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This is an alphabetically arranged list of the databases the Library subscribes to. See below for access information if you have not used these databases before. Need help? Ask the Reference Librarian.
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ABI/Inform
Covers over 2000 journals from 1971-present in accounting, human resources, economics, finance, marketing, international business, management and more, with weekly updates.
Academic OneFile -- full-text available
IIndexes more than
10,000 peer-reviewed journals, including
extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects.
Millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text. Also contains full-text of the New York Times from 1995-present.
Academic Search Premier -- full-text available
Academic Search™ Premier contains indexing and abstracts for over 8,450 journals, with full text for more than 4,650 of those titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles. Academic Search Premier contains unmatched full-text coverage in biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, psychology, religion & theology, etc.
Accounting Literature -- full-text available
Full text articles from accounting titles such as Accounting Today, AICPA Accounting and Auditing Publications, AICPA Journal of Accountancy, Journal of Business Strategy, Miller GAAP Guide, Practical Accountant and more.
AGRICOLA
Describes materials acquired by the National Agriculture Library and cooperating institutions from 1970-present. Covers over 850 serial titles and other resources relating to all aspects of veterinary medicine, agriculture, forestry, and animal science and is updated monthly.
Agriculture Collection--full-text available
With a strong emphasis on titles covered in the Agricola database, this collection of more than 400 titles is focused on agriculture and its related fields: from practical aspects of farming to cutting edge scientific research in horticulture.
Alternative Press Index
Indexes journals covering international cultural, economic, political & social change. Covers over 450 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines from 1991 to present. Updated quarterly. Alternative Press Index Archives covers same subject areas from 1969-1990 with over 470,000 records.
America: History and Life
America: History and Life is the definitive index of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. Indexing for 1,700 journals from 1964 to present.
Art Full Text -- full-text available
Full text plus abstracts and indexing of an international array of peer-selected publications. In addition to articles, Art Full Text indexes reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals. Includes fulltext back to 1997 and indexing back to 1984.
Article First
IIndex of articles from the contents pages of over 16,000 journals from 1990 to the present. Subjects covered include business, science, humanities, social science, medicine, technology, and popular culture. Updated daily.
Arts & Humanities Citation Index
Indexes over 1,100 titles of the world's leading arts and humanities journals and selected articles from social science and science journals from 1980 to present. Updated weekly.
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Biographical Information
Use the Biographical search form to search for information on directors, politicians, celebrities and other leading figures in their field. The information may contain data such as positions, date of birth, education, achievements and interests.
Biology Digest
Provides detailed life science abstracts written in a nontechnical style for students and interested nonscientists for over 300 sources. Coverage ranges from 1989 to the present, and updates occur 9 times a year.
Books in Print
Records describe in-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming books, audios, and videos from North American publishers and U.S. distributors and wholesalers. Includes thousands of full-text book reviews from sources including Choice, Kirkus, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, and School Library Journal. Contains over 4 million records, and is updated weekly.
Business and Company ASAP -- full-text available
Providing researchers with information on companies, markets and industries. From market trends, mergers and acquisitions to current management theory and company overviews. Access business and trade journals, newspapers and company directory profiles with full text and images.
Business & Company Resource Center
Business and Company Resource Center brings together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information.
Business & Industry
Contains important facts, figures and key events for international public and private companies, industries, products, and markets for manufacturing and service industries from 1994 to present. Covers over 1,500 sources. Updated daily.
Business & Management Practices
Focuses on how organizations make and implement decisions, develop and launch new strategies, and plan for change. Includes case studies and how-to articles from over 1000 sources from 1995 to present. Updated weekly.
Business Dateline
Covers regional information vital to business from over 500 sources from 1985 to present. Updated weekly.
Business Economics and Theory-- full-text available
With a strong emphasis on titles covered in the EconLit database, this collection provides periodicals focusing on topics in economics. Perfect for business classes, with more than 450 full-text journals to support their research and regular feeds of videos from Forbes.com that contain business news coverage and interviews with CEO's.
Business Organizations, Agencies & Publications
An index of organizations and associations that serve business and industry. Over 40,000 organizations covered, with annual updates.
