Subscription Databases and E-books
AccessScience
AccessScience provides the finest collection of science reference materials—online and fully searchable. We offer easy accessibility to the information you need to make research easy—with access to all the articles, fully illustrated, from the latest edition of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, Research Updates from the McGraw-Hill Yearbooks, thousands of illustrations, and the latest Science News® headlines, biographies, and more.
Science Online
Presents a broad range of scientific and mathematic disciplines through extensive definitions, essays, diagrams, biographies, and experiments.
Environmental Encyclopedia
Provides in-depth, worldwide coverage of environmental issues. Each article is written in a nontechnical style and provides current status, analysis, and suggested solutions whenever possible.
New Book of Popular Science
an encyclopedia for students that not only has information about science and scientists but also science games, puzzles, and brain teasers.
Points of View
Points of View is a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides 255 topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument), counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide. Points of View contains a balance of materials from all viewpoints, including 1,143 main essays, leading political magazines from both sides of the aisle, newspapers, radio and TV news transcripts, primary source documents and reference books. The database also offers guides to debate, developing arguments and writing position papers. Additionally, this database contains the Video Encyclopedia of the 20th Century, providing students with a searchable collection of some of the most important social, political, and cultural moments. Critical Thinking Guides for every topic covered helps the student judge Fact vs. Opinion and enhances the student's ability to read and think critically.
Psychologists and Their Theories For Students
Helpful for research assignments in psychology, science and history, this source covers major psychological theories and the people who developed them.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences is a collection of 570 full-text journals and 48 books & monographs. Particularly strong in child & adolescent psychology and various areas of counseling, Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection includes journals such as: Adolescent Psychiatry, Child & Adolescent Mental Health, Child Development, Child Psychiatry & Human Development, Clinical Child & Family Psychology Review, European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry, Journal of Child Psychotherapy, Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, Journal of Clinical Psychology, Professional School Counseling, Psychology in the Schools, Psychological Science, School Psychology Review, and many others. School counselors and psychologists find Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection to be a vital instrument in helping them achieve their goals.
Safari Tech eBooks
Browse computer and IT books from O'Reilly & other publishers in eBook format. Search for specific topics and code fragments across entire collection.
Science Full Text Select
Science Full Text Select Edition is a 100% full text science database which includes all the full text content from Wilson’s Applied Science & Technology Full Text, Biological & Agricultural Index Plus, and General Science Full Text, plus additional related full text science titles indexed by other Wilson databases including Readers’ Guide Full Text and Wilson OmniFile Full Text.
Science Reference Center
Science Reference Center is a research database that provides access to a multitude of full text science-oriented content. It contains full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.

Websites Selected by Librarians
Scirus
Award-winning science-specific search engine with special features to help pinpoint science web pages, peer-reviewed articles, scientific conferences, abstracts and patents. Accesses a large database of scientific, technical, and medical journals.
INFOMINE - Biology, Agriculture and Medical Sciences
From the University of California, this site provides well organized access to important university level research and educational tools on the internet covering most major life, agricultural and medical subjects. Each record includes an annotation and in-depth indexing terminology.
INFOMINE - Physical Sciences, Engineering, Computing & Math
From the University of California, this site provides well organized access to important university level research and educational tools on the internet covering most major subjects in physical sciences, engineering, computing and math. Each record includes an annotation and in-depth indexing terminology.
SciCentral
Gateway to over 50,000 sites pertaining to over 120 specialties in science, engineering, and medicine.
Science Daily
This site is an online news source that covers science, technology and medicine. Easily searched by topic, it is updated frequently.
Science Information
From the Librarians' Index to the Internet, a gateway to sites on a variety of science topics; such as, animals, astronomy, environment, mathematics, and technology.
Cornell Math and Science Gateway
From Cornell University, this is an annotated subject guide to resources in mathematics and science.
Science.gov: Firstgov for Science
Browse a wide range of subjects in this searchable "gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U. S. Government agencies, including research and development results".
Eric Weisstein's World of Science
In addition to in-depth encyclopedias of mathematics, physics, astronomy, and chemistry, this site features brief biographies of scientists, who can be searched by gender, historical period, branch of science, nationality, and awards.
Animal Diversity Web
From the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, this is an online database covering the natural history of all types of animals. It includes classification, description, ecosystem roles and conservation status in its coverage of each animal.

Local Science Centers
California Academy of Sciences
Chabot Virtual Science Center
Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose
Computer History Museum
Exploratorium
Fujitsu Planetarium at De Anza College
Hiller Aviation Museum
Intel Museum
Lawrence Hall of Science
Monterey Bay Aquarium
NASA/Ames Research Center
University of California Observatories / Lick Observatory
Tech Museum
YSI - Youth Science Institute