Guide to Databases
= Recommended databases for starting your search.

Good Starting Points for Finding
FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES in magazines and journals.
EBSCOHost
ProQuest Direct

Subject Guide to Other Databases

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(Updated/Revised 12/19/02)
While this page was created by P. Charles Livermore with the input of many public service librarians and staff at St. John's University - the site has no official relationship with the University.
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Asian Studies

Dialog@CARL - offers the following databases.

Asia Intelligence Wire - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - 1995+
Asia-Pacific - CITATIONS ONLY - 1985+
Asia-Pacific Business Journals - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - 5/1994+
Asia-Pacific DIRECTORY - Directory - Current
Asia-Pacific News - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - 6/1994+

Bibliography of Asian Studies - Covers books, articles and book chapters on all parts of Asia published worldwide since 1971. Browse the more than 410,000 records by subject, journal title, or country.

Other Databases

Ethnic News Watch - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - "News, culture and History from 200+ Publications of Ethnic, Minority and Native Press - English and Spanish."

Journal Storage (JSTOR) - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Archives 9 journals concerning Asian Studies, the most recent of which will be at least 2 years old.

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Biographies

Biography Reference Bank (H.W. Wilson) - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Combines Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated, a database providing biographies of major current and historical figures and Biography Index Plus, a database which cites biographical material appearing in periodicals indexed in other Wilson databases.

American National Biography (ANB) - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Portraits of more than 17,400 men and women -- from all eras and walks of life -- whose lives have shaped the nation. Click on Begin Search.

Other Databases

Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - "Politicians, business executives & more" - On the opening page click on Reference then Biographical Information.

Biography Index - CITATIONS ONLY - The database covers information indexed from 3,000 periodicals, current English-language books -- including 1,900 works of individual and collective biographies annually -- autobiographies, memoirs, journals, diaries, letters, interviews, bibliographies, obituaries, fiction, drama, pictorial work, poetry, juvenile literature and more. Biography Index also provides coverage of incidental biographical material found in otherwise non-biographical books.

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Biology - Start with: EBSCOHost and ProQuest Direct for FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES articles.
See also: Chemistry . . Environmental Sciences . . Medicine . . Pharmacy

Biology Digest - ABSTRACTS & CITATIONS - Domestic and international literature in the area of life sciences. It is primarily intended for an audience at the undergraduate college level.

Biological Sciences - ABSTRACTS & CITATIONS - to a wide range of research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology and ecology, and some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science.

ScienceDirect - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES of 185 journals to which SJU subscribes (of over 1,100 journals). Covers life, medical, technical, physical, computer, engineering, environmental, and social sciences, from the publisher Elsevier. Also, provides abstracts from core journals in the major scientific disciplines.

Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management - Major areas of coverage include: aquatic pollution, bacteriology, ecology, energy resources, environmental biotechnology, environmental engineering, environmental impact statements, hazardous waste, industrial hygiene, microbiology, and risk assessment. Includes links to Environmental RouteNet and WaterResources RouteNet.

MEDLINE - CITATIONS ONLY - Provides medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the pre-clinical sciences. Searches abstracts from over 4,000 current biomedical journals. - PubMed (non-subscription database of medical information.)

TOXLINE - ABSTRACTS & CITATIONS - related to all areas of toxicology, including chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pesticides, environmental pollutants, and mutagens and teratogens.

Other Databases

Dialog@CARL - The FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES of selected local newspapers across the nation can be found here.

High Wire Press - Provides access to thousands of articles from hundreds of journal titles, covering a variety of disciplines.

Ingenta - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Provides access to thousands of articles from hundreds of journal titles, covering a variety of disciplines.

Plant Science - 1994 - ABSTRACTS & CITATIONS - of scientific literature on plant science, focusing on all plant scientific aspects, especially on pathology, symbiosis, biochemistry, genetics, biotechnology, techniques and environmental biology.

