Articles & Databases

Online Databases Listed Alphabetically   

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Online Databases Listed by Subject

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• ABI Inform Complete
  Features thousands of full text journals and key newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times and The Economist, as well as country and industry focused reports and data. International coverage.
• Academic One File
  Scholarly and peer-reviewed articles (many full text) in an academic multi-disciplinary database covering all fields.
• Academic Search Complete 
  Scholarly and peer-reviewed articles (many full text) in an academic multi-disciplinary database covering all fields.
  
• Access Science 
  Search the latest edition of the McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology online.
• AgeLine 
  Provides access to literature on gerontology and aging in health sciences, psychology, sociology, social work, economics and public policy.
  
• AGRICOLA 
  FREE  3.3 million bibliographic records - U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
• Art Full Text (H.W.Wilson)
  Comprehensive resource with hundreds of peer-reviewed journals. Covers fine, decorative and commercial art, folk art, photography, film, and architecture.
  

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• Biography in Context 
  Biographical information on people throughout history. 600,000+ biographies from almost 200 award-winning reference books, full text online.
• Biological Sciences
  Interdisciplinary database with abstracts and citations to research in biomed, biotech, zoology and ecology, and aspects of agriculture and veterinary science.
• Biology Journals 
  Access to a wide range of biology topics such as botany, environmental studies, microbiology and zoology. 
  
• BioMed Central
  FREE. Contains hundreds of peer-reviewed open access journals.
• Biomedical Reference Collection: Basic
  Full text for a over 100 journals in a variety of areas pertaining to medical study. All titles indexed in MEDLINE.
  
• Book Index with Reviews 
  Information on 5 million book titles, plus 800,000 full-text searchable book reviews from sources you trust.
  
• Boston Globe 
  Search license for the Boston Globe, full text from 1980+ 
• Britannica Online (Academic edition)  
  Start here for background information on most topics from the web version of the Encyclopedia Britannica and links to vetted websites. Contains the World Atlas, timelines of history, and the Merriam Websters Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus.
• Business Insights: Essentials - New!
  Combines all of the content formerly found in Business & Company Resource Center. Offers dynamic, accurate, and up-to-date topical business information and company and industry intelligence on thousands of global companies.
  
• Business Source Complete 
  Definitive scholarly business database for the most important scholarly business journals. 
  
• [General] Business File ASAP
  Analyze company performance, industry trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics.
  

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• Children's Literature Review 
  Coverage begins mid-2009. Link is for Literature Criticism Online and also searches Something About the Author . Earlier volumes are available in print in our Children's Reference collection.
• Chronicle of Higher Education 
  WSU site license
• CINAHLwith Full Text 
  Comprehensive source of much full text for nursing & allied health journals. 
• Communication and Mass Media Complete
  Quality research sources in areas related to communication and mass media.
• [ProQuest] Computing
  Search top computing journals in full text for research on such subjects as database design, software development, web commerce, business Intranets and the Internet.
• Contemporary Literary Criticism - Select 
  Critical essays on contemporary authors.
• Contemporary Novelists - 7th ed. 2001
  Concise discussions of the lives and principal works of contemporary novelists, written by subject experts.
• Credo Reference
  Start here! Cross search 600+ reference titles from over 60 scholarly publishers. Full text of the best reference books, along with images, visual concept map of results, and more. 
• Criminal Justice Collection
  Targeted collection from InfoTrac of academic journals, magazines, books, news and multimedia, covering law enforcement, paralegal topics, homeland security and all aspects of criminal justice. 
• [ProQuest] Criminal Justice
  Comprehensive  collection of U.S. and international criminal justice journals including information in law enforcement, corrections administration, drug enforcement, rehabilitation, family law, industrial security and more.
• Current Biography Illustrated  (H.W. Wilson)
  From 1940 to present; search by name, profession, ethnicity and other limits. Accurate info from magazine and journal articles, as well as books.

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• Dictionary of the History of Ideas
  FREE. Searchable full text of the 1974 print edition
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
  FREE, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals in all subjects and languages.
  

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• E-Books 
  WSU Library webpage with links to free collections on the internet
• E-Books on EBSCO Host 
  Includes our collection from NetLibrary. All e-book links for individual titles in our online catalog will link here.
• Ebrary 
  77,000 downloadable ebooks 
• EBSCO Host databases
  Complete menu of all our subscription databases on the EBSCO platform
• EDGAR
  FREE. The Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system, performs automated collection, validation, indexing, acceptance, and forwarding of submissions by companies and others who are required by law to file forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
• [ProQuest] Education Journals
  Coverage includes primary, secondary, and higher education, as well as special education, home schooling, adult education and hundreds of related topics.
• Educator's Reference Complete
  Content focuses on educational principles, child development and psychology, and best practices in education

•  Encyclopedia of Science & Technology
  Search the latest edition of the McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology online

• Environmental Studies and Policy Collection
  Targeted collection from InfoTrac of academic journals, magazines, books, news and multimedia, covering global warming, climate change, alternative energy, environmental policy, going green, recycling, soil, plants, and more.

• ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)
  Provides access to education literature and resources
              ERIC via EbscoHost
              ERIC via Proquest
              FREE  ERIC 

• Essay and General Literature Index 
  Unique reference database that cites material contained in collections of essays and miscellaneous works published in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada.

• European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750
  New database - comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750.

• Expanded Academic ASAP 
  Scholarly and peer-reviewed articles (many full text) in an academic multi-disciplinary database covering all fields.
  

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• Facts on File 
  Includes World News Digest from Reuters; Issues & Controversies; Science Online
• Film and Television Literature Index 
  Includes film & television theory, preservation & restoration, screenwriting, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews
• Film Literature Index
  FREE. Online searchable database contains citations to film, television and video articles, reviews and book reviews    from 1976 – 2001
• Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia 
  This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.

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• Gale Databases 
  Complete menu of all our subscription databases on the Gale/Cengage platform (InfoTrac web)
• Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL)
  Database of 60+ full text, subject specialized encyclopedias and reference sources for multidisciplinary research
• General Business File ASAP 
  Analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics.
• General One File
  A general interest database for news and articles from a variety of sources. 
• General Reference Center Gold 
  A general interest database for articles from a variety of sources - newspapers, reference books, and magazines
• Global Issues in Context
  Variety of viewpoints from specially selected sources for analysis of a broad spectrum of global issues: social, political, military, economic, environmental, health, and cultural.
• GPO Catalog 
  FREE catalog of all U.S. Government publications 
• GreenFILE 
  All aspects of human impact to the environment: global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more
• Grove Art Online - is now Oxford Art Online 

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• Health and Wellness Resource Center
  Access to full text medical journals, magazines and newspapers, reference works and multimedia tools to provide medical information. Now includes Alternative Health.
• [ProQuest] Health Management
  Articles pertaining to the business side of hospitals and healthcare. Non-clinical information covering all aspects of health administration: public health and safety, hospitals, finance, personnel management, insurance, labor relations and law.
• Health Reference Center Academic
  Much full text of nursing and allied health journals plus a wide variety of personal health information sources.
• Health Source: Consumer Edition
  Authoritative information on health-related questions.
• Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
  Scholarly full-text journals focusing on many medical disciplines.
• Hoover's Company Profiles
  Delivers in-depth industry analyses, info on companies location, summary financials, top competitors and more.

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• In the First Person
  A free, high quality, professionally published, in-depth index of more than 3,350 collections of personal narratives in English from around the world.
• InfoTrac K-12 Junior Edition
  Articles from a variety of sources for middle and junior high school students
• Info Trac Student Edition
  Articles from a variety of sources for high school students on all subjects 
• [Info Trac] Kids InfoBits
  Articles from a variety of sources for K-5 level students on all subjects
• Issues and Controversies 
  Brings together both sides of 800 hot topics important to today's society.
  

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• JSTOR 
  Arts & Sciences Collection I, II and IV only
  

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• Kraus Curriculum Development Library
  Curriculum materials from1983 - present

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• Lexis Nexis 
  Full-text documents from over 5,600 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications with a variety of flexible search options
• Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) 
  Articles for Library and Information science professionals
• Literature Resource Center 
  Current, comprehensive, and reliable online resource for research on literary topics, authors, and their works.  Coverage includes all genres and disciplines, all time periods, and all regions of the world. Also search the Twayne's Author Series.
  

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• Massachusetts History Online 
  Contains full-text articles gathered from almost 50 sources that directly relate to Massachusetts history, both past and present, including people, places, historical events and more. 
• MasterFILE Premier 
  Full text for more than 1,700 general periodicals covering a broad range of disciplines  
• MEDLINE
              Medline via EbscoHost
              Medline via Proquest
              FREE Medline via Pub Med/ National Library of Medicine
• Mergent Online -
  Formerly FIS Online, this is a database of corporate information covering over 22,000 U.S. and foreign public companies. Extensive data that can be customized and exported; many advanced search functions.
• Military & Government Collection
  Current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government. 
• MLA International Bibliography 
  Indexes material from 1921 to the present in disciplines such as language, literature, folklore, linguistics, literary theory and criticism, and the dramatic arts.

