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Resources in the Natural Sciences

Circulating Books
To find books that check out, visit the Brown Library Home Page and click on the book catalog.

Reference Books
This is a selected list of books located in reference on the main floor. Any links below are to the book catalog where you can view a cover image, summary and reviews for the book. They are not full-text.

  

Q 175.5 .N49 Social Issues in Science and Technology: An Encyclopedia
QK 122.3 .H46 Appalachian Wildflowers
QL 681 .P45 A Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America
QL 701 .G7913 Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
SB 317.56 .U6 N67 North American Horticulture: A Reference Guide
SB 403.2 .A438 Encyclopedia of Plants & Flowers
SB 403.2 .F66 Flora: A Gardener's Encyclopedia

Reserve Books
Many teachers have put their textbooks on reserve at the circulation desk on the top floor. Go to the reserves page to search by class, subject, and teacher.

Periodicals in Brown Library
The periodicals are located on the main floor of Brown Library in the reference area. The are arranged in alphabetical order by title. Use the lists below to see what titles we own.

Periodicals Full-Text VIVA
Here is a list of our full-text periodicals available through VIVA. You can search for a specific periodical by title or click on the category tab to search for all the periodicals on a subject such as Agriculture Science. After clicking on Agriculture Science, click on Horticulture and Plant Culture.

General Databases
These databases are available under the Databases link from the Brown Library Home Page.

  • Blackwell Synergy- Full-text journal articles in a wide variety of academic subjects. It is possible to narrow your search to a particular subject group such as ecology or plant science.
  • EBSCO - This is the place to start for general research. This group of databases includes: Academic Search Complete, Business Source Complete, Computers & Applied Sciences Complete, CINAHL, PsycARTCLES, ERIC, Environment Complete, and more. Articles may be full-text, abstracts, or citations.
  • JSTOR: Arts & Sciences Collection I - Full-text journal articles in a wide variety of academic subjects. While most library databases begin periodical coverage in the early 1980's, JSTOR provides complete back-runs of journals sometimes going back to the early 1900's. JSTOR does not include current articles. See Project Muse.
  • Project Muse - Current full-text journal articles in a wide variety of academic subjects. Includes current issues for many JSTOR titles.

Science Databases
Except for JSTOR, find these databases under the VIVA link on the databases page.

  • Access Science - McGraw-Hill, Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
  • BioOne Journals - Full-text journal articles in bioscience.
  • Cambridge Scientific Abstracts - This is a set of databases in the sciences including the Biological Sciences, Biology Digest and Plant Science databases. These databases include abstracts only; meaning there are no full-text articles. However, we can order articles for you through interlibrary loan.
  • JSTOR: Ecology & Botany - A full-text journal database which expands upon the JSTOR: Arts & Sciences Collection by adding 29 new titles in ecology, biology, botany and plant sciences. Your JSTOR search will include both collections.
  • Science- Includes full-text of Science back to 1996. While the database includes indexing back to 1880, we do not have a subscription to the full-text for those years. However, we do have hard copy issues back to 1938 and can order older issues through interlibrary loan. Also, Science is covered full-text back to 1983 in the Gale databases.