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19th Century Masterfile
19th Century Masterfile (NCM) is a collection of more than seventy indexes to English-language periodicals, books, newspapers, patents, and US/UK government documents printed prior to 1930. Citations include materials from the 13th through the early 20th centuries, i.e., 1200s-1930.

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Academic Search Premier This database is Full-Text
Citations and selected full-text for popular newspapers/magazines and scholarly journals in nearly every academic discipline, some dating back as far as 1965.
Access World News This database is Full-Text
Find current and archived state, regional, national and international full-text articles on business news, issues, events, people, government and more with over 2,500 newspapers and other news sources, including approximately one dozen Mississippi newspapers, the Advocate (1986-Current), and the Times-Picayune (1989-Current).
African American Newspapers, 1827-1998 This database is Full-Text
African American Newspapers, 1827-1998 provides online access to approximately 270 U.S. newspapers chronicling a century and a half of the African American experience. This unique collection features papers from more than 35 states-including many rare and historically significant 19th century titles.
African American Periodicals, 1825-1995 This database is Full-Text
African American Periodicals, 1825-1995, features more than 170 periodicals by and about African Americans. Published in 26 states, the publications include academic and political journals, commercial magazines, institutional newsletters, organizations’ bulletins, annual reports, and other genres. This collection is based on James P. Danky’s African-American Newspapers and Periodicals: A National Bibliography (Harvard, 1998).
AGRICOLA This database is Full-Text
Full-text and Citations of articles, books, book chapters, maps, videos, etc. acquired by the National Agricultural Library (NAL) and cooperating institutions in the agricultural and related sciences providing worldwide coverage from 1970 to the present.
Alt HealthWatch This database is Full-Text
Citations and full-text for 180 publications dating back to 1990 covering complementary and alternative medicine.
America: History & Life
Citations to articles, books, book chapters and dissertations published worldwide covering the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Coverage extends back to 1964.
American Chemical Society This database is Full-Text
Citations to scholarly scientific conferences and information resources published by the American Chemical Society.
Art & Architecture Complete This database is Full-Text
Full-text coverage of 380 periodicals and more than 220 books, in addition to indexing and abstracts for more than 780 academic journals, magazines, and trade publications, and over 230 books. Also provides selective coverage for 70 additional publications and an Image Collection of over 63,000 images provided by Picture Desk and others.
ArticleFirst
Citations to journals in science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture extending forward from 1990.
ARTstor This database is Full-Text
The ARTstor Digital Library is a nonprofit resource that provides more than one million digital images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences with accessible suite of software tools for teaching and research. Our community-built collections comprise contributions from outstanding international museums, photographers, libraries, scholars, photo archives, and artists and artists' estates.
ASFA 1: Biological Sciences and Living Resources
Citations to basic and applied research on all aspects of marine, freshwater, and brackishwater organisms and environments including information on biology and ecology of aquatic organisms, exploitation of living resources, and related legal, policy, and socioeconomic issues. Coverage is from 1998.

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Bibliography of Native North Americans
Citations for books, essays, journal articles, and government documents of the United States and Canada covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life from the sixteenth century to the present.
Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Comprehensive citations to current and retrospective biographical dictionaries and who's whos indexing individuals, both living and deceased for every field of activity and from all areas of the world.
Biography Reference Bank Select This database is Full-Text
Full text of over 39,000 profiles of notable individuals from more than 100 print volumes of biographical reference books including all of 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 from throughout history.
Biological Abstracts (BIOSIS)
Citations to international journals focusing on vital biological and medical research findings, clinical studies, including discoveries of new organisms. Some citations back to 1969.
BioMed Central This database is Full-Text
BioMed Central\'s portfolio of 221 journals includes general titles BMC Biology and BMC Medicine alongside specialist journals (e.g. BMC Bioinformatics, Malaria Journal) that focus on particular disciplines . All the research published by BioMed Central\'s journals is open access, but BioMed Central also provides access to various additional products and services that require a subscription. For example, certain BioMed Central journals such as Genome Biology publish commissioned review content available only to subscribers. BioMed Central also operates Open Repository, a hosted digital repository solution for institutions.
Book Collection: Nonfiction This database is Full-Text
Contains abstracts and full text articles for more than 3,100 popular nonfiction books. Includes general and high interest articles on civics, social studies, science, careers, health, sports, adventure, hobbies, technology, biographies and more.
Book Review Digest Plus
Abstracts and selected full text coverage of fiction and non-fiction book reviews back to 1983. The database includes children\'s books as well as books for adults and young adults. Entries currently encompass some 1,300,000 reviews covering over 550,000 books with daily updates. Every book in Book Review Digest Plus appears with all of its reviews together.
Books in Print
Complete record of in-print and forthcoming books published and distributed in the United States. (This is NOT the library catalog for USM.)
Books24x7 This database is Full-Text
Books24x7 supports workers in acquiring knowledge at the speed of change by instantly delivering trusted information how and when it is needed. Our content collections represent industrys best intelligence, covering business, technology, engineering, finance and a multitude of other subject areas.
Business and Company Resource Center This database is Full-Text
The Business and Company Resource Center provides current company and industry intelligence for thousands of firms. The information provided includes competitive intelligence, career and investment opportunities, business rankings, company histories and more.
Business Source Complete This database is Full-Text
Citations and selected full-text for scholarly business journals (some back to 1886 or the first issue published for that journal). Contains detailed author profiles for the 20,000 most-cited authors in the database. Additional full text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analysis and more.
Business Source Complete BSI This database is Full-Text
Citations and selected full-text for scholarly business journals (back to 1886 or the first issue published for that journal). Also included are financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.

