Electronic Indexes and Databases by Document Type
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Title and Description |
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| 19th Century Masterfile (Paratext) | 1802-1906 | |
| Index to 19th-Century Anglo-American publications. Periodical indices include: Poole’s Index to Periodical Literature, 1802-1970; Index to Legal Periodical Literature, 1786-1922; Index to Periodicals, 1890-1902; and An Alphabetical Subject Index and Index Encyclopedia to Periodical Articles on Religion, 1890-1899. Patent and Government Document indices include: Compilation of the Message and Papers of the Presidents (1789-1897), Subject Matter Index of Patents Issued by the U. S. (1790-1873), Cobett's Parliamentary History of England (1066-1803), Hansard's Index to Debates, House of Commons (1803-1830), Hansard's Index to Debates, House of Lords (1803-1830), Descriptive Catalogue of the Government Publications of the U.S. (1774-1881), and Index to Congressional Record of the first 40 US Congresses. | ||
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| ABELL (Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature) (Chadwyck-Healey) | 1920-current | |
| Indexes books, periodical articles, critical editions of literary works, book reviews, collections of essays and doctoral dissertations. Covers English language syntax, phonology, lexicology, etc. and English poetry, prose, fiction, films, biography, travel writing, literary theory and studies of individual authors, bibliography, and traditional culture of the English-speaking world (custom, belief, narrative, song, dance and material culture) Limited to 4 simultaneous users. Does not work with Mac/Safari | ||
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| ABI/Inform Global (Proquest) |  |
1971-current |
| In-depth coverage of business conditions, trends, corporate strategies and tactics, management techniques, competitive and product information, and more. | ||
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| ABSEES (American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies) (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) | 1990-current | |
| North American (U.S. and Canadian) scholarship on East-Central Europe, Russia, and the former Soviet Union. Contains references to journal articles, books, book chapters, book reviews, and more. | ||
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| ACM Digital Library (Association for Computing Machinery) | |
1985-current |
| Full-text of all ACM journals. Also indexes ACM Proceedings series without full text. | ||
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| African Journals Online | Dates vary. Most from 1999-current. | |
| Tables of contents and abstracts from over 180 African-published peer-reviewed journals with links to full text if available. | ||
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| Agricola | ||
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| Alt-Press Watch (Proquest) | |
1995-current |
| Full-text newspapers, magazines and journals of the alternative and independent press. | ||
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| Alternative Press Index (FirstSearch) | 1991-current | |
| Indexes alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines covering cultural, economic, political and social change. | ||
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| America: History and Life (EBSCOHost) | 1964-current | |
| Index to articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, book and media reviews on history and culture of U.S. and Canada from prehistory to the present. Does not work with IE on a Mac | ||
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| American Chemical Society (ACS) Publications (ACS Publications) | |
1996-current |
| Index and full text of periodicals in chemistry and related sciences. | ||
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| American Institute of Physics | ||
| Journals from the AIP. | ||
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| American Periodical Series (ProQuest) | |
1741-1920s |
| Index to and digitized images of American magazines and journals that originated between 1741 and the early 20th century. | ||
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| Annee Philologique (Societe Internationale de Bibliographie Classique) | 1949-current | |
| Indexes journal articles, articles in collections, and conference papers in Classical literature, linguistics and philology, antiquities, history, law and justice, philosophy, and science and technology. Use IE with Macs. Loads slowly using Netscape 4.7 on a Mac. | ||
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| Annual Reviews | |
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| Full-text of reviews in biomedical, physical, and social sciences. | ||
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| Anthropology Plus (FirstSearch) | late 19th century-current | |
| Combines Anthropological Literature (Harvard U.) and Anthropological Index, (Royal Anthropological Institute). | ||
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| AnthroSource | |
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| Includes current issues of 15 of the American Anthropological Association's most critical peer-reviewed publications, an electronic archive of all AAA journals, and access to archival content in JSTOR for key AAA publications. | ||
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| Art Abstracts (WilsonWeb) | |
1984-current |
| Index with abstracts to articles on all aspects of art. Indexes major English-language periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins, as well as European periodicals in a number of different languages. Indexes reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals. Provides access to a wide range of bibliographies, notices of competitions and awards, reports of conferences, exhibition listings, review articles, interviews, and film reviews. | ||
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| Art Index Retrospective (WilsonWeb) | 1929-1984 | |
| Indexing of art related materials published from 1929-1984. Includes articles, reviews, reproductions. Provides international coverage for all aspects of the visual arts. Limited to 1 user at a time. | ||
