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Some databases are restricted to the Washington University community. Information about access from outside WU campuses.

• Safari Tech Books Online (8 concurrent users allowed)
  Full-text. Collection of over 5,000 full-text electronic books on computing, databases, networking, operating systems, programming, software engineering, .NET, Cisco products, Web design, Java, XML and more. More info
• Sanborn Maps of Missouri (1867 - 1970)
  Sanborn fire insurance maps for cities and towns in Missouri, providing detailed property and land-use records. More info
• SBRnet
  SBRnet focuses on the sporting goods and sports marketing industry. It's mission is to provide a continuously updated resource featuring market research and industry news covering all facets of the industry…sports equipment sales, sports participation, sports broadcasting, sports sponsorship and sports marketing.
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1988 - )
  Online access to the Saint Louis Post-Dispatch, including the archive from 1988 to the present. Please note that while you can search the archive for free, full-text articles are not free on the web. The Libraries do have this newspaper on microfilm. Please ask at the Olin Library Help Desk for assistance. More info
• SCI-TECHnetBASE
  Full-text. Over 3,100 full-text books across the sciences, fully searchable and browsable. More info
• Science Citation Index Expanded, via Web of Science (1988 - )
  Journal index. A multidisciplinary database, with searchable author abstracts, covering the journal literature of the sciences. It indexes 5,300 major journals across 164 scientific disciplines, covering approximately 2,000 more journals than its SCI print and CD-ROM counterparts, with all cited references captured. Updated weekly. More info
• Science of Synthesis
  Reference book: the entirely new edition of the acclaimed reference series, Houben-Weyl. More info
• ScienceDirect
  Electronic journals. Some are subscribed by WU Libraries (available full-text); some are not. Click on Search to search all titles. More info
• science.gov
  Journal indexes and other materials. Information provided by 10 U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results. Allows multidatabase searching across up to 10 files, such as ERIC, PubMed, Agricola, USDA Integrated Taxonomic Informati on System, NSF Publications, U.S. Patents, and many more. More info
• SciFinder Web or SciFinder Scholar (4 concurrent users allowed)
  Journal Index. Chemical Abstracts database, covering journals in chemistry and related fields. Now available via both the web and the client software. More info
• Serials Directory
  Full-text. Directory of bibliographic information for popular U.S. and international serials from over 85,000 publishers with over 155,000 titles and historical data for over 20,000 titles. Updated quarterly. More info
• 17th & 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers
  Full-text. 'The newspapers, pamphlets, and books gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney (1757-1817) represent the largest and most comprehensive collection of early English news media. The present digital collection ...totals almost 1 million pages and contains approximately 1,270 titles.' More info
• Social Science Research Network
  Consists of "an Abstract Database containing abstracts on over 30,900 scholarly working papers and forthcoming papers and an Electronic Paper Collection currently containing over 15,000 downloadable full text documents." More info
• Social Sciences Abstracts
  Access to this database has ended. Please try Academic Search Premier, which indexes many of the same journals, or contact your subject librarian for other suggestions.
• Social Sciences Citation Index, via Web of Science (1988 - )
  Journal index. A multidisciplinary database, with searchable author abstracts, covering the journal literature of the social sciences. It indexes 1,700 journals spanning 50 disciplines, as well as covering individually selected, relevant items from over 3 ,300 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals. Updated weekly. More info
• Social Services Abstracts (1980 - )
  Journal index. Indexes current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development More info
• Social Work Abstracts (1977 - )
  Journal index. Produced by the National Association of Social Workers, Inc., this database contains more than 35,000 records from social work and other related journals on topics such as homelessness, AIDS, child and family welfare, aging, substance abuse , legislation, community organization, and more. More info
• SocINDEX with Full Text (1895 - )
  Journal index, some full text. Provides comprehensive coverage of sociology, encompassing all sub-disciplines and closely related areas of study. Access provided to WU by the Social Work Library. More info
• WU access to Sociological Abstracts has been discontinued. Please try SocINDEX with Full Text above.
• SourceOECD
  Full-text. SourceOECD is the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's online library of statistical databases, books and periodicals. More info
• SpaceLine, via PubMed and NLM Gateway (1961 - )
  Index covering journal articles, technical reports, books and book chapters, etc., about space flight research and basic research related to the space life sciences. Updated weekly. More info
• Spanish Books in Print
  Information about in-print, forthcoming, audio, video, and out-of-print Spanish-language titles, and detailed publisher information.
• Specs & Standards (formerly Tech Data Xpress)
  Specs & Standards is a comprehensive index of standards from more than 450 standards organizations. More info
• SpringerLink
  Electronic journals and books. Some are subscribed by WU Libraries (available full-text); some are not. More info
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  Full-text encyclopedia. Free on the web, though WUSTL Libraries does support this project financially.
• Statesman's Yearbook
  Full-text. Reliable, concise information on all countries in the world. Note: online access is available ONLY from public computers in the Olin Library, for one user at a time.
• STAT-USA
  'STAT-USA/Internet, a service of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is the site for the U.S. business, economic and trade community, providing authoritative information from the Federal government.' Note: userid and password required to access some data; ask at Help Desk for assistance.
• Statistical Abstract
  "The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published since 1878, is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States." Chapter headings are currently given down the left side of the page. Notice that you can download the tables as spreadsheets from that column, or see the printed version (.pdf) or earlier editions from the toolbar across the top.
• Statistical Abstracts, Historical
  This site provides links to .pdf versions of earlier editions of Statistical Abstract of the United States, and to the Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970. As such, it can provide useful information about trends over time, or 'snapshots' of the country at a given point in time.
• Statistical Universe is now LexisNexis Statistical
  Abstracts and index to U.S. & state governments and privately published & international and intergovernmental statistical sources (ASI, SRI & IIS). More info
• STN Databases
  Journal indexes & other types of databases in the sciences. Available to faculty and graduate students in the science departments on the WU Hilltop campus. More info
• Substance Registry System
  Identification information on more than 70,000 chemicals and other substances, from the U.S. EPA. More info