ScienceDirect
-- full text articles from over 900 scholarly journals on the
sciences, social sciences and business-related fields back to
1995; includes indexing of all 1800 Elsevier journals and the
database MEDLINE [help
with database]
Years covered ? - depends on the journal title; for
Elsevier titles, indexing back to the first issue; for MEDLINE,
back to 1966
Subjects covered strongest in the sciences, but also includes
social science and business-related fields; specifically covers
biochemistry, biological sciences, business & management
science, chemistry, clinical medicine, earth sciences, economics,
engineering & technology, environmental science, materials
science, mathematics & computer science, microbiology
& immunology, neurosciences, pharmacology & toxicology,
physics, social sciences
When best to use looking for scholarly scientific articles;
easy to browse table of contents of journals
Don't use it for comprehensive search for chemistry, environmental
studies, or social sciences
Selective/comprehensive coverage of subjects comprehensive
for medicine via MEDLINE, selective but large for sciences,
and selective for social sciences and business
Number of periodicals indexed over 1,800 Elsevier journals,
plus the 3,000+ titles indexed in MEDLINE
Full text available for over 900 Elsevier journals
Off-campus access yes, using your NetID
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