EZProxy is a new service to provide off-campus access to databases. At this time most of the databases that are able to work through proxy servers have been linked. To access databases off-campus you must activate your campus email account. Go to IRD's Student Services page and follow the instructions for activating your email account.
Databases include: AGRICOLA, Alternative Press Index, Applied Science & Technology, Art Index, ArticleFirst, Arts & Humanities Search, Biological & Agricultural Index, Biology Digest, Biography Index, Book Review Digest, Books in Print, Business Dateline, Business and Industry, Business Organizations, Agencies, and Publications Directory; Businsess and Management Practices; Clase and Periodica [periodical indexes from Latin American publishers], Disclosure Corporate Snapshots, Dissertation Abstracts Online, EconLit, Education Abstracts, ERIC, Essay and General Literature Index, FactSearch, General Science Index, GEOBASE, GPO Monthly Catalog, Humanities Abstracts, Index to Legal Periodicals & Books, MEDLINE, MLA, Newspaper Abstracts, PapersFirst, Periodical Abstracts, ProceedingsFirst, PsycARTICLES, PsycINFO-1887; Readers' Guide Abstracts, Social Sciences Abstracts, Wilson Business Abstracts, Wilson Select Plus, WorldCat, World Almanac, Worldscope.
Multiple Databases From a Single Vendor
Academic OneFile, Infotrac Newspapers, Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Literature Resource Center [Scribner's & Twayne's Authors] Health Reference Center Academic, Student Resource Center-Gold [for K-8], Eighteenth Century Collections Online, Gale Virtual Reference Library, Texas Almanac 2004-2005
ABI Global Inform, 1905-current; Criminal Justice Periodicals, National Newspaper Abstracts [indexes NYT, Wall Street Journal & USA Today], Proquest Research Library, American Periodical Series, 1740-1900 [APS Online], Proquest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times (1851-2002).
Academic Search Complete, Business Source Complete, SocIndex with Fulltext, Professional Development Collection [education], SportDiscus with Fulltext, and so on
Multiple Journals From a Single Publisher--in one database
More Specialized or Single Subject Databases
Electronic Reference Materials

Electronic Text Materials: Books, Pamphlets, Diaries, Letters, Historical Newspapers, Film Scripts, and so on
Provided through the UTSystem Digital Library Initative; provides access to the full-text of more than 45,000 current imprint titles--books, 1990 forward. Approximately 50% of the titles are social sciences (including education and business); about 30% of titles are related to the humanities. Particularly important for humanities researchers netLibrary organizes and gives access to Gutenberg Project texts [historical backfile of classic titles].
Browsing does not have a time limit; checkouts are for two hours, and require that a free account be established. All netLibrary titles are indexed in FirstSearch and accessible through hotlinks in all relevant databases from FirstSearch.
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Note: The UT Permian Basin EZProxy server is now operational. Most library databases can now be accessed off-site. Go to Remote Access to Library Databases. See IRD Proxy server page or call (915-552-2415). For help in searching specific databases--developing search strategies, understanding coverage information, and so on--contact the Reference Desk (915-552-2396). |
Page Updated: 7 January 2009