Physical Sciences

Journal articles

PHYSICAL & APPLIED SCIENCE DATABASES:

Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophyics - Full-text articles.

GeoRef - Covers the geosciences. Provides citations to more than 3500 journals, as well as articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports, and theses.

Journals of the American Chemical Society - Search for articles, then check for availability in the LCSC Journal List.

ProQuest Science Journals - Full text and images for the leading periodicals in science and technology. Subject coverage includes computers, engineering, physics, telecommunications, and transportation.

GENERAL SCIENCE DATABASES:

PNAS Online - Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the USA Online. Includes the full text plus the figures, tables, equations, and references of articles in PNAS dating back through 1996.
Online access available through LCSC campus network only.

ProQuest Central - Includes articles from over 11,000 magazines and journals. Many, but not all, provide the full-text of articles. Over 160 subjects areas are covered extensively in this product including business and economics, health and medical, news and world affairs, technology, and social sciences.

ProQuest Computing - Top computing journals in full text for research on subjects such as database design, software development, web commerce, LANs, WANs, Intranets, and the Internet.

ProQuest Telecommunications - Full text of top telecommunications industry publications. Includes magazines, journals, and newsletters for the latest in this fast changing industry.

Public Library of Science - A new publishing venture by scientists. PLoS is a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource. Most of their articles are available through PubMed Central in full-text.

Research Library - A smaller collection of periodicals than ProQuest Central. Covers a broad range of subjects including arts, business, children, education, general interest, health, humanities, international, law, military, multicultural, psychology, sciences, social sciences, and women's interests.

SCIRUS - A comprehensive science-specific search engine available on the Internet. Driven by the latest search engine technology, it enables scientists, students and anyone searching for scientific information to chart and pinpoint data, locate university sites and find reports and articles quickly and easily. It was launched by Elsevier Science, the leading international publisher of scientific information.

Career and Technical Education - Articles from vocational and technical periodicals covering all aspects of the Vo/Tech curriculum.

EDUCATION DATABASES:

ERIC - Contains citations and abstracts from almost 1000 education-related journals. Citations to the contents of ERIC Documents, including conference papers and curriculum suggestions. The LCSC Library has most recent ERIC Documents, full-text, on microfiche.

ProQuest Education Journals - Leading full-text journals in education and related fields.

Books and other Monographs

LCSC Library Catalog - provides information about the materials owned by the LCSC Library and other North Idaho Academic Libraries, including North Idaho College and the University of Idaho. Also has a link to WIN Libraries, so you can search Gonzaga, Whitworth, and VALNet Libraries.

Green energy : an A-to-Z guide / Dustin Mulvaney, general editor.

Physical Geography : The Key Concepts / Richard Huggett.

Credo Reference - Search a collection of up to 100 online dictionaries and subject encyclopedias. Or click on "Find a Book," and search within only one title, such as Cambridge Guide to Theatre or Bloomsbury Guide to Art.

Virtual Reference Library - Search a collection on online reference books from Gale, a respected publisher of subject-focused encyclopedias and dictionaries.

WSU Library Catalog - (Washington State University). To find out if they have any books on your topic, search on "Keyword." Keep your search BRIEF with just a word or a few words! To find out if they subscribe to a particular journal, click on "Journals, Magazines, Newspapers" in the drop-down box next to the "Go" button. Searching this link is helpful if you are going to go to WSU to do research; THEY CHARGE LCSC TO SEND MATERIALS VIA INTERLIBRARY LOAN!

WorldCat - A catalog of items held at libraries throughout the world. Many of these materials can be borrowed through inter-library loan.

Google Books - Info from their Website: "Just do a search on Google Book Search or on Google.com. When we find a book whose content contains a match for your search terms, we'll link to it in your search results. Click a book title and you'll see, like a card catalog entry, some basic information about the book. You may also see a few snippets of text from the book showing your search term in context. If the publisher or author has given us permission through our Partner Program then you'll see a few full pages from the book and if the book is out of copyright, you'll be able to page through the entire book." Click on the "About This Book" link and look for a link called "Find This Book in a Library" to locate the nearest library holdings.

Web Sites

American Elements: Information on the chemical elements, including properties, safety data and applications. Provided by American Elements, a commercial chemical firm.

Atlas of our Changing Environment: Google Maps drives this environmental atlas, which highlights sites around the world that have witnessed dramatic environmental changes. Provided by United Nations Environment Programme.

The ChemCollective: a collection of virtual labs, scenario-based learning activities, and concepts tests which can be incorporated into a variety of teaching approaches as pre-labs, alternatives to textbook homework, and in-class activities for individuals or teams. It is organized by a group of faculty and staff at Carnegie Mellon University for college and high school teachers who are interested in using, assessing, and/or creating engaging online activities for chemistry education.   The ChemCollective is funded by the National Science Foundation through the Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement program and the National Science Digital Library.

Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science: spatial resources for the social sciences.

Climate Change : The Discovery of Global Warming -- A hypertext history of how scientists came to (partly) understand what people are doing to cause climate change. Provided by Spencer Weart, Director, Center for History of Physics, American Institute of Physics.

