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Academic OneFile ![]()
Comprehensive database of more than 8,000 journals covering the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature, and other subjects. Most of the journals are in full text.
General OneFile ![]()
Includes some 3,000 full-text periodicals covering a wide range of topics.
LexisNexis Academic
Full-text information from newspapers, the legal literature, and other sources on a variety of topics.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to Web sites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles on a variety of topics including abortion, domestic violence, eating disorders, and welfare reform.
Sociological Abstracts ![]()
Provides abstracts to the world's literature in sociology and related disciplines, both theoretical and applied.
America: History and Life ![]()
Abstracts covering the world's scholarly literature relating to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistoric times to the present.
Business Source Premier ![]()
Provides full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications.
Criminal Justice Abstracts
Provides abstracts to the major journals in criminology and related disciplines, extensive coverage of books, and access to reports from government and nongovernmental agencies.
Family & Society Studies Worldwide ![]()
Indexes articles in magazines, journals, books, and more in the areas of family science, human ecology, and human development.
GenderWatch
A full-text collection of international journals, magazines, newsletters, regional publications, special reports and conference proceedings devoted to women's and gender issues.
International Index to Black Periodicals Full Text
Provides full-text coverage of core Black Studies periodicals, with citations and abstracts from many other periodicals. Full text is available from 1998 to the present.
LegalTrac ![]()
LegalTrac provides indexing for more than 1,400 titles including major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals, and international legal journals.
PsycINFO ![]()
Indexes articles in journals, chapters in books, dissertations, and other resources in psychology and the socal sciences.
PAIS International ![]()
An index to the world's public and social policy literature in the fields of business, economics, local and federal government, political science, international relations, finance, and other social sciences.
Social Service Abstracts
This database provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development.
Women's Studies International ![]()
An interdisciplinary combination of nine important files, drawn from a variety of essential women's studies databases.
AccessUN
Provides access to the latest two years of United Nations documents and publications. Articles appearing in UN periodicals, as well as bilateral and multilateral treaties in the UN Treaty Series, are indexed.
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (government documents)
Index to United States government publications cataloged by the Government Printing Office.
Index to United Nations Documents and Publications
Provides access to current and retrospective United Nations documents and publications. The Index benefits researchers who need information on international problems of an economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian nature. Coverage of the most current two years is provided by AccessUN.
LexisNexis Congressional
Provides comprehensive access to United States legislative information.
LexisNexis Statistical
Indexes and abstracts statistical publications issued by the federal government, state governments, and private publishers. Includes a searchable version of the tables in Statistical Abstract of the United States, from the 1996 edition and all more current editions.
Alternative Press Index ![]()
Indexes almost 300 alternative, radical, and left periodicals, newspapers, and magazines.
Biography Reference Bank ![]()
Full text of the biographies from more than 100 print volumes of biographical reference books. Biography Reference Bank contains contains more than 95,000 biographies and obituaries and more than 26,000 photographs of the subjects.
Biography Resource Center
A comprehensive database of biographical information on more than one million people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. The database also includes full-text articles from nearly 250 periodicals.
Dissertation Abstracts
Online access to citations and abstracts for international dissertations and theses. The database includes citations for materials ranging from the first U.S. dissertation, accepted in 1861, to those accepted as recently as last semester.
Ethnic NewsWatch
A full-text database of the newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic, minority, and native press.
HLAS Online: Handbook of Latin American Studies
Multidisciplinary bibliography of published material on Latin America, 1935 to the
present.
JSTOR
Full-text backfiles of scholarly journals in African American studies, political science, population studies, sociology, statistics.
Readers' Guide Retrospective ![]()
Readers' Guide Retrospective provides indexing to popular periodicals from 1890 to 1982.
Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science) ![]()
A component of the Web of Science (ISI Databases), which provides access to scholarly literature and offers the searching of cited authors or cited works.
World News Connection
An online news service that offers translated and English-language news and information compiled from thousands of non-U.S. media sources, including news agencies, newspapers, and radio and television stations. The information covers significant socioeconomic, political, and environmental issues and events. Generally, this information is available within 24-72 hours from the time of original publication or broadcast.
AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive
Current and historical images from the Associated Press digital image archive. The historical collection features historical figures, political leaders, sports greats, and celebrities. The Photo Archive also offers images from significant news and features events of the 20th century.
Ad*Access
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.
iPOLL
Public opinion data from The Roper Center, the largest archives of public opinion information. iPOLL is a comprehensive database of 500,000 questions and answers asked in the US since 1935.