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Chemical Abstracts - Scifinder Scholar
Citations to over 23 million documents from more than 9000 journals and 150 countries, covering literature from 1907 to the present. Sources of documents include journals, patents, conference proceedings, dissertations, technical reports, books, and more.
Chicago Manual of Style Online This database is Full-Text
The 16th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style available online. The Chicago Manual of Style Online provides Tools, such as sample correspondence, proofreaders’ marks, and a quick guide to citation. Additional Q&A content is fully searchable along with the content of The Chicago Manual of Style.
Children's Literature Comprehensive Database This database is Full-Text
The Children's Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD) is an acquisition, research, and reference service that offers more than 1,800,000 MARC records and more than 315,000 reviews of children's books--all full text searchable from 37 review sources.
Choice Reviews
More than 66,000 concise, evaluative reviews of significant scholarly publications -- both in print and electronic form -- in more than 40 disciplines spanning the humanities, science and technology, and social sciences. Coverage from 1988 to the present.
CINAHL Full-Text This database is Full-Text
Citations and selected full-text coverage (back to 1982) of journals in nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines. Includes access to health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational software, audiovisuals and book chapters.
Cochrane Library This database is Full-Text
The Cochrane Library contains high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. It includes reliable evidence from Cochrane and other systematic reviews, clinical trials, and more. Cochrane reviews bring you the combined results of the world's best medical research studies, and are recognized as the gold standard in evidence-based health care.
ComAbstracts
Citations to articles published in the primary professional literature of the communication(s) field. Coverage goes back as far as 1982 for some journals.
Communication and Mass Media Complete This database is Full-Text
Citations to quality research in communication, mass media and other closely-related fields of study encompassing the breadth of the communication discipline.
Communication Institute for Online Scholarship This database is Full-Text
Citations to 70 communication journals and full-text access to the Electronic Journal of Communication, a peer reviewed quarterly journal of original scholarship in communication. Additionally, an electronic white pages for more than 5,000 professionals and students in the communications field and an index to more than 12,000 communication related web pages at 230 communication web sites.
Computer Science Index This database is Full-Text
Computer Science Index offers abstracting and indexing of academic journals, professional publications, and other reference sources at the highest scholarly and technical levels of computer science. The collection covers more than 6,500 periodicals and books, with coverage going back to the mid 1960s.
Computer Source This database is Full-Text
Computer Source provides researchers with the latest information and current trends in high technology. This database offers full text for nearly 300 publications and indexing and abstracts for nearly 450 publications. Full text information in this database dates as far back as 1985.
Computers & Applied Sciences Complete This database is Full-Text
Computers & Applied Sciences Complete covers the spectrum of the applied sciences, representing knowledge on traditional engineering challenges and providing material for research concerning the business and social implications of new technology. CASC provides indexing and abstracting for academic journals, professional publications, and other reference sources. Full Text is available for more than 500 periodicals. Subject areas include the many engineering disciplines, computer theory, and new technologies.
Congressional Publications This database is Full-Text
Provides access to more than 25 years of congressional information, including facts and figures on almost any topic of current interest. It covers the full text of congressional working papers and bills, as well as the Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, the U.S. Code, and the Congressional Record. Also provides member biographical and committee assignment information, voting records, and financial data.
Consumer Health Complete This database is Full-Text
Abstracts and selected full text covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. Includes Evidence-Based Reports, Encyclopedias & Reference Books, Fact Sheets & Pamphlets, Medical News, Drug & Herb Information, Alternative Sources, Images & Diagrams, and Videos & Animations.
Contemporary Women's Issues This database is Full-Text
CWI is a multi-disciplinary, full-text database that brings together relevant content from mainstream periodicals, "gray" literature, and the alternative press -- with a focus on the critical issues and events that influence women's lives in more than 190 countries. CWI contains more than 2,000 unique sources from 250 participating organizations, and is updated weekly with more than 10,000 records each year. 98% of articles are available as full-text; comprehensive coverage begins in 1992.
COS Funding Opportunities
Updated daily, COS Funding Opportunities includes more than 16,000 grants from around the world.
CQ Library This database is Full-Text
The CQ Library provides Web access to two of CQ's premier print publications, the CQ Weekly and The CQ Researcher. The CQ Weekly is known as the pre-eminent resource for Congress-watchers who need nonpartisan information on Capitol Hill. The CQ Weekly on the Web includes access to the full text of all articles published since 1983. CQ Researcher covers the most current and controversial issues of the day with complete summaries, insight into all sides of the issues, bibliographies and more.
Credo Reference This database is Full-Text
Credo Reference is a full-text ready reference tool. This database features over 240 reference titles from various publishers, which contain entries from every major subject, as well as multi-dimensional cross references.
Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text
Citations to articles in major journals, books, and reports from government and nongovernmental agencies in criminology and related disciplines. Topics include crime trends, prevention projects, corrections, juvenile delinquency, police, courts and sentencing. Coverage is from 1968 forward.

