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Comprehensive scholarly,
multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,500
full-text periodicals, including more than 4,600 peer-reviewed
journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing
and abstracts for more than 9,500 journals and a total of more than
10,000 publications including monographs, reports, conference
proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as
far as 1887, with the majority of full text titles in native
(searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided
for nearly 1,000 journals
(EBSCOhost)
Includes the multi-volume McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, updated continuously, as well as biographies of scientists, late-breaking science and technology news, study guides and image gallery. (McGraw-Hill Companies)
Offers nearly 9,000 full-text articles from the journals, magazines, and conference proceedings, since 1991, of the Association for Computing Machinery, the world's oldest and largest educational and scientific computing society. Tables of Contents are cited from articles published in ACM journals and magazines (1985) and conference proceedings (19851996). (Association for Computing Machinery)
African-American Poetry, 1760-1900 Provides access to the full text of the works of over 2,500 poems by 54 AfricanAmerican poets of the 18th and 19th centuries, including Phillis Wheatley and Paul Laurence Dunbar. The poetry covers a wide range of topics, and a variety of poetic styles and types including elegies, odes, ditties, hymns, and sonnets. (Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia)
Offers selective worldwide coverage of over three million citations to material acquired by the National Agricultural Library and cooperating institutions. It indexes journal articles, book chapters, computer databases and software, maps, manuscripts, serials and sound recordings on a broad range of agriculture and related topics. (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
AIDS & Cancer Research Abstracts Provides comprehensive, multi-disciplinary coverage of the fields of virology, immunology, and oncology. This comprehensive index allows combined searching of the primary sources summarized and indexed in Virology and AIDS Abstracts, Oncogenes and Growth Factors Abstracts, and Immunology Abstracts. (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
Database focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It offers libraries full text articles for more than 180 international, and often peer-reviewed journals and reports. In addition, there are hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts. Alt HealthWatch provides in-depth coverage across the full spectrum of subject areas covered by complementary and alternative medicine. This database features indexing and abstracts going back as far as 1984, and full text going back as far as 1990 . (EBSCOhost)
Comprehensive guide to alternative sources of information. Coverage is international and interdisciplinary. Provides in-depth coverage in the humanities and social sciences. Indexes nearly 300 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines. Includes selected abstracts from research journals. (OCLC)
Aluminum Industry Abstracts (AIA), formerly World Aluminum Abstracts (WAA) Includes information abstracted from approximately 2,300 scientific and technical journals, government reports, conference proceedings, dissertations, books and patents. It offers easy access to information about testing, marketing, conferences, forecasts, company information, and the latest research on aluminum. (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
Complete bibliographic database to over 2,000 journals that cover the United States and Canada prehistory to the present. In addition to articles, this extensive database includes approximately 6,000 citations of book and media reviews, and citations of abstracts of dissertations published in the field. (EBSCOhost)
30 core journals in chemistry provide researchers access to information from the leading American publisher of chemical information. (American Chemical Society)
Devoted to publishing research mathematics of high quality and significance in all areas of pure and applied mathematics. Each journal is unique in its offering of articles, book reviews, and reports. And each is managed by editors who are prominent in their fields. (American Mathematical Society)
Gathers the works of the most influential American poets, from the colonial period to the early twentieth century. American Poetry does not aim to be comprehensive, rather it contains the following to 1900: the complete works of all major poets, and the complete works of a substantial number of additional writers. A few poets active after 1900 are also included. (Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia)
Provides state-of-the-art reports by experts on the current scholarship in many fields, and are an invaluable support to faculty, graduate, and undergraduate inquiry. In addition to containing the full text of review essays published since 1996, tables of contents are included for 1984 to 1995, as well as previews of topics for upcoming annual issues. (Annual Reviews)
Over 12.7 million entries for the table of contents of over 12,000 sources with links to libraries that own the periodicals. (OCLC)
Online version of the Institute for Scientific Information's Arts & Humanities Citation Index. It provides citations to articles from more than 1,300 arts and humanities journals and to relevant articles on arts and humanities in over 5,000 social science and science journals. (OCLC)
ASFA: Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts Premier aquatic reference covering over 5,000 serial publications, books, reports, and other literature dealing with the science, technology and management of marine, freshwater and brackish water environments. ASFA is comprised of five sub files: biological and living resources; ocean technology, policy and non-living resources, and aquatic pollution and environmental quality; aqua culture and marine biotechnology. (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
