http://www.lib.vt.edu/alumniportal/databases/eng-phys-sci.html en Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:50:03 -0400 webmaster@lib.vt.edu webmaster@lib.vt.edu http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/A/arxiv-org-from-cornel-university-library.html <div style=" float: left; width: 200px;"><div class="vt_img_left vt_small_img"> <span class="top"> </span> <span class="bottom"> </span> <img src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/databases/A/S_arxiv.jpg" alt="arXiv" height="122px" width="185px" /> </div><img alt="This resource is freely accessible" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_free-database.gif" title="This resource is freely accessible" width="20" /> <img alt="Contents of this resource available through Summon" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_summon.gif" title="Contents of this resource available through Summon" width="20" /> <img alt="Green open access - self archiving" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/icons/L_open-access-green.gif" title="Sponsored by VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia" width="14" /></div><h2><span> <a href="http://arxiv.org/find" title="arXiv.org from Cornell University Library" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://arxiv.org/find')" shape="rect">arXiv.org from Cornell University Library</a> </span></h2><p><i>ArXiv</i> is a highly-automated electronic, open archive and distribution server for research articles in engineering and the physical sciences. Full text available in a variety of formats, including PDF, HTML, and PS.</p><p><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/A/arxiv-org-from-cornel-university-library.html">Full record</a></p> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:42:13 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/A/arxiv-org-from-cornel-university-library.html Article searching Freely accessible databases Contents of database in Summon Green open access: self archiving http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/A/asce-civil-engineerng-database.html <div style=" float: left; width: 200px;"><div class="vt_img_left vt_small_img"> <span class="top"> </span> <span class="bottom"> </span> <img src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/databases/A/S_asce-ced.jpg" alt="ASCE Civil Engineering Database" height="119px" width="185px" /> </div><img alt="This resource is freely accessible" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_free-database.gif" title="This resource is freely accessible" width="20" /> <img alt="Contents of this resource available through Summon" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_summon.gif" title="Contents of this resource available through Summon" width="20" /></div><h2><span> <a href="http://cedb.asce.org/" title="ASCE Civil Engineering Database" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://cedb.asce.org/')" shape="rect">ASCE Civil Engineering Database</a> </span></h2><p>The <i>Civil Engineering Database</i> (CEDB) indexes citations for all ASCE publications. The database covers all the journals, conference proceedings, books, standards, manuals, magazines, and newspapers published by ASCE. Journal papers with abstracts go back to 1970. Non-abstract journal records go back to 1958. 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Includes scans of  historical astronomical publications. 1800s-present.</p><p><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/A/astrophysics-data-system-abstract-service-from-sao-nasa.html">Full record</a></p> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:42:13 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/A/astrophysics-data-system-abstract-service-from-sao-nasa.html Article searching Conference papers, preprints, and working papers Professional and trade literature Reports, standards, and financials Freely accessible databases Contents of database in Summon http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/C/chemidplus-advanced-from-the-nlm.html <div style=" float: left; width: 200px;"><div class="vt_img_left vt_small_img"> <span class="top"> </span> <span class="bottom"> </span> <img src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/databases/C/S_chemid.jpg" alt="ChemIDplus from NLM" height="234px" width="185px" /> </div><img alt="This resource is freely accessible" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_free-database.gif" title="This resource is freely accessible" width="20" /></div><h2><span> <a href="http://chem.sis.nlm.nih.gov/chemidplus/" title="ChemIDplus Advanced from the NLM" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://chem.sis.nlm.nih.gov/chemidplus/')" shape="rect">ChemIDplus Advanced from the NLM</a> </span></h2><p>Searches the NLM <i>ChemIDplus</i> database of over 370,000 chemicals and displays numerous properties (and sometimes lists citations for sources of the data, but it does not search article citations directly). Allows various search capabilities beyond the Lite version including chemical structure, toxicity, and physical property searching. You will need a web browser that has a recent version of Java installed. There is a structure drawing and display applet named <a href="http://www.chemaxon.com/marvin/">Marvin</a>. An alternative method to provide the capabilities needed to accept a structure query is the <a href="http://www.mdl.com/downloads/downloadable/index.jsp">Chime</a> plug-in.</p><p><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/C/chemidplus-advanced-from-the-nlm.html">Full record</a></p> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:42:13 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/C/chemidplus-advanced-from-the-nlm.html Chemical and physical properties Freely accessible databases http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/E/encyclopedia-of-life-eol.html <div style=" width: 200px; float: left;"><div class="vt_img_left vt_small_img"> <span class="top"> </span> <span class="bottom"> </span> <img src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/databases/E/S_eol.jpg" alt="Encyclopedia of Life" height="153px" width="185px" /> </div><img alt="This resource is freely accessible" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_free-database.gif" title="This resource is freely accessible" width="20" /> <img alt="Screencast tutorials available for this resource" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_screencast.gif" title="Screencast tutorials available for this resource" width="20" /></div><h2><span> <a href="http://www.eol.org/" title="Encyclopedia of Life (EOL)" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://www.eol.org/')" shape="rect">Encyclopedia of Life (EOL)</a> </span></h2><p>The <i>Encyclopedia of Life</i> is a collaborative effort to gather and share descriptions of all living things. Content includes photos and videos, bibliographic links, distribution maps, and taxonomies of animals, plants, and microorganisms.