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Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online This database is Full-Text

Dictionary of Literary Biography Online Complete, the online companion to the print resource, offers researchers new channels and methods for accessing the information they're looking for, using comprehensive search options including:

  • Author name
  • Title
  • Subjects
  • Birth and death dates
  • Nationality
  • Ethnicity
  • Gender
  • Full Text

Additionally, you can search for essays on publishing houses and literary topics. You can search a single parameter or combine several for a detailed search on a selected author. And intratext hyperlinks to other notable authors encourage the exploration and study of other authors in Dictionary of Literary Biography.

Dissertations and Theses (ProQuest) This database is Full-Text
Provides access to the citations and abstracts of dissertations and theses by graduate students have had their work published through UMI Dissertation Publishing. In addition to citations and abstracts, the service provides free access to 24 page previews and the full text access for most graduate works published from 1997 forward.

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Early English Books Online (EEBO) This database is Full-Text
From the first book published in English through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare, this collection now contains about 100,000 of over 125,000 titles listed in A. W. Pollard and G. R. Redgrave\'s Short-Title Catalogue (1475-1640) and Wing\'s Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700) and their revised editions, as well as the Thomason Tracts (1640-1661) collection and the Early English Books Tract Supplement.
Ebook Library (Trial) This database is Full-Text

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eBooks on EBSCOhost This database is Full-Text
Online collection of electronic books, representing a wide range of research, reference, and reading materials. The collection includes over 27,000 book titles.

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Ebrary Academic Complete This database is Full-Text
ebrary is a comprehensive subscription database of e-books and other materials derived from a collection of over 37,700 books arranged within 16 broad subject area headers.
EBSCOhost This database is Full-Text
Collection of article databases covering a wide range of subject disciplines including business, education, health, and newspaper sources.
EBSCOhost Electronic Journals Service (EJS) This database is Full-Text
Consolidation of over 8,000 e-journals from all major publishers, covering practically all disciplines.
Ecology Abstracts
Citations to ecological research beginning in 1998 with coverage ranging from habitats to food chains, from erosion to land reclamation.
EconLIT
Citations to international literature on economics (back to 1969) including journal articles, books, dissertations and working papers, conference proceedings, collected essay volumes and full text book reviews.
ECONOMIA Y NEGOCIOS
This Spanish language database, which focuses on business and economics, consists of more than 60,000 bibliographic records. Coverage dates back to the early 1980s and includes over 200 periodicals published in Latin America and Spain.
Education Full Text This database is Full-Text
Abstracts (back to 1983) and selected full-text coverage (back to 1996) of international, English-language academic and peer-reviewed journals, periodicals, monographs, and yearbooks covering topics in K-University education and special education. In addition, provides over 1,500 controlled and cross-referenced names of educational tests.

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eHRAF Archaeology This database is Full-Text
The eHRAF Collection of Archaeology is a cross-cultural full-text database of books and articles on prehistory archaeological traditions from all regions of the world. The collection contains both tradition sequences and a randomly selected set of traditions suitable for comparative archaeological research. It may be used to find information on particular traditions, subtraditions, or sites, and it may be used to find comparative information on environment, diet, settlements patterns, architecture, etc
eHRAF World Cultures This database is Full-Text

Yale's eHRAF (Human Relations Area Files) World Cultures database is a full-text multi-cultural database that provides users with in-depth information on all aspects of cultural and social life. It can be used to find information on particular cultures, ethnic groups, or immigrant groups, and it may be used to find information on beliefs, superstitions, or subjects such as political structure, architecture, kinship units, or settlement patterns. It contains a variety of source documents (books, articles, and dissertations) indexed by culture, subject and geographic area.

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Encyclopedia Britannica Online This database is Full-Text
Collection of authoritative encyclopedia articles covering all areas of information.
Environment Complete This database is Full-Text
Citations and selected full text for most journals used in the Environmental discipline as well as 80 monographs (such as Encyclopedia of World Environmental History, Advances in Water Treatment & Environmental Management, etc.), and full text for the conference papers of the North American Association of Environmental Education.
ERIC This database is Full-Text
Bibliographic citations (back to 1966) to both ERIC Documents (ED) and Educational Journals (EJ). ERIC Documents include books, conference proceedings, curriculum guides, bibliographies and literature reviews, U.S. Dept. of Education reports, Congressional hearings and reports, and more. Most ERIC documents through 2004 are available at Cook Library on microfiche.
European Views of the Americas
The database contains more than 32,000 entries and is a comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750. It covers the history of European exploration as well as portrayals of native American peoples. A wide range of subject areas are covered; from natural disasters to disease outbreaks and slavery.