Conference Papers Index - 1982 to the present - - CITATIONS ONLY - to papers and poster sessions presented at major scientific meetings around the world.

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Black Studies - Start with: EBSCOHost and ProQuest Direct for FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES.

Ethnic News Watch - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - "News, culture and History from 200+ Publications of Ethnic, Minority and Native Press - English and Spanish."

Dialog@CARL - offers the following databases.

Africa News - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - 1996-5/1999
Africa News - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - 6/1999+

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Book Reviews

Book Review Digest - CITATIONS & ABSTRACTS - Find Book Reviews written from 1983 to the resent.

Other Databases

EBSCOHost - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Search on the phrase BOOKS-Reviews combined with your author or title.

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Business and Economics

Company/Industry Information . . Economic Literature . . Government Regulation

Labor . . Marketing . . New Products . . Sports . . Tax Research


COMPANY/INDUSTRY INFORMATION

EBSCOHost - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Major business index with articles on all aspects of business including management, marketing, government regulations.

ABI/Inform(UMI) - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - "Search 1000 premier worldwide business periodicals for information on advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and more. Also, information on 60,000+ companies."

Hoover's Online - DIRECTORY - Financial information including annual reports, 10k's, competitors etc. Provides company profiles, in-depth financial reports, information about subsidiary companies, industry reports, listings for current job openings, and stock market data.

Mergent Online - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Provides company information, including history, subsidiaries, officers and directors, news headlines, income statement and balance sheet (formerly Moody's).

NetAdvantage - (Standard and Poor's) - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Brings together nine popular publications using the World Wide Web: Stock Reports, Industry Surveys, Corporation Records, Register, Stock Guide, Bond Guide, Earnings Guide, The Outlook, and Dividend Record. Over 500 searchable fields.

Disclosure - See Thomson Research

Thomson Research (formerly:Disclosure (Primark) - - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Financial and annual report data for public companies in the United States and overseas..

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Other Databases

Journal Storage (JSTOR) - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Archives 46 journals concerning Business topics, the most recent of which will be at least 2 years old.

Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Directory information, financial information, articles. A comprehensive database for business. Somewhat difficult to use.

Dun and Bradstreet's Million Dollar Database - DIRECTORY - Quick directory information. Useful for determining if a company is a private or a public company.

Conference Board - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Includes studies of F500 companies on business trends, productivity, corporate governance, etc.

Thomas Register of American Manufacturers - DIRECTORY - Searchable database for product and service information. Coverage includes over 155,000 companies. Access to information is free and unlimited but requires initial set-up of user name and password. Same user name and password may be used for all Thomas databases. User Name: stjohns Password: library

Thomas Food Industry Register - DIRECTORY - Searchable database for food industry information. Database contains 30,000 U.S. and Canadian suppliers of food products, ingredients, equipment, and supplies listed under 6,000 product categories. Access to information is free and unlimited but requires initial set-up of user name and password. Same user name and password may be used for all Thomas databases. User Name: stjohns Password: library

Moody's NOW Mergent - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Provides company information, including history, subsidiaries, officers and directors, news headlines, income statement and balance sheet.

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TAX RESEARCH

Commerce Clearing House Tax Research (CCH) - Provides FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES Federal, State, and International tax regulations, cases, rulings, and news reports. Includes full text of Internal Revenue Code.

RIA Checkpoint - Provides FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES searching of tax regulations and court cases, as well as related news reports. Covers federal, state, and international taxation. To access, contact a Reference librarian or your professor.

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GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS

Commerce Clearing House (CCH) Research - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES of information concerning Human Resources Management, Payroll, Pension/Benefits, Employment Law, Safety, OSHA & Worker's Compensation, Health Law, Food and Drug, Securities, Banking, Capital Changes, Trade Law, Government Contracts, Public Utilities, Information Technology, Federal Energy Guidelines, Transportation Law, Products Liability and Safety.

