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Academic Search Complete (1887-present)
A multidisciplinary database containing full text articles and abstracts of articles from over 10,000 journals and magazines, about half of which are peer-reviewed. Full text is provided for over 5,000 publications.
Article1st (1990-present)
A general database that indexes journals in science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture. Includes no full text, but indicates whether or not we have the periodical. A good place to begin research if you have a general, news-related topic.
Books In Print (current)
Books in Print is an online directory of over five million book, audiobook, and video titles. This database provides information on forthcoming, in-print, and out-of-print titles.
Britannica
Online version of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Includes articles, multimedia, videos, and Internet links. Research tools include:
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary & Thesaurus
Notable Quotations
Gateway to the Classics
World Atlas & Data
Year in Review
Historical Statistics of the United States (1790-2000)
This resource is the online version of the Millennial Edition of Historical Statistics of the United States and is the single most comprehensive compendium of historical U.S. statistics available. It covers the social, economic, political and geographic data collected by the Census Bureau and other agencies of the United States government. Each chapter provides extensive documentation for the sources of the statistics. Data can downloaded in Excel or CSV. Custom tables can be created which can also be downloaded, printed, or graphed.
LexisNexis Academic (1970s-present)
LexisNexis Academic is a full text information service containing almost one billion documents. This database covers the following areas:
- News: from newspapers, news wires, & transcripts such as the New York Times, Washington Post, AP, & NPR
- Business: company news & financial information
- Legal Research: federal, state, & international legal materials
- Medical: full text & abstracted medical & health information
- Reference: state & country profiles, business reference, & biographical information
Oxford Reference Online (current)
Oxford Reference Online contains over 150 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press, including key titles from the Oxford Companions Series and the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. It is a fully-indexed, cross-searchable database of reference books.
PapersFirst (1993-present)
An index of papers included in every congress, conference, exposition, workshop, symposium and meeting received at The British Library. PapersFirst contains a separate record for each paper listed in a Proceedings database record. No full text is available.
Proceedings (1993-present)
Citations of every congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received at The British Library. This database has records for the meetings that relate to the papers described in the PapersFirst database. In other words, this database concentrates on the meetings themselves, while PapersFirst has records of the publications that come out of the meetings. No full text is available.
Readers' Guide Full Text (1983-present)
Readers' Guide indexes and abstracts the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and Canada. Full text begins in January 1994 for most titles. Readers' Guide is a good place to start if you have a general, news-related topic.
Resources for College Libraries
This is the 2006 edition of the premier core list of books and electronic titles for academic libraries. The collection of 65,000 titles represents 58 different subject areas and has been developed by over 300 subject specialists and bibliographers.
WorldAlmanac (most current edition)
Includes the contents of:
Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia
The World Almanac and Book of Facts
The World Almanac of the USA
The World Almanac of US Politics
The World Almanac for Kids
To search in an individual Almanac, use the "Limit" menu to select a book.
WorldCat (1200-present)
Access to the world library. Includes records of any type, but mainly books, from libraries worldwide.
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Art Abstracts (1984-present)
Art Abstracts indexes and abstracts articles from international art periodicals, yearbooks, museum bulletins, and reproductions of artworks that appear in indexed periodicals. No full text is available, so be sure to check our Journals List to see if we have the journal.
ARTstor
ARTstor is a digital library of approximately 700,000 images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes. This database will be of interest those in the visual arts, as well as individuals in American Studies, Anthropology, Asian Studies, Classical Studies, Literary Studies, Medieval Studies, Music, Religious Studies, and Renaissance Studies.
ATLA Religion Database (1949-present)
The American Theological Library Association produces this database, which is a collection of religion and theology journals selected by some of the foremost religion scholars in the United States. Journals representing all major religious faiths, denominations, and language groups are included. Some full text is available.
Classical Music Library
Online collection of classical music recordings covering a variety of musical styles and time periods. Includes short biographies of composers and other reference information.
