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Database Names, Descriptions, and Coverage
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Webster (Online Catalog)
Contains bibliographic information on Maxwell Library's collections.
Dates of coverage: Current
Academic Onefile contains articles from 8,000 academic journals, the majority in full-text; hundreds of podcasts and transcripts from NPR, CNN, and the CBC; and full-text New York Times content to 1995.
Dates of coverage: Varies by journal title
A general-interest academic database which features full text for over 2,300 scholarly (peer-reviewed) journals as well as abstracts and indexing for many additional titles. Note that more than one EBSCOhost database may be searched at the same time via a separate simultaneous search page.
Dates of coverage: Varies by journal title; earliest journal coverage is 1984
Electronic journals published by the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM).
Dates of coverage: Depends on journal title
Indexes journals covering cultural, economic, political, and social change.
Dates of coverage: 1991-
Alternative Press Index Archive
Indexes journals covering cultural, economic, political, and social change.
Dates of coverage: 1969-1990-
Bibliographic references, with abstracts, to articles from over 2,000 journals covering American and Canadian history. Also includes citations for book reviews and dissertations.
Dates of coverage: 1964-
Online access to a number of full-text electronic journals from this well-known publisher. Maxwell Library's subscription includes access to the following journals in the Annual Review series: Anthropology; Biochemistry; Cell & Developmental Biology; Entomology; Ecology & Systematics; Genetics; Genomics & Human Genetics; Microbiology; Neuroscience; Nutrition; Pharmacology and Toxicology; Physical Chemistry; Physiology; Political Science; Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology; Psychology; Public Health; Sociology. For all other Annual Review titles, abstracts are available.
Dates of coverage: Varies by journal title, typically 1996-present
Contains citations to more than 750 international journals in all areas of anthropology and archaeology held by the Anthropology Library at the British Museum (Museum of Mankind).
Dates of coverage: 1957-
A bibliographic database, with abstracts, citing articles from over 375 art periodicals. The full text is included for a select number of journals. One user maximum at a time.
Dates of coverage: 9/84- for indexing; 1/94 for abstracts; 1997- for full text
Cites biographical articles from more than 3,000 periodicals as well as books, interviews, obituaries, letters, diaries, and memoirs. People covered range from antiquity to the present from all fields and nationalities.
Dates of coverage: 1984-
This database combines award-winning biographies from Gale Group sources. It also includes full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals. Search for people based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender, or combine criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search.
Dates of coverage: Current
Biology Digest is a compilation of abstracts and indexes of domestic and international literature in the area of life sciences to aid in keeping undergraduate college students and instructors current on the latest developments in biological research. It contains over 20,000 records with original abstracts.
Dates of coverage: 1982-current
An index to articles from over 6,000 sources (journals, conference proceedings, technical reports, and selected books and patents) in the fields of biology and plant science.
Dates of coverage: 1982-
Biomedical Reference Collection: Basic Edition
This database provides access to more than 100 full text journals covering such disciplines as clinical medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, pre-clinical sciences and the health care system. This collection can be searched independently, but also allows users to link to full text from citations within MEDLINE.
Dates of coverage: Varies by journal title; earliest journal coverage is 1985.
BioOne is a collection of electronic full text journals in the biological, ecological and environmental sciences. BioOne journals are published by scholarly societies, museums and other organizations.
Dates of coverage: 2000-
This bibliographic database is an indexed collection of abstracts that link to the fulltext articles available from the BioOne organization. BioOne provides a unique aggregation of over 82 high-impact bioscience research journals from more than 66 publishers. These titles are produced by societies and non-commercial publishers.
Dates of coverage: 1998-current
Indexes reviews of fiction and non-fiction from all Wilson databases, including many full-text reviews, review excerpts, and links to full text reviews from other library databases.
Dates of coverage: 1983-
Books in Print with Book Reviews
An index to US books in print, along with the full text of reviews from nine sources, including Library Journal, Publishers' Weekly, and Kirkus.
Dates of coverage: Current
The Boston Globe is available via Proquest Newspapers electronic edition of record, including full-text content of local, regional, national and international developments. Find coverage of community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, people in the community, and much more. Paid advertisements are excluded.
Dates of coverage: 1980-
The Boston Herald is available via Proquest Newspapers full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded.
Dates of coverage: 1991-
The electronic version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, plus related Internet sites.
Dates of coverage: Current
Citations with abstracts for over 3,000 scholarly journals as well as other periodicals in management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and more. In addition, the full text for nearly 1,300 journals is included. Note that more than one EBSCOhost database may be searched at the same time via a separate simultaneous search page.
