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KnovelOnline access to books, databases, and conference proceedings from a number of publishers that cover all areas of engineering and includes content relevant to related sciences (e.g., chemistry and earth sciences). It includes interactive graphs and tables.
News from scientific societies
Physics Today from the American Institute of Physics
Physics World from the Institute of Physics
Astronomy & Geophysics from the Royal Astronomical Society
AAS Nova from the American Astronomical Society
Elements from the Geochemical Society
EOS from the American Geophysical Union
Geology Today from the Geologists' Association and the Geological Society of London
Optics and Photonics News from the Optical Society
Science writing and journalism
American Scientist (library access to the archive: American Scientist)
Introduction sections
Look up original research articles on your topic but read the introduction section first. It will provide an overview of the topic. Keep track of the articles it cites too, and look up the references that might be useful.
Review articles
Annual Reviews are journals that publish review articles (overviews of a topic) only.
You can also search Web of Science or Scopus for a topic and filter results for review articles.
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Astrophysics Data SystemDigital library portal covering publications in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Physics, and the arXiv e-prints. Includes articles available from publishers websites, astronomical object information, data catalogs and data sets hosted by external archives. ADS also tracks citations and usage statistics.
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Web of ScienceA comprehensive interdisciplinary collection of journal article citations. Subjects generally covered are within science and technology, arts and humanities, and social sciences.
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ScopusSearch for information from scientific journals, books and conference proceedings. Covers the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
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Google Scholar (Setup connection to get to PDFs)Use Google Scholar to find articles from academic publishers, professional societies, research institutes, and scholarly repositories from colleges and universities. If you are using from off-campus access, change the "Library Settings" to University of Minnesota Twin Cities. Look for the "FindIt@U of M Twin Cities" links in your Google Scholar search results to access full text and PDFs.
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GeoRefSearch tool for scholarly research about the geosciences. Includes journal articles, books, conference proceedings, government publications, theses, reports, and maps.
Journal Shortcuts
Geophysical Research Letters Flagship journal of the American Geophysical Union.
Geochemica et Cosmochimica Acta Journal of the Geochemical Society.
The Astronomical Journal Journal of the American Astronomical Society
The Astrophysical Journal Journal of the American Astronomical Society
Nature Prominent interdisciplinary journal.
Science Another prominent interdisciplinary journal.
Find images and visual aids
Physical Science & Engineering
Astronomy
- Apollo Image Atlas
Comprehensive online collection of Apollo-Saturn mission photography from the Lunar and Planetary Institute, including 25,000 lunar images, both from orbit and from the moon's surface, as well as photographs of the earth, astronauts and mission hardware. Search by term or browse by Apollo craft, camera type, and much more.
- Emilio Segrè Visual Archives (Niels Bohr Library, American Institute of Physics)
7,000 historical lithographs, photographs, engravings, slides and other illustrative resources of 20th century physicists and astronomers available online for reference only
- Hubble Gallery
Hubble Telescope images from the Space Telescope Science Institute; search for images by term of browse by categories including galaxies, solar system, nebulae, stars, the universe, and more.
- NASA Images
A new online archive of hundreds of thousands of NASA images.
- National Optical Astronomy Observatory Image Gallery
The gallery includes pictures taken with the facilities of the National Optical Astronomy Observatory, and also pictures of their telescopes, instruments and history.
- National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) Image Gallery
A collection of astronomical images taken with NRAO instruments, as well as photographs of NRAO telescopes and facilities.
- Science Photo Library (SPL)
"World's leading provider of science photos" 100,000 science, technology & industry, space & astronomy, history of science & medicine and more images
- Science & Society Picture Library (Science Museum, London)
Aeronautics, chemistry, optics, physics, space technology, rocketry and more images
- Sloan Digital Sky SurveyÂ
Data, pictures, and more from this project to map the entire sky.
Physics
- Archive of Physics Images
From American Institute of Physics
- Berkeley Lab Images
Particle physics images hosted by the University of California, Berkeley Lab.
- Emilio Segrè Visual Archives (Niels Bohr Library, American Institute of Physics)
7,000 historical lithographs, photographs, engravings, slides and other illustrative resources of 20th century physicists and astronomers available online for reference only
- NASA Images
A new online archive of hundreds of thousands of NASA images.
- Physics in Pictures (Physics Central)
Physics in Pictures features exciting illustrations of nature's infinite variety and humankind's ingenuity. Each picture is accompanied by a brief explanation and links to a story on related current physics research.
- Science & Society Picture Library (Science Museum, London)
Aeronautics, chemistry, optics, physics, space technology, rocketry and more images
Geography
- American Memory Map Collections
Online maps from the collections at the Library of Congress.
