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This database is the most comprehensive ABI/INFORM database, comprised of ABI/INFORM Global, ABI/INFORM Trade and Industry, ABI/INFORM Dateline and ABI/INFORM Archive, featuring over 3,000 full-text journals, 25,000 Dissertations, 14,000 SSRN working papers, key newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal and The Financial Times, as well as country-and industry-focused reports and data. Its international coverage gives researchers a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world. 1984 to current Yes
Search a unique resource focusing on hard-to-find local and regional business news coverage of large corporations, privately held companies, local start-ups, executive profiles, marketing, finance, and industry news. Provides access to business information not typically found in national news sources. Contains news and analysis, information on local markets, and more gathered from major business tabloids, magazines, daily newspapers, wire services, and city, state, and regional business publications. 1985 - current Yes
The premier business and management database for articles on business conditions, trends, management techniques, corporate strategies, company news and industry-specific topics worldwide. It provides extensive coverage of North America and the world. Find research on advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and more. Also, information on 60,000+ companies. Mid-1970's - present Partial
Search more than 750 business periodicals and newsletters with a trade or industry focus. Provides users with the latest industry news, product and competitive information, marketing trends, and a wide variety of other topics. Contains publications on every major industry, including finance, insurance, transportation, construction, and many more. 1971 - current Yes
Contains bibliographic records and abstracts of articles and books covering essential areas of social gerontology, including adult education, biology and physiology, community services, death and bereavement, demography of aging, economic issues, law, and policy, housing, institutional and non-institutional care, leisure and recreation, medical care, neuropsychology of aging, primary relations, psychiatric dysfunctions and treatment, psychology of aging, social pathology and the elderly, work and retirement. 1990-present Partial
Provides access to articles from journals, magazines, and newspapers in a wide range of subject areas. Features abstracts and indexes for over 3000 publications, including New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, and approximately 1700 peer-reviewed journals. Over 1200 publications are available in full text. 1984 - present; fulltext, 1990 - present. Partial
Provides access to over 7,000 articles, 115,000 dictionary terms, and hundreds of Research Updates in all areas of science and technology. Also includes these features: Biographies -- Over 2000 in-depth biographies of leading scientists through history; In the News -- Weekly updates on breakthroughs and discoveries in science and technology; Student Center -- Resources to guide your research; Related Sites -- Links to Web sites for further research. Partial
Provides access to United Nations publications from agencies such as the General Assembly, Economic and Social Council, and Security Council. Yes
This database is a full text and image collection of the Associated Press Service photographs. Retrospective in nature it offers visual images on an extraordinary range of subjects across all manner of activity where photographers are engaged. 1840's - present Partial
American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Humanities E-Book (HEB) Project provides searchable full-text of over 3,700 books in the humanities, especially in history. These are frequently cited works of major importance to historical studies. 18th c. - 21st c. works Yes
The DL is the full-text repository of papers from publications that have been published, co-published, or co-marketed by ACM and other publishers. 1970-pres Yes
A substantive bibliographic database from the key publishers in computing, including books, journals, proceedings and theses. Several directed methods are available for browsing bibliographic citations in computing literature. Links to full-text of ACM publications through Purdue's subscription to the ACM Digital Library. 1985 - present No
Contains all the acts of the first regular session in 2003 of the 113th Indiana General Assembly. Current year Yes
The Ad*Access Project, funded by the Duke Endowment "Library 2000" Fund, presents images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955. Ad*Access concentrates on five main subject areas: Radio, Television, Transportation, Beauty and Hygiene, and World War II, providing a coherent view of a number of major campaigns and companies through images preserved in one particular advertising collection available at Duke University. The advertisements are from the J. Walter Thompson Company Competitive Advertisements Collection of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising, and Marketing History in Duke University's Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library. 1911 - 1955 Yes
Provides bibliographic coverage of basic and applied research in aeronautics, astronautics, space sciences, technology development and applications in complementary and supporting fields such as chemistry, geosciences, physics, communications, and electronics. In addition to periodic literature, the database also includes coverage of reports issued by NASA, other U.S. government agencies, international institutions, universities, and private firms. 1962 - present Partial
