| Database | Description | Vendor |
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The book shelf icon 
denotes a database that is primarily a reference database rather than a database of journal
articles. Reference databases include things like dictionaries, encyclopedias
(1 paragraph to a few pages) and handbooks (entries tend to be 4-20 pages).
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| ABI/Inform
Global includes Hoover's Online 
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Business Information. Full image (PDF) files for more than 2,000 journals; ascii full-text for an additional 100 journals; and indexing for nearly 3,000 titles. Hoover's provides in-depth industry analysis & information on 40,000 public and non-public companies as well as 225,000 key executives. | ProQuest |
| Academic OneFile | a comprehensive general database indexing more than 8,000 academic journals covering everything from STM [sci-tech-med] to the humanities; slight but perceptible emphasis on the humanities, also some unique nursing journals. | Gale Cengage |
| ACLS Humanities E-Book
Collection aka Humanities E-Book Collection |
 This began life as the History E-Book Project, but
in the summer of 2007 the ACLS American Council of Learned Societies
recognized that the project had in fact expanded beyond the confines of history.
The name was changed and the holdings were expanded to more than 2,800 titles
in history, art, literature, and other humanities areas. |
ACLS |
| AGRICOLA | NAL Catalog; Agriculture, forestry and animal science 1989-present | NAL / USDA |
| American Film Scripts Online | The full images of 265 scripts written by 334
authors; examples of authors are: Joan Didion, Ruth Gordon, D.W. Griffith, and
John Huston |
Alexander Street |
| American Periodical Series, 1740-1900 | In order to access this database you
must select Databases selected just under the
Basic search tab at the top of the default/ start-up page; scroll to
the bottom of the resulting page to Historical Databases.
Note: In ProQuest historical databases cannot be searched in combination
with non-historical databases. The database provides access to more
than 1,100 journal titles (more than 7 million pages) published from 1740-1900. |
ProQuest Historical |
| Britannica Online
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The Encyclopedia Britannica Online online;
this standard reference work is updated monthly; each main entry includes the appropriate bibliographic citation for citing the article; also includes access to
The Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary,
and the Enciclopedia Universal en Espanol |
Britannica |
| Criminal Justice Periodicals Index | To restrict searches to CJPI click on the Collections button on the initial search screen. Of the 115 titles indexed 68 are available as full-image titles; a further 14 titles indexed in CJPI are available full-text in the FirstSearch database Index of Legal Periodicals | ProQuest |
| Early
Encounters in America: Peoples, Cultures, and the Environment |
The full images of 83,000 pages, authored by 1,076 writers; North America includes a limited number of works from Canada and Mexico | Alexander Street |
| Early English Books
Online: EEBO |
The full images of 125,000 early English books from 1475 to 1700 [Malory to Locke] | Gale Cengage |
| EbscoHost > Academic Search Complete | To change to other available databases select Choose Databases a bright blue link next to the name Academic Search Complete and select among the other available databases. For example, Business Source Complete, SocIndex with Fulltext, Profossional Development Collection [education], SportDiscus with Fulltext, and so on | Ebsco |
| e-books : EbscoHost | Until late July 2011, was netLibrary; now owned by Ebscohost, using their interface, and renamed e-books. | Ebsco |
| Eighteenth Century Collections Online | 150,000 books published between 1701 and 1800; 33 million pages of full-text searchable material | Gale Cengage |
| GaleNet Databases | Academic OneFile, InfoTrac Newsstand, Gale Virtual Reference Library,
Health Reference Center Academic, Business and Company Resource Center, Gale Legal Forms, Literature Databases: Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literature Criticism Select, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Eighteenth Century Collections Online, Literature Resource Center [Scribner's & Twayne's Authors], MLA |
Gale Cengage |
| Gale PowerSearch | Gale PowerSearch provides access to almost all the Gale content in your library's collection through one, single search query. If this retrieves too many hits select Change Databases at the top of the page and select the single database you wish to focus on. | Gale Cengage |
| The Gerritsen Collection: Women's History Online, 1453-1945
