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OW Online Databases
Academic Search Complete
Why search here?
Provides a comprehensive collection of reliable news sources covering a wide array of topics and issues.
What's included?
Full text, scholarly articles, reports, and conference proceedings on all subjects.
Environment Complete
Why search here?
Subjects covering agriculture, ecosystem; ecology, energy, public policy, sustainability and other related subjects.
What's included?
Full text for journals and magazines covering the scientific and social aspects of environmental studies.
JStor
Why search here?
A digital library for the intellectually curious
What's included?
Access to journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines.
MEDLINE with Full Text (Ebscohost)
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Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE provides information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and more.
What's included?
Access to the world's leading medical, life sciences, healthcare and biomedical journals published since 1950.
New England Journal of Medicine
Why search here?
NEJM is a weekly general medical journal that publishes new medical research findings, review articles,and editorial opinion of importance to biomedical science and clinical practice.
What's included?
Online access to issues is available from 1990 through current issue.
ProQuest Central
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Why search here?
This is the largest multidisciplinary database available.
What's included?
All major subject areas, including Business, Health and Medical, Social Sciences, Education, Science and Technology, and Humanities.
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Why search here?
Open Access publisher with a mission to advance progress in science and medicine by leading a transformation in research communication.
What's included?
Open Access (free) journals mainly in the life and health sciences.
PubMed Central
Why search here?
A free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). It is better to use MEDLINE because it can link to all our paid resources, which PubMed cannot.
What's included?
Index to scholarly and research biomedical articles back to the 1950's.
ScienceDirect
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Why search here?
Journals in the fields of science, technology, medicine, and the social sciences from Elsevier Science and other publishers.
What's included?
Full-text to many articles. OW only subscribes to some titles in this collection.
SciFinder
Why search here?
SciFinder retrieves information contained in databases produced by Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) as well as the MEDLINE database from the National Library of Medicine.
What's included?
ChemDraw is available here.
You must have a Scifinder username and password to access this database. Create an account with the Registration link below.
SciFinder registration (Create account HERE)
In order to access the SciFinder database you must first create an account.
Plant Databases
Global Invasive Species Database
Global Invasive Species Database (GISD) aims to increase awareness about invasive alien species and to facilitate effective prevention and management activities. It is managed by the Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) of the Species Survival Commission of IUCN (the International Union for Conservation of Nature).
A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia
The Medicinal or therapeutic uses of the plants described in this guide are not to be construed in any way as a recommendation by the authors or the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Some of the dried crude drugs, which must be modified considerably before commercial use, can be extremely poisonous when not used properly. Readers are cautioned against using these plant drugs for purposes of self-medication. Besides descriptions of 126 medicinal plants of the Appalachian region, this guide includes a glossary of the terms used a reference list of publications, and a listing of additional source material.
The Gymnosperm Database (Conifers.org)
The web's premier source of information on conifers and their allies. Since we went online on 1997, the Database has attracted worldwide attention as a readily accessible, scientifically accurate source of information on the classification, description, ecology and uses of this culturally and ecologically important group of plants. This home page gives some hints about how to navigate the Database, as well as providing background information for the curious.
Native American Ethnobotany
Coverage includes foods, drugs, dyes, fibers and other uses of 4,029 species of plants by 291 Native American groups. Each entry includes Latin and common name, Native American group, uses and source of information. Searchable by keyword. Boolean search available.
New York Flora Atlas
The New York Flora Atlas (Atlas) is an online resource for information including distribution of all the vascular plants that occur in New York State. Information is also available for taxa which have been erroneously reported from New York (excluded taxa). In addition to distribution, the atlas provides information for each taxon about habitat, taxonomy, native/non-native status, synonymy, and more. Images are also being added. Accepted taxa and their distributions are based on vouchered specimens housed at public herbaria.
Noble Research Institute Plant Image Gallery
The Noble Research Institute Plant Image Gallery is designed to assist botanists, ecologists, natural resource managers, educators and hobbyist with the identification of plants commonly found in the southern Great Plains.
North American Plant Atlas (NAPA)
North American Plant Atlas (NAPA) is an online database of maps of most of the native and naturalized species of plants growing in North America.
OSU PlantFacts
Searchable database of over 260,000 pages of extension service factsheets from forty-six universities and government agencies. Search can be limited by region.
Plant Image Search (Harvard)
ArbPIX (the Arnold Arboretum plant image database) is a free resource of historical and contemporary images of accessioned plants. Images detail structural characteristics (morphology) and seasonal aspects (phenology) of temperate woody plants in the living collections. These images are shared and used for educational purposes in classrooms, garden clubs, and homes around the world. They are available for non-commercial use under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license.
Plants Database - USDA
Includes searchable database of plant images, distribution information and plant classification information including hierarchical listing. Plant checklists are searchable by state. Plant characteristics section includes information on physiology, growth requirements, reproduction and suitability/use.
Plants for a Future Database
Includes entries for over 7,000 useful plants. Coverage includes physical characteristics, habitats, edible, medicinal and other uses, cultivation and propagation information, scent, select cultivars, print references and web reference links. Searchable by Latin and common name, use, area or habitat.
Plants of the World Online (POWO)
Plants of the World Online (POWO) which is an international collaborative programme that has as a primary aim to make available digitized data of the world’s flora gathered from the past 250 years of botanical exploration and research. POWO also aims to make freely available electronic data created by different projects but that no longer have an online presence or where data was never made available externally. It delivers information on the taxonomy, identification, images, distribution, traits, threat status, molecular phylogenies and uses of vascular plants worldwide.
Purdue Aromatic & Medicinal Plants Index
The Purdue University Aromatic & Medicinal Plants Index is an online database dedicated to medicinal and aromatic plants.
General Reference Databases
Credo Reference
Why search here?
Scholarly alternative to Wikipedia.
What's included?
Collection of reference resources including dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauri, and almanacs in a number of subject areas.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Why search here?
A basic, but reliable starting place for general reference and knowledge. Use as an alternative to Wikipedia.
What's included?
Compare countries tool, World atlas and factbook, images, and Merriam-Webster College Dictionary and Thesaurus.
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