Databases & Indexes By Title

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Academic Search Complete -

Full-text database of peer-reviewed academic journals, offering critical information from many sources found in no other database. The journals offered cover nearly all areas of study – including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, etc.

AGRICOLA -

This database contains bibliographic records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library. Coverage for AGRICOLA dates back to 1970 and includes more than 2.5 million citations. The citations are comprised of journal articles, monographs, theses, patents, software, audiovisual materials, and technical reports related to agriculture.

Alt HealthWatch -

This alternative health database provides full text for 180 publications in the collection, including full text for many peer-reviewed journals. Alt HealthWatch provides in-depth coverage across the full spectrum of subject areas covered by complementary and alternative medicine dating back to 1990.

Annual Reviews - Cell & Developmental Biology, Immunology, Physiology -

Each year, Annual Reviews critically reviews the most significant primary research literature. The editors synthesize and filter a vast amount of primary research in each scientific discipline.

Anthropological Index -

Index of current Periodicals in the The Anthropology Library at the British Museum.

ArticleFirst -

Includes bibliographic citations from over 12,600 magazines and serials, covering science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities and popular culture from 1990 to the present.

ARTstor -

ARTstor is a digital library of art images, associated information, and software tools designed to enhance teaching, learning and scholarship. ARTstor contains approximately 300,000 images of art, architecture and archeology from a wide range of cultures and time periods, with initial strengths in European, American and Asian cultures.

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Bibliography of Native North Americans -

Bibliography of Native North Americans (BNNA) is a bibliographic database covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life. This resource covers a wide range of topics including archaeology, multicultural relations, gaming, governance, legend, and literacy. BNNA contains more than 80,000 citations for books, essays, journal articles, and government documents of the United States and Canada. Dates of coverage for included content range from the sixteenth century to the present.

Business Source Complete -

This is the world's definitive scholarly business database, providing the ultimate collection of bibliographic and full text content. Business Source Complete contains far more active, peer-reviewed, business related journals than any other database currently available. As part of the comprehensive coverage offered by this database, indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals back to 1886 are included.

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Career and Technical Education -

Research virtually any vocational/technical topic, including technology, healthcare, building trades, auto mechanics, sales and retail, accounting, graphic design, photography, and nursing. an excellent source of vocational information for community colleges, two-year institutions, public libraries, and high schools offering technical courses.

Child Care & Early Childhood Research Collection -

Resources in the collection examine the child care and early education experiences of children birth through age 8 and -- when addressing school-age child care -- through age 13. Research on elementary education is beyond the scope of the collection. Other major subjects of research in the collection include, but are not limited to: Parents and families using child care and early education services; The early childhood and school-age child care work force; Child care and early education settings, including center care, Head Start, public pre-kindergarten, family child care, family-friend-neighbor care (i.e., kith and kin care), in-home care; National, state, and local child care and early learning policies.

Chronology of the United States -

A chronological overview of important political, social and economic events in the history of the United States since the establishment of the federal Republic.

CIA World Fact Book -

Profiles everything about the countries of the world including maps, politics, flags, weather, major cities, and economics.

CINAHL Plus with Full Text -

CINAHL Plus with Full Text provides indexing for 3,024 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health, with indexing back to 1937. CINAHL Plus with Full Text also contains searchable cited references for more than 1,160 journals and provides full text for hundreds of journals, plus legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments and clinical trials. PDF backfiles to 1937 are also included.

ClasePeriódica -

Index of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities. Offers access to more than 300,000 bibliographic citations from documents published in 2,600 scholarly journals published in the Spanish, Portuguese, French and English languages.

Classical Music Library -

Streaming classical music service for libraries that enables listening and learning at library and home computers. Their growing collection of 35,000-plus tracks for listening and searching is supplemented by extensive reference materials and backed by a powerful suite of tools designed for librarians and educators.

Clements Encyclopedia of World Governments -

A factual reference service on the 192 independent countries of the world. Each country's government is described in its own words and doctrine.

Clinical Pharmacology -

Clinical Pharmacology provides access up-to-date, concise and clinically-relevant drug monographs for all U.S. prescription drugs, hard-to-find herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products and new and investigational drugs.

Computer Source -

Computer Source provides researchers with the latest information and current trends in high technology. This database offers full text for nearly 300 publications and indexing and abstracts for nearly 450 publications.

Consumer Health Complete -

(CHC) is designed to support patients' information needs and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. This full text database covers topics such as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, children's health, men & women's health, etc.

Contemporary Authors -

Contemporary Authors provides complete biographical and bibliographical information on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors.

Contemporary Literary Criticism Select -

Select collects more than 35,000 critical essays on contemporary authors, with biographical, critical, principal works, and further study information.

CQ Researcher -

Explores a single "hot" issue in the news in depth each week. Topics range from social and teen issues to environment, health, education and science and technology.