</p><p><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/E/encyclopedia-of-life-eol.html">Full record</a></p> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:42:13 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/E/encyclopedia-of-life-eol.html Encyclopedias, dictionaries, and almanacs Freely accessible databases Screencast tutorials available http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/N/national-climatic-data-center.html <div style=" width: 200px; float: left;"><div class="vt_img_left vt_small_img"> <span class="top"> </span> <span class="bottom"> </span> <img src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/databases/N/S_ncdc.jpg" alt="National Climatic Data Center" height="140px" width="185px" /> </div><img alt="This resource is freely accessible" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_free-database.gif" title="This resource is freely accessible" width="20" /></div><h2><span> <a href="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/mpp/freedata.html" title="National Climatic Data Center" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/mpp/freedata.html')" shape="rect">National Climatic Data Center</a> </span></h2><p>The <i>National Climatic Data Center</i> provides data sets on climate and weather, plus full-text publications in PDF that summarize this data. Free access to some data sets requires connecting from a campus computer or through Off Campus Sign In.</p><p><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/N/national-climatic-data-center.html">Full record</a></p> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:42:13 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/N/national-climatic-data-center.html Statistics and data sets Freely accessible databases http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/N/nasa-technical-report-server-ntrs.html <div style=" width: 200px; float: left;"><div class="vt_img_left vt_small_img"> <span class="top"> </span> <span class="bottom"> </span> <img src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/databases/N/S_ntrs.jpg" alt="NASA Technical Reports Server" height="173px" width="185px" /> </div><img alt="This resource is freely accessible" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_free-database.gif" title="This resource is freely accessible" width="20" /> <img alt="Contents of this resource available through Summon" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_summon.gif" title="Contents of this resource available through Summon" width="20" /></div><h2><span> <a href="http://ntrs.nasa.gov" title="NASA Technical Report Server (NTRS)" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://ntrs.nasa.gov')" shape="rect">NASA Technical Report Server (NTRS)</a> </span></h2><p>NTRS indexes citations, full-text documents, and multimedia content from NACA and NASA publications and research reports. Content includes conference papers, journal articles, meeting papers, patents, research reports, theses and dissertations, images, movies, and technical videos. Full text available as PDFs. 1903-present. <span class="majax-erm-advisory" title="e1000155"> </span></p><p><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/N/nasa-technical-report-server-ntrs.html">Full record</a></p> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:42:13 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/N/nasa-technical-report-server-ntrs.html Article searching Conference papers, preprints, and working papers Multimedia Patents and trademarks Reports, standards, and financials Statistics and data sets Theses and dissertations Freely accessible databases Contents of database in Summon http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/T/transtats-from-the-us-department-of-transportation.html <div style=" float: left; width: 200px;"><div class="vt_img_left vt_small_img"> <span class="top"> </span> <span class="bottom"> </span> <img src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/databases/U/S_usdt-ts.gif" alt="US Dept of Transportation TransStats" height="83px" width="185px" /> </div><img alt="This resource is freely accessible" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_free-database.gif" title="This resource is freely accessible" width="20" /></div><h2><span> <a href="http://www.transtats.bts.gov/SearchInfo.asp" title="TranStats from the U.S. Department of Transportation" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://www.transtats.bts.gov/SearchInfo.asp')" shape="rect">TranStats from the U.S. Department of Transportation</a> </span></h2><p><i>TranStats</i> indexes statistical data on all forms of transportation from agencies in USDOT. Much of the data can be downloaded in spreadsheet or statistical software formats. 1990-present.</p><p><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/T/transtats-from-the-us-department-of-transportation.html">Full record</a></p> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:42:13 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/T/transtats-from-the-us-department-of-transportation.html Statistics and data sets Freely accessible databases http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/T/trid.html <div style=" float: left; width: 200px;"><div class="vt_img_left vt_small_img"> <span class="top"> </span> <span class="bottom"> </span> <img src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/databases/T/S_tris.gif" alt="TRIS Transportation Research Information Service" height="148px" width="185px" /> </div><img alt="This resource is freely accessible" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_free-database.gif" title="This resource is freely accessible" width="20" /></div><h2><span> <a href="http://trid.trb.org/search.aspx" title="TRID International Transport Research Documentation from TRB" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://trid.trb.org/search.aspx')" shape="rect">TRID International Transport Research Documentation from TRB</a> </span></h2><p><i>TRID</i> indexes citations, abstracts, and some full text of journal articles, books, conference proceedings, technical reports, environmental impact statements, and theses on transportation research. It integrates the former TRIS and ITRD databases. </p><p><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/T/trid.html">Full record</a></p> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:42:13 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/T/trid.html Article searching Conference papers, preprints, and working papers Reports, standards, and financials Theses and dissertations Freely accessible databases http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/W/wolfram-mathworld.html <div style=" float: left; width: 200px;"><div class="vt_img_left vt_small_img"> <span class="top"> </span> <span class="bottom"> </span> <img src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/databases/W/S_wolfram.jpg" alt="Wolfram MathWorld" height="104px" width="185px" /> </div><img alt="This resource is freely accessible" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_free-database.gif" title="This resource is freely accessible" width="20" /></div><h2><span> <a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/" title="Wolfram MathWorld" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://mathworld.wolfram.com/')" shape="rect">Wolfram MathWorld</a> </span></h2><p><i>Wolfram MathWorld</i> provides full-text reference articles (with bibliographic citations), a glossary of mathematical terms, downloadable <i>Mathematica</i> notebooks, and a guide to <i>Mathematica</i>.</p><p><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/W/wolfram-mathworld.html">Full record</a></p> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:42:13 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/W/wolfram-mathworld.html Encyclopedias, dictionaries, and almanacs Handbooks and manuals Freely accessible databases