Search Engines and Digital Libraries

• Scirus
  http://www.scirus.com/
  Covers journal content, scientists' homepages, course materials, pre-print server material, patents, etc. Links to limited group of library partners.
• Scitopia
  http://www.scitopia.org
  Searches content provided by 21 scholarly organizations, predominantly in the physical sciences, math and engineering. Available documents include journal articles, conference papers, patents, and government documents.
• Science.gov
  http://www.science.gov/
  Searches databases and content provided by 14 federal science agencies. Many of the included sites can also be browsed by topic.
• National Science Digital Library
  http://www.nsdl.org
  An extensive online library for locating and accessing educational materials and resources for science, technology, engineering and math education, for educators at the K-16 levels. Established by the National Science Foundation.
• ScienceResearch.com
  http://www.scienceresearch.com
  Accesses multiple databases of journals and conference proceedings; output provides abstract and link to full text or source.
• WorldWideScience.org
  http://worldwidescience.org/
  Searches national and international science databases and online libraries. Maintained by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information.
• The World Lecture Hall (WLH)
  http://web.austin.utexas.edu/wlh/
  Links to pages created by faculty worldwide who use the Web to deliver class materials. Includes course syllabi, assignments, lecture notes, exams, class calendars, multimedia textbooks, and more.
• Science Accelerator
  http://www.scienceaccelerator.gov/index
  Searches information resources of the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Scientific and Technical Information, including the results and descriptions of DOE research and development projects, and recent research of interest to the DOE.
• TechXtra
  http://www.techxtra.ac.uk/
  For engineering, math and computing. Searches articles, websites, books, industry news, job announcements, technical reports, dissertations, etc.
• WWW Virtual Library
  http://www.vlib.org
  A collection of web directories and resources by topic, maintained on a volunteer basis by various organizations.

Updated January, 2009