Library Databases & Indexes
ALarge, scholarly, multi-disciplinary database containing indexing for over 8,000 journals with full text for more than 4,600 scholarly publications. Covers all subjects. Good place to start your search. (from EBSCO ) 1975--current | Some full text | More info |
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From the Association for Computing Machinery, provides full text access to every article published by ACM, including over 50 years of archives. Link here to citations and abstracts from other publishers as well in The Guide to Computing Literature. Some full text |
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Database focuses on complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It offers full text articles for more than 180 international, and often peer-reviewed journals and reports. In addition, there are hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts. Features indexing and abstracts going back as far as 1984, and full text going back as far as 1990. (from EBSCO ) 1984--current | some full text | More info |
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Comprehensive coverage of articles from journals, book reviews, and dissertations published worldwide on the history and culture of the United States and Canada. From pre-history to the present. Search this database with Historical Abstracts for world coverage. 1964--current | Abstracts & citations only | More info |
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Provides collection descriptions of historical documents, personal papers, and family histories held in archives around the world. Includes descriptions from thousands of libraries, museums, and archives. Researchers searching ArchiveGrid can learn about the many items in each of these collections, contact archives to arrange a visit to examine materials, and order copies.
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This database offers indexing of an international array of peer-selected art publications—now with expanded coverage of Latin American, Canadian, Asian and other non-Western art, new artists, contemporary art, exhibition reviews, and feminist criticism. In addition to articles, this database indexes reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals. 1984--current | Citations only | More info |
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OCLC index of articles from the contents pages of journals. Indexes some 16,000 journals from all disciplines. (From OCLC FirstSearch) 1990--current | Citations only |
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ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials combines the premier index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion with ATLA's online collection of major religion and theology journals. 1949--current | Some full text | More info
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BBibliographic information about more than 2 million books and listings for more than 100,000 publishers. Includes book reviews and the Fiction Connection, a reader's advisory section. Also contains databases of book awards and author biographies. Full text |
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Access to the online version of Britannica Encyclopaedia, the academic edition. Includes Merriam-Webster Dictionary & Thesaurus. |
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Designed for business researchers, provides full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications. Use the Business Searching Interface for the journals along with easy access to country economic data, company profiles, industry information, SWOT analyses, and market research (from EBSCO) Some full text | More info |
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COCLC's Catalog of Art Museum Images Online is a growing online collection documenting works of art from around the world, representing the collections of prominent museums. CAMIO highlights the creative output of cultures around the world, from prehistoric to contemporary times, and covers the complete range of expressive forms. (From OCLC FirstSearch) |
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Powered by Westlaw, a comprehensive collection of news, business, and law-related information sources. Provides hundreds of newspapers--national and international, magazines, newswires, trade journals, and company information. Includes federal and state case law, statues, regulations, and administrative codes, as well as European Union information, law reviews and journals, American Law Reports, and American Jurisprudence 2d. Full text |
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Full text newspaper articles from 1996. For coverage from1985-current see ProQuest NewsStand. Full text |
Children's Literature Comprehensive Database An independent reviewing source for children's literature designed to help teachers make appropriate literary choices for students. Reviewers include teachers, librarians, writers, and editors. Also included are interviews with children's book authors and illustrators, themed reviews, curriculum ideas, book awards, and links to related materials. Full text |
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Index of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities. (From OCLC FirstSearch) |
Communication Studies Collection Sage scholarly journal collection provides titles for mass communication, media studies, and written communication. Browse "Articles by Discipline" to search these titles by topic. 1999 --current | Full text |
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Comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content, designed to support the information needs of patients, and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. Provides access to scholarly journals, magazines, books, reports, and pamphlets. (from EBSCO) Full text | More info |
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Monthly data on changes in the prices paid by urban consumers for a representative basket of goods and service. Produced by the U.S. government. 1914--current | Full text |
CPLI (Catholic Periodical and Literature Index) Covers all aspects of the Catholic faith and lifestyle, and includes over 419,000 index citations of articles and reviews published in Roman Catholic periodicals, Papal documents, church promulgations, and books about the Catholic faith that are authored by Catholics and/or produced by Catholic publishers 1981 --current | Citations only | More info |
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Collection of national and international criminal justice journals with information on law enforcement, corrections administration, family law, industrial security, rehabilitation, and more. (from ProQuest) 1981 --current | Some full text | More info |
