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Science and Technology Policy
This guide contains resources on STEM-related public policy including legislative and executive branch sources and a selection of the federal agencies and non-profit organizations involved in setting the U.S. science and technology agenda.
To locate a specific article, go to the QuickSearch box at library.gmu.edu. Enter the article's title in quotation marks. Your article should be one of the top results.
Core Databases in Science and Technology Policy
Search these databases for peer reviewed journal articles.
Comprises resources for study in areas of both the applied and general sciences. Coverage dates back to 1986, and features access to over 1030 titles, with more than 760 available in full text.
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Abstracts and indexes periodicals covering the fields of engineering, aeronautics, chemistry, computer technology and applications, earth sciences, energy and environment, mathematics, metallurgy and physics with full text from 1997-present.
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Provides open access research aimed at accelerating progress in science and medicine. Includes a suite of journals, a publication channel, and various blogs.
Access a metasearch engine that queries up to 21 science-related information resources simultaneously. Collects top 100 or so hits from each source, removes duplicates, and ranks remaining sources by presumed relevancy in the retrieval set. Unique to George Mason University.
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Search citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international journal literature in political science and related fields, including international relations, law, and public administration/policy. Also provides access to full-text reference works, and conference papers, including those of the International Political Science Association. Tutorial for the Political Science Complete database.
The U.S. National Library of Medicine's premier bibliographic database of literature on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health-care system, and pre-clinical sciences. Tutorial for the Medline database.
Offers current news for all branches of the military, through a thorough offering of periodicals, academic journals and other related content. Content also includes country reports and relevant government documents. Tutorial for the Military and Government Collection database.