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ABI/Inform
Complete
ABI/Inform Global covers 3,000 U.S.
and international business journals in full text, indexing of over 4,000 from as early as 1923, and data on 60,000 companies. Includes Dateline and Trade & Industry databases.
Academic Search Complete
over 5,500 full-text periodicals, most peer-reviewed, in a broad range of academic areas; indexing and abstracts for thousands of additional journals and nearly 10,000 monographs, reports, conference proceedings. (Replaces InfoTrac at Averett.)
ACM Digital Library
citations with abstracts for 344 journals, magazines, transactions,
proceedings, and newsletters of the Association for Computing
Machinery and affiliated organizations (for full text, use Citation Linker or search in Google Scholar)
AGRICOLA
citations to resources on all aspects of agriculture,
forestry, and animal science, including equestrian studies
AltHealthWatch
focuses on complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness; full text articles from more than 180 international, often peer-reviewed journals and reports; pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts
American Film Scripts Online
"American Film Scripts Online contains 1,009 scripts by 1,062 writers together with detailed, fielded information on the scenes, characters and people related to the scripts. In addition, the database includes facsimilie images for more than 500 of these screenplays."
American
National Biography
full-text biographies of prominent Americans who
are now deceased. Continues and updates the Dictionary of
American Biography, 1928-1985.
Reference Collection: E
176 .D56
ArticleFirst
index to articles from 12,000 sources; 1990 to
present
ARTstor
nearly one million images in the visual and performing arts, history, anthropology, archaeology, humanities, and social sciences; for more information see ARTstor Research Guide (PDF)
Asian American Drama
252 plays by 42 playwrights, together with information on productions, theaters, production companies
ATLA
Religion Index
index to 1,400 international journals (600 current)
and 15,500 multi-author works, 1949- Note: This
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Averett
Library Catalog
lists books, electronic books, videos, DVD's and
other media available from the library
BioOne
full text research journals in biology, ecology,
and environmental science
Black Drama, 1850 to Present ... in North American Theatre Online
200 plays by 201 playwrights, with information on productions, theaters, production companies; selected playbills and production photographs
Business Source Complete (alternate: "Business interface")
full text for thousands of journals, many peer-reviewed, in accounting, business, management, marketing and economics, plus 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; updated daily
The Chronicle of Higher Education
premier source for higher education news and commentary, book reviews, statistics, job listings, and research grants information
Clase / Periódica
Clase indexes documents published in Latin American journals specializing in the social sciences and humanities; Periódica indexes science and technology journals; articles may be in Spanish, Portuguese, French or English.
Classical Music Library
"world's largest multi-label database of Classical music recordings for listening and learning in libraries. The growing collection of 50,000-plus tracks includes recordings from the world's greatest labels including Hyperion, Bridge Records, Sanctuary Classics, Artemis-Vanguard, Hänssler Classic, Vox and many more. Coverage includes music written from the earliest times (e.g. Gregorian Chant) to the present, including many contemporary composers. Repertoire ranges from vocal and choral music, to chamber, orchestral, solo instrumental, and opera."
Communication & Mass Media Complete
comprehensive index with abstracts and some full text for 600 journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields
Computers & Applied Sciences Complete
covers the research and development spectrum of computing and applied sciences disciplines: engineering, computer theory & systems, business and social implications of new technology; indexing and abstracts for 1,720 journals and publications; full text for more than 670 periodicals
Consumer Health Complete
web site covering consumer health topics from alternative treatments through work life
Contemporary
Authors
in Literature Resource Center full text bio-bibliographical guide to more than
120,000 authors, including those who were active prior to 1960,
but continue to influence contemporary literature; now included in the Literature Resource Center
Contemporary
Women's Issues
index to over 1,500 sources (books, journals,
newsletters, research reports) from nonprofit groups, government
and international agencies, 1992-
CQ
Researcher - weekly full text reports on social issues from
Congressional Quarterly, 1991-
EconLit
indexes the Journal of Economic Literature (1969-present); includes book reviews and links to some 40,000 full text working papers in economic theory and application
Economia y Negocios
business and economics coverage for over 300 Spanish and Portuguese-language periodicals published in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Spain, the United States and elsewhere
Education Research Complete
full text of 900 scholarly journals and indexing and abstracts for 1,820 journals; covers early childhood to higher education and all educational specialties (multilingual education, health education, testing, etc.), curriculum instruction, administration, policy, funding, and related social issues; includes more than 71 books and monographs and full text for numerous education-related conference papers
ERIC
comprehensive index to ERIC clearinghouse documents and to articles from 1,000 journals in education and related fields, plus technical reports, media, program descriptions, evaluations, and curricular materials, from 1966 to the present. Includes full text online for ERIC documents published since 1993. ERIC documents: ED; Journal articles: EJ
Environment Complete
full text for more than 600 journals covering environmental aspects 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; includes Environment (back to 1975), Ecologist, Conservation Biology; full text for more than 100 monographs, such as Encyclopedia of World Environmental History (3 volumes), Advances in Water Treatment & Environmental Management
Factiva
full text of over 8,000 business, news, and professional
sources, plus investment analysis, company, and industry information.