Dates of coverage: Varies by journal title; earliest journal coverage is 1990
The Cape Cod Times (Hyannis, MA)
Contains complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded.
Dates of coverage: April, 1999-
The text of federal and state tax regulations, as well as the Internal Revenue Code and other tax publications.
Dates of coverage: Current
Children's Magazine Guide: A Subject Index to Children's Magazines & Web Sites
Provides access to article citations from more than 65 children's magazines, with additional indexing of selected Websites for children. The colorful interface is child-friendly and provides for both beginner and advanced searching capabilities.
Dates of coverage: 2002-t
Clase indexes documents published in Latin American and Caribbean journals specializing in the social sciences and humanities. Periodica covers journals specializing in science and technology. The database includes more than 450,000 bibliographic citations from 2700 scholarly journals published in Spanish, Portuguese, French and English.
Dates of coverage: Clase, 1975 to present; Periodica, 1978 to present
Features over 21,816 College Catalogs in complete cover-to-cover, original page format representing 2-year, 4-year, graduate, professional and international schools. The site also includes a profile of every accredited college in the U.S. along with links to college home pages, international college home pages, career information, and financial aid information.
Dates of coverage: Current
An index, with abstracts, to approximately 40 professional journals in communication.
Dates of coverage: Depends on journal title. Earliest coverage is 1979, but most from mid-1980's to the present
Communication & Mass Media Complete (CMMC)
Incorporates CommSearch and Mass Media Articles Index along with numerous other journals in the communication and mass media fields. CMMC offers cover-to-cover ("core") indexing and abstracts for over 300 journals, and selected ("priority") coverage of over 100 more, for a combined coverage of over 400 titles with full text for nearly 200 journals.
Dates of coverage: 1915-
This database is integrated in the Biography Resource Center. It contains more than 990,000 thumbnail biographies from 20 Marquis sources such as Who's Who in America, Who Was Who in America, Who's Who in Science and Engineering, Who's Who in Entertainment, Who's who in the West, Who's who in the South and Southwest, Who's who in American Law, and Who's Who of American Women.
Dates of coverage: Current
This database indexes and abstracts more than 6,500 academic journals, professional publications and other reference sources in computer science as well as editor-selected articles from magazine and journal titles in related areas of study. Computer Science Index focuses on subjects such as artificial intelligence, expert systems, computer theory, computer systems and architecture, human-computer interaction, new technologies, social and professional context, and much more.
Dates of coverage: Varies by title; earliest coverage is mid 1960s.
This index provides citations to papers and poster sessions presented at major scientific meetings around the world. Subject emphasis since 1995 has been in the life sciences, environmental sciences and the aquatic sciences, while older material also covers physics, engineering and materials science.
Dates of coverage: 1982-current
Contemporary Authors Included in Biography Resource Center
"Provides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on approximately 100,000 U.S. and international authors." The full text of all articles is available.
Dates of coverage: Current
Contemporary Literary Criticism
"An extensive collection of critical essays on contemporary authors. Each CLC--Select entry contains a biographical/critical introduction, listing of principal works, and sources for further study." The full text of all articles is available.
Dates of coverage: Current
Credo Reference service features full-text, aggregated content from more than 260 reference titles from 55 publishers, with nearly three million entries covering every major subject. Content includes encyclopedias, atlases, dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, and subject-specific works. Additional key features include customizable, dynamic data tables; tens of thousands of images; audio pronunciation files; over 90,000 atlas images of places and geographic features; and a Concept Map that visualizes your search results.
Dates of coverage: Varies
Comprehensive coverage of the major journals in criminology and related disciplines, extensive coverage of books, and unparalleled access to reports from government and nongovernmental agencies. For each document, an informative summary of the findings, methodology, and conclusions is provided. Topics include crime trends, prevention projects, corrections, juvenile delinquency, police, courts, offenders, victims, and sentencing." 4 simultaneous users maximum..
Dates of coverage: 1968-
Criminology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection
Criminology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection includes full-text of 23 journals published by SAGE and participating societies, covering such subjects as criminal justice, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, corrections, penology, policing forensic psychology, and family and domestic violence. You can also access this database at SAGE website.
Dates of coverage: Varies by journal title; earliest journal coverage is 1976.
An index to articles from over 6,000 sources (journals, conference proceedings, technical reports, and selected books and patents) in the fields of biology and plant science.
