Best 20+ Research Databases & Indexes Catalogs
- Academic Search Complete8,500+ full-text periodicals, including 7,300+ peer-reviewed journals (EBSCO)
- ADS – (Astrophysics Data System) – Digital Library for Physics and Astronomy
- Search Forms:
- Query pages provide access to articles scanned by ADS:
- Bibliograpic Abreviations
- ARIBIB – (ARI Bibliographical Database for Astronomical References)
- arXiv.org – Open access pre-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance and Statistics, (Cornell University Library) [formerly known as LANL]
- Dissertations and Theses Global – (Partial full-text, 1861 – ) (Citations with abstracts, 1980 – ) (Full-text PDF format, 1997 – )
- Dissertations and Theses @ University of Hawaii – (Partial full-text) (Full-text, 1996 – present)
- Engineering Village 2 – (Citations and abstracts, 1970 – )International engineering journals, conference proceedings, technical reports and trade publications (Elsevier)
- GeoBase via Engineering Village 2 – (Abstracts, citations and partial full-text, 1980 – )Geography, Ecology, Geology, Oceanography, Geomechanics and Developmental Studies
- GeoRef Index via Engineering Village 2 – (Citations and abstracts)North American geology from 1785 to present and the rest of the world from 1933 to the present
- IEEE/IET Electronic Library – (Partial full-text, 1872 – )Journals, magazines, transactions and conference proceedings plus active IEEE standards (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers)
- JSTOR Arts & Sciences – (Full-text scholarly journals) – Collections 1-8 and Life Sciences (CLICK HERE for subject list)
- JSTOR Journals, Primary Sources, and Books – Trial UHM subscription (2020)
- LEVEL 5 – A Knowledgebase for Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology, sponsored by NASA (AISRP)
- MathSciNet – (Citations/abstracts, 1940 – )Mathematical journals, conference proceedings, books and the Mathematical Reviews Database
- NED – (NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database)
- ScienceDirect – (Partial full-text, 1995 – )Elsevier journals covering agriculture, medicine, physics, astronomy, earth sciences and business
- SciFinder-n – (Chemical Abstracts, Citations and abstracts, 1907 – ) Covers all areas of chemistry and chemical engineering
CLICK HEREi to establish a free, required personal account - SciFinder Scholar – (older version) with author reference search format
- SIMBAD – (Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data)
- Sky & Telescope Name Index – Vol.1 no1 – Vol.108 no6 (Nov 1941 – Dec 2004)
- SPIE Digital Library – (Full-text, 1990 – ) (International Society for Optical Engineering)SPIE journals and the Proceedings of the SPIE back to volume 1
- SpringerLink – [no longer a UHM subscription] (Partial full-text 1997 – )
- Web of Science Core Collection – (Citations and abstracts, 1980 – )Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index and Arts & Humanities Citation Index
- Cited Reference Search
- Citation Count Search Tutorial – (Web of Science v3.0 2007)
- Cited Reference Searching in Web of Science Video Tutorial – (Created by the UHM SciTech department)
- Cited Reference Search
- WorldCat – Holdings of libraries worldwide, includs journals, books, online resources, and other materials
- WorldCat (public version) – unlimited free access
- WorldCat (UHM login required) – (via OCLC FirstSearch)
- 4 users allowed at one time. If you cannot login, try again later
- WorldCat Discovery – the new version of WorldCat (January 2020)
Free eBook Database Collections
- dBooks Library – pdf downloads, no registration required
- Ebook Central – UHM ProQuesr subscription
- How to Write a Good Scientific Paper – (Full Book) Chris A. Mack, 2018. SPIE Digitial Library
- Internet Archive – Create a free sign-in account
- IOP Science – UHM subscription
- Springer Nature – Free textbook access during Coronavirus outbreak (expired 31 Aug. 2020)
- Select Physics and Astronomy – from the list of Subject Categories