Full text of the Wall Street Journal, 1984 to present.
Read front pages and link to web sites of daily newspapers from
23 countries, including Le Figaro, Le Monde, Die Welt, The
Jerusalem Post, An-Nahar (Lebanon), El Mundo, The Guardian.
(See Factiva
Tour for a guide to searching the database.)
FirstSearch
databases
citation databases, some with abstracts, in various
subject areas
Fuente Academica
full text of over 450 scholarly journals from Latin America, Portugal and Spain covering a broad range of disciplines
GEOBASE
index to literature in geography, geology, and
ecology, from 2,060 sources, 1980-
Global Road Warrior
browse maps or enter keywords for country specific information, including geography, climate, demographics, government, economy and trade, culture and cultural taboos, Visa requirements, security issues
Granger's
World of Poetry
over 200,000 poem citations and more than 23,000
full text poems, plus commentaries, author biographies and glossary
GroveMusic
comprehensive encyclopedia of western and world
music, composers, and musicians; includes New Grove Dictionary
of Music and Musicians (2nd ed.), New Grove Dictionary
of Opera, and New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (2nd ed.)
Health Source - Consumer Edition
full text of consumer health magazines, including American Fitness, Better Nutrition, Fit Pregnancy, Harvard Health Letter, HealthFacts, Men's Health, Muscle & Fitness, Prevention, Vegetarian Times; full text for more than 1,000 health-related pamphlets and 130 health reference books; more than 4,500 Clinical Reference Systems reports (in English and Spanish); Lixi-PAL Drug Guide covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names; includes Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary
Health Source -Nursing/Academic Edition
nearly 550 full text scholarly journals in medical disciplines; abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals. Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong, including full text from Creative Nursing, Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing, Issues in Mental Health Nursing, Journal of Advanced Nursing, Journal of Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, Journal of Clinical Nursing, Journal of Community Health Nursing, Journal of Nursing Management, Nursing Ethics, Nursing Forum, Nursing Inquiry;Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names
HighWire Press
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free backfiles
(1 to 24 months after publication) - search full text articles in Biochemistry, Cell
Biology, Molecular Biology, Microbiology and Virology, Immunology,
Neurosciences, Physiology, Botany, Medicine, Psychiatry and
Psychology
Hospitality & Tourism Complete
full text from 440 periodicals, company & country reports and books; covers Canada, Australia, Europe and Asia; topics include culinary arts, demographics & statistics, development & investment, food & beverage management, hospitality law, hotel management & administrative practices, leisure & business travel, market trends, technology
Humanities International Complete
full text for more than 670 journals, plus books and other published sources from around the world; includes all data from Humanities International Index, plus unique full text content; covers all aspects of the humanities, with worldwide content pertaining to literary, scholarly and creative thought
Latino Literature
"...
approximately 299 plays and over 51,000 pages of prose and poetry by Chicano, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Dominican and other Latin writers working in the United States."