- Bell library map collection
Historical digital map images from the University of Minnesota James Ford Bell Library.
- David Ramsey Map Collections
The historical map collection has over 22,000 maps and images online. The collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North American and South American maps and other cartographic materials.
- Degree Confluence Project
Photographs from the latitude and longitude integer degree intersections in the world.
- Earth Science Photographic Library Archive
The U.S. Geological Survey has a collection of over 400,000 taken in the process of doing geologic research in the United States and U.S. territories from 1868 to the present. These images document the discovery, development, and science in the U.S. done by the Geological Survey and its predecessors. This site provides online access to some of these photographs.
- EROS Image Gallery
The U.S. Geological Survey's EROS Data Center stores and distributes a variety of data, including cartographic, satellite, and aircraft data. Their image gallery includes Landsat and Shaded relief images of U.S. States and images from their Earth as Art displays.
- HubbleSite Gallery
Images from the Hubble telescope.
- Landsat Online Archive
This site can be used to access images from the Landsat satellites, which have collected Earth observations and remote sensing imagery since 1972.
- Our Earth as Art
Images of the earth from the U.S. Geological Survey.
- Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
Extensive map online map collections from the University of Texas at Austin.
- World Digital Library
Created by UNESCO and the Library of Congress, the World Digital Library provides free online access to world cultural treasures. Includes manuscripts, maps, rare books, musical scores, recordings, films, prints, photographs, and architectural drawings from a variety of countries.
Geology
- Bell library map collection
Historical digital map images from the University of Minnesota James Ford Bell Library.
- David Ramsey Map Collections
The historical map collection has over 22,000 maps and images online. The collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North American and South American maps and other cartographic materials.
- Earth Science Photographic Library Archive
The U.S. Geological Survey has a collection of over 400,000 taken in the process of doing geologic research in the United States and U.S. territories from 1868 to the present. These images document the discovery, development, and science in the U.S. done by the Geological Survey and its predecessors. This site provides online access to some of these photographs.
- EROS Image Gallery
The U.S. Geological Survey's EROS Data Center stores and distributes a variety of data, including cartographic, satellite, and aircraft data. Their image gallery includes Landsat and Shaded relief images of U.S. States and images from their Earth as Art displays.
- Landsat Online Archive
This site can be used to access images from the Landsat satellites, which have collected Earth observations and remote sensing imagery since 1972.
- NOAA Photo Library
Weather and space images, images of the Earth's shores and coastal seas, and marine species images ranging from great whales to the most minute plankton. Search by term or browse by categories including the National Weather Service, fisheries, coral kingdom, and more.
- Our Earth as Art
Images of the earth from the U.S. Geological Survey.
- Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
Extensive map online map collections from the University of Texas at Austin.
Aerospace Engineering
- Encyclopedia Astronautica [ http://www.astronautix.com/ ]Â
Searchable or browseable; includes over 9,000 images and "Today in Space History".
- http://nix.nasa.gov/
NASA's images of aeronautics, aircraft, projects, the solar system and beyond, space flights, and more. Search or browse by category.
- http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/
Comprehensive online collection of Apollo-Saturn mission photography from the Lunar and Planetary Institute, including 25,000 lunar images, both from orbit and from the moon's surface, as well as photographs of the earth, astronauts and mission hardware. Search by term or browse by Apollo craft, camera type, and much more.
- Kinematic Models for Design Digital Library (KMODDL, Cornell University LIbrary)
Five separate kinematic model image collections, including Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 19th-century Reuleaux collection of more than 220 mechanism and machine models
- NASA Life Sciences Data Archive (LSDA)
NASA's Life Sciences Data Archive (LSDA) contains information and data from human and non-human space flight experiments and related ground control studies funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). This archive contains information about experiments conducted from NASA's first experiments during the 1960s to the present time. Information and data about space life sciences space flight experiments and missions can be retrieved and downloaded from a database called the Master Catalog. This site also includes an overview of life sciences missions and research, and the Digital Image Library - a searchable database of images from life sciences missions and experiments. A set of links to other sources of space life sciences information is also available under Related Resources.
- NOAA Photo Library
Weather and space images, images of the Earth's shores and coastal seas, and marine species images ranging from great whales to the most minute plankton. Search by term or browse by categories including the National Weather Service, fisheries, coral kingdom, and more.
Civil Engineering
- Built in America
The Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) and Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) from the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress, and part of American Memory
Organization and time management
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Research and citation helpFrom Purdue OWL: how to find and cite your sources well, from start to finish.
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Peer Research ConsultantsThey provide one-on-one assistance with your research. View the schedule of drop-in hours at various locations or make an appointment.
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