Databases

Current advances and foundational research covering the breadth and depth of the physical sciences. Explore the latest news, peer-reviewed research, reviews, journals, and proceedings from AIP Publishing and partners.

The American Chemical Society is a leading publisher of peer-reviewed research journals in the chemical and related sciences. Access to full-text is available for ACS journals from date of first publication.

A comprehensive electronic collection of Annual Reviews volumes with content spanning the Biomedical, Physical, and Social Sciences dating back to the first volume in 1932 to the present.

Peer-reviewed journals published by the American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE).

Collection of peer-reviewed journals, published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, of the history of mechanical engineering research as well as discoveries being made today.

Compass provides one of the most comprehensive libraries of technical information available, with access to all available versions of ASTM 12,000+ Standards. Register for an ASTM Compass account to receive notification whenever new revisions are published or use the version comparison tool that clearly highlights changes from one edition to the next.

CSIRO Publishing publishes journals presenting the latest research by leading Australian and overseas scientists. Covers a broad range of subjects, including agriculture, chemistry, plant and animal sciences, natural history and environmental management.

New Zealand's online news and information service for the energy sector including a comprehensive industry participant and energy asset database. Executive interviews, news, opinions and commentary published on a daily basis.

A versatile tool suited for educational institutions, academic research, and self-paced learning, offering an immersive and interactive platform for understanding and exploring various facets of chemistry.

Unlimited access to the entire IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology) collection of journals, magazines, and conference proceedings, plus all active and historical IEEE standards.

Browse IEEE journals and magazines.

IOPscience extra offers access to more than 135 years of IOP Publishing content and some of the most vital physics research ever published in one fully-integrated resource. Here you can access more than 70 IOP-hosted journals, as well as the IOP Journal Archive, which includes all articles published since 1874.

The JBI EBP Database spans a range of medical, nursing, and healthcare specialties and includes evidence-based recommended practices, evidence summaries, best practice guidelines, systematic reviews, and systematic review protocols.

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JoVE Core series brings biology to life through over 300 concise and easy-to-understand animated video lessons that explain key concepts in biology, plus more than 150 scientist-in-action videos that show actual research experiments conducted in today’s laboratories.

JoVE publishes peer-reviewed scientific video protocols to accelerate biological, medical, chemical and physical research. JoVE Environment includes methods and techniques for studying the Earth’s ecosystems, addressing environmental concerns, and protecting natural resources.

JoVE Science Education is a revolutionary video database, dedicated to teaching laboratory fundamentals through simple, easy-to-understand video demonstrations. The 'Advanced Biology' module offers videos in Neuroscience, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Cell Biology, Immunology and Microbiology.

Access to archival issues of journals with coverage usually ending three to five years before present. Back issues of over 1500 journals in the arts, humanities, science, and social sciences with links to current issues available in Project Muse.

More than 90 peer-reviewed journals in the most promising areas of biomedical research, biotechnology and regenerative medicine, medicine and surgery, public health research and policy, technology and engineering, environmental research and policy, and law.

The Merck Index is regarded as the most authoritative and reliable source of information on chemicals, drugs and biologicals. It contains over 11,500 monographs, including historic records not available in the print edition. Updated regularly with accurate information curated by experts.

Access the prestigious weekly journal of science 'Nature', plus Nature Biotechnology, Nature Geoscience, Nature Reviews Genetics and Scientific American.

The NZ Science database is a subset of the New Zealand Index database that The Knowledge Basket has made available for the benefit of the suppliers of this valuable resource.

The US Department of Energy's Office of Scientific and Technical Information provides access to a wealth of energy, science, and technology research and development information from the Manhattan Project to the present.

Access to the full-text of all American Physical Society journals published between 1893 and 2019, as well as the full-text of American Physical Society (APS) journals to which the Library currently subscribes.

Includes ProQuest Science, Sports Medicine & Education Index, ProQuest Career and Technical Education: Science & Technology, ProQuest Research Library: Science & Technology and ProQuest Telecommunications. These databases provide access to content ranging from physical education curricula, sports medicine, dance, health education and physical therapy as well as vocational information focused on science and technology.

The PubMed platform contains MEDLINE, PubMed Central, and additional PubMed records, and indexes journal articles and more back to 1947. It covers medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, health care systems, preclinical sciences, and related areas. It is developed and maintained by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), both at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the US. As of December 2020, PubMed contains over 30 million records. Links to full text content of items indexed in PubMed are usually available via Library Search, publisher websites or library interlibrary loan.

• Victoria University provides video guide on searching for research literature in PubMed. The guide includes using Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) and covers why truncation and phrase searching might not get the best results.
• Prairie View A&M University has created a guide titled MEDLINE, PubMed & Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). Under the title 4 Steps to Using the MeSH Database, note that you can restrict to MeSH Major Topic so that your search will retrieve only citations where your subject is one of the main topics discussed in the article. This means you don't get results where the concept is mentioned, but not the main focus. It also talks about when NOT to use MeSH.
• PubMed Search Tips – How to Use MeSH: Medical Subject Headings

The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) publishes over 50 peer-reviewed journals that cover the core chemical sciences including related fields such as biology, biophysics, energy and environment, engineering, materials, medicine and physics.

Full-text access to over 3500 journals primarily in the Sciences, but also including Business, Education, Linguistics, Management, Sociology, etc. For personalised features, please register (by creating an Elsevier User profile/Personal Account) & log in with those credentials.

SciFinderN, produced by Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), is the most comprehensive database for chemical literature, searchable by topic, author, substances by name or CAS Registry Number. It is a core research tool for chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering, materials science, nanotechnology, physics, environmental science and other science and engineering disciplines. New features include PatentPak (patent documents in PDF format), MethodsNow Synthesis (synthetic protocols) and Retrosynthesis Planning (computer-aided synthetic design tool).

To register for a SciFinder account click here. Be sure to then access SciFinderN from a library access point (such as Library Search or the database page) for authentication purposes.

Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources with smart tools to track, analyse and visualise research. For personalised features, please register (by creating an Elsevier User profile/Personal Account) & log in with those credentials.

A collection of optics and photonics ebook titles from the International Society for Optics and Photonics.

A selection of NZS and AS/NZS standards.

A broad collection of eBooks in science, technology, engineering, medicine, humanities and social science.

Access to Wiley journals in the fields of: Business, Finance & Management; Chemistry; Computer Science; Earth Science; Education; Engineering; Humanities and Social Sciences; Law; Life and Medical Sciences; Mathematics and Statistics; Physics; Psychology.