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Full text of Elsevier journals, the largest publisher of science and technology journals
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Covers all engineering disciplines.
Web of Science
Highly cited journals in the sciences and engineering. Find who cited who.
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Academic Search Complete
Multidisciplinary database that includes peer reviewed journals, magazines, newspapers
MathSciNet
From the American Mathematical Society
SIAM (Society of Industrial and Appied Math) Journals Online
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Premier database for medical literature.
Pubget
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