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NASA Astrophysics Data System
A NASA-funded project that provides abstracts and/or citations to journals in fields that includes: astronomy, astrophysics, containing 524,304 abstracts, instrumentation, physics, geophysics, and the Los Alamos preprint server. Some full-text.
Web of Science
Search for scholarly articles in any discipline, or for articles that cite a known author or work.
ArXiv.org ePrint Archive
Preprint archive for scholarly research in physics and related disciplines.

Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
The Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, in publication since 1963, covers the significant developments in the field of Astronomy and Astrophysics, including: the sun; solar system and extrasolar planets; stars; the interstellar medium; galaxy and galaxies; active galactic nuclei; cosmology; and instrumentation and techniques, andthe history of the development of new areas of research.
Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Provides full text for over 2,700 frequently updated articles in astronomy and astrophysics.

AccessScience @ McGraw-Hill
Provides full-text access to articles, dictionary terms, biographies, research updates and links to related websites in all areas of science and technology. Covers 2000-present.
ScienceDirect
Provides full-text,online access to journal articles in the life, physical, medical, technical, and social sciences. Full-text is available only for journals to which the TriColleges subscribe. Full-text access for most journals goes back to 1993. Abstracts are available for non-subscribed journals.

Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI)
Provides information on the Earth’s moon and planets of the solar system. Offers a wide range of scientific and technical information and educational materials on lunar and planetary science.