Technology Databases
(see also
Astronomy & Space Technology,
Computer Science,
Patents, and
General)
[Indexes]
[Online Books]
[Also of Interest]
- Indexes to Journals and Books:
- GPO
Monthly Catalog (FirstSearch)
- Covers all types of U.S. government documents,
including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records;
judiciary materials; and documents on all subject areas issued by
executive departments (Defense, State, Labor, etc.)
- LIUCat
on the Web:
- The online public access catalog of Long Island University's
six campuses. This can be searched from any computer. No password is needed.
- ASFA 3:
Aquatic Pollution and Environmental Quality (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
- Covers marine and aquatic pollution, including research and policy on the
contamination of oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, and estuaries of interest to
biologists, oceanographers, limnologists, environmental engineers and scientists, industrial
engineers, waste managers, corporate regulatory affairs
managers, and government officials. Covers methods and instruments;
characteristics, behavior, and fate; effects on organisms; prevention and control;
environmental changes, mechanical and natural; protective measures and control;
conservation, wildlife management, and recreation; public health, medicines, and
dangerous organisms. Covers 1990 to the present.
- ASFA
Marine Biotechnology Abstracts (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
- Covers the molecular biology and molecular genetics of marine biotechnology
in such fields as the increased production of seafood,
the development of new therapeutic drugs, the
engineering of microbes that digest and remove environmental and
marine pollutants, and the launching of myriad ventures having
immense economic benefit. Includes patents, aquaculture/fisheries,
chemical/mineral products, energy applications, and more.
Covers 1989 to the present.
- Biotechnology
Research Abstracts (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
- Provides citations to international research on all aspects of biochemical,
medical, and microbial technology as applied to bioengineering, medicine,
agriculture, and environmental science. Encompasses a wide range of disciplines,
including genetic engineering, gene therapy, medical technology, imaging,
pharmaceuticals, biomechanics, fermentation, waste treatment, bioremediation,
food biotechnology, computer applications, and more. Covers 1983 to the present and
has absorbed the contents of Agricultural & Environmental Biotechnology
Abstracts (1993-2007), BioEngineering Abstracts (1993-2007), and
Medical & Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Abstracts (1993-2007).
- EIS:
Digests of Environmental Impact Statements (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
- Indexes and abstracts environmental impact
statements issued by the federal government. Each
entry includes a clear description of the project, sections on positive
impact and negative consequences, and legal mandates.
Covers air transportation, defense programs, energy, hazardous substances,
land use, parks, refuges, forests, roads, railroads, programs, and water.
Covers 1985 to the present.
- Environmental
Engineering Abstracts (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
- Covers the world literature
pertaining to technological and engineering aspects of air and
water quality, environmental safety, and energy production.
Includes agricultural equipment and methods, coastal engineering,
hazardous materials, hydroelectric power, mines and quarry equipment,
nuclear power plants, pipes and pipelines, tidal and wind power,
treatment of sewage and industrial wastes, and more.
Covers 1990 to the present.
- Environmental
Sciences and Pollution Mgmt (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
- Indexes journals, conference proceedings, reports, monographs,
books, and government publications that provide multidisciplinary
coverage of the environmental sciences including biotechnology,
air quality, pollution, energy resources, environmental engineering,
impact statements, industrial hygiene, microbiology, risk assessment,
toxicology, waste management, water resource issues, and more.
Combines together many of the environmental databases from Cambridge
Scientific Abstracts that can also be searched individually.
Covers 1981 to the present.
- General
Science Collection (Ebsco)
 
- Provides information on all aspects of the
scientific world, including the observation, description, identification, and experimental
investigation of phenomena, as well as the application of science to industrial
or commercial objectives. Offers full text coverage of more
than 60 of the most popular science publications as well as the encyclopedia,
Great Scientific Achievements of the Twentieth Century.
- Health
and Safety Science Abstracts (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
- Covers public health, safety, and industrial hygiene including
aviation and aerospace safety, environmental safety, nuclear
safety, medical safety, occupational safety, natural disasters,
ergonomics, recreation safety, food, and more, as well as
health and safety related aspects of pollution, waste disposal,
radiation, pesticides, epidemics, and other phenomena. Includes
government reports, journal articles, conference proceedings,
books, and other publications. Covers 1981 to the present.
