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List of Databases
A
Academic
Search Complete
Provides abstracts from almost 8,200 periodicals in the social
sciences, humanities, general science, multicultural studies, and
others, with full text articles from nearly 4,650 titles. PDF's go back
to 1975 or further, and almost every topic of study is covered.
AccessScience
The online version of the 10th edition of the McGraw-Hill Online
Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. In addition to more than 8,500 encyclopedic
articles on science and technology, this resource includes recent
research developments, biographies of scientists, science and
technology news, illustrations, learning resources, and links to web
sites.
ACM
Digital Library
Contains the full text of articles from over 35 ACM journals and
magazines. You can also access conference proceedings. Covers computer
and information science from the 1950s-present.
African
American Experience
A rich collection of online reference works and primary sources
documenting the African American experience for over 200 years.
Includes over 4,000 interviews with former slaves, multimedia files,
lesson plans and classroom resources.
American
Chemical Society (ACS) Publications
Includes the full texts of more than 30 periodicals in chemistry and
related disciplines published by the American Chemical Society.
American
Journal of Physics
Full text from 1933 to the present.
American Mosaic
A collection of databases dealing with different American ethnic
groups. As of summer 2007, there are two groups represented: African
Americans and Latino Americans. Future releases will concentrate on
Native Americans and Asian Americans.
Annual
Reviews
Spans a number of topics; the library subscribes to full text of seven titles:
An index of the entire Annual Review
series can be searched from
this site as well.
ArticleFirst
A general source for science, technology, medicine, social science,
business, the humanities, and popular culture. Over 16,000 titles are
indexed from 1990-present.
ARTstor
A collection of nearly 700,000 digital images of paintings, photos,
architectural works, sculptures, and design pieces from around the
world from all time periods. Images appear in a separate window; make
sure that any pop-up blockers are disabled before accessing this
database.
ATLA
Religion with ATLASerials
Designed to support religious and theological scholarship, this
international database covers such topics as Biblical studies, world
religions, Church history, and religious perspectives on social issues
from 1949-present. Through ATLA you can gain access to full-text
articles in ATLASerials, a collection of 100 theological journals.
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B
Biography
and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI)
Indexes any print resource containing biographical information on
people from all time periods, geographical locations and fields of
endeavor.
Black Thought and Culture NEW!
A database for study of African Americans from colonial times to the
present. Contains 1300 sources such as books, essays, articles,
speeches and interviews, including previously unpublished materials.
Book
Review Index
A guide to book reviews published back to 1965, with over 5,000,000
review citations from thousands of publications.
Britannica
Online
Has the entire text of the Encyclopedia Britannica; it also
includes tools such as World Data Analyst, country comparisons, an interactive world atlas, and Merriam-Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus.
Business
Source Elite
Contains selected full text from nearly 1,100 journals in business,
management, economics, finance, banking, accounting, and related areas.
Coverage is from 1985-present.
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Chicago
Tribune
Gets you to the full text (excluding advertisements) from 1985-date. To
see the full text of the Tribune from 1849-1985, go to ProQuest
Historical Newspapers: Chicago Tribune.
Chronicle of Higher Education
Full text access to current and past issues (through 1995) of the Chronicle.
CIA
World Factbook
A Central Intelligence Agency publication providing country
information: background, geography, people, government, economy,
communications, transportation, military, transnational issues, and
maps. Also see World
Factbook in Credo Reference in order to compare data
from different countries.
CINAHL Plus with Full Text
Covers literature related to nursing, kinesiology, and allied health
professionals. Provides full text for hundreds of journals; plus legal
cases, clinical innovations and trials, and drug records.
CLASE
and PERIODICA
A combination of two different indexes covering Latin American journals
in the social sciences, sciences, the humanities, and Pan-American
issues. CLASE and PERIODICA accesses citations in over 2,700 scholarly
journals published in Spanish, Portuguese, French and English. CLASE
covers 1975-present, while PERIODICA covers 1978-present.