Business Source Premier -- full-text available
Business Source® Premier, the industry's most popular business research database, features the full text for more than 2,150 journals. Full text is provided back to 1886, and searchable cited references back to 1998. Additional full text, non-journal content includes market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.
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CAMIO--Catalog of Museum Images Online
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 covering the complete range of expressive forms. Contains over 95,000 images.
Clase and Periodica
Index of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities, covering over 2700 sources from 1975 to the present. Updated quarterly.
Communications and Mass Media Collection-- full-text available
From marketing professionals to students studying for advanced degrees in linguistic theory, this collection provides current and accurate information from more than 100 journals focused on all aspects of the communications field. Key subjects covered include: advertising and public relations, literature and writing, linguistics, film and many more.
Company Dossier -- full-text available
Makes it possible to easily compare up to 5 companies and download financial statements, track companies' latest news and PR developments, and
a complete picture of a company's structure, financial health, brands and competitors.
Company Profiles
Covers
more than 10,000 public and 200,000 private companies.
Information comes from Hoover's Company Reports, Disclosure, Standard & Poor's, Worldscope and more.
Contemporary Women's Issues
Indexes books, journals, newsletters, research reports from non-profit groups, government and international agencies, and fact sheets (over 2200 total sources) and provides access to global information on women in over 150 countries from 1992 to present. Updated weekly.
Country Profiles
Concise facts and statistics on all countries. Information comes from the BBC International Monitoring Reports, Country Briefings, Global Insight and more.
Criminal Justice Collection-- full-text available
Whether studying to become a lawyer or law enforcement officer, paralegal, forensic scientist or for a career in Homeland Security, this collection rises to the challenge, this collection offers more than 700 journals.
Culinary Arts Collection--
The Culinary Arts Collection includes 250 major cooking and nutrition magazines. Coverage includes thousands of searchable recipes, restaurant reviews, and industry information.
Curriculum Resource Center
Gives teachers
fast access to thousands of easily reproduced handouts to supplement text and lesson plans used in middle school, high school, and junior college classrooms.
Includes maps, full-color diagrams, images, experiments, timelines, and other visual educational resources.
Each handout can be saved, emailed, printed, or distributed for educational purposes.
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Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) -- fulltext available
Contains peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly journals in a wide variety of subject areas and languages.
Disclosure
Contains information about all public company filings including annual reports, company summary information, and shareholder reports from 1986 to present. Updated weekly, stock trading reports updated daily.
DisCovering Collection
Content based on national
curriculum standards in major subject areas
such as history, literature, science and
social studies for middle and high school students.
Dissertation Abstracts
Selectively covers over 2 million masters theses and dissertations. Coverage ranges from 1861 to present with monthly updates.
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EconLit
Database produced by the American Economic Association consisting of journals, books, and working papers on economics. Coverage for 750 sources ranges from 1969 to the present; updated monthly.
Education Full Text -- full-text available
Coverage of articles from over 600 education journals with fulltext going back to 1996, and indexing back to 1983. Fulltext available for over 350 journals. Updated daily.
This massive file offers the world's largest and most complete collection of full-text education journals. It is a bibliographic and full-text database covering scholarly research and information relating to all areas of education. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing.
Education Research Complete also covers areas of curriculum instruction as well as administration, policy, funding, and related social issues. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 2,100 journals, as well as full text for nearly 1,300 journals. This database also includes full text for more than 550 books and monographs, and full text for numerous education-related conference papers.
Educator's Reference Complete-- full-text available
Contains more than 1,100 periodicals and 200 reports from the U.S. Department of Education. A resource for any educator - from school teachers and administrators to those studying in the field at the collegiate and graduate level. Provides full-text results for nearly half of the journal titles found in ERIC.
Electronic Collections Online (ECO)
Indexes over 5400 scholarly journals on many topics from 1995 to present. Updated daily.
Encyclopedia Britannica Online
Includes the complete Encyclopedia Britannica encyclopedia of 73,000 entries, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, and the Dictionary of Quotations. Includes an Internet directory that includes links to Web sites selected, rated, and reviewed by Britannica editors.