Digital atlas of Idaho - Information about Idaho's natural history.

Earth Revealed -- A video instructional series on geology for college and high school classrooms and adult learners; 26 half-hour video programs and coordinated books. Due to licensing agreements, online viewing of the videos for this resource is restricted to network connections in the United States and Canada.   Provided by Annenberg Media.

Elemental Data Index -- Online data organized by element. Provided by the Physics Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

EXPLO.TV - Webcasts, video clips, and podcasts from the San Francisco Eploratorium: The Museum of Science, Art, and Human Perception. Select from the categories : Everyday Science, History of Science, Popular Culture, Popular Science, and Science in Action.

Geodata.gov: U.S. maps & data.

GreenSource : The Magazine of Sustainable Design - A cooperative project of Architectural Record, McGraw-Hill Construction and Building Green, LLC.

NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies: A key objective of GISS research is prediction of atmospheric and climate changes in the 21st century. The research combines analysis of comprehensive global datasets, derived mainly from spacecraft observations, with global models of atmospheric, land surface, and oceanic processes. Website sections include News, Research, Data & Images, Publications, Software Tools, and Education.

NOAA paleoclimatology program - Provides a central location for paleoclimate data, research, and education.

The Periodic Table of Videos -- Short videos on each of the chemical elements on the Periodic Table. Provided by the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom.

State energy data - price and expenditure data.

Teacher's Domain : Multimedia resources for the classroom and professional development - Provided by WGBH, the PBS station in Boston. Most materials are for science subjects. User needs to register (for free).

Professional Associations:

Engineering:

National Society of Professional Engineers

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

American Society of Civil Engineers

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

American Society for Engineering Education

Government:

Science.gov - A gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results.

USA.gov - A search engine for government Web pages, with an emphasis on the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. Another good source of statistics.

USGS Volcano Hazards Program -- Monitors active and potentially active volcanoes, assesses their hazards, responds to volcanic crises, and conducts research on how volcanoes work to fulfill a Congressional mandate (P.L. 93-288) that the USGS issue "timely warnings" of potential volcanic hazards to responsible emergency-management authorities and to the populace affected.

Data.gov - Information and access to data generated and help by the Federal Government.

FedFlix - The best movies of the United States Government, from training films to history, from our national parks to the U.S. Fire Academy and the Postal Inspectors, all of these fine flix are available for reuse without any restrictions whatsoever. A joint venture between the National Technical Information Service and Public.Resource.org.

Federal Digital System - Searchable database of Web pages, with an emphasis on the Legislative Branch of the Federal Government, including Congressional bills and hearings. Provided by the Government Printing Office.

Thomas - An easy-to-search source for legislative information, provided by the Library of Congress.

      I-Docs - An online collection of paper and digital resources selectively chosen from published Idaho Government Documents.

Job & Graduate School Information:

- Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor, CareerOneStop provides job-seekers with career information, as well as tools to help in a job search.

Idaho Career Information System - CIS is a division of the Idaho Department of Labor and since 1980 has been helping people in Idaho with volumes of information about occupations, postsecondary education, financial aid and finding jobs.

Occupational Outlook Handbook - Information on careers from the Department of Labor.

Standardized Tests:

Learning Express - Each of the Learning Centers offers the practice tests, exercises, skill-building courses, eBooks, and information you need to achieve the results you want—at school, at work, or in life. Create a free account for yourself, so that the program can track your test results.

Test Prep Review -- Free access to sample questions from many standardized tests, such as graduate school entrance exams and certification exams.

Citations:

APA Formatting and Style Guide - Guidance provided by Purdue University Online Writing Lab.
APA Citation Style - examples of citations in APA Format for your list of References.

MLA Formatting and Style Guide - Guidance provided by Purdue University Online Writing Lab.
MLA Citation Style - Guidance provided by the University of Illinois Writers' Workshop.

Knight Cite -- An automatic generator of citations in either MLA, APA, or Chicago style. Registering for the service allows you to save citations to generate a bibliography. A free service provided by the Hekman Library at Calvin College.

Son of Citation Machine -- An "interactive Web tool designed to assist high school, college, and university students, their teachers, and independent researchers in their effort to respect other people's intellectual properties" (from the Website).

Research Paper Help:

Online Resources for Writers - Links to useful information from colleges and universities, covering all phases of writing academic essays. Provided by the Amherst Writing Center.

Assignment Calculator - Based on the start date and due date for your assignment, this calculator will map out benchmarks for completing tasks leading up to the final paper. It also provides links to other pages with tips on understanding your assignment, focusing your topic, etc. It was developed by the library at the University of Minnesota, so a few of its linked resources are not available to you. But we have many similar resources available to you on this campus.

Online Writing Lab - A service of the Humanities Division at LCSC, this center provides one-on-one advice from other students on improving your papers before turning them in.

Thesaurus.com - Find synonyms for your search terms. An Ask.com service.

Wikipedia : Researching with Wikipedia - A page on the Wikipedia site that describes the strengths and weaknesses of Wikipedia as a source of information. It includes this statement: "In all academic institutions, Wikipedia, along with most encyclopedias, is unacceptable as a major source for a research paper."