- Academic Search Premier
- indexes 4,500+ general and academic journals
- covers all subjects
- coverage from 1985+
- mostly full-text
- AccessScience
- Encyclopedia of Science & Technology Online
- AGRICOLA
- from the National Agriculture Library
- all aspects of agriculture, forestry, and animal science
- provides detailed abstracts
- over 5,000 sources: books, journals, etc.
- coverage from 1970+
- Alternative Press Index (AltPressIndex)
- indexes journals covering cultural, economic, political & social change
- coverage is international and interdisciplinary
- in-depth coverage in the humanities and social sciences
- indexes 300+ alternative periodicals, newspapers, and magazines
- coverage from 1991+
- mostly full-text
- Alternative Press Index Archive (AltPressIndexArchive)
- see description above
- comprehensive guide to alternative sources of information published from 1969-1990
- citation-only
- America: History and Life
- the professional index for US and Canadian history
- historical coverage of the US and Canada from prehistory to the present
- indexes 2,000+ scholarly journals
- abstracts; some links to full-text
- coverage from 1954+
- AnthroSource
- the premier online resource serving the research, teaching, and professional needs of anthropologists
- developed by the American Anthropologist Association (AAA)
- brings 100 years of anthropological material online
- 32 full-text journals available online
- Art Abstracts
- indexes and abstracts 450+ international art publications, including periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins
- focuses on a broad range of art topics, including advertising, archaeology, crafts, folk art, graphic arts, interior design, video, film, architecture and art history
- coverage from 1984+
- ARTstor
- image library covering art, architecture and archeology
- 300,000 images dating from 3000 BC to the present
- ArticleFirst
- index of articles from the contents pages of general magazines and scholarly journals
- covers all subjects
- 15,000+ sources
- coverage from 1990+
- citation-only; some links to full-text
- Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHSearch)
- indexes 1,300+ arts and humanities journals
- indexes articles, bibliographies, editorials, letters, reviews, and more
- mostly citation; some full-text
- coverage from 1980+
- BasicBIOSIS
- information about biology and other life sciences
- covers the basic core of life science journals found in college and university libraries
- includes popular and scholarly science journals
- over 350 sources
- coverage is the most recent 5 years
- Quick Reference Card
- BioDigest
- life science information written in a non-technical style
- provides detailed abstracts
- over 300 sources
- coverage from 1989+
- full-text
- Black Drama - 1850 to the Present
- full-text of 1,200 plays written by more than 100 from North America, English-speaking Africa, the Caribbean, and other African diaspora countries
- each play is extensively and deeply indexed, allowing both keyword and multi-fielded searching
- plays are accompanied by reference materials, significant ancillary information, a rich performance database, and images
- collection includes musical comedies, domestic dramas, folk dramas, history plays, anti-slavery plays, one-act plays, and other works
- Black Thought and Culture: African Americans from Colonial Times to the Present
- monographs, essays, articles, letters, speeches and interviews written by leaders within the black community
- intended for research in black studies, political science, American history, music, literature, and art
- fully searchable
- full-text
- Business Dateline (BusDateline)
- provides resources that describe regional buiness activities and trends, and major stories on local firms, their products, and executives
- online articles from regional publications, business wire press releases, and major newspapers
- 530+ resources
- full-text
- coverage from 1985+
- Business and Industry (BusIndustry)
- facts, figures and key events for international public and private companies, industries, products, and markets for manufacturing and service industries
- resources include trade magazines, newsletters, business presses, and international business dailies
- abstracts and full-text
- 1,300+ sources
- coverage from 1994+
- Business and Management Practices (BusManagement)
- articles about the practical aspects of business management
- focuses on how organizations make decisions, develop and launch new strategies, and plan for change
- includes case-studies and how-to articles
- searches for business concepts, industries, and specific departments within an organization
- 795+ sources
- coverage from 1995+
- Business Organizations, Agencies & Publications Directory (BusinessOrgs)
- directory of organizations and trade associations that serve business and industry
- coverage is current
- Business Source Premier
- all subject areas related to business
- 7,400+ scholarly business journals and other sources
- full-text
- coverage from 1965+
- Congressional Quarterly (CQ) Historic Documents
- each volume includes approximately 100 primary source documents covering the most significant events of the year