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Sage journal collection in areas of criminal justice, corrections, penology, and policing. 1976 --current | Full text |
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Provides in-depth, unbiased coverage of health issues, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. Including pro/con statements from representatives of opposing positions, it is useful for term papers, debates, and speeches. Use the archival reports for history research. 1923 --current | Full text |
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online journal covering Congress, politics, and public policy. Includes roll call votes, floor action, Supreme Court decisions, and election coverage. 1983 --current | Full text |
DIndex to dissertations and theses in all fields of study. Provides citations and/or abstracts, as well as a 24-page preview of any dissertations that have been digitized in the Humanities and Social Sciences fields. (from ProQuest) 1861 --current | Some full text |
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Use this comprehensive database to retrieve reference content for the core curriculum areas of geography and culture, literature, history, biographies, and science and health. Includes a multi-media gallery. (from Gale's InfoTrac ) Full text |
DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals This service covers full text, quality-controlled, scholarly journals. It strives to cover all subjects and languages with an emphasis on science. As of August 2008 there were 3594 journals in the directory arranged by subject. Some full text | More info |
EChoose from a wide variety of databases including Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, MasterFILE Premier, Regional Business News, ATLA/S, CPLI, Old Testament Abstracts, New Testament Abstracts, Historical Abstracts and more. Some full text |
ECO Electronic Collections Online A&I Indexing for over 5,000 scholarly journal titles in all disciplines. Provides abstracts and links to full text articles. (From OCLC FirstSearch) 1995--current | Some full text |
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Sage journal collection in the areas of methodology, higher education, secondary education, vocational, measurement & testing, educational psychology. 1965 --current | Full text |
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Offering complete information on hundreds of educational topics, this database covers almost 400 leading journals in the field. (from ProQuest) 1988 --current | Some full text |
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Provides more than a 1000 academic journals, hundreds of full-text reports, and many reference sources for education students. Contains full text coverage of nearly half the titles indexed in ERIC. (from Gale's InfoTrac ) 1980 --current | Full text | More info |
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Database containing all peer reviewed journal titles focusing on management issues. Subjects covered include management, HRM, marketing, librarianship, mechanical engineering, and electronic and electrical engineering. Some full text | More info |
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The Education Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and resources. Provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. Contains more than 1,300,000 records and links to more than 317,000 full-text documents from ERIC back to 1966. (from EBSCO) Use the OCLC FirstSearch interface 1966 --current | Some full text | More info |
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Gale®’s premier database for research in all the academic disciplines. Provides over 4,000 journal titles many of which are in full text. (from Gale's InfoTrac ) 1980 --current | Some full text | More info |
FReader's advisory. "Allows readers to find books they will enjoy by typing in a title of a book they already love or to browse book titles by selecting a topic, genre, setting, character, location, and timeframe." Full text |
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The official U.S. gateway to all governmental information. Full text |
GGale's collection of databases. Includes Expanded Academic ASAP, the General Science Collection, the Professional Collection for educators as well as Educator's Reference Complete, the Discovery Collection, databases for K-12 libraries, and a Spanish-language database (Informe). Some full text |
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Gale Virtual Reference Library Includes access to Business Plans Handbook (volumes 11 and 12), Encyclopedia of Educational Leadership and Administration, and Encyclopedia of Multicultural Psychology. Full text e-books |
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Access to some 400 general science titles. (from Gale ) Some full text |
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"Google Earth lets you fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings and even explore galaxies in the Sky. You can explore rich geographical content, save your toured places and share with others."(publisher's description) Full Text |
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Search the archives of newspapers, magazines, and other publications and create time lines. |
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Google Scholar provides a simple way to search for scholarly literature. When accessing this database through the link provided here you will find free connections to the pay for view materials that are located in our subscription sources. Just use the "Find It" button. Some full text, some pay for view |
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A service of the U.S. Government Printing Office that provides free access to a wealth of important information produced by the Federal Government. Information on all three branches of government, statistical abstracts, economic indicators, the Congressional Record, Supreme Court decisions, and much more. GPO migration to FDsys (Federal Digital System)to be completed in 2009. Search GPO Monthly Catalog through OCLC Full text |
HIncludes the full text of Harper's Weekly and provides a continuous record of what happened on a weekly basis from 1857 through 1912. The first segment includes the Civil War Era: 1857-1865. The next two cover Reconstruction: 1866-1871 and 1872-1877. The last six encompass the Gilded Age: 1878-1912. Covers much of the social, political, and economic history of the United States during this period. 1857 --1912 | Full text with graphics |
Health Source: Consumer Edition Rich collection of consumer health information, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine, and general health. Provides access to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines, as well as to health reference books and encyclopedias. (from EBSCO) Full text | More info |