Designed specifically for junior & community colleges with a primary focus on disciplines of study within associate degrees and certification programs. Areas explored include accounting, agricultural sciences, child care services, cosmetology, culinary arts, forestry, food service management, graphic arts, hair dressing, hospitality management, interior design, journalism, plumbing, heating & air conditioning, veterinary technology and welding. Updated weekly. (EBSCOhost) Interdisciplinary database offering abstracts and citations to a wide range of research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology, ecology and some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science. It provides access to literature from over 6000 sources including serials, conference proceedings, technical reports, monographs and selected books and patents. (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
Compilation of abstracts and indexes of domestic and international literature in the area of life sciences. Its purpose is to aid in keeping students and instructors current on the latest developments in biological research. The lengthy abstracts provide considerable information and are written in non-technical language. (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
Includes about 80 full-texts, peer-reviewed journals and bulletins published by American Institute of Biological Sciences member societies and other closely related organizations. It covers volumes from 2000 forward. (BioOne)
Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts Provides bibliographic coverage of ground-breaking research across all areas of bioengineering and biotechnology, including industrial and applied microbiology, genetics, the human genome and genetic engineering. Abstracts are selected from over 2,000 sources including journals, conference proceedings, books, and technical reports. (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
Full-text collection of 12 nursing books published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. (OVID)
Books in Print with Book Reviews Provides complete publisher-verified information on all U.S. books in print. It includes more than 1.8 million new or revised records each year and covers scholarly, technical, popular, adult, juvenile, and reprint titles. Records describe in-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming books from more than 44,000 North American publishers and U.S. distributors and wholesalers. (Bowker)
Includes full text journals in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Additional full text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more. Indexing and abstracts for scholarly business journals back as far as 1886 are included. Searchable cited references provided for more than 1,200 journals. (EBSCOhost) Ceramics Abstracts/World Ceramics Abstracts Comprehensive database for the ceramics industry, providing international coverage on the manufacture, processing, applications, properties and testing of traditional and advanced ceramics. Source materials include over 300 journals, conference proceedings, books, patents, and standards and company product literature. (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online Covers theory and research in international affairs. The database includes journal abstracts, conference proceedings and the full text of working papers and policy briefs from over 60 contributing institutions. Also included are economic indicators, maps and country data, and links to other resources. (Columbia University Press)
Online version of Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature. CINAHL provides indexing for over 2,928 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health. The database contains more than 1,000,000 records dating back to 1981. Offering complete coverage of English-language nursing journals and publications from the National League for Nursing and the American Nurses’ Association, CINAHL covers nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines. Examples of titles offered in CINAHL include: AANA Journal, California Hospitals, Gastroenterology Nursing, Maternal and Child Health Journal, Paediatric Nursing, Parents, etc. In addition, this database offers access to health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational software, audiovisuals and book chapters. Searchable cited references for more than 1,200 journals are also included. Full text material includes 72 journals plus legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments and clinical trials. (EBSCOhost)
Communication & Mass Media Complete Incorporates the content of CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Penn State) along with numerous other journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields of study to create a research and reference resource encompassing the breadth of the communication discipline. CMMC offers cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 440 journals, and selected coverage of nearly 200 more, for a combined coverage of more than 640 titles. Furthermore, this database includes full text for 326 journals. (EBSCOhost)
Computer and Information Systems Abstracts Provides a comprehensive monthly update on the latest theoretical research and practical computer applications around the world. It indexes over 800 scholarly journals and conference literature in computers and computer applications in fields from bioengineering to applied physics. (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
Computers & Applied Sciences Complete Covers the research and development spectrum of the computing and applied sciences disciplines. CASC provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,720 academic journals, professional publications, and other reference sources from a diverse collection. Full text is also available for more than 670 periodicals. (EBSCOhost)
Provides citations to papers and poster sessions presented at major scientific meetings around the world. Subject emphasis since 1995 has been in the life sciences, environmental sciences and the aquatic sciences, while older material also covers physics, engineering and materials science. Records include complete ordering information. (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
Brings together a vast amount of information published by and about the United States Congress. It offers indexing and abstracting of the CIS/Index to Publications of the U.S. Congress from 1970 forward and a seamless link to the full range of legislative and public policy resources, including hearing transcripts, bills, reports, public laws, Federal Register, current Code of Federal Regulations and current U.S. Code. (LexisNexis)
Provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. This full text database covers topics such as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, children's health, men & women's health, etc. Includes: full text from more than 560 consumer health related periodicals as well as full text of the UPI (United Press International) English-Language Health Newswire; full text for more than 200 health reference books and encyclopedias; 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names from Lexi-PAL Drug Guide; more than 550 full-text consumer health pamphlets and leaflets; thousands of full text evidence-based, health reports; more than 700 physician-generated videos (with audio narration); and more than 200 animations (with audio narration). (EBSCOhost)
Indexes and abstracts the world's literature on copper, copper alloys and copper technology since 1965. This index also includes over 5,500 documents published between 1863 and 1964. It consists of two databases: one on copper technology and one on copper in the environment. (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
Indexes and abstracts the world's literature on copper, copper alloys and copper technology since 1965. This index also includes over 5,500 documents published between 1863 and 1964. It consists of two databases: one on copper technology and one on copper in the environment. (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
Published 44 times a year, CQ Researcher report offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy. Each report is written by a seasoned journalist based on a common structure. Our subscription to the database goes back to 1923 and up to present. Users may browse through articles by topics in alphabetical order, or search for articles using words, dates, or other criteria. (CQ Press)
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics Premier source of chemical and physical property data, molecular structures, conversion tables, constants, formulas, equations, symbols, and terminology. It has been published since 1913 and is updated and enhanced annually. (CRC Press)
Access to 150 journals and 16 reference works covering law and public affairs. (Gale) Digital Library & Archives (DLA), a department in the University Libraries at Virginia Tech, evolved from the Scholarly Communications Project (SCP) begun in 1989. Project's focus is to work with the university community to host born-digital works, beginning in 1991 with faculty-edited electronic journals. In 1995 we began envisioning electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) completed by VT graduate students. In 1996 SCP and the Special Collections Department merged to enhance access to rare books, manuscript collections, and the University Archives. (Virginia Tech)
Covers doctoral dissertations submitted to accredited North American institutions and more than 200 institutions elsewhere. The database indexes dissertations from 1861 to the present, with abstracts available since 1980. Abstracts of master's theses have been included since 1988. (OCLC) Use EBSCOhost's main menu to choose from a wide variety of databases. (EBSCOhost)
American Economic Association's electronic bibliography of economic literature containing citations, with abstracts, to articles from more than 400 economics journals. In addition, subject indexing and abstracts of books and subject indexing of dissertation titles are included. Corresponding printed sources are Journal of Economic Literature, Index of Economic Articles, and Cambridge University Press Abstracts of Working Papers in Economics. (OCLC) Covers business and economics. Collaborative effort between EBSCO Publishing and ESAN (Escuela de Administración de Negocios para Graduados). More than 70,000 records, dating back to the early 1980s, provide coverage for over 300 Spanish and Portuguese-language periodicals published in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Spain, the United States and elsewhere. (EBSCOhost)
Online resource for education research. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing. Education Research Complete provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,840 journals, as well as full text for more than 950 journals, and includes full text for more than 81 books and monographs, and for numerous education-related conference papers. (EBSCOhost)
Electronics and Communications Abstracts Includes information that ranges from medical, scientific and industrial applications in electronics to new technologies in communications. Theoretical and applied research summaries are provided as well as business and marketing aspects. (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
Engineered Materials Abstracts Provides comprehensive coverage of the science, development and production of ceramics, polymers and composite materials. Over 1,600 sources including journals, technical reports, patents, dissertations, books and conference proceedings are indexed and abstracted. (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
Contains the complete English poetic canon from Anglo-Saxon times to the end of the nineteenth century by writers from the British Isles. Overall the database contains over 165,000 poems drawn from about 4,500 separate printed sources by 1,257 named poets and includes many items by diverse anonymous hands. Every line by nearly every published poet can be searched. (Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia)
Contains more than 1,500 works by around 450 named authors and approximately 230 anonymous works, from the Shrewsbury Fragments of the late thirteenth century through the unparalleled output of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods to the end of the nineteenth century. The completeness of the collection, as well as the complete author notes to each work, provides a unique context for the historical and linguistic study of English literature. (Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia)
CRC Press is one of the world's leading publishers of engineering handbooks. Now the handbooks are available online. ENGnet BASE combines more than 160 top resources into one powerful research tool. (CRC Press)
Offers coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem
ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine
& freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management,
environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social
impacts, urban planning, and more. Environment Complete contains more than 1,772,000 records from more than 1,680 domestic
and international titles going back to the 1940s (including 1,108
active core titles) as well as more than 100 monographs. The
database also contains full text for more than 650 journals.
