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:
    • Modern
    • Classic
    • Journal/Volume/Page
  • Query pages provide access to articles scanned by ADS:
    • Journals
    • Observatory/Society Publications
    • Proceedings
  • 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]
  • Astrophysics (astro-ph)

• 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)
  • SIMBAD Astronomical Database-CDS (Strasbourg)
  • SIMBAD Mirror
  • SIMBAD User’s Guide
• 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)
• 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
  • Open Library
    • Physics Books
    • Physics Textbooks

• 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

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