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition This resource provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong. Includes the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide. (from EBSCO) Some full text | More info |
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From Stanford University Libraries, a collection of scholarly publications focusing on the biological and medical sciences with some coverage of the physical and social sciences as well. Free access is available to some 1.3 million articles together with pay for view access to complete articles from the remainder of the collection. |
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Index to journal articles, book reviews, and dissertations in the area of world history. Covers topics from 1450-present and includes over 2,100 journals published throughout the world. Search this database with America: History & Life (coverage of U.S. and Canada). 1955 --current | Citations & abstracts only | More info
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Historical Newspapers--Minneapolis Tribune "The Minneapolis Tribune (1867-1922) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue." 1867--1922 | Full text | More info |
IAccess to Hispanic magazines with full text. (from Gale's InfoTrac) Full text |
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Iter, meaning a journey or a path in Latin, is an index that provides citations for books, journal material (articles, reviews, review articles, bibliographies, catalogues, abstracts and discographies), dissertation abstracts, and essays in books (including entries in conference proceedings, festschriften, encyclopedias and exhibition catalogues) for the study and teaching of the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700). 1784 --current | Citations & abstracts only |
JProvides access to scholarly journals. Our collection (Arts & Sciences 1) includes core journals in economics, history, political science, and sociology, as well as in other key fields in the humanities and social sciences. This collection also contains titles in ecology, mathematics, and statistics. Overall, there are 119 titles in fifteen disciplines. 1800s --current | Full text |
LProvides U.S. and international news; company reports, news, and financial information; industry and market data; state and country profiles; legal news, research, and information, including Shepard's Citations; biographical and general reference information; and access to medical and health journals. Some full text | More info (tutorial) |
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A comprehensive literary reference database, which provides users with a broad spectrum of reference information from antiquity to the present day. LRC is a completely full-text database that combines information from over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, hundreds of literary journals, and unique sources not available anywhere else. LRC contains detailed information on the most studied authors and their works and is an essential resource for academic libraries. (from EBSCO) Full text | More info |
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"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. 1960s --current | Citations only | More info |
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Comprehensive database, designed specifically for high school libraries, contains full text for more than 500 popular, high school magazines. Includes biographies and primary documents. (from EBSCO) Some full text | More Info |
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Provides full text for more than 2,050 general periodicals covering a broad range of disciplines including general reference, business, education, health, general science, multi-cultural issues and much more. Includes biographies, book reviews, travel books, and an image gallery. 1975 --current | Some full text | More info |
Management and Organization Studies Collection Full text access to Sage publications in the fields of organization studies, management, business, human resources, marketing, public policy, public administration, and industrial relations. Search for "Articles by Discipline." 1947 --current | Full text | More info |
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From Manchester University Press, Medieval Sourcesonline is a web-based learning resource containing hundreds of original medieval history documents compiled for the teaching and study of history. Choose "Access the texts" to begin. Full text e-books |
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Brings together authoritative information from National Library of Medicine, the National Institutes of Health, and other government agencies and health-related organizations. Preformulated MEDLINE searches are included in MedlinePlus and give easy access to medical journal articles. MedlinePlus also has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news. Some full text |
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Scholarly index produced by the National Library of Medicine with articles on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, health care, and more. Now at the PubMed web site. Search MedLine in OCLC's First Search. Some full text |
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From the Buros Institute at the University of Nebraska, provides users with a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments. Designed for an audience ranging from novice test consumers to experienced professionals, the MMY series contains information essential for a complete evaluation of test products within such diverse areas as psychology, education, business, and leadership. Coverage from Volume 9 --current | Full text | More info |
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Access to U. S. and international company data including business description, history, property, subsidiaries, officers and directors, long-term debt and capital stock. Provides 15 years of detailed financial information. Includes country reports. Full text | More info |
MLA International Bibliography Indexes journals, books, and dissertations in the fields of literature, linguistics, and folklore. 1920 --current | Some full text | More info |
NNational Agricultural Library Catalog (AGRICOLA) Index to "resources encompassing all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines, including animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, plant sciences, forestry, aquaculture and fisheries, farming and farming systems, agricultural economics, extension and education, food and human nutrition, and earth and environmental sciences." Citations only |