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| ARTBibliographies Modern (CSA) | 1974-current | |
| Indexing and abstracts of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, dissertations, and exhibition reviews about late 19th- and 20-century fine arts, decorative arts, design, and photography. | ||
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| Article1st (FirstSearch) | |
1990-current |
| Listing of articles from the table of contents of journals in business, science, humanities, social science, medicine, technology,and popular culture. | ||
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| Arts & Humanities Search (FirstSearch) | 1980-current | |
| Index to articles, bibliographies, editorials, letters, reviews, and more in leading arts and humanities journals and selected articles from social science and science journals. | ||
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| ATLA Religion Index (OvidSP) | 1949-current | |
| Religion and theology scholarship in journals and multi-author works. Citations and some full text from Religion Index One (RIO), Religion Index Two (RIT), and Index to Book Reviews in Religion (IBRR). | ||
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| AustLit | 1780-current | |
| Indexes and describes Australian literature published in print and electronic sources. Includes selected critical articles and creative writing in full text. | ||
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| Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (CSA) | 1930-present, selective back to 1860s | |
| International coverage of scholarly and popular periodicals in architecture, architectural sculpture, city planning, and landscape architecture. Limited to 5 simultaneous users. | ||
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| Barron's (Proquest) | |
1988-current |
| Full text of Barron's, a leading newspaper in business and economics. | ||
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| Bibliography of American Literature (LION) | ||
| Describes the works of America's most important literary writers from the time of the Revolution to 1930. | ||
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| Bibliography of Asian Studies (University of Michigan) | 1971-current | |
| Index to articles, books, book chapters, etc., on East, Southeast, and South Asia (especially humanities and social sciences) | ||
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| Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) (CSA) | 1973-current | |
| Covers European and American art from late antiquity to the present. Indexes and abstracts articles, books, conference proceedings, dissertations, and art exhibition and dealer's catalogs. Includes and extends coverage of Repertoire d'Art et d'Archeologie and RILA (International Repertory of the Literature of Art) Limited to 5 simultaneous users. | ||
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| BioOne (BioOne) | |
2000-current |
| Indexes and provides over 50 full-text research and high-impact journals in the fields of biology, ecology, and the environmental sciences. | ||
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| Black Studies Center (Proquest) | ||
| Gateway to Black Studies: Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, International Index to Black Periodicals (IIBP), historical black newspapers, and the Black Literature Index. | ||
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| Black Thought and Culture: African Americans to 1975 (Alexander Street Press) | |
Earliest times to 1975 |
| Non-fiction published works of leading African Americans: monographs, essays, speeches, interviews, journal articles, letters, biographical essays by leading scholars and an extensive annotated bibliography of the sources in the database. | ||
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| British Humanities Index (CSA) | 1962-current | |
| Indexes over 320 arts and humanities journals and weekly magazines published in the UK and other English speaking countries, as well as quality newspapers published in the UK. | ||
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| British Periodicals | Late 17th-early 20th cent. | |
| Searchable full text of hundreds of periodicals from the late 17th century to the early 20th. | ||
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| Business and Company ASAP (Gale) | |
1980-current |
| Information on domestic and international companies and associations. | ||
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| Business And Company Resources Center (Gale) | |
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| Company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, industry overviews, company histories and financials, chronologies, periodical articles, news, press releases, industry and company rankings, market share data, etc. for domestic and international companies and associations. | ||
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| Cambridge Journals Online (Cambridge University Press) | |
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| Charleston Advisor (Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries) | |
1999-current |
| Online reviewing service of web-based products for libraries. | ||
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| CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online) (Columbia University) | |
1991-current |
| Covers theory and research in international affairs. Includes working papers from university research institutes, books, journals, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, conference proceedings, policy briefs and economic indicators. Also includes maps and country data and more. | ||
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| Clase/Periodica (FirstSearch) | 1978-current | |
| Consists of 2 databases: CLASE (Citas Latinoamericanas en Ciencias Sociales and Humanidades) and PERIODICA (Indice de Revistas Latinoamericanas en Ceincias), which can be searched together or separately. Sources are in Spanish, Portuguese, French and English. | ||
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| Communications and Mass Media Complete (Ebsco) | 1915 (a few titles) - current | |
| Communications and mass media | ||
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| Contemporary Women's Issues (Gale) | |