Dates of coverage: 1982-
Includes more than 25,000 biographical articles and obituaries on contemporary figures and historical figures back to World War II.
Dates of coverage: 1940-
Digital Sanborn Maps for Massachusetts
Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 for Massachusetts. These historical fire insurance maps provide detailed property and land-use records for Massachusetts towns and cities.
Dates of coverage: 1867-1970
Bibliographic information on doctoral dissertations and master's theses accepted at accredited institutions in the US and Canada.
Dates of coverage: 1861- (indexing); 1980- (abstracts of dissertations); 1988- (abstracts of theses)
Ebooks (OCLC Electronic Books)
This database contains bibliographic records for all electronic books cataloged by OCLC member libraries, including all subjects.
Includes over 100,000 contemporary and historical photographs, maps and flags.
Dates of coverage: Varies
"Subject indexing and abstracts of journals in economics and over 500 collective volumes per year, plus books, dissertations, and working papers."
Dates of coverage: 1969-
This resource covers 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 provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,840 journals, as well as full text for more than 950 journals, and includes full text for more than 81 books and monographs, and for numerous education-related conference papers.
Dates of coverage: Varies by title.
Educator's Reference Complete includes more than 1,100 periodicals and 200 reports, most in full-text. This database covers multiple levels of education from preschool to college and every educational specialty.
Dates of coverage: Varies by title.
A full-text database of general interest, with text taken from magazines, journals, newspapers, books, and TV and radio transcripts. Also included are photographs and maps. For off-campus access, select the "Electric Library home access" link from the page that appears.
Dates of coverage: Varies depending on journal title
A set of electronic journals from MCB University Press. Topics include business, training and management, and library science.
Dates of coverage: Varies depending on journal title
Encyclopedia of Animals (via Primary Search)
This extensive database provides thousands of entries about mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, dinosaurs and prehistoric animals from the Encyclopedia of Animals. Many entries include colorful images.The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals.
Dates of coverage: Current
The Encyclopaedia of Islam describes all aspects of Islamic religion, life, and culture. Various chronological periods such as the early Islamic empire and Ottoman Empire are described extensively as are various geopolitical entities such as Iran, Indonesia, and Central Asia. This resource includes all of the content of the print 2nd edition and incorporates new entries as they are published from the 3rd edition. (Three simultaneous users maximum.)
Dates of coverage: Varies
ERIC (from EBSCO)
Abstracts to journal articles as well as "grey literature" (pamphlets, conference proceedings, privately published papers) in the field of education. Via E*Subscribe, the full text of selected ERIC documents may be retrieved. Note that more than one EBSCOhost database may be searched at the same time via a separate simultaneous search page.
Dates of coverage: 1966-
Abstracts from articles taken from over 1,500 scholarly, trade and general-interest publications, with coverage of core titles in every major academic concentration. The full text is available for a selected number of these titles.
Dates of coverage: Depends on journal title, with coverage for some as early as 1980-
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
Dates of coverage: Current
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Our collection includes 23 reference titles.
Dates of coverage: Varies by title.
Articles from more than 900 business, economic, management, trade, and industry publications, with the full text available for some. In addition, this database contains profiles of more than 100,000 public and private companies, as well as industry descriptions based on Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes.
Dates of coverage: Depends on journal title, with coverage for some as early as 1980-
Contains periodical and news content as well as indexing from a variety of general and specialized journals - from the New York Times and Christian Science Monitor to refereed academic journals.
Dates of coverage: 1980-
"Use this general interest database to search magazines, reference books, and newspapers for information on current events, popular culture, the arts and sciences, sports, etc." The full text of articles is available for selected titles.
Dates of coverage: Depends on journal title, with coverage for some as early as 1980-
Records covering the worldwide literature on geology, geography, and ecology.
Dates of coverage: 1980-
A comprehensive geoscience database. Bibliographic records included on the database are from journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports, and theses. Over 60,000 references are added to the GeoRef database annually.
Dates of coverage: 1785-present (North America); 1933-present (World)
Full-text coverage of more than 30 peer-reviewed journals in a broad range of geoscience areas. Content is linked with GeoRef, the major abstracting and indexing database in earth science and geology.
Dates of coverage: varies by journal title, most from 2000 to present; earliest from 1911.
A bibliographic database of information about environmental concerns offered by EBSCO Publishing Company; allows anyone on the Web to access information on topics such as global warming, energy conservation, natural resources, and pollution.
Dates of coverage: Varies
Includes 50,000 signed articles and 28,000 biographies contributed by over 6,000 scholars from around the world. It is a part of the Oxford Music Online database.
