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Database Title	Summary - Full Description	Coverage	Full Text
e-EROS--Electronic Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis	The encyclopedia offers a systematic and exhaustive coverage of reagents used in organic synthesis. It contains a database of around 70,000 reactions and around 4000 of the most frequently consulted reagents and is fully searchable by structure and substructure, reagent, reaction type, experimental conditions etc. and allows sophisticated full text searches.	varies	Yes
Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans (1639-1800) Digital Edition	Full-text archive of nearly 37,000 early American publications based on Charles Evans' American Bibliography: A Chronological Dictionary of all Books, Pamphlets, and Periodical Publications Printed in the United States of America from the Genesis of Printing in 1639 down to and including the Year 1800. Includes Early American Imprints, Series I: Supplement from the Library Company of Philadelphia.	1639-1800	Yes
Early American Newspapers, Series, VI & VII	Fully searchable runs of 215 newspapers from 27 states and the District of Columbia from 1741-1922. Series 6 includes the Detroit Plaindealer; Detroits first successful black newspaper, The Colored American; also the Arkansas Gazette, one of the first papers west of the Mississippi. Series 7 includes New Orleans' Times-Picayune, established in 1837, and The Oregonian, founded in 1850 in Portland and still the states largest daily.	1741-1922	Yes
Early English Books Online			Yes
Earthquake Engineering Abstracts	Earthquake Engineering Abstracts (EEA) provides comprehensive authoritative coverage of earthquake engineering and earthquake hazard mitigation. EEA is currently comprised of approximately 102,000 records (full citations and abstracts) from 1971 forward, plus several hundred earlier classic papers and reports. EEA includes approximately 44,000 journal articles -- indexes and abstracts of all major journals that publish significant earthquake engineering research; approximately 36,000 meeting abstracts -- proceedings of conferences and major meetings in earthquake engineering research, and approximately 23,000 research reports' abstracts -- abstracts of research monographs and technical reports including Earthquake Engineering Research Center Reports and Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center Reports.	1971-present	Partial
Ecology Abstracts	Published by Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Ecology Abstracts covers journal literature pertaining to the relationships of organisms to each other and to their environments. About 285 journals are indexed, some completely, others, selectively. Included are relevant papers on evolutionary biology, economics, and systems analysis as they relate to ecosystems or the environment. There is detailed information on resource and ecosystems management and modeling as well as material on the impact of climate, water resources, soil, and man on environmental problems such as depletion, erosion, and pollution. Major areas of coverage include: algae/lichens, animals, annelids, aquatic ecosystems, arachnids, arid zones, birds, brackish water, bryophytes/pteridophytes, coastal ecosystems, conifers, conservation, crustaceans, fungi, grasses, grasslands, high altitude environments, human ecology, insects, legumes, mammals, microorganisms, mollusks, nematodes, paleo-ecology, plants, reptiles, river basins, soil, taiga/tundra, terrestrial ecosystems, vertebrates, wetlands, and woodlands. Online coverage extends back to 1982.	1982 - present	No
EconLit	Produced by the American Economic Association, EconLit is the primary research tool in economics: economic development, forecasting, and history; fiscal and monetary theory; business and public finance; international, health care, regional and urban economics, and more. It provides bibliographic citations, with selected abstracts, of journal articles, books, dissertations and working papers, articles in collective works, conference proceedings, collected essay volumes and full text book reviews.	1969 - present	No
Economic Census	Economic Census. Includes Economy-Wide Key Statistics, Industry Statistics, Establishmetn and Firm Size Statistics, Miscellaneous Subjects Statistics and Annual Surey of Manufacturers. Also Geographic Area Series, Merchandise, Commodity, Receipt, and Revenue LInes Statistics.		Partial
Economist Historical Archive, 1843-2003	Delivers a complete searchable copy of every issue of The Economist from 1843 to 2003, including supplements. Color images, exportable financial tables, and a gallery of front covers are included.	1843-2003	Yes
EcoSal	Based on the classic ASM publication, Escherichia coli and Salmonella: Cellular and Molecular Biology, EcoSal is the comprehensive and authoritative source for information on the enteric bacterial cell. It is a continually expanded and updated archive of knowledge consisting of several hundred modules of information with links to sites containing tabular and pictorial information as well as to databases of primary research.	Undetermined	Yes
Ed/ITLib	Ed/ITLib Digital Library contains full-text international journal articles and conference papers on the latest research, developments, and applications related to all aspects of education technology and e-learning. Export capability is available for BibTex and EndNote. Ed/ITLib is sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education.	2000-present (varies with title)	Yes