Historical Newspapers (1800s-2000s)
Offers full-text and full-image articles from the Chicago Tribune, New York Times, and the Washington Post, dating back to their first issues. The collection includes digital reproductions of every page from every issue, cover to cover, in PDF files.
Humanities Full Text (1983-present)
The Humanities database cites articles from English-language periodicals, and has full text of selected periodicals beginning in January 1995. This database covers archaeology, classical studies, art, dance, film, gender studies, folklore, history, journalism and communications, linguistics, literary criticism, music and performing arts, philosophy, and religion and theology.
International Index to the Performing Arts (1864-present)
The International Index to the Performing Arts (IIPA) contains citations, abstracts, and selected full text from about 220 journals covering subject areas such as dance, film, drama, television, the arts and entertainment industry, stagecraft, magic, musical theatre and performance art. Abstracts are provided for every citation from 1998 forward.
Iter (1784-present)
Iter includes literature pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700). Citations for books and journal material (articles from over 1,500 journals) are included, as are citations for dissertation abstracts, and essays in books.
JSTOR
JSTOR contains the full text of scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. JSTOR does not index the most current issues.You can search the following subject areas: African American studies, African studies, anthropology, archeology, Asian studies, botany & plant sciences, classical studies, ecology & evolutionary biology, economics, education, finance, folklore, geography, history, language & literature, Latin American studies, mathematics, Middle East studies, philosophy, political science, population studies, Slavic studies, sociology, and statistics.
Literature Online (700s-present)
Literature Online is a fully searchable library of more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, 7,000 works of drama and prose, 192 full-text literature journals, and other key criticism and reference resources.
Literature Resource Center (current)
Access biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses on authors from every age and literary discipline. The Literature Resource Center covers more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers. Twayne World, U.S., and English Authors each contains the full text of 200 frequently used Twayne Literary Masters books on individual World, U.S., or English authors.
MLA (1963-present)
The MLA International Bibliography provides citations to scholarly research in over 4,000 journals in the areas of literature, language, linguistics, and folklore. Some full text is available.
Music Index (1874-present)
The International Index to Music Periodicals allows you to search for records of articles published in more than 325 international music journals. There is no full text available, so you must check our Journals List to see if we have the journal.
Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary is a historical dictionary of English, tracing the development of English words from the earliest times to the present day. Entries contain detailed etymological analysis, and are illustrated by quotations from a wide range of English language sources from around the world. Follow the "Enter OED Online" link to search the dictionary.
Philosopher's Index (1940-present)
The Philosopher's Index provides citations and abstracts from books and journals of philosophy and related fields. It covers the areas of ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology, and metaphysic logic as well as material on the philosophy of law, religion, science, history, education, and language.
Project Muse (1990s-current)
Full text of nearly 200 scholarly journals published by university presses in the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, mathematics, political science, gender studies, and others.
Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies
Access the Feinberg E-Collection, which contains more than 16,000 books and over 25,000 full text articles in the area of Jewish Studies. Resources include Encyclopedia Judaica, Hebrew Books, and Bible Works. Contact a librarian for username and password.
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GPO Access
GPO Access is a service of the U.S. Government Printing Office that provides free electronic access to information products produced by the federal government. Includes such databases as:
- Budget of the United States (FY1997 - )
- Congressional Bills (103rd Congress, 1993 - )
- Congressional Directory (104th Congress, 1995/96 - )
- Congressional Record (1994 - ) and Index (1983 - )
- Economic Indicators (1995 - )
- Economic Report of the President (1995 - )
- Federal Register (1994 - )
- History of Bills (1983 - )
- Public Laws (104th Congress, 1995 - )
- Senate and House Calendars (104th Congress, 1995 - )
- Supreme Court Decisions (1937 - 1975)
- United States Code (1994 - )
- United States Government Manual (1995/1996 - )
GPO Monthly Catalog (1976-present)
The Monthly Catalog is a publication of the U.S. Government Printing Office. It is the basic index to government documents, and covers all subjects of interest to the U.S. government.
