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ACM Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive collection of full-text articles and bibliographic records covering the fields of computing and information technology.
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Subject Areas: Computer Science

ACM Digital Library offers a collection of all ACM publications, including journals, conference proceedings, technical magazines, newsletters and books, and the ACM Guide to Computing Literature, a comprehensive bibliographic database.

ACM journals, magazines, and newsletters are also available through the OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center, for titles through December 2024.

In 2025, Denison University Libraries have entered into a transformative Open Access (OA) agreement with ACM. This "read and publish" arrangement provides our community with full access to ACM's collection of journals, conference proceedings, and magazines. Also, our affiliated corresponding authors can publish their research openly without incurring any Article Processing Charges (APCs). For more information, please contact your liaison librarians or eresources@denison.edu.

Format: Full Text Journal Articles
Database Producer: Association for Computing Machinery.
Computers & Applied Sciences Complete This link opens in a new window
Applied sciences, including engineering, computer theory, and new technologies.
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Subject Areas: Computer Science

Computers & Applied Sciences Complete covers the spectrum of the applied sciences, representing knowledge on traditional engineering challenges and providing material for research concerning the business and social implications of new technology.

CASC provides indexing and abstracting for academic journals, professional publications, and other reference sources. Full Text is available for more than 500 periodicals. Subject areas include the many engineering disciplines, computer theory, and new technologies.

Format: Index to and Full Text of Journal Articles
Dates of Coverage: Varies
Update Schedule: Quarterly
Database Producer: EBSCO
O'Reilly Safari Tech Books This link opens in a new window
Electronic books in computer science, information technology, business, and related fields.
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MathSciNet This link opens in a new window
Provides access to over 60 years of Mathematical Reviews and Current Mathematical Publications (from 1940 to the present). Keywords: math, science
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Subject Areas: Math

MathSciNet provides access to over 60 years of Mathematical Reviews and Current Mathematical Publications (from 1940 to the present).

Mathematical Reviews provides timely reviews or summaries of articles and books that contain new contributions to mathematical research. MR covers articles and books in applied areas that contain new mathematical results or give novel and interesting applications of known mathematics. The full text of all reviews from 1940 to the present is available on MathSciNet. Items listed in the annual indexes of Mathematical Reviews but not given an individual review are also included.

Current Mathematical Publications is a subject index of bibliographic data for recent and forthcoming publications. Most items are later reviewed in Mathematical Reviews. All items in Mathematical Reviews appear first in Current Mathematical Publications.

Format: Index to Journal Articles
Dates of Coverage: 1940-
Update Schedule: Daily.
Database Producer: American Mathematical Society.
History of Science, Technology, & Medicine This link opens in a new window
Indexes scientific journal articles, conference proceedings, books, & dissertations.
Indexes journal articles, conference proceedings, books, book reviews, and dissertations in all scientific disciplines and related fields.

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Subject Areas: Medicine, Computer Science

History of Science, Technology, & Medicine is a resource for the history of science, technology, and medicine, and their influence on culture, from pre-history to the present. HSTM indexes journal articles, conference proceedings, books, book reviews, and dissertations in all scientific disciplines and related fields. Citations reflect the contents of nearly 9,500 journals.

This database incorporates four separately created bibliographies: Isis Current Bibliography of the History of Science, Current Bibliography in the History of Technology, Bibliografia Italiana di Storia della Scienza, and Wellcome Bibliography of the History of Medicine.

Format: Index to Journal Articles
Dates of Coverage: 1975-
Update Schedule: Quarterly.
Database Producer: EBSCO/History of Science Society, Society for the History of Technology, Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, and the Wellcome Trust.

Search for articles in Multidisciplinary Databases

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals.
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Subject Areas: All Subjects

Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. This scholarly collection offers unmatched full text coverage of information in many areas of academic study including: animal science, anthropology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, law, materials science, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion & theology, veterinary science, women's studies, zoology, and many other fields.

Format: Full Text, Index and Abstracts
Dates of Coverage: 1887 - Present
Update Schedule: Daily
Database Producer: EBSCO
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Most popular full text online database at Denison. Please note, Artstor is now a part of JSTOR. Looking for ways to use Artstor in JSTOR? Visit Artstor on JSTOR Guides.

