ACM Digital Library
Information technology and computer science. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) publications, including newsletters, magazines, transactions, proceedings, journals, special interest groups, and materials from associations affiliated with ACM.
Date of coverage: 1985 - present

ACS Publications (American Chemical Society)
Full text of journals published by the American Chemical Society. List of titles.
Date of coverage: varies by title

Agricola
Journal, books, proceedings, technical reports. Major areas: agriculture, animal sciences, cytology, agricultural economics, education, horticulture, hydrology, natural resources, pesticides, pollution, water quality, weather and climate, wildlife, zoology.
Date of coverage: 1970 - present
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Algology, Mycology & Protozoology Abstracts (Microbiology C)
Reproduction, growth, life cycles, biochemistry, genetics, infection and immunity in man, other animals, and plants; algae, fungi, protozoa, or lichens or more broadly, microbiology, immunology, pathology, environmental research, and toxicology.
Date of coverage: 1970 - present
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Annual Reviews Online
Annual Reviews saves you time by synthesizing primary research literature and identifying the principal contributions in a field. Articles are written by authors who are recognized experts in the field. Annual Reviews publications are among the highest cited publications by impact factor according to the Institute for Scientific Information® (ISI). Some relevant subject areas: biochemistry, cell biology, ecology, evolution and systematics, genetics and genomics, immunology, microbiology, phytopathology, earth sciences, environment and resources, fluid mechanics.
Date of coverage: 1930 - present

ASFA: Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts
Science, technology and management of marine, freshwater and brackish water environments and organisms. Over 5,000 serial publications, books, reports, conference proceedings, translations and some grey literature. Major areas of coverage: aquaculture, aquatic organisms, aquatic pollution, brackish water environments, conservation, environmental quality, fisheries, limnology, marine environments and biotechnology, oceanography, policy and legislation.
Date of coverage: 1971 - present
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Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B)
Research and clinical findings in the areas of bacteriology, biochemistry and genetics. Areas of coverage include: aggressins and toxins, animal bacteriology, antibacterial agents, cell structure, culture, ecology, genetics, identification, invertebrate bacteriology, methodology, predation, taxonomy and typing.
Date of coverage: 1982 - present
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Biological Sciences
Interdisciplinary database offers abstracts and citations to a wide range of research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology and ecology, and some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science. Some major areas of coverage: algology, aquaculture, aquatic organisms, bacteriology, ecology, marine biology, microbiology, mycology, protozoology, toxicology, virology and zoology.
Date of coverage: 1982 - present
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BioOne
Fulltext content of over 60 high-impact bioscience journals from a number of established society, association and non-commercial scientific presses.
Date of coverage: varies by journal
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Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts
Coverage of ground-breaking research, applications, regulatory developments and new patents across all areas of biotechnology and bioengineering, including medical, pharmaceutical, agricultural, environmental and marine biology. Some areas included: aquaculture and fisheries, biofouling, biopesticides, bioremediation, environmental and marine applications.
Date of coverage: 1982 - present
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Books in Print
Search to find book titles in-print, audio and video titles.
Date of coverage: current

Chesapeake Bay Bibliography
This compilation, produced over a ten year period ending in 1981, covers books, articles, government, institutional and academic reports, as well as theses and dissertations dealing with all aspects of the ecology and management of the Bay spanning back to the 1920's.
Date of coverage: 1920 - 1981

Chemical Abstracts ... go to Scifinder Scholar

Chronicle of Higher Education
News, information about educational trends and developments, career information for college and university faculty and administrators.
Date of coverage: current

Computer & Information Systems Abstracts
Theoretical research and practical applications in computer technology from around the world. Includes AI, applications, programming, hardware, IS, software engineering and mathematics of computing.
Date of coverage: 1981 - present
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Conference Papers Index
Conference papers and poster sessions presented at major scientific meetings around the world with current emphasis on the life sciences, environmental and aquatic sciences.
Date of coverage: 1982 - present
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Congressional Research Service Reports
(CRS Reports/ National Council for Science and the Environment)
Reports prepared by the Library of Congress for the U.S. Congress on a variety of environmental and related topics. Topics include climate change, marine, natural resources, pollution, water and wetlands.

