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Science and Technology Resources
Science & Technology Databases
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Abstracts or
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Description
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Academic
Search (Ebsco) |
Abstracts and selected full text |
Selected full-text articles from newspapers, magazines and journals 1975 - present
Available off-campus.
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Applied Science & Technology Full Text (WilsonWeb)
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Abstracts and selected full text |
Includes articles on computer technology, energy, fire prevention, physics, and more. Indexing begins in 1983, with full-text articles beginning in 1997.
Select "Applied Science & Technology" in the "Subject Area" dropdown menu to search.
Available off-campus.
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Biological and Agricultural Index Full Text (WilsonWeb)
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Abstracts and selected full text |
Includes articles on biology, biochemistry, agriculture, and food science topics. Indexing begins in 1983, with full-text articles beginning in 1997.
Select " Biological & Agricultural" in the "Subject Area" dropdown menu to search.
Available off-campus.
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FAITS: Faulkner's Advisory for IT Studies
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Provides technical reports and standards, market information, news, and tutorials for the information technology industry. Topics include IT infrastructure, wireless communications, networking, security, enterprise systems, and the Internet.
Available off-campus.
Click here for searching instructions.
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General Science Full Text
(WilsonWeb)
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Abstracts and selected full text
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Journal and magazine articles in biology,
chemistry, earth science, health, math, physics, and
more. Provides indexing from 1984 and selected
full text articles from 1995.
Available off-campus.
Click here for searching instructions.
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| JSTOR |
Full text |
Provides full-text of journals in sciences and humanities.
No current journals, only those 2-5 years old or older.
For on campus use only!
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Reader's
Guide Full Text (WilsonWeb) |
Abstracts and selected full text
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References articles in general interest, popular magazines.
Provides indexing from 1983 and selected full text articles
from 1994 to the present.
Available off-campus.
Click here for searching instructions.
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SEPCHe-books
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Abstracts and selected full text
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This full-text collection of online books includes
a diverse array of topics: business etiquette, developmental
psychology, information science, and education, just
to name a few! Try searching the collection or browse the list of titles available.
Available off-campus.
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Holy Family students, faculty, and staff may obtain the current database logins by contacting the Northeast Philadelphia Library (267-341-3315), Newtown LRC (267-341-4010) or by sending email to reference@holyfamily.edu .

Journals
Many science and technology journals are available to the Holy Family University community. Use our research databases to find journal articles on a specific topic.
If you know the name of the journal you need, try our Journal Locator.
If the library does not own the journal you need, try our Interlibrary Loan service.

Reference Sources
Science books are generally found in the Q call number range, and Technology in the T area. Some business related software guides (ie, MS Office) can be found at HF5548. Look in the Family Cat Library Catalog for more print resources in our collection.
A dictionary of biology.
NEP REF QH302.5 .D5 2000
Encyclopedia of information science and technology
NEP REF Z1006 .E566 2005
Methods of meta-analysis : correcting error and bias in research findings.
NEP HA29 .H847 2004
Science and technology desk reference : 1,500 answers to frequently-asked or difficult-to-answer questions
NEP REF Q173.S397 1993
Understanding information systems:
what they do and why we need them.
NEWT and NEP Z665 .R366 2004

Research Gateways
Librarians' Index to the Internet - Computers
This site links to all aspects of computer, networking, and software applications.
Librarians' Index to the Internet - Science
Links to various sources concerning all aspects of the natural sciences, including biology, botany, environmental science, and geology.
National Science Resources Center
Resources for teaching science, from the National Academies and the Smithsonian Institution
ZDNet Computer and technology news and resources.

Updated 12/12/2006 |