Electronic Resources
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  | JSTOR Using the acronym for “journal storage”, this collection contains complete back issues of 241 scholarly journals in a wide range of disciplines. Issues from the most recent five years for each title are not included in the collection. |
 | MEDLINE The premier medical index covering over 9,600 journals in all areas of medicine. Some citations include abstracts. |
| Original Sources - Science and Mathematics Full-text of major works in the areas of general science, physical science, life science, applied science, and mathematics. |
| ProQuest Research Library Contains the citations and abstracts of over 1,000 titles in the broad areas of social sciences and law. Of those 1,000 titles, 710 provide users with full-text, images and graphics online. Indexing and full-text coverage begins in the early 1990s for most titles. |
| Amusement Park Physics Answers questions on how the laws of physics are used to make the thrill and safety of amusement park rides. Allows a user to design their own roller coaster ride. |
|  arXiv.orgOpen access to 655,751 e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance and Statistics owned and operated by Cornell University. |
| Bentham Open Peer-reviewed journals in the science disciplines. All articles can accessed for free and are searchable through Google Scholar. |
| Bioethics Research and education on ethical issues in health care and life sciences. |
| BioMed Central BioMed Central is a science, technology and medicine publisher of open access, online, peer-reviewed journals. Journals spans the subject areas of biology and medicine, |
| CELD: Creation-Evolution Literature Database "CELD is a database of articles relating to the Creation/Evolution controversy. Here you will find a searchable database with articles from the CRSQ, Origins, Transactions of the Victoria Institute, as well as many other journals and magazines. Some full text links are available." |
| Cosmic Journey History of Scientific Cosmology |
| Encyclopedia of Earth "Encyclopedia of Earth is an electronic reference about the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society. The Encyclopedia is a free, expert-reviewed collection of articles written by scholars, professionals, educators, and experts who collaborate and review each other's work." |
| Encyclopedia of Life (EoL) "The Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) is an ambitious project to organize and make available via the Internet virtually all information about life present on Earth." EoL aims to create over a million species pages in the next five years and have them authenticated by experts. |
| GeoData.gov "One stop for Federal, State, & Local Geographic Data." |
| Interactive Human Brain Map BBC's interactive tour of the brain based either on structure or function |
| Interactive Periodic Table Shockwave version by the American Chemical Society (ACS) with the arrangement of the electrons and plot data. |
| MedlinePlus "MedlinePlus is the National Institutes of Health's Web site for patients and their families and friends. Produced by the National Library of Medicine, it brings you information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues in language you can understand. MedlinePlus offers reliable, up-to-date health information, anytime, anywhere, for free." |
| National Map by USGS "The National Map is a collaborative effort among the USGS and other Federal, State, and local partners to improve and deliver topographic information for the Nation. The National Map is easily accessible for display on the Web, as products and services, and as downloadable data. The geographic information available from The National Map includes orthoimagery (aerial photographs), elevation, geographic names, hydrography, boundaries, transportation, structures, and land cover." |
| NCBI: National Center for Biotechnology Information "As a national resource for molecular biology information, NCBI's mission is to develop new information technologies to aid in the understanding of fundamental molecular and genetic processes that control health and disease." |
| NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA is a governmental agency tasked with researching, monitoring and forecasting the weather, climate and oceans. |
| Physics Demonstration Videos Wake Forest University Physics department makes available online a number of videos of physics experiments on heat, motion, energy, sound, and much more. |
| Plants Database U.S. Department of Agriculture provides descriptions of plants, where they are found, and pictures. |
| Public Library of Science Organization making scientific articles and research available for free under Open Access license. |
| PubMed "PubMed comprises more than 20 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites." PubMed is maintained by the US National Library of Medicine, national Institutes of Health. |
| Science.gov Directory listing of science information provided by the U.S. government |
| ScienceNOW "All the latest news for the scientific community, including daily news from ScienceNOW and weekly news from Science magazine." News on current scientific events and announcements. Recent articles are available for free. |
| Scitation Index of physics articles and books. |
| SpringerOpen SpringerOpen is a free database of open access journals, which cover all disciplines within the science, technology, and medicine fields. |
| USGS: U.S. Geological Survey "As the Nation's largest water, earth, and biological science and civilian mapping agency, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collects, monitors, analyzes, and provides scientific understanding about natural resource conditions, issues, and problems." |
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Restricted Access - These electronic resources may only be used by PHC students, faculty, and staff. |
