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AccessScience (Encyclopedia of Science & Technology Online)
General science e-encyclopedia
Academic Search Primier
General database covering many subjects. Can limit to scholarly articles.
Web of Science
Database indexing articles from the most cited scientific journals from across disciplines. Refine to review articles.
Google Scholar
Be sure to evaluate what you find in Google Scholar carefully - it makes mistakes some times and and grabs works that aren't scholarly
INSPEC
Database indexing top physics and engineering journal articles

Evaluating Science

Evaluating scientific claims (or, do we have to take the scientist’s word for it?)
Great blog about evaluating science from Scientific American
Science news and media reporting of medical reports
Short video about scientific claims from the BBC

Science & Physics News Sources

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