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SAE Digital Library
Search this online database for detailed summaries and citations to more than 85,000 documents, including Technical Papers and Standards, published by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) since 1906. Covers research in all areas of mobility engineering including ground vehicle, aerospace, off-highway, and manufacturing technology. Includes SAE Ground Vehicle Standards (J-Reports); Aerospace Standards; and Aerospace Material Specifications (AMS). Also includes full text of thousands of technical reports from 1998 to present.
Safari Books Online
A collection of over 7,000 online technical books including leading-edge computer technologies. This subscription is limited to two simultaneous users. Please logout when finished.
Sage journals (online)
Full-text access to selected scholarly journals in a number of disciplines.
Salem Press History Databases
Searchable database that includes the complete full text of the print reference set, Milestone Documents in American History, The Fifties in America, The Sixties in America, The Seventies in America, and The Eighties in America.
Sanborn Maps 1867-1970
Maps of 300 Michigan towns and cities drawn at a scale of 50 feet to the inch, including street blocks and building numbers. Microfilms from all 50 states are available through Interlibrary Loan from Center for Research Libraries.
Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience
This multimedia database contains the full text of essays and articles, a time line, videos, and images of the African experience throughout the Americas.
Science Citation Index
Covers major scholarly journals for science, medicine and engineering. Cited Ref. search feature finds articles that cited a specific author or publication. Coverage: 1900 - present.Details
Science Direct
Database for scientific research that contains the citations and abstracts of more than 1,800 Elsevier journals in the life, physical, medical, technical, and social sciences as well as selected full text articles. Science Direct can be searched as a database or browsed by individual title. Coverage varies.
Scientific and Technical Acronyms, Symbols and Abbreviations
Search or browse individual terms, or refer to tables of particular acronym types such as the periodic table, mathematical and electrical symbols. Click on the Acronym Finder at the bottom of the page.
SciFinder Scholar
This extensive chemistry index supplies abstracts of journal articles, conferences, dissertations, technical reports, patents, substance records, formula, structure and reaction searching. Covers all aspects of chemistry including chemical engineering, environmental science, pharmacology, medicine, and food science. Coverage from 1907-date. Updated daily.
One-time registration is required for Web-access. Web-based access is limited to four simultaneous users. Please logout when finished.
SCIPIO
SCIPIO is a joint project of 25 different fine arts organizations, combining their art and rare book sales/auction catalog collections. Updated daily.
Scirus
Searches over "450 million science-related Web sites," including .edu sites; locates peer-reviewed, full-text articles not found by other search engines; and selectively identifies "deep" scientific, scholarly, technical, and medical data on the Web.
Scopus
Scopus is a very large abstract and indexing database primarily covering scholarly literature in science and social science. Use this to get extensive inter-disciplinary access to journal articles and also to find out which articles are being cited by other scholars. Scopus includes 14,000 peer-reviewed titles from more than 4,000 international publishers. Coverage from 1995. Tutorial
- RefWorks Info: Scopus will export marked citations directly into your RefWorks account. (You will be prompted to login.)
Searchpath
A tutorial designed to help you learn about the libraries and how to perform basic searches.
Serials Directory
Provides bibliographic information, serial type, subscription data, and where indexed or abstracted, for US and international serials from over 100,000 publishers with over 200,000 titles. Updated quarterly.
Services: Statistics on Value Added and Employment
(CD-ROM, Waldo Library, First Floor, Reference Area)
This is National Accounts Based Data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Inlcudes comparative data on international economic trends, statistics on output (gross value added) and employment service activities for all OECD countries, with data often going back to the 1970s. The software enables the user to carry out data extractions, build graphs and tables, and perform his/her own analysis. Data downloadable onto a disk.
Short Story Index
Provides index entries for almost 250,000 short stories published from the 1830s to date. Selected full text is available from 1994-date. Once you've found a book containing your short story, go to the Libraries' catalog, to see if we own that book. Also available in Central Reference (1953-2008) Z 5917 .S5 .C62 (Ref)
This subscription is limited to one simultaneous user. Please logout when finished.
SIAM Journals Online
Access to full-text journals of the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics in industrial and applied mathematics and scientific computing. Full text coverage is from 1997 to the present, although using the Locus Home link (http://locus.siam.org/), you can browse the tables of contents and read the abstracts from articles in SIAM journals all the way back to 1952 in many cases.