(EBSCOhost) Multidisciplinary database, provides coverage of the environmental sciences. Abstracts and citations are drawn from over 6000 serials including scientific journals, conference proceedings, reports, monographs, books and government publications. (CSA Illumina / ProQuest)
ERIC (EBSCO Educational Resources Information Center database, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, provides extensive access to educational-related literature. The ERIC database corresponds to print editions of Resources in Education (RIE) and Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE). It indexes and abstracts over 14,000 documents and over 20,000 journal articles, as well as other related sources. Full text of ERIC Digests is also included. (EBSCOhost) With a business focus, Factiva is a product of Dow Jones that offers full text access to over 10,000 magazine, journals, leading local, national and international newspapers and news wires. It provides in-depth research on a company, industry or marketplace. In addition, about 3,000 images are added daily. Richmond Times Dispatch is covered from 1989 - . (Dow Jones & Company, Inc.)
Provides full text (including PDF) for a rapidly growing collection of scholarly Spanish language journals. This multi-disciplinary database offers full text content to many academic areas including business & economics, medical sciences, political science, law, computer science, library & information sciences, literature, linguistics, history, philosophy and theology. (EBSCOhost)
Gale
Virtual Reference Library Database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for
multidisciplinary research. (Gale)
Provides comprehensive bibliographic references to important journals in the fields of physical and human geography, geology, mineralogy, ecology and development studies. It is the only database in these fields to include abstracts. International in scope, GEOBASE provides valuable coverage from over 2,000 primary journals, books, monographs, reports, and theses. GEOBASE contains 600,000 records, updated quarterly, from 1980 to the present. (OCLC)
Contains listings for documents printed by the U.S. government and its agencies since July 1976. It covers all types of U.S. government documents, including congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records, judiciary materials, and documents issued by executive departments (Defense, State, Labor, and Office of the President, etc.). Each record contains a bibliographic citation. (OCLC)
This free research database focuses on the relationship between human beings and the environment, with topics ranging from global warming to recycling to alternate fuel sources and beyond. Content includes scholarly articles, general interest articles, and government reports. GreenFILE offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the ecology. Comprehensive coverage of Bioscience (from 1964), Conservation Biology (from 1987), Journal of Ecology (from 1913) and Journal of Environmental Planning & Management (from 1948). (EBSCO) HarpWeek: The Civil War Era (1857-1877) Provides access to the content and pages of Harper's Weekly. The Civil War Era section covers issues published from 18571877. The database provides indexing that matches 19th century words, phrases and images with today's terminology as well as digital images of every page of the magazine. Searches can be done by occupation or role in society, or by searching any combination of four indexes: subject, illustrations, literature, and publishing. (HarpWeek, LLC.)