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Facts on File: Issues and Controversies This database is Full-Text
Issues & Controversies @ FACTS.com provides full-text access to articles on hundreds of controversial topics, in addition to a live newsfeed from Reuters and thousands of in-depth features, images, charts, and primary documents. Other features include "By the Numbers" statistical overviews of major issues, Issues: Pro and Con (a listing that highlights important topics of debate), and a directory of contact organizations. Full-text coverage begins in 1995 and is updated biweekly.
Facts on File: Issues and Controversies in American History This database is Full-Text
Issues & Controversies in American History @ FACTS.com provides full-text articles on controversial topics, covering 1600 to the present. Features such as biographies, timelines, photographs, and maps augment the curriculum-based coverage of historical events, and give the points of view on all sides of the debates as they were promulgated at the time. Biographies, timelines, background articles, photographs, and maps augment the curriculum-based coverage of historical events. Carefully selected primary documents, linking directly to the factual coverage, give the points of view on all sides of the debates as they were promulgated at the time.
Facts on File: Today's Science This database is Full-Text
Today's Science @ FACTS.com features overview articles linked to detailed news coverage, illustrations, editorial cartoons, an automatic glossary, Hot Topics, scientist biographies, and curriculum materials targeting multiple grade levels, including correlations to National Science Education standards. Full-text coverage begins in 1992 and is updated weekly.
Facts on File: World News Digest This database is Full-Text
The Facts on File World News Digest Database @ FACTS.com includes a live Reuters newsfeed and "Top Stories" timelines linked to original coverage of news stories back to October 1940. Other features include original essays created for the online version, such as Country Profiles, Key People, Key Events, and Key Issues.
Fold3 This database is Full-Text
Fold3 is a digital archive of over 74 million historical documents covering U.S. history from the 1700s to the present.
Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Provides over 25,000 informative encyclopedia articles on all subjects.

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Gale Directory Library This database is Full-Text

The Gale Directory Library includes the following:

  • Business Rankings Annual
  • Gale Directory of Publications & Broadcast Media
  • Market Share Reporter
  • Scholarships, Fellowships & Loans
  • Wards Business Directory of US Public & Private Companies
  • Directory of Special Libraries and Information Centers
  • Encylopedia of Associations: International Organizations
  • Encylopedia of Associations: National Organizations
  • Encylopedia of Associations: Regional, State, and Local
  • Publishers Directory
  • Brands and their Companies/Companies and their Brands
Gale Reference Library This database is Full-Text
Gale Reference Library provides access to a growing collection of reference books across a broad spectrum of disciplines.
Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Index
Abstracts to more than 300 core titles in the fields of horticulture, garden and landscape design and history, botany, ecology, plant and garden conservation, garden management, and horticultural therapy.
General Science Collection This database is Full-Text
Citations and selected full text coverage for more than 60 of the most popular science publications providing information on all aspects of the scientific world. Full text information dates back to 1992.
GeoRef
Citations to international literature in geology and geosciences of North America since 1785 and the geology of the rest of the world since 1933. Includes items from special bibliographies produced on request for state surveys or societies, and annual subject and author indexes.
Geosciences Virtual Archives (AAPG)
Publications from the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Google Scholar
Broad search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations. * Convenient hook-up to Findit! to help searchers locate materials in the USM Libraries.
GREENfile This database is Full-Text
GreenFILE provides abstracts and selected full-text to multi-disciplinary content covering the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments, and what can be done on each level to minimize negative impact. Scholarly, government and general-interest titles covered such topics as global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.

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Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition This database is Full-Text
Provides citations and full-text to scholarly journals in the medical disciplines. Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong. Full text dates as far back as 1975.
Historical Abstracts
American Historical Association's database of citations to World History (not US and Canada) covering the years 1450 to the present. Includes journals, books and dissertations. Over 310,000 entries in 54 languages. Coverage since 1972.
History Reference Center This database is Full-Text
Full text access to more than 1,000 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books, 60 history magazines, 58,000 historical documents, 43,000 biographies of historical figures, more than 12,000 historical photos and maps, and more than 80 hours of historical video.
Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) This database is Full-Text
The Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) is a collection of over 60,000 authoritative resources related to homeland security. These resources include U.S. policy documents, presidential directives, and national strategy documents, as well as specialized resources such as theses and reports from various universities, organizations, and local and state agencies. The majority of the documents are from 2002 or later, though some relevant historical documents from before 2002 are included. All documents are full text or linked full text.
Hospitality & Tourism Complete This database is Full-Text
Citations and selected full-text covering scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism. Coverage dates back to 1965.
Human Resources Abstracts
Human Resources Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to human resources, including human resource management, employee assistance, organizational behavior, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. The index contains 60,000 records, which are carefully selected from the most important sources within the discipline, such as: Journal of Human Resources, Personnel Psychology, and Work & Occupations. EBSCO has digitized the full archive of this index, bringing coverage back to 1975.
Humanities International Complete This database is Full-Text
Citations and selected full text access to hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world. Includes data from American Humanities Index and Humanities International Index.

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IEEE Computer Society Digital Library This database is Full-Text
Provides access to 22 society magazines and transactions and over 1700 selected conference proceedings.
Information Science & Technology Abstracts (ISTA)
Information Science & Technology Abstracts is a leading database in the areas of information science. ISTA indexes journal articles from more than 450 publications plus books, research reports, and conference proceedings and patents, with ongoing comprehensive coverage of the most important periodicals in this field. Coverage dates back to the mid 1960s.
INSPEC
Citations to journals, conference proceedings, technical reports, books, dissertations and reports in the fields of physics, electrical engineering, electronics, communications, control engineering, computing, information technology, manufacturing and production engineering and related fields (materials science, oceanography, nuclear engineering, geophysics, environmental science, biomedical engineering, and biophysics.)
Insurance Periodicals Index
Citations and abstracts to over 200 of the most respected and widely-read insurance industry journals and magazines, including the Journal of Risk and Insurance, and the Journal of Risk and Uncertainty.
International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text This database is Full-Text
Citations and full-text access to all of the content available in International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance as well as full text for 100 titles, including Canadian Theatre Review, Dance Chronicle, Dance Teacher, Modern Drama, PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art, Research in Dance Education, Research in Drama Education, Studies in Theatre and Performance, TDR: The Drama Review, Theater, and many more.
International Index to Music Periodicals Full Text This database is Full-Text
Covers nearly all aspects of the world of music, from the most scholarly studies to the latest crazes. The database draws its current content from more than 375 international music periodicals from over 20 countries, and also indexes feature music articles and obituaries appearing in The New York Times and The Washington Post. Coverage begins in 1996.
Internet and Personal Computing Abstracts
Abstracts to literature related to personal computing products and developments in business, the Internet, the home, and all other applied areas. Special focus on specific topics such as Macintosh and Windows platforms, programming, web development and more.
IPA Source This database is Full-Text
IPA Source is a library of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions and literal translations of opera arias and art song texts. IPA SOurce offers over 3925 texts including 578 opera-aria texts.