ERIC -- full-text available
ERIC®, the Education Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and resources. The database provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. ERIC contains more than 1,300,000 records and links to more than 317,000 full-text documents from ERIC back to 1966.
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Film and Television Literature Index with Full Text
iIndex to film and television literature, with cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for 350 publications (and selected coverage of nearly 300).
Fine Arts and Music Collection -- full-text available
Provides more than 150 full-text magazines and journals in areas such as drama, music, art history, and filmmaking.
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Gardening, Landscape & Horticulture Collection-- full-text available
A collection of more than 100 journals focused on key issues in gardening, landscaping, and other areas of horticulture, with the addition of over 20 subject specific reference sources from Delmar, Cengage Learning, this collection provides information for gardening enthusiasts and professionals alike.
General OneFile -- full-text available
General OneFile provides access to periodical and news content as well as indexing from a variety of general and specialized jjournals – from the New York Times and Christian Science Monitor to refereed academic journals.
More than 6,300 full-text titles.
GEOBASE
Worldwide literature on geography, geology, and ecology from over 2000 sources (1980 to present). Updated twice a month.
GPO Monthly Catalog
Covers all types of U.S. government documents from 1976 to the present. Updated monthly.
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Health Reference Center Academic -- full-text available
Multi-source database providing access to full-text of nursing and allied health journals, plus a wide variety of personal health iinformation sources that offer reliable health information to researchers, including nursing and allied health students.
Health & Wellness Resource Center-- full-text available
Provides instant access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials. Includes nearly 400 health/medical jjournals, hundreds of pamphlets, over 700 health-related videos from partner Healthology, Inc., and articles from 2,200 general iinterest publications in addition to a broad collection of Gale reference titles. Material contained in this Resource Center is iintended for informational purposes only.
Historical Abstracts
Covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more. Provides indexing of more than 1,800 academic historical jjournals in over 40 languages back to 1955.
Home Improvement Collection--full-text available
This collection of more than 200 home-improvement focused titles covers such topics as architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and many more will meet the needs of hobbyists and professionals alike.
Hospitality, Tourism & Leisure Collection -- full-text available
This collection of more than 800 journals and 29 subject specific Delmar, Cengage Learning reference titles and travel handbook's from Fodor's - provides well-rounded coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism fields. For both curious travelers and serious researchers.
Human Kinetics Journals Online
Perform a search for articles; if Dulany Library subscribes to the journal, there will be a link to "Download Printable Version (PDF)"; if Dulany Library does not subscribe, you will not be able to access full text. You would be able to order articles through interlibrary loan if Dulany Library does not have full text available.
Dulany Library subscribes to:
Athletic Therapy Today
Journal of the Philosophy of Sport
Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
Journal of Sport Management
Journal of Sport Rehabilitation
Journal of Teaching in Physical Education
The Sport Psychologist
Use the link above (Human Kinetics Journals Online) to search all Human Kinetics journals simultaneously; use the individual links to browse individual journals.
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Informe-- full-text available
A collection of Hispanic magazines with full-text. Covers business, health, technology, culture, current events and more.
InfoTrac Newsstand--full-text available
nfoTrac Newsstand is a full-text newspaper database which allows users to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, newspaper section or other assigned fields. You can customize your online newspaper database features including search options. Including more than 1,000 newspapers, you can select your own screen appearance, search options and results format.
Issues and Controversies -- full-text available
Contains up-to-date, in-depth and objective information on over 600 of the most prominent and hotly debated issues of the day. It combines authoritative factual analysis, clear explanations of opposing points of view and numerous special features.
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Kids InfoBits
Kids InfoBits is a database developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5. Featuring a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, the most popular search method is moving from a broad subject to a narrower topic using the subject-based topic tree. The curriculum-related, age appropriate, full-text content is from the best elementary reference sources and magazines. This database covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
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Lexis Nexis Academic -- full-text available -- How to use this database - tutorial
Lexis Nexis Academic provides full-text documents from over 6000 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications with a variety of flexible search options. Each section has various sub-sections and topics to search. Individual sections are described and linked below.
News Section
Full text of more than 350 major English-language newspapers from the U.S. and around the world, many same day of publication. Also covers more than 300 magazines and journals and over 600 newsletters, wire services, campus news, and broadcast transcripts from the major television and radio networks.
