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Title and Description	Some Fulltext	Coverage
E-PRINT Network (Dept. of Energy)		1998-current
Gateway to web sites and databases worldwide containing e-prints in basic and applied sciences, primarily in physics, but also in such areas as chemistry, biology and life sciences, materials science, nuclear sciences and engineering, energy research, computer and information technologies, and other disciplines. Included are pre-publication drafts of journal articles (preprints), scholarly papers, technical communications, or similar documents relaying research results among peer groups.
International Critical Tables of Numerical Data, Physics, Chemistry and Technology (Knovel)		2003
Critical data on inorganic and organic compounds, and pure substances.
IOP (Institute of Physics)		Dates vary

Knovel Critical Tables (Knovel)		2003
Tables of physical, solvent, and thermodynamic properties. The physical property tables include over 21,000 inorganic and organic compounds and pure substances. The solvent property tables have data for 385 common solvents, and the thermodynamic property tables have data for over 15,000 compounds. Additionally, several tables make use of the interactive Equation Plotter to plot thermodynamic properties as a function of temperature.
ProQuest		1986-current
Multidisciplinary index to articles in scholarly and popular periodicals. Includes some newspapers, Historical New York Times and Wall Street Journal.
Scopus (Elsevier)		dates vary
Abstract and citation database covering over 15,000 peer-reviewed titles from more than 4,000 publishers. Emphasis on science and social science.
Smithsonian Physical Tables (Knovel)		9th rev. ed. , 2003
Physics tables of general interest to scientists and engineers, and of particular interest to those involved with physics in its larger sense. Originally published by the Smithsonian Institution Press.
Thermochemistry of the Chemical Substances (Knovel)		2003
Table of values�with�a list of substances accompanied by thermochemical data.� Includes values of heats of formation, transition, fusion, vaporization, and reaction.