Presents "unbiased characterization of alloys of interest to the aerospace designer so that alloy selection for a particular application maybe made with a knowledge not only of typical physical and mechanical properties, but especially of those factors which limit the load carrying capacity..." This handbook contains typical data as contrasted to statistically derived design data presented in MIL-HDBK-5. Specified mechanical properties are frequently presented as derived from AMS, federal, and industrial sources and specifications. Caution should be used when comparing data from different sources because mechanical properties are sensitive to processing history and Handbook." Users are encouraged to read the general discussion. This handbook is funded by the Department of Defense and maintained by CINDAS at Purdue University. 2000 Yes
Provides full-text books, reference articles, biographies, images, sheet music, lyrics, liner notes, and discographies that chronicle the African American experience through music. Covers blues, jazz, spirituals, civil rights songs, slave songs, minstrelsy, rhythm and blues, gospel, and other forms. 1700s - present Yes
Cultural life and history during the 1800s in the U.S. and the Canadian province of Ontario: first-hand reports of the major events and issues of the day, including the Mexican War, Presidential and congressional addresses, Congressional abstracts, business and commodity markets, the humanities, world travel and religion. Large numbers of early biographies, vital statistics, essays and editorials, poetry and prose, and advertisements, all of which portray the African-American experience. 1827-1900 Yes
Over 170 African American newspapers and magazines published in the U.S. from 1825-1995, from slavery during the Antebellum Period to the struggles and triumphs of the modern era. Publications include African Repository (1825-92), Black Panther (1967-75), Black Worker (1929-68), and Soul (1966-76). Search full-text by any or all of these periods: Slavery and Antebellum Era (1825 to 1860), U.S. Civil War (1861 to 1865), Reconstruction and Post War South (1866 to 1895), Segregation and the Rise of Black Protest Thought (1896 to 1920), African American Culture in the New Era (1921 to 1945), Civil Rights Era (1946-1960), The Second Reconstruction (1961-1972), Modern / Contemporary Era (1973-1998). The collection is based upon James P. Danky's African-American Newspapers and Periodicals: A National Bibliography (Harvard, 1998) and drawn from holdings of the Wisconsin Historical Society. 1825-1995 Yes
Over 2,500 searchable and browsable full-text poems by African-American Authors, base on William French et al., Afro-American Poetry and Drama, 1760-1975. 1760-1975 Partial
From the Library Company of Philadelphia's Afro-Americana Collection, this still-growing resource will provide researchers with full-text searchable, digital facsimiles of more than 12,000 printed works. These books, pamphlets and broadsides, including many lesser-known imprints, span nearly 400 years, from the early 16th to the early 20th century. Afro-Americana Imprints can be searched along with Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans (1639-1800). 1535-1922 Yes
"AgDevOnline (which is short for "Agriculture and food system Development Online") was created to foster the development of a community of professional practice and support the work of any individuals, agencies, and organizations that focus on agriculture and food issues in a community development context  from farmland protection or beginning farmer programs, to value-chain development, urban agriculture, and public education." Access to the "Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems and Community Development" is included. 2010- Partial
AgeLine is a bibliographic database in social gerontology--the study of aging in social, psychological, health-related and economic contexts. It is produced by the American Association of Retired Persons, covering more than 300 journals. These journals include research, professional, and general-interest periodicals. The journal titles cover the fields of gerontology, healthcare, business, consumer affairs, psychology, sociology, and economics, as well as a wide variety of other related topics. Most of the data is North American in origin and is drawn predominantly from journals, books, book chapters and reports. 1978 - present Partial
Produced by the National Agricultural Library, AGRICOLA provided worldwide coverage of agriculture from 1970 through 2006. Beginning in 2007, because of reduced resources, the National Agricultural Library re-scoped the database, reducing coverage, indexing for AGRICOLA only publications that meet at least one of the following criteria: be a U.S. Department of Agriculture publication, or contain articles or chapters authored by USDA personnel; support NALs Information Centers; contain articles or chapters on core agricultural topics, written in the English language; not be indexed by any other abstracting and indexing service. AGRICOLA contains over 3.7 million citations to journal articles, monographs, pamphlets, microforms, research reports, theses, patents, software, audio-visual materials, government documents and technical reports. The database encompasses all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines, including animal and veterinary sciences (breeding, dairy science, feed science), entomology, plant sciences, pesticides, biotechnology, microbiology, ecology, horticulture, hydrology, hydroponics, water quality, forestry, aquaculture and fisheries, farming and farming systems, agricultural economics, agricultural engineering, food science, human nutrition, home economics, rural sociology and earth and environmental sciences. The print equivalent, Bibliography of Agriculture (1942  1969) is available in the Life Sciences Library. 1970 - present Partial