Business Section
Sections include Company Dossier (new this year), Industry & Market, Accounting, Company Profiles, Compare Companies, SEC Filings & Reports, and Directories
People Section
Information about business, legal and international leaders from a wide variety of sources.
Legal Research
Covers federal and state cases, Shepard's citations, tax law, federal and state codes, and more.
Literary Index
Gale's FREE Literary Index is a master index to the major literature products published by Gale. It combines and cross-references over 157,000 author names, including pseudonyms and variant names, and listings for over 210,000 titles into one source.
Dulany Library Books You Can Search with Literary Index:
Asian American Literature
Contemporary Authors
Contemporary Authors New Revision Series
Contemporary Dramatists
Contemporary Literary Criticism
Contemporary Novelists
Contemporary Poets
Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century
Exploring Short Stories
Guide to French Literature
Major Authors and Illustrators for Children and Young Adults
Modern American Women Writers
Shakespeare's Characters for Students
Something About the Author
Twayne's English Authors
Twayne's United States Authors
World Literature and Its Times
Note: Not all of the reference works referred in the Literary Index are located in Dulany Library, just the ones listed above.
Literary Reference Center Plus -- full-text available
A comprehensive database that provides users with a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and time frames. How to use this database
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MEDLINE
All areas of medicine, including veterinary medicine, psychiatry, nutrition, clinical medicine, dentistry and nursing (corresponds to the print indexes Index Medicus, Index to Dental Literature, and International Nursing Index). Over 10,500 sources are covered, some ranging from 1965 to present. Updated daily.
MLA Directory of Periodicals
The MLA Directory of Periodicals offers detailed information on over 5,500 journals, with 4,400 currently indexed in the International Bibliography. The detailed entries include editorial contact information, as well as frequency, circulation, subscription prices and submission guidelines.
MLA International Bibliography
MLA International Bibliography offers a detailed bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations. Produced by the Modern Language Association, the electronic version of the bibliography dates back to the 1920s and contains over 2.2 million citations from more than 4,400 journals & series and 1,000 book publishers. The indexed materials coverage is international and includes almost 60 titles from J-STOR’s language and literature collection as well as links to full text.
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News Search (Lexis Nexis)
Searches a wide variety of authoritative sources, including:
full-text of more than 350 newspapers from the U.S. and around the world,
more than 300 magazines and journals and over 600 newsletters,
broadcast transcripts from the major television and radio networks,
campus news, wire services, polls and surveys, and more.
NewsBank
Newsbank offers the fulltext for the Kansas City Star (1991-present), St Louis Dispatch (1988-present), Springfield NewsLeader (1999-present), several major national papers, and a variety of magazines.
Newspaper Abstracts
Significant items from over 50 U.S. national and regional newspapers
from 1989 to present. Updated weekly.
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Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center is a one-stop source for information on today's hottest social issues. Drawing on acclaimed series published by Greenhaven Press and other Gale imprints, OVRC features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites.
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PapersFirst
Index of papers presented at conferences worldwide from 1993 to present. Covers every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received by The British Library Document Supply Centre. Updated twice a month.
Periodical Abstracts
Periodical abstracts from over 2100 general and academic journals from 1986 to present. Updated weekly.
Physical Education Index
Covers 457 peer-reviewed journals, report literature, conference proceedings, trade magazines, patents, articles from the popular press, and many other publications. Content ranges from physical education curricula, to sports medicine, to coaching. Also includes sport law, kinesiology, motor learning, recreation, standardized fitness tests, sports equipment, business and marketing, coaching and training, and sport sociology/psychology. Covers 1970-present and is updated monthly.
Popular Magazines --full-text available
Features full-text coverage of 1,000 of the most searched magazines across Gale's InfoTrac product line, covering current events, sports, science, health and more. Includes more than 600 titles recommended by Bowker's "Magazines for Libraries". Titles include Consumer Reports, Time, National Geographic, The New Yorker, Newsweek, Vanity Fair, US News and World Report, Vogue, Fortune, Business Week, National Review, Cosmopolitan, NPR and many more.