Heath Source - Consumer Edition Provides consumer health information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Health Source: Consumer Edition provides access to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines. (EBSCOhost)
Health Source - Nursing/Academic Edition Provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition also features the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names. (EBSCOhost)
Internet imprint of the Stanford University Libraries and provides access to 921 journals in the sciences and medicine. It hosts the largest repository of free, full-text, peer-reviewed content of 264 journals. (Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University)
Index to the history of the world from 1450 to the present (for the United States and Canada see AMERICA: HISTORY AND LIFE). Over 2,000 journals published throughout the world are covered in the database, including key historical journals, and historical books and citations to abstracts of dissertations of interest for historical research. (EBSCOhost)
Hospitality & Tourism Complete Covers scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism. This collection contains more than 721,000 records, with coverage dating as far back as 1965. There is full text for more than 360 publications, including periodicals, company & country reports, and books. Sources are both domestic and international in range and scope, with material collected from countries and regions such as Canada, Australia, Europe and Asia. Subject areas covered include the culinary arts, demographics & statistics, development & investment, food & beverage management, hospitality law, hotel management & administrative practices, leisure & business travel, market trends, technology and more. (EBSCOhost)
Humanities
International Complete Covers all aspects of the humanities, with worldwide content pertaining to literary, scholarly and creative thought. Provides full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world. Produced by Whitston Publishing (an imprint of EBSCO Publishing), this database includes all data from Humanities International Index (over 2,000 titles and 2 million records) plus unique full text content, much of which is not found in other databases. The database includes full text for more than 730 journals. ents, researchers, and educators interested in Humanities International Complete is an essential collection for libraries looking to provide comprehensive coverage of the humanities with full-text content. (EBSCOhost) Provides full text access to the world's highest quality technical literature in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics. IEEE ASPP contains full text documents from IEEE journals, transactions, magazines, letters, conference proceedings, standards, and IEE (Institution of Electrical Engineers) publications. (IEEE)
Provides full text access to 35 IOP journals published since 1996 where available, and perpetual access to IOP's 2004 Historic Archive 1874-1994. (Institute of Physics)
Presents and enhances the full backfile of Issues and Controversies On File, which has probed about 600 controversial topics in the news since its debut in September 1995. Chronologies, illustrations, maps, tables, sidebars, bibliographies and contact information augment the balanced, accurate coverage of current and historical events. (Facts on File Services)
Database is an aggregate of hundreds of scientific, technical, and medical journals from over 50 publishers and societies and provides access to the full text of nursing journals, including the American Journal of Nursing, PsychArticles, as well as citations to hundreds of other journals. Limiting searches to only full text journals is available through Your Journals@Ovid. (Ovid Technologies, Inc.) Provides information centered on the discipline of law and legal topics such as criminal justice, international law, federal law, organized crime, medical, labor & human resource law, ethics, and the environment. The collection of scholarly peer-reviewed publications includes law journals, documents, and case studies. Offers full text for more than 250 law journals. In addition to full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for all journals in the collection. Full text information in this database dates as far back as 1965. (EBSCOhost)
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) Provides coverage on subjects such as librarianship, classification,
cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information
management, etc. Indexes more than 600 periodicals plus books,
research reports, and proceedings. With coverage dating back to the
mid-1960s, it is the oldest continuously produced database covering
the field of information science. (EBSCOhost) Assists both generalists and specialists in keeping abreast of the latest developments in disciplines concerned with the nature and use of language. Abstracts are drawn from approximately 2,000 serials published worldwide complemented with coverage of recent books, occasional papers, monographs, technical reports, and dissertations. (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
Provides access to biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of authors from every literary time period and discipline. Combining information from Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Twayne's Author Series, and Scribner Writer Series, with articles from literary journals, the Literature Resource Center covers more than 124,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists and other writers. (Gale) Multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 1,750 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also includes nearly 500 full text reference books, full text from 86,019 biographies, 105,787 full text primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 293,480 photos, maps and flags. (EBSCOhost)
Focuses on industry news, international trade data, government regulations and management issues related to the metals and materials industries. Citations for this database are pulled from over 2,000 journals, plus patents, dissertations, government reports, conference proceedings, and books indexed by the editors of Materials Information. (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
Provides access to over 58 years of Mathematical Reviews and Current Mathematical Publications. It reviews approximately 1,600 current serials and journals as well as books that contain new contributions to mathematical research. The database also contains links to original sources where available. (American Mathematical Society)
Mechanical Engineering Abstracts This is the only abstracts journal that surveys and summarizes the worldwide literature in mechanical engineering, engineering management, and production engineering. Presenting theoretical perspectives as well as specific applications, the journal reports on essential developments published in journals, articles, and conference papers. (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
Spanish language collection of medical research and investigative journals published by renowned Latin American medical publishers. Provides access to full text for nearly 120 peer-reviewed medical journals in native Spanish. A wide range of topics are covered including neuroscience, cardiology, nephrology, biomedicine, clinical research, pediatrics, human reproduction, clinical pathology, cancer research, and hematology. (EBSCOhost)
"Mergent Horizon takes fundamental research to the next level, by mapping companies to their key competitors, suppliers, customers and strategic partners... with seamless capabilities for finding, filtering and organizing information about companies and industries."
