This collection is for a general audience interested in the sciences for personal knowledge, researchers and students from high school through the undergraduate level. It includes both current and historical information across all areas of the sciences: Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Astronomy, Physics, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Paleontology and Paleozoology, Life Sciences and Biology, Botany and Zoology.
Science Databases
Science (Gale Interactive)
Manipulate 3D interactive models to visualize and understand concepts in biology, chemistry, earth, and space science.
In Context: Science (Gale)
Contains hundreds of today's most significant science topics, showcasing how scientific disciplines relate to real-world issues.
In Context: Environmental Studies (Gale)
Covers various aspects of environmental studies, such as earth systems, global change, pollution, and human-environment interactions.
Coronavirus Research Database (ProQuest)
Coverage of the COVID-19 outbreak includes openly available content related to coronaviruses, thousands of open-access articles from the world’s leading publishers, and current research from pre-print repositories such as arXiv.
Past Science Programs
Mushrooms for Beginners. Explore mushroom foraging, lore, health benefits and more with citizen scientist and passionate mushroom enthusiast Lisa Stewart.
Creepy or Captivating: A Spider Scientist's Perspective. Discover the beauty and benefits of spiders with UC Berkeley arachnologist Trinity Walls. Presented in partnership with WonderFest.
First Results from the Webb Space Telescope. UC Berkeley professor of astronomy Alex Filippenko explores the first stunning images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Presented in partnership with WonderFest.