1992-current |
| Provides full-text access to global information on women in over 150 countries. Indexes books, journals, newsletters, research reports from non-profit groups, government and international agencies, and fact sheets. | ||
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| CQ Researcher (Congressional Quarterly) | |
1991-current |
| Reports and analysis on political and social issues in the news. Regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy. Includes background and chronology, tables and maps, opposing viewpoints, and bibliographies. Limited to 5 simultaneous users | ||
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| CQ Weekly Report (CQ Press) | |
1983-current |
| Includes weekly reports and analysis of the activities of Congress: current topics, status of bills in play, behind-the-scenes maneuvering, committee and floor activity, debates and all roll-call votes. | ||
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| Duke University Press Journals Online (eDuke) | ||
| Access to twenty-nine Duke Univ. Press humanities and social science journals | ||
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| E-PRINT Network (Dept. of Energy) | |
1998-current |
| Gateway to web sites and databases worldwide containing e-prints in basic and applied sciences, primarily in physics, but also in such areas as chemistry, biology and life sciences, materials science, nuclear sciences and engineering, energy research, computer and information technologies, and other disciplines. Included are pre-publication drafts of journal articles (preprints), scholarly papers, technical communications, or similar documents relaying research results among peer groups. | ||
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| EBSCOhost (Ebsco) | |
dates vary |
| Multidisciplinary database provides full text of general reference publications covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Select also includes 37 full text reference books and an Image Collection of 116,000 photos, maps and flags. | ||
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| EconLit (CSA) | 1969-current | |
| Covers international economic journals. Includes articles, essays, research papers, books, dissertations, working papers about accounting, consumer economics, monetary policy, labor, marketing, demographics, modeling, economic theory, and more. | ||
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| Environment Complete (EBSCOHost) | 1940s-current | |
| Environment Complete contains records from more than 1,700 domestic and international titles going back to the 1940s as well as more than 120 monographs. Also contains full text for more than 680 journals. Covers agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, and more. | ||
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| ERIC (CSA) | 1966-current | |
| National education database containing citations to research documents, journal articles, technical reports, program descriptions and evaluations, and curricular materials. Items identified with an ERIC Document (ED) number are available full text through E-Subscribe, a companion resource. | ||
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| Ethnic Newswatch: A History (ProQuest) | |
1960-1989 |
| Full-text of newspapers of the U.S. ethnic and minority press in both English and Spanish. | ||
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| Expanded Academic Index (Gale) | |
1980-current |
| Multidisciplinary index to articles in scholarly and popular English-language periodicals. | ||
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| Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index | 1996-current | |
| Covers journal articles, book reviews, and essays in books about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages. Books written by a single author are not indexed. | ||
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| FIAF International Film Archive (SilverPlatter) | 1972-current | |
| Published by the International Federation of Film Archives, contains records from the International Index to Film Periodicals and the International Index to Television Periodicals. Does not work on a Mac | ||
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| FirstSearch (FirstSearch) | |
Dates vary by database |
| Contains over 30 databases on a variety of subjects. | ||
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| Gender Inn | ||
| Searchable database of records pertaining to feminist theory, feminist literary criticism and gender studies focusing on English and American literature. | ||
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| GenderWatch (Proquest) | |
1998-current |
| Full-text of publications that focus on issues of gender in a broad spectrum of subject areas. Includes books, booklets/pamphlets, conference proceedings, magazines, newsletters, newspapers and reports. | ||
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| GEOBASE (FirstSearch) | 1980-current | |
| Covers journals, books, conference proceedings, and reports on geography, geology, ecology, and more. | ||
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| GeoRef (CSA) | 1785-current | |
| Covers geology and geoscience. The database is comprised of four major reference publications: Bibliography of North American Geology, Bibliography and Index of Geology Exclusive of North America, Geophysical Abstracts, and the Bibliography and Index of Geology. Additional items come from special bibliographies produced on request for state surveys or societies, and annual subject and author indexes. | ||
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| GeoScienceWorld (GSW) | |
Varies by journal |
| Comprehensive Internet resource for research and communications in the geosciences, built on a core database aggregation of peer-reviewed journals indexed, linked, and inter-operable with GeoRef. | ||
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| Gerritsen Collection: Women's History Online, 1542-1945 (Chadwyck-Healey) | |
1543-1945 |
| Contains primary source materials in women's history that span four centuries and fifteen languages. | ||
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| Google Scholar | ||
| Links to peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations | ||
