Databases which are available for off-campus use by students, faculty, and staff are indicated
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18th Century Fiction (1700-1780) - Full Text
See Eighteenth Century Fiction (1700-1780)

19th Century Fiction
See Nineteenth-Century Fiction

20th Century African-American Poetry - Full Text
Available via LION - A database of modern and contemporary African-American poetry from the early twentieth century to the present. Features 10,000 poems by around 70 of the most important African-American poets of the last century.

20th Century American Poetry - Full Text
Available via LION - Includes 52,000 poems drawn from 750 volumes by over 300 American poets.

20th Century English Poetry - 1900 to present - Full Text
Available via LION - A collection of 598 volumes of poetry by 283 English poets.

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ABELL (Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature) - 1920 to present - Some Full Text
Available via LION - Indexes monographs, journals, critical editions of literary works, book reviews, collections of essays, and doctoral dissertations published anywhere in the world in the areas of English language, English literature, bibliography, and traditional culture of the English-speaking world.

ABI/INFORM - 1971 to present - No Full Text

Available via FirstSearch - Covers nearly every aspect of business, including company histories and new product development.  Citations include abstracts and indexes of significant articles from current business and management periodicals.                  

*Academic Search Premiere - 1984 to present - Some Full Text
Available via EBSCOhost - A large multidisciplinary database, which indexes and abstracts journals in the social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, etc. There is also a searchable collection of photos of people, natural science photos, photos of places, historical photos, maps and flags.

AccessScience - Full Text
The online version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. Provides full access to articles, dictionary terms, and hundreds of research updates in all areas of science and technology (updated daily). Also includes biographies of leading scientists, weekly updates of breakthroughs and discoveries in science and technology.

African-American Poetry (1750-1900) - Full Text
Available via LION - Contains nearly 3,000 poems written by African-American poets of the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

AGRICOLA - 1970 to present - No Full Text

Available via FirstSearch - Covers every major agricultural subject, including agricultural engineering and marketing, animal breeding, entomology, environmental pollution, farm management, foods and feeds, pesticides, rural sociology, veterinary medicine, and water resources,  Citations consist of journal articles, book chapters, monographs, conference proceedings, serials, technical reports, and other materials.       

AHSearch (Arts & Humanities Search) - 1980 to present - No Full Text

Available via FirstSearch - Provides complete indexing for many of the world's leading arts and humanities journals in a broad range of disciplines.  Also includes individually selected, relevant items from thousand of the world's leading science and social science journals.  

AltPressIndex (Alternative Press Index) - 1991 to present - No Full Text

Available via FirstSearch - Indexes almost 300 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers, and magazines.  Interdisciplinary and international in scope.  Other features include selected abstracts, journal record information and hot links to publisher websites.      

AltPressIndexArchive (Alternative Press Index Archive) - 1969 to 1990 - No Full Text

Available via FirstSearch - Comprehensive index of alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines plublished from 1969 to 1990.  Interdisciplinary and international in scope.  Includes book, film and television reviews, interviews, obituaries and biographical information in addition to feature articles.   

American Drama - Full Text
Available via LION - Currently contains 711 plays that chronicle the history and culture of America.

(The) American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition
Available via Grolier Online

American National Biography - Full Text
Reliable scholarly biographies of more than 17,400 deceased men and women in American history.

American Poetry (1600-1900) - Full Text
Available via LION - Contains over 40,000 poems by more than 200 poets, covering the Colonial Period to the early twentieth century.

Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature
See ABELL

Annual Reviews - 1930 to present - Some Full Text
A searchable database of articles chosen to represent the best literature in the Biomedical, Physical and Social Sciences. Full text is available from 1996 to the present for Annual Reviews of : Ecology and Systematics; Entomology; Genetics; Microbiology; Physiology; Plant Biology; Psychology; Sociology.

ArticleFirst - 1990 to present - No Full Text

Available via FirstSearch - Offers searching and browsing of articles and tables of contents from thousands of journals.  Contains bibliographic citations that describe items listed on the table of contents pages of journals in science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture.

