University of Illinois Library Reference Guide

Most of the resources on this page are only available to University of Illinois faculty, staff, and students or to ISTC staff. These resources are indicated with a . Contact library@istc.illinois.edu if you have questions or comments. This page last updated March 29, 2006.

[General Information & Services] [Databases & Reference Resources] [E-Journals] [Libraries]

General Information

• Main Library page
• Hours
• Library Directory
• Interlibrary Loan
• Electronic Resource Trials

Databases & Reference Resources

Online Catalog

• U of I Online Catalog
• I-Share (Illinois academic libraries)

Citation Databases

• Alphabetical list of all U of I Library databases
• AGRICOLA
• ArticleFirst
• CAB Abstracts (Agriculture, Biology, Veterinary Medicine)
• Conference Papers Index
• Current Contents
• Expanded Academic Index
• Engineering Village (includes Engineering Index, INSPEC, NTIS)
• Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management
• Food Science and Technology Abstracts
• GEORef
• LegalTrac
• National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
• OCLC FirstSearch
  • ArticleFirst
  • Proceedings First
• Proquest Digital Dissertations
• Web of Science (Science Citation Index)
• WilsonSelectPlus

Directories

• Associations Unlimited
• OneSource (Includes company profiles from Harris InfoSource)
• World of Learning

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, & Handbooks

• Analytical Chemistry and Instrumentation
• CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
• CHEMnetBASE
  • Combined Chemical Dictionary
    • Dictionary of Commonly Cited Compounds
    • Dictionary of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds
    • Dictionary of Natural Products
• Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
• Handbook of Environmental Chemistry
• Properties of Organic Compounds

Legal, Regulatory, and News

• Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
• Lexis-Nexis Congressional Universe
• NewsBank NewsFile Collection

Online Reference Collection

Developed by the staff of the University of Illinois Reference Library, the Online Reference Collection compiles resources from both the Library and off-campus. The topical list includes descriptions of each resource.

E-Journals

• Find U of I Library Electronic Resources (including e-journals)
• Full-text Newspaper Collections
  • Global NewsBank
  • Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
  • NewsBank NewsFile Collection

Libraries

• Biology
• Chemistry
• City Planning and Landscape Architecture
• Documents
• Engineering
• Environmental Studies Virtual Library
• Geology
• Law
• Veterinary Medicine
• Illinois State Survey Libraries
  • Illinois Natural History Survey
  • Illinois State Geological Survey
  • Illinois State Water Survey
  • Illinois Waste Management and Research Center