Credo Reference (formerly xreferplus)
Connect to reference books on a wide range of topics: art, biography, conversions, dictionaries, encyclopedias, medicine, quotations, science and technology. List of books

CSA Illumina
Life sciences, environmental and aquatic sciences, computer sciences, materials sciences and engineering, aerospace; also includes a few social sciences databases. Use the Natural Sciences subject group to search multiple databases at the same time. For a complete list of databases and more information go here and click on the Natural Sciences folder.
Date of coverage: varies by database
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CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
The online version of the classic reference book incorporating the 85th edition. This version enables quick and easy access to everything the Handbook has to offer, whether you want to browse through the Table of Contents or search for a specific piece of data

Dissertations and Theses: Fulltext
Locate doctoral dissertations and master's theses from colleges and universities from the U.S., Canada, Britain and some European countries.

• Dissertations prior to 1980 only have basic citation information
• Dissertations published from 1980 forward include abstracts written by the author
• From 1997 onwards, the fulltext of the work is provided in pdf format

Use the advanced search option to identify dissertations from specific institutions, authors or advisors. The drop down menu shows you the limiting choices. VIMS works will be listed under the College of William and Mary.
Date of coverage: abstracts 1861 - present, fulltext 1997+
Also known as: ProQuest Dissertations

ebrary
A library of electronic books in many subject areas including the life and physical sciences. Titles and links are also listed in the catalog database, be sure to modify your search to ALL libraries.

EconLit
A wide range of economics related literature covering economic theory and applications including agricultural and natural resource economics.
Date of coverage: 1969 - present
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Entrez Database (NCBI :National Center for Biotechnology Information)
A cluster of databases for molecular sequence retrieval of nucleotides, proteins, genome, structure [tutorial], taxonomy information, literature via PubMed [tutorial] and other related data sets. Links to OMIA, BLAST [info guide], GenBank, plus more.
QuickLinks Table.
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Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management
Broad coverage of the environmental sciences ranging from air quality, aquatic pollution, bacteriology, ecology, pollution, risk assessment, toxicology, water pollution and water resource issues. Searches multiple databases concurrently, see listing under header.
Date of coverage: 1967 - present
Included in: CSA Illumina Natural Sciences subject search
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Geobase
Physical and human geography, earth and environmental sciences, ecology, climatology, geochemistry, geophyics, sedimentology and related disciplines. Includes journals, books, monographs, conference proceedings, and reports.
Date of coverage: 1980 - present

GeoRef
Covers the geology of North America from 1693 to the present and the geology of the rest of the world from 1933 to the present. The database includes references to all publications of the U.S. Geological Survey. Some major areas included are environmental geology, geochemistry, hydrogeology and hydrology, marine geology and oceanography and stratigraphy.
Date of coverage: 1693 - present for North American coverage; 1933-present Worldwide
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GeoScience World
Fulltext of core journals from the Geological Society of America, Geological Society of London, Mineralogical Society of America, and other highly respected organizations in the geosciences. Journals included in GSW are indexed by GeoRef.
Date of coverage: varies with the journal
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General Onefile
Multidisciplinary coverage ranging from popular culture, business, health, science and technology, environmental issues, sports, politics, current events. Fulltext of many articles. Updated daily.
Date of coverage: varies

Google Scholar
Good for a quick browse to see what's out there on a topic and also for identifying and connecting to non-journal article materials. When searching while off campus, connect to GS via the library page to optimize journal linking. Modify personal preferences to enable downloading a record to a citation manager. Make sure you are using other database sources as well. Remember this is a beta application, subject to change and resource coverage.

