Science Resources
Jump start your research with Earth Science, Biology or Health Quickstart guides.
We also suggest seaching the library catalogs for books, DVDs ebooks and other materials in our libraries. Recommended internet resources are listed below.
Online Databases
EBSCO Science Reference Center: Contains science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources covering the areas of biology, chemistry, environmental and life sciences. Search help.
Gale General Science Collection: Contains books, journals and magazines.
Gale Student Resources in Context: Database includes reference books, full text magazines and newspapers, documents and multimedia. Search help.
LexisNexis Academic: A collection of full text news and research publications. Be sure to look at the Lexis/Nexis help screen, it offers many tips on formulating a search. Searching by source is also possible. Search tutorials are on the left.
Consumer Health Complete: Combination of full text evidence based reports, books, alternative treatment sources, videos and diagrams. Search help.
CQ Researcher: Explores a single issue in the news in depth each week. Topics, both national and international, range from social and teen issues to environment, health, education, science and technology.
Current Issues in Health: Database of full text articles covering a variety of current health related issues.
Newspapers: Many full text articles from the Minneapolis Star Tribune, New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and the Wall Street Journal are available.
Riverland Electronic Collection: An A-Z list of our entire electronic collections.
Library Catalogs & Online Books
Riverland Catalog: Books, ebooks and nonprint materials in our libraries. Search other college libraries for interlibrary loan. Search help
Science Reference: Encyclopedias and dictionaries covering all aspects of science.
Exploring Earth & Space Science: Encyclopedia format of articles, photographs, maps and graphics.
Sex & Society: Encyclopedic format of articles, graphics and photographs.
Netlibrary: This site will go directly to electronic books owned by Riverland.
Encyclopedia Britannica: The academic edition of this popular encylopedia also has a dictionary and thesaurus. Search results have links to the Ebsco database citations. Search help
Google Books: Google has some full text content. Click on the "Find in a library" link to check Riverland's collection for a paper copy.
Internet Resources
Science.gov
Science Now
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Minnesota Department of Health
Planet Ark
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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