- Industrial
and Applied Microbiology Abstracts (Microbiology A) (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
- Covers significant findings and practical applications in agricultural,
food and beverage, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries. Includes
fermentation, microbial degradation, food microbiology, microbial toxins,
plant diseases, post-harvest decay, plant protection, forestry,
soil microorganisms, mineral microbiology, protection of materials,
hydrocarbons, microbial resistance, and antimicrobial agents.
Covers 1982 to the present.
- Pollution
Abstracts (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
- Provides access to the environmental
information necessary to resolve day-to-day problems, ensure ongoing
compliance, and handle emergency situations more effectively,
combining information from scientific research
and government policies. Includes atmosphere, emissions,
mathematical models, waste management, effects on people
and animals, environmental action in response to global
pollution issues, and more. Covers 1981 to the present.
- Risk
Abstracts (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
- Provides broad, multidisciplinary coverage of risk - the
combination of the magnitude and probability of adverse effects -
ranging from public and environmental health to social issues and
psychological aspects. Encompasses risk arising
from industrial, technological, environmental, and other
sources, with an emphasis on the identification, assessment,
alleviation, and management of risk of all kinds.
Covers 1990 to the present.
- Online Encyclopedias and Books:
General -
Specialized, Miscellaneous -
Architecture & Industrial Design -
Space & Aviation -
Telecommunications & Electronics -
Technology & Society
- General:
- Academic
Press Dictionary of Science and Technology (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- Dictionary
of Engineering Terms, Butterworth-Heinemann (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- ebrary (ebrary)
- Currently
offers over 25,000 full-text books, sheet music titles, maps, reports, and other authoritative documents from more
than 180 leading academic, trade, and professional publishers. The collections are particularly strong in
business, economics, education, computers, technology, science, medicine, history,
language, literature, humanities, politics, and social sciences. Publishers include The McGraw-Hill Companies,
Random House, Penguin Classics, Taylor
& Francis, Yale University Press, John Wiley & Sons, Greenwood, and more.
- Note: to use ebrary, you must first download and install the
ebrary Reader on your computer (more information).
- McGraw-Hill
Concise Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- McGraw-Hill
Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- Specialized, Miscellaneous:
- Benders'
Dictionary of Nutrition and Food Technology (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- Macmillan
Encyclopedia of Energy (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Architecture and Industrial Design:
(See also: Art & Design)
- Harris,
Dictionary of Architecture and Construction (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- Thames
& Hudson Dictionary of 20th Century Architecture (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- Thames
& Hudson Dictionary of Design Since 1900 (Credo/xrefer)
- Covers all aspects of modern design:
graphics, products, interiors, furniture, industrial, and architectural design, including
political and ideological concepts, technological advances, new materials and techniques,
influential movements in modern culture, and important designers worldwide.
- Space and Aviation:
(See also: Astronomy & Space Technology)
- Encyclopedia
of Space Science and Technology (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Illustrated
Dictionary of Aviation (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- Space
Sciences (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Telecommunications and Electronics:
(See also: Computer Science and
Media, Television, Communications & Publishing)
- Dictionary
of Communications Technology: Terms, Definitions and Abbreviations, Wiley (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- Focal
Dictionary of Telecommunications, Focal Press (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- Hargrave's
Communications Dictionary, Wiley (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- High
Definition: A-Z Guide to Personal Technology (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- Newnes
Dictionary of Electronics, Newnes (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- Technology and Society:
- Encyclopedia
of Ethical, Legal and Policy Issues in Biotechnology
(GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Encyclopedia
of Science, Technology, and Ethics
(GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Science
and Its Times: Understanding the Social Significance of Scientific Discovery
(GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Science in Dispute (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- vol.01,
vol.02,
vol.03.
(See database page for description)
- Also of Interest:
- Clase
and Periodica (FirstSearch)
- Offers access to more than 300,000 bibliographic citations to
articles, essays, book reviews,
monographs, conference proceedings, technical
reports, interviews, and brief notes published in scholarly journals
edited in 24 different countries of Latin America and the
Caribbean, as well as from publications that focus on
Pan-American issues published in the Spanish, Portuguese,
French and English languages. Covers the social sciences and
humanities from 1975 to the present as well as science and
technology from 1978 to the present.
- Emerald
Fulltext (Emerald Insight)
- Provides full text access to almost 150 journals.
Emphasis is on business, technology, and library & information science, but
some coverage is also given to education, health, science, public policy, and criminal justice.
Journals can be browsed issue by issue or searched by keyword.
Database descriptions are adapted from each database's website.
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