Historical Statistics of the United States (1790-2000)
This resource is the online version of the Millennial Edition of Historical Statistics of the United States and is the single most comprehensive compendium of historical U.S. statistics available. It covers the social, economic, political and geographic data collected by the Census Bureau and other agencies of the United States government. Each chapter provides extensive documentation for the sources of the statistics. Data can downloaded in Excel or CSV. Custom tables can be created which can also be downloaded, printed, or graphed.
LexisNexis Academic (1970s-present)
LexisNexis Academic is a full text information service containing almost one billion documents. This database covers the following areas:
- News: from newspapers, news wires, & transcripts such as the New York Times, Washington Post, AP, & NPR
- Business: company news & financial information
- Legal Research: federal, state, & international legal materials
- Medical: full text & abstracted medical & health information
- Reference: state & country profiles, business reference, & biographical information
LexisNexis Congressional (1970-present)
LexisNexis Congressional is an online legislative and regulatory service that provides access to the following:
- full text of congressional bills and resolutions (from 1989) as well as reports and documents
- bibliographic information to congressional hearings
- biographical and voting information for members of Congress
- full text of the Federal Register (from 1980)
- full text of the Congressional Record (from 1985)
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ACS Web Editions (1989-present)
ACS Web Editions provides access to the full text of select journals published by the American Chemical Society. You can either access a specific article if you have the citation, or else you can perform a search in one or more journals. Click on one of the journal titles to begin searching.
AGRICOLA (1970s-present)
Contains citations to agricultural literature created by the National Agricultural Library. Subjects covered include animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, plant sciences, farming, agricultural economics, extension and education, food and human nutrition, and earth and environmental sciences. AGRICOLA contains no full text, so be sure to check our Journals List to see if we have the journal.
Annual Reviews (1996-present)
Critical reviews written by the leading scientists in the biomedical, physical, and social sciences which give an annual look at the most significant primary research literature within a broad spectrum of scientific disciplines.
BIOSIS (1992-1999)
BIOSIS, or Biological Abstracts, is a database composed of abstracts and citations from over 6,000 life sciences research journals worldwide. This database covers materials from 1992 to the current date, and is considered the most complete research tool in the life sciences. There is no full text available, so be sure to check our Journals List to see which journals we have. BIOSIS is a CD-ROM, and can only be used in the library. Use BIOSIS Previews (below) to update your searches.
BIOSIS Previews (2000-present)
BIOSIS Previews is the largest collection of biological sciences records in the world. Source publications for BIOSIS Previews include nearly 6,000 titles on vital biological research, medical research findings, and discoveries of new organisms in such traditional areas of biology as botany, zoology, microbiology, biomedical, agriculture, pharmacology, and ecology. There is no full text available, so be sure to check our Journals List to see which journals we have. Use the CD-ROM, BIOSIS (above), to search for materials from 1992-1999.
General Science Full Text (1984-present)
The General Science database contains citations from English-language periodicals published in the United States and Great Britain, plus full text beginning in 1995. The coverage includes popular science magazines as well as professional journals.
GreenFILE (1913-present)
GreenFILE contains citations, abstracts, and some full text from scholarly journals, general interest titles, government documents, and reports on information that involves the human impact on the environment. GreenFILE pulls environmental information from disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health, and technology and includes topics such as acid rain, climate issues, and renewable energy.
Health and Wellness Resource Center (1980-present)
Use this database to research topics in health and medicine, medications, and wellness. Includes encyclopedias, directories, medical dictionary, magazines, journals, and newspapers. Contains more reference materials than the Health Reference Center (below) and links to health sites on the Web. Some full text is available.
Health Reference Center Academic (1980-present)
Use to find articles on fitness, pregnancy, medicine, nutrition, diseases, public health, occupational health and safety, alcohol and drug abuse, HMOs, prescription drugs, etc. Some full text is available.