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Journal Citation Reports This database is Full-Text

Journal Citation Reports is a comprehensive and unique resource that allows you to evaluate and compare journals using citation data drawn from over 7,500 scholarly and technical journals from more than 3,300 publishers in over 60 countries. It is the only source of citation data on journals, and includes virtually all areas of science, technology, and social sciences. Journal Citation Reports can show you the:

  • Most frequently cited journals in a field
  • Highest impact journals in a field
  • Largest journals in a field

Citation and article counts are important indicators of how frequently current researchers are using individual journals. By tabulating and aggregating citation and article counts, JCR offers a unique perspective for journal evaluation and comparison.

JSTOR This database is Full-Text
The JSTOR database contains full-text backfiles of core scholarly journals back to their first issues (some as far back as the 1800's) up to the last five years. There are over 4 million digitized pages from over 580 journals, with more titles being added constantly. Multidisciplinary collections cover the arts and sciences. Specialized collections cover business, ecology and botany, general science, language and literature, mathematics and statistics, and music.

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Legal Collection This database is Full-Text
This database contains full text for nearly 250 of the world's most respected, scholarly law journals. The Legal Collection is an authoritative source for information on current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world.
Lexi-PALS Drug Guide This database is Full-Text
The Lexi-PALS Drug Guide is a database of Patient Advisory Leaflets from Lexi-Comp that provides vital education on medications for patients. The approach for each pamphlet is to present each medication in an easy to follow and understand question-and-answer format. The database consists of over 1,450 medication and natural product leaflets, with an additional 600 Spanish language leaflets representing the most subscribed and commonly used medications. The database is offered on the EBSCOhost platform and is updated monthly.
LexisNexis Academic This database is Full-Text
Full-text access to over 10,000 news, business, and legal sources.
Library Literature & Information Science Full-Text This database is Full-Text
Citation and selected full-text to articles in English and foreign-language periodicals, selected state journals, conference proceedings, pamphlets, books, and library school theses, plus over 300 books per year in the field of Library and Information Science.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
Continued ISTA coverage (beginning in 1960) and more. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, and information management, the information industry. LISTA indexes periodicals plus books, research reports, and proceedings.
Literary Reference Center This database is Full-Text
Information on thousands of authors and their works. Includes plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, articles of literary criticism, book reviews, 25,000 classic and contemporary poems, 11,000 classic and contemporary short stories, full text of over 7,500 classic novels (anticipated by Fall 2006), 3,000 author interviews, and over 1,000 images of key literary figures. Also includes Merriam Webster\'s Encyclopedia of Literature, Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature, Continuum Encyclopedia of British Literature, Continuum Encyclopedia of Children\'s Literature, The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, Beacham\'s Research Guide to Biography and Criticism, The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature, The Literary Encyclopedia, The Columbia Companion to the 20th Century American Short Story, all of MagillOnLiterature Plus, and the Bloom Series of over 500 books. To access, select Literary Reference Center from the list given.
Literature Criticism Online This database is Full-Text

Literature Criticism Online is an extensive curated compilation of available literary commentary. The 10 individual, award-winning Gale series that comprise Literature Criticism Online represent a range of modern and historical views on authors and their works across regions, eras and genres. Literature Criticism Online brings together many of the more important literary series from Gale:

  • Contemporary Literary Criticism
  • Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism
  • Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism
  • Shakespearean Criticism
  • Literature Criticism from 1400-1800
  • Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism
  • Poetry Criticism
  • Short Story Criticism
  • Drama Criticism
  • Children's Literature Review
Literature Resource Center (Gale) This database is Full-Text
Full-text biographical, bibliographical, and critical content information on literary figures from all time periods writing in such genres as fiction, nonfiction, short stories, poetry, drama, history, journalism, and more.