Legal Collection
full text for more than 250 prominent law journals; covers criminal justice, international law, federal law, organized crime, medical, labor & human resource law, ethics, the environment and more; includes American Journal of Criminal Law, California Law Review, and more; indexing and abstracts for additional journals
Lexis-Nexis
Academic Universe
full text news, business, legal, medical, and
general reference sources; includes 4,288 full text journals,
plus full text of the New York Times (1980 to present). See
also, New York Times, 1851 to
1998
Literature
Online
full text of more than 350,000 works of English
and American poetry, drama, and prose, plus film clips and new
poets on screen; literary works are cross-referenced to critical
works, including biographies, bibliographies, key reference
resources, and 120 full text journals
Literature Resource Center
compendium of full text literary reference sources, including the Dictionary of Literary Biography, Scribner's and Twayne's authors series, the MLA International Bibliography, and an encyclopedia of literature; includes extensive bibliographies of works and criticism
MasterFILE Premier
full text for nearly 1,750 general periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues; indexing and abstracts for more than 2,650 titles; 5,000 full text Magill Book Reviews, nearly 500 full text reference books including the World Almanac & Book of Facts; full text from 86,017 biographies, 105,786 full text primary source documents, American Heritage Dictionary, 4th Edition and an Image Collection of 341,655 photos, maps and flags; PDF backfiles as far back as 1975 for key publications including American Libraries, Foreign Affairs, History Today, Judaism, Library Journal and National Review
MedicLatina
full text for nearly 120 peer-reviewed medical journals in native Spanish; covers neuroscience, cardiology, nephrology, biomedicine, clinical research, pediatrics, human reproduction, clinical pathology, cancer research, and hematology
MEDLINE
search abstracts from over 4,800 current biomedical journals; link out to full text in other databases
Mergent Online
data and corporate history for over 35,000 publicly traded companies: 12,000 domestic, 24,000 international, 10,000 extinct (due to merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, etc); over 200,000 annual reports, 30 years of stock prices
Mergent Horizon
Use Mergent Horizon to acquire information on services, products, suppliers, mergers/acquisitions for a specific company.
Military & Government Collection
cover-to-cover full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals; indexing and abstracts for nearly 400 titles; publications include Air Force Comptroller, Army Reserve Magazine, Defence Studies, JFQ: Joint Force Quarterly, Military Technology, Combat Edge, FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, Foreign Affairs, Naval Forces
MLA
International Bibliography
comprehensive index to scholarly materials in
literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore, including
articles, books, essays, working papers, proceedings, dissertations
and bibliographies, 1963-
Nature
Online
full content of the journal Nature, from
June 1997 through the current issue
netLibrary:
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full text of 27,000 nonfiction electronic books,
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New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd
ed. - See Grove
Music
New York Times, 1851 to present
Search the entire NY Times archive from the newspaper's public web site: full text articles from 1851-1922 are free (out of copyright); articles from 1987-present are offered free of charge; some articles published between 1923 and 1986 (freelance, under copyright) will require payment. AU students and faculty may either pay for articles online or contact the library. We will pay the fee and place the order at no cost to you.
Newspaper Source Plus
cover-to-cover full text for 149 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, The Times (London), The Age, The Australian, The Toronto Star, The Irish Times and others. The database also contains selective full text for more than 410 U.S newspapers, including The Chicago Tribune, The Detroit Free Press, San Jose Mercury News, etc. In addition, full-text television & radio news transcripts are provided from CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, National Public Radio (NPR)
North American Theatre Online
" comprehensive reference work covering all aspects of the Canadian and American Theatre. It includes some 40,000 pages of major reference materials, together with records to approximately 30,000 plays, 57,000 people, 5,400 theatres, 22,000 productions, and 2,500 production companies." It includes the following collections:
Black Drama
Twentieth Century North American Drama
Asian American Drama
North American Women's Drama
Latino Drama
North American Indian Drama
North American Women's Drama 1,021 plays by 247 playwrights, with detailed information on productions, theaters, production companies
Oxford
English Dictionary
definitions, word origins, quotations from the English speaking world, as illustrated in historic and current publications; web edition, with full text of the 22-volume 2nd ed. (1989), plus draft material for the upcoming 3rd ed.; updated quarterly
Oxford Reference Online Premium
Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, Oxford Companions series, 100+ dictionaries and thesauruses, bilingual dictionaries, subject encyclopedias, 50,000 signed entries with bibliographies
PAIS
International and PAIS Archive
citations to public affairs journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports, publications of international agencies, microfiche, Internet material (excluding newspapers and newsletters) in publications from over 120 countries
PapersFirst - index to papers presented at conferences worldwide,
1993-
Polling
the Nations - "a compilation of more than 14,000 surveys conducted by over 1000 polling organizations in the United States and 100 other countries from 1986 to the present time" ... more information
Pro
& Con
nonpartisan analysis of controversial issues before
Congress, the Supreme Court, and the United Nations; includes
Teaching Resources, Civil Rights and the Judiciary, Economic
and Environmental Policy, Government and Politics, and Foreign
Policy; online access to Congressional Digest,Supreme
Court Debates, and International Debates
ProceedingsFirst
index to worldwide conference proceedings, 1993-
Project
Muse
(See also Literature Online) index to university press journals
in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Connect to full text and interlibrary loan with Citation Linker.
