Database Descriptions

ABI/Inform Complete   
Business, management, and trade database. Includes over 3,000 full-text journals, 25,000 Dissertations, 14,000 SSRN working papers, key newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal and The Financial Times, as well as country-and industry-focused reports and data.

Academic OneFile
Peer-reviewed, full-text articles in physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects.

Academic Search Premier
Multidisciplinary database with full text for more than 4,650 journals, including over 3,900 peer-reviewed titles.

All Ebsco Databases
Searches Academic Search Premier, Associates Programs Source Plus, Business Source Elite, Education Research Complete, LGBT Life, Literary Reference Center, MasterFILE Premier, Newspaper Source Plus, PsycArticles, Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection, and PsycINFO.

All Gale Databases
Searches Academic OneFile, Educator's Reference Complete, Gale Virtual Reference Library, Health Reference Center Academic, Informe, LegalTrac, and Military & Intelligence Database.

All ProQuest Databases
Searches ABI/INFORM Dateline, ABI/INFORM Global, ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry, Criminal Justice Periodicals, and Hoover's Company Records.

Associates Programs Source Plus
Designed specifically for the research needs of two-year colleges, this database contains more than 1,800 full-text journals as well as nearly 300 full-text books. Subjects covered include: alcohol & drug abuse counseling, biotechnology, computer & data processing, CAD, electrical technology, forensics, graphic arts, health information technology, law enforcement & criminal justice, veterinary assisting.

Biography In Context
Biographies on more than 380,000 people throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.

Books & Authors
Find something good to read. Browse books by title, author, genre, and more. Also look at book reviews, recommendations, and author bios.

Business and Company Resource Center
Comprehensive company and industry news information.

Business Source Elite
Over 1,000 full-text business publications and over 10,000 company profiles.

Career Library
Search over 2,500 occupations and career paths, 4,000+ colleges and universities, and state-specific data on resources, job searches, scholarships, and more. Also includes a comprehensive financial aid center and occupation video library.

CINAHL
The authoritative resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers. This database provides indexing for more than 3,000 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health.

Credo Reference
An online collection of encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and books of quotations, with a range of subject-specific titles covering everything from art to medicine, literature and law.

Criminal Justice Periodical Index
Information on criminal justice topics, including corrections administration, law enforcement, social work, industrial security, drug rehabilitation, and criminal and family law. Full-text coverage from 50 criminal justice journals from 1994 to the present, plus indexing and abstracting for 140 titles from 1981 to the present. Updated weekly.

Education Research Complete
Over 1,400 full-text education journals. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing.

Educator's Reference Complete
Covers more than 450 full-text academic journals, hundreds of full-text reports, and many premier reference sources. Subjects include educational principles, child development and psychology, and best practices in education. Updated daily.

Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Encyclopedia Britannica Online includes the complete print version of the encyclopedia plus links to web sites selected and reviewed by Britannica editors.

Full Text Journal Title Finder  
Locate online books, journals, and newspapers by title available through the library databases.

Gale Virtual Reference Library
Encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for research on business, history, literature, medicine, science, and sociology.

GREENR
Content includes the development of emerging green technologies and issues concerning the environment, sustainability and more.

Hartford Courant Historical, 1764 - 1922
Full-text coverage of The Hartford Courant from its inception to December 31, 1922.

Health and Wellness Resource Center
Medical information for health professionals and general readers. Coverage is from 1980 to present.

Health Reference Center Academic
Articles on fitness, pregnancy, medicine, nutrition, diseases, public health, occupational health and safety, alcohol and drug abuse, HMOs, prescription drugs, etc. 1980 to present.

Hoover’s Company Records
Up to date coverage of more than 40,000 public. Industry analyses, information on a company's location, summary financials, top competitors, top officers, and more.

LGBT Life
Full-text for more than 120 of the most important and historically significant LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) journals, magazines and regional newspapers, as well as more than 150 full-text monographs/books.

¡Informe! Revistas en Español
Full-text Spanish-language and bilingual periodicals.  Coverage is from 1980 to present.

LegalTrac
Includes 109 full text and 1,400 indexed titles including major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals.

Literary Reference Center
This database, which covers the most studied authors and their works, is composed of over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, hundreds of literary journals, and more.

MasterFILE Premier
Multidisciplinary database with full text of general reference publications, reference books, and primary source documents, and an image collection of photos, maps & flags.

Military and Intelligence Database
Military-related general interest periodicals, with more than 500 of them full text.

National Newspapers Core
Full-text of local, regional and national newspapers, from 1985 to present.

Newspaper Source Plus
Over 700 full-text newspapers, and 757,000+ television and radio news transcripts.

Points of View Reference Center
Full-text coverage of more than 280 topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument), counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide. Topics covered include: affirmative action, cloning, DNA profiling, HIV/AIDS status disclosure, immigration, Iraq, Israel & the Palestinians, Katrina and FEMA response, nuclear proliferation, separation of church and state, standardized testing, stem cell research, tax cuts, voting machines, and many more.

PsycARTICLES
Information on current issues in psychology. Includes 35,000 searchable full-text articles from 41 APA and 8 allied organizational journals, from 1987 to the present.

Psychology & Behavioral Science Collection
Information concerning topics in psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods. Over 500 full-text titles.

PsycINFO
Indexing and abstracting for psychology and the psychological aspects of related disciplines.

Science Direct
Science, technology and medicine full-text and bibliographic information. Includes eBooks, reference works, handbooks, book series, and journals.

Science in Context
Subject coverage includes biology, chemistry, physics, earth science, math, environmental science, life science, medicine, space science, computer science, technology, history of science, science and society, science as inquiry, science-related biographies and more.

Teacher Reference Center
Index of over 260 titles from the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals, periodicals, and books. Coverage includes Assessment, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, Science & Mathematics, and more for K-12 Teachers & Librarians.

U.S. History in Context
Provides a complete overview of U.S. history covering the most-studied events, issues and current information. Sources include current full-text periodicals, multimedia reference articles, and overviews and facsimiles of historic documents

World History in Context
A virtual library of resources needed to study the history of the world. Includes secondary sources, primary sources and full-text articles from academic journals and periodicals from around the world.

Page last updated: February 2 2012