"Mergent Online delivers a comprehensive suite of financial information, providing access to one of the most complete historical financial databases ever assembled with just a few mouse clicks." Find U.S. and international company histories, annual reports, fact sheets, financial and industry reports, 30 years of stock data, and more."
This is the only comprehensive source for information on metallurgical science and technology. Records are indexed and abstracted from over 2,000 journals and other worldwide technical literature. Begun in 1966, METADEX contains over 950,000 references from the print database of Metals Abstracts. (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
Military & Government Collection Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers a collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content. The Military & Government Collection provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for nearly 400 titles. (EBSCOhost)
MLA International Bibliography Indexes materials on modern languages, literature, linguistics, and folklore from 1963 to the present. The database includes citations from over 4,000 journals and series published worldwide, as well as chapters of books, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies. (Gale) Provides access to the full text of this scholarly publication from 1960. (Nature Publishing Group)
Provides cover-to-cover full text for 131 national & international newspapers, including The New York Times, The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, The Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, and The Times (London). Also contains selective full text for more than 335 U.S newspapers. In addition, full-text television & radio news transcripts are provided from ABC News, CBS News, CNN, FOX News, National Public Radio (NPR), etc. (EBSCOhost)
Focused exclusively on worldwide technical literature pertaining to the marine and brackish-water environment. The journal is recognized as a leading source of information on topics relating to the oceans, fisheries, aqua culture, meteorology and geology, plus environmental, technological, and legislative topics. (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center Draws on the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources to provide a complete one-stop source for information on social issues. Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to web sites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles. (Gale)
OverDrive is a collection of over 900 digital audiobook, video, and classical music titles you can check out, download, and enjoy on your personal computer. Many audiobook titles can be transferred to a portable listening device and are compatible with virtually any MP3 player including the iPod®, iPhoneT, iPod touch®, iPod nano®, and iPod shuffle® as well as Zune®. Some audiobooks may also be burned to audio CD. Check the "Plays On" icon for a each title for available listening or viewing options. OverDrive is Mac and PC compatible. Users may check out any four (4) titles at a time, and specify a personalized borrowing period from these options: Audiobook: 7 or 14 days Music & Video: 3, 5, or 7 days Oxford English Dictionary (OED) Database contains the entire text of the 22-volume OED 2nd edition
with supplements prepared throughout this century. In addition to
containing the definitions for most of the words in the English
language, the OED also provides information on word origins and
quotations showing the history of a word's meanings. (Oxford
University Press)
Oxford Reference Online Premium Contains over 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press, including titles in Oxford Companions Series. All books are cross-searchable. (Oxford)
Offers online access to 134 periodical titles in the fields of the humanities, social sciences, and the sciences. The full text of these online journals is generally available for the past several years, though abstracts of articles date back additional years. Articles are available in PDF and/or HTML formats. (Oxford University Press) Provides an index to the literature of public affairs/public policyissues and actions that affect the world communities, countries, and governments. The database contains references to more than 425,000 journal articles, books, government documents, Internet sources and more from 1972 to the present. (ProQuest Information and Learning Company)
Presents citations on individual papers presented at conferences, workshops, congresses and symposia worldwide. The database is based on the vast collections of papers accumulated since October 1993 by the British Library Document Supply Center. (OCLC)
Bibliographic database containing citations and abstracts of scientific literature on plant science, focusing on all plant scientific aspects, especially on pathology, symbiosis, biochemistry, genetics, biotechnology, and environmental biology. Over 250 primary research journals are scanned. Informative abstracts have been added, when available, from July 1996present. (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