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An international digital library that spans four centuries and documents the lives and experiences of women in public and private arenas. Contains more than 2,000,000 page images in 15 languages. The collection is made up of 265 periodical titles and 4,471 book and pamphlet titles. | ProQuest / Chadwyck-Healey |
| HarpWeek, 1857-1912 | HarpWeek is the full-text and full-image reproductions of Harpers Weekly. There is a searchable database which offers several different ways to access the material. The database introduction and help pages are excellent. The vendor also provides Finding Aids for some of the most common areas of interest--e.g. Geography, Literary Genre, Occupation or Role in Society and so on | Harper's / |
| Historical
Newspapers: London Times Indexes |
Palmer's Index to the [London] Times, 1790-1905 The Official Index to the [London] Times, 1906-1980 Palmer's Full Text Online, 1800-1870 |
Chadwyck-Healey |
| Historical Newspapers:
The New York Times (1851-2006) |
In order to access this database you must
select Databases selected just under the Basic search tab at
the top of the default/ start-up page; scroll to the bottom of the resulting
page to Historical Databases. Note: In ProQuest
historical databases cannot be searched in combination with non-historical
databases. |
ProQuest Historical |
| IEEExplore | Selected journals, conference proceedings and standards | IEEE |
| In the First Person: An Index to Letters, Diaries, Oral Histories, and Other Personal Narratives |
An index to all Alexander Street collections.
Note: UTPB does not subscribe to all Alexander Street
databases. |
Alexander Street |
| JSTOR
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Includes Arts & Sciences Collections I-VI; Biological Sciences Collection; Business Collection; Health & General Sciences Collection Archives & provides full-image for more than 1,200 scholarly journals from their beginnings to the most recent 1 to 7 years (varies with vendor contracts). In short, this provides access to more than 3 million full-length scholarly articles. |
JSTOR.org |
| Latin American Women Writers | The full images of 100,000 pages, authored from 1700-present. Authors from the 19th century include: Clorinda Matto de Turner (Peru), Juana M. Gorriti (Argentina), Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda (Cuba), Delmira Agustini (Argentina), and Julia Lopes Almeida (Brazil), among others. A number of important figures from the early 20th century are also targeted for inclusion, such as Alfonsina Storni (Argentina), Juana de Ibarbourou (Uruguay), Gabriela Mistral (Chile), and Clarice Lispector (Brazil). | Alexander Street |
| Library Literature | Academic subject oriented periodical index; 100 library, information science, and education journals available in full-image; Wilson provides a very helpful InfoCenter which includes such topics as "How to Cite Electronic Articles", "How to Print, Email and Save/Persistent, and so on. | OCLC / Wilson |
| Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts | LISTA a free resource for anyone interested in libraries and information management, indexes 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings back to the mid-1960's. | EbscoHost |
| Maps 101 | Click on "Subscriber Login" ; the password will be automatically entered. Maps 101 is an online collection of over 4,000 maps. A large selection of these maps have been optimized for classroom teaching grades 3-12 plus general college level. | Maps 101 |
| MathSciNet | MathSciNet is a comprehensive database covering the world's mathematical literature of the past 65 years. | AMS |
| Mergent Online | This database is the electronic equivalent of Moody's full-text company data; includes US company data for more than 10,000 public companies and their SEC filings; access to these companies annual reports, along with selected access to international company data and annual reports. | Mergent |
| MLA | GaleNet; Indexes literature, languages, linguistics, folklore;
1926 to the present; more than 2 million citations. |
Gale Cengage / MLA |
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National Center for Justice
Reference Services |
Cooperative effort of US Department of Justice, state and other
agencies and organizations |
NCJRS.org |
| National Security Archive | comprehensive collection of significant primary documents central to US foreign and military policy since 1945. Nearly 40,000 of the most important, declassified documents - totaling more than 250,000 pages - are included in the database. | Chadwyck-Healey / ProQuest |
| Nature, Nature Archives Online | Nature Archives coverage is 1987-1996, Nature is 1996 forward; full-text and full-image (PDF) files available; PDF files usually print better, but full-text files handle some types of graphics better. | NPG |
| Nature GeoScience | Includes full-text and full-image (PDF) files available; PDF files usually print better, but full-text files handle some types of graphics better. | NPG |
| Nature Methods | subtitled Techniques for Life Scientists and Chemists | NPG |