JSTOR
JSTOR contains the full text of scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. JSTOR does not index the most current issues.You can search the following subject areas: African American studies, African studies, anthropology, archeology, Asian studies, botany & plant sciences, classical studies, ecology & evolutionary biology, economics, education, finance, folklore, geography, history, language & literature, Latin American studies, mathematics, Middle East studies, philosophy, political science, population studies, Slavic studies, sociology, and statistics.
LexisNexis Academic (1970s-present)
LexisNexis Academic is a full text information service containing almost one billion documents. This database covers the following areas:
- News: from newspapers, news wires, & transcripts such as the New York Times, Washington Post, AP, & NPR
- Business: company news & financial information
- Legal Research: federal, state, & international legal materials
- Medical: full text & abstracted medical & health information
- Reference: state & country profiles, business reference, & biographical information
MEDLINE (1965-present)
The National Library of Medicine produces this database, which covers all fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences. Contains citations and abstracts from over 3,500 biomedical journals published internationally. There is no full text available, so be sure to check our Journals List to see if we carry the journal.
PROLA (1893-present)
PROLA is the American Physical Society's Physical Review Online Archive. It is a searchable database containing the full text of Physical Review (1893 and on), Physical Review Letters (1958 and on), and Reviews of Modern Physics (1929 and on). PROLA does not contain the most current four years of material.
PsycARTICLES (1985-present)
This American Psychological Association (APA) full text article database contains the full text of articles from APA journals and selected EPF (Educational Publishing Foundation) journals. You can search the full text of the articles or search using PsycINFO fields. This database is NOT the same as PsycINFO - you are only searching approximately 70 journals instead of the 2,400 journals PsycINFO indexes.
PsycINFO (1887-present)
This database, produced by the American Psychological Association, contains citations and summaries of articles from over 2,400 journals, book chapters, dissertations, technical reports, and book literature in psychology. PsycINFO covers psychological aspects of medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, and law. Some full text is available.
ScienceDirect
This database provides access to full text of around 100 journals in all areas of science.
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African American History (1620s-present)
A collection from LexisNexis' Primary Sources in U.S. History, this database contains full text of primary, secondary, and reference materials in African American Studies from colonial times to the present. You can search or browse autobiographies, case law, government publications, manuscripts, photographs, articles, speeches, and statutes.
America: History and Life (1964-present)
Contains citations and abstracts to articles, dissertations, and book reviews of American and Canadian history from prehistory to the present. This database contains some links to full text, but if you get just a citation, be sure to check our Journals List to see if we have the journal.
Annual Reviews (1996-present)
Critical reviews written by the leading scientists in the biomedical, physical, and social sciences which give an annual look at the most significant primary research literature within a broad spectrum of scientific disciplines.
AnthroSource (1880-present)
AnthroSource, developed by the American Anthropological Association (AAA), is a searchable online database of 32 AAA journals, with links to archival content at JSTOR. Except for Anthropology News, AnthroSource indexes current issues for the AAA's most critical peer-reviewed publications.
ATLA Religion Database (1949-present)
The American Theological Library Association produces this database, which is a collection of religion and theology journals selected by some of the foremost religion scholars in the United States. Journals representing all major religious faiths, denominations, and language groups are included. Some full text is available.
Business Full Text (1982-present)
The Business database indexes and abstracts articles from English-language periodicals, including the leading business magazines, as well as trade and research journals. Full text exists for selected periodicals beginning in 1995.
Education Full Text (1983-present)
Education Full Text contains citations and some full text articles from English-language periodicals, yearbooks, and some English-language books relating to education. Subjects in this database include all levels of education, as well as computer technology; teacher education, evaluation, and methods; school administration and parent-teacher relations; and issues such as government funding and prayer in the schools.
ERIC (1966-present)
World’s largest source of published and unpublished education information, supported by the U.S. Department of Education. Contains nearly a million abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice.
GreenFILE (1913-present)
GreenFILE contains citations, abstracts, and some full text from scholarly journals, general interest titles, government documents, and reports on information that involves the human impact on the environment. GreenFILE pulls environmental information from disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health, and technology and includes topics such as acid rain, climate issues, and renewable energy.
