Guest Databases for General Sciences

Alphabetical list of databases:
A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I-J-K  L  M  N  O-P-Q  R-S  T  U-V  W-X-Y-Z

Databases by subject
Specific database services

Databases marked “IN LIBRARY USE ONLY” can be searched
exclusively from the Public Access computers in the Library.

 indicates a TexShare database

Database	Description	Full Text	Service
Academic Search Complete (IN LIBRARY USE ONLY)	A comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 9,810 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. This scholarly collection offers unmatched full text coverage of information in many areas of academic study including: archaeology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, law, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, physics, psychology, religion & theology, women’s studies, and other fields.		EBSCOhost
Directory of Open Access Journals	Service that provides access to quality controlled Open Access Journals. The Directory aims to be comprehensive and cover all open access scientific and scholarly journals that use an appropriate quality control system, and it is not be limited to particular languages or subject areas.		TexShare
Dissertations and Theses (IN LIBRARY USE ONLY)	Contains more than 2 million entries for doctoral dissertations and master’s theses. The database includes citations for materials ranging from the first U.S. dissertation, accepted in 1861, to those accepted as recently as last semester. Since 1997, new publications have been available electronically, and many publications can be ordered through the system for a fee. The database represents the work of authors from over 1,000 North American graduate schools and European universities. Angelo State University faculty, students, and staff have free access to 24 page previews and the full text in PDF format, when available, of all ASU theses published through UMI Dissertation Publishing.		ProQuest
Dissertations and Theses in Texas	Hosted institutional repository service, developed by the the Texas Digital Library, which allows Texas institutions of higher learning to preserve and provide wide online access to their scholarly and pedagogic output.		Texas Digital Library
DOE Information Bridge	Provides free, convenient, and quick access Department of Energy (DOE) research and development reports in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, engineering, computer and information science, renewable energy, and other topics		Gov
DTIC Online	A DoD publicly accessible repository and database of releasable technical reports from 1986 to the present (more than 400,000 citations and abstracts); as well as access to the databases of technical reports of NASA and the Department of Energy (DOE).		Gov
E-PRINT Network	A vast, integrated network of electronic scientific and technical information created by scientists and research engineers active in their respective fields, intended for use by other scientists, engineers, and students at advanced levels. Also a gateway to over 12,000 websites and databases worldwide, containing e-prints in basic and applied sciences, primarily in physics but also including subject areas such as chemistry, biology and life sciences, materials science, nuclear sciences and engineering, energy research, computer and information technologies, and other disciplines of interest to DOE.		Gov
Federal R&D Project Summaries	A portal to information about Federal research projects, complete with full-text single-query searching across databases residing at different agencies (Department of Energy, National Institutes of Health, and National Science Foundation)		Gov
GreenFILE™	Research database focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment, with well-researched but accessible information on topics ranging from global warming to recycling to alternate fuel sources and beyond. Comprised of scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports, GreenFILE offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the ecology.		EBSCOhost/Free
MathSciNet	Comprehensive database covering the world’s mathematical literature since 1940. MathSciNet provides Web access to the bibliographic data and reviews of mathematical research literature contained in the Mathematical Reviews Database		American Mathematical Society
Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)	Discover and use the scientific and technical information resources of the Department of Energy in broad disciplines such as physics, chemistry, materials, biology, engineering, energy efficiency, and other related subject areas.		Gov
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (IN LIBRARY USE ONLY)	PNAS publishes research reports (describing the results of original research of exceptional importance), commentaries (which call attention to papers of particular note and are written at the invitation of the Editorial Board), perspectives (presenting a viewpoint on an important area of research and are written at the invitation of the Editorial Board), and colloquium papers (reports of scientific colloquia held under Academy auspices) on a broad array of scientific topics.		National Academy of Sciences
SAGE Journals Online (IN LIBRARY USE ONLY)	SAGE Publications publishes over 460 journals in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine. SAGE Journals Online is the delivery platform that provides online access to the full text of individual SAGE journals. The SAGE Full-Text Collections are also available on SAGE Journals Online		SAGE Publications
Science Accelerator	Science Accelerator empowers users to search, via a single query, important information resources of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) scientific and technical information. These resources contain the results of DOE research and development (R&D) projects and programs, descriptions of R&D projects under way or recently completed, major R&D accomplishments, and recent research of interest to DOE.		Gov
ScienceDirect® (IN LIBRARY USE ONLY)	Provides access to more than 1000 scientific, medical and technical journals published by the world’s leading scientific publishers, many in full text.		Science Direct®
Wiley Online Library (IN LIBRARY USE ONLY)	Provides full-text access to journal articles in the fields of business; chemistry; computer science; earth and environmental science; education; engineering; law; life sciences; mathematics and statistics; medicine and healthcare; physics and astronomy; polymers and materials science; psychology; and social sciences.		Wiley