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ECONOMIC LITERATURE

EconLit - CITATIONS and ABSTRACTS - Bibliography containing selected abstracts of the world's economic literature, produced by the American Economic Association. Includes over 400 major journals, books, book reviews, papers, and dissertations.

Journal Storage (JSTOR) - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Archives 26 journals concerning Economics, the most recent of which will be at least 2 years old.

Stat-USA - STATISTICS - Links economic and international trade databases including National Trade Data Bank (NTDB), the Economic Bulletin Board, Bureau of Economic Analysis Economic Information, and GLOBUS.

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LABOR

International Labor Organization Information Serv. - Promotes social justice and internationally recognized human and labor rights. Links to catalog of publications, conference information, programs, and to ILO database files.

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MARKETING

MarketResearch.com (Proquest) - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Contains over 500 market research reports with full ABI/INFORM indexing and abstracting. Industries include Consumer & Personal products, Financial Services, Healthcare & Medical devices, Pharmaceuticals, and many more.

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NEW PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENTS

Dialog@CARL - offers the following databases. - Gale Group New Product Announcements/PlusŪ (NPA/Plus) - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - 1985+

SPORTS

Sports Business Research Network - Some FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Search sport business publications database by subject or keyword. Keyword search specific publications. Access market research database by specific sport or subject.

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Other Databases

CountryWatch - Provides FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES economic, political and investment overviews of countries around the world.

Reuters Business Insight Reports - Business intelligence focusing on the following areas of interest: consumer goods, energy, financial services, healthcare, technology, telecoms, eCommerce, and Human Resources. Click LOGIN (on menu to the left of the page). Then enter username: aacsboffer and password: aacsboffer to access links to a sample of the reports that this site provides. After clicking on link to desired report, click on link to HTML Format in order to download the text of the report.


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Chemistry - Start with: EBSCOHost and ProQuest Direct for FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES.
See also: Biology . . Environmental Sciences . . Medicine . . Pharmacy

SciFinder Scholar

ScienceDirect - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES of 185 journals to which SJU subscribes (of over 1,100 journals). Covers life, medical, technical, physical, computer, engineering, environmental, and social sciences, from the publisher Elsevier. Also, provides abstracts from core journals in the major scientific disciplines.

MEDLINE - Provides medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the pre-clinical sciences. Searches abstracts from over 4,000 current biomedical journals. - PubMed (non-subscription database of medical information.)

Other Databases

Dialog@CARL - The FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES of selected local newspapers across the nation can be found here.

High Wire Press - Provides access to thousands of articles from hundreds of journal titles, covering a variety of disciplines.

Ingenta - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Provides access to thousands of articles from hundreds of journal titles, covering a variety of disciplines.

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College and Graduate School Guides

CollegeSource Online

Peterson's GRADLINE - DIRECTORY - Profiles of four-year and two-year degree colleges and universities in the United States, U.S. territories, and Canada. (Select database from MENU).

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Criminal Justice - Start with: EBSCOHost and ProQuest Direct for FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES.
- Related items may be found at Law.

Criminal Justice Periodical Index - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Search periodicals, reference books, and/or newspapers, with advanced options to search prior to 1970.

Criminal Justice Abstracts - CITATIONS and ABSTRACTS - Contains comprehensive coverage of international journals, books, reports, dissertations, and unpublished papers on criminology and related disciplines. Covers trends, crime prevention and deterrence, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, police, courts, punishment, and sentencing.

Other Databases

Hein Online - Includes FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES availability of law reviews. Some journals are represented only by older volumes, while other journals are represented by their complete holdings. Click on SUBSCRIBERS please click here to enter.

Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (IFLP) - 1985 to the present. The Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals is a multilingual index to articles and book reviews published worldwide. Also analyzed are the contents of legal essays, festschrifts, melanges, and congress reports.

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Cultural Studies - Start with: EBSCOHost and ProQuest Direct for FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES.