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| Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS) (Library of Congress) | 1936-current | |
| Bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars. Edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress, the multidisciplinary Handbook alternates annually between the social sciences and the humanities. | ||
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| Health & Wellness Resource Center (Gale) | |
1980-current |
| Provides full-text materials, abstracts and citations to patient and consumer health information found in journals, magazines, pamphlets and reference works. Provides browsable access to Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, Medical & Health Information Directory, Mosby's Medical, Nursing & Allied Health Dictionary, the USPDI, vol. 2: Advice for the Patient, and other resources. | ||
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| Highwire Press (Some Free Journals) | |
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| Archive of free full-text science articles | ||
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| Hispanic American Periodical Index (HAPI) (University of California at Los Angeles) | 1970-current | |
| The principal index to articles on Latin America and Hispanic Americans in the US, it includes journals in the social sciences and humanities published in the Western world since 1970. Journals indexed are those devoted exclusively to Latin American and Caribbean themes. Book reviews are also indexed. | ||
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| Historical Abstracts (EBSCOHost) | 1955-current | |
| World history after 1450, excluding U.S. and Canada: articles, books, collections, and dissertations. Does not work with IE on a Mac | ||
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| History Cooperative | |
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| Full text of current journals in history | ||
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| Index Islamicus (CSA) | 1906-current | |
| Indexes literature (journals, conference proceedings, monographs, etc.) on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world from 1906-current. Includes not only work written about the Middle East, but also about the other main Muslim areas of Asia and Africa, plus Muslim minorities elsewhere. | ||
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| Index of Articles on Jewish Studies (Jewish National and University Library) | 1966-current | |
| Material listed in Rambi is compiled from thousands of periodicals and from collections of articles - in Hebrew, Yiddish, and European languages- mainly from the holdings of the Jewish National and University Library, a world center for research on the Jewish people and Eretz Israel. | ||
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| Index of Christian Art (Princeton University) | |
Early apostolic times to A.D. 1400 |
| Documents works of art in all media produced from apostolic times through the 15th century with Christian themes or for ecclesiastical settings. Entries include bibliographies, scholarly commentaries and images. | ||
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| IndexCat: the Surgeon General's Index | 1880-1961 | |
| The online version of the Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office, U.S. Army (61 volumes in 5 series, 1880-1961), is a comprehensive subject catalog of books, pamphlets, dissertations, reports, and journal articles published from the 17th-20th century and held by NLM. | ||
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| Ingenta (Ingenta) | Dates vary | |
| Index to print and online periodicals. Choose "online" to limit to online; choose "fax/ariel" articles to include print titles. Note that online fulltext is only available for those titles to which Vassar subscribes. Ingenta's document delivery charges are steep; use Vassar's ILL service instead. | ||
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| Ingenta Select (Ingenta) | varies by title | |
| Index to online periodicals. Note that online fulltext is only available for those titles to which Vassar subscribes. Ingenta's document delivery charges are steep; use Vassar's ILL service instead. | ||
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| International Index to Music Periodicals Full-Text (Chadwyck-Healey) | |
1874-current |
| Covers nearly all aspects of the world of music, from the most scholarly studies to the latest crazes. Includes international music periodicals from over 20 countries. Also includes retrospective coverage from periodicals dating back as far as 1874. | ||
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| International Political Science Abstracts (Sage) | 2007-current | |
| Non-evaluative abstracts of articles in the field of political science published in major political science journals (and yearbooks) all over the world | ||
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| IOP (Institute of Physics) | |
Dates vary |
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| ITER: Gateway to the Renaissance (Iter) | 400-1700 | |
| Bibliography of articles, essays, books, and reviews covering Medieval and Renaissance Europe. | ||
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| JSTOR | |
Dates vary |
| Backfiles of selected electronic journals in economics, finance, language, literature, mathematics, population/demography, philosophy, political science, history, sociology, ecology, higher education, and Asian studies. | ||
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| Kluwer Journals Online | |
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| LexisNexis Academic (Lexis-Nexis) | |
Dates vary |
| Includes general news, business, legal (law reviews and case law) and medical information. Also includes reference works such as biographical information, polls & surveys, quotations, state profiles, and country profiles. | ||
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| LexisNexis Congressional (Lexis-Nexis) | |
1789-current |
| Indexes congressional publications and CIS Legislative Histories (1970-present) Includes full text of congressional reports, documents, prints, bills, and the Congressional Record, testimony from congressional hearings, bill tracking through the House and Senate, public laws, Statutes at Large, and the U.S. Code, the Federal Register, information about members and committees, and more. | ||
