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Search and download selected scientific and technical reports produced via U.S. Government-funded research. The database contains over 240,000 publications from 1964-2000. Access is restricted by password, so users should contact the Government Documents/Maps/Microforms service desk in Hale Library for access.
Coverage: 1964-2000
Users: 30
Free resource


A bi-monthly publication that reports the latest developments in cereal science, milling, and baking technology. The abstracts are from 200 world wide trade and scientific journals, patents, and other sources. The abstracts are arranged in sections reflecting the various stages of cereal processing. The latest six issues (one year) are available.
Coverage: latest year
Users: unlimited
Paid for by K-State Libraries


Something of a German JSTOR, DZ publishes the full backruns of German journals in a wide variety of subjects. While KSU does not have the paid version, many of the titles are freely available under open access principles, and the search works for all journals free or not, making DZ a useful indexing tool for 19th- and early 20th-century German periodicals.
Coverage: varies by title
Users: unlimited
Free resource


This completely full-text reference collection is a good place to find basic background information on popular topics related to health, history, literature, science, or social sciences. The collection includes encyclopedia articles, biographies, literary criticism, primary source documents, and a number of images, sound clips, and short video clips. The majority of the collection is written for a high school or middle school audience; a small portion is targeted to undergraduates. The collection is not intended to support in-depth, scholarly research.
Coverage: n/a
Users:
Paid for by K-State Libraries


This is the well-known Dissertation Abstracts database, but with full text for most dissertations written after 1996 as well as many from earlier years. Also includes some master's theses, although not nearly as comprehensively as doctoral works. Copies of dissertations not available in full text in this database may be requested via interlibrary loan and/or purchased as microfilm or as unbound copies from UMI . To search K-State dissertations only, use this link.
Coverage: indexing 1861-; full text varies by school
Users: unlimited
Paid for by K-State Libraries


Full text of theses, dissertations, and reports submitted by K-State graduate students. In most cases, papers are available by the end of the semester in which the student graduates. Coverage begins Fall 2006 for doctoral dissertations and Fall 2007 for masters papers, although some theses and dissertations are available from Fall 2004-Summer 2006.
Coverage: 2004-
Users: unlimited
Free resource


Database of maps showing the presence and extent of specific plant diseases worldwide. Covers plant diseases and pests of economic or quarantine importance.
Coverage: n/a
Users: unlimited
Paid for by K-State Libraries

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