A companion database to CINAHL, Pre-CINAHL is intended to provide current awareness of new journal articles, and includes a rotating file of limited bibliographic information (no subject searching), which are available to searchers only for the time when these articles are being assigned additional indexing. This enables users to gain access to article citations that otherwise would not be available. Once the bibliographic records are complete, they are added to the CINAHL database and removed from Pre-CINAHL.(EBSCO)
Contains citations from worldwide meetings, conferences, expositions, workshops, congresses, and symposia held 1993present. It provides an overview of the event's activities by listing the papers presented. Like its companion, PapersFirst, all documents are held in The British Library Document Supply Center collection. (OCLC)
Started as a not-for-profit project by Johns Hopkins University Press, it provides online access to over 300 high quality humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from 60 scholarly publishers. Full text of most journals are covered from the past 10-15 years. However, for titles common to Project MUSE and JSTOR, Muse links to articles from the back issues archived in JSTOR. (Johns Hopkins University Press)
Definitive source of searchable full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology. The database contains more than 40,000 articles from 53 journals - 45 published by the American Psychological Association (APA) and 8 from allied organizations. It includes all journal articles, letters to the editor and errata from each journal. Coverage spans 1985 to present. (EBSC0)
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection Provides nearly 575 full text publications, including nearly 550 peer-reviewed titles. Covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Nearly every full text title included in this database is indexed in PsycINFO. (EBSCOhost)
Online version of Psychological Abstracts, covers psychology and related fields from 1887 to the present. The database describes journal articles, technical reports, monographic series, dissertations, and other materials. Indexed materials include over 3,100 psychology and related journals. Abstracts are included for most records. (EBSCOhost)
Provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. (EBSCOhost)
Religion & Philosophy Collection Provides extensive coverage of such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. Offers nearly 300 full text journals, including more than 250 peer-reviewed titles. (EBSCOhost) A collection of over 5500 electronic books covering a wide variety of technology and business topics including: certification practice exams, databases, desktop applications, e-business, graphics, hardware, Internet, IT management, markup languages, multimedia, networking, operating systems, programming, security, software engineering, web development, Windows, and much more. (ProQuest)
Safety Science & Risk Abstracts Offers comprehensive, timely information across the fields of public health, safety, and industrial hygiene. Cited studies are geared to help researchers identify, evaluate, and eliminate or control risks and hazards from environmental and occupational situations. (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
Salud en Espanol (Spanish version of Consumer Health Complete) Provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. This full text database covers topics such as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, children's health, men & women's health, etc. Includes: full text from more than 560 consumer health related periodicals as well as full text of the UPI (United Press International) English-Language Health Newswire; full text for more than 200 health reference books and encyclopedias; 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names from Lexi-PAL Drug Guide; more than 550 full-text consumer health pamphlets and leaflets; thousands of full text evidence-based, health reports; more than 700 physician-generated videos (with audio narration); and more than 200 animations (with audio narration). (EBSCOhost)
Provides full text access to this popular publication from 1995. (HighWire Press)
Provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. The database abstracts and indexes over 1,300+ serials publications and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations, and citations to book reviews. (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
Contains detailed abstracts of articles taken from 1,500 journals published worldwide in sociology and related social and behavioral sciences. Beginning in 1999, an InterLink feature links to over 770 sites relating to sociology and linguistics, including university departments, professional organizations, electronic journals, and general resources. (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts.)