Classical
Music Library
Classical Music Library is an extensive collection of over 50,000
recordings of classical music, focusing on contemporary classical music
and women composers. Pieces come from over 30 music labels. Free
registration enables users to create their own playlists.
Cochrane Library NEW!
The "gold standard in evidence-based healthcare," the Cochrane library
is a collection of the results of the world's medical research studies,
and includes the following databases:
- Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR)
- Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)
- Central Registry of Controlled Trials
- Methodology Register
- Health Technology Assessment Database
CollegeSource
A handy tool for finding out information on a variety of colleges,
CollegeSource allows you to look at past and present course catalogs
from over 34,500 2-year and 4-year colleges, and graduate schools from
all over the world.
ComAbstracts
Contains abstracts of over 50,000 articles published in the
communication(s) field.
Communication
and Mass Media Complete (CMMC)
Covers a variety of areas pertaining to communication and mass media.
The product of a merging of CommSearch and Mass Media Articles Index,
CMMC contains the full text of over 300 titles in addition to citations
to several other types of documents.
Communication
Institute for Online Scholarship (CIOS)
Supports the use of computer technologies in the service of
communication scholarship and education. Their web site includes a
resource library, electronic conferences, tables of contents for
current communications journals, the Visual Communication Concept
Explorer, and much more.
CQ
Researcher
Covers current and controversial issues from 1996-present. Provides
summaries, analysis, and bibliographies. Limited to 5 simultaneous users.
Credo Reference (formerly xreferplus)
An online collection of over 300
reference books, containing the full text of titles covering a wide
range of subjects, from art to technology. All Credo Reference titles
can also be accessed through I-Share.
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Daily
Life Online
A suite of databases that explore
life and culture from the past to the present, allowing researchers to
compare and contrast social issues through the ages. A useful resource
for looking at arts and literature in the context of their times.
Includes extensive teacher resources, correlating materials in the
databases to the Illinois Learning Standards.
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EBSCO
Databases
These include Academic Search Complete, Business Source Elite, CINAHL
Plus with Full Text, Health Source: Consumer Edition, Health Source:
Nursing/Academic Edition, ERIC, MEDLINE Plus Full Text, PsycINFO,
PsycARTICLES, RILM, SocIndex with Full Text,
ATLA Religion, Communication and Mass Media Complete, Newspaper Source, NoveList, NoveList K-8, Regional
Business News, Military and Government Collection, Professional
Development Collection, EBSCO Animals, Funk & Wagnalls New World
Encyclopedia, Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts,
Teacher Reference Center, GreenFILE, MAS-Ultra, Primary Search, and Searchasaurus.
EBSCO
Animals
Written at an elementary-school reading level, this database offers
in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals;
includes articles and some images of animals.
ERIC
via EBSCO
is a key source for education information. Allows users to access
articles from scholarly as well as professional periodicals, in
addition to ERIC documents. Many articles are available in full-text,
and there are links to full-text ERIC documents available.
ERIC
via FirstSearch
A key source for education information. Allows users to access articles
from scholarly as well as professional periodicals, in addition to ERIC
documents. Many articles are available in full-text, and there are
links to full-text ERIC documents available.
Education
Resource Information Center (ERIC) Website
Allows users to access the full text of more that 107,000 ERIC
documents released between 1993 and 2004. To use this website most
efficiently, you will need the ERIC document number (e.g., ED425001) of
the material you wish to retrieve. Use ERIC to find ERIC documents and
their numbers.
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FindLaw
An index and search engine for legal information on the web.
FirstSearch
Databases
These include ArticleFirst, CLASE and Periodica, ERIC, GPO
Online, SILC (Statewide Illinois Library Catalog, also known as
IllinoisCatalog), Medline, PapersFirst, ProceedingsFirst, World
Almanac,WilsonSelectPlus, WorldCat, Periodical Abstracts,and
WorldCat
Dissertations.
Funk
& Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
An encyclopedia aimed primarily at elementary and middle school
students.
