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Directory of Open Access Journals A community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals.
Gale Science in Context A premium research database that provides contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics, howcasing how scientific disciplines relate to real-world issues ranging from bacteria to obesity and weather. Access requires a Santa Cruz library card and a PIN.
The National Academies Publications Access to the free full-text of thousands of e-books published by the National Academies Press as well as journals, news articles, and other publications.
National Science Digital Library Open-access online digital library and collaborative network of high quality resources and tools for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education.
Public Library of Science A nonprofit open-access science, technology, and medicine publisher with a library of open-access journals and other scientific literature under an open-content license.
PubMed Citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites. Learn more about how to limit your search to articles that have free full text available.
ProQuest Central Student (CA State funded database) Multidisciplinary resource with millions of articles from more than 10,000 full-text scholarly journals in education, humanities, psychology, science, social sciences, and news. (When not on campus, access via the Clever portal: https://clever.com/in/sccs/)
Science Direct Bibliographic database of scientific and medical publications in four main sections: Physical Sciences and Engineering, Life Sciences, Health Sciences, and Social Sciences and Humanities. Article abstracts and some content are available open access.
Science.gov Provides a search of over 60 databases from 14 federal science agencies and 200 million pages of science information, and is a gateway to 2,200+ scientific websites.