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| Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (Ebsco) | |
mid-1960s-current |
| Indexes more than 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. | ||
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| Literature Online (LION) | |
Dates vary |
| English and American poetry, drama and prose, plus biographies, bibliographies and key criticism and reference resources. Limited to 4 simultaneous users | ||
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| Literature, Arts, and Medicine Database (NYU) | ||
| Annotated multimedia listing of prose, poetry, film, video and art related to medicine. | ||
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| MathSciNet (American Mathematical Society) | 1940-current | |
| Indexes articles and reviews from the world's mathematical literature. Provides access to bibliographic data and reviews of mathematical research literature contained in the Mathematical Reviews Database. Provides links to original articles and other original documents, when available. ArticleLinker does not work with Macs | ||
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| MEDLINE (FirstSearch) | 1965-current | |
| Indexes journals in all areas of medicine including dentistry and nursing. Corresponds to the print indexes Index Medicus, Index to Dental Literature, and International Nursing Index. | ||
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| MedlinePlus (NLM) | |
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| Authoritative and up to date professional and consumer health information from the world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine. | ||
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| MLA Bibliography (FirstSearch) | 1926-current | |
| Indexes scholarship on literature, language, linguistics, and folklore. Includes journal articles, monographs, working papers, proceedings, bibliographies, and other formats. Also includes the MLA Directory of Periodicals. | ||
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| NCJRS (National Criminal Justice Reference Service) Abstracts Database | ||
| Abstracts of publications in criminal justice (corrections, courts, drugs and crime, juvenile justice, law enforcement, crime victims, etc.) from NCJRS sponsoring agencies (National Institute of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office for Victims of Crimes, Bureau of Justice Statistics, and Bureau of Justice Assistance. When fulltext is available online, a link is included with the abstract. | ||
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| New Literature on Women (Samlingarna) | 1980-current | |
| References to journal articles, books and papers in social sciences and humanities mainly in Goteborg University Library. | ||
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| Nineteenth Century (Proquest) | 1801-1900 | |
| Index to Nineteenth-Century English language works available on microfiche. VC has part of the General Collection (microfiche #1.1.1- # 1.1.14337), covering Politics, Economics, Geography and Topography, Agriculture, History and Archaeology, Jurisprudence, Philosophy, Psychology, Education, Recreation, Science, Medicine, Useful Arts, Religion, Household Management and the entire Specialist Collection (Publishing, the Booktrade and the Diffusion of Knowledge) in the Microtext Room. | ||
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| Nineteenth Century Masterfile (Paratext) | 1802-1906 | |
| Index to Anglo-American publications from the 19th century. Periodical indices include: Poole’s Index to Periodical Literature, 1802-1970; Index to Legal Periodical Literature, 1786-1922; Index to Periodicals, 1890-1902; and An Alphabetical Subject Index and Index Encyclopedia to Periodical Articles on Religion, 1890-1899. Patent and Government Document indices include: Compilation of the Message and Papers of the Presidents (1789-1897), Subject Matter Index of Patents Issued by the U. S. (1790-1873), Cobett's Parliamentary History of England (1066-1803), Hansard's Index to Debates, House of Commons (1803-1830), Hansard's Index to Debates, House of Lords (1803-1830), Descriptive Catalogue of the Government Publications of the U.S. (1774-1881), and Index to Congressional Record of the first 40 US Congresses. | ||
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| Nineteenth-Century Fiction (LION) | |
1782-1903 |
| English prose by writers from the British Isles from the period 1700 to 1780. | ||
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| NUMDAM | |
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| Digitized versions of ancient mathematics documents published in France. | ||
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| PAIS International (CSA) | 1915-1976 (Archive) and 1972-current | |
| Indexes journals, books, hearings, reports, government publications, etc., on global public policy and social issues. Covers banking and public finance, culture and religion, economic conditions, education, energy and environment, health conditions, human rights, international relations, media, science and technology, and more. | ||
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| PapersFirst (FirstSearch) | 1993-current | |
| Indexes papers presented at conferences worldwide. Covers every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received by The British Library Document Supply Centre. | ||
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| Periodicals Archive Online (Chadwyck Healey) | 1802-1995 | |
| Archive of hundreds of digitized journals published in the arts, humanities and social sciences. A sister database, Periodicals Index Online, provides additional indexing for articles in over 4,700 periodicals. | ||
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| Periodicals Index Online (Chadwyck-Healey) (formerly PCI) | 1665-1995 | |
| Indexes scholarly journals in humanities and
social sciences from their first issues to 1995. A sister database, Periodicals Archive Online, provides a full-text archive of some 475 journals published between 1802 and 1995.
