Online Indexes covering all areas of science

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General Science Abstracts via FirstSearch

Index to more than 150 journals and magazines from the U.S. and Great Britain. Includes articles, reviews, biographical sketches, and letters to the editor. Indexing from May 1984 to the present, abstracts from March 1993 to the present; updated monthly.

History of Science, Technology, and Medicine

Describes journal articles, conference proceedings, books, book reviews, and dissertations in the history of science, technology, medicine and allied historical fields. Updated annually; covers 1975 to the present.

Inside Information Plus

Describes articles appearing in 21,000 of the most-requested titles in the British Library Document Supply Centre's collection of 65,000 serials. Covers all topics from A to Z, from January 1996 to the present. Updated weekly, Inside Information Plus includes more than two million records as of May 1997.

NTIS

The National Technical Information Service (NTIS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is the central source for the public sale of U.S. Government-sponsored research, development, and engineering reports. T Contains bibliographic citations and summaries of information products, including technical reports, software packages, and data files. Coverage includes 1983 - present.

ProceedingsFirst

Over 19,000 citations of every congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received at The British Library from October 1993 to the present. Updated monthly.

Applied Science & Technology Abstracts

Indexes more than 350 international, English-language periodicals, covering engineering, mathematics, physics, and computer technology. Covers from October 1983 to the present, abstracts beginning March 1993; updated monthly.

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology
Orlando : Academic Press, c1987.
Sci/Tech Lib-Reference Room 103
Call Number: Q123 .E497 1987 v.1 - v.15

Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures
Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic, c1997.
Sci/Tech Lib-Reference Room 103
Call Number: Q124.8 .E53 1997

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology.
Edition: 8th ed.
New York : McGraw-Hill, c1997.
Sci/Tech Lib-Reference Room 103
Call number: Q121 .M3 1997 v.1 - v.20

Handbooks

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics.
Cleveland, Ohio, CRC Press, 2000/2001
81st ed.
Shelved at Sci/Tech Lib-Restricted Reserve
Call Number: QD65 .H231

Physicians' Desk Reference : PDR.
Oradell, N.J. : Medical Economics Co.,2001
55th ed. 2001
Sci/Tech Lib-Reference Room 103
Call Number: RS75 .P5

The Merck Index.
Rahway, N.J., Merck, 1996
12th ed. 1996
Sci/Tech Lib-Reference Room 103
Call Number: RS356 .M524

New York Climate
Ithaca, N.Y. : New York Climate Office and Northeast Regional Climate Program,
Sci/Tech Lib-Reference Room 103
Current issues on Reserve at Sci/Tech circulation desk.
Call Number: QC984.N7 N7

Local Climatological Data. Syracuse, New York.
Asheville, N.C. : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Environmental Data and Information Service, National Climatic Center
Note: Continues: Local climatological data. Syracuse, N.Y.
Sci/Tech Lib-Reference Room 103
Notes: Current issues on Reserve at Sci/Tech circulation desk.
Call Number: QC984.N5 A52
Library has: 1955-Current

Climatological Data, New York.
Asheville, N.C. : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Environmental Data and Information Service, National Climatic Center
Sci/Tech Lib-Reference Room 103
Notes: Current issues on Reserve at Sci/Tech circulation desk.
Call Number: QC984.N5 A2
Library has: 1966 - Current

Biography Reference

Dictionary of Scientific Biography.
New York, Scribner [1970-1980]
Sci/Tech Lib-Reference Room 103
Call Number: Q141 .D5 v.1 -v.16

American Men & Women of Science.
New York : R.R. Bowker
Sci/Tech Lib-Reference and Stacks
Call Number: Q141 .A472

Who's Who in Science and Engineering.
Wilmette, Ill. : Marquis Who's Who, c1999
Sci/Tech Lib - Reference Room 103
4th ed., 1999
Call Number: Q141 .W57

Poggendorff, J. C. (Johann Christian), 1796-1877.
Biographisch-literarisches Handwörterbuch der Exakten Naturwissenschaften
Berlin, Akademie Verlag, 1863-
Sci/Tech Lib-Reference Room 103
Call Number: Z7404 .P74

Directories

Peterson's Graduate Programs in the Biological Sciences
Princeton, N.J. : Peterson's, c2000
34th ed., 2000
Sci/Tech Lib-Reference, Rm 103.
Call number: L901.P485

Peterson's Graduate Programs in Engineering & Applied Sciences
Princeton, N.J. : Peterson's, c2000
34th ed., 2000
Sci/Tech Lib-Reference, Rm 103.
Call number: L901.P485

Peterson's Graduate Programs in the Physical Sciences, Mathematics, Agricultural Sciences, the Environment & Natural Resources.
Princeton, N.J. : Peterson's, c2000
34th ed., 2000
Sci/Tech Lib-Reference, Rm 103.
Call number: L901.P485

Thomas Register of American Manufacturers.
New York, Thomas Pub. Co.
90th ed. (2000) in Bird-Reference, 1st floor.
89th ed. (1999) in Sci-Tech Reference, Room 103
Call Number: T12 .T6