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Gale
Virtual Reference Library
Contains the full-text of more than 65 print reference titles, allowing
you access to key reference sources without having to be in the
library. All Gale Virtual Reference titles can also be accessed through
I-Share.
GPO
Monthly Catalog
Contains records on all subjects of interest to the U.S. government,
including Congressional reports, hearings and debates; judiciary
materials; and documents issued by executive departments from
1976-present.
GreenFILE
GreenFILE is a collection
of scholarly, government and general-interest titles that include
content on
the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and
local/national governments, and what can be done on each level to
minimize negative impact. Topics covered include global warming, green
building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy,
recycling, and more.
Greenwood
Digital Collection
A collection of academic electronic books from Praeger, Greenwood Press
and Libraries Unlimited. All Greenwood Digital Collection titles can also be accessed through I-Share.
Grove Art Online - now part of Oxford Art Online
Grove Music Online - now part of Oxford Music Online
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HarpWeek
A collection of the 19th century periodical Harper's Weekly,
covering the years from 1857-1912. It includes full-page images of each
issue, including cartoons, editorials, news, illustrations, and
advertisements.
Health Source: Consumer Edition
Features searchable full text for nearly 80 journals on consumer
health topics, including food science and nutrition, child care and
sports medicine. Also includes hundreds of health topic pamphlets and health reference books.
Health
Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Contains selective full-text access to nearly 550 scholarly full text
journals focusing on many medical disciplines and includes the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide.
Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition NEW!
A definitive
source of quantitative data about American history. Includes hundreds
of manipulatible tables and also contains essays about historical
trends.
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I-Share
The "card catalog" of the A.C. Buehler Library. Use this resource to
find books, journal titles, movies, and music owned by Elmhurst
College, and information about items located in 71 academic and
research libraries in Illinois.
J
Journal
of Applied Physics
The archival journal of the American Institute of Physics (AIP),
presenting significant finds in applied physics from 1931-present.
JSTOR
An electronic archive of titles, often going back to the first issue of
a journal's existence. Articles can be found in the following
collections: Arts and Sciences I-VI and Complement; Health
& General
Sciences; Business II; and Biological Sciences. JSTOR does not include
current issues of journals.
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L
Latino
American Experience
A wide-ranging collection of materials focused on the history and
culture of Latinos in the United States. Materials include more than
150 scanned books, hundreds of primary documents, Spanish-language
content, and lesson plans. Additional information on the history and
culture of the people of Latin America, the Caribbean and the Iberian
Peninsula is also included.
Lexis-Nexis
Academic
Provides full text access to over 5,600 news, business, legal, medical
and reference sources, including wire services, case law, broadcast
transcripts and SEC filings.
Lexis-Nexis
Statistical
Provides a wealth of information from 1,000 of the best statistical
publications. Statistics come from a variety of resources, such as the
U.S. Federal Government and the UN Statistical Yearbook. Provides access to the Statistical
Abstract of the United States and the American Statistics Index, which collects data from federal and stage agencies and intergovernmental organizations.
Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts (LISTA)
Indexes more than 600 periodicals in library science and information
management.
Literary
Index
An online index to the entirety of the approximately 130 print Gale
products, including Contemporary Literary Criticism, Poetry
Criticism, Drama Criticism, and Short Story Criticism.
There are nearly 150,000 authors and 200,000 titles indexed.
Literature Criticism Online
Search Nineteenth-Century Literature
Criticism (NCLC), Shakespearean Criticism (SC), and Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism
(TCLC) through an easy-to-navigate interface.
Literature
Resource Center
Combines a variety of key literary resources, including MLA
International Bibliography, Merriam-Webster's
Encyclopedia of Literature, Contemporary Authors Online, Contemporary
Literary Criticism Select, Scribner Writers Series, Twayne's and the Dictionary of
Literary Biography.
LitFinder
A collection of 125,000 poems and thousands
of stories, plays and speeches, all in full text. Also includes
explanations, study guides, and other teacher resources.
