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MAJOR DATABASES
Optics InfoBase - Optical Society of America(OSA)
InfoBase is OSA's online database of both current and past volumes of all its journals. It also contains recent proceedings from OSA conferences.
Searchable index and full-text of the conference proceedings and journals of the International Society of Optical Engineering.
Full-tex: 1998 - present
Citation & Abstract: 1995 - present
Ei Compendex on Engineering Village
Engineering, Applied Science, Technology · Abstracts of journal articles, conference proceedings, & technical reports database.
Technical literature in physics, electronics, and computing.
Coverage: 1898 to present
Science Citation Index (Web of Knowledge)
Plants, animals, human biology, engineering; citation searching · Abstracts of journal articles.
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)--1900-present
Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)--1956-present
Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data System
Gateway to astronomy and physics literature. The Physics & Geophysics Search includes pubklications from SPIE and other major physics publishers. The abstracts area freely searchable, but access to the full-text requires subscription identification.
ADDITIONAL DATABASES
Dissertations and Theses - Full Text (ProQuest) 
Index of North American PhD dissertations back to 1865, with PDF full text since about 1997.
Dissertations (University of Arizona electronic repository, 2005- )
List of UA College of Optical Science's Student Theses and Dissertations
Some full text · Engineering · Journal articles, conference papers, and standards.
Electronic versions of US Patents are available from teh US patent & Traemark Office. For more information and tisp on finding and viewing patents, see the Patent Subject Guide by the UA Library.
CSA ILLUMINA - Cambridge Scientific Abstracts Databases
All aspects of materials science are provided in this collection of databases:
Advanced Polymers Abstracts, Aerospace & High Technology Database, Aluminium Industry Abstracts, Ceramic Abstracts/World Ceramics Abstracts, Composites Industry Abstracts, Copper Data Center Database, Corrosion Abstracts, CSA Materials Research Database with METADEX, Engineered Materials Abstracts, Engineered Materials Abstracts, Ceramics, Materials Business File, METADEX, and WELDASEARCH.
POPULAR ALL-PURPOSE DATABASES
Some full text · All Subjects · Journals articles, newspaper articles.
Academic Search Elite, Alt HealthWatch, American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies, ATLA Religion, CINAHL, Communication & Mass Media Complete, Econlit, ERIC, Health Business Fulltext Elite, MagillOnLiterature Plus, MedicLatina, MLA International Bibliography, The New Republic Archive, PsycARTICLES, PsycINFO, Salud para todos, SPORTDiscus, The Serials Directory.
Some full text · All Subjects · Journal and magazine articles, newspaper articles and newswires.
Mostly full text · News, business, law, health, biography · Newspapers and news magazines.
E-JOURNALS
Optical Society of America (OSA) Journals
Searchable index and full-text of the conference proceedings and journals of the International Society of Optical Engineering.