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Contains records for some articles which we do not have electronic access to. These articles will ask for an ACS ID and Password. Consider using our Interlibrary Loan service for such articles.
Description: Contains records for some articles which we do not have electronic access to. These articles will ask for an ACS ID and Password. Consider using our Interlibrary Loan service for such articles.
Time Period: 1896 to present
Sources: Contains more than 80 ACS journal titles.
Subject Headings: Science
Scholarly or Popular: Scholarly
Primary Materials: Abstracts, Books/e-books, Citations, Journal Articles, News
Information Included: Abstracts, Full Text, Citations
FindIt@BALL STATE: No
Print Equivalent: None
Publisher: American Chemical Society
Updates: Monthly
Number of Simultaneous Users: Unlimited
A very large multidisciplinary database that concentrates on science and medicine journals, with fewer journals in the social sciences and humanities. Ingenta works closely with many journal publishers, offering users a chance to purchase full-text articles.
Description: A very large multidisciplinary database that concentrates on science and medicine journals, with fewer journals in the social sciences and humanities. Ingenta works closely with many journal publishers, offering users a chance to purchase full-text articles.
Time Period: 1988-present
Sources: over 29,000 journals
Subject Headings: General, Health, Science
Scholarly or Popular: Scholarly
Primary Materials: Journal articles
Information Included: Abstracts and some full text
FindIt@BALL STATE: No
Print Equivalent: None
Publisher: Ingenta
Updates: Daily
Number of Simultaneous Users: Unlimited
Description: ScienceDirect offers more than a quarter of the world's scientific, medical and technical information online. More than 2,000 peer-reviewed journals. Hundreds of book series, handbooks and reference works. Note: MultiLink appears in the article record rather than on the results list.
Time Period: 1990's to present
Sources: Indexes nearly 4,000 journals.
Subject Headings: Health, Science
Scholarly or Popular: Scholarly
Primary Materials: Journal Articles
Information Included: Abstracts, Citations, Full Text
FindIt@BALL STATE: Yes
Print Equivalent: None
Publisher: Elsevier
Updates: Daily
Number of Simultaneous Users: Unlimited
Key database for science research. Chemistry-focused but includes references from Medline as well. Users may search by typical means (e.g. keyword, author, title, etc.) but also by chemical structure.
Description: Key database for science research. Chemistry-focused but includes references from Medline as well. Users may search by typical means (e.g. keyword, author, title, etc.) but also by chemical structure.
Time Period: 1907 to present
Sources: Indexes more than 9,000 journals.
Subject Headings: Science
Scholarly or Popular: Scholarly
Primary Materials: Journal articles, substance data, conference proceedings, books, dissertations, etc.
Information Included: Abstracts, Citations, Full Text
FindIt@BALL STATE: No
Print Equivalent: None
Publisher: Chemical Abstracts Society
Updates: Daily
Number of Simultaneous Users: Unlimited
Note: Must use your Ball State e-mail to register.
Description: Cross searching of Science Citation Index Expanded back to 1973, Social Sciences Citation Index back to 1981/82, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index back to 1976.
Time Period: 1956-present
Sources:
Subject Headings: Art & Architecture, Education, English & Linguistics, General, Health, History, Humanities, Law, Music, Philosophy & Religion, Psychology, Science, Social Sciences, Technology
Scholarly or Popular: Scholarly
Primary Materials: Abstracts, Citations, Journal Articles
Information Included: Abstracts,Citations
FindIt@BALL STATE: Yes
Print Equivalent: Social Sciences Citation Index, Science Citation Index
Publisher: Clarivate Analytics
Updates: Weekly
Number of Simultaneous Users: Unlimited