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| Pew Hispanic Center | |
2001-current |
| The Pew Hispanic Center has as its prime mission "to improve understanding of the U.S. Hispanic population and to chronicle Latinos' growing impact on the entire nation." To achieve this goal, the Center has embarked on a number of ambitious projects, including a regular program of research papers, performing an annual survey of Latino attitudes, and communicating these findings to policy-makers, business leaders, and various media organizations. | ||
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| Philosopher's Index (CSA) | 1940-current | |
| Provides indexing and abstracts from books and journals of philosophy and related fields. Covers ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology, and metaphysic logic as well as material on philosophy of law, religion, science, history, education, and language.
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| PILOTS Database (CSA) | 1871-current | |
| Citations to journals, books, book chapters, etc., on post-traumatic stress disorder, other psychiatric disorders associated with exposure to a traumatic event, and other mental-health sequelae of traumatic events. | ||
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| Project Muse (Johns Hopkins Univ. Press) | |
Dates vary |
| Provides access to full text of scholarly journals in arts and humanities, social sciences and mathematics. | ||
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| ProQuest | |
1986-current |
| Multidisciplinary index to articles in scholarly and popular periodicals. Includes some newspapers, Historical New York Times and Wall Street Journal. | ||
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| PsycArticles (CSA) | |
varies by title |
| Full text of articles from APA journals and selected Educational Publishing Foundation journals. new interface effective 8/1/05 | ||
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| PsycINFO (CSA) | |
1887-current |
| Citations and abstracts of journal articles, book chapters, books, technical reports and dissertations in psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines, such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, and law. | ||
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| PubMed Central (NLM) | |
Dates vary |
| U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature. | ||
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| Readers' Guide Abstracts (WilsonWeb) | 1983-current | |
| Contains abstracts of articles from popular magazines on business,fashion, consumer affairs,fine arts, current events,health and nutrition, education, sports. | ||
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| Readers' Guide Retrospective (WilsonWeb) | 1890-1982 | |
| Indexes articles from the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the U.S. Reflects the history of 20th century America. | ||
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| Religion Index (ATLA) (OvidSP) | 1949-current | |
| Indexes journal articles, book chapters, book review citations in religion (Biblical studies, world religions, Church history and religious perspectives on social issues, etc.) Includes Religion Index One: Periodicals, Religion Index Two: Multi-author works, and Index to Book Reviews in Religion. Does not work on a Mac | ||
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| Religious and Theological Abstracts | ||
| Abstracts of articles in scholarly journals in religion and theology, including Christian, Jewish, and other World religions, and English language abstracts of articles in English, Hebrew, Afrikaans, and major European languages. | ||
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| RePEc (Research papers in Economics)/IDEAS | |
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| Free abstracts for journal articles, working papers, books, book chapters, and software; many links to fulltext. | ||
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| Research Library (Proquest) | |
1971-current |
| Scholarly and popular journals | ||
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| RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (CSA) | 1969-current | |
| International bibliography of scholarly writings on music and related disciplines. Includes articles, books, bibliographies, catalogues, dissertations, Festschriften, e-publications, films and videos, iconographies, critical commentaries to complete works, ethnographic recordings, conference proceedings, reviews. | ||
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| Science Online (AAAS) | |
1997-current |
| Access to the complete online Science database with hypertext links to related citations in Medline, the ISI Citation Index, and to full text articles in 200 scientific journals. Also allows access to ScienceNOW, an online news service of Science magazine. | ||
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| Science Reference Center | ||
| Contains full text for nearly 640 science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, etc. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife. Designed to support the middle school and high school curriculum. | ||
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| ScienceDirect (Elsevier) | |
Dates vary |
| Access to scientific, technical and medical peer-reviewed journals. Search over 40 million abstracts from scientific articles. Link out to articles from over 120 other publishers. | ||
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| SciFinder Scholar (CAS) | ||