Health and Wellness Resource Center
Consumer health and nutrition information, medical encyclopedia and dictionary, health news and drug finder from authoritative sources. Alternative health module and disease profiler.
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Health Reference Center Academic
Another source for health information, articles from nursing and allied health journals, as well as consumer health magazines, and topical overviews.
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Highwire Press
A repository from Sanford University Libraries of over 1 million free, fulltext, peer-reviewed articles in journals primarily in the biological and medical sciences areas.
Browse the journal list.

Industrial and Applied Microbiology Abstracts (Microbiology A)
Findings and practical applications in agricultural, food and beverage, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries. Some areas of interest: microbial degradation, microbial toxins, microbial resistance, antimicrobial agents.
Date of coverage: 1982 - present
Included in: CSA Illumina Natural Sciences subject search
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INSPEC
Covers the fields of computing, physics, electronics, control engineering and information technology, including acoustics, geophysics, physical oceanography. Journal and conference proceedings. Updated weekly.
Date of coverage: 1969 - present

JSTOR
Fulltext archive of scholarly journals in the sciences, arts, humanities and social sciences organized into subject collections.
Date of coverage: varies by title
Browse by discipline

LexisNexis Academic
Fulltext news, business, legal, medical and reference information. Includes wire services, newspapers, magazines and trade publications, legal and scholarly journals. Company information and annual reports, polls, laws and regulations. National and international coverage.
Date of coverage: Updated daily.

LexisNexis Congressional
Congressional hearings, public issues, legislation, history and legal research. Fulltext.

LexisNexis Statistical Universe
Statistics from international, federal, state, and local government, and from academic, trade, professional agencies and organizations.
Date of coverage: 1973 - present

MathSciNet
Mathematical sciences. Reviews, summaries of articles and books from approximately 1600 current serials and journals. Fulltext linking.
Date of coverage: 1940 - present

Medline
Worldwide biomedical literature. A broad range of medical topics relating to research, clinical practice, administration, policy issues, and health care services. Subject content includes microbiology; physiology; toxicology; parasitology; laboratory techniques and procedures; diagnosis and management; clinical research trials and experimental treatment protocols; legislation and regulation; investigational drugs and new drug uses, and some veterinary medicine. Fulltext linking.
Date of coverage: 1996 - present. Updated weekly.
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Medline via EBSCOHost
Subject coverage as listed above, with greater retrospective coverage of the database. Fulltext linking.
Date of coverage: 1949 - present

NCBI Databases: Quick List of Resources
Links to NCBI's array of databases, datasets, tools and other resources.

NSCEP/NEPIS (National Environmental Publications Internet Site)
Search for and view over 25,000 full text EPA documents. Major areas of coverage include technical reports in the areas of environmental education, environmental protection, pollution prevention, and water.
Date of coverage: 1997 to the present
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netLibrary
Fulltext coverage of over 27,500 reference works, scholarly literature and research and fiction with coverage of titles in the science and technology area included. Titles and links are also listed in the catalog database, be sure to modify your search to ALL libraries.

NTIS: National Technical Information Service
Identify government funded scientific, technical, engineering and business related reports from over 200 federal agencies. Contact Library before ordering.

Oceanic Abstracts
International technical literature pertaining to the marine and brackish-water environment, focusing on marine biology and physical oceanography, fisheries, aquaculture, non-living resources, meteorology and geology, plus environmental, technological, and legislative topics.
Dates of coverage: 1981 - present
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Plant Science
Plant science, focusing on all plant scientific aspects, especially on pathology, symbiosis, biochemistry, genetics, biotechnology, techniques and environmental biology.
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Proceedings First
Proceedings of every congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received at The British Library Document Supply Centre.
Date of coverage: 1993 - present

PubChem (NCBI / MLM)
Information on the biological activities of small molecules. Includes substance information, compound structures and bioactivity data. More info.