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BasicBIOSIS - Latest 5 years - No Full Text
Available via FirstSearch - A bibliographic database that covers the basic core of life science journals including: agriculture, ecology, neuroscience, biochemistry, environment, nutrition, biology, genetics, physiology, biotechnology, medicine, public health, botany, and microbiology. A subset of Biological Abstracts.

BioDigest - 1989 to present - No Full Text

Available via FirstSearch - Covers all of the life sciences.  Gives easy access to new scientific developments, with comprehensive subject-oriented abstracts.

*Biological & Agricultural Index Plus - 1983 to present - Some Full Text
Available via WilsonWeb - Indexes journals and book reviews in agricultural fields including agricultural research, chemicals, economics and engineering. Also covers biology, biochemistry, biotechnology, ecology, genetics, microbiology, physiology, zoology and other related fields.

*Books In Print - Access is limited to1simultaneous user. Please use the LOGOUT button at the end of each search session.
Provides access to a bibliographic database with more than 4.5 million in-print, forthcoming, audio, video and out-of-print titles. Contains annotations, Tables of Contents, images, awards and full-text reviews when available.

Britannica World Atlas
Available via Encyclopaedia Britannica Online

BusDateline - (Business Dateline) - 1985 to present - No Full Text

Available via FirstSearch - Provides citations to articles from newspapers, city business magazines and U.S. and Canadian wire services.  An essential business information tool for monitoring the latest trends in industry, health, environmental issues, education, and much more.

BusIndustry (Business & Industry) - 1994 to present - No Full Text
Available via FirstSearch - Contains important facts and key events dealing with public and private companies, industries, products and markets for all manufacturing and service industries at an international level. Indexes trade magazines, newsletters, and general business and international business dailies.

*Business Source Elite - 1985 to present - Some Full Text
Available via EBSCOhost - Covers journals in business, management, economics, finance, banking and accounting.

BusManagement (Business & Management Practices) - 1995 to present - No Full Text
Available via FirstSearch - Provides information on business and management issues such as decision making; implementing new technology; planning for the future; dealing with internal and external issues; and expanding businesses. Covers business methodology with emphasis on case studies and practical applications.

BusinessOrgs (Business Organizations, Agencies & Publications Directory) - Current file

Available via FirstSearch - A unique guide to international business information sources.  Lists contact name, address, phone, and fax numbers, and a description of the organization's founding, membership, activities, and sources.

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Canadian Poetry - Full Text
Available via LION - When it is complete, Canadian Poetry will comprise essentially the complete canon of English-language Canadian poetry from the seventeenth century up to the early twentieth. Currently the collection contains more than 12,000 poems by 142 poets drawn from over 500 printed sources, many of them rare and inaccessible outside Canada.

Choice Reviews Online - 1988 to present - Full Text

Provides access to scholarly reviews of academic books, electronic media, and Internet resources of interest to those in higher education.  Updated monthly.

Communication & Mass Media Complete (CCMU) - 1915 (selected) to present - Some Full Text
Available via EBSCOhost - Contains quality research articles in the areas related to communication studies and mass media, combining two major indexes, CommSearch and Mass Media Index. Provides access to bibliographic references, reviews, recent encyclopedias and handbooks and full text of journal articles. Depending on the journal, coverage may extend back to the first issue of a title.

ConsumerIndex (Consumers Index) - 1986 to present -Some Full Text

Available via FirstSearch - Indexes periodicals with consumer-oriented articles.  Provides information categorized from general (the home) to more specific (automobiles), by periodical (Consumer Reports), or by a specific brand name (Coca-Cola).  Records include Web site addresses for free full text for some citations.

Contemporary Authors
See Literature Resource Center

Contemporary Literary Criticism
See Literature Resource Center

CQ Historic Documents Online - 1972 to present - Full Text
A collection of more than 3,000 primary sources covering a broad range of subject matter, including history, government, and political science. Types of documents range from presidential speeches, international agreements, and Supreme Court decisions to U.S. governmental reports, scientific findings, and cultural discussions. Documents are preceded by introductory materials to provide historical and intellectual context.