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JSTOR is a digital collection of eBooks and academic journals, which extend back to the first volume published. This digital library is particularly strong in the humanities, but covers all subject areas. The database itself supports data and text mining as well. For additional information, visit the JSTOR Research Guides.
Please note, Artstor is now a part of JSTOR. Looking for ways to use Artstor in JSTOR? Visit Artstor on JSTOR Guides.

Format: Full Text
Dates of Coverage: Vary by title
Update Schedule: Annual
Database Distributor: JSTOR
Electronic Journal Center (EJC) OhioLINK This link opens in a new window
Full text of more than 7000 online research journals covering many subject areas.
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Subject Areas: General

The OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center (EJC) includes the full text of more than 7000 online research journals covering many subject areas. Most electronic indexes available to the Ohio academic community link from article citations to the full text in the EJC. Scholars can be notified by email about new relevant articles according to subject, author, or journal title.

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Format: Full Text Journals
Database Producer: Various publishers.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
News, business, legal, medical, & reference information from nearly 5,000 sources.
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Nexis Uni provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, medical, and reference information from nearly 5,000 sources, most of them available in full text.

The service covers newspapers, magazines, wire services, federal and state court opinions, federal and state statutes, federal regulations, and SEC filings. News information is updated daily and wire services several times daily.

Subject Areas: General, Law, Political Science, Current Events

Format: Newspaper and Journal Articles
Update Schedule: Daily
Database Producer: LexisNexis Academic & Library Solutions.
Web of Science: All databases This link opens in a new window
Web of Science is a platform consisting of several literature search databases designed to support scientific and scholarly research.
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Subject Areas: General

Web of Science is a platform consisting of several literature search databases designed to support scientific and scholarly research. of the world's leading scholarly science and technical journals covering more than 150 disciplines. You can search Core Collection, BIOSIS CItation Index, BIOSIS Previews, Current Contents Connect, Data Citation Index, Derwent Innovations Index, KCR-Korean Journal Database, Medline, MEDLINE, Russian Science Citation Index, SciELO CItation Index, Zoological Record here.

Subjects covered include, but are not limited to: Agriculture. Astronomy. Biochemistry. Biology. Biotechnology. Chemistry. Computer science. Dentistry. Ecology. Engineering. Environmental sciences. Geography. Geology. Materials science. Mathematics. Medicine. Neuroscience. Oncology. Pediatrics. Pharmacology. Physics. Plant sciences. Psychiatry. Psychology. Veterinary sciences. Zoology

Format: Index to Journal Articles
Dates of Coverage: 1926-
Update Schedule: Weekly
Database Producer: Clarivate

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If you already have a citation for an Article and want to know if we have access to the Journal, do a Journal Title search in CONSORT.

CONSORT Library Catalog This link opens in a new window
Combined library catalog of Denison University, College of Wooster, Kenyon College, and Ohio Wesleyan University
Electronic Journal Center (EJC) OhioLINK This link opens in a new window
Full text of more than 7000 online research journals covering many subject areas.
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Subject Areas: General

The OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center (EJC) includes the full text of more than 7000 online research journals covering many subject areas. Most electronic indexes available to the Ohio academic community link from article citations to the full text in the EJC. Scholars can be notified by email about new relevant articles according to subject, author, or journal title.

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Syndicate electronic journals with RSS

Format: Full Text Journals
Database Producer: Various publishers.

Computer Science Journals

General Science Journals

American Scientist
Annual Reviews
National Geographic
National Geographic Archive 1889-1994
Nature
PNAS
Science 1880-2004
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Science 1997-present
(access through the publisher Web site)
Science News

Scientific American Archive Online This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive, searchable science and technology resource containing the full text and graphics of every Scientific American issue from 1845 to the present.
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Subject Areas: Biology, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Computer Science, Environmental Studies, Geosciences, Medicine, Physics & Astronomy, Psychology

Scientific American is the oldest continuously published magazine in America. This database combines current issues of the magazine with a large backfile of this authoritative source of scientific and technical information. Scientific American Archive is a comprehensive, searchable science and technology resource containing the full text and graphics of every Scientific American issue from 1845 to the present.

Format: Full Text Journal
Dates of Coverage: 1845-
Database Producer: Nature Publishing Group.

Technical Reports

TRAIL (Technical Report Archive and Image Library)
U.S. government technical reports issued primarily prior to 1976 and digitized by TRAIL.