Ethnic News Watch - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - "News, culture and History from 200+ Publications of Ethnic, Minority and Native Press - English and Spanish."

Gender Watch - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Access academic and scholarly journals, regional publications, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, booklets and reports that focus on women and women's issues. Article coverage in some cases extends back to 1974.

Journal Storage (JSTOR) - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Archives 35 journals concerning Cultural Studies, the most recent of which will be at least 2 years old.

Handbook of Latin American Studies - CITATIONS and ABSTRACTS - The Handbook is a bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars. The Handbook is edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress.

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Other Databases

Women Writers Online - FULL-TEXT - "The Brown University Women Writers Project is a long-term research project devoted to early modern women's writing and electronic text encoding. Our goal is to bring texts by pre-Victorian women writers out of the archive and make them accessible to a wide audience of teachers, students, scholars, and the general reader."

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Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Dictionaries

Oxford English Dictionary (OED) - Guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. Click on the Sign In button.

Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians


Encyclopedias

World Book Online - Comprehensive encyclopedia, appropriate for developing an overview of an unfamiliar topic. Bibliographies accompany many of the articles.

Britannica Online

Grolier Mutimedia Encyclopedia Online

Encyclopedia Americana Online

Oxford Reference Online

Xreferplus

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Dissertations

ProQuest Digital Dissertations - Provides online access to CITATIONS: 1861 to the present and CITATIONS and ABSTRACTS: 1980 to the present. From 1988 to the present master's thesis are also included. NOTE! Dissertations may be purchased online and charged to your credit card.

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Education - Start with: EBSCOHost and ProQuest Direct for FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES.

ERIC - CITATIONS and ABSTRACTS - 1966 to the present time. The most comprehensive index to search for topics in education. NOTE! - be sure to select the ERIC database from the selection list.

Wilson Education Abstracts FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - June 1983 to the present time. While this database has some FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES articles you should still run your search in ERIC. Indexing and abstracting of articles from more than 400 English-language periodicals and yearbooks, including more than 150 FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES journals, published in the United States and elsewhere. English-language books relating to education published in 1995 or later are also indexed.

Other Databases

The World of Learning - DIRECTORY - "acclaimed as the premier source of information on the academic sphere world-wide."

Kraus Curriculum Development Library (KCDL) - 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.

Charleston Advisor - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES- Makes available critical reviews of web products for information professionals. These reviews include free editorials & columns, free standard reviews, free comparative reviews, and recent press releases.

Journal Storage (JSTOR) - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Archives 5 journals concerning Education, the most recent of which will be at least 2 years old.

ERIC Document Reproduction Service (E*Subscribe) - Provides about 80% of ERIC documents (1993 forward), electronically.

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Environmental Sciences - Start with: EBSCOHost and ProQuest Direct for FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES.
See also: Biology . . Chemistry . . Medicine . . Pharmacy


Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management - Major areas of coverage include: aquatic pollution, bacteriology, ecology, energy resources, environmental biotechnology, environmental engineering, environmental impact statements, hazardous waste, industrial hygiene, microbiology, and risk assessment. Includes links to Environmental RouteNet and WaterResources RouteNet.

ScienceDirect - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES of 185 journals to which SJU subscribes (of over 1,100 journals). Covers life, medical, technical, physical, computer, engineering, environmental, and social sciences, from the publisher Elsevier. Also, provides abstracts from core journals in the major scientific disciplines.

Biological Sciences - Abstracts and citations to a wide range of research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology and ecology, and some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science.

TOXLINE - Citations and abstracts related to all areas of toxicology, including chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pesticides, environmental pollutants, and mutagens and teratogens.

Other Databases

Plant Science - 1994 - Citations and abstracts of scientific literature on plant science, focusing on all plant scientific aspects, especially on pathology, symbiosis, biochemistry, genetics, biotechnology, techniques and environmental biology.

Conference Papers Index - 1982 - Citations to papers and poster sessions presented at major scientific meetings around the world.