CQ Weekly -

In-depth reports on issues looming on the congressional horizon, plus a complete wrap up the previous week's news, including the status of bills in play, behind-the-scenes maneuvering, committee and floor activity, debates and all roll-call votes. It is written in plain-English prose that makes it easy to understand complex legislation, and its ramifications.

Credo Reference -

Through Credo Reference people worldwide can gain access to any of a possible 3,264,948 entries, from 452 titles and 64 publishers.   It's full-text, aggregated content covers every major subject from the world's best publishers of reference.

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Dictionary of Literary Biography -

Provides nearly 10,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of influential literary figures from all eras and genres.

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EBSCOhost (all databases)

List of all available Ebsco databases.

EBSCOhost (all databases - en Español)

List of all available Ebsco databases in Spanish.

Economía y Negocios -

Economía y Negocios is the result of a collaborative effort between EBSCO Publishing and ESAN (Escuela de Administración de Negocios para Graduados). This continuously updated bibliographic database is an indispensable tool for research conducted in the areas of business and economics.

EDGAR -

All companies, foreign and domestic, are required to file registration statements, periodic reports, and other forms electronically through EDGAR at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Electronic Collections Online -

Article citations and citations from the over 3,300 scholarly electronic journals from 1995 to the present.

eLibrary Curriculum -

Designed specifically for K-12 schools and libraries. Students find the answers they need from more than 2,000 full-text magazines, newspapers, reference books, and transcripts-plus thousands of pictures, maps, educator-approved websites from Homework Central®, plus audio/video content.

Encyclopedia of Life Science -

Articles covering the life sciences including: biochemistry, cell biology, developmental biology, ecology, evolution and physiology, genetics and molecular biology, immunology, neuroscience, plant science, microbiology and virology, science and society, and structural biology.

ERIC (Educator's Reference Desk version) (FirstSearch version) (EBSCO version)

Educational Resource Information Center, contains more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 1,000 educational and education-related journals.

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FirstGov, Your First Click to the U.S. Government -

The official U.S. gateway to all government information and services including local, state and federal government agency websites.

FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) -

FBI documents that have been made available in electronic format.

Fuente Academica -

A unique collection of scholarly academic journals from renowned Latin American and Spanish publishers. This database provides full text coverage (including PDF) for nearly 200 scholarly Spanish language journals. Content is provided in Spanish from respected publishers worldwide.

Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia -

This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.

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Gale Literature Databases -

Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, and Dictionary of Literary Biography database collections provide biographical information, critical essays, principal works, and more on authors from all eras and genres.

GPO Access Online -

Search or browse official, full-text information from the three branches of the Federal Government.

GPO Monthly Catalog -

Covers all types of U.S. government documents, including congressional reports, hearings, debates, judiciary materials and more.

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Handbook of Texas -

A multidisciplinary encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture sponsored by the Texas State Historical Association and the General Libraries at UT Austin.

Health & Wellness Resource Center -

Instant access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference resources such as Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence, and PDR Family Guide to Health and Nutrition. Key health web sites are also listed here.

Health Reference Center: Academic -

Provides an integrated collection of general interest health and fitness magazines, medical and professional periodicals, reference books and pamphlets.

Health Source: Consumer Edition -

This database is the richest collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Health Source: Consumer Edition features searchable full text for nearly 150 journals.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic -

This database provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition also features abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals.

HeritageQuest Online -

A comprehensive treasury of family lineage and local histories, including materials for tracing family lineages and American culture, beginning with the 13 original colonies. One can trace their family tree, research folklore topics, and trace the history of their hometown.

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Information Science & Technology Abstracts -

Information Science & Technology Abstracts is a leading database in the areas of information science. ISTA indexes journal articles from more than 450 publications plus books, research reports, and conference proceedings and patents, with ongoing comprehensive coverage of the most important periodicals in this field. Coverage dates back to the mid 1960s.

InfoTrac Custom Newspapers -

Search newspapers from in the United States for full-text articles. Cover-to-cover coverage of the Austin-American Statesman from 1996, El Paso Times, Houston Chronicle from 1996, New York Times, Washington Post from 1996, The Financial Times from 1996 and The Times (London) since 1997.

Internet & Personal Computing Abstracts -

Provides abstracts and indexing for literature related to personal computing products and developments in business, the Internet, the home, and all other applied areas. Over 400 of the most important trade publications, mainstream computer magazines, and professional journals are covered, including those that focus on specific topics such as Macintosh and Windows platforms, programming, web development and more.

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy -

Provides detailed, scholarly information on key topics and philosophers in all areas of philosophy.

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Legal Collection -

This database contains full text for nearly 250 of the world's most respected, scholarly law journals. The Legal Collection is an authoritative source for information on current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world.

