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Library Online Databases

Database for Biographies

All of these resources include scholarly, vetted articles and reports. They will not include the "explicitly forbidden references" in your assignment.

Biography in Context This link opens in a new window Biography is built on a foundation of more than 600,000 biographical entries covering international figures from all time periods and areas of study. Providing coverage of the most searched and studied people, Biography includes over 5,000 portal pages on contemporary and historical figures. Reference content is offered alongside videos, audio selections, images, primary sources, and magazine and journal articles from hundreds of major periodicals and newspapers. This resource is continuously updated to ensure users have access to the latest information.

If your scientist is in this database the main synopsis in this database would be the one Gale reference you are allowed. The article may be supplemented with non-Gale journal articles, video or websites, all of which are linked, and they can lead you to other resources.

Gender Studies Database This link opens in a new window Gender Studies Database combines Women’s Studies International and Men’s Studies databases with the coverage of sexual diversity issues. GSD covers the full spectrum of gender-engaged scholarship inside and outside academia. This database includes more than 921,000 records with coverage spanning from 1972 and earlier to the present.

Search your scientists's name and profession, i.e. astronomer, physicist, scientist to look for articles and ebook chapters.

Women and Social Movements in the United States This link opens in a new window Women and Social Movements in the United States brings together books, images, documents, scholarly essays, commentaries, and bibliographies, documenting the multiplicity of women.s activism in public life. Coverage: 1600 to 2000

As you can tell from the title, this database might be helpful with the contemporary culture and attitudes your scientist lived with. This is a database of Primary Source materials.

ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window The ScienceDirect College Edition offers access to high-quality, peer-reviewed journal articles. The library subscribes to three ScienceDirect journal collections: Social and Behavioral Science Journals Collection containing 360 full-text peer reviewed journals, Health & Life Sciences Journals Collection containing 900 full-text peer reviewed journals and Physical Sciences Journals Collection containing 600 full-text peer reviewed journals. Coverage 2001 - Current

Science Direct has added free temporary access to over 40,000 ebooks from 1896 to the present. Check for information about. and by your scientist here.

Science Resources

These databases might contain citations and/or journal articles by your scientist:

Web of Science This link opens in a new window Provides access to the Science citation index expanded from 1975 to the present , Social sciences citation index from 1975 to the present, and Arts & humanities citation index from 1975 to the present. Continually updated. 1900 - Current
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window The ScienceDirect College Edition offers access to high-quality, peer-reviewed journal articles. The library subscribes to three ScienceDirect journal collections: Social and Behavioral Science Journals Collection containing 360 full-text peer reviewed journals, Health & Life Sciences Journals Collection containing 900 full-text peer reviewed journals and Physical Sciences Journals Collection containing 600 full-text peer reviewed journals. Coverage 2001 - Current
JSTOR This link opens in a new window JSTOR offers full-text journal coverage in the social sciences and humanities. Examples of disciplines covered are: history, economics, Asian studies, classics, archaeology. African, Latin American, Slavic, Middle Eastern studies, the literary cultures of many different countries. The lag time in publication ranges from 3 and 5 years. Updated in an ongoing basis.

Journal Resources

These three journals contain many useful articles:

New Scientist

Physics Today

Scientific American

Library Resource (catalog, databases, etc)

When using the library catalog, here some important tips when entering people's names.

Always enter last name first, and first name last. For example: Czerny, Susan
When looking for works about a person, you can limit your search to SUBJECT. This is what you would do if you are looking for a biography.
When looking for something your scientist wrote herself, then limit your search to author.

AST/WGS 16 - Core to the Cosmos: Contributions of Women in Astronomy: Online Resources for Scientific Information and Biographies

Library Online Databases

Science Resources

Journal Resources

Library Resource (catalog, databases, etc)