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Useful Places to Start Research

Interdisciplinary Databases

Annual Reviews This link opens in a new window
Annual Reviews publishes authoritative, analytic reviews in 42 scientific disciplines including biological, medical, physical, and social sciences.
Conference Papers Index This link opens in a new window
This database provides citations to papers and poster sessions presented at major scientific meetings around the world. Subject emphasis since 1995 has been in the life sciences, environmental sciences and the aquatic sciences, while older material also covers physics, engineering and materials science. Part of Biological Sciences Database and Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management Database.
Inspec This link opens in a new window
Inspec Inspec includes bibliographic citations and indexed abstracts from publications in the fields of physics, electrical and electronic engineering, communications, computer science, control engineering, information technology, manufacturing and mechanical engineering, operations research, material science, oceanography, engineering mathematics, nuclear engineering, environmental science, geophysics, nanotechnology, biomedical technology and biophysics
MathSciNet This link opens in a new window
Evaluative reviews and abstracts of the international research literature in mathematics, computer science, statistics, econometrics, and applications in areas such as physics, engineering, biology, and information systems.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Full-text collection of peer-reviewed journals covering science, technology and medicine.
Springer LINK This link opens in a new window
Access to journals and ebooks from Springer/Verlag and Birkhauser publications in the fields of biology/biomedicine, chemistry, geosciences, computer sciences, mathematics, medicine, physics, engineering, ecology, and economics. Bluford Library provides access to 2400+ Springer journals and over 32,000 ebooks.
Technology Collection (formerly Technology Research Database) This link opens in a new window
This database is the total technology research solution, indexing world literature on technology and applied science, including materials science, aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, civil engineering, condensed matter physics, computer science and electronic engineering. It incorporates Materials Research Database with METADEX, Engineering Research Database, High Technology Research Database with Aerospace and all of their subfiles.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Now titled ISI Web of Knowledge , Web of Science is an academic citation index that covers the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities.

Physics E-Books

Physics E-Books
See over 3,900 full text e-books about the Physical Sciences, available at Bluford Library!

Associations & Societies

American Chemical Society (ACS)
An organization which represents professionals at all degree levels and in all fields of chemistry and sciences that involve chemistry.
National Organization of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCCE)
NOBCChE's goal is to increase the number of minorities in science, technology, and engineering fields.
Royal Society of Chemistry
The largest organisation in Europe for advancing the chemical sciences.

Related Websites

NC A&T - Physics Department
Department of Energy (DOE)
Governmental department whose mission is to advance energy technology and promote related innovation in the United States.
Nanoscience Institute
Conducts a broad based multidisciplinary program of scientific research and advanced technological development directed toward maritime applications of new and improved materials, techniques, equipment, systems and ocean, atmospheric, and space science.
National Institute of Health (NIH)
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research.
National Science Foundation (NSF)
NSF is an independent U.S. government agency responsible for promoting science and engineering through research programs and education projects.
Renewable Sources of Energy
Renewable energy is energy from a non-nuclear source that is in constant supply over time. In contrast, the supply of fossil energy sources such as oil, natural gas or coal is limited.
USPTO Web Patent Databases

Chemistry Websites

Links for Chemists
An index of over 8,350 chemistry resources on the web. Copyright of the University of Liverpool, Department of Chemistry.
The Periodic Table
In the table the elements are placed in the order of their atomic numbers starting with the lowest number.
The Periodic Table of Videos
Videos are created by video journalist Brady Haran, featuring real working chemists from the University of Notttingham.
Science.gov (chemistry & chemicals)
Conducts basic research on subjects ranging from nuclear processes shortly after the big bang, to medical imaging, and many topics in between.