General science full text features bibliographic indexes (coverage starting 1984), full text (starting 1995), plus graps, charts, diagrams, photos, and illustrations. Covers leading journals and magazines, biographical sketches, symposia, conferences, review articles, selected letters to the editor, and special issues of journals published as supplementary issues, review issues, or laboratory guides. Also cites book reviews.

Consists of a fully searchable and browsable collection of many authoritative references, including Britannica's latest article database, articles not yet in the print Britannica encyclopedia, Merriam-Webster Dictionary & Thesaurus, and the Britannica year in review. New resources are frequently added.