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Access to the following resources is available to anyone in Pius Library.
"In-library access" means that access is available in the Reference Department.
Those resources identified as being available via "remote access" are on the Web.
Note: Remote access is available on-campus, through a SLU PPP account, and via
SLU Proxy Access. (Restricted to current SLU students,
faculty, and staff.)
Academic Search Premier.
1975- . EBSCOhost. In-library and remote access.
Updated daily. This multidisciplinary database provides
indexing and abstracting for 8,040 journals (6,679 are peer-reviewed) with over 4,060 in
full text. Of the peer-reviewed journals 3,529 are full text. Covers subjects found in
college and university curriculums.
Applied Science & Technology Index/Abstracts.
October 1983- . In-library and remote access. Also available in paper format.
Updated weekly. Includes full text of every
article from over 100 publications back to 1997, in addition to abstracts
for articles back to 1993 and indexing for 480 publications back to 1983.
ArticleFirst. 1990- . FirstSearch. In-library
and remote access.
Updated daily. Indexes articles from approximately
12,500 journals and magazines covering the subjects of science, technology,
medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture.
Most articles are available by mail or fax for a fee using a credit card;
however, Pius Library may own the journal or you may request the article
through Interlibrary Loan.
Biological Abstracts.
1980- . Ovid. In-library and remote access.
Updated quarterly. Provides comprehensive
and international coverage of articles about biological and biomedical
research including agriculture, biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, ecology,
microbiology, pharmacology, and zoology. Routinely monitors almost
7,000 periodicals.
Compendex.
1980- . Engineering Village 2. In-library and remote access.
Updated monthly. The premier interdisciplinary
engineering database in the world, this database provides abstracts and
full bibliographic citations from worldwide engineering and technical
literature that encompasses all engineering disciplines, as well as related
fields in science, and management. The entries are drawn from over
2,600 published journals, conference proceedings and individual conference
papers, technical reports, monographs, and other materials. The
print counterpart is Engineering Index.
Dissertations & Theses : Full Text.
1861- . ProQuest. In-library and remote access.
Updated monthly. Indexes dissertations
and masters theses produced in accredited North American colleges and
universities from 1861 forward and from international universities since
1988. Abstracts are present for some dissertations beginning in
1973 and masters theses from 1988. Includes 24-page previews for many dissertations and full text for over 930,000 dissertations from approximately 1996 to present.
MEDLINE.
1966- . Ovid. In-library and remote access.
Updated weekly. International in scope,
this is the primary source for access to international literature on biomedicine,
including allied health fields, communication disorders, biological and
physical sciences, humanities, and information science as they relate
to medicine and health care. Articles indexed and abstracted are
selected from approximately 3,600 journals published worldwide.
The U.S. National Library of Medicine produces it.
NTIS Database. 1990- .
Produced by the National Technical Information Service, this database
indexes scientific, technical, engineering, and business-related research
reports and media products sponsored by the U.S. government and international
sources but carried out by organizations such as research centers, universities,
and organizations.
PapersFirst.
1993- . FirstSearch. In-library and remote access.
Updated 24 times per year. Indexes papers
from every congress, conference, exposition, workshop, symposium, or meeting
received at The British Library.
ProceedingsFirst.
1993- . FirstSearch. In-library and remote access.
Updated 24 times per year. Includes references
to every congress, conference, exposition, workshop, symposium, or meeting
received at The British Library.
Web of Science®.
1995- . ISI. In-library and remote access.
Updated weekly. Includes thousands of research
journals from hundreds of disciplines. Do a Cited Reference search
by Cited Author, Cited Journal Title, or Cited Year or do a General Search
by Author, Journal Title, or Address such as institution name, city, country,
or even zip code. The Web of Science consists of Science Citation
Index Expanded®, Social Sciences Citation Index®, and Arts & Humanities
Citation Index®; © Copyright Institute for Scientific Information 2000.
WorldCat.
FirstSearch. In-library and remote access.
Updated daily. This database includes all
types of library materials cataloged by libraries that contribute their
records to OCLC, the U.S. national database. Use to search for books,
recordings, etc. This index will not locate journal articles.
See also NASA section of
Aerospace Engineering and Technology Resource Guide.
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