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ABI/INFORM |
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Coverage: 1971 - Present
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Contains international, national, local, and regional business news coverage for 60,000+ public and private companies. Information on advertising, marketing, finance, economics, human resources, taxation, computers, etc., plus industry news. Includes both Hoover’s Company Capsules and Company Profiles.
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Academic OneFile |
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Coverage: 1980 - Present
Updated: Daily
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Academic OneFile is a premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995.
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AccessScience |
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Updated: Regularly
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AccessScience features fully searchable content from the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, Yearbook of Science & Technology, and the Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms.
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ACLS Humanities E-Book |
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A digital collection of over 1,700, fully searchable, high-quality books in the Humanities. Available 24/7 on- and off-campus through standard web browsers, with unlimited user access.
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AGRICOLA |
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Coverage: 1970 - Present
Updated: Daily
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Database of citations to the agricultural literature created by the National Agricultural Library and its cooperators covering materials in all formats, including printed works from the 15th century. The records describe publications and resources encompassing all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines, including animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, plant sciences, forestry, aquaculture and fisheries, farming and farming systems, agricultural economics, extension and education, food and human nutrition, and earth and environmental sciences.
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Alternative Press Index |
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Coverage: 1991 - Present
Updated: Quarterly
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Citations and abstracts to nearly 300 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines.
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America: History & Life |
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Coverage: 1964 - Present
Updated: Monthly
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Citations and abstracts to the history and culture of the U.S. and Canada from prehistoric times to the present.
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Applied Science & Technology Index |
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Coverage: 1983 - Present
Updated: Monthly
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Citations and abstracts to international and English language periodicals, covering engineering, mathematics, physics, and computer technology.
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Art Index |
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Coverage: 1929 - Present
Updated: Monthly
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Citations to American and foreign periodicals, covering the fields of archaeology, architecture, art history, interior design, and others.
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ARTFL |
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Coverage: 12th Century - Present
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The ARTFL Database, produced by the University of Chicago, contains French texts from the 12th to the 20th Centuries, the first edition of Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopédie, and numerous other full-text resources.
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Arts & Humanities Search |
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Coverage: 1980 - Present
Updated: Weekly
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The online equivalent of ISI's Art & Humanities Citation Index. Provides complete access to articles from over 1300 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals and to relevant articles in over 5000 social science and science journals.
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ASM Journals |
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Coverage: 1992 - Present
Updated: Regularly
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The American Society for Microbiology's 11 journals cover the spectrum of microbiology, from molecular and cellular biology to biomedical research and technology.
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ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials |
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Coverage: 1949 - Present
Updated: Regularly
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Full text version of the ATLA Religion Database (ATLA), offering a collection of major religion and theology journals. Journals representing all major religious faiths, major denominations, and language groups are included.
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Basic BIOSIS |
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Coverage: 1994 - Present
Updated: Monthly
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Citations and abstracts to approximately 350 basic life science journals found in college and university libraries. Search Hint: Try using BIOSIS Previews before using Basic BIOSIS.
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Biology Digest |
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Coverage: 1989 - Present
Updated: 9 times per year
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Citations and comprehensive abstracts to the literature of the life sciences. Created to meet the needs of college undergraduates and high school students.
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BIOSIS Previews |
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Coverage: 1998 - Present
Updated: Monthly
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Citations to the journal and book literature in the life sciences fields
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Book Review Digest |
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Coverage: 1983 - Present
Updated: Monthly
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English-language fiction and non-fiction books excluding reviews of textbooks, government publications, and technical books in law and the sciences. Some 7000 adult and children's books are reviewed and added to the list every year.
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Books in Print |
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Updated: Weekly
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Books in Print is the largest, unbiased, web-based bibliographic resource in the U.S. Find what you are looking for quickly and easily, using our comprehensive database of 5 million book, audio book, and video titles.
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Cabell's Journal Directories |
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Updated: Regularly
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Publishing information for business, education, and psychology journals. Entries include: contact information, manuscript guidelines, journal acceptance rates, number of reviewers, circulation, price, type of readership, etc.
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Catholic Periodical & Literature Index |
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Coverage: 1981 - Present
Updated: Regularly
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The Catholic Periodical and Literature Index Online is the product of a partnership between ATLA and the Catholic Library Association. The database includes indexed citations to articles published in Roman Catholic periodicals, papal documents, church promulgations, and books about the Catholic faith that are authored by Catholics and/or produced by Catholic publishers. This database contains more than 300,000 records covering Roman Catholic publications.
