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General

  • Academic Search Complete: Offers a large collection of full-text journals, providing users access to critical information from many sources unique to this database. In addition, it includes peer-reviewed full text for STEM research, as well as for the social sciences and humanities.
  • ArticlesFirst contains bibliographic citations describing items listed on the table of contents pages of more than 13,000 journals in science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture.
  • AtoZ Maps OnLine a subscription-based database of proprietary, royalty-free world, continent, country, and state maps. Included in the 4,000 maps are: political maps, physical maps, outline maps, population maps, precipitation maps, climate maps, and other thematic maps. New maps are added to the collection every month.
  • Dissertations and Thesis indexes graduate dissertations from over 1,000 North American, and selected European, graduate schools and universities. Dissertations Dissertations and Thesis indexes graduate dissertations from over 1,000 North American, and selected European, graduate schools and universities. Dissertations published since 1980, and master's theses since 1988, include brief abstracts written by the authors.
  • eScholarship provides open access to LBNL Reports and UC Scholarship.
  • Expanded Academic ASAP covers multiple topics.
  • Google Dataset Search (Beta): Dataset Search lets you find datasets wherever they’re hosted, whether it’s a publisher's site, a digital library, or an author's personal web page. 
  • Google Scholar: a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly and popular literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines.
  • govinfo:  The Government Publishing Office (GPO) provides free public access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government. n addition to providing an advanced, metadata-powered search experience, govinfo also includes a content management system and a standards-compliant preservation repository. 
  • History of Science, Technology, and Medicine.: Index of interdisciplinary global publications covering research in the history of science, medicine and technology. [1976 - present]
  • IsisCB Explore:  A research tool for the history of science, whose core dataset comes from bibliographical citations in the Isis Bibliography of the History of Science.
  • JCR (Journal Citation Reports) measures research influence and impact at the journal and category levels, and shows the relationship between citing and cited journals.
  • Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts (LISTA):  Index of hundreds of publications related to library and information science, online information retrieval, bibliometrics, cataloging and more. [1960s - present]
  • NTRL (National Technical Reports Library):  Citations and some full text for technical reports from the Departments of Defense, Energy, Transportation, Agriculture, Health and Human Services, and other government agencies.
  • OSTI.gov: Gateway for research funded by the Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessors.

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  • WorldCat lets you search the collections of libraries in your community and thousands more around the world.  around the world.  

Standards

This is a selective list. To find additional standards, please search in the OskiCat catalog or contact [email protected].

Biology

  • AccessMedicine: From McGraw-Hill Medical.  It is a comprehensive online medical resource that provides a complete spectrum of knowledge from the best minds in medicine.

  • Agricola serves as the bibliographic catalog for the National Agricultural Library.  No full text.

  • Agricultural & Environmental Science Database:  Find citations for journals, conference proceedings, books, reports, and government publications in the agricultural and environmental sciences. [1960 - present].
  • AGRIS:  International, multilingual database of papers, data, and statistics on agricultural research and technology produced by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). (International System for Agricultural Science and Technology)
  • AIAA Electronic Library:  Journal articles and meeting papers from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). [1963 - present]

  • arXiv provides full text access to preprints for physics, mathematics, nonlinear sciences, computer science and quantitative biology.

  • ASABE Technical Library:  Standards, journal articles, and conference papers from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE). [2001 - present]

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  • Google Scholar: a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly and popular literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines.

  • Handbook of Zoology:  Provides full text, comprehensive overviews on animal systematics and morphology as well as extensive coverage of physiology, behaviour, ecology and applied aspects of zoological research. Updated Frequently. [1923--]

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  • ICSD (Inorganic Crystal Structure Database) contains an extensive list of known inorganic crystal structures published since 1913 with atomic coordinates.  Includes structural data of pure elements, minerals and intermetallic compounds, structural descriptors, bibliographic data and synthesis conditions.  (You do not need a log-in and password.  The center column should have a message that says "Welcome to ICSD Web version.  You are now logged in to[sic] ICSD."  If this is not the case, please contact the library.)

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  • Web of Science indexes most science journals (1900 - present).  Wiley Spectra Lab: NMR collection :A unique analytical platform that helps chemists identify unknown compounds from spectroscopic data, supporting GC-MS, FT-IR, Raman, ATR-IR, UV-Vis, and C-NMR, H-NMR, and X-NMR spectroscopies.  (Trial through April 2019.)

Computer Science

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  • Google Scholar: a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly and popular literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines.