Dates of coverage: 2001-
Health Reference Center Academic
Articles from a variety of health periodicals, plus excerpts from health-related reference books (selected full text available).
Dates of coverage: Current year + the previous four years
Health Source -Consumer Edition
This database provides information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health with searchable full text for nearly 150 journals.
Dates of coverage: Varies by journal title; earliest journal coverage is 1984 .
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Provides full text for over 255 health periodicals, over 1,065 health pamphlets, and 23 health reference books.
Dates of coverage: Varies depending on journal title
Citations, with abstracts, from the literature of world history (excludes the US and Canada).
Dates of coverage: 1954-
Formerly SuperTOM Junior, this periodical database is designed for students in junior high and middle school, with magazines, newspapers and reference books (most are full-text) for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Dates of coverage: Current
Formerly SuperTOM, this database is designed for high school students, with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Dates of coverage: Current
International Index to Music Periodicals Full Text
References and abstracts from over 370 international music periodicals from over 20 countries. This database also indexes feature music articles and obituaries appearing in The New York Times and The Washington Post. The full text is available for a selected number of these journals.
Dates of coverage: 1874- (for selected journals); 4 simultaneous users maximum.
International Businesses (OneSource Global Business Browser in ReferenceUSA)
Worldwide business and industry information on more than 3 million companies, including strong U.S. coverage. Contents include company profiles, news, business and trade articles, analyst reports, executive profiles, industry intelligence, and financial data. This database is part of ReferenceUSA. To connect, select International Businesses from the "Select a database to search" pulldown menu on the ReferenceUSA homepage.
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A full-image collection of retrospective issues from scholarly journals of prime importance in their fields. Subject coverage includes mathematics, philosophy, anthropology, Asian studies, economics, history, literature, population studies, and sociology (from the Arts & Sciences I Collection) and botany and ecology (from the Ecology & Botany Collection).
Dates of coverage: Varies depending on journal title
Kids InfoBits meets the research needs of students in Kindergarten through Grade 5. It features a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, a subject-based topic tree search and full-text, age-appropriate, curriculum-related magazine, newspaper and reference content for information on current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Dates of coverage: Current
Kraus Curriculum Development Library (kcdlonline)
This searchable database of curricula, frameworks, and standards brings together educational objectives, content, instructional strategies, and evaluative techniques for all subjects covered in PreK-12 and Adult Basic Education.
Dates of coverage: Varies depending on journal title
A full-text database, with coverage of numerous newspapers, business periodicals, legal journals and case laws, and medical journals.
Dates of coverage: Varies depending on journal title
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA)
This Abstract 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.
Dates of coverage: mid-1960s to present
Literary Reference Center (via EBSCOHost) or (via graphic user interface)
Full-text broad spectrum of information on 1000's of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes. Includes 27,000 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, 140,500 author biographies, 350 literary journals, 54,000 poems, 14,500 short stories, 8400 classic texts, 4000 author interview and more.
Dates of coverage: Varies
Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database provides full text for more than 700 popular general interest and current events publications. It also provides more than 500 full text pamphlets, more than 350 full text reference books, 84,011 biographies, 83,472 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 192,999 photos, maps and flags.
Dates of coverage: Varies by title; earliest journal coverage is 1975 .
Massachusetts History Online is a collection of full-text articles from 50 magazines and local newspapers for coverage of Massachusetts people, places and historical events.
Dates of coverage: Varies
Full-text coverage of 12 Massachusetts newspapers via Proquest.
Dates of coverage: Varies by title.
Massachusetts Special Collections Directory
A database of over 600 archives and manuscript collections in Massachusetts.
Dates of coverage: Varies by institution
An index to over 3000 periodicals covering nearly all subjects including general reference, business, health, and much more. For over 1800 of these journal titles, the full text is available. Note that more than one EBSCOhost database may be searched at the same time via a separate simultaneous search page.
Dates of coverage: Varies by journal title; earliest journal coverage is 1990
Covers reviews of educational media and entertainment resources.
Dates of coverage: 1989-
The premier database for articles from medical journals from around the world. This version also contains the full text for 80 biomedical journals. Note that more than one EBSCOhost database may be searched at the same time via a separate simultaneous search page.
Dates of coverage: 1966-
Provides users with a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments within areas such as psychology, education, business, and leadership.
Dates of coverage: Volume 9 to the present
Military & Government Collection
This database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content offering information pertaining to all branches of the military and government, including cover-to-cover full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for nearly 400 titles.