Dialog@CARL - The FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES of selected local newspapers across the nation can be found here.

High Wire Press - Provides access to thousands of articles from hundreds of journal titles, covering a variety of disciplines.

Ingenta - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Provides access to thousands of articles from hundreds of journal titles, covering a variety of disciplines.

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General Interest

EBSCOHost - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Excellent database to use for finding both scholarly and general articles on a wide range of topics.

CQ Researcher- An excellent FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES source of information for students looking for information on a wide range of contemporary issues.

ProQuest Direct UMI) - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Excellent database to use for finding both scholarly and general articles on a wide range of topics.

FindArticles - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Database of 300 popular press journals and magazines, 1998-present.

Ingenta - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Provides access to thousands of articles from hundreds of journal titles, covering a variety of disciplines. (Click the "direct" button when accessing this database.)

Journal Storage (JSTOR) - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - An electronic database with back issues of over 100 journals.

LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Provides full text documents from thousands of general interest wire services, newspapers and magazines; company profiles and financial reports; government transcripts; trade journals; and academic and legal databases.

MCB/Emerald - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Provides access to over 25,000 articles in over 100 journals.

Project Muse - [1990's - Variable] - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Full text of over 40 scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics published by John Hopkins University Press.

Other Databases

netLibrary - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES of electronic books.

Dialog@CARL - The FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES of selected local newspapers across the nation can be found here.

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Government

Congressional Universe - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES & DIRECTORY INFORMATION. Comprehensive information about the legislative branch of the U.S. Government: bills, biographies and voting records of Senators and Representatives, Laws and regulations, etc.

GPO Catalog - CITATIONS and ABSTRACTS

Government Information on the Internet (GII)

Other Databases

Columbia International Affairs Online(CIAO)

CountryWatch

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History - Start with: EBSCOHost and ProQuest Direct for FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES.

America: History and Life - CITATIONS and ABSTRACTS - Historical coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. This database contains almost 400,000 bibliographic entries for articles from over 2,000 journals [written from 1964 on] in US and Canadian History. Also includes related disciplines in the humanities and social sciences.

Historical Abstracts - CITATIONS and ABSTRACTS - Historical coverage of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the US and Canada). Covers over 2,000 journals [written after 1970] worldwide and features a special selection of journals in the social sciences and humanities.

History Cooperative - Includes FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES of recent issues of the following journals: American Historical Review, Journal of American History, Law and History Review, William and Mary Quarterly, The History Teacher, and Western Historical Quarterly.

History Universe - Primary and secondary materials relevant to African-American Studies.

Other Databases

American National Biography (ANB)

Bibliography of Asian Studies - Covers books, articles and book chapters on all parts of Asia published worldwide since 1971. Browse the more than 410,000 records by subject, journal title, or country.

Handbook of Latin American Studies

Journal Storage (JSTOR) - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Archives 35 journals concerning History, the most recent of which will be at least 2 years old.

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Humanities - Start with: EBSCOHost and ProQuest Direct for FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES.

In addition to the specific databases listed below see also databases in the following categories:

Cultural Studies . . Dissertations . . Education . . General Interest
History . . Literature . . Philosophy . . Religion . . Theology

Humanities Index - Provides articles from more than 400 English-language periodicals in the fields of archaeology and classical studies, art and photography, folklore, general scholarship, history, journalism and communications, language and literature, literary and political criticism, music and performing arts, philosophy, and religion and theology.

Other Databases

FindArticles - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Database of 300 popular press journals and magazines, 1998-present.

Ingenta - FULL TEXT - Provides access to thousands of articles from hundreds of journal titles, covering a variety of disciplines. (Click the "direct" button when accessing this database.)

Journal Storage (JSTOR) - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES> - An electronic database with FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES back issues of over 100 journals. View journals

MCB/Emerald - FULL TEXT - Provides access to over 25,000 articles in over 100 journals.

