Access Science
Online version of the Encyclopedia of Science & Technology. Includes 7100+ articles, 115,000 dictionary terms and hundreds of research updates in all areas of science and technology.
SciFinder
Coverage: 1907-present.
Desktop research tool designed especially for use by students and faculty to easily access the information in the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) databases. Hamilton login and password required. See using SciFinder Scholar at Hamilton.
Web of Science
Coverage: 1984-present.
Citation databases that enable researchers to determine where and by whom a journal article or book has been cited since its original publication. More information.
Science Direct
Coverage: 1995-present.
ScienceDirect is an important source for scientific, social sciences, technical and medical information. Search the contents of 1,200 Elsevier Science journals, plus 100 journals from a host of prestigious societies and STM publishers. Includes access to the fulltext of 750+ Elsevier Science journals.
TOXNET
The Toxicology Data Network is a database collection with links to information on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health and related areas. TOXNET is managed by the Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program (TEHIP) in the Division of Specialized Information Services (SIS) of the National Library of Medicine (NLM). For descriptive list of databases searched by TOXNET, see their fact sheet.
ALEX
Hamilton College Library's catalog. Use our call number locator to find items from your catalog search.
WorldCat
Catalog with more than 60 million records for books and other materials owned by libraries around the world. Use the button to request items through interlibrary loan.
Ask your professor if he or she has particular citation style preferences. The Writing Center also provides some information on departmental preferences.
The following resources can be especially helpful:
RefWorks
RefWorks is an online bibliographic manager that can be used to create, organize and store references. Information can be imported from most of the library's research databases and reformatted to create bibliographies in wide range of documentation styles, including APA, MLA, and Chicago.