Biodiversity Heritage Library March 15, 2012
Posted by Business & Sciences Reference Staff in All, Animals, Biology, Biomes, Birds, Dictionaries, Directories, Environment, Images, Insects, Magazines, Plants, Science, Taxonomy.Tags: animals, biodiversity, biology, books, images, journals, library, plants, science, scientific names, taxonomy
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http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/
From the site: “The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is a consortium of natural history and botanical libraries that cooperate to digitize and make accessible the legacy literature of biodiversity held in their collections and to make that literature available for open access and responsible use as a part of a global “biodiversity commons.” BHL content may be freely viewed through the online reader or downloaded in part or as a complete work in PDF, OCR text, or JPG2000 file formats. “ Browsing is available by Title, Author, Subject, and Year. Searching can be done by Author, Subject, Scientific Name, and Book/Journal Title. The record or the full book can be viewed. More than 53,000 titles and 102,000 volumes can be browsed or searched, including over 1 million species. Rare scientific texts are also shown.
Special Issues Index September 30, 2010
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http://www.hillsearch.org/special_issues.cfm
From the James J. Hill Reference Library, “the Special Issues Index provides access to special issues from business trade journals and industry associations”. These issues provide statistics on products, industries, markets, and consumers. One can browse the index by subject, journal, or keyword search. When you find a report, check the Get Article drop-down menu on the right side to check for availability. Most reports are available free online, although some are just index listings to print journals.
LIFE photo archive hosted by Google September 30, 2010
Posted by Business & Sciences Reference Staff in All, Images, Magazines.Tags: historical, images, LIFE magazine, photographs, photos
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http://images.google.com/hosted/life
The LIFE photo archive hosted by Google, has more than 10 million images, many of them never published before. One can search by keyword, browse by decade, or explore people, places, and events. The dates of the images range from the 1750′s to the 2000′s and are especially good in coverage of historical events.
Bentham Open Access Journals November 19, 2007
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www.bentham.org/open/JrnlsBySub.htm
Bentham Publishers has launced over 200 peer-reviewed, open-access journals. This link directs you to the list of subjects covered. Use the links on the left to access a list of title in alphabetical order. Details about the editorial board and submission guidelines are available for each title. Disciplines covered include: Agriculture, Biotechnology, Computer Science, Dentistry, Energy & Fuels, Engineering, Evolution, Genetics, Imaging, Immunology, Mathematics, Nanoscience, Nursing, Operational Research, Optics, Pharmacology, Psychology, Transportation, Virology, and much more!
Monitor on Psychology September 24, 2007
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Monitor on Psychology is a monthly publication of the American Psychological Association. Full-text contents are available, with archives back to 1999.
HubMed February 19, 2007
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“HubMed uses information from PubMed’s database, provided by the NCBI through the EUtils web service, to produce a search interface focused on browsing, organising and gathering information from the biomedical literature.” Basically, it’s an easier interface for searching PubMed.
“Special features of HubMed include date- or relevance-ranked search results; web feeds for regular updates of published literature matching any search; clustering and graphical display of related articles; expansion of query terms; direct export of citation metadata in many formats; linking of keywords to external sources of information; manual categorisation (tagging) and storage of interesting articles.”
Journal of Law & Religion December 1, 2006
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Created by the Rutgers School of Law, this online journal explores the intersection of law and religion. Archives are available online.
International Journal of Not-For-Profit Law September 13, 2006
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The online home of this publication, users can browse the current issue or search the archives for a particular topic.
BNA’s Web Watch Reading Room September 6, 2006
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Free “periodic review of online resources prepared by BNA Library’s Laura Gordon-Murnane. Here you will find links to government, industry and academic resources on selected topics spanning the breadth of BNA coverage.” A wealth of information!
FDA Consumer Magazine September 6, 2006
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The FDA’s in-house publication, information is geared towards the public as well. The magazine offers broad coverage on health issues, regulatory work, drug development and food labeling. Archived back to 1989.
Best Places for Doing Business in America September 5, 2006
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http://www.inc.com/bestcities/index.html
Inc. Magazine’s annual list of the top US cities for doing business. Results can be searched by city size, overall health and growth, or by location.
Astrobiology Magazine September 5, 2006
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Sponsored by NASA, this site contains thousands of short pieces on topics such as life on Mars, extrasolar life, stellar evolution and climate. Includes a section for related art and visual representations.
Scirus: For Scientific Information Only September 5, 2006
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A comprehensive search engine for scientific, technical and medical data. It focuses only upon web pages containing scientific content.
AllYouCanRead August 5, 2006
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A clearinghouse for over 26,500 magazines and newspapers with an online presence. Over 200 countries are represented. Users can browse by geographic location or by subject or search all of the publications.
Epicurious August 2, 2006
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Online magazine that covers everything food-oriented.
Forbes’ Lists July 27, 2006
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A handy page that links to all of the lists compiled by Forbes magazine, including Forbes 500, Largest Private Companies, Richest Americans, Best Cities and more.
CareerJournal.com Salary Data and Hiring Trends July 24, 2006
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Click on “Salary Search.” From the Wall Street Journal, this site searches for salary data and hiring trends for 40 different careers. Links to a wealth of other job and career search information.
Real Estate Journal from the Wall Street Journal July 24, 2006
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This site has many tools for the home buyer including school reports, salary calculator (“relocation tools”) plus comparable sales (“home price check”) and an individualized “Best Places to Live”.
USNews.com: Education July 22, 2006
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www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/eduhome.htm
College rankings from the US News & World Report – including undergraduate, graduate and distance programs. Helpful information about the admissions process and financial aid is also available. Some rankings are for paid subscribers only.
Economist: Country Briefings July 22, 2006
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From The Economist, a collection of country profiles which contain background information, forecasts and statistics, market updates, headlines, articles from the newspaper, and links to more information.