Project Muse - [1990's - Variable] - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Full text of over 40 scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics published by John Hopkins University Press.

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Language - Start with: EBSCOHost and ProQuest Direct for FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES.

MLA International Bibliography Index - The database indexes international scholarly materials on modern language, literature, linguistics, and folklore. Covering 1963 to the present, the MLA International Bibliography includes 1.3 million citations from over 3,000 journals and series, monographs, working papers and conference proceedings.

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts - Covers journals from 1973 to the present time. Covers all aspects of the study of language such as phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics, including descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical and geographical linguistics.

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Law

Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe - Provides FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES documents from thousands of general interest wire services, newspapers and magazines; company profiles and financial reports; government transcripts; trade journals; and academic and legal databases.

Hein Online - Includes FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES availability of law reviews. Some journals are represented only by older volumes, while other journals are represented by their complete holdings. Click on SUBSCRIBERS please click here to enter.

Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (IFLP)

Other Databases

Index to Legal Periodicals & Books - Provides indexing of articles in 700 leading legal yearbooks, institutes, bar association journals, university publications and law reviews, and government publications from the United States, Puerto Rico, Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

LegalTrac

ODS (Official Document System of the U.N.)

FindLaw Constitutional Law Center

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Libraries - Start with: EBSCOHost and ProQuest Direct for FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES.

Library Literature

Library and Information Sciences Abstracts (LISA)

WorldCat (OCLC) - Over 36 million records of any type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries. Updated daily.

Ulrich's International Periodicals

Other Databases

ACRL Academic Library Statistics

ACRL Statistics 1999 Log In User Name: andrewsan Password: 70m8q1

ACRL Statistics 2000 Log In User Name: andrewsan Password: 70m8q0

Charleston Advisor - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES- Makes available critical reviews of web products for information professionals. These reviews include free editorials & columns, free standard reviews, free comparative reviews, and recent press releases.

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts

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Literature - Start with: EBSCOHost and ProQuest Direct for FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES.

MLA International Bibliography Index - The database indexes international scholarly materials on , literature, linguistics, and folklore. Covering 1963 to the present, the MLA International Bibliography includes 1.3 million citations from over 3,000 journals, books, working papers and conference proceedings.

GaleNet Literature Resource Center - Literature Resource Center provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary discipline. Includes Scribner, Twayne US, Twayne English, and Twayne World Authors.

Women Writers Online - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES database of pre-Victorian women's writing in English.

Poem Finder - Covers more than 600,000 indexed poems and 50,000 FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES poems.

Other Databases

Essay and General Literature - Emphasizing the humanities and social sciences, Essay and General Literature Index provides easy access to nearly 45,000 English-language essays in 3,500 collections and anthologies. Subjects covered include history, economics, psychology, religion, political science, folklore, film, music, drama, and literature.

Journal Storage (JSTOR) - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Archives 14 journals concerning Language and Literature, the most recent of which will be at least 2 years old.

MLA Directory of Periodicals

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Mathematics - Start with: EBSCOHost and ProQuest Direct for FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES.

MathSciNet - [1940] - Provides access toMathematical Reviews and Current Mathematical Publications.

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Medicine - Start with: EBSCOHost and ProQuest Direct for FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES.
See also: Biology . . Chemistry . . Environmental Sciences . . Medicine . . Pharmacy

MEDLINE - Provides medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the pre-clinical sciences. Searches abstracts from over 4,000 current biomedical journals. - PubMed (non-subscription database of medical information.)

Health Reference Center -- Academic - [1980 to present] - SOME FULL TEXT - InfoTrac database containing over 238,000 articles from more than 150 journals, 6 reference books and over 500 pamphlets

OVID's LWW Nursing/Clinical Collection - Includes the FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - of 140 journals from the Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins collection. Also the Table of Contents for all 500 journals @ ovid biomedical titles.

