Databases & E-Reference Materials

Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) provides access to materials in international affairs, including working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals, and policy briefs. Full text is available.

Provides access to Communication & Mass Media Complete and Communication Abstracts. Subject coverage includes communication, linguistics, rhetoric and discourse, speech-language pathology, media studies, and related fields. Some full text is available.

Indexes and abstracts over 5,000 journals, conferences, and technical reports covering over 175 disciplines and major specialties within engineering and applied science.

Provides information on the history of science through articles on the professional lives of scientists. All periods of science from classical antiquity to modern times are represented.

Provides a summary of the present state of chemical and biochemical data analysis and manipulation. This reference work covers all major areas ranging from statistics to data acquisition, analysis, and applications.

Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry II is the sequel to what has become a classic in the field, Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry. This reference work builds on the first and surveys new developments with an emphasis on current trends in biology, materials science and other areas of contemporary scientific interest.

This reference work includes more than 11,000 total entries, covering the most important terms, acronyms, and definitions in the electrical engineering field.

This 15-volume reference work provides the first point of entry to the literature for all scientists interested in heterocyclic ring systems.

This reference work covers biological inorganic chemistry, solid state chemistry, materials chemistry, and nanoscience with a focus on applications of the elements and their compounds.

Provides an overview of the wide range of topics which comprise the microsystems field, including, design and materials, fabrication and packaging, optical systems, chemical and biological systems, physical sensors, actuation, electronics for MEMS and industrial applications.