- documents range from presidential speeches, international agreements, and Supreme Court decisions to U.S. governmental reports, scientific findings, and cultural discussions
- search by key word; browse by title or topic; cumulative index
- full-text
- coverage from 1972+
- Congressional Quarterly (CQ) Researcher Online
- in-depth, non-biased research reports on current political and social issues
- coverage from 1991+
- full-text
- Congressional Quarterly (CQ) Weekly
- in-depth, non-biased coverage of the U.S. Congress such as status of bills, votes and amendments, floor and committee activity
- full-text
- coverage from 1983+
- Contemporary Women's Issues (CWI)
- global information on women in over 150 countries from 1,500+ sources
- indexes books, journals, newsletters, research reports from non-profit groups, government and international agencies, & fact sheets
- mostly full-text
- coverage from 1992+
- Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970
- more than 660,000 large-scale maps of more than 12,000 American towns and cities
- maps were created to assist fire insurance companies as they assessed the risk associated with insuring a particular property
- maps list street blocks and buildings numbers including numbers in use at the time the map was made and previous numbers
- Disclosure Corporate Snapshots
- directory information on companies publicly traded on U.S. exchanges
- contains annual reports, company summary information, shareholder reports, & S.E.C. reports
- daily updates of stock trading reports
- full-text
- coverage 1986+
- Dictionary of National Biography (DNB)
- please see Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- Dissertation Abstracts
- doctoral dissertations, including history
- coverage from 1861+
- citation-only
- order from Interlibrary Loan
- Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800
- definitive resource for information about every aspect of life in 17th- and 18th-century America, from agriculture and auctions through foreign affairs, diplomacy, literature, music, religion, the Revolutionary War, temperance, witchcraft, and any other American subject imaginable.
- primary sources
- full-text
- coverage from 1639-1800
- Early English Books Online (EEBO)
- 125,000 publications (books, journals, pamphlets, posters, etc.) printed between 1473 and 1700
- digital copies of original texts
- full-text
- EconLit
- the professional economic index, published by the American Economic Association
- indexes 750 scholarly journals
- indexes books, articles, and dissertations
- citation-only
- coverage from 1969+
- Electronic Collections Online (ECO)
- index to a collection of scholarly journals
- covers all subjects
- over 4,800+ scholarly journals
- coverage from 1995+
- citation-only; some links to full-text
- ERIC
- primary index for journal articles and reports in education
- use the Thesaurus to help choose search terms
- abstracts-only
- coverage from 1966+
- Evans Imprints, 1639-1800
- Faulkner Advisory for IT Studies (FAITS)
- virtual library of reports on information technology (IT)
- tracks events and trends that are shaping and redefining the computer and communications marketplace
- coverage is current
- full-text
- GEOBASE
- worldwide literature of geography, geology, and ecology
- covers journals, books, monographs, conference proceedings and reports
- over 2,000+ sources
- mostly citation-only, some full-text
- coverage from 1980+
- GPO Monthly Catalog (GPO)
- the index to U.S. Government publications
- covers all types of documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judicial materials; and documents issued by executive departments (Defense, State, Labor, Office of the President, etc.)
- coverage from 1976+
- citation-only
- order from Interlibrary Loan
- Health Source Academic Edition
- indexes 550 scholarly journals focusing on many medical disciplines
- coverage from 1975+
- includes Clinical Pharmacology, which provides access to up-to-date, concise and clinically relevant drug monographs for all U.S. prescription drugs, herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products and new drugs
- full-text
- Highwire Press (Stanford University)
- indexes scholarly science journals
- full-text to 730+ scholarly science journals
- citation-only for an additional 4,500 scholarly science journals
- coverage varies
- Historical Abstracts
- the professional index for world history (excluding US & Canada)
- historical coverage of the world from 1450 to the present
- indexes 2,000+ scholarly journals
- abstracts; some links to full-text
- coverage from 1954+
- History E-Book Project (American Council of Learned Societies)
- online, fully searchable collection of over 1,200 books in history
- all books recommended and reviewed by historians
- title list
- full-text
- Hoover's Online
- provides comprehensive company, industry, and market information
- in-depth global coverage of 4,000 businesses
- coverage is current with up to 10 years of financial data
- full-text
- Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
- Iter Bibliography
- literature pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (1400-1700)
- books, journal articles, reviews, essays, proceedings, etc.
