LibGuides: Science Independent Research Study (SIRS): SIRS Resources

Science & Medical Resources

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ProQuest Research Library
"Multidisciplinary resource featuring a diversified mix of scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and other timely sources across the top 150 subject areas."
Gale Science
Includes thousands of reference articles, science journals, and science news resources, as well as multimedia. Covers biology, environmental science, chemistry, health & medicine, technology, and physics & astronomy.
Scientific American
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Excellent resource for popular science articles, blogs, videos, and more
Scientific American Mind
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Excellent resource for popular articles on psychology, neuroscience, and related areas of research.

Health/Medical e-books GVRL
MEDLINE
The National Library of Medicine's premier bibliographic database covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system and more.

JURN

JURN is a search tool which helps you find free academic articles and books (similar to Google Scholar except all content is free, as opposed to free content and citations to articles behind pay walls).

Science Resources on the Web

*This is by no means an exhaustive list of online science resources but rather a place to get started.*

Digital Commons Network
The Digital Commons Network brings together free, full-text scholarly articles from hundreds of universities and colleges worldwide. Curated by university librarians and their supporting institutions, the Network includes a growing collection of peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, conference proceedings, and other original scholarly work.
Science.gov
Science.gov searches over 60 databases and over 2200 selected websites from 15 federal agencies, offering 200 million pages of authoritative U.S. government science information including research and development results.
NASA
NASA.gov brings you the latest news, images and videos from America's space agency, pioneering the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and more.
Smithsonian Magazine
Smithsonian is the official journal published by the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
Mayo Clinic
At Mayo Clinic, over 3300 physicians, scientists and researchers share their expertise to empower you. Learn why it's the right place for your health care.
Science Reference Services - Library of Congress
National Institutes of Health
NIH is one of the world's foremost medical research centers.
Centers for Disease Control
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is the leading national public health institute of the United States.
National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering.
Public Library of Science
PLOS (Public Library of Science) is a nonprofit publisher and advocacy organization founded to accelerate progress in science and medicine by leading a transformation in research communication.
ScienceDirect
Explore scientific, technical, and medical research on ScienceDirect. Search for peer-reviewed journals, articles, book chapters and open access content.
National Center for Biotechnology Information
"The National Center for Biotechnology Information advances science and health by providing access to biomedical and genomic information."

Link to SIRS Google Site

SIRS Home

Microsoft Academic

Highly relevant search results from continually refreshed and

extensive academic content from over 120 million publications."

Home Access to Databases

All GBS Library databases and e-books are accessible from home with your GBS Username & Password.

If you see the screen shown below, use your GBS username (ID number only) and password to log in. Use the same username & password you use to log into all other GBS resources (Power School, library lab computers, etc):

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