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MAS Ultra - School Edition This database is Full-Text
Citations and some full-text articles, reports and special issues from 300 of the most wanted K-12 magazines; Essential Documents of American History (a database of over 1,000 original historical); the CIA World Factbook; Department of Education's College Guide; full text for 14 Macmillan Books; full-text for 500 pamphlets; and full text for nearly 5,000 Magill Book Reviews.
MasterFILE Premier This database is Full-Text
Citations and full text of general periodicals covering a broad range of disciplines including general reference, business, education, health, general science, multi-cultural issues and much more. Full text is available as far back as 1975 for several key publications.
MathSciNet
MathSciNet is an electronic publication offering access to a carefully maintained and easily searchable database of reviews, abstracts and bibliographic information for much of the mathematical sciences literature. Over 80,000 new items are added each year, most of them classified according to the Mathematics Subject Classification.
MEDLINE
Citations to articles from more than 4800 journals in the biomedical field including medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Coverage extends back to at least 1985.
Mental Measurements Yearbook This database is Full-Text
Comprehensive guide to over 2,000 English language, commercially available contemporary testing instruments in psychology, education, business, and leadership. Entries contain test purpose, publisher, pricing and edited review(s) written by leading content area experts. Provides coverage from Volume 9 to the present of the print version.
Mergent Online This database is Full-Text
Mergent Online is a database that provides more recent financial data for U.S. and non-U.S. public companies. Descriptions, histories, and financial statements are included in the basic package of information provided for the various companies covered. Data for U.S. public companies is archived back through 1996 and for non-U.S. companies back through 1995. The earliest available archived information will vary from company to company.
Mergent WebReports This database is Full-Text
Mergent WebReports is a database that provides archived data for U.S. and non-U.S. public companies in the following categories: bank and finance, industrial, over-the-counter (OTC) industrial, public utility, transportation, and OTC unlisted. Non-U.S. company data is contained in a separate international category. The earliest available archived information will vary by category and by company. In some instances information as far back as the early 1900’s may be provided.
Middle Search Plus This database is Full-Text
Full-text for 140 popular, middle school magazines (assigned a reading level indicator - Lexiles), thousands of biographies, historical essays and student pamphlets. Additionally, includes Essential Documents in American History, Our States reference series, Funk & Wagnall's Encyclopedia, American Heritage Dictionary, the Encyclopedia of Animals, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags.
MLA Directory of Periodicals
The MLA Directory of Periodicals offers detailed information on over 7,100 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
Citations to journal articles, books and dissertations in the areas of literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory and criticism, dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing. Also included are recently added listings on rhetoric and composition and the history, theory and practice of teaching language and literature.
Morningstar Investment Research Center This database is Full-Text
Morningstar.com Investment Research Center data reports cover more than 20,000 securities.
Music Index
Now in EBSCOHost - Indexes articles on classical and popular music found in over 725 periodicals from over 40 countries and in 23 languages. Coverage includes feature articles, news notes, obituaries, performance notes, and reviews of books, recordings, and published music from 1979 to the present.

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Natural & Alternative Treatments This database is Full-Text
Detailed information on more than 180 different conditions and the conventional and natural treatments used to treat them, over 200 herbs and supplements, plus drug-herb and drug-supplement interactions for more than 75 drug categories. To access, select Natural & Alternative Treatments from the list given.
NAXOS Music Library This database is Full-Text
The complete Naxos and Marco Polo catalogs of over 130,000 tracks, including Classical music, Jazz, World, Folk and Chinese music. Whilst listening, you can read notes on the works being played as well as biographical information on composers or artists in Naxos's extensive database.
NBC Learn Higher Ed
NBC Learn Higher Ed is a collection of historic news reports, current events stories, original content, primary source documents, and other digital media that can be used for research, projects, and in classroom and online teaching. Content includes over 10,000 short 2- to 5-minute videos; eight years of archival NBC News materials from 1920 to the present; interviews with authors, essayists, and writers of note on some of the significant works of the 20th century; and hundreds of historical documents from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. Coverage includes topics in arts and letters, business, education, health, psychology, science, and technology.
NBC Learn K-12
NBC Learn K-12 is a collection of historic news reports, current events stories, original content, primary source documents, and other digital media that can be used for research, projects, and in classroom and online teaching. Content includes over 10,000 short 2- to 5-minute videos; eight years of archival NBC News materials from 1920 to the present; interviews with authors, essayists, and writers of note on some of the significant works of the 20th century; and hundreds of historical documents from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. Coverage includes topics in language arts, social studies, business and personal finance, health and wellness, and science.
Newsbank InfoWeb This database is Full-Text
Find current and archived state, regional, national and international full-text articles on business news, issues, events, people, government and more with over 2,500 newspapers and other news sources including the Advocate (1986-Current), Mississippi State News, New York Times (1985-Current), Times-Picayune (1989-Current), Washington Post (1977-Current), and America's News Magazines.
Newspaper Source This database is Full-Text
Selected full text for 114 major U.S. and international newspapers. International coverage includes The News (Mexico), and The Hong Kong Standard. Coverage varies but many extend back to 1995.
NoveList
Searchable database of book reviews and book annotations of fictional literature. It is a good source for a variety of booklists for all ages. Also includes Reader's Advisory, Book Discussion Guides, New Author Read-alikes, and BookTalks.
Nursing Education in Video (Trial)
Nursing Education in Video is a unique online collection of videos created specifically for the education and training of nurses, nursing assistants, and other healthcare workers. All of the videos in the collection have been created with the guidance of the Medcom-Trainex advisory board, and are regularly reviewed for accuracy, currency, and compliance with US Federal regulations from agencies such as OSHA and CMS.