CQ Researcher - 1991 to present - Full Text - Access is limited to 5 simultaneous users. Please logout when finished.
CQ Researcher, published by CQ (Congressional Quarterly) Press, examines contemporary issues that affect the public at large. Each issue focuses on a different topic with background, historical milestones, an overview of the current situation, future outlook and opposing viewpoints (plus bibliographies).

CQ Weekly - 1983 to present - Full Text
CQ Weekly reports on the activities of the United States Congress. Each issue provides announcements of upcoming Congressional events as well as a summary of the previous week's news, including the status of bills, committee and floor activity, debates and roll-call votes. This online, full-text version of the printed CQ Weekly is searchable by keyword and by floor vote. Users can also browse issues by date or by topic.

CWI (Contemporary Women's Issues) - 1992 to present - No Full Text

Available via FirstSearch - Covers sources (periodical and nonperiodical) published by more than 100 organizations around the world.  Focuses on timely and relevant topics and meaningful issues for women, including health, human rights, the work place, legal status, and more.

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Dictionary of Literary Biography
See Literature Resource Center

Disclosure (Disclosure Corporate Snapshots) - Current file - Brief Entries

Available via FirstSearch - Contains directory information on U.S. companies filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).  Includes company name, cross references, telephone numbers, ticker symbol, Fortune and Forbes numbers, SIC Codes, and a business description.

Dissertations (Dissertation Abstracts) - 1861 to present; dissertation abstracts since 1980, theses since spring 1988

Available via FirstSearch - Covers every doctoral dissertation completed in the U.S. at accredited institutions for the last 150 years.  Includes some master's theses and foreign language dissertations.

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Early American Fiction 1789-1850 - Full Text
Available via LION - Facsimile page images and keyword-searchable full text for more than four hundred works of American prose fiction published before 1850, including key titles such as James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans, Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque and Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter.

Early American Fiction 1789-1875 - Full Text
Available via LION - Offers the full text of 875 first editions of American novels and short stories by such authors as Louisa May Alcott, Herman Melville, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Mark Twain, as well as a host of minor writers of the period.

Early English Prose Fiction (1500-1700) - Full Text
Available via LION - Contains 211 works in English prose by writers from the British Isles from the period 1500-1700.

Ebooks (Electronic Books) - All cataloged Ebooks to the present

Available via FirstSearch - Contains records for over 210,000 electronic books on all subjects cataloged by libraries in WorldCat.  Citations link to full text licensed from NetLibrary and other electronic providers as well as to free electronic books available from educational, government and other websites.

*EBSCOhost - Some Full Text
A collection of databases, many including full text articles.

EconLit - 1969 to present - No Full Text

Available via First Search - Contains citations, with abstracts, to articles from economics journals.  In addition, subject indexing and abstracts of books and subject indexing of dissertation titles are included.

Editions and Adaptations of Shakespeare (1591-1911) - Full Text
Available via LION - Eleven major editions from the First Folio to the Cambridge edition of 1863-6, twenty-four separate contemporary printings of individual plays, selected apocrypha and related works and more than one hundred adaptations, sequels, and burlesques from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.

*Education Full Text - 1983 to present - Some Full Text
Available via WilsonWeb - Covers 400 leading periodicals encompassing all areas of concern to today's educators, including administration, teaching methods, and curriculum.

Educational Resource Information Center
See ERIC

Eighteenth Century Fiction (1700-1780) - Full Text
Available via LION - 96 complete works in English prose by writers from the British Isles.

Encyclopaedia Britannica Online - Full Text
Provides access to the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and the Britannica Book of the Year. You can also use EB Online to search an Internet directory that includes thousands of related sites on the Internet.

