Bergey's provides a complete and authoritative description of bacterial and archaeal diversity. The online edition provides descriptions of the taxonomy, systematics, ecology, physiology and other biological properties of all described prokaryotic taxa.
BioCyc is a collection of 14560 Pathway/Genome Databases (PGDBs), plus software tools for exploring them. Key aspects of BioCyc data include quality data curated from tens of thousands of publications, including curated databases for E. coli, B. subtilis, H. sapiens, and S. cerevisiae; computationally predicted metabolic pathways and operons; and data integrated from other databases including gene essentiality, regulatory networks, protein features, and GO annotations.
Please note that in order to use BioCyc beyond the limited free access amount, you must create an account on the BioCyc website and login to it while accessing BioCyc on the Caltech network. If you do not create an account and log in, you will be denied access after using up the free access amount.
Links: Introduction to BioCyc | Briefings in Bioinformatics article
The Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) contains structural information on over 330,000 carbon containing molecules (<1000 atoms) and over 366,000 structures, including organics, compounds of main group elements, organometallics and metal complexes. There is a small overlap between the CSD and the Inorganic Crystal Structure Database, in the area of molecular inorganics. See also WebCSD.
Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis: systematic and exhaustive coverage of reagents (both classical and new) used in organic chemistry. Can be searched by browsing through an A-Z list of reagent names, by entry author, or by structure/reaction. Entries include include information on physical data, structure, preparation, and safety.
Covers the North American geology from 1785+ and world geology from 1933+; includes references to U.S. Geological Survey publications, theses & doctoral dissertations, books, maps, reports, as well as literature from more than 3,500 journals
International bibliography on the development and influence of science, from prehistory to the present. Updated on a monthly basis, and includes records of journal articles, conference proceedings, books, dissertations, serials, maps and other related materials. HSTM includes the Isis Current Bibliography of the History of Science, Current Bibliography in the History of Technology, Bibliografia Italiana di Storia della Scienza, and citations from the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine.
Searchable database of ~120,000 inorganic structures, including elements, compounds, minerals, and intermetallics. Display options include Unit Cell Visualization and Powder Patterns.
Provides fulltext access to IEEE transactions, journals, magazines since 1988 (with some content back to 1952), conference proceedings since 1988 (with some content back to 1952), IEEE Standards and IEE journals, letters, magazines, and conference proceedings since 1988. See their Self-paced Tutorials
Full-text archive of 2,600 top scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, 85,000 ebooks, and primary sources spanning area studies, arts (including music, film studies, performing arts, and more), business, economics, history (including history of science and technology), philosophy, religion, classical studies, language and literature, law, linguistics, political science, psychology, sociology, and more.
1940+ mathematical reviews and summaries of journal articles and books; more info. For earlier material (1868-1930) see also Jahrbuch Project (in German and English)
Index of over 3 million records related to literary studies, film and multimedia studies, folklore, linguistics, modern languages, and interdisciplinary fields such as women's studies and African-American studies.
Comprehensive series of carefully edited and published primary sources, both chronicle and archival, for the study of Northwestern and Central European history from the end of the Roman Empire to 1500.
The most comprehensive and exhaustive English language dictionary, serving as the definitive record of the English language, featuring 600000 words, 3 million quotations, and over 1000 years of English.
30 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books from 1946 to present (based on MEDLINE), with selected coverage back to 1809. From the United States National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health.
Entries include links to MeSH terms and other NCBI resources, including molecular structure, DNA sequence, and protein sequence databases, as well as to PMC and other OA sources where available. This custom link will also include CaltechConnect functionality to access full text or request via DocuServe.
Database for chemical compounds, bibliographic data and chemical reactions.Based on Beilstein, Gmelin and an "Organic" Patent Database (US 1976+ and EP, WO 1978+). Please note you must access either via the VPN or via the "Sign-in via your institution" link and select California Institute of Technology.
Access to over 40,000 titles, books, and videos across areas including programming, data analysis, math, science, engineering, business, arts, psychology, economics, political science, history, and more. The video collection currently includes over 800 self-paced tutorials of varying duration (from 2 to over 98 hours).
In order to use the new platform, you must register for an account using your @caltech.edu email address and log in each time you wish to use the platform. Although this is tedious, this should work seamlessly on- and off-campus (no VPN or proxy required), as well as with their mobile app [iOS/Android only -- not Kindle-compatible]. Please let us know if you encounter any difficulties or have any other feedback on this resource.
LibGuide with information on how to register to use SciFinder at Caltech. SciFinder is the interface to Chemical Abstracts Service's databases including Chemical Abstracts/CAPLUS, CAS Registry file, CASREACT (organic/organometallic reactions), patents, and chemical suppliers.
The TPMD contains data and information on thermophysical properties. This is the searchable, electronic version of the Thermophysical Properties of Matter, the TPRC data series. It contains over 5,000 materials categorized into 85 material groups, 107 properties, and over 51,700 data curves and is constantly updated.
Science Citation Index Expanded covers more than 8,500 notable journals encompassing 150 disciplines from the year 1900 to the present day.
Social Sciences Citation Index covers more than 3,000 journals in social science disciplines from the year 1900 to the present day.