Merk Manual of Medical Information-Home Edition - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES

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Newspapers

Dialog@CARL - The FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES of selected local newspapers across the nation can be found here.

Newspaper Abstracts (UMI) - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES availability for selected major newspapers. (Be sure to select Newspapers under "Publication Type")

Newspaper Abstracts(UMI) - The FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES of the New York Times back to 1851 is available. Click on Collections - then on Proquest Historical Newspapers.

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Pharmacy - Start with: EBSCOHost and ProQuest Direct for FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES.
See also: Biology . . Chemistry . . Environmental Sciences . . Medicine

International Pharmaceutical Abstracts - Collection of information on drug use and development. Major areas of coverage include: drug reactions, evaluations, interactions, stability, testing, analysis, and metabolism; toxicity; biopharmaceuticals; pharmaceutics; pharmacology; and other areas.

ScienceDirect - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES of 185 journals to which SJU subscribes (of over 1,100 journals). Covers life, medical, technical, physical, computer, engineering, environmental, and social sciences, from the publisher Elsevier. Also, provides abstracts from core journals in the major scientific disciplines.

MEDLINE - Provides medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the pre-clinical sciences. Searches abstracts from over 4,000 current biomedical journals. - PubMed (non-subscription database of medical information.)

Other Databases

Health Reference Center -- Academic - [1980 to the present] - SOME FULL TEXT - InfoTrac database containing over 238,000 articles from more than 150 journals, 6 reference books and over 500 pamphlets Dialog@CARL - The FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES of selected local newspapers across the nation can be found here.

High Wire Press - Provides access to thousands of articles from hundreds of journal titles, covering a variety of disciplines.

Ingenta - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Provides access to thousands of articles from hundreds of journal titles, covering a variety of disciplines.

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Philosophy - Start with: EBSCOHost and ProQuest Direct for FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES.

Philosopher's Index - Provides indexing and abstracts from books and journals of philosophy and related fields

Journal Storage (JSTOR) - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Archives 16 journals concerning Philosophy, the most recent of which will be at least 2 years old.

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Physics

- Start with: EBSCOHost and ProQuest Direct for FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES.

ScienceDirect - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES of 185 journals to which SJU subscribes (of over 1,100 journals). Covers life, medical, technical, physical, computer, engineering, environmental, and social sciences, from the publisher Elsevier. Also, provides abstracts from core journals in the major scientific disciplines.

Institute of Physics (IOP) - Provides access to FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES in 23 physics journals

Other Databases

Dialog@CARL - The FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES of selected local newspapers across the nation can be found here.

High Wire Press - Provides access to thousands of articles from hundreds of journal titles, covering a variety of disciplines.

Ingenta - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Provides access to thousands of articles from hundreds of journal titles, covering a variety of disciplines.


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Politics - Start with: EBSCOHost and ProQuest Direct for FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES.

Political Science Abstracts - Provides over 220,000 references and abstracts of materials from professional journals, major news magazines, and books focused on North American and international politics and political analysis. Topics include political institutions, processes, and behavior; international law and politics; public policy; public administration; political theory and economics.

Columbia International Affairs Online(CIAO)

Congressional Universe - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES

Other Databases

CQ Researcher - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Excellent starting point for paper on current events.

Journal Storage (JSTOR) - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Archives 23 Political Science journals, the most recent of which will be at least 2 years old.

Ethnic News Watch - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Access newspaper, magazine and journal articles drawn primarily from the ethnic, minority, and native press regarding ethnic issues. Searches may be conducted in English or Spanish.

PAIS International - Contains abstracts of journal articles, books, statistical yearbooks, directories, conference proceedings, research reports and government documents from all over the world. Covers the public and social policy literature of business, economics, finance, law, international relations, public administration, government, political science and other social sciences

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Psychology - Start with: EBSCOHost and ProQuest Direct for FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES.

PsycINFO - Contains summaries of the world's literature in psychology and related disciplines, including serials, chapters, and books, as well as dissertations and technical reports, from 1887.