Education Full Text	Education Full Text is included in OmniFile Full Text, which is a multi-disciplinary database providing indexing, abstracts, and full text from hundreds of journals in multiple subject areas. Indexing begins in 1982, abstracts in 1984, and full-text coverage in 1994. Start dates for indexing, abstracting, and full-text rights to individual journals may vary.	1982 - present; full-text, 1994 - present	Partial
Educational Administration Abstracts	Provides bibliographic records and many full-text articles covering areas related to educational administration, including educational leadership, educational management, educational research, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline.	1881-current	Partial
Educational Testing Service Research Library	Indexes research published by ETS and ETS Staff members in journal articles, research reports, policy reports, books, book chapters, and published conference papers. Search by author, title, subject, or keywords. Because of copyright restrictions, full text is not provided for many of publications cited here. However, links to publications to which ETS holds the copyright are provided.	1947-current	No
EI Engineering Village 2	Ei Compendex provides abstracts and full bibliographic citations for worldwide engineering and technical literature and encompasses all engineering disciplines, as well as related fields in science and management. Over 5000 journals and conferences are indexed.	1970-	Partial
Eighteenth Century Collections online	Full-text searchable facsimile pages of approximately 150,000 items published in the British Isles, colonial America, the United States (1776 - 1800), Canada, and territories governed by Britain during any period of the eighteenth century, in any language; plus all relevant items printed wholly or partly in English, or other British vernaculars, in any part of the world. ECCO includes a variety of materials from books, directories, Bibles and sermons to shipping lists, advertisements and works by many well-known and lesser-known authors, all providing a diverse collection in History, Geography, Science, Technology, Medicine, Law, Philosophy, Religion, Social Sciences, Literature, and the Fine Arts. ECCO is based on the British Library's Eighteenth Century Short Title Catalogue (ESTC).	1701-1800	Yes
EIS: Digests of Environmental Impact Statements	The federal government issues hundreds of environmental impact statements each year - and this one resource provides detailed abstracts of all those statements, also indexing them for easy reference. EIS extracts the key issues from complex government-released environmental impact statements, converting massive documents into concise, readable abstracts. Each entry includes a clear description of the project, sections on positive impact and negative consequences, and legal mandates.	1985 - present	Partial
Electronic Enlightenment	Edited letters of over 7,000 correspondents from Europe, the Americas, and Asia from the 17th to the mid-19th centuries, including the correspondence of philosophers, scientists, clerics, government ministers, merchants, and people of many other occupations. Limited to one user at a time. A research project of the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, EE provides a network of interconnected documents allowing scholars to see the complex web of personal relationships in the early modern period. Forty-five nationalities, 11 languages, and 688 occupations are represented.	1619-1878	Yes
Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850 - 1920, The	The Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850 - 1920 (EAA) presents over 9,000 images, with database information, relating to the early history of advertising in the United States. The materials, drawn from the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University, provide a significant and informative perspective on the early evolution of this most ubiquitous feature of modern American business and culture.	1850 - 1920	Partial
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences Online (Nature)	Published by Nature, the Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (ELS) is very comprehensive, comprised of over 3,000 original peer-reviewed articles, organized by subject and of three different academic levels (beginning undergraduate, advanced undergraduate and graduate, special essay). ELS is searchable by keywords and can be browsed by subject area. It is extensively cross-referenced and indexed and provides direct links from references to the primary literature as well as to other scientific websites. At least 20% of its content is updated each year.	2002-	Yes
Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology	This reference identifies current challenges and development paths sure to influence fields ranging from materials and surface science, chemistry, and biomedicine to computer technology, information processing, and mechanical, optical, and electrical engineeringexamining the design, application, and utilization of devices, techniques, and technologies critical to research at atomic, molecular, and macromolecular levels ranging from 1100 nanometers.		Yes
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Applied Geophysics	Edition expanded because of geostatistics, neural networks, anisotropy, tomography, horizontal drilling, multicomponent acquisition, deep-water work, etc.	4th ed, 2001	Yes
Engineered Materials Abstracts	The growing importance of polymers, ceramics, and composites in a variety of structural and other advanced applications requires the in-depth coverage provided by Engineered Materials Abstracts (EMA). Citations regarding the research, manufacturing practices, properties and applications of these materials have been taken from 1,300 journals, plus dissertations, government reports, conference proceedings, and books indexed by expert editors form Materials Information. Engineered Materials Abstracts is an elctronic database containing Ceramics, Composites and Polymers subfiles. EMA is specifically designed to serve materials sciences researchers, engineers and scientists.	1986 - present	No