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  • Google Scholar: a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly and popular literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines.
  • Greenwire:  Provides daily coverage of environmental and energy politics and policy. Included in the suite of services Environment and Energy Daily, a resource on federal information designed for policy makers; Land Letter which focuses on natural resource policy issues. Among the key topics covered in Greenwire are: agriculture, climate change, energy policy, health/environment, public lands and water resources.
  • GTM Squared:  News and analysis on clean energy technologies. Note:Create an account using your berkeley.edu email address for full access to the site.
  • Handbook of Clean Energy Systems: a comprehensive overview of the latest developments and practical applications in clean energy research across six themed volumes: Renewable Energy, Clean Energy Conversion Technologies, Mitigation Technologies, Intelligent Energy Systems, Energy Storage, and Sustainability of Energy Systems.
  • Handbook of Fuel Cells: Covers the fundamentals, principles, and current state-of-the-art in fuel cells.
  • JCR (Journal Citation Reports) measures research influence and impact at the journal and category levels, and shows the relationship between citing and cited journals.
  • NTRL (National Technical Reports Library):  Citations and some full text for technical reports from the Departments of Defense, Energy, Transportation, Agriculture, Health and Human Services, and other government agencies.
  • OnePetro: Online library of technical literature for the oil and gas exploration and production industry.
  • OSTI.gov: Gateway for research funded by the Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessors.
  • SciTech ConnectDOE Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) is a free public access to full-text documents and bibliographic citations of Department of Energy research report literature. The Information Bridge contains documents and citations in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, engineering, computer and information science, renewable energy, and other topics of interest related to DOE's mission.
  • SciVal: SciVal is a set of integrated modules that enables your institution to make evidence-based strategic decisions. (You will need to register to access the database.)
  • Scopus: Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. (1960 - present)
  • Smart Grid Handbook: comprehensive, cross-disciplinary coverage of Smart Grid issues from global expert researchers and practitioners.
  • Sustainability on JSTOR:  is a collection of academic and policy research on environmental stresses and their impact on society. This collection will contain a minimum of 145 journals and 5,000 research reports by its completion in 2018.

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  • INSPEC (Engineering Village): Engineering and Materials Science (1898 - present).  Note access problem: To access, do not use the Elsevier login option on the left.  Use the Institutional Login in the right hand column.  Do a search for "Lawrence Berkeley" which should bring up "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory".  Click that title and you should be taken to Engineering Village.
  • JCR (Journal Citation Reports) measures research influence and impact at the journal and category levels, and shows the relationship between citing and cited journals.
  • Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology:  This encyclopedia presents a wide scope of articles on chemical substances, industrial processes and unit operations in chemical engineering, environmental and health issues concerning chemical technology, as well as fundamentals related to Chemistry.
  • Materials Science & Engineering Database (MSED):  Includes the renowned METADEX, Copper and Polymer Library databases and provides full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings and government publications." [1965 -]
  • Quakeline: Indexes journal articles, conference papers, technical reports, and other materials about earthquakes, earthquake engineering, natural hazard mitigation, and related topics. [1987- ]
  • SAE Mobilus: Formerly SAE Digital Library. Full text of technical papers published since 1906 and full text of journal papers from the SAE International Journals from 2011 to present.
  • SciVal: SciVal is a set of integrated modules that enables your institution to make evidence-based strategic decisions. (You will need to register to access the database.)
  • Scopus: Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. (1960 - present)
  • Sustainability on JSTOR:  is a collection of academic and policy research on environmental stresses and their impact on society. This collection will contain a minimum of 145 journals and 5,000 research reports by its completion in 2018.
  • Transportation Research Record: Peer-reviewed findings in policy, planning, finance, operations, construction, design, maintenance, and safety for all transportation modes: highways, freight, aviation, transit, pedestrians, bicyclists, railroads, maritime, pipelines. [1996-present]
  • TRID Database: The most comprehensive bibliographic resource on transportation research. (TRIS Online)