LexisNexis -

This database contains valuable information for professionals in law firms, corporations, government, law enforcement, tax, accounting, academic institutions and risk and compliance assessment.

Literary Reference Center -

A comprehensive literary reference database from EBSCO that provides a broad spectrum of reference information from antiquity to the present day.   LRC is a completely full-text database that combines information from over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, hundreds of literary journals, and unique sources not available anywhere else.

Literarature Criticism Online -

This is Literature Criticism Online from Gale.

Literature Resource Center -

All-inclusive database contains information on both classical and contemporary authors and their works. Obtain biographies of authors, bibliographies of all they have written, critical essays and contextual information. Also includes selected full-text, excerpted, and commissioned critical material from Gale's respected Literature Criticism and For Students Series.

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MAS Ultra: School Edition -

Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database provides full text for more than 700 popular general interest and current events publications with information dating as far back as 1975 for key magazines. MAS Ultra – School Edition also provides more than 500 full text pamphlets, more than 350 full text reference books, 84,011 biographies, 83,472 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 192,999 photos, maps and flags.

MasterFILE Premier -

Offers information on a broad variety of subjects, including general interest, multicultural, business, and much more. Searchable full-text for over 1,850 popular periodicals, including Consumer Reports and Business Week.

MedicLatina -

A Spanish language collection of medical research and investigative journals published by renowned Latin American medical publishers. This unique database provides access to full text for nearly 100 peer-reviewed medical journals.

MEDLINE -

Offers users access to information from all journals indexed in the National Library of Medicine’s MEDLINE file. Gain information about such fields as medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system and pre-clinical sciences.

MEDLINE w/MESH -

Offers users access to information from all journals indexed in the National Library of Medicine’s MEDLINE file. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) index is also included.

Middle Search Plus -

Provides full text for nearly 140 popular magazines for middle and jr. high school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990. Middle Search Plus also contains 84,011 biographies, 83,472 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 192,999 photos, maps and flags.

Military & Government Collection -

Provides full text from over 320 military and general interest publications. Designed to bring current news to all branches of the military. This database also offers indexing and abstracts for over 360 magazines. Some titles included are Military Review, Parameters, Army Times, and Defense.

Morningstar.com -

Provides access by name of fund, selector, or investment analyst to mutual fund information, including ratings, for five years.

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National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) (Abstracts) -

Contains summaries of more than 170,000 criminal justice publications.

Natural & Alternative Treatments -

The database contains almost two hundred articles on medical conditions, presenting in an evidence-based manner the alternative medicine therapies proposed for use in their treatment. It also contains detailed, evidence-based information on herbs and supplements, functional foods, and other alternative therapies such as acupuncture and homeopathy.

netLibrary -

Contains more than 18,000 titles covering most subject areas, with many titles in the areas of literature, business, history, health/medicine, sociology, science, philosophy, computer science, and education.

Newspaper Source -

Provides selected full text for nearly 30 national (U.S.) and international newspapers. The database also contains full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 200 regional (U.S.) newspapers.

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Opposing Viewpoints -

This excellent database draws on the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources to provide a complete one-stop source for information on social issues. Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.

Oxford Art Online -

Oxford Art Online has been created with the latest in online technology to give users a robust and unique research experience. Precise search and browse capabilities allow users to refine their results by source and subject categories. Users can also choose to view biographies, subject entries, or images when searching or browsing. This functionality allows users greater access to the more than 23,000 subject entries, 21,000 biographies, 500,000 bibliographic citations, 40,000 image links and 5,000 images contained within Grove Art Online.

Oxford Reference Online Premium -

Oxford Reference Online brings together language and subject reference works from one of the world's biggest reference publishers into a single cross-searchable resource. The Premium Collection contains over 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. In addition, there are more than 50,000 in-depth, scholarly articles from titles in the acclaimed Oxford Companions series, plus all 20,000 quotations from the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.

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PapersFirst -

An index of papers presented at conferences worldwide from 1993 to the present.

Patent -

United States Patent and Trademark Office database includes information about all U.S. patents (including utility, design, reissue, plant patents and SIR documents) from the first patent issued in 1790 to the most recent issue week.

Primary Search -

Provides full text for more than 60 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990.

ProceedingsFirst -

An index of worldwide conference proceedings. Provides citations of every congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received at The British Library.

Professional Development Collection -

Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 550 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports.

Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection -

Provides nearly 575 full text publications, including nearly 550 peer-reviewed titles. Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.

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Regional Business News -

Incorporates 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

Religion & Philosophy -

Provides extensive coverage of such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. Religion & Philosophy Collection offers more than 300 full text journals, including more than 250 peer-reviewed titles, making it an essential tool for researchers and students of theology and philosophical studies.

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Sanborn Maps of Texas (1867-1970) -

These digitized maps provide detailed property and land-use records that depicts the architecture of more than 12,000 U.S. towns and cities throughout the past one hundred years. The maps enable researchers to trace the architectural history of individual buildings or entire communities.