Dates of coverage: Varies by journal title; earliest journal coverage is 1974 .
MLA International Bibliography
References for articles from professional journals in modern languages and literatures. For 299 of these journal titles, full text is available. Note that more than one EBSCOhost database may be searched at the same time via a separate simultaneous search page.
Dates of coverage: 1926-
National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts
Summaries of more than 174,000 publications on criminal justice, including Federal, state, and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, and unpublished research. Topics include corrections, courts, drugs and crime, law enforcement, juvenile justice and victims of crime.
Dates of coverage: 1972-
A collection of over 7,400 electronic books. Users may create an account to "check out" eBooks in netLibrary for their exclusive use.
Dates of coverage: Varies, depending on publication date of book
The Naxos Music Library is a comprehensive collection of classical music available online. It includes the complete Naxos and Marco Polo catalogs of over 258,000 tracks, including classical music, jazz, world, folk, and Chinese music. While listening you can read notes on the works being played as well as biographical information on composers and artists. (5 simultaneous users maximum).
Dates of coverage: Varies
Contains complete full-text content, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people world wide. Paid advertisements are excluded. This newspaper is also available in InfoTrac and LexisNexis databases.
Dates of coverage: 1980-
"Provides selected full text articles from 143 U.S. and international newspapers." Note that more than one EBSCOhost database may be searched at the same time via a separate simultaneous search page.
Dates of coverage: Varies by journal title; earliest journal coverage is 1990
The classic etymological dictionary of the English language.
Dates of coverage: Current
Oxford Music Online includes the full text of The New Oxford Dictionary of Music and Musicians (second edition), The New Oxford Dictionary of Opera and The New Oxford Dictionary of Jazz (second edition). Oxford Music Online is regularly updated. Limited to one user at a time.
Dates of coverage: Current
Provides full-text articles via Proquest Newspapers.
Dates of coverage: 1991-
This bibliographic database contains citations and abstracts of scientific literature on plant science from over 250 primary research journals.
Dates of coverage: 1994-current
This database includes full text for nearly 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles).
Dates of coverage: Varies by journal title; earliest journal coverage is 1990.
Professional Development Collection
A database with selected full-text available from over 150 journals in the field of education. Note that more than one EBSCOhost database may be searched at the same time via a separate simultaneous search page.
Dates of coverage: Varies by journal title; earliest journal coverage is 1990
A set of approximately 40 electronic journals from Johns Hopkins University Press, predominantly in the humanities.
Dates of coverage: Varies by journal title
Full text articles from New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Providence Journal - Bulletin, and Massachusetts Newsstand with 12 Massachusetts newspapers including The Boston Globe and The Boston Herald.
Dates of coverage: Varies by newspaper title
Providence Journal (Providence, RI)
Providence Journal is available via Proquest Newspapers Complete full-text content of local and regional news..
Dates of coverage: 1983-
Psychology and Behavioral Science Collection
This database provides nearly 575 full text publications, including nearly 550 peer-reviewed titles on topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Nearly every full text title included in this database is indexed in PsycINFO.
Dates of coverage: Varies by journal title; earliest journal coverage is 1945.
The database contains more than 45,000 articles from 57 journals - 46 published by the American Psychological Association and 11 from allied organizations. Note that more than one EBSCOhost database may be searched at the same time via a separate simultaneous search page.
Dates of coverage: 1985-
Abstracts and references for articles from professional psychology journals. Note that more than one EBSCOhost database may be searched at the same time via a separate simultaneous search page.
Dates of coverage: 1887-
ReferenceUSA (International Businesses - OneSource Global Business Browser)
Worldwide business and industry information on more than 3 million companies, including strong U.S. coverage. Contents include company profiles, news, business and trade articles, analyst reports, executive profiles, industry intelligence, and financial data. This database is part of ReferenceUSA. To connect, select International Businesses from the "Select a database to search" pulldown menu on the ReferenceUSA homepage.
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Reference USA (U.S. Businesses)
Provides detailed information on more than 14 million U.S. businesses, with 27 data elements including executives, financial information, and articles. To connect, select U.S. Business from the "Select a database to search" pulldown menu on the ReferenceUSA home page.
Dates of coverage: Varies
This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications including coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
Dates of coverage: Varies by journal title; earliest journal coverage is 1984.
Religion and Philosophy Collection
This database provides extensive coverage of such topics as world religions, major denominations, religious history, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. The database contains more than 300 full text journals, including more than 250 peer-reviewed titles.