- 1,000+ journals indexed
- coverage from 1842+
- citation-only
- Iter Italicum
- first online edition of Paul Oskar Kristeller's Iter Italicum
- most comprehensive finding list available of previously uncatalogued or incompletely catalogued Renaissance humanistic manuscripts found in libraries and collections all over the world
- originally published in six volumes between 1963-1992
- JSTOR
- indexes 440+ of the most prestigious scholarly journals
- provides all years of all journals except for the most recent 3-5 years
- full-text
- Lexis-Nexis Academic
- 5,900+ news, business, legal, medical and reference publications
- national and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and non-English language sources
- U.S. Federal and state case law, codes, regulations, legal news, law reviews, and international legal information
- Shepard's Citations for all U.S. Supreme Court cases back to 1789
- business news journals, company financial information, SEC filings and reports, and industry and market news
- full-text
- Literature Online (LION)
- 350,000+ works of English and American poetry, drama and prose
- 130+ full-text literature journals
- other key criticism and reference resources
- fully searchable
- MDX Health Digest (MDXHealth)
- digest of medical and consumer health information
- indexes 200+ sources
- coverage from 1988+
- abstracts
- Media Review Digest (MediaRevDigest)
- reviews of educational media and entertainment resources
- indexes 200+ review sources
- coverage from 1989+
- MEDLINE (also from FirstSearch)
- from the National Library of Medicine
- all areas of medicine
- citations and abstracts
- coverage from 1965+
- Mental Measurements Yearbook
- comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments
- designed for an audience ranging from novice test consumers to experienced professionals
- contains information essential for a complete evaluation of test products within fields as diverse as psychology, education, business, and leadership
- entries contain descriptive information (e.g., test purpose, publisher, pricing) and edited reviews written by leading content area experts
- Tests in English only
- Military & Government Collection
- designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military
- collection of periodicals, academic journals
- indexes 400+ journals and periodicals
- full-text
- Modern Language Association (MLA) International Bibliography
- the professional index in literature, language, linguistics, and folklore
- indexes books, journals, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies
- citation-only
- coverage from 1963+
- Music Index Online
- a subject-author guide to music periodical literature
- all styles and genres of music
- indexes more than 725 international music periodicals from over 40 countries in 23 languages
- links to JSTOR full-text content
- coverage from 1978+
- Naxos Classical Music Library
- the most comprehensive collection of classical music available online
- includes the complete Naxos and Marco Polo catalogues of over 85,000 tracks, including classical music, jazz, world, folk and Chinese music
- through a sophisticated online search engine, you can select works by composer, artist, period, year of composition, instrument or genre
- requires Windows Media Player
- Naxos Jazz Music Library
- one of the most comprehensive collection of jazz music available online
- over 500 jazz artists represented
- comprised of Naxos Jazz and the 22 labels of Fantasy Jazz
- requires Windows Media Player
- New York Times (1851-2004)
- all issues of the NYT from 1851-2004 (for more recent years please consult Lexis-Nexis Academic or the library's current print subscription)
- includes all news articles, illustrations, editorials, and advertising
- provides PDF reproductions and ASCII text versions of the original pages
- text is fully searchable
- full-text
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (DNB)
- illustrated collection of more than 50,000 written biographies of men and women who shaped British history from 400 BC to 2001
- recognized as the most authoritative biographical reference source about Great Britain
- 10,000 images
- references and bibliographies
- Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
- most authoritative English language dictionary
- gives definition but also traces the development of the word's usage and shifts in meaning over time
- gives first dates and use
- PAIS International
- Public Affairs Information Service, the premier global public policy resource database
- indexes 3,600+ sources: periodicals, books, hearings, reports, government documents, internet resources, and other publications from 120 countries
- primarily citation and abstracts only; some full-text
- coverage from 1972+
- PapersFirst
- OCLC index of papers presented at conferences worldwide
- all subjects
- coverage from 1993+
- citation-only
- Philosopher's Index
- the professional bibliographic database covering scholarly research in all areas of philosophy
- indexes books, articles from over 550 journals, book chapters in anthologies, book reviews
- coverage from 1940+
- abstracts
- Primary Sources in African American History
- provides access to selected primary sources, including autobiographies, speeches, legislation, and Supreme Court decisions
- provides access to selected secondary sources, including reference books and scholarly articles
- coverage from colonial times to 1990s
- full-text
- Primary Sources in American Women's History
- provides access to selected primary sources, including autobiographies of prominent activists and representative women, manuscripts on political and social change, legislation, and Supreme Court decisions
- provides access to selected secondary sources, including reference books and scholarly articles
- coverage from colonial times to 1990s
- full-text
- Proceedings
- OCLC index of proceedings from conferences worldwide
- all subjects
- coverage from 1993+
- citation-only
- Project MUSE
- 250+ scholarly journals, primarily in the humanities
- coverage from 1983+
- mostly full-text
- PsycINFO
- the professional index from the American Psychological Association
- books, journal articles, dissertations, etc.