ProQuest Psychology Journals -- full-text available
Full text information from over 630 top psychology and related publications from 1971-present.
PsycArticles -- full-text available
PsycARTICLES offers searchable full text articles on current issues in psychology, covering general psychology and specialized, basic, applied, clinical and theoretical research in psychology. The database contains more than 120,000 searchable full text articles from 60 journals published by the American Psychological Association and 8 from allied organizations. It contains all journal articles, letters to the editor and errata from each of the journals. Coverage spans from 1985 to the present.
PsycFirst
Covers over 1700 titles from psychology and related fields in the current and most recent three update years. Updated weekly.
PsycInfo -- full-text available
Contains more than two million citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations and technical reports, all in the field of psychology. Journal coverage 1887 to present, includes international material selected from more than 2,200 periodicals in over 27 languages. It also includes information about the psychological aspects of related disciplines such as medicine, psychiatry, sociology, education, business and law. Updated weekly.
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Regional Business News -- full-text available
Covers over 50 business journals, newspapers and newswires covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Updated daily.
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Science Online
This online subscription gives us access to
Science, one of
the leading journals of original scientific research, global news, and commentary from 1997-current issue (except Science Express PDF articles),
ScienceNOW,
Science of Aging Knowledge Environment Archive, as well as all of the free content on the site.
SEC Filings & Reports
Search SEC Filings for public companies.
SIRS Researcher
Contains records for articles selected from over 1500 domestic and international newspapers, magazines, journals, and government publications from 1988 to present. Updated monthly.
Small Business Resource Center
Search this database to learn how to start, finance or manage your small business. Resources include sample business plans, how to guides, articles and websites.
Social Services Abstracts
Provides coverage from 1979 to present of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. The database abstracts and indexes over 1,300 serials publications and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations, and citations to book reviews. Updated monthly.
SPORTDiscus
Most comprehensive, bibliographic database covering sport, fitness, exercise and related disciplines. Includes over 650,000 records with journal and monograph coverage going back to 1800, and over 20,000 dissertations and theses. Updated monthly.
Student Edition
With over 1100 titles this multi-source database is designed for high-school students providing them with access to a variety of full-text magazines, newspapers, podcasts, and reference books for information on topics most important to their curriculum iincluding: current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
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Topic Search -- full-text available
This current events database covers social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms. TOPICsearch contains full text for over 105,000 articles from more than 1,600 diverse sources including
periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information.
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Valueline Investment Survey -- full-text available
A comprehensive source of information and advice on approximately 1,700 stocks, more than 90 industries, the stock market, and the economy, from an independent investment research company with over 75 years of experience.
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Westlaw
Contact the Reference Librarian or call the library at 800-995-3159, Option 9, for the information needed to access Westlaw, being sure to include your student ID number.
Wilson Select Plus
Index of over 2100 sources in science, humanities, education and business from 1994 to present. Updated weekly.
World Almanac
Quick facts and statistics from around the world and the U.S. Sources include the World Almanac and Book of Facts, World Almanac of the U.S.A., and Funk & Wagnall's Encyclopedia.
World Factbook
Country profiles maintained by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), including information about geography, people, government, economy, communications, military, maps, flags, and more.
World Geography & Culture Online
An improved new version of Facts On File’s acclaimed World Atlas, the new World Geography and Culture Online reference site takes a global approach to facilitate the study of countries, places, peoples, and geography concepts and skills. This comprehensive resource makes it easy to study all aspects of a country—from its geography and physical features to its government, people, and society—providing both facts at a glance and in-depth coverage through country entries, maps, flags, images, statistics, news articles, a gazetteer, and more.
World Scope
Basic financial information on public companies worldwide. Updated weekly.
WorldCat
Catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide from before 1000 BC to present. Contains over 62 million records. Updated daily.
Note:
When you click on a database or eBook link, you may be asked for your username and password. If nothing displays, adjust your computer’s security settings to a lower setting and try again. Use your network username and password to log on (note: this is different from your Owlnet username and password). If you are a Graduate and Professional Studies student, you should have been given information on how to access the databases. If you have any questions or problems, contact the Reference Librarian.
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