Statistics compiled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for all facets of agricultural production, supply, and demand worldwide. Partial
Comprehensive collection of more than 100 years of Earth and space science research. The library contains more than 90,300 articles from journals and books and will eventually include an additional ~25,000 articles from books and the weekly newspaper for AGU. Browse and search available. 1896- Yes
"A tested and proven source of comparative, unbiased, and evaluative drug information containing a monograph on virtually every single drug entity available in the United States. Monographs are considerably beyond the FDA-approved labeling in their scope." Yes
The AIAA Electronic Library contains more than four decades of technical information and documents. Online. Accessible. And fully equipped to meet your needs. Plus, AIAA is constantly adding interactive features to take the offerings far beyond the limitations of print. 1960-present Yes
Aluminium Industry Abstracts (AIA), formerly World Abstracts (WAA), provides comprehensive coverage of the world's technical literature on aluminum, production processes, products, applications, and business developments. The Aluminium Industry Abstracts database includes information abstracted from approximately 2300 scientific and technical journals, government reports, conference proceedings, dissertations, books and patents. 1972 - present Partial
Abstracts of selected journal articles, citations of book and media reviews, and dissertations covering the history of what is now the United States and Canada for all time periods. Covers over 2,000 journals published worldwide. All abstracts are in English. Every year about 16,000 new entries are added. Includes some 6,000 citations of book and media reviews. 1964 - present Partial
"...a handy patient information tool that's been written by physicians and patient education professionals at the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). The AAFP is a national medical organization representing 93,700 family physicians, family practice residents, and medical student. Common conditions, treatments, and health tips are presented concisely and informatively..." Yes
Full-text of county histories for Delaware, New York, and Pennsylvania. These large county volumes, most published between 1870 and 1900, form the cornerstone of local historical and genealogical research. 18th and 19th centuries Yes
Over 1,240 American periodicals that began publishing between 1740 and 1900, including general magazines, literary and professional journals, children's and women's magazines, and many other historically-significant periodicals. For periodicals that continued into the 20th c., the cut-off date is 1940. APS Online offers digitized images and is fully keyword searchable. It derives from the American Periodicals Series microform collections APS I, APS II, and APS III. 1740-1940 Yes
American Society for Engineering Education conference proceedings focused on engineering education for all disciplines of engineering and technology. 1996-present Yes
Animal Behavior Abstracts identifies significant papers relevant to animal behavior, summarizing the results of both field and laboratory inquiries. It surveys all of the important journals dealing with the biology of particular taxonomic groups. Major areas of coverage include: aggression; anatomical correlates; applied ethology; avoidance learning; behavioral ecology; biological and biochemical correlates; brain lesions; brain stimulation (electrical and chemical); communication; complex learning; discrimination; learning; dominance; evolution and survival value; external stimulation; foraging and ingestion; genetics of behavior; habituation and extinction; hormones; locomotion; memory; methodology; motivation; navigation; neurophysiological correlates; ontogeny; orientation; navigation and migration; parental-filial behavior; reinforcement (positive); rhythms; selected drug studies; sexual and reproductive behavior; sleep; social behavior; social spacing; theoretical models and overviews; and visual stimulation. Updated monthly. 1982 - present Partial
International index of scholarship in classical studies covering journal articles and book chapters on ancient Greek and Roman worlds. Records can be searched by ancient author, modern author, title words, subjects and disciplines, including archaeology, linguistics, literature, philosophy, religion, science and technology. Records often contain a brief abstract and links to related records. Earlier printed volumes (1924 to 2001), which include a key to abbreviations, are available in HSSE Reference [016.4 An74]. 1924-current 2yr delay Partial
An index of the printed copies of corporate Annual Reports to shareholders held by the following universities: Columbia U., Cornell U., Harvard U., MIT, Purdue U., Stanford U., U of Alabama, U. of California-Berkeley, U. of Pennsylvania, U. of Western Ontario, Yale U., and the Science/Industry/Business Library of New York Public Library. 1870-2005 No
Company Annual Reports report the financial situation and the past accomplishments and future goals, providing insights to companies histories. Purdue Libraries owns a large collection of printed reports dating back to the 1870's. The collections strengths are in the second half of the 20th century. 1870-2005 No
ANTE monitors approximately 350 academic and trade publications from the U.K. and the U.S. for information on new technologies. Areas covered include information technology and computing, electronics, biotechnology, medical technology, as well as engineering and allied subject areas 1981 - present No
