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Accessible from home AccessScience
Articles, images, and video in all major areas of science and technology. Includes digitized print materials such as McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology and Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography.

American Men & Women of Science: A Biographical Directory of Today’s Leaders in Physical, Biological, and Related Sciences   
Contains biographical information on over 135,000 living scientists of note.

Accessible from home Chemical Elements
Contains in-depth and accurate information on all chemical elements.

Accessible from home Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography 
Offers biographies of mathematicians and natural scientists from all countries and from all historical periods.

Accessible from home General Science Collection
Stay current with the latest scientific developments in all areas of science, including nanotechnology, geology, and particle physics. There are full-text articles from over 200 science journals in this source.

Accessible from home Science in Context
Articles from science journals and reference books such as science encyclopedias on topics covering all the sciences, including biology, chemistry, geology, and physics.

Science 360
Compiled by the National Science Foundation from scientists and educational institutions, this site contains interesting and engaging videos on a variety of scientific topics. Videos are embeddable and can be shared on social media sites.

Scienceworld
This highly regarded site offers explanations of concepts and equations in mathematics, chemistry, physics, and astronomy.

Accessible from home Scientific Thought: In Context   
This is a comprehensive guide to the history of science and contains essays from experts in their fields and primary sources that explore the relationship of science and society.


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