Interdisciplinary Databases
VCU Libraries search includes books, articles, videos, and government documents that VCU Libraries has. It includes both research articles and popular sources. To limit to scholarly journals, use the "Peer Reviewed" link on the left of your results page.
Web of Science Easy-to-use database of scholarly literature covering all scientific disciplines. Shows connections between sources that cite each other.
General Science Full Text Abstracts and select full-text from a core collection of general science journals. Designed specifically for students and non-specialists, covering a wide scope of subject areas.
Academic Search CompleteContains resources in all academic areas, including sciences, arts, social sciences and humanities.
VCU Libraries SearchSearches much of VCU Libraries collections and can restricted to peer reviewed articles.
Astronomy Database
Web of Science Although interdisciplinary, Web of Science is one of the best databases for Astronomy research.
Biology -- Clinical Sciences / Medicine Database
PubMedPubMed is the go-to source for biomedical & health sciences research. Use Get it @ VCU to go through the library to access subscription (non-free) articles.
Biology - Molecular and Cellular Biology
Biology -- Environmental Sciences Databases
Chemistry Database
SciFinderNAside from being useful for locating research articles in all areas of chemistry, it has property and reaction information for molecules and allows you to search by structure.
Computer Science Database
ACM Digital Library Bibliographic citations and full text of Association for Computing Machinery articles from journals, magazines, and conference readings. Coverage of most journals is from volume 1 to present.
Earth Sciences Database
Engineering Databases
Engineering Village Access to up-to-date engineering literature and patent databases providing coverage from a wide range of trusted engineering sources. Includes Compendex, INSPEC, and NTIS.
IEEE Xplore Comprehensive collection of articles, proceedings and standards in electrical engineering, computer science and electronics.
Mathematics/Statistics Database
MathSciNet The American Mathematical Society's comprehensive database of citations to research in all areas of mathematics.
Physics Database
INSPEC Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) database in physics, computer science, and electrical engineering. Includes citations, abstracts, and select full text for journals, proceedings, books, and other materials. Part of Engineering Village.
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