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Provides access to a comprehensive music collection which includes classical music, jazz, world music, folk music, Chinese music, and more all in a streaming format. Includes informational commentary on composers, discussions of classical music and opera, and a pronunciation guide. 15,000 + CD | Listen only no downloads | More info |
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"A product of a partnership between ATLA and the Weston Jesuit School of Theology, this database has become an indispensable research and bibliographic aid for scholars, librarians, clergy and students of the New Testament and its historical milieu. Contains more than 40,000 article abstracts, 1,200 review abstracts, 14,900 book abstracts, and 50 software abstracts." (from EBSCO) 1985 --current | Citations and abstracts only | More info |
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Search for full text newspaper articles. (from ProQuest) 1995 --current | Full text |
| New York Times Archives Articles from 1851 to 1922 are available free online, as are articles from 1987 to current. For full text articles form 1923--1947 ask at the Reference Desk for an interlibrary loan. Articles from 1947 to 1986 are available on microfilm in the Reference Room. (FAQ about the Archives) |
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Access to over 500 national and international newspapers. Includes full text for the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. (from ProQuest) Some full text |
OUnion catalog of digital resources. Includes digitized books and articles, born-digital texts, audio files, images, movies, and datasets. (From OCLC FirstSearch) |
OCLC WorldCat Dissertations and Theses Catalog records for all dissertations, theses, and published material based on theses cataloged by OCLC members, including all subjects. (From OCLC FirstSearch) |
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"A product of a partnership between ATLA and the Catholic Biblical Association, this database features indexing and abstracts for journal articles, monographs, multi-author works, and software related to Old Testament studies. Topics covered include antiquities, archaeology, biblical theology, philology and much more." 1978 --current | Citations & abstracts only | More info |
POCLC index of papers presented at conferences worldwide. Covers every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received by The British Library Document Supply Centre. (From OCLC FirstSearch) |
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Informative, author-written abstracts covering scholarly research in all areas of philosophy. The literature covered includes journal articles, books, book chapters, and book reviews. (from Sage) 1940s --current | Citations & abstracts only |
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Search for plays by title; author; subject (culture conflict, marriage); style (symbolism, experimental theater); genre (comedy, melodrama, musical); cast type; and more. Covers a wide range of plays written in or translated into English, including one-act plays, pageants, plays in verse, radio and television plays, and classic drama. Full text | More info |
Points of View Reference Center "Points of View Reference Center™ is a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides 250 topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument),counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide." (from EBSCO) Full text | More info |
Political Handbook of the World Provides thorough and accurate information on the major aspects of each country's government and political party system. Profiles 120 intergovernmental organizations, such as OPEC, NATO, the WTO, world and regional banks, and the agencies and specialized bodies of the United Nations. 2007 | Full text |
| PQDT Open ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Open (PQDT Open) offers free PDF full text of dissertations and theses published as open access works. |
PQDT--Saint Mary's Doctoral Students Full text access to dissertations and theses written by students in the doctoral programs at Saint Mary's University. (from ProQuest) |
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OCLC index of worldwide conference proceedings. Covers every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received by The British Library Document Supply Centre. Contains in each record a list of the papers presented at each conference. (From OCLC FirstSearch) |
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For education students, provides access to over 300 full-text journals for educators. (from Gale CengageLearning) Full text |
Professional Development Collection Designed for professional educators, provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 520 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles as well as more than 200 educational reports. Includes full text for Chronicle of Higher Education, Educational Leadership, Journal of Education, Journal of Higher Education, Journal of Learning Disabilities, and Theory Into Practice. (from EBSCO) Some full text | More info |
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Access to "250 quality journal titles from 40 scholarly publishers. As one of the academic community's primary electronic journals resources, Project MUSE covers the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others." Full text| More info |
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A collection of databases: Criminal Justice Periodicals, Education Journals, Wilson's Education Abstracts Plus Text, ProQuest Psychology Journals, Religion Journals, and NewsStand Complete (full text coverage of national and international newspapers including the New York Times and Wall Street Journal). Some full text |
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Offering complete information on hundreds of educational topics, this database covers almost 400 leading journals in the field. (from ProQuest) 1988 --current | Full text |
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Contains the full text of articles from APA journals and selected EPF (Educational Publishing Foundation) journals. 1988 --current | Full text |
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PsycCRITIQUES is a searchable database of book reviews in psychology. In each weekly release, PsycCRITIQUES will deliver approximately 20 reviews of psychological books written by subject experts, most from the current copyright year. |
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SAGE journal collection in the areas of applied psychology, assessment, child development, clinical psychology, cognitive psychology, counseling psychology, and social psychology. 1969 --current | Full text |
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Encompasses a wide range of topics from leading psychology and psychosomatic publications. In addition to clinical and social psychology, it also provides coverage of related disciplines including genetics, psychology of business and economics, communication, criminology, addiction, neurology, social welfare, and more. (from ProQuest) 1971 --current | Partial full text | More info |
