Tools for Research

Abstract Services (full texts available, where subscribed)

Astrophysical Data Systems (Astronomical Abstracts) - a gateway to online Astronomy and Physics literature
First Search - database variety including WorldCat & ArticlesFirst
IEEE Xplore - search and view the full-text of all IEEE journal articles and conference proceedings
ingenta - tables of content and abstracts
Google Scholar - Google's abstract/full-text search
Meteorological Abstracts - meteorological & geoastrophysical abstracts
Science Direct - Elsevier journal search
Web of Science - abstract and cited reference searching (see also: WOS Tutorial)

Essential Science Indicators - an analytical tool for performance ranking of scientists and institutions

Books 24x7 - technical reference books on computing, web development, system administration and more
Encyclopedia Britannica online
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
Newsbank - online access to full-text newspaper articles
Oxford English Dictionary
Science Careers.org - a service of AAAS for scientific career development

NCAR Library Catalog - search for books, journals, NCAR Technical Notes, and other library collections.
University of Colorado Library Catalog - search the holdings of the University of Colorado library system.
Colorado Virtual Library - search tool for other Colorado academic and public library catalogs
Library of Congress

DLESE - the Digital Library for Earth System Education
NSDL - the National Science Digital Library
UCAR Digital Image Library - searchable database of UCAR's digital images & multimedia resources

Ref Works - online software to organize references used in research (see also: Ref Works Tutorial)
Offsite Access to Library Resources & Electronic Journals - access subscription resources from home or on travel