PsycARTICLES - Contains the FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES of articles from APA journals, most from 1988 to the present.

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Science - Start with: EBSCOHost and ProQuest Direct for FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES.
See also: Biology . . Chemistry . . Environmental Sciences . . Medicine . . Pharmacy . . Physics


ScienceDirect - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES of 185 journals to which SJU subscribes (of over 1,100 journals). Covers life, medical, technical, physical, computer, engineering, environmental, and social sciences, from the publisher Elsevier. Also, provides abstracts from core journals in the major scientific disciplines. MEDLINE - Provides medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the pre-clinical sciences. Searches abstracts from over 4,000 current biomedical journals. - PubMed (non-subscription database of medical information.)

Other Databases

Dialog@CARL - The FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES of selected local newspapers across the nation can be found here.

High Wire Press - Provides access to thousands of articles from hundreds of journal titles, covering a variety of disciplines.

Ingenta - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Provides access to thousands of articles from hundreds of journal titles, covering a variety of disciplines.

Conference Papers Index - 1982 - Citations to papers and poster sessions presented at major scientific meetings around the world.

TOXLINE - Citations and abstracts related to all areas of toxicology, including chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pesticides, environmental pollutants, and mutagens and teratogens.


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Social Sciences - Start with: EBSCOHost and ProQuest Direct for FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES. In addition to the specific databases mentioned below please try the databases mentioned in the following categories:

Asian Studies . . Business . . Criminal Justice . . Dissertations . . Economics . . Education . . General Interest . . Government . . Information Science . . Law . . Newspapers . . Politics . . Psychology . . Speech and Speech Pathology

Sociological Abstracts

Ethnic News Watch - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES

Gender Watch - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Access academic and scholarly journals, regional publications, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, booklets and reports that focus on women and women's issues. Article coverage in some cases extends back to 1974.

Other Databases

FindArticles - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Database of 300 popular press journals and magazines, 1998-present.

Ingenta - FULL TEXT - Provides access to thousands of articles from hundreds of journal titles, covering a variety of disciplines. (Click the "direct" button when accessing this database.)

Journal Storage (JSTOR) - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES> - An electronic database with FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES back issues of over 100 journals. View journals

LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Provides full text documents from thousands of general interest wire services, newspapers and magazines; company profiles and financial reports; government transcripts; trade journals; and academic and legal databases.

MCB/Emerald - FULL TEXT - Provides access to over 25,000 articles in over 100 journals.

Project Muse - [1990's - Variable] - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Full text of over 40 scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics published by John Hopkins University Press.

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Speech and Speech Pathology - Start with: EBSCOHost and ProQuest Direct for FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES.

CINAHL - Abstracts to articles in more than 950 English-language nursing and allied health journals and biomedicine, management, behavioral sciences, health sciences librarianship, education and materials from consumer health.

MEDLINE - Provides medical information on speech pathology, medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, etc. Searches over 4,000 current biomedical journals

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts - Covers journals from 1973 to the present time.

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Religion and Theology - Start with: EBSCOHost and ProQuest Direct for FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES.

ProQuest Direct UMI) - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES

ATLA Religion - 1949 to the present - Contains more than one million records covering the research literature of religion in 26 languages.

Other Databases

FindArticles - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Database of 300 popular press journals and magazines, 1998-present.

Ingenta - FULL TEXT - Provides access to thousands of articles from hundreds of journal titles, covering a variety of disciplines. (Click the "direct" button when accessing this database.)

Journal Storage (JSTOR) - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES> - An electronic database with FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES back issues of over 100 journals. View journals

MCB/Emerald - FULL TEXT - Provides access to over 25,000 articles in over 100 journals.

Project Muse - [1990's - Variable] - FULL-TEXT-ARTICLES - Full text of over 40 scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics published by John Hopkins University Press.

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