Arts & Humanities Citation Index covers more than 1,700 arts and humanities journals starting from 1975 and 250 major scientific and social sciences journals.
Emerging Sources Citation Index covers over 5,000 journals in the sciences, social science, and humanities. Book Citation Index covers more than 60,000 editorially selected books starting from 2005. Conference Proceedings Citation Index covers more than 160,000 conference titles in the Sciences starting from 1990 to the present day.
The ASMD was created in 2007 and is the online version of the print Aerospace Structural Metals Handbook (ASMH) that was created by NASA and the Air Force. It includes alloys and data curves of materials used in the aerospace industry. The database is interactive and continuously updated.
AAS ebooks are accessible via the IOP platform and cover astronomy and astrophysics subjects, including exoplanets and gamma ray bursts. You're able to download each book as a PDF from the IOP site.
Bergey's provides a complete and authoritative description of bacterial and archaeal diversity. The online edition provides descriptions of the taxonomy, systematics, ecology, physiology and other biological properties of all described prokaryotic taxa.
BioCyc is a collection of 14560 Pathway/Genome Databases (PGDBs), plus software tools for exploring them. Key aspects of BioCyc data include quality data curated from tens of thousands of publications, including curated databases for E. coli, B. subtilis, H. sapiens, and S. cerevisiae; computationally predicted metabolic pathways and operons; and data integrated from other databases including gene essentiality, regulatory networks, protein features, and GO annotations.
Please note that in order to use BioCyc beyond the limited free access amount, you must create an account on the BioCyc website and login to it while accessing BioCyc on the Caltech network. If you do not create an account and log in, you will be denied access after using up the free access amount.
Links: Introduction to BioCyc | Briefings in Bioinformatics article
BioModels Database is a repository of mathematical models representing biological systems. It currently hosts a range of models describing processes like signaling, protein-drug interaction interactions, metabolic pathways, epidemic models, and many more. The models that BioModels hosts are usually described in peer-reviewed scientific literature. These models are manually curated and semantically enriched with cross-references to external data resources (such as publications, databases of compounds and pathways, ontologies, etc.).
An interdisciplinary journal providing a source of research methods in cell, developmental and molecular biology, genetics, bioinformatics, protein science, computational biology, immunology, neuroscience and imaging. The Library has access to Cold Spring Harbor Protocols 2006+.
Colloquium Digital Library of Life Sciences, published by Morgan & Claypool, provides access to lectures on research topics in Physiology, Neuroscience, and Cell, Molecular & Developmental Biology. We have access to collections 1-4 (2009-2019).
The CRSP US Stock Databases contain daily and monthly market and corporate action data for securities with primary listings on the NYSE, NYSE MKT, NASDAQ, and Arca exchanges and include CRSP broad market indexes. CRSP databases are characterized by their comprehensive corporate action information and highly accurate total return calculations.
The CRSP Index Database product contains five groups of CRSP indexes: CRSP Stock File Indexes, CRSP Cap-Based Portfolios, CRSP Indexes for the S&P 500 Universe, CRSP Treasury and Inflation (CTI) Indexes, and the CRSP Select Treasury Indexes.
Email Prof. Michael Ewens (mewensATcaltech.edu) for information about accessing the data.
Collection of edited correspondence of the early modern period, linking people across Europe, the Americas and Asia from the early 17th to the mid-19th century.
Most comprehensive annotated collection of documents on British history covering the years 500 to 1914 and including around 5,500 primary sources, all selected by leading historians. The sources include treaties, statutes, declarations, government and cabinet proceedings, military dispatches, orders, acts, sermons, newspaper articles, pamphlets, personal and official letters, diaries and more accompanied by editorial commentary. The sources cover a wide spectrum of topics, from political and constitutional issues to social, economic, religious as well as cultural history.
The Field Guides are written for geological field trips held at GSA conferences and other organizations' meetings and contain illustrations with maps and road logs. The Archive covers volume 1 (1999) to volume 44 (2016).
Searchable, image-based government document and legal research database. Comprehensive coverage from inception of both U.S. statutory materials and more than 2,300 scholarly journals, all of the world’s constitutions, all U.S. treaties, collections of classic treatises and presidential documents, and access to the full text of state and federal case law powered by Fastcase.
International bibliography on the development and influence of science, from prehistory to the present. Updated on a monthly basis, and includes records of journal articles, conference proceedings, books, dissertations, serials, maps and other related materials. HSTM includes the Isis Current Bibliography of the History of Science, Current Bibliography in the History of Technology, Bibliografia Italiana di Storia della Scienza, and citations from the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine.
This database contains data on thermal, mechanical, electrical and physical properties of electronics packaging materials. It currently contains 1080 materials, 405 properties and 23,450 data curves. The MPMD is continually updated.
Access ebooks purchased specifically to support diversity and inclusion, with topics ranging from diversity in science, technology and higher education to eugenics, disability and ableism, and anti-racism.
We have access to 400+ ebooks from SPIE published between 1989-2020. The books include monographs, tutorials, briefs and field guides. The subjects included are broad and stretch from biomedicine to telescope optics.
Provides over 25,000 films, documentaries and TV shows, and simplifies film distribution by providing faculty and students a legal streaming resource both on and off campus.
