Other helpful information
- Choosing & Using Library Databases - from Rider UniversityComparing/Contrasting Google, Google Scholar, and library databases.
- Database Search Tips from MIT LibrariesHow to optimize your search and get the most out of a database.
Key Databases
- ScienceDirect This link opens in a new windowA collection of journals and other publications covering life sciences, health sciences, physical sciences and engineering as well as social sciences, humanities and business. (use buttons at top of page to go to journals or do a search)
- Environment Complete This link opens in a new windowDeep coverage of sustainability issues, with indexing beginning in the 1940s. Also full text of current core journals and books.
Covers: 1940 - 1974 (citations only), 1975 - present (citations & full text) - Google Scholar This link opens in a new windowUse this search engine to find scholarly works, including many online journals. You can set your preferences to link to Penfield's many databases in this way: 1) choose settings from menu in upper left corner; 2) click library links in the left navigation bar and type 'SUNY Oswego' in box; 3) select the link provided; 4) click 'save.'
- PubMed This link opens in a new windowU.S. National Library of Medicine search service to access 19 million citations from MEDLINE for biomedical articles back to 1948 and other related databases.'
- BioMed Central This link opens in a new windowSome full text available. Includes over 250 open access, peer-reviewed journals in science, technology, and medicine. When citations are marked 'subscription', locate the journal by using the Find a Specific Journal link on the library homepage.
- MEDLINE with Full Text (via EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowMore than 3,900 journals published internationally, covering all areas of medicine.
Covers: 1946 - present
- Public Library of Science (PLoS)PLOS publishes peer-reviewed open-access journals in the life and health sciences.
- ArXiv This link opens in a new windowAn open access archive of e-prints of scientific papers in qualitative biology, physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative finance and statistics.
Multidisciplinary Databases
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowThis interdisciplinary scholarly collection offers information in nearly every area of academic study, including: sciences, social sciences, arts & literature, ethnic studies, and many more. Full-text for over 6,100 titles (5,100 peer-reviewed); indexing and abstracting for 10,600 titles; complete historical coverage and citation searching for select titles.
Covers: Varies by journal title (many 1975 - present) - Omnifile Full-Text Select (H.W. Wilson) This link opens in a new windowA full-text database of almost 2000 periodical publications, including coverage of the sciences, humanities, education & other social sciences, business and information science.
- Research Library This link opens in a new windowSearch over 2,700 periodicals for information on a broad range of general reference subjects including arts, business, humanities, social sciences, and the sciences.