Historical Abstracts (1955-present)
Historical Abstracts contains citations and abstracts to articles and books covering world history (excluding the United States and Canada - see America: History and Life) from 1450 to the present. Key historical journals from virtually every major country are indexed. This database contains some links to full text, but if you get just a citation, be sure to check our Journals List to see if we have the journal.
Historical Newspapers (1800s-2000s)
Offers full-text and full-image articles from the Chicago Tribune, New York Times, and the Washington Post, dating back to their first issues. The collection includes digital reproductions of every page from every issue, cover to cover, in PDF files.
Historical Statistics of the United States (1790-2000)
This resource is the online version of the Millennial Edition of Historical Statistics of the United States and is the single most comprehensive compendium of historical U.S. statistics available. It covers the social, economic, political and geographic data collected by the Census Bureau and other agencies of the United States government. Each chapter provides extensive documentation for the sources of the statistics. Data can downloaded in Excel or CSV. Custom tables can be created which can also be downloaded, printed, or graphed.
JSTOR
JSTOR contains the full text of scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. JSTOR does not index the most current issues.You can search the following subject areas: African American studies, African studies, anthropology, archeology, Asian studies, botany & plant sciences, classical studies, ecology & evolutionary biology, economics, education, finance, folklore, geography, history, language & literature, Latin American studies, mathematics, Middle East studies, philosophy, political science, population studies, Slavic studies, sociology, and statistics.
LexisNexis Academic (1970s-present)
LexisNexis Academic is a full text information service containing almost one billion documents. This database covers the following areas:
- News: from newspapers, news wires, & transcripts such as the New York Times, Washington Post, AP, & NPR
- Business: company news & financial information
- Legal Research: federal, state, & international legal materials
- Medical: full text & abstracted medical & health information
- Reference: state & country profiles, business reference, & biographical information
LexisNexis Congressional (1970-present)
LexisNexis Congressional is an online legislative and regulatory service that provides access to the following:
- full text of congressional bills and resolutions (from 1989) as well as reports and documents
- bibliographic information to congressional hearings
- biographical and voting information for members of Congress
- full text of the Federal Register (from 1980)
- full text of the Congressional Record (from 1985)
- full text of the National Journal (from 1977)
Making of America (1800-1899)
Contains imprint monographs published in the 19th century, the majority of which were published between 1850 and 1876. The collection is strong in the areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. You can view faithful replicas of original source materials and perform full text searches over the entire collection as well as within individual texts.
Project Muse (1990s-current)
Full text of nearly 200 scholarly journals published by university presses in the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, mathematics, political science, gender studies, and others.
PsycARTICLES (1985-present)
This American Psychological Association (APA) full text article database contains the full text of articles from APA journals and selected EPF (Educational Publishing Foundation) journals. You can search the full text of the articles or search using PsycINFO fields. This database is NOT the same as PsycINFO - you are only searching approximately 70 journals instead of the 2,400 journals PsycINFO indexes.
PsycINFO (1887-present)
This database, produced by the American Psychological Association, contains citations and summaries of articles from over 2,400 journals, book chapters, dissertations, technical reports, and book literature in psychology. PsycINFO covers psychological aspects of medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, and law. Some full text is available.
RIA Checkpoint (1860-present)
RIA Checkpoint is a tool for accounting and tax research. It includes full text of the United States tax laws and codes with commentary, IRS rulings and releases, tax news sources, and tax court rulings and international tax treatises.
Social Sciences Full Text (1983-present)
This database contains citations to articles from English-language periodicals, and full text of selected periodicals beginning in 1995. Coverage includes a wide range of interdisciplinary fields covered in a broad array of social science journals.
SocINDEX with Full Text (1895-present)
SocINDEX indexes over 4,500 journals, as well as conference papers, dissertations, book reviews, and sociology books. This database covers sociological topics in fields such as anthropology, economics, education, medicine, community development, philosophy, demography, political science, and social psychology. Some full text is provided.
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