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Scopus
Description: Indexing, abstracts, and citation searching for science and social science scholarly literature. Scopus covers 16,000 titles across 4,000 publishers, providing access to over 36 million records going back to 1966 and cited reference searching back to 1996.
Index
Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management
Description: Indexes and abstracts journal articles, conference proceedings, reports, books and government publications providing comprehensive coverage of the environmental sciences. SPONSORED BY: VIVA, The Virtual Library of Virginia.
Index and Abstracts
TOXNET
Description: Group of abstracted indexes for toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related research. Includes TOXLINE. Sponsored by The National Library of Medicine.
Index and Abstracts
Toxicology Abstracts
Description: Indexes and abstracts journal articles on topics such as social poisons and substance abuse to natural toxins, from legislation and recommended standards to environmental issues. Includes toxicology studies of industrial and agricultural chemicals, household products, pharmaceuticals, and myriad other substances, in vivo effects of toxic substances. SPONSORED BY: VIVA, The Virtual Library of Virginia.
Index and Abstracts
TOXLINE
Description: Indexes and abstracts journal articles, books, and technical reports in all areas of toxicology, including chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pesticides, environmental pollutants, and mutagens and teratogens. Contains over 760,000 records as of March 2009. SPONSORED BY: VIVA, The Virtual Library of Virginia.
Index and Abstracts
BIOSIS Previews (includes Biological Abstracts)
Description: Indexes and abstracts journals, patents, conference reports and books in the Life Sciences. Coverage will be expanded back to 1924 in the near future. Includes all indexing from Biological Abstracts. Also by clicking, "Select a Database," users may now search Medline.
Index and Abstracts
Agricola
Description: Indexes and abstracts journal articles relevant to all aspects of agriculture. This extensive database provides selective worldwide coverage of primary information sources in agriculture and related fields. SPONSORED BY: VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia
Index and Abstracts
PubMed
 PubMed has undergone a significant interface change. For more information please see:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/pubmedtutorial/.

Description: A medical and health database developed at the National Library of Medicine (NLM) that provides access and searching of MEDLINE as well as other life science journals. MEDLINE is NLM's premier database covering medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences. It contains over 11 million citations dating back to the mid-1960's. PubMed also provides access and links to the integrated molecular biology databases included in NCBI's Entrez retrieval system. These databases contain DNA and protein sequences, 3-D protein structure data, population study data sets, and assemblies of complete genomes in an integrated system. Some features include a journal browser, a list of web-based journals to which PubMed currently provides links, and a full list of PubMed journals. SUBJECT NOTE: Covers over 140 Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) journals.
Index and Abstracts
Academic Search Complete
Description: Index and full-text source for scholarly journals and magazines. Contains nearly 10,400 publications, including more than 5,030 peer-reviewed publications. This scholarly collection offers information in nearly every area of academic study. Searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.

SPONSORED BY: VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia.
Index and Abstracts with some Full Text
Environmental Quality, Virginia Department of
Description: Dedicated to protecting Virginia's environment.
Website
FedStats
Description: Provides access to statistics and information produced by more than 70 U.S. government agencies. Subject index, keyword searching of agency web sites, "fast facts" links to frequently requested tables from the Statistical Abstract of the United States.
Dataset / Statistical Source
National Center for Health Statistics
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Dataset / Statistical Source
STAT-USA
Description: An online service of recent international trade information available from the National Trade Data Bank, the National Economic, Social and Environmental Data Base, the Economic Bulletin Board, Global Business Procurement Opportunities, and the Bureau of Economic Analysis. SPONSORED BY: VIVA, The Virtual Library of Virginia.
Dataset / Statistical Source
Statistical Abstracts
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Dataset / Statistical Source
Virginia Center for Health Statistics
Description: Data is collected via vital records, through the use of surveys, and by partnerships with other public and private entities such as the U.S. Census Bureau. Customers for our information include the general public, other legislative and executive branch agencies (both state and federal), local communities and researchers. The Division of Health Statistics works as a partner with the National Center for Health Statistics and with its counterparts in other states.
Dataset / Statistical Source
Science.gov
Description: A gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results.
Portal
Environmental Health and Toxicology (NLM/NIH Specialized Information Service)
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Website
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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Website
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
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Website
EIS: Digest of Environmental Impact Statements
Description: Abstracts of U.S. government environmental impact statements. Each entry includes a clear description of the project, sections on positive impact and negative consequences, and legal mandates. This database is a subset of the Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management database. SPONSORED BY: VIVA, The Virtual Library of Virginia.
Index and Abstracts
AccessScience: McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology Online
Description: Encyclopedia articles, illustrations, definitions, biographies, bibliographies, and learning resources appear in full-text in this online, searchable reference database. Plus, have your science questions answered in AccessScience's weekly. Contains the complete McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 9th Edition and McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th Edition.
Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia of Environment and Society
Description: The Encyclopedia of Environment and Society brings together multiplying issues, concepts, theories, examples, problems, and policies, with the goal of clearly explicating an emerging way of thinking about people and nature. With more than 1,200 entries written by experts from incredibly diverse fields, this innovative resource is a first step toward diving into the deep pool of emerging knowledge. The five volumes of this Encyclopedia represent more than a catalogue of terms. Rather, they capture the spirit of the moment, a fascinating time when global warming and genetic engineering represent only two of the most obvious examples of socio-environmental issues.
Encyclopedia
LEO Library Catalog
Description: LEO Library Catalog is the online catalog of materials in the following James Madison University libraries: Carrier Library, Media Resources, Music Library, East Campus Library, Educational Technology & Media Center (ETMC), and Center for Instructional Technology.
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