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Oceanic Abstracts
Index to worldwide technical literature pertaining to the marine and brackish-water environment. Includes marine biology and physical oceanography, fisheries, aquaculture, non-living resources, plus environmental, technological, and legislative topics. Coverage is from 1998 forward.
Opera in Video
Will contain 250 of the most important opera performances, captured on video through staged productions, interviews, and documentaries. Selections represent the world's best performers, conductors, and opera houses and are based on a work's importance to the operatic canon.
OregonPDF in Health & Performance This database is Full-Text
Full-text graduate dissertations and theses since 1948 in areas related to health and performance. The focus of the collection is physical activity in areas such as biochemistry, biomechanics, dance, exercise physiology, history or philosophy of physical education, kinesiology, motor control, obesity, recreation, sports marketing, sports medicine, sports pedagogy, sports psychology, and tests and measurements.
Oxford English Dictionary This database is Full-Text
Provides the history and development of English words during the last 800 years and uses quotations from the works of some 5,000 authors as illustrations.
Oxford Music Online - formerly Grove This database is Full-Text

Oxford Music Online offers users the ability to access and cross-search several music reference works published by Oxford University Press, including:

  • Grove Music Online
  • Encyclopedia of Popular Music
  • Oxford Companion to Music
  • Oxford Dictionary of Music

Oxford Reference Online This database is Full-Text
Oxford Reference Online brings together language and subject reference works from one of the world's biggest reference publishers into a single cross-searchable resource.

The Premium Collection offers over 175 fully-indexed, cross-searchable dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press, including detailed information across a broad subject range from titles in the world-renowned Oxford Companions Series.

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Philosopher's Index
The Philosopher's Index provides indexing and abstracts from books and over 400 journals of philosophy and related inter- disciplinary fields. The Philosopher's Index database is produced by the Philosopher's Information Center and corresponds to the print publication "The Philosopher's Index." It is a major source of information in the areas of aesthetics, epistemology, ethics, logic, and metaphysics; it is also a rich source of material on the philosophy of various disciplines, such as education, history, law, religion, and science. Coverage is from 1940 to the present.
Points of View Reference Center This database is Full-Text
A full-text database that assists researchers in understanding the full scope of controversial subjects. Used to guide debate, develop arguments, write position papers, and for the development of critical thinking skills, Points of View Reference Center includes essays, articles from periodicals and newspapers, radio/tv transcripts, primary source documents, images and videos.
Political Science Complete This database is Full-Text
Political Science Complete (PSC) provides full text for more than 385 publications, and cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 800 journals. The database also features more than 165 full-text reference books and monographs, and over 27,000 full text conference papers, including those of the International Political Science Association.
Primary Search This database is Full-Text
Citations and full-text for popular, elementary school magazines (all full-text articles are assigned a reading level indicator - Lexiles) and student pamphlets. Also includes the American Heritage Children's Dictionary and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. Full-text backfiles go as far back as 1989, while indexing and abstract backfiles go as far back as 1984.
Professional Development Collection This database is Full-Text
Designed for professional educators, this database provides citations and full-text coverage of a select group of education journals and reports. Full text information in the Professional Development Collection dates as far back as 1965.
Project MUSE This database is Full-Text
Full-text access to quality peer-reviewed journals in the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others.
ProQuest Newsstand This database is Full-Text
This publications detailed indexing helps users quickly find the news information they need. Each issue is indexed thoroughly, so they have access to not only top news stories but also the information contained on the various sections of the paper. The indexing covers not only complete bibliographic information but also companies, people, products, etc.
PsycARTICLES This database is Full-Text
Full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in general and specialized, basic, applied, clinical and theoretical research psychology. The database contains articles from 60 journals - 48 published by the American Psychological Association (APA) and 11 from allied organizations. Coverage spans 1894 to present.
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection This database is Full-Text
Full text publications covering topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. The database covers nearly 600 publications, including nearly 550 peer-reviewed journals, and full-text is available as far back as 1965.
PsycINFO
Citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines (medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, law), dating as far back as the 1800s. Ninety-eight percent of the covered material is peer-reviewed. Coverage spans 1887 to present and includes international material selected from more than 2,400 periodicals in more than 27 languages.
PubMed Central Journals This database is Full-Text
PubMed Central (PMC) is a free archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health\\\'s National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM). In keeping with NLM’s legislative mandate to collect and preserve the biomedical literature, PMC serves as a digital counterpart to NLM’s extensive print journal collection. Launched in February 2000, PMC was developed and is managed by NLM’s National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

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Regional Business News This database is Full-Text
Provides comprehensive full text for regional business publications (including titles from Crain Communications). Regional Business News has full text for more than 60 sources.
Religion & Philosophy Collection This database is Full-Text
Full-text coverage of such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy.
RIA Checkpoint This database is Full-Text
Provides comprehensive tax research information including federal editorial materials, state and local tax information, estate planning materials, IRS rulings and releases, federal court decisions, and pending and enacted tax legislation.
RILM
Provides access to over 200,000 citations on international music corresponding to the printed RILM Abstracts of Music Literature. This file is produced by the Repertoire International de Litterature Musicale. Coverage is from 1969 to the present with monthly updates.
RIPM: Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals
Now in EBSCOHost - Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals 1800-1950 (RIPM) focuses on nineteenth-century music and musical life. It includes access to nineteenth-century periodicals of international significance from 15 countries, contemporary writings about composers, performers, compositions, and an immense bibliography of music.