Anthropology Plus brings together two resources: Anthropological Literature from Harvard University, and the Anthropological Index from the Royal Anthropological Institute in the UK. It provides worldwide indexing of journal articles, reports, commentaries, edited works, and obituaries in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture, and interdisciplinary studies. The index offers coverage of all core periodicals in the field in addition to local and lesser-known journals. Coverage is from the late 19th century to the present. late 1800s - current No
Current and back issues of journals published by the American Anthropological Association, including American Anthropologist, American Ethnologist, Anthropology & Education Quarterly, Anthropology of Work Review, Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association, Culture & Agriculture, Journal of Latin American Anthropology, Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Medical Anthropology Quarterly, PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review, Society of Lesbian and Gay Anthropologists Newsletter, Visual Anthropology Review, Voices, and more. 1800s - current Yes
Indexes over 400 English-language periodicals in a wide variety of industrial and mechanical arts, including aeronautics and space science, chemistry, computer technology, construction, engineering, and physics. Partial full-text coverage is available. 1984-present Partial
Provides information on primary source materials from nearly 4,500 manuscript repositories in the U.S.. Includes records, complete with detailed indexes, of nearly 100,000 manuscript and other special collections. Describes each repository's holdings. Three major info. resources are integrated in ArchivesUSA: (1) A newly compiled directory of manuscript repositories, giving full addresses, including e-mail addresses and URLs, opening hours and details of holdings and areas of special interest. This directory replaces the Directory of Archives and Manuscript Repositories in the United States (DAMRUS) last published in 1988. (2) Collection records from the National Union Catalogue of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC), info. gathered and compiled by the Library of Congress from the 1950s to the end of 1995, covering some 75,000 collections. Each record also includes the LC's subject and name indexing of the collection. Only ArchivesUSA makes all of NUCMC fully searchable in electronic form. (3) Names and detailed subject indexing of over 42,000 collections whose finding aids have been published separately in Chadwyck-Healey's major microfiche series, National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United States (NIDS). not applicable Partial
Descriptions of archival holdings and special collections of manuscripts and other primary source materials nationwide. Includes full text finding aids describing the contents of archival collections at various libraries, museums, and archival repositories throughout the U.S. with links to the repositories. 00-present Partial
Coverage of articles, monographs, dissertations, museum catalogues, etc. for modern and contemporary studies in art history, critical theory and criticism, industrial design, photography, fine arts, graphic arts, and aesthetics. International in scope, its includes other valuable language sources; i.e. French, German, Italian, etc. 1974 - present Partial
A comprehensive resource for art information from more than 900 periodicals, including 280 peer-reviewed journals, as well as indexing and abstracting of over 13,000 art dissertations. Subjects include Architecture, Art History, Fashion Design, Folk Art, Graphic Arts, Industrial Design, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Painting, Pottery, Sculpture, Textiles, Photography, Film, Video, and more. Partial full-text from 300 journals dating back to 1995. 1984- current Partial
The ARTFL database is a corpus of nearly 150,000,000 words and almost 2000 texts with an emphasis in the 17th to 20th centuries. Complete novels and collections of poetry are included, but also works in philosophy, mathematics, and biology. This database is searchable via keywords or proper names. 17th - 20th c Yes
ArticleFirst is an index to articles from over 12,000 academic journals in all disciplines. Some entries include abstracts. 1990 - present Partial
Arts & Humanities Citation Index is a multidisciplinary database covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities. It indexes 1,100 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals. Searches may focus on authors, contents of individual journals, ranges of publications dates, keywords, and by combinations of the above. An added feature is the capacity to trace citatons to given authors, etc. A Representative selection of non-English language journals is included. Since 1977-present. Partial
Published by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers,the ASABE Technical Library contains information on engineering in agricultural, food, and biological systems. The database includes the full-text of the following categories of materials from the Society: ASABE standards, ASABE journals, Technical meeting papers, conference proceedings, monographs, design topics and special publications. A category may be searched singly or all categories may be searched together. 1998 - present Yes
ASCE Research Library is a comprehensive online tool for locating articles and conference papers published by the American Society of Civil Engineers in all disciplines of civil engineering. It provides access to more than 33,000 full-text papers from Journals (1993 - present) and Proceedings (1996 - present). 1993 - present Yes
Search three parts of ASFA, imultaneously: ASFA 1: Biological Sciences and Living Resources 1978-Current ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution and Environmental Quality 1990-Current ASFA Aquaculture Abstracts 1984-Current Please read the descriptions of each of these databases for more information about their individual subject coverage. Varies No
