Best 20+ Research Databases & Indexes

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• Academic Search Complete
  8,500+ full-text periodicals, including 7,300+ peer-reviewed journals (EBSCO)

• ADS - (Astrophysics Data System) - Digital Library for Physics and Astronomy
  • Search Forms:
    • Modern
    • Classic
    • Journal/Volume/Page
  • Query pages provide access to articles scanned by ADS:
    • Journals
    • Observatory/Society Publications
    • Proceedings
  • Bibliograpic Abreviations

• ARIBIB - (ARI Bibliographical Database for Astronomical References)

• arXiv.org - Open access pre-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance and Statistics, (Cornell University Library) [formerly known as LANL]
  • Astrophysics (astro-ph)

• Dissertations and Theses Global - (Partial full-text, 1861 - ) (Citations with abstracts, 1980 - ) (Full-text PDF format, 1997 - )
• Dissertations and Theses @ University of Hawaii - (Partial full-text) (Full-text, 1996 - present)
• Engineering Village 2 - (Citations and abstracts, 1970 - )
  International engineering journals, conference proceedings, technical reports and trade publications (Elsevier)
• GeoBase via Engineering Village 2 - (Abstracts, citations and partial full-text, 1980 - )
  Geography, Ecology, Geology, Oceanography, Geomechanics and Developmental Studies

• GeoRef Index via Engineering Village 2 - (Citations and abstracts)
  North American geology from 1785 to present and the rest of the world from 1933 to the present
• IEEE/IET Electronic Library - (Partial full-text, 1872 - )
  Journals, magazines, transactions and conference proceedings plus active IEEE standards (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers)
• JSTOR Arts & Sciences - (Full-text scholarly journals) - Collections 1-8 and Life Sciences (CLICK HERE for subject list)
• JSTOR Journals, Primary Sources, and Books - Trial UHM subscription (2020)

• LEVEL 5 - A Knowledgebase for Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology, sponsored by NASA (AISRP)
• MathSciNet - (Citations/abstracts, 1940 - )
  Mathematical journals, conference proceedings, books and the Mathematical Reviews Database

• NED - (NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database)
• ScienceDirect - (Partial full-text, 1995 - )
  Elsevier journals covering agriculture, medicine, physics, astronomy, earth sciences and business
• SciFinder-n - (Chemical Abstracts, Citations and abstracts, 1907 - ) Covers all areas of chemistry and chemical engineering
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• SciFinder Scholar - (older version) with author reference search format
  
• SIMBAD - (Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data)
  • SIMBAD Astronomical Database-CDS (Strasbourg)
  • SIMBAD Mirror
  • SIMBAD User's Guide

• Sky & Telescope Name Index - Vol.1 no1 - Vol.108 no6 (Nov 1941 - Dec 2004)

• SPIE Digital Library - (Full-text, 1990 - ) (International Society for Optical Engineering)
  SPIE journals and the Proceedings of the SPIE back to volume 1

• SpringerLink - [no longer a UHM subscription] (Partial full-text 1997 - )

• Web of Science Core Collection - (Citations and abstracts, 1980 - )
  Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index and Arts & Humanities Citation Index
  • Cited Reference Search
    • Citation Count Search Tutorial - (Web of Science v3.0 2007)
    • Cited Reference Searching in Web of Science Video Tutorial - (Created by the UHM SciTech department)

• WorldCat - Holdings of libraries worldwide, includs journals, books, online resources, and other materials
  • WorldCat (public version) - unlimited free access
  • WorldCat (UHM login required) - (via OCLC FirstSearch)
    • 4 users allowed at one time. If you cannot login, try again later
  • WorldCat Discovery - the new version of WorldCat (January 2020)

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• dBooks Library - pdf downloads, no registration required
• Ebook Central - UHM ProQuesr subscription
• How to Write a Good Scientific Paper - (Full Book) Chris A. Mack, 2018. SPIE Digitial Library
• Internet Archive - Create a free sign-in account
  • Open Library
    • Physics Books
    • Physics Textbooks

• IOP Science - UHM subscription
• Springer Nature - Free textbook access during Coronavirus outbreak (expired 31 Aug. 2020)
  • Select Physics and Astronomy - from the list of Subject Categories

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Last checked/updated: 6 July 2022