Online Databases and Electronic Resources

Academic OneFile via Gale

Home to nearly 13,000 indexed journals -- and including millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions -- Academic OneFile features extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Includes the following collections: Business Economics & Theory, Communication and Mass Media, Criminal Justice, Fine Arts & Music, Nursing & Allied Health, and Psychology.

 

Academic Search Premier via EBSCOhost

The world’s largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for some 4513 publications, including 3,630 peer-reviewed journals. It also features indexing and abstracts for 8025 journals, 6850 of which are peer-reviewed. 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.

 

Biography Reference Bank via WilsonWeb

Contains the full text of the articles from more than 100 volumes of biographical reference books published by H. W. Wilson, including all the articles from all volumes of Current Biography, the World Author Series, Nobel Prize Winners, World Artists, World Film Directors, American Reformers, and numerous biographical books on musicians and composers throughout history. Also included are thousands of biographies from other respected publishers. In addition to the full text biographies, Biography Reference Bank contains millions of magazine citations (many of which contain full-text) from all of the Wilson Indexing Databases, including all citations from Biography Index Database after 1984, as well as thousands of links to book review citations, including review excerpts and full text reviews from Book Review Digest Plus. The biographies are searchable by name, profession, title, place of origin, gender, race/ethnicity, titles of works, date of birth, date of death, keyword, and presence of images.

 

Britannica Online via Britannica

Over 120,000 articles, an updated world atlas, thousands of images and videos, an online dictionary and thesaurus, over 300,000 articles from respected magazines and journals, news headlines, a guide to the Web's best sites, and much more.

 

Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia via EBSCOhost

Updated annually, this database includes over 25,000 full text records, covering an array of subject areas.

 

MasterFile Premier via EBSCOhost

Full text for 2,005 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more. Also contains full text for 809 reference resources, 84,074 biographies, 86,135 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps & flags.

 

Sage Premier 2009 via Sage

Contains almost 500 full-text journals in the social sciences, humanities, and life sciences.

Business Source Premier via EBSCOhost

This is the industry's most used business research database, providing the full text for nearly 8,800 serials. Business Source Premier provides full text back to 1965 (or the first issue published for that journal) and searchable cited references back as far as 1998. Full-text coverage is provided in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Additional full text, non-journal content includes market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.

Business Source Premier -- Enhanced Business Searching Interface via EBSCOhost

The Enhanced Business Searching Interface offers researchers a more powerful, streamlined interface with faster searching capability than the standard Business Source Premier interface. It also features a number of enhancements designed specifcally for the business researcher, including a number of new sources of information regarding companies, industries, markets, etc., and easier access to search options.

Morningstar Library Edition via Morningstar

Combines in one timely database all the fund and stock information necessary for in-depth research. In one database, you have comprehensive information on both mutual funds and stocks. And each fund and stock report is loaded with critical data and decisive analysis. Includes:
· 16,000+ mutual funds
· 100+ ETFs
· 6,000+ stocks from NYSE, AMEX, Nasdaq, and OTC exchanges
· 250 screenable fund datapoints
· 450 screenable stock datapoints
· 2,000 Fund Analyst Reports
· 1,400+ Stock Analyst Reports

ReferenceUSA via infoUSA

Searchable database with detailed information, including addresses and phone numbers, on more than 12 million U.S. businesses, 102 million U.S. residents, 683,000 U.S. health care providers, and 95,000 Technology Companies and 280,000 Executives Databases.

Regional Business News via EBSCOhost

Regional Business News provides comprehensive full text for regional business publications (including titles from Crain Communications). Features full text for more than 50 sources with 67 periodicals indexed and abstracted.

ERIC (Education) via EBSCOhost

Full text of more than 2,200 digests (along with references for additional information), with citations and abstracts from over 1,000 educational and education-related journals.

 

Learning Express Library via Learning Express

Provides an interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help patrons, students, and adult learners succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. You'll get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results.

African-American Poetry via Chadwyck-Healey

Nearly 3,000 poems written by African-American poets in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

American Poetry via Chadwyck-Healey

Over 40,000 poems by more than 200 American poets from the Colonial Period to the early twentieth century.

English Poetry via Chadwyck-Healey

Essentially the complete English poetic canon from 600 to 1900. Over 165,000 poems by more than 1,250 poets drawn from nearly 4,500 printed sources.

Faber Poetry Library via Chadwyck-Healey

A collection of some of the most influential poets of the twentieth century. The Faber list includes Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney, T. S. Eliot and Sylvia Plath covering the seventy year history of this major publishing house.

JSTOR: Language & Literature Collection

The 77 titles in the Language & Literature Collection span the literary cultures of many different countries, and contain articles in several languages, including Arabic, Italian, and German. Developed with the help of the Modern Language Association, this collection includes PMLA and a range of core journals in the diverse fields of literary criticism that have emerged in the last thirty years.

 

Literature Resource Center via Gale

The Literature Resource Center is a complete literature reference database designed for both the undergraduate and graduate student as well as the sophisticated casual user. Rich in biographical, bibliographical, and critical content, the Literature Resource Center is the premier Internet resource for information on literary figures from all time periods writing in such genres as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, journalism, and more.

MLA International Bibliography via EBSCOhost

MLA International Bibliography offers a detailed bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations produced by the Modern Language Association (MLA). Tthe electronic version of the bibliography dates back to 1963 and contains over 1.7 million citations from more than 4,400 journals and 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. Subjects consist of literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, and dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing. Listings on rhetoric and composition and the history, theory and practice of teaching language and literature are also included.