Science & Technology Collection -

Science & Technology Collection contains over 800 leading full text journals covering relevant aspects of the scientific and technical community. Topics include aeronautics, astrophysics, chemistry, computer technology, geology, aviation, physics, archaeology, and materials science. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 1,700 publications.

Scientific and Medical ART Imagebase -

A collection of 10,000+ high quality illustrations and animations depicting anatomy, physiology, surgery, diseases, conditions, trauma, embryology, histology, and many, many other topics.

Scribner Writers -

Gain access to 1,600 original and detailed bio-critical essays on the lives and works of important authors from around the world. Many authors in the Scribner Writers Series are seen from multiple perspectives through two, three or sometimes four essays.

Serials Directory -

Provides access to the most up-to-date and accurate bibliographic information as well as current pricing structures for popular serials. This database contains nearly 184,000 U.S. and international titles, including newspapers, historical data for an additional 20,000 titles and data from nearly 83,500 publishers worldwide.

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics -

Contains data from more than 100 sources about all aspects of criminal justice in the United States.

Speechbank -

An index to and growing database of 5000+ full text, audio and video (streaming) versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, other recorded media events, and a declaration or two.

STAT!Ref -

An electronic medical library that enables users to cross-search more than 35 medical resources such as Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment, Mosby's Drug Consult®, the Griffith 5 Minute Clinical Consult, and more.

Statistical Abstract of the United States -

Collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States.

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Taylor's Encyclopedia of Government Officials: Federal & State -

A factual reference service on the current United States governments, including the federal government and all fifty state governments.

Texas Reference Center -

Texas Reference Center includes more than 80 full text journals and books about Texas history, ethnic & cultural diversity, gender studies, literature, public health, business as well as home & garden and sports & leisure. The database contains biographies portraying famous historical and contemporary Texans such as George Herbert Walker Bush, Lady Bird Johnson, Dan Moody, Susanna Dickinson and Sam Houston. Also available in the Texas Reference Center is the Spanish-language newspaper El Sol de Texas with Texas and national news coverage.

Thomas -

Federal legislative information including bills, Congressional Record, committee information, directories, historical documents, and how Congress makes laws.

Thomas Register -

An online resource for finding more than 173,000 companies and over 800,000 products manufactured in North America.

TOPICsearch -

This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today’s classrooms. TOPICsearch contains full text for over 102,800 articles from more than 2,500 diverse sources, including more than 1,550 full text periodicals.

Twayne's Authors Series -

The Twayne's Authors Series of literary criticism offers in-depth introductions to the lives and works of writers, the history and influence of literary movements and to the development of literary genres. This online series features the content of nearly 600 books that comprise three print series --United States Authors, English Authors and World Authors.

Twentieth Century American Poetry -

Collection includes 52,000 poems drawn from 750 volumes by over 300 poets, including Adrienne Rich, Andrei Codrescu, Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, Denise Levertov, Wallace Stevens, Langston Hughes, Lucille Clifton, and Cathy Song.

Twentieth Century English Poetry -

A collection of 598 volumes of poetry by 283 poets from 1900 to the present day, including W. B. Yeats, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Graves, A. E. Housman, John Betjeman, Fleur Adcock, Tony Harrison, Benjamin Zephaniah and Carol Ann Duffy, and incorporating the poets in The Faber Poetry Library.

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US National Archives & Records Administration -

The national record keeper that provides ready access to evidence that documents the rights of American citizens, the actions of Federal officials, and the national experience.

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Vocational & Career Collection -

Vocational & Career Collection is designed for vocational and technical libraries servicing high schools, community colleges, trade institutions and the general public. This collection provides full text coverage for more than 350 trade and industry-related periodicals.

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Westlaw Campus -

A wealth of law information including: Federal, State, Supreme Court cases; United States Code, Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register, State Administrative Codes and Statutes; legal guides and famous documents.

World Almanac -

Find facts, statistics, biographies, encyclopedia entries, cultural information, holidays, astronomical information and much more. Subjects include American life, arts and entertainment, sports, the environment, national defense, and vital statistics.

World Atlas -

Filled with the most up-to-date information available, World Atlas provides more than 1,100 clear, reproducible maps and a wealth of statistics and data on more than 280 nations, territories, regions, states, and provinces. These maps include everything from major cities to major rivers, geographical features, elevation information, and more.

World History Collection -

Offers a global look at history with content from Africa, Asia, North and South America, Europe and the Middle East. World History Collection contains cover-to-cover full text for nearly 150 titles, including many peer-reviewed journals. Full text dates as far back as 1964.

WorldCat -

The world’s most comprehensive bibliography. Includes information on the holdings of the world’s libraries. Over 43 million records, in over 400 languages.