdisciplinary database by Proquest; includes JBI (nursing evidence-based journals) and agricultural journals. Also find peer-reviewed articles, newspapers, and magazines, plus more!

Proquest Comprehensive

Proquest Comprehensive includes Proquest Central, SciTech, Historical Newspapers, Ebrary (eBook Central) ebooks as well as many other smaller, specialized collections. Remember to limit to type of information once you do a search (scholarly articles or newspapers or books, etc.)

Note: Click on databases at top and select all databases to search everything.

Research News (Current and Past) - National Science Foundation

Find what's happening in the field of science! The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense..." NSF is vital because we support basic research and people to create knowledge that transforms the future.

Science 360: The Knowledge Network - Videos

Free, physical and biological videos to view online.

Science Direct: College Edition

From Elsevier, provides peer-reviewed journals, books, handbooks, & reference books covering scientific, social science, medical and technical information. Sci Direct also has ebooks on Human Health and Veterinary Medicine. Check mark "books" and uncheck "journals" when searching.

Science in Context [Gale]

Science In Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics. The solution merges Gale's authoritative and continuously updated reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, experiments, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.

Science Online (the journal Science from AAAS)

From AAAS, Science journal : 1997 - current issue. Includes technical comments, careers, news. Science Online also includes Science Advances, Science Translational Medicine, Science Signaling, Science Immunology, Science Robotics and Science Partner Journals.

Science.gov

FirstGov for Science. A portal to locate a vast number of scientific websites. Search for discipline areas such as Soils, Plants, Weed & Pest, Meteorology, Civil Engineers, Physics, Biology, Ecology, Chemistry, Veterinary Medicine, Computers, Communication, etc.

SciTech Collection (Proquest)

Proquest's full Science and Technology collection including biological, medical, physical, environmental, engineering, materials, toxicology, aerospace, telecommunications, computer sciences and much more!

Serials Locator (360 Link) - Start with the citation

Have a journal article's citation but need to find which database carries the full text? Search for the citation in this electronic journal locator tool created by Serials Solution 360 Link. Includes information about paper holdings at the library.

USA.gov

The official portal for all USA federal, state, and local information, from online documents and resources to social security benefits, government jobs and tips on stretching your dollars.

USGS Publications Warehouse

From the U.S. Geological Survey, this warehouse contains publications including annual reports, bulletins, circulars, fact sheets, maps, reports, charts, investigations, memorandum, & more.

Western Regional Climate Center

Historical summaries (such as Powell), climate prediction, snotel, weather projects, education and travel.

Western Waters Digital Library

WWDL provides free public access to digital collections of significant primary and secondary resources on water in the western United States. These collections have been made available by research libraries belonging to the Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA) and other academic library partners.

Wolfram|Alpha - a computational knowledge engine

A specialized search engine, WOLFRAM|ALPHA uses built-in knowledge curated by human experts to compute on the fly a specific answer to every query. Accepts plain English. Ask questions, find & use calulators & formulas. Graphs and statistics are provided with answers. Includes background information, definitions & links. Mobile & Course Apps to purchase

World of Scientific Biography by Eric Weisstein (& World of Science Encyclopedia)

Contains author compiled encyclopedias of astronomy, scientific biography, chemistry, and physics.

World Resources Institute (Organization)

WRI is a global research organization that spans more than 50 countries. Our work focuses on six critical issues at the intersection of environment and development: climate, energy, food, forests, water, and cities and transport.

WorldCat - cataloged items from libraries around the world

Library catalog of books, audiovisual materials, music scores and recordings, government publications, etc. from around the world. No journal articles. Find an item you wish to check out? Contact NWC Library & we will get the item for you via Interlibrary Loan.

WWW Chemistry Guide

WWW Chemistry Guide - the directory and search engine of chemistry related resources on the Internet. Our search engine allows you to search the contents of more than 250 websites. It searches only the sites we specify, bypassing a lot of the junk.

Wyoming Climate Atlas

This e-book, written by Jan Curtis & Kate Grimes, is part of the Water Resources Data System produced by the University of Wyoming.