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Sabin Americana 1500-1926
Sabin Americana (American History and Culture Online: The Sabin Collection, 1500-1926)- full-text published pamphlets, tracts, memoirs, congressional legislation, correspondence, broadsides, biographies, histories, fiction and poetry, eulogies, sermons and innumerable other genres of materials representing the American and European views of the colonization of the Americas, the American Revolution, the days of the early Republic and Jacksonian period, the antebellum period, Civil War, era of Reconstruction and post-Reconstruction, the settlement of the West and the onset of the Gilded Age.
SBRnet
SBRnet (Sports Business Research Network) - full-text coverage of the sporting goods industry, sports sponsorship and marketing, broadcasting, facilities, and new media. It combines market research from the National Sporting Goods Association, the U.S. Department of Commerce, various sports governing bodies, as well as articles from 14 magazines and newsletters published by VNU, newsletters provided by leading independent industry experts, and a complete directory of U.S. and Canadian college sports programs, as well as a links directory to over 10,000 sports organizations.
ScienceDirect (SciVerse) This database is Full-Text
...the world's largest electronic collection of science, technology and medicine full text and bibliographic information. Download the ScienceDirect iPhone app today!
SciFinder - Chemical Abstracts
Contains over 23 million documents from 150 countries from 1907 to the present in chemistry, biology, engineering, and related sciences. Sources of documents include journals, patents, conference proceedings, dissertations, technical reports, books, and more.
Scopus (SciVerse) This database is Full-Text

Sciverse Scopus is an abstract and citation database containing both peer-reviewed research literature and web sources. With over 18,000 titles from more than 5,000 international publishers, Scopus offers researchers a route to finding articles and other resources in the scientific, technical, and medical fields. Coverage for the social sciences and the arts and humanities is provided as well. Links to available full-text items are included. Scopus can be used to find out who is citing whom and how many citations an article or an author has received. In addition, an overview option may be used to help find out the main journals, disciplines, and authors that publish in a particular area of interest.

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Serials Directory
The Serials Directory provides you with bibliographic listings for over 150,000 serial publications, including indexing and abstracting services, plus more than 8,000 newspapers.
SocINDEX with Full-Text This database is Full-Text
Citations and selected full-text access to core sociology research journals (and related disciplines) dating as far back as 1895. Further, extensive indexing for books/monographs, conference papers, and other content sources is included. Searchable cited references are also provided. In addition, it features over 10,000 Author Profiles covering the most prolific, most cited, and most frequently searched for authors in the database.
Something About the Author Online This database is Full-Text
The Something About the Author Online database provides comprehensive online access to all volumes ever printed in Something About the Author, the main series, and Something About the Author: Autobiography Series - more than 210 volumes, more than 19,000 entries and nearly 17,000 images.
SPORTDiscus
Citations to journals, monographs, conference proceedings and dissertations covering sport, physical fitness, exercise, sports medicine, physical education, kinesiology, coaching, training, officiating, sport administration, sport law & legislation, facility design & management, health, and other related topics.
SRDS Media Solutions This database is Full-Text
The SRDS database of media rates and information is the largest and most comprehensive in the world cataloging more than 100,000 U.S. and international media properties.
Standard and Poor's Net Advantage This database is Full-Text
Comprehensive source of business and investment information including bond guide, corporation records, dividend record, earnings guide, industry surveys (global), stock guide, stock reports, investment review, mutual fund reports, the Outlook, Register of Corporations, Directors & Executives, and Security Dealers of North America.
Statistical Insight (ProQuest) This database is Full-Text
This online reference database puts millions of facts and figures at your fingertips, enabling you to search an endless variety of topics. Find national income and production statistics, retail and wholesale trade data, interest rates, economic indicators, and social and demographic statistics, plus data on energy, environmental protection, agriculture and fisheries, crime, etc. With one search, you can examine the statistical output from a vast number of sources - more than 200 federal agencies, 50 state governments, 100 international intergovernmental organizations, and 500 private and academic sources.
Sustainability Watch (Trial) This database is Full-Text
EBSCO Publishing Sustainability Watch topics focus on the concept of “People – Planet – Profits” and provide your sustainability executives and staff summaries with key developments across the sustainability spectrum. Leveraging a proven evidence-based literature surveillance methodology developed by EBSCO, Sustainability Watch is a robust executive decision support tool in the dynamic area of sustainability.

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Teacher Reference Center
Provides indexing and abstracts for over 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals to assist professional educators.
TOPICsearch This database is Full-Text
Current events database exploring social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms. Contains full text for over 102,800 articles.

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Ulrich's Global Serials Directory
Ulrichsweb.com is an authoritative knowledgebase of 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.

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Value Line Research Center This database is Full-Text
The Value Line Research Center includes on-line access to Value Line's leading publications covering stocks, mutual funds, options and convertible securities as well as special situation stocks. The service includes subscriptions to The Value Line Investment Survey, The Value Line Investment Survey - Small and Mid-cap Edition, The Value Line Mutual Fund Survey, The Value Line Daily Options Survey, The Value Line Special Situations Service, The Value Line Convertibles Survey, and Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs).
Vocational & Career Collection This database is Full-Text
This collection provides full text coverage for more than 350 trade and industry-related periodicals.

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Westlaw Campus Research This database is Full-Text
Westlaw Campus Research provides an array of interconnected primary and analytical law databases. Through these databases the researcher is connected to a variety of law-related sources such as journals and law reviews, legal encyclopedias, law cases, statutes, and administrative materials. In addition, links are available to legal guides that provide overviews of such areas as business and commercial law, environmental law, health care law, and several others
WorldCat
Contains over 36 million records of any type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries.
 
 
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