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  • ASFA: Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts provides abstracts in the areas of aquatic science, aquatic organisms, fisheries and oceanography.
  • BIOSIS Previews has citations for journal articles, conference papers, and books on a wide variety of biological and biomedical topics. 1926 present 
  • Environment Complete has citations for  journal articles and books on a wide variety of environmental topics. 1888 - present 
  • Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management has citations for journals, conference proceedings, books, reports, and government publications in the environmental sciences.  1967 - present 
  • GeoRef indexes over 3,500 scholarly journals, books, maps, US and Canadian dissertations, conference proceedings, reports and government documents published worldwide on geology and other topics within the geosciences.
  • Google Dataset Search (Beta): Dataset Search lets you find datasets wherever they’re hosted, whether it’s a publisher's site, a digital library, or an author's personal web page. 
  • Google Scholar: a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly and popular literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines.
  • GreenFILE:  Indexes scholarly, government, and general-interest titles about human impact on the environment.
  • Greenwire:  Provides daily coverage of environmental and energy politics and policy. Included in the suite of services Environment and Energy Daily, a resource on federal information designed for policy makers; Land Letter which focuses on natural resource policy issues. Among the key topics covered in Greenwire are: agriculture, climate change, energy policy, health/environment, public lands and water resources, energy policy, health/environment, public lands and water resources.
  • JCR (Journal Citation Reports) measures research influence and impact at the journal and category levels, and shows the relationship between citing and cited journals.
  • Oceanic Abstracts covers oceanography, marine and brackish-water environments.
  • Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Climate Science: The ORE of Climate Science is a dynamic, scholarly, and up-to-date reference work. It covers physical sciences, social sciences, and policy approaches to the study of climate
  • SciVal: SciVal is a set of integrated modules that enables your institution to make evidence-based strategic decisions. (You will need to register to access the database.)
  • Scopus: Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. (1960 - present)
  • Water Intelligence Online is a fully searchable, indexed archive of water and environmentally related information.
  • Sustainability on JSTOR:  is a collection of academic and policy research on environmental stresses and their impact on society. This collection will contain a minimum of 145 journals and 5,000 research reports by its completion in 2018.
  • Web of Science indexes most science journals (1900 - present).  
  • Wildlife and Ecology Studies Worldwide has citations for literature on wild mammals.  1935 and earlier - present 

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  • Google Scholar: a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly and popular literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines.
  • JCR (Journal Citation Reports) measures research influence and impact at the journal and category levels, and shows the relationship between citing and cited journals.
  • Lyell Collection;  Journals and book series from the Geological Society of London [1811-]
  • Oceanic Abstracts covers oceanography, marine and brackish-water environments.
  • SciVal: SciVal is a set of integrated modules that enables your institution to make evidence-based strategic decisions. (You will need to register to access the database.)
  • Scopus: Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. (1960 - present)
  • Sustainability on JSTOR:  is a collection of academic and policy research on environmental stresses and their impact on society. This collection will contain a minimum of 145 journals and 5,000 research reports by its completion in 2018.
  • USGS Publications Warehouse: Citations and some full text for publications of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), including the USGS numbered series. [1880 - present]
  • Water Intelligence Online is a fully searchable, indexed archive of water and environmentally related information.

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  • ICSD (Inorganic Crystal Structure Database) contains an extensive list of known inorganic crystal structures published since 1913 with atomic coordinates.  Includes structural data of pure elements, minerals and intermetallic compounds, structural descriptors, bibliographic data and synthesis conditions.  (You do not need a log-in and password.  The center column should have a message that says "Welcome to ICSD Web version.  You are now logged in to[sic] ICSD."  If this is not the case, please contact the library.)the library.)
  • INSPEC (Engineering Village): Engineering and Materials Science (1898 - present). INSPEC (Engineering Village): Engineering and Materials Science (1898 - present).  To access, do not use the Elsevier login option on the left.  Use the Institutional Login in the right hand column.  Do a search for "Lawrence Berkeley" which should bring up "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory".  Click that title and you will be taken to Engineering Village.
  • JCR (Journal Citation Reports) measures research influence and impact at the journal and category levels, and shows the relationship between citing and cited journals.
  • Materials Science & Engineering Database (MSED):  Includes the renowned METADEX, Copper and Polymer Library databases and provides full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings and government publications." [1965 -]
  • MRS Online Proceedings Library: Peer-reviewed papers presented at Materials Research Society (MRS) Meetings.
  • Phase Equilibria Diagrams Online, includes all diagrams and commentaries previously published in hard-copy (Vol. 14 and earlier) or electronic-only (post-Vol. 14) format, including the new content for Version 4.2 ( Volume 20 )..

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  • JCR (Journal Citation Reports) measures research influence and impact at the journal and category levels, and shows the relationship between citing and cited journals.

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  • INSPEC (Engineering Village): Engineering and Materials Science (1898 - present).  To access, do not use the Elsevier login option on the left.  Use the Institutional Login in the right hand column.  Do a search for "Lawrence Berkeley" which should bring up "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory".  Click that title and you will be taken to Engineering Village.  
  • JCR (Journal Citation Reports) measures research influence and impact at the journal and category levels, and shows the relationship between citing and cited journals.
  • NTRS: NASA Technical Report Server: Index to technical reports, conference papers, journal articles, and other publications sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). [1920- ]
  • OSA Publishing: OSA Publishing's Digital Library offers the largest collection of peer-reviewed optics and photonics content. (Optical Society of America)
  • Phase Equilibria Diagrams Online, includes all diagrams and commentaries previously published in hard-copy (Vol. 14 and earlier) or electronic-only (post-Vol. 14) format, including the new content for Version 4.2 ( Volume 20 )..

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