Encyclopedia Americana Online - Full Text
Available via Grolier Online - In addition to the full text of the Encyclopedia Americana, the online version also includes the Americana Journal (a database with information about current events), selected periodical articles, and links to Web sites.

English Drama (1280-1915) - Full Text
Available via LION - Contains 4,000 plays by 1,200 authors from the late thirteenth century to the early twentieth century.

English Poetry (600-1900) - Full Text
Available via LION - Contains poems by more than 1,250 poets drawn from printed sources. While in most cases one version of a poem is given, there are exceptions where significant revisions have been made (Wordsworth's PRELUDE, for example). Poems excluded are those published in newspapers or journals only, or never published at all; translations into English after 1800; hymns published after 1800; and verse dramas intended for the stage.

English Poetry, Second Edition - Full Text
Available via LION - Contains more than 183,000 poems, comprising essentially the complete canon of poetry in English from the 8th century to the early 20th. Drawn from nearly 4,900 printed sources, the collection represents the work of more than 2,700 poets. The Second Edition also includes poetry written in English during the same period by authors from Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and other parts of the world.

*ERIC (Educational Resource Information Center) - 1966 to present - Some Full Text
Available via EBSCOhost - Indexes published and unpublished sources on all aspects of education and educational research. ERIC also indexes library and information science. Incorporates ERIC Digests, full-text short reports on topics of current interest in education.

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FactSearch - 1984 to present - No Full Text
Available FirstSearch - Facts and statistics on topics of current interest. The information comes from newspapers, periodicals, the Congressional Record and congressional hearings. Records include web site addresses.

Farber Poetry Library - 1925 to 1999 - Full Text
Available via LION - contains the works of 50 poets comprising 140 volumes of poetry. The authors are all part of the Faber Poetry list and the database enjoys the active support of the publisher and the poets or estates.

FirstSearch - No Full Text
A set of databases in a variety of subject areas using a common interface to search the literature.

Search Guide

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GEOBASE - 1980 to present - No Full Text
Available via FirstSearch - Indexes journals, books, conference proceedings, reports, theses, and dissertations on geography, geology, ecology, international development, and their related disciplines. Subject coverage includes cartography, climatology, energy, environment, geomorphology, hydrology, meterology, photogrammetry, sedimentology, geochemistry, geophysics, paleontology, petrology, and volcanology.

GPO (GPO Monthly Catalog) - 1976 to present - No Full Text

Available via FirstSearch - Consists of records published by the Government Printing Office.  Includes references for documents to congressional committee reports and hearings, debates, documents from executive departments, and more.

Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Online - Full Text
Available via Grolier Online - Based on the text of the Academic American Encyclopedia, this online full-text encyclopedia includes bibliographies and links to other Web information sources.

Grolier Online
Provides access to the Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Online, the Encyclopedia Americana Online, the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language 4th edition, and a world atlas.

Grove Music Online

Grove Music Online offers the full texts of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd Edition (2001), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera (1992), and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd Edition (2001), The Oxford Companion to Music (2002). These include 50,000 signed articles and 28,000 biographies contributed by over 6,000 scholars from around the world. Additionally, The Oxford Companion to Music (2002), which offers more than 8,000 articles on composers, performers, conductors, individual works, instruments and notation, forms and genres; and The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Second Edition, Revised (2006) are included.

 

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King James Bible - Full Text
Available via LION - The King James or 'Authorized' edition of the Bible (1611) was the standard edition of the Bible for nearly three centuries, drawing heavily on previous editions and providing the principal influence for many subsequent versions. The text is given in full, with all introductory matter, annotation, calendars, genealogies and tables included.

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LexisNexis Academic - Full Text
Provides access to news, business, medical, educational and legal (including law reviews, case law and legal rulings) sources. The sources include international, national, and regional newspapers; magazines; trade journals; newsletters; wire service reports; and transcripts of television and radio news programs.