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CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online) |
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Coverage: 1991 - Present
Updated: Monthly
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CIAO is a source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs.
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CINAHL |
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Coverage: 1982 - Present
Updated: Bimonthly
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Citations and abstracts to nursing, allied health, and biomedicine literature. Citations link to Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition for full-text.
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Classical Music Library |
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Updated: Monthly
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Contains 30,000-plus classical music tracks for listening and searching. Two thousand new tracks are added each month. Freely allows for online listening, using static URLs to link directly to pieces of music, and creating playlists in individual user accounts. To download tracks, there is a fee. If you are in the Library and require headphones, you may check them out at the Circulation Desk.
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Cochrane Library |
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Updated: Quarterly
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The Cochrane Library is a unique source of reliable and up-to-date information on the effects of interventions in health care. Published on a quarterly basis, The Cochrane Library is designed to provide information and evidence to support decisions taken in health care and to inform those receiving care.
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College Source |
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Updated: Regularly
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Over 14,000 college catalogs in complete cover-to-cover, original page format representing 2-year, 4-year, graduate, and professional schools. Tables of contents and indexes are fully hyperlinked.
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Communication & Mass Media Complete |
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Coverage: 1915 - present
Updated: Regularly
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Communication & Mass Media Complete indexes journals in areas related to communication and mass media. CMMC incorporates the content of CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Penn State) along with numerous other journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields of study to the communication discipline.
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Conference Board |
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Coverage: 1995 - Present
Updated: Regularly
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A searchable database of full-text research reports on the latest issues in business management and US and global economics. Proprietary, nonbiased research includes studies of F500 companies on business trends, leadership decisions, performance excellence, corporate governance, HR, productivity, CRM and more.
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Contemporary Women's Issues (CWI) |
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Coverage: 1992 - Present
Updated: Biweekly
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Citations to over 1500 sources (periodical and non-periodical) published by more than 100 organizations around the world. Focuses on timely and relevant topics for women including health, human rights, the work place, legal status, and more.
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CQ Global Researcher |
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Coverage: 2007 - Present
Updated: Regularly
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Modeled after the award-winning CQ Researcher, CQ Global Researcher provides students with definitive, in-depth coverage of global affairs from a number of international viewpoints. Available exclusively online, CQ Global Researcher offers focused, readable, single-topic reports on vital world issues. Written by seasoned journalists with years of international experience, these reports make use of such popular sections as "current situation," "pro-con," and a new feature called "voices from abroad." By exposing students to a wide range of viewpoints CQ Global Researcher provides a comprehensive snapshot of today's most pressing issues.
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CQ Researcher |
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Coverage: 1991 - Present
Updated: Weekly
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The award-winning CQ Researcher explores a single hot issue in U.S. and world news in depth each week. Topics range from social and teen issues to environment, health, education and science and technology.
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Dissertation Abstracts |
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Coverage: 1861 - Present
Updated: Monthly
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Covers every doctoral dissertation completed in the U.S. at accredited institutions. Includes some master’s theses and foreign language dissertations.
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Dow Jones Newswires |
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Updated: Daily
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Real-time news on the stock market, encompassing company and industry news, economic and political events, updates on all major financial markets, and analysis of trends. Stories from The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, and SmartMoney are included.
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EconLit |
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Coverage: 1969 - Present
Updated: Monthly
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Citations and abstracts to economic literature. Books, dissertations, and working papers are included.
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Education Full Text |
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Coverage: 1983 - Present
Updated: Daily
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Education Full Text brings you comprehensive coverage of an international range of English-language periodicals, monographs and yearbooks. Full text of articles cover to cover, from hundreds of journals, make this a one-stop source for research. Coverage includes 87 journals not covered by ERIC’s CIJE.
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Educator's Reference Complete |
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Coverage: 1980 - Present
Updated: Continually
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A selection of more than 450 full-text academic journals, hundreds of full-text reports, and many premier reference sources. Included content focuses on educational principles, child development and psychology, and best practices in education. Majority of the full-text titles included are also found in the ERIC database.
