Databases & E-Reference Materials

Provides definitions and explanations of terms that cover medical, survey, theoretical, and applied statistics. This resource also includes short biographies of over 100 important statisticians.

A collection of databases available on various subjects, including the American government, current affairs, history, politics, public policy, and the social sciences. Databases include CQ Politics in America, CQ Researcher plus Archive, CQ Almanac, and CQ Magazine. Full text is available.

Provides CQ Researcher reports that explore a single hot issue in the news each week, including political, social, medical, international, educational, environmental, technological and economical issues. Full text is available.

Handbook covering chemistry, physics, and related subjects organized in easy-to-find, well-organized tables. Topics include chemical and physical data critical for fields such as environmental science, bio-medical chemistry, organic and inorganic chemistry, materials innovation, geo- and astrophysics, and solid-state science.

A comprehensive resource for more than 25,000 natural products isolated from marine organisms. Each entry includes the biological source, chemical structure, physical properties, biological activity, and literature references for each compound.

The Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry is an essential cross-disciplinary reference work for the discipline. All fields of chemical research are covered, including analytical, organic, physical, polymer, inorganic biomedical, environmental, pharmaceutical, industrial, petroleum, forensics, and food science.

Provides coverage of key topics including bioinformatics, clinical trials, computation, genetics, Bayesian methods and applications, modeling the spread of infectious diseases, and the development of epidemics.

The Encyclopedia of Environmetrics covers the development and application of quantitative methods in the environmental sciences. It provides tools for understanding, predicting, and controlling the impacts of agents, both man-made and natural, which affect the environment.

Presents over 500 articles, covering the entire field of polymer science and technology. Subjects covered include polymeric materials, polymer properties, polymerization methods, processing, and uses. Special emphasis is put on new and advanced polymeric materials for various applications (e.g. coating, water filtration, energy, and biomedical applications, etc.), new and improved characterization and analytical methods, and modern processing technology.

Reference guide for those working in the area of statistics, probability theory, biostatistics, quality control, and economics. Emphasis is on applications of statistical methods in sociology, engineering, computer science, biomedicine, psychology, and survey methodology.