| Chemistry abstracts. Requires a SciFinder account. Please <a href="https://scifinder.cas.org/registration/index.html?corpKey=38C3B603-86F3-50AB-5DAE-FE0ECBA004F9">click here to create an account</a> before using SciFinder for the first time. | ||
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| Scopus (Elsevier) | dates vary | |
| Abstract and citation database covering over 15,000 peer-reviewed titles from more than 4,000 publishers. Emphasis on science and social science. | ||
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| Shakespeare Bibliography | 1900-current | |
| Indexes books, articles, book reviews, dissertations, theatrical productions, production reviews, audiovisual materials, electronic media, and other scholarly and popular materials related to Shakespeare and published or produced since 1900. | ||
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| Short Story Index | |
1984-current |
| Index to short stories written in or translated into English that have appeared in collections and selected periodicals, with full text of more than 1600. | ||
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| SIAM Journals Online | |
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| Full-text journals from the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) | ||
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| Social Science Research Network (Social Science Electronic Publishing) | |
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| Working papers and forthcoming papers in the social sciences. Consists of two parts: an Abstract Database containing abstracts of scholarly working papers and forthcoming papers and an Electronic Paper Collection containing full-text documents. | ||
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| Social Services Abstracts (CSA) | 1980-current | |
| 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 1,406 serials publications and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations, and citations to book reviews. | ||
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| Sociological Abstracts (CSA) | 1963-current | |
| Provides access to world's literature in sociology and related disciplines (anthropology, economics, education, medicine, political sciences, and more) Abstracts of journal articles, conference papers, dissertations, books, and book reviews. | ||
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| SpringerLink | |
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| Online scientific, technical, and medical journals from Springer Verlag. | ||
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| Statistical Universe (LexisNexis) | |
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| Statistical data from federal agencies, U.S. Congress, state governments, United Nations, international organizations. Coverage: <br /> - all statistics issued by the U.S. government back to 1973 through CIS' American Statistics Index. <br /> - some 1,000 of the best statistical publications of private and state government sources from 1980 forward through CIS' Statistical Reference Index. <br /> - approximately 2,000 titles from 00 international intergovernmental organizations, all published annually since 1983 through CIS' Index to International Statistics. | ||
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| University of Chicago Press | |
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| Journals from the U. of Chicago presenting original research from international scholars in social sciences, humanities, education, biological and medical sciences, and physical sciences. | ||
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| Urban Studies Abstracts (Ebsco) | ||
| Covers essential areas related to urban studies, including urban affairs, community development, urban history, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. | ||
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| Victorian Database Online | 1945-current | |
| References to articles, books, and dissertations on every field of nineteenth-century British studies. | ||
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| Web of Science (ISI) | 1984-current | |
| Library no longer subscribes to WOS. Use Scopus for citations to articles in scholarly journals in science and social science. Use Arts & Humanities Search (FirstSearch) for Arts & Humanities Citation Index. | ||
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| Wiley Interscience Journals (Wiley) | |
dates vary |
| Includes full-text of Wiley journals in science, business, education, law, mathematics, medicine, psychology, social sciences. | ||
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| Wilson SelectPlus (FirstSearch) | |
1994-current |
| Multidisciplinary database of full-text articles. Includes US and international professional publications, academic journals, and trade magazines. Many articles are linked to citations in other FirstSearch databases. | ||
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| World Shakespeare Bibliography (Johns Hopkins) | 1900-current | |
| Indexes books, articles, book reviews, dissertations, theatrical productions, production reviews, audiovisual materials, electronic media, and other scholarly and popular materials related to Shakespeare and published or produced since 1900. | ||
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| Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (CSA) | 1975-current | |
| Politics, international relations, government, public policy. | ||
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