NoveList via EBSCO NoveList

A readers' advisory service that is searchable by author, title, series name, and plot (including character, topic, time period, and setting) to retrieve descriptions, reviews, discussion guides, and feature articles related to books of interest. Readers may select from information provided to find similar books that appeal to them. Updated and expanded monthly, the service also includes author read-alikes, lists of award-winning fiction, and book lists arranged by genre and subgenre, feature articles, school content and more.

Twentieth Century African-American Poetry via Chadwyck-Healey

A collection of poetry written by the most important and influential African American poets of the twentieth century. Presently includes over 6,000 poems from over 100 complete editions by 46 poets.

 

Twentieth Century American Poetry via Chadwyck-Healey

A database of modern and contemporary American poetry from the early twentieth century to the present. Presently includes 36,000 poems drawn from 460 volumes by 217 poets.

 

Twentieth Century English Poetry via Chadwyck-Healey

Containing tens of thousands of works by 288 poets, Twentieth-Century English Poetry provides an overview of poetry written in the 20th century by both established and emerging writers.

The ACLS Humanities E-Book

ACLS Humanities E-Book is a collaboration of ten learned societies, nearly 80 contributing publishers, and librarians at the University of Michigan’s Scholarly Publishing Office. The result is an online, fully searchable collection of high-quality books in the Humanities, recommended and reviewed by scholars and featuring unlimited multi-user access and free, downloadable MARC records. The Humanities E-Book is available 24/7 on- and off-campus through standard web browsers.

 

American History in Video via Alexander Street Press

American History in Video provides the largest and richest collection of video available online for the study of American history, with 2,000 hours and more than 5,000 titles on completion. The collection allows students and researchers to analyze historical events, and the presentation of historical events over time, through commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries.

 

American Slavery: A Composite Autobiography via Greenwood

A collection of the life histories of former slaves in the United States compiled through nearly 4,000 interviews with ex-slaves.

 

North American Women's Letters and Diaries via Alexander Street Press
Over 150,000 pages of published letters and diaries plus 4,000 pages of previously unpublished materials depicting the personal experiences of hundreds of women.

Sanborn Maps North Carolina via Sanborn Maps North Carolina

Sanborn Maps for the state of North Carolina provides digital access to 11,173 large-scale maps of 158 North Carolina towns and cities. Users have the ability to easily manipulate the maps, magnify and zoom in on specific sections, and compare maps from different years.

CQ Researcher Online via CQ Press

The CQ Researcher provides original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues shaping our world. Each 12,000-word report is a unique work, investigated and written by a seasoned journalist. Published 44 times a year, CQ Researcher reports offer in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the U.S. economy.

PsycARTICLES

PsycARTICLES is a definitive source of searchable full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology. The PsycARTICLES database covers general psychology and specialized, basic, applied, clinical and theoretical research. The database contains more than 40,000 articles from 53 journals - 45 published by the American Psychological Association (APA) and 8 from allied organizations. It includes all journal articles, letters to the editor and errata from each journal. Coverage spans 1985 to present.

 

PsycINFO

This database from the APA (American Psychological Association) covers psychology and related disciplines (such as medicine, nursing, education, sociology, business, law and more). In some cases, information dates back as far as 1887. Indexes over 1300 journals. Also includes books, portions of books and dissertations. All abstracts, no full text.

American Theological Library Association (ATLA) Historical Monographs Collection- Series 1

The American Theological Library Association (ATLA) Historical Monographs Collection -- Series 1 presents more than 15,000 titles from 13th Century through the 1893 World Parliament of Religions. The historical time period of the collection reflects upon a time of great doctrinal, social, and organizational change. Since religion was such an integral part of the social, political and economic fabric of life during the time period of this collection, historians researching a wide range of areas will find invaluable material relevant to their work. The collection covers a wide range of material with unparalleled depth and breadth. It includes many volumes documenting the recovery of languages used during the biblical era and provides an in-depth view of the way that interest in, and knowledge of, biblical languages emerged during the nineteenth century, an important foundation for today’s study and understanding of biblical languages. It also contains titles in Aramaic, Arabic, Greek, Hebrew and Syriac.

 

ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials via EBSCOhost

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. The ATLA Religion Database includes more than 460,000 article citations from more than 1,500 journals (651 currently indexed), more than 260,000 essay citations from over 15,400 multi-author works, more than 423,000 book review citations, and a growing number of multimedia citations. This database begins in 1949 although indexing for some journal titles extends back into the nineteenth century. Links are provided to over 140,000 electronic articles and book reviews, from more than seventy journals selected by leading religion scholars in the United States. This database is produced by the American Theological Library Association.

iPreach: Bible Reference Tool

Offers an extensive collection of Bible reference tools for pastors, teachers, and students; it includes an extensive collection of commentaries, Bible dictionaries, Biblical translations, devotionals, sermons, and other religious reference materials.

American Chemical Society Journals

Search and full-text access for over 30 American Chemical Society publications online.

 

Biological & Agricultural Index Plus via WilsonWeb

Biological & Agricultural Index Plus offers researchers convenient online access to the core literature of biology and agriculture—much of it from peer-reviewed journals—plus full text. Full text citations also link to PDF page images, featuring graphs, charts, diagrams, photos, and illustrations indispensable to science research.