| New England Journal of Medicine Online | Complete content; a mix of text+graphics and full-image files | NEJMO |
| North
American Immigrant Letters, Diaries and Oral Histories |
The full images of 37,500 pages, authored by 342 writers; North America includes Canada and covers the period from 1800 to 1950 |
Alexander Street |
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North American Women's Letters and Diaries: Colonial to 1950 |
The full images of more than 150,000 pages of diaries and letters written by 1,325 North American women | Alexander Street |
| OmniFile Full Text Mega | Help files include "How to Cite Electronic Articles", "How to Print, Email and Save/Persistent, and so on. | OCLC / Wilson |
Open Access Electronic Journals |
There are three primary lists or directories that link to many academic (but some non-academic) free electronic journals. | Open Access |
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Oxford English Dictionary [OED] Online
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Complete text of the most current edition of the Oxford English Dictionary [OED] i.e. the Second Edition,
1989 with all supplements and for the online version, monthly updates of new words |
Oxford Reference |
| Oxford Handbooks Online : Business and Management
(2 user license) |
Select the Business and Management Handbooks on entrance to get the links to individual titles;
Brings together the world's leading scholars to discuss research and the latest thinking in a range of major topics in business and management. Contains specially commissioned essays with extensive references to further reading. |
Oxford Reference |
| Oxford
Language Dictionaries |
French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, and Chinese; a cite link provides the correct MLA and Chicago / Turabian citation styles. |
Oxford Reference |
| Oxford Premium
Reference Online
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single-user license; more than 400 full-image reference titles; at least basic coverage available for most academic disciplines |
Oxford Reference |
| PAO Full-Text Collection | PAO: Periodical Archives Online [formerly PCI] covers 37 key subject areas in the humanities and social sciences; it contains the contents of 400 journal runs, providing access to over 8 million article pages. It has digitized important scholarly titles but also includes journals of historical interest that began publication in the 19th century, for example, Edinburgh Review, which was first published in 1802. | Chadwyck-Healey |
| Project MUSE
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This database contains the complete texts with all graphics, footnotes, and references of all JHUP journals. Beginning in 2001 additional titles from more than 100 prestigious scholarly and university presses have been added for a total of more than 450 high quality academic journals. The project focuses on humanities & social science titles, but also publishes journals dealing with the history of science. | Johns Hopkins UP / Project Muse |
| Proquest Research Library | General periodical index; contains citations and full-image materials for both academic [e.g. Ecology] and popular [e.g. Earthwatch] titles. Indexes more than 4000 titles; more than 2000 journals are full image files; slight but perceptible emphasis on social sciences including economics, business and education. | ProQuest |
| PsycINFO | Ebscohost; Comprehensive professional psychology index; abstracts of psychology literature since 1806; more than 2.2 million records; updated weekly. | Ebscohost / APA |
| ScienceDirect | Full-text of 600+ science journals; also includes more than 100 social science journals. | Elsevier |
| Serials
Solutions: Electronic Journal Listings for UTPB |
This service lists more than 90% of all electronic journal titles (more than 42,000)
available through the databases that Dunagan Library leases. Unless already
logged in to the specific database/s in which the journal appears through EZProxy
via your campus email account, off-campus access does not provide direct links
to individual journals. |
Serials Solutions |
| Wiley Online Library | Full-image of more than 300 journals. On 8 August 2010 Wiley changed its interface, added book content and merged InterScience and Synergy into one new database & interface. This new interface indicates which titles are journals and which are books. It also has a little icon of a padlock; if the padlock is open UTPB has access; if there is no padlock or the padlock is "closed" then UTPB does not have access. | Wiley Online Library |
| Wilson Art Image Gallery | Images to be used strictly for educational purposes; may not be reproduced or
repackaged. |
Wilson |
| Selected Web-based (Free) Databases | All databases listed on this page are publically accessible— that is, you do not have to log-on through EZProxy or be a UTPB student to access these databases. | |
| Page Updated: 28 August 2011 | Page Created: 1 October 2001 | |