Engineering Research Database	The CSA Engineering Research Database covers the international serial and non-serial literature pertaining to civil, earthquake, environmental, mechanical, and transportation engineering including their complementary fields of forensic engineering, management and marketing of engineering services, engineering education, theoretical mechanics and dynamics, and mathematics/computation. Content includes basic and applied research, design, construction, technological and engineering aspects of air and water quality, environmental safety, energy production and developments in new technologies.	1966 - present	No
ENGnetBase	Online access to CRC handbooks in all fields of engineering. It can be searched through the EngNetBase interface, or through the Ei Engineering Village 2 interface used for Compendex and Inspec.		Yes
Environment Abstracts (CSA)	Contains major categories of environmental information: Environmental Abstracts (abstracts of thousands of journal articles and conference papers with links to selected full-text); full-text sources for news, journals, commentary, federal and state codes, regulations, case law, and agency actions; federal and state waste site data and hazardous materials information.	Varies	Yes
Environment Index	The Environmental Policy Index provides researchers with abstracts and indexes for over 1,000 titles, 500 currently, covering environmental issues and policies. The database covers in depth applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, environmental law, geography, marine and freshwater resources, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more. An environment thesaurus and publication index provide for more precise searching. Online coverage extends back to 1973.	1973 - present	No
Environmental Engineering Abstracts	Environmental Engineering Abstracts covers the world literature pertaining to technological and engineering aspects of air and water quality, environmental safety, and energy production. More than 700 primary journals are thoroughly indexed and abstracted. Over 2,500 additional sources, including monographs and conference proceedings, are also monitored for relevant articles.	1990 - present	No
Environmental Law Reporter	ELR®-The Environmental Law Reporter® Online is a currently updated database that includes court decisions, statutes, treaties, regulations, and articles. ELR consists of twelve components: News & Analysis; ELR UPDATE; Litigation; Federal Laws and Regulations; Administrative Materials; Indexes; State Materials; International Materials; Health and Safety Materials; Guidance & Policy Collection; Briefs & Pleadings; and Online Seminars.	1971 - current	Yes
Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management	This multidisciplinary database abstracts the literature covering air, land, water, and noise pollution, as well as bacteriology, ecology, toxicology, risk assessment, environmental engineering, environmental biotechnology, waste management, and water resources. Abstracts and citations are drawn from over 4000 scientific journals and thousands of other sources including conference proceedings, reports, monographs, books and government publications.	1981 - present	No
Ergonomic Abstracts	Ergonomics Abstracts is a focused, comprehensive, and international abstracting service, spanning the world of ergonomics and human factors. Due to the changing frames of reference in modern scientific research and application, Ergonomics Abstracts is an invaluable and rich source of information for any professional needing information not only on mainstream ergonomics, but also on related material from psychology, physiology, biomechanics, job design, human-computer interaction, safety science, human engineering, medicine, occupational health, sport and transport.	1985 - present	No
ERIC (EBSCO Software)	Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), a bibliographic database sponsored by the US Department of Education, is the premier source for education-related research, documents, and journal articles.	1966-present	Partial
Essay and General Literature Index--EBSCO Portal	Indexes essays and chapters in anthologies, and multi-author collections. Coverage spans the entire range of the humanities and social sciences, from economics, political science, and history to criticism of literary works, art history, drama, and film.	1985-present	No
eStatement Studies	The Annual Statement Studies are the only source of composite performance metrics derived directly from the financial statements of financial institutions borrowers and prospects.	2006-2007	Yes
ETDEWEB	ETDEWEB contains energy content from the United States and worldwide sources. It includes the data from US Dept. of Energy's Energy Citation Database (Energy Research Abstaracts and Nuclear Science Abstracts) as well as international sources, e.g. International Atomic Energy Agency's Atomindex.	1946-present	Partial
Ethnic NewsWatch	Provides access to full-text articles from 200 magazines, journals, and newspapers published by the ethnic, minority, and native press in America. Searchable in both English and Spanish.	1985 - present	Partial
ExecuComp (Standard and Poor's)	Standard & Poor's/Capital IQ's executive compensation dataset. The data can be downloaded in Access or SAS file formats.	Most recent year	No