Refworks
A citation manager which allows you to create your own database of references from searches in online databases or your own files. Citations can be incorporated into your paper and the bibliography can be easily created in a number of citation styles. Create an account and access your records from any computer. Good for collaborative project work.
First step: go to RefWorks, register and create your login and password.
Power searcher: Quick start guide | RefWorks tutorial

Safety Science and Risk
Comprehensive, timely information across the fields of public health, safety, and industrial hygiene. Cited studies are geared to help researchers identify, evaluate, and eliminate or control risks and hazards from environmental and occupational situations. Major areas of coverage include environmental safety, natural hazards, pollution source analysis and risk assessment and management.
Date of coverage: 1981 - present
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Scifinder Scholar
Coverage of chemistry and the life sciences including biochemistry, biology, pharmacology, medicine, and related disciplines from several databases, including Chemical Abstracts Plus, Registry, CASREACT, CHEMLIST, CHEMCAT, and Medline.
Date of coverage: 1907 - present. Updated daily.
Also known as: Chemical Abstracts

Accessible at computers in Hargis Library or by downloading client software to office computers. More connection info.

Science Citation Index ... go to Web of Science
Find articles that have cited a specific author's work.

Science Direct
Search the range of journals from Elsevier publishing covering the areas of life, physical, medical, technical and social sciences.
Date of coverage: varies by journal
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Scirus
A search engine produced by Elsevier focusing on science, technology and medical sources. Coverage includes articles from Science Direct, BioMed Central, Medline, SIAM and other sci/tech repositories and archives as well as web pages with scientific content.
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TOXLINE
Information in all areas of toxicology, including chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pesticides, environmental pollutants, and mutagens and teratogens. Some of the major areas covered: environmental chemical and pollutants, chemical-induced diseases, gentoxicity, human and animal toxicity, industrial and household chemicals, mutagencity of pesticides and herbicides and risk information.
Date of coverage: last 5 years
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TOXNET (Toxicology Data Network)
A cluster of databases covering toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health and related areas. It can be used to locate toxicology data, literature references, and toxic release information on particular chemicals as well as to search to identify chemicals that cause specific effects. Some of the databases: Hazardous Substances Data Bank: toxicology of over 5,000 potentially hazardous chemicals; IRIS: carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic health risk information on over 500 chemicals; GENE-TOX: genetic toxicology test results on over 3,200 chemicals; Haz-Map: occupational toxicology database designed to provide information about the health effects of exposure to chemicals and biologicals at work.
Use TOXLINE (above) via CSA Illumina for article linking capabilities.
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VIMS Bibliography
This database searches for citation to older articles compiled from a number of sources in a single search. This file should be used for retrospective searching only. File content information. Restricted to VIMS users.
Date of coverage: 1978 - 2002

VIMS Contributions
A search enabling identification of journal articles, book chapters and other publications by VIMS authors.

Water Resource Abstracts
Coverage of the world's technical and scientific literature on water-related topics covering the characteristics, conservation, control, pollution, treatment, use and management of water resources. Major areas include estuaries, erosion and sedimentation, desalination, watershed protection and water resources planning.
Date of coverage: 1967 - present
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Web of Science
Coverage of over 6,000 science journals selected for their influence within a discipline. Smaller society publications may not be covered by this database, be sure to use other research databases as well to avoid missing relevant articles.
Also known as: Science Citation Index, ISI Web of Science
Date of coverage: 1990 - present. Updated weekly
Power searcher: Quick tips card | Cited reference searches : Tips and interpreting the results | Set up citation alerts | Journal title abbreviations | Set up journal alerts | How to use analyze results

WorldCat
A database of over 62 million records which identifies items in thousands of libraries in North America and internationally. Good source for identifying other books and reports held elsewhere which usually can be requested on interlibrary loan. Updated daily.

Zoological Record
Many areas of animal biology, from environment to taxonomy and veterinary sciences. Note that this is not an updated file. Restricted to VIMS users.
Date of coverage: 1978-1999

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