Dates of coverage: Varies by journal title; earliest journal coverage is 1956.
Online access to the complete content of the print versions of The Fifties in America, The Seventies in America, The Eighties in America,
The Nineties in America, Historical Encyclopedia of American Business, Great Events from History: The Twentieth Century, 1901-1940, Great Events from History: The Twentieth Century, 1941-1970, Great Events from History: The Twentieth Century, 1971-2000, Milestone Documents in American History.
Dates of coverage: Varies.
Science Direct College Edition
Provides access to more than a quarter of the world's scientific and medical journal articles online. Topics include physical sciences and engineering, life sciences, health sciences, and social sciences and humanities.
Dates of coverage: Varies depending on journal title, mostly 1995-
This database contains full text for nearly 640 science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, etc. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.
Dates of coverage: Varies by title.
This resource provides access to the most up-to-date and accurate bibliographic information as well as current pricing structures for popular serials. It contains nearly 212,000 U.S. and international titles, including newspapers; data from nearly 108,235 publishers worldwide, including e-mail and Internet addresses.
Dates of coverage: Current
Includes extensive coverage of more than 450 social work and human services journals. Produced by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), the database provides citations and abstracts dealing with all aspects of the social work field. 4 simultaneous users maximum.
Dates of coverage: 1965-
A comprehensive sociology research database with more than 1,660,000 records. It contains full text for 344 "core" coverage journals dating back to 1895, and 129 "priority" coverage journals. This database also includes full text for more than 700 books and monographs, and full text for 6,800 conference papers.
Dates of coverage: Varies by journal title; earliest journal coverage is 1895.
Includes bibliographic coverage of journals, books, dissertations and conference proceedings in sports, sports medicine, and physical education, with full text for more than 415 journals. (4 simultaneous users maximum)
Dates of coverage: Varies by title: earliest publication date is 1800; earliest full text journal coverage is 1985
Bibliographic citations, with abstracts, corresponding to the print Chemical
Abstracts. Databases available are CA (Chemical Abstracts 1967-present), CAOLD (pre-1967 citations, limited coverage), and the Registry (a chemical structure and dictionary database). Registry numbers for chemical substances may be searched in CA and CAOLD. Hours of operation for searching are 5pm to 5am the following day, Monday through Friday; 5pm Friday till 6pm Saturday; 8am Sunday-5am the following Monday.
Dates of coverage: Coverage for CA (Chemical Abstracts) database is 1967-
Teacher Reference Center (TRC) provides indexing and abstracts for more than 270 periodicals and indexing of 1,300 book chapters. In addition, 96% of journals indexed in TRC are peer-reviewed. Topics include: Assessment, Best Practices, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Higher Education, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, School Administration, Science & Mathematics, and Teacher Education.
Dates of coverage: Varies by journal title; earliest journal coverage is 1984 .
This database, produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, provides bibliographic citations and abstracts from the core journal literature in toxicology, including chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pesticides, environmental pollutants and mutagens. This version of TOXLINE does not contain information from Chemical Abstracts Service, BIOSIS, or International Pharmaceutical Abstracts.
Dates of coverage: Last 5 years plus the current year
Ulrichsweb.com contains information about more than 300,000 serials of all types from around the world-academic and scholarly journals, peer-reviewed titles, online publications, newspapers and other resources. Bibliographic records provide details such as ISSN and title, publisher, online availability, language, subject area, abstracting & indexing coverage, searchable tables of contents, and full-text reviews.
Dates of coverage: Current
U.S. Businesses (in ReferenceUSA)
Provides detailed information on more than 14 million U.S. businesses, with 27 data elements including executives, financial information, and articles. To connect, select U.S. Business from the "Select a database to search" pulldown menu on the ReferenceUSA home page.
Dates of coverage: Varies
Contains full text articles.
Dates of coverage: 1984-
The Worcester Telegram & Gazette
The Worcester Telegram & Gazette is available via Proquest Newspapers. It contains complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded.
Dates of coverage: 1989-
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000
Includes books, images, documents, scholarly essays, commentaries and bibliographies documenting women's activism in public life from colonial times to the present.
Dates of coverage: 1600-2000
The database contains more than 57,000,000 bibliographic records for books, web resources and other materials owned by libraries around the world. One user at a time.
Dates of coverage: Before 1000 BC tp present
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
References, with abstracts, to a large selection of professional journals, magazines, and books in the fields of political science and public affairs.
Dates of coverage: 1975-
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