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From the American Psychological Association, contains over a million citations and summaries of articles from journals, books, book chapters, dissertations, and technical reports in psychology and related fields. Abstracts & citations only |
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PLoS publishes peer-reviewed, open-access scientific and medical journals that include original research as well as timely feature articles. Full text |
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PubChem provides information on the biological activities of small molecules. It is a component of National Institute of Health's Molecular Libraries Roadmap Initiative. |
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Scholarly index produced by the National Library of Medicine with articles on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, health care, and more. Some full text |
R"Regional Business News incorporates some 50 business journals, newspapers and news wires covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States." (from EBSCO) Full text | More info |
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Provides a "comprehensive collection of journals covering religious issues and perspectives, including religious news and information, commentary on topics of general interest from the perspective of a particular religion, and formal theological studies." (from ProQuest) 1986 --current | Mostly full text | More info |
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature Comprehensive, on-going guide to publications (articles, books, dissertations, reviews, and more) on music from all over the world. Contains some 400,000 entries. (from Sage) Citations & abstracts only | More info |
SFull text access to high-quality, scholarly journals in the areas of Religious Studies, Communication Studies, Education, Management & Organization Studies, Physical & Life Sciences, Nursing & Health Sciences, Political Science, Criminology, Sociology, Urban Studies & Planning, and Psychology. 1999--current | Full text |
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From Salem's Health Reference set, The Guide covers diseases, disorders, treatments, procedures, specialties, anatomy, biology, and issues in an A-Z format, with sidebars addressing recent developments in medicine and concise information boxes for all diseases and disorders. Full text e-book |
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One of the world's largest providers of scientific, technical, and medical literature with a database of some 2 million articles and 59 million abstracts from all fields of science. Access to journals in mathematics, social sciences, arts and humanities, and business as well. Some full text |
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Fourteen scientific and technical information organizations from ten major science agencies have collaborated to provide reliable information about science and technology from across Federal government organizations. Full text |
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Designed for the general reader and high school students, a comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of science-oriented content. Contains full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources. (from EBSCO) Full text | More info |
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage Good source for business and investment information. Includes industry surveys, stock reports, company descriptions and financials, and mutual fund research. Full text | More Info |
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Contains the full text of the current edition of The Statesman's Yearbook, regularly updated to reflect recent world events. Provides information about countries of the world--history, politics, economics, trade and infrastructure. Current year | Full Text |
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"The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published since 1878, is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. 1878--current | Full text |
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Multidisciplinary database for middle school to high school students. Includes content based on national curriculum standards in history, literature, science, and social studies.(from Gale's InfoTrac ) Full text | More info |
TProduced by the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements at the University of Nebraska, Tests in Print (TIP) serves as a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language. TIP provides vital information to users including test purpose, test publisher, in-print status, price, test acronym, intended test population, administration times, publication date(s), and test author(s). Full text | More info |
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VAccess to Value Line's Ratings and Reports, Selection and Opinions, and Summary and Index. Current week and back issues of current year available. Log on, agree to the terms and conditions described, and enter user name and password (Ask at the Reference Desk for user name and password 507-457-1562). Full text |
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Provides online access to a searchable database of over 20,000 full-text video reviews, a searchable database of nearly 1,000 video distributors, breaking news, and a months in advance video release calendar. Full text |
WSearch for full text newspaper articles. (from ProQuest) 1984 --current | Full text |
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Online archive of three late 19th century and early 20th century Winona newspapers. Includes available issues of the Winona Argus, the Winona Daily Republican and the Winona Republican Herald. Full text |
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Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and four almanacs (From OCLC FirstSearch) |
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From OCLC, the largest, most comprehensive catalog of books and other materials, with records from over 55,000 libraries worldwide. Materials found in WorldCat may be borrowed through our interlibrary loan program. (From OCLC FirstSearch) Bibliographic records |
WorldCat Dissertations and Theses Bibliographic records for all dissertations, theses, and published material based on theses cataloged by OCLC members, includes all subjects. (From OCLC FirstSearch) |
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Country information - demographics, economies, climate, geography, government, military, and more. Full text |
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