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Biological Science Database This link opens in a new window
Research on animal behavior, aquatic life and fisheries, biochemistry, ecology, plant science, toxicology, virology, microbiology, health and safety science, entomology, and more.
Science Database This link opens in a new window
Applied and general science articles covering topics such as global warming, alternative energy sources, robotic engineering, genetically modified food, and more.
Science Direct This link opens in a new window
An interdisciplinary database showcasing Elsevier's scholarly journal collections (very limited full text). Use Interlibrary Loan services to obtain articles.
Highwire This link opens in a new window
Provides access to articles in the natural sciences - some free.

Environmental Science Collection This link opens in a new window
Articles plus searachable charts, figures, graphs, maps, photographs and tables representing all major environment topics.
Environment Complete This link opens in a new window
Offers coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more.

PubMed This link opens in a new window
From the National Library of Medicine; provides access to over 11 million citations from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources.
Health & Medical Collection This link opens in a new window
Clinical research plus consumer and health administration titles.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition This link opens in a new window
More than 400 scholarly full text journals covering many medical disciplines; abstracts and indexing for over 500 journals; also includes Stedman's Medical Dictionary.
CINAHL Plus with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Indexing for over 1,200 nursing journals, abstracts for over 250 journals, and full text for over 300 health journals.
MedLine plus This link opens in a new window
MEDLINEplus Extensive information about diseases and medical conditions from the National Institutes of Health. Includes lists of hospitals and physicians, medical dictionaries, and more.
Nursing & Allied Health Database This link opens in a new window
Journals and dissertations covering nursing, allied health, and alternative and complementary medicine.
Health Source: Consumer Edition This link opens in a new window
Consumer-oriented information on many health topics such as the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine, and general health; many journals include full text.

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Magazines and journals on many subjects, includes peer-reviewed and scholarly works; full text available.
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Credo is an easy-to-use tool for starting research. Gather background information on your topic from hundreds of full-text encyclopedias, dictionaries, quotations, and subject-specific titles, as well as 500,000+ images and audio files and over 1,000 videos.
Directory of Open Access Journals This link opens in a new window
Free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Full-text articles in over 375 core academic journals with back-files lacking only the most recent 3 -5 years.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Formerly known as Lexis Nexis Academic University, this database provides an index to articles, with full text, in hundreds of news, business, legal, medical, and general reference resources.
ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window
General reference database for over 175 subjects from magazines, journals and newspapers, including peer-reviewed and scholarly works.
SIRS Issues Researcher This link opens in a new window
Thousands of hand-selected, highly targeted articles, graphics, charts, maps, primary sources, government documents, websites, and more support viewpoints on 325 social, scientific, health, historic, economic, political, and global issues. Articles and graphics in SIRS Issues Researcher are carefully selected according to strict SIRS criteria for content reliability, relevance, and age-appropriateness for K-12 students.

Selected Journals

Through JSTOR, the library subscribes to a Life Sciences collection which includes over 200 titles in the field sciences, with great depth in botany, ecology, and ornithology, along with important titles in general science, medicine, nursing, epidemiology, and public health. Searching JSTOR through Salem automatically includes articles from these titles. Here are just some of the individual titles included in this collection: