Databases & E-Reference Materials

Comprehensive, multidisciplinary database covering social sciences, humanities, education, physical and life sciences, and ethnic studies with access to more than 7,000 peer reviewed journals and over 75,000 videos from the Associated Press.

Current subscriptions to Annual Reviews in Anthropology, Ecology, Evolution & Systematics, Political Science, Sociology, and Psychology.

OU Libraries also maintains access to archived content through 2019 for 27 Annual Reviews publications: Biochemistry, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Biomedical Engineering, Biophysics & Biomolecular Structure, Energy & the Environment, Cell & Developmental Biology, Clinical Psychology, Immunology, Earth & Planetary Sciences, Medicine, Nutrition, Entomology, Fluid Mechanics, Genetics, Genomics & Human Genetics, Law and Social Science, Materials Research, Microbiology, Neuroscience, Nuclear & Particle Science, Pharmacology & Toxicology, Physical Chemistry, Physiology, Phytopathology, Pathology, Plant Physiology, and Public Health. Full text is available.

Searches six ASFA databases: Aquaculture Abstracts, Marine Biotechnology Abstracts, Aquatic Pollution and Environmental Quality, Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources, Oceanic Abstracts, and Biological Sciences and Living Resources. Subjects covered include marine environments, policy and legislation, wildlife management, and conservation of marine, brackish water, and freshwater resources and environments.

General database covering all subject areas, including business, science, humanities, social science, medicine, technology, and popular culture. Provides citations to more than 12,600 academic journals and magazines.

The ASTM Standards and Engineering Digital Library contains a large collection of industry-leading standards and technical engineering information. This database covers a variety of engineering disciplines, including aerospace, biomedical, chemical, environmental, geological, health and safety, industrial, materials science, mechanical, nuclear, petroleum, soil science, and solar engineering.

This reference work provides descriptions of the taxonomy, systematics, ecology, physiology and other biological properties of all named prokaryotic taxa.

Indexes over 50 bioscience research journals focusing on biological, ecological, and environmental sciences. Full text access is available.

Provides access to journals, meetings, patents, and books in the areas of life sciences and biomedical research covering pre-clinical and experimental research, methods and instrumentation, animal studies, and more.

Formally known as Birds of North America, this database has expanded to include Birds of North America, Neotropical Birds, Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive, and Bird Families of the World. Provides 10,721 species accounts from all 249 bird families.The platform merges comprehensive life histories of bird species with range maps, illustrations, photographs, and video and audio recordings from Cornell's Macaulay Library.

This comprehensive reference work on medicinal chemistry and drug discovery and development covers topics such as the drug development cycle, opioid addiction treatments, cancer antibody and gene therapy, blood-brain barrier, HIV treatments, industrial-academic collaboration structures, and more.