Most scientists use and trust these sources of scientific and technical information.
- Science (Napa Valley College has current and past 3 years) from off-campus Science
- Nature (NVC does not subscribe to this journal, but you can go to their webpage
and click on archive to view past issues)
Subject Specific Resources (Those with blue hyper-links have been created. We are continuing to work on all others and they will be available soon)
Anatomy-Physiology Subject Guide
Animal Science Subject Guide
Astronomy Subject Guide
Biology Subject Guide
Biotechnology Subject Guide
Chemistry Subject Guide
Computer Networking Subject Guide
Geology Subject Guide
Health/Medical Subject Guide
Meteorology Subject Guide
Nursing Subject Guide
Pharmacy Subject Guide
Physics Subject Guide
Respiratory Therapy Subject Guide
Veterinary Science Subject Guide
Scientific Information Literacy Modules
Unit 1: What is Science?
Unit 2: Scientific Information
Unit 3: Information Formats
Unit 4: Defining Search Terms
Unit 5: Conducting a Literature Review
Unit 6: Science Information Sources
History Information Literacy Modules
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updated March 2015, by Nancy McEnery, Reference Librarian-Instructor