Research
Databases by Subject
General
Academic
Search Premier
World's largest academic multidisciplinary database. Provides full-text
articles from more than 4,500 publications
Lexis/Nexis
Academic Universe
Full-text documents from over 5,900 publications with a variety of flexible
search options in news, business, legal research, medical, and reference
Multimedia Archive
Provides photographs, audio sound bites, graphics and text spanning over
160 years of history
National
Newspapers
Includes Christian Science Monitor, New York Times, Wall Street Journal
and the Washington Post
Oxford
English Dictionary
Guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over 500,000 words
Business
Business
Source Premier
Full text of nearly 8,350 scholarly business journals and other sources.
PDF files of more than 350 of the top scholarly journals dating as far
back as 1922
Lexis/Nexis
Academic Universe
Full-text documents from over 5,900 publications with a variety of flexible
search options
Education
Academic
Search Premier
World's largest academic multidisciplinary database. Provides full-text
articles from more than 4,500 publications
ERIC
Contains more than 2,200 digests along with references from over 1,000
educational and education-related journals
Proquest
Education Journals
Offering information on hundreds of education topics, this database covers
almost 400 leading journals
Health
Academic
Search Premier
World's largest academic multidisciplinary database. Provides full-text
articles from more than 4,500 publications
Lexis/Nexis
Academic Universe
Full-text documents from over 5,900 publications with a variety of flexible
search options
Alt
HealthWatch
Covers holistic healthcare and wellness, with full-text articles from
140 international proceedings, newsletters and reports
CDC Wonder
Wide variety of topics and numeric public health data
CINAHL
Plus with Full Text
Indexing for over 1,900 journals from the fields of nursing and allied
health, back to 1937
The Drug Information
Portal
Information about prescription and non-prescription drugs, dietary supplements,
and investigational drugs presented by the National Library of Medicine.
Health
Source:Nursing/Academic Edition
Provides more than 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical
disciplines
Health
Source: Consumer Edition
Information on the medical sciences, food sciences, and nutrition, childcare,
sports medicine and general health
Health.Gov
A portal to the web sites of a number of multi-agency health initiatives
and activities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
and other Federal departments and agencies
HealthFinder
A free portal to reliable health information, developed by the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services. The site provides an easy-to-use, searchable
index of carefully reviewed health information from over 1,500 government
agencies, nonprofit organizations, and universities
HealthWeb
A collaborative project of the health sciences libraries of the Greater
Midwest Region (GMR) of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine
(NN/LM) and those of the Committee for Institutional Cooperation
PubMed
A service of the National Library of Medicine, including over 15 million
citations from MEDLINE and additional life science journals for biomedical
articles back to the 1950's. PubMed includes links to full text articles
and other related resources
MedlinePlus
Authoritative and up to date information on over 700 diseases and conditions.
Also contains information on drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia,
interactive patient tutorials and the latest health news
NCBI
Bookshelf
Biomedical books adapted for Web access by the National Center for Biotechnology
Information
OMIM
(Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man)
Database cataloging human genes and genetic disorders. Contains textual
information and references
PharmWeb
Invaluable directory of information, including a library of archives from
over 100 moderated discussion forums
Popline
Abstracts of the international literature on reproductive health, including
population, family planning, and related health issues
Proquest
Nursing Journals
Complete information from leading nursing and related publications. Designed
to meet the needs of researchers and students
Humanities
Academic
Search Premier
World's largest academic multidisciplinary database. Provides full-text
articles from more than 4,500 publications
CQ
Researcher
Comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news. In-depth,
non-biased coverage of political and social issues
Issues & Controversies
In-depth discussions of current issues
Opposing
Viewpoints
Covers social issues. Brings together viewpoint articles, contextual topic
overviews, statistics, biographies, articles and links to more than 1,000
reviewed web sites
Oxford
English Dictionary
Guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over 500,000 words
SIRS Knowledge Source
Contains SIRS Researcher, which includes general reference, social issues,
health, science, and business; and SIRS Government Reporter, which includes
historic & government documents, directories & almanacs
Science and Technology
Academic
Search Premier
World's largest academic multidisciplinary database. Provides full-text
articles from more than 4,500 publications
AGRICOLA
A bibliographic database of citations to agricultural literature
Entrez
Searches major databases, including PubMed, Nucleotide and Protein Sequences,
Protein structures, Genome, Taxonomy, BLAST, OMIN, PopSet, and others
GENE
Unified query environment for genes defined by sequence and/or in NCBI's
Map Viewer. Integrates gene-specific information independent of the species
of origin
Genetics
Home Reference
National Library of Medicine's web site for consumer information about
genetic conditions and the genes responsible for those conditions
Household
Products Database
Links over 6,000 consumer brands to health effects from Material Safety
Data Sheets (MSDS) provided by the manufacturers and allows scientists
and consumers to research products based on chemical ingredients
PubMed
A service of the National Library of Medicine, including over 15 million
citations from MEDLINE and additional life science journals for biomedical
articles back to the 1950's. PubMed includes links to full text articles
and other related resources
MedlinePlus
Authoritative and up to date information on over 700 diseases and conditions.
Also contains information on drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia,
interactive patient tutorials and the latest health news
National Agricultural
Library Digital Repository
Colection of digitized publications in the field of agriculture.
Mainly items published by the USDA.
OMIM
(Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man)
Database cataloging human genes and genetic disorders. Contains textual
information and references
Science.gov
Provides wide public access and a unified search to the government's vast
stores of scientific and technical information
ToxTown
Interactive guide to commonly encountered toxic stubstances, your health,
and the environment
ToxNet
Integrated system of free web toxicology and environmental health databases.
Includes HSDB, TOXLINE, ChemIDpls, IRIS, TRI, CCRIS, GENE-TOX, and DART/ETIC
Social Sciences
Academic
Search Premier
World's largest academic multidisciplinary database. Provides full-text
articles from more than 4,500 publications
CQ
Researcher
Comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news. In-depth,
non-biased coverage of political and social issues
CIA
World Factbook
Provides national-level information on countries, territories, and dependencies
including maps, flags and symbols, and historical and population information
Issues & Controversies
In-depth discussions of current issues
Lexis/Nexis
Academic Universe
Full-text documents from over 5,900 publications with a variety of flexible
search options
Opposing
Viewpoints
Covers social issues. Brings together viewpoint articles, contextual topic
overviews, statistics, biographies, articles and links to more than 1,000
reviewed web sites
SIRS Knowledge Source
Contains SIRS Researcher, which includes general reference, social issues,
health, science, and business; and SIRS Government Reporter, which includes
historic & government documents, directories & almanacs
Country
Studies
Presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the
social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions
of countries throughout the world
Maintained by Barbara
Browning
Last update: November 10, 2006
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