Science and Technology Resources

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Science & Technology Databases

Name

Abstracts or
Full Text?

Description

Academic Search Premier

Abstracts and selected full text

Selected full-text articles from newspapers, magazines and journals 1975 - present

Applied Science & Technology Full Text
(WilsonWeb)

Abstracts and selected full text

Includes articles on computer technology, energy, fire prevention, physics, and more. Indexing begins in 1983, with full-text articles beginning in 1997.

Select "Applied Science & Technology" in the "Subject Area" dropdown menu to search.

Biological and Agricultural Index Full Text
(WilsonWeb)

Abstracts and selected full text

Includes articles on biology, biochemistry, agriculture, and food science topics. Indexing begins in 1983, with full-text articles beginning in 1997.

Select " Biological & Agricultural" in the "Subject Area" dropdown menu to search.

eBooks on Ebscohost 
(formerly NetLibrary)

Full-text

 

 This collection of ebooks covers a diverse array of topics, including business, natural and health sciences, humanities, education, psychology, criminal justice, and information science.

FAITS: Faulkner's Advisory for IT Studies

Full text

Provides technical reports and standards, market information, news, and tutorials for the information technology industry. Topics include IT infrastructure, wireless communications, networking, security, enterprise systems, and the Internet.

General Science Full Text
(WilsonWeb)

Abstracts and selected full text

Journal and magazine articles in biology, chemistry, earth science, health, math, physics, and more. Provides indexing from 1984 and selected full text articles from 1995.

JSTOR

Full text

Provides full-text of journals in sciences and humanities. No current journals, only those 2-5 years old or older.

NetLibrary Electronic Books

 

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Reader's Guide Full Text
(WilsonWeb)

Abstracts and selected full text

References articles in general interest, popular magazines. Provides indexing from 1983 and selected full text articles from 1994 to the present.

SAGE Premier
(SAGE Journals)

Abstracts and full text

Provides full text from 1999 through the present from hundreds of leading peer-reviewed journals. SAGE journals cover business, humanities, social science, criminology, science, technology and medicine. For a complete list of titles, click here.

Holy Family students, faculty, and staff may obtain the current database logins by contacting the Northeast Philadelphia Library (267-341-3315), Newtown LRC (267-341-4010) or by sending email to reference@holyfamily.edu .

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Journals
Many science and technology journals are available to the Holy Family University community. Use our research databases to find journal articles on a specific topic.

If you know the name of the journal you need, try our Journal Locator.

If the library does not own the journal you need, try our Interlibrary Loan service.

Reference Sources
Science books are generally found in the Q call number range, and Technology in the T area. Some business related software guides (ie, MS Office) can be found at HF5548. Look in the Family Cat Library Catalog for more print resources in our collection.

A dictionary of biology.
NEP REF QH302.5 .D5 2000

Encyclopedia of information science and technology
NEP REF Z1006 .E566 2005

Methods of meta-analysis : correcting error and bias in research findings.
NEP HA29 .H847 2004

Science and technology desk reference : 1,500 answers to frequently-asked or difficult-to-answer questions
NEP REF Q173.S397 1993

Understanding information systems: what they do and why we need them.
NEWT and NEP Z665 .R366 2004

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Research Gateways
Librarians' Index to the Internet - Computers
This site links to all aspects of computer, networking, and software applications.

Librarians' Index to the Internet - Science
Links to various sources concerning all aspects of the natural sciences, including biology, botany, environmental science, and geology.

National Science Resources Center
Resources for teaching science, from the National Academies and the Smithsonian Institution

ZDNet
Computer and technology news and resources.

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