- indexes nearly 2,000 periodicals in 35 languages
- coverage from 1840's
- citation-only
- Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
- the leading educational facility in the field of public opinion
- one of the world's leading archives of social science data
- specializes in data from surveys of public opinion
- data from 1930s to present
- most data are from the United States, but over 50 nations are represented
- full-text
- Royal Historical Society Bibliography
- authoritative guide to what has been written about British and Irish history from the Roman period to the present day
- links to full-text, where available
- indexes over 580 journals
- coverage from 1900+
- Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970
- ScienceDirect
- indexes 1,800+ scientific, technical & medical peer-reviewed journals
- 200+ full-text journals
- provides MEDLINE access
- coverage varies
- Scientific American Archive
- contains entire editorial contents of Scientific American Magazine
- coverage from Jan. 1993+
- full-text
- Social Services Abstracts
- provides bibliographic coverage of research on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development
- indexes over 1,400 periodicals and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations, and citations to book reviews
- coverage from 1980+
- Sociological Abstracts
- the professional index covering the international literature in sociology and related disciplines
- indexes and abstracts periodicals, books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers
- coverage from 1963+
- Standard and Poor's NetAdvantage
- comprehensive source of business and investment information
- access to S & P's Industry Surveys, Stock Reports, Corporation Records, The Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives, The Outlook, Mutual Fund Reports, and more
- full-text
- Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts
- indexes books, journal articles, and conference proceedings on women's studies and gender studies
- citation and abstracts; some linked to full-text resources
- coverage from 1995+
- Value Line
- collects data and analyzes performance of approximately 8,000 stocks, 13,000 mutual funds, 80,000 options and other securities
- Ratings & Reports section contains one-page reports about companies and industries
- Summary & Index contains and index of all stocks in the publication
- Selection & Opinion section contains Value Line's latest economic and stock market forecasts
- Wall Street Journal (1889-1990)
- all issues of the NYT from 1889-1990 (for more recent years please consult Lexis-Nexis Academic or the library's current print subscription)
- includes all news articles, illustrations, editorials, and advertising
- provides PDF reproductions and ASCII text versions of the original pages
- text is fully searchable
- full-text
- Washington Post (1877-1991)
- all issues of the NYT from 1877-1991 (for more recent years please consult Lexis-Nexis Academic or the library's current print subscription)
- includes all news articles, illustrations, editorials, and advertising
- provides PDF reproductions and ASCII text versions of the original pages
- text is fully searchable
- full-text
- WilsonWeb
- 3,500+ general and academic journals
- two components: OmniFile Full Text Mega and Humanities & Social Sci Retro
- OmniFile Full Text Mega: indexing begins in 1982, abstracts in 1984, and full-text in 1994
- Humanities & Social Sci Retro: index only, 1907-1984
- 1,750 journals are full-text
- Women Writers Online: 1400-1830
- 200+ texts by English and American women writers
- includes introductory essays, essays on the cultural context of the period, links to textual databases, and a collection of syllabi
- full-text
- subset of texts: Renaissance Women Online
- World Shakespeare Bibliography
- the primary index to all things Shakespearean: books, journals, films, recordings, performances, etc.
- citation-only
- coverage from 1969+
- WorldCat
- most distinguished database of books in the world
- searches over 52 million records held by OCLC libraries worldwide
- over 400 languages represented
- Worldscope
- basic financial information on public companies worldwide
- information sources include annual reports, disclosure statements, newspapers, wire services
- coverage is current
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