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ERIC |
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Coverage: 1966 - Present
Updated: Monthly
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The ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) database is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education to provide extensive access to educational-related journal articles and documents. The ERIC database corresponds to two printed journals: Resources in Education (RIE) and Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE).
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Ethnic NewsWatch |
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Coverage: 1985 - Present
Updated: 8 times per year
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Ethnic NewsWatch is a full-text collection of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.
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Expanded Academic ASAP |
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Coverage: 1980 - Present
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Expanded Academic ASAP is comprised of more than 3,500 indexed and full-text titles — of which 2,100 are peer-reviewed — in all disciplines with more than 20 years of backfile coverage.
For more results, try the Academic OneFile database.
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Facts on File World News Digest |
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Coverage: 1940 - Present
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Coverage of news and significant events from around the world. It includes features on Key People, Key Events, Key Issues, and Country profiles, as well as a searchable hourly news feed from Reuters. Special "Ahead in Time"
and "Back in Time" links allow researchers to see how events unfold over time.
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Gale's Literary Index |
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Updated: Continually
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Indexes the reference works Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Drama Criticism, Poetry Criticism, Shakespearean Criticism, Short Story Criticism, and Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism.
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General OneFile |
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Coverage: 1980 - Present
Updated: Continually
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Citations, with 50% fulltext, to popular magazines, newspapers, and newswires. Useful for "hot-button" topics and current events.
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General Reference Center Gold |
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Coverage: 1980 - Present
Updated: Continually
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Citations, with over 50% fulltext, to general interest periodicals, select newspapers, reference books, and children's magazines.
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General Science Index |
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Coverage: 1984 - Present
Updated: Monthly
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Citations and abstracts to journals in the areas of anthropology, astronomy, biology, chemistry, computer science, earth science, and others.
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GEOBASE |
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Coverage: 1980 - Present
Updated: Monthly
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Citations and abstracts to the literature of geography, geology, ecology, international development, and their related disciplines.
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Google Scholar |
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Updated: Regularly
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Google Scholar allows for searching across many disciplines and sources. Subject coverage strengths include: Physics, Engineering, Social Science, Business, Biology, Chemistry, Medical. Source types include: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations. Specify Fairfield University (via Scholar Preferences) for enhanced access to our library resources.
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GreenFILE |
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Coverage: Varies - Present
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GreenFILE is a freely accessible research database focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment, with well-researched but accessible information on topics ranging from global warming to recycling to alternate fuel sources and beyond. Contains both scholarly and general interest articles.
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Grove Art Online |
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Corresponds to the print Dictionary in its entirety-searchable by heading, subheading, or keyword in text. Includes links to color images-art and all the originally-commissioned maps, site diagrams, and line drawings.
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Grove Music Online |
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Coverage: 1890 - Present
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Contains all of the information from the 29 volume print version - over 29,000 articles. Also included is the New Grove Dictionary of Opera and the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz.
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Hartford Courant - Historical |
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Coverage: 1764 - 1922
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The Hartford Courant - Historical offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.
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Health & Wellness Resource Center |
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Coverage: 1993 - Present
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Citations, with 80% full-text, to consumer-oriented and professional journals, pamphlets, and reference books in the medical field. Also includes medical-related streaming videos.
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Historical Abstracts |
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Coverage: 1954 - Present
Updated: Monthly
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Citations and abstracts to the history of the world from 1450 to the present, excluding U.S. and Canada.
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History Reference Center |
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Coverage: Prehistory - Present
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Provides articles from magazines, journals, reference and non-fiction books; biographies, documents and speeches; maps and photographs. Also includes film and video clips of social, political and cultural historical events of the 20th Century from 1893 to 1985.
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HLAS Online |
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Coverage: 1935 - Present
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The Handbook of Latin American Studies Online is a bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by academics from around the world.
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Hoover's Company Records |
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Find brief information on over 15,000 companies. This resource delivers information on a company's location, summary financials, top competitors, top officers, and more. Use the title or company field to search company names.
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Humanities Full Text |
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Coverage: 1984 - Present
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Humanities Full Text brings you full text plus abstracts and bibliographic indexing of the most noted scholarly sources in the humanities, as well as numerous lesser-known but important specialized magazines. The database indexes, abstracts and delivers the full text of feature articles, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, original works of fiction, drama, and poetry, book reviews, and reviews of ballets, dance programs, motion pictures, musicals, operas, plays, radio and television programs, and more.
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