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Complete SMU ONLY
An excellent source for journal articles on almost any topic. Especially useful for undergraduates. Provides full text for about 4700 journals online. Coverage: 1975 to present.
ISI Web of Knowledge SMU Only
1996- present. The most comprehensive journal article database for the sciences. Provides links to cited authors. Also includes the National Library of Medicines index to medical literature (Medline) and the USDA’s index to agricultural literature (Agricola). SMU also has earlier volumes in print or CD dating back to 1945.
ScienceDirect SMU Only
Indexes over 1,000 journals published by several major science publishers, including Elsevier and Academic Press. Covers all the sciences as well as engineering, social science, and business. SMU users can also view full-text articles from the last 4+ years of 175 journals to which SMU has print subscriptions.
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Selected Reference Books
Nature encyclopedia : [an A-Z guide to life on earth] QH13.N27 2001
More than 6500 brief entries. Good for quick look-ups on earth science, life science, animals, plants, and scientists. Includes a chronology of science and facts and statistical tables.
Beacham's guide to the endangered species of North America QH77.N56 B43 2001
These 6 volumes are a good starting place for information on the more than 1,200 species on the Federal Endangered and Threatened Species List .
A Dictionary of Biology QH 302.5 .D5 2000
A guide to key terms in the life sciences.
Encyclopedia of Bioethics QH332 .E52 1995
A 5- volume resource on timely issues concerning ethics in the life sciences and medicine, discussed from several opposing viewpoints.
Encyclopedia of Biodiversity QH541.15.B56 E53 2001
Provides background information on topics in biodiversity, conservation, extinction, and political, ethical, and economic issues of species preservation.
Facts On File dictionary of cell and molecular biology QH575.F33 2003
A guide to terms, concepts, and scientists in the fields of cell and molecular biology.
Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia QL7 .G7813 2003
The most comprehensive information source on animals.
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