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Web of science
Provider: ISI
Provides access to the citation indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index and Science Citation Index. These multidisciplinary databases can be searched by subject, author, and journal title. Articles that cite a known author or work can also be searched. Cited reference searching helps identify more recent articles on the same topic. Science citation index expanded coverage 1955-present; Social sciences citation index coverage 1956-present.
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AccessScience @ McGraw-Hill
Provides full-text access to articles, dictionary terms, biographies, research updates and links to related websites in all areas of science and technology. Covers 2000-present.
ACM Digital Library
Provides access to the Association of Computing Machinery's journals and other resources including conference proceedings, newsletters and transactions. Includes computer science and related disciplines. Covers 1969-present.
Biological sciences
Offers abstracts and citations to a wide range of materials including journal articles, books, conference proceedings, technical reports and patents. Fields covered include biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology, ecology, and some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science. Covers 1982-present.
Cambridge scientific abstracts internet database service
Provider: CSA
Offers abstracts and citations of journal articles, conference proceedings, technical reports, selected books and patents. Areas covered include biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology and ecology, some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science. Covers 1982-present.
IEEE Computer Society digital library
Provider: IEEE
Provides online access to society magazines and transactions and selected conference proceedings published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Covers 1988-present.
Inspec
Provider: ISI
Provides access to technical literature in physics, electrical engineering, electronics, communications, control engineering, computers, computing, information technology, manufacturing, production and mechanical engineering. Inspec now contains close to 10 million bibliographic records taken from more than 3850 scientific and technical journals and 2200 conference proceedings, as well as numerous books, reports, dissertations and patents, many with full-text linking. Covers 1969-present.
MathSciNet
Provider: AMS
Provides citations to the world's mathematical literature including journal articles, conference proceedings, and books. Topics covered include all aspects of mathematics, statistics, and related areas. Cover 1940-present.
ScienceDirect
Provides full-text,online access to journal articles in the life, physical, medical, technical, and social sciences. Full-text is available only for journals to which the TriColleges subscribe. Full-text access for most journals goes back to 1993. Abstracts are available for non-subscribed journals.
Thomas register of American manufacturers
Provides detailed information on companies, products and service categories. Also offers online suppliers catalogs.




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