ASFA 1 provides extensive coverage of basic and applied research on aquatic organisms, both in the laboratory and the field. All aspects of water organisms and environments are included. Fisheries receive particular attention with comprehensive sections on statistics, food technology, productivity, conservation, marketing, aquaculture and the latest fishing methods. Records are drawn from many types of source documents. Major areas of coverage include: law, policy, economics, and social sciences; general biology; microbiology; botany; general invertebrate biology; malacology; carcinology; entomology; general chordate biology; ichthyology; ornithology; mammalogy; and aquatic ecology and ecosystems. 1978 - present Partial
Major areas of coverage include: Law, Policy, Economics, and Social Sciences Descriptive Oceanography and Limnology Dynamical Oceanography and Limnology Chemistry and Geochemistry Underwater Acoustics Underwater Optics Marine Meteorology and Climatology Geology and Geophysics Marine Technology Vessels, Underwater Vehicles, and Buoys Offshore and Coastal Structures Man-in-the-Sea and Diving Support Services, Techniques, and Equipment Resources Commerce, Trade, and Economics 1971 - current No
Because of increasing global concern over the consequences of marine and aquatic pollution, a separate volume addressing this subject was added to the ASFA series. ASFA 3 is the only abstracts journal devoted exclusively to research and policy on the contamination of oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, and estuaries. ASFA 3 contains information that will prove essential to specialists who deal in any capacity with aquatic environments and marine pollution problems, including biologists, oceanographers, limnologists, environmental engineers and scientists, industrial engineers, waste managers, corporate regulatory affairs managers, and government officials. 1990 - present No
ASFA Aquaculture Abstracts provides international coverage of science, technology and management of marine, brackish water and freshwater aquaculture, including aquaculture in oceans, seas, lakes, rivers and estuaries. Journals, books, reports, dissertations and conference proceedings are indexed. Major areas of coverage include: aquatic organisms (including the biology and genetics of aquatic invertebrates and vertebrates), aquaculture management and economics; conservation, environmental quality, growth and development of cultured species; techniques, equipment, methodology, feasibility studies, replenishing natural stocks, and laboratory culture; culture of fish and other vertebrates; crustaceans, mollusks, and other invertebrates; aquatic plants and algae; protozoa and microorganisms; reproductive biology; meteorology; limnology; oceanography; and biotechnology. 1984 - present No
"In marine biotechnology, molecular biology and molecular genetics are applied specifically to marine and aquatic organisms. The field holds great promise - in increased production of seafood, in the development of new therapeutic drugs, in the engineering of microbes that digest and remove environmental and marine pollutants, and in launching myriad ventures having immense economic benefit. An ever-increasing number of researchers are turning their investigations to the sea and its organisms. And ASFA Marine Biotechnology Abstracts - now part of the Cambridge Biotechnology Research Series - is the one database that assembles the findings from these diverse investigations in a single source. The database also features coverage of United States patents. The findings and practical applications summarized in this database will benefit all researchers and managers concerned with the science, technology, and management of marine environments. " (FAO on behalf of the ASFA Advisory Board) 1989 - current No
The ASM Alloy Phase Diagrams Center allows users to explore, search and view more than 11,000 binary and ternary phase diagrams and associated phase data for more than 2400 systems from their Web browsers. current editions Yes
ASM Materials Information consists of four main content areas: * ASM Handbooks Online, featuring the complete content of twenty ASM Handbook volumes plus two ASM Desk Editions. * ASM Alloy Center Online, featuring ASM property data, performance charts, and processing guidelines for specific metals and alloys. * ASM Micrograph Center Online, with over 2500 micrographs for industrially important alloys. * ASM Failure Analysis Center Online, with over 1000 case histories and authoritative handbook information on failure mechanisms and analysis methods. current editions Yes
Contains information for more than 450,000 international and U.S. national, regional, state, and local nonprofit organizations in all fields, including IRS data on U.S. 501(c) nonprofit organizations. Partial
Contains the complete ASTM library of books and journal papers as well as papers from the special technical publications, manuals, and monographs. In most cases, the full-text journals cover articles from volume 1. These include: Journal of ASTM International, Journal of Testing and Evaluation, Geotechnical Testing Journal, Journal of Forensic Sciences, Cement, Concrete and Aggregates, and Journal of Composites Technology and Research Late 1940s to present Yes
Provides access to World Aerospace Database, a full-text directory of aviation-related organizations, personnel, products and services, and program suppliers. It also includes Fleet Data on commercial aviation, business aviation, military, and business aviation operators. Data can be downloaded using Excel. Magazine articles from Aviation Week & Space Technology and Overhaul & Maintenance are also available for 2003-present. Current Edition Yes