PsycArticles
search APA journals directly for full-text, peer-reviewed articles in psychology from 59 journals published by the American Psychological Association and allied organizations
PsycInfo
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- comprehensive index to scholarly books and journals
in psychology and related disciplines from the late 1800's to the present; 97 percent of the material covered is peer-reviewed; coverage is international; link out to full text in PsycArticles and other sources. Guide to searching PsycInfo.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
full text of nearly 575 publications, including 550 peer-reviewed journals, most indexed in PsycInfo; covers emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods; includes indexing and abstracts for additional journals; can be searched independently; also allows linking to full text from citations in PsycINFO
Pub Med
access to over 14 million citations in MEDLINE,
PreMEDLINE, and other related databases, with links to participating
online journals, plus links to molecular biology databases of
DNA/protein sequences and 3-D structure data
PLoS (Public Library of Science)
open access publication of peer reviewed articles
Regional
Business News
full text of 75 business journals, newspapers
and newswires from U.S. metropolitan and rural areas
Religion and Philosophy Collection
full text for nearly 300 journals, including more than 250 peer-reviewed titles in theology and philosophical studies; includes Archaeology, Biblical Interpretation, British Journal for the History of Philosophy, Catholic Historical Review, Christianity Today, Comparative Sociology, Ethics, Greek Orthodox Theological Review, Islamic Law & Society, Journal of Jewish Thought & Philosophy, Metaphilosophy, Method & Theory in the Study of Religion, Philosophical Perspectives, Religion & Theology
Salud en Espanol
Spanish language version of Consumer Health Complete web site
Science
Online (limited access)
subscription cancelled) - includes citations and some full text articles from Science Magazine and Science Now
Scitable
Genetics learning community from Nature Publishing: read articles on key topics in genetics; connect with faculty, researchers, students; develop course packs; contribute papers, video, audio
Social
Services Abstracts
index with abstracts to research in social work,
human services, social welfare, social policy, and community
development; covers over 1,500 serials; cites articles, dissertations
and book reviews
Sociological
Abstracts
comprehensive index to international literature
in sociology and related disciplines, 1963 to present, abstracts
1974 to present; covers over 1700 journals, plus book reviews,
books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers
SportDiscus
comprehensive international index to journals and books in recreation, exercise
physiology, sports medicine, coaching, physical fitness, the
psychology, history and sociology of sport, training, and conditioning,
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Twentieth Century North American Drama
319 plays by 53 playwrights, including Eugene O'Neill, William Saroyan, Paul Green, and Thornton Wilder; 25 plays published here for the first time; includes selected playbills, photos, production details
Ulrich's
Web
comprehensive index of periodicals, including
links to tables of contents, article abstracts, full-text, and
document delivery; includes content of Ulrich's Periodicals
Directory.
Vente et Gestion
full text coverage for French language business journals, both academic and professional; coverage of accounting & tax, administration, industry & manufacturing, marketing, logistics, technology
Wiley InterScience
over 750 full text scholarly and professional journals in science, technology, medicine; also includes humanities and social sciences journals
Women's Studies International
covers core disciplines in Women’s Studies and feminist research from 1972 to the present in sociology, history, political science & economy, public policy, international relations, arts & humanities, business and education; includes journals, newspapers, newsletters, bulletins, books, book chapters, proceedings, reports, theses, dissertations, NGO studies, Web sites & Web documents, and grey literature; inclues over 2,000 periodicals and the following database files: Women Studies Abstracts, Women’s Studies Bibliography Database, Women’s Studies Database, Women Studies Librarian, Women of Color and Southern Women: A Bibliography of Social Science Research, and Women’s Health and Development: An Annotated Bibliography
World Almanacs
Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia
The World Almanac and Book of Facts
The World Almanac of the U.S.A.
The World Almanac of U.S. Politics
The World Almanac for Kids
--coverage from 1998 to the present
World Encyclopedia
nearly 12,000 concise entries with "essential information on a range of subjects, including world affairs, science and technology, the arts, modern and ancient history, religion, sports, and popular culture."
World
Fact Book
CIA maps and demographic information on countries
and regions (published annually)
WorldCat
comprehensive catalog of books, film, Internet
resources selected by libraries, with limit to Internet sources
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