LexisNexis Congressional - Full Text
Provides access to the CIS Index, 1970 to present, which indexes congressional information including committee hearings, reports and prints, legislative histories, etc. This database also offers full-text of congressional bills, testimony, reports, documents, selected prints, and the Congressional Record for recent years, as well as the U.S. Code, the Federal Register, and the Code of Federal Regulations. It also covers a wide variety of additional congressional information, including member biographical and committee assignment information, voting records, and financial data.

Literature Online (LION) - Some Full Text
Full searchable library of more than 330,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, plus biographies, bibliographies and key criticism and reference resources.

*Literature Resource Center (LRC) - Some Full Text - Access is limited to 1 simultaneous user.
Provides access to biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary discipline. Includes articles from Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Dictionary of Literary Biography, and the Encyclopedia of Literature.

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Marquis Who's Who On The Web - Access is limited to 1 simultaneous user. Please use the LOGOUT button at the end of each search session.
A globally recognized database with entries from Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World and 18 other titles since 1985. This database features profiles on over 1 million of the most accomplished individuals from all fields of endeavor including: government, business, science & technology, the arts, entertainment and sports. Search by name, gender, occupation, geography, hobbies and interests and much more.

*MedLine - 1966 to present - No Full Text
Available via EBSCOhost - Indexes journals in the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system and preclinical sciences.

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
Available via Encyclopaedia Britannica Online - A general, English-language dictionary that includes definitions (with the most recent meaning listed last), examples of use, pronunciations, etymlogies, and synonyms. Hyper-text "hot-links" are provided to related words.

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus
Available via Encyclopaedia Brittanica Online.

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*netLibrary - Full Text- For off-campus use, user must first create an account within netLibrary on-campus.
A collection of searchable online reference, professional, and scholarly books, found either in the "Library Collection" or the "Public Collection". It is possible to perform full-text searches of a single eBook, search thousands of volumes simultaneously, browse topic categories, or read eBooks directly online. Simply create an account for yourself and you can check out an ebook from anywhere in the world. The books found in the "Library Collection" are also listed in the Thiel Library Online Public Access Catalog.

Nineteenth-Century Fiction - 1782 to 1903 - Full Text
Available via LION - 250 novels from the period 1782 to 1903, including works by all the major Victorian novelists such as Dickens, Thackeray, the Brontës, Eliot and Hardy, as well as the landmarks of Gothic and other fiction from the Romantic period.

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Oxford English Dictionary (OED) - Full Text
The OED serves as the accepted authority of the evolution of the English language since 1150. The text contains definitions for most of the words in the English language, information on their origins, and quotations showing their range of meanings from the time they entered the language to the present.

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Offers the full 60 volume text of The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography which contains a collection of more than 56,600 specially written biographies, describing the lives of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond.

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PsycFIRST - Most recent 3 years plus updates for current year - No Full Text

Available via FirstSearch - Contains citations of journal articles, chapters, books, technical reports, and dissertations in psychology and related disciplines.

PsycArticles - 1988 to present - Full Text
Available via APA PsycNet - Contains the full text of articles from APA journals and selected Educational Publishing Foundation journals.

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Regional Business News - Some Full Text
Available via EBSCOhost - A comprehensive index for regional business publications from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Materials indexed include business journals, newspapers, and newswires.

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SAGE Premier Collection - 1999 to present - Full Text

Provides access to 400+ peer-reviewed journals covering business, humanities, social sciences, education physical and life sciences, and medicine.

Science Direct - 1995 to present - Some Full Text
Provides indexing, abstracts, and some full text (in journals subscribed to indicated by a GREEN page icon) covering Chemistry, Materials science, Engineering & technology, Environmental science, Economics, Business & management science, Neuroscience, Pharmacology & toxicology, Physics, Mathematics & computer science, Psychology, and Sociology.

HINT: Can limit to full text journals when searching. Click on Journals tab, select Subscribed Journals from the pull down menu.

*(The) Serials Directory
Available via EBSCOhost - this database provides up-to-date and accurate bibliographic information and pricing for over 178,500 U.S. and international periodicals.