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Encyclopedia of Global Change
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Finding Books in JSCC Catalog

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Finding Journal Articles on Topics in Physical Science

Science (Gale OneFile)
With the Gale OneFile: Science, researchers can remain current with the latest scientific developments in particle physics, advanced mathematics, nanotechnology, geology, and hundreds of other areas. More than 350 full-text, non-embargoed journals are covered; updated daily, this collection includes more than 1.6 million articles to satisfy almost every scientific inquiry. Key subjects covered include the biological sciences, computing, engineering, and technology.
JSTOR
JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization that creates and maintains an archive of important scholarly journals. JSTOR offers researchers the ability to retrieve high- resolution, scanned images of journal issues and pages as they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated. The journals archived in JSTOR span many disciplines, including ecology, economics, history, language, literature, mathematics and sociology.

Featured Physical Science book

Principles of Physical Science
ISBN: 9781682173268
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Reliable Sources on the Web

This search is limited to the US Department of Energy and The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Websites. Please ignore the "Ads by Google", or the first few links. Please scroll down and observe all of your options.

United States Department of Energy
Provides authoritative resources dealing with all aspects of energy.
Tennessee Valley Authority