Small Business Resource Center
Covers all major areas of starting and operating a business, including accounting, finance, human resources, management, marketing, tax and more. Based on a combination of periodical and reference content from planning...to marketing a product and franchising a business. Included is the Business Plans Handbook Series which contains hundreds of sample business plans.
Smithsonian Global Sound
More than 35,000 tracks of music and other sound, including American folk and blues idioms, American Indian, world music, jazz, children's songs, historical spoken word, and many natural and human-made sounds. Browse the collections, search for specific recordings, create playlists.
Social Sciences Abstracts
Indexes over 600 periodicals in anthropology, economics, ethnic studies, feminist studies, geography, human services, international relations, law and criminology, police science, political science, population studies, psychology, public administration, public health, social work, sociology, urban studies, and related social science subjects. Coverage: indexing from 1983 and abstracts from 1994. Updated weekly.
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Social Sciences Citation Index
(Web of Science) The Social Sciences Citation Index is a multidisciplinary database that indexes more than 1,725 journals spanning 50 disciplines, and selected, relevant items from over 3,300 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals. Disciplines include: anthropology, history, industrial relations, information & library science, law, philosophy, political science, psychiatry, psychology, public health, social issues, social work, sociology, urban studies, women's studies. Because the information about each article includes the article's cited reference list (or bibliography), you can also search the databases for articles that cite a known author or work. Coverage is from 1956 to present. Please LOGOFF, so others may use the database.
Social Services Abstracts
Indexes over 1,400 serials publications in social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. Includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations, and citations to book reviews. 1980-date. Updated monthly.
Social Work Abstracts
Index of over 450 social work and human services journals dating back to 1965. Produced by the National Association of Social Workers, the database provides indexing and abstracts dealing with all aspects of the social work, such as therapy, education, human services, addictions, child and family welfare, mental health, civil and legal rights, and more.
This subscription is limited to eight simultaneous users. Please logout when finished.
Print: HV 1 .N3x (Ref) 1977-1993
Sociological Abstracts
Indexes an international selection of publications in sociology and related disciplines from over 1,800 journals, serials, books, conference papers, and dissertations. Indexing and abstracting from 1952, and cited references with links from 2001. Updated monthly.
Something About the Author
This database provides biographical information about authors and illustrators of books for young people. The emphasis is on English-speaking writers, or international writers whose works are available in English translation. Each author entry has an address, bibliography, photograph, and citations for further research. Also available in print format. Located in Central Reference PN 451 .S6 (Ref) This database can be cross searched with the database Literature Criticism online here
SourceOECD
Provides online access to all books, reports, annuals, working papers, loose-leaf binders, periodicals and databases of the Office of Economic Development.
Here are direct links to the main areas of SourceOECD:
OECD Books and Monographs
OECD Periodical or Journal issues
OECD databases
SPORTDiscus
An international index to more than 700,000 articles, thesis and other records in athletic training, fitness, recreation, sport and sport management. Major coverage: 1975-present. Miscellaneous record coverage: 1800-present. Updated monthly.
SpringerLink
A collection of over 1500 electronic journals, mostly in the sciences, but some in the humanities and social sciences. Access back to 1997.
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage
See NetAdvantage
Standard Rate and Data Service
Provides domestic and international advertising rate information and direct marketing data for business and consumer publications, as well as newspaper, radio, and TV.
STAT!Ref Online Library
This is a collection of online health sciences texts including clinical texts, drug information, general practice and specialized medicine titles. Search results are displayed as citations, which lead to the full-text, complete with tables, graphics and links. STAT!Ref also includes databases such as MedCalc3000, Point-of-care tools and learning resources. This subscription is limited to three simultaneous users. Please logout when finished.
Synergy (now part of Wiley Interscience)
A collection of almost 900 full text journals in all fields including Business, Health Sciences, Physical and Life Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences.
Synthesis Digital Library
This digital library contains 100 engineering and computer science books in PDF format. Subjects covered include artificial intelligence, biomedical engineering, communication networks, energy, entrepreneurship, robotics, and solid state materials. The individual lectures or books can be saved, printed or emailed.