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• Net Library 
  Now on the EBSCO Host platform. 11,623 electronic books, all full text, with 3,502 of those being part of the freely accessible eBook collection. 
• Newspaper Source 
  Full text for more than 40 U.S. and International newspapers, 389 U.S. regional newspapers. Also provides full text TV and radio news transcripts.
• [ProQuest] Newsstand
  Full text for over 1300 newspapers, news websites and blogs from leading publishers throughout the world.
• New York Times
  Search full text starting in 1985
• Nursing and Allied Health Collection
  Targeted collection from InfoTrac of academic journals, magazines, books, news and multimedia, covering all aspects of nursing from direct patient care to specialized care, to treatment of all types of patients.
• [ProQuest] Nursing and Allied Health Source
  Complete, full text coverage of information from leading nursing, allied health, alternative and complementary medicine, and related publications.
• Nursing Resource Center  New!
  Find information on all aspects of nursing, including common drugs, common diseases and conditions.
  

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• Opposing Viewpoints in Context
  Formerly Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Helps researchers analyze and organize a broad variety of data from a wide spectrum of sources on today's hottest social issues.
• Oxford Art Online 
  Formerly Grove Art; authoritative and easily searchable from an expanding range of Oxford's accalimed art refererence works, as well as many specially commissioned articles.
• Oxford English Dictionary
  Widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. An historical dictionary of 600,000 words - past and present - from across the English-speaking world.
• Oxford Reference  
   Now contains 125 core academic subject, langauge and quotation dictionaries; also 180 in-depth specialist titles from Oxford Encyclopedias and Companions.  

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• PAIS International 
  Selective coverage of a wide variety of international sources including journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, research reports, conference papers, web content and more. Covers 1972 - present.
• Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine Collection
  Targeted collection from InfoTrac covering a wide spectrum of information from over 100 specialized titles. Includes experimental research, proven treatment techniques, unique applications for specific sports. 
• Pop Culture Universe - Academic edition
  Over 300 full text volumes of authoritative, published content; thousands of images, hundreds of vetted and updated web links. 
• Primary Search 
  Provides full text for more than 70 popular magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990.  
• Professional Development Collection 
  Designed for professional educators, this database provides a specialized collection of nearly 520 educational journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. 
• ProQuest Databases 
  Complete menu of all our subscription databases on the ProQuest platform
• PsycArticles 
  Full text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in 80 psychology journals published by the American Psychological Association. Nearly all journals go back to Volume 1, Issue 1.
• PsycINFO
  Citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, all in psychology and related disciplines. Largest resource devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral sciences and mental health. International coverage. 
• Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection 
  Full text coverage on emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry and psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.
• [ProQuest] Psychology Journals 
  Coverage for behavioral, clinical, cognitive, developmental, experimental, industrial and social psychology, along with personality, psychobiology and psychometrics.

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• Regional Business News 
  Provides comprehensive full text coverage for over 80 regional business publications, covering all metropolitan and rural areas with in the United States.  
• Religion and Philosophy Collection 
  Essential tool for researchers and students of theology and philosophical studies. 

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• Sage Premier  
  Click on "Sage Content available to me" for full text. Includes leading international peer-reviewed journals, published on behalf of scholarly and professional societies. Covering business, humanities, social sciences, and science, technology, medicine and many more. 
• Science Direct -  
• SciFinder (returning users) /  First Time Remote Users link: Create a personal account (Registration Info - pdf)
  A research discovery tool that allows you to explore the CAS (Am. Chemical Society) databases containing literature from many scientific disciplines including biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, materials science, agricultural science, and more.
• Serials Directory
  Access to accurate bibliographic information as well as current pricing structures for popular serials. Contains nearly 250,000 U.S. and international titles, including newspapers; data from more than 108,000 publishers worldwide. 
• Social Services Abstracts 
  Provides coverage of current research focused on social work and human services, including social welfare, social policy and community development. Indexes thousands of serials publications and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations, as well as citations to book reviews. 
• Sociological Abstracts
  Abstracts and indexes the international literature of sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences:  culture & social structure, family & marriage, poverty & homelessness, race & ethnicity, social change and economic development, sociology of health & medicine.
• Something About the Author - users can also search the Chidlren's Literature Review. Older volumes available in print in our Children's Reference collection.
  

 

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• Teacher Reference Center 
  Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 270 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators. The TRC has minimal overlap with the Professional Development Collection or Academic Search Complete
• Twayne's Authors Online
  Covers authors, their works and literary movements from all time periods, but mainly from 17th - 20th century. Nearly 900 books full text containing 175-200 pages each. Excellent starting point for an author, or multidisciplinary study through literature such as history, society, and culture.

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• Wilson Databases 
  now on EBSCO Host
• World Cat 
  Complete database of books, journal titles and media, but holding library locations for Massachusetts libraries only
• WorldCat.org site 
   FREE - holding library locations by zip code in the U.S. and anywhere in the world 
• World History in Context
  Collection of scholarly analysis in magazines and academic journals, reference works, primary documents, audio and video. Coverage is from anitquity to the present. 
• World News Digest
  From the reliable Facts on File. U.S. and world news 1940 - present. Search by keyword, or top news stories by decade, country or by key issue.  Also contains an encyclopedia and an almanac.
   

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