Library Research Guides: Earth Science: Earth Science databases

Easy database to use for Prof. Hunckler's assignment

After entering your search term and finding results, be sure to click Academic Journals in the right hand column to narrow your results to articles from scholarly sources, not magazines.

Websites

The University of Michigan Online Repository of Fossils
The University of Michigan Online Repository of Fossils (UMORF) is a project of the University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology to increase the accessibility of fossil specimens through online 3D and 2D representations. Analyses of fossil material require detailed information on the 3-dimensional shapes of specimens. Traditional means of conveying this information through photographs and drawings work well to a point, but can now be supplemented by 3D graphics formats that allow onscreen manipulation of 3D digital models. This website, still in early stages of development, is intended as a resource and showcase for 3D (and supporting 2D) content featuring specimens in UMMP collections or being studied by UMMP personnel.

Science library databases for journal, magazine articles, etc.

Biological Science Database
Why search here?
Research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology, and ecology and some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science.

What is included?
Supporting over two dozen areas of expertise, this database provides access to literature from over 6000 serials, as well as conference proceedings, technical reports, monographs and selected books and patents.
GreenFILE
Why search here?
GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment.

What is included?
The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,700 records.
Nature
Why search here?
Nature is the leading weekly international journal publishing the finest peer-reviewed research in all areas of science and technology on the basis of its originality, importance, timeliness and surprising conclusions.

What is included?
Content from 1869 to present.
Science
Why search here?
Science is a leading weekly general scientific journal, publishing primary peer-reviewed research and breaking science news.

What is included?
Science also includes access to Science Translational Medicine, focusing on the conversion of biomedical research in the lab into clinical applications; Science Signaling, providing research and commentary in the field of cellular signaling; Science Express is a prepublication service which provides access and alerts to peer-reviewed research; ScienceNOW, providing science news; and the Science of Aging Knowledge Environment Archive, published from October 2001 through June 2006 featuring news, reviews, and disease case studies pertaining to aging-related research.
Science Database
Why search here?
This database is a definitive resource for students studying both the applied and general sciences.

What is included?
With coverage dating back to 1986, ProQuest Science Journals features over 1030 titles, with more than 760 available in full text. Search over 2.7M records, dating back to the mid 1980s.
ScienceDirect College Edition
Why search here?
Explore scientific, technical, and medical research on ScienceDirect.

What is included?
1.4 million articles on ScienceDirect are open access; articles published open access are peer-reviewed and made freely available for everyone to read, download and reuse in line with the user license displayed on the article.

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