Solid State and Superconductivity Abstracts Provides global coverage on all aspects of theory, production, and application of solid state materials and devicesas well as the new high-m and low-temperature superconductivity technology. (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
Indexes over 260 titles from popular teacher and administrator trade journals, periodicals, and books. Provides coverage on topics such as Assessment, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, Science & Mathematics, etc. (EBSCOhost) A reference database, classroom tool and home learning resource. Today's Science bridges the gap between textbooks and what's happening in science today. In a language and format designed specifically for students, it presents the latest scientific discoveries and the fundamental concepts that underlie them. Drawing on major scientific journals, magazines and newspapers in the United States and abroad, Today's Science covers all the topics that today's students study: health, the environment, technology, life science, physical science, earth and space science, and science and society. (Facts on File)
Extensive collection of online bibliographic information since 1965 covering the biochemical, pharmacological, physiological, and toxicological effects of drugs and other chemicals. More than 2.5 million bibliographic citations and abstracts from journal articles and related reports have been drawn from the files of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts) Ulrich's Periodicals Directory Bibliographic database providing detailed, comprehensive, and authoritative information on serials published throughout the world. It covers all subjects, and includes publications that are published regularly or irregularly and are circulated free of charge or by paid subscription. (CSA)
Provides full text coverage for French language business journals serving both the academic and the professional researcher. This collection also includes publications covering topics such as accounting & tax, administration, industry & manufacturing, marketing, logistics, technology and others. (EBSCOhost)
Produced by the U.S. Geological Survey to provide summaries of the world's technical literature on water-related topics covering the characteristics, conservation, control, pollution, treatment, use and management of water resources. Abstracts are drawn from journals, and other technical, legal and government publications dated from 1967 to the present. (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
Comprehensive database containing abstracts to journal articles, research reports, books, standards, patents, theses and special publications. Every aspect of welding and allied processes is covered such as production, equipment and materials, manufacturing and construction, nuclear engineering, offshore and underwater operations, the welding industry and more. (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
Access to over 3 million journal articles in over 1,400 journals as well
as 5,000 online books. Contains full-text articles for over 850
journals, the majority of which are published by Blackwell on behalf of
international scholarly and professional societies. Journals cover a
variety of disciplines, including the fields of arts and humanities,
business and economics, engineering, law, medicine, social sciences,
sciences, and technology. Produced by NISC, covers the core disciplines in Women’s Studies to the latest scholarship in feminist research. Coverage includes more than 586,600 records and spans from 1972 and earlier to present. This database supports curriculum development in the areas of sociology, history, political science & economy, public policy, international relations, arts & humanities, business and education. Over 2,000 periodical sources are represented. Some full-text included. (EBSCOhost)
Database includes the contents of: The World Almanac and Book of Facts, The World Almanac of the U.S.A., The World Almanac of U.S. Politics, and The World Almanac for Kids. The database covers arts and entertainment, people in the news, information about U.S. cities and states, nations of the world, vital statistics, science and technology, the environment, taxes, national defense, historical anniversaries and more. It is updated annually. (OCLC)
World Almanac, Book of Facts, and Encyclopedia Features frequent updating, expanded World Almanac content, a wide variety of information from other Reference Suite @ FACTS.com databases, and special features available only online. Users can search content from The World Almanac and the World Almanac Encyclopedia simultaneously. (Facts on File)
Permanent record of the essential facts of the news as reported in the major newspapers and news magazines of the U.S., Canada, Britain, Australia, and elsewhere in the world. The editors of Facts On File World News Digest research and distill key news information every week from more than 100 major newspapers, news magazines, other periodicals, and government and on-line sources from the U.S. and around the world into a permanent, researchable record. The news information is cross-checked for accuracy, and the summaries are written and edited for maximum clarity and swift retrieval of factual information. (Facts on File)
OCLC's online catalog to thousands of the world's libraries. Cataloging records for more than 1 billion records in 400 languages cover thousands of subjects and includes items dating as far back as 1000 AD. Items cataloged include books, computer data, films, journals, magazines, manuscripts, musical scores, newspapers, slides, sound recordings, and videotapes. (OCLC)
Derived from nearly 9,000 of
the world's largest companies representing 32 countries' corporate
annual and 10K reports, disclosure statements, newspapers, and wire
services. Each record provides company name, telephone number, address,
ticker symbol and basic stock information, SIC codes, industry
classifications, description of the business, and product lines. (OCLC) Aggregate database of about 280 full text medical, nursing, psychological, and scientific journals, including Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Total Access Collection. (OVID) |
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