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M
MAS-Ultra,
School Edition
Designed for high school libraries, this database provides articles
from over 500 popular publications dating back to 1975. Every article
is assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). This database also
includes book reviews, pamphlets, reference books as well as
biographies and primary source documents, and an extensive collection
of photos, maps and flags. Useful for Education majors.
MathSciNet
Covers the world's mathematical literature since 1940, providing Web
access to signed reviews and bibliographic data collected by the
American Mathematical Society from over 1800 periodicals.
MEDLINE
An international index to all areas of medicine, dating back to 1965.
Over 10,500 titles are indexed, and substantial abstracts are included.
MEDLINE
with Full Text
A comprehensive
source of full text for
medical journals, providing full text for more than 1,370 journals. Of
those, more than 1,300 have cover-to-cover indexing in MEDLINE, and
there are more than 1,400,000 full-text articles dating back to 1965.
Military
and Government Collection
Offers current news on all branches of the military and government,
including a collection of academic journals, trade publications and
newsweeklies; also provides full text for almost 300 periodicals. Full
text from 1975-present.
MLA
International Bibliography
An international index to literature, languages, linguistics, film, and
folklore from 1963 to the present. Part of Gale's
Literature Resource Center, MLA can be accessed independently.
The MLS Union List of Serials
A listing of over 10,000 magazines and journals held by 173 libraries
in the Metropolitan Library System. Use this source to discover what
libraries carry a particular magazine or journal.
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National
Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Abstracts Database
Contains references to over 185,000 articles and reports on criminal
justice topics; includes a few links to full text documents.
Naxos
Provides access to over 85,000 music tracks from the Naxos label and
other catalogs. Users can listen to audio tracks of classical, jazz,
world, folk, and Chinese music. Besides providing streaming audio, the
database also provides biographical information on musicians and
composers as well as notes on the music itself.
NetLibrary
A collection of over 23,500 full-text electronic books available to
Elmhurst College students, faculty, and staff. To be able to access
NetLibrary books from off-campus, you must first create a NetLibrary
username while on the Elmhurst College campus. All Elmhurst netLibrary
titles can also be accessed through I-Share.
New
York Times
Allows you to access the full text from 1980-present. To see the full
text of the Times from 1851-2003, go to ProQuest
Historical Newspapers: New York Times.
Newspaper
Source
Contains comprehensive full text of articles from 35 U.S. national
and international newspapers, selected full text from over 200 regional papers, and television
and radio news transcripts.
NoveList
A resource that assists fiction readers in finding new authors and
titles, from a list of 155,000 fiction titles. Also includes book discussion guides and searchable award lists.
NoveList
K-8
A subset of NoveList which specializes in helping children and young
adults discover new authors and titles to read.
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Oxford Art Online NEW!
Provides online access to the entire text of the renowned Grove Dictionary of Art,
Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art. Covers all aspects of the visual arts worldwide.
Oxford
English Dictionary
The historical dictionary of the English language available online.
Oxford Music Online NEW!
Includes the full text of the New
Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, New
Grove Dictionary of Opera, New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, Oxford Dictionary of Music, and Oxford Companion to Music.
You can find information on all aspects of music and musicians.
Includes links to other music resources like RILM and Classical Music
Library.
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P
PapersFirst
Indexes papers included in congresses, conferences, expositions,
workshops, symposiums, and meetings received by the British Library
Document Supply Centre, dating from 1993-present.
Physical
Review Online Archive (PROLA)
Includes Physical Review Letters (1958-2003), Reviews of
Modern Physics (1929-2003), Physical Review Special Topics
(1998-present), Physical Review Series I (1893-1912), Physical
Review Series II (1913-1969), Physical Review Series III
(1970-2003)
(Physical Review A, B, C, D, and E).
Primary
Search
Designed for elementary school libraries and public libraries, contains
articles from nearly 70 popular elementary school magazines. Full text
from 1989-present, with abstracts back to 1984. All articles are
assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Useful for Education
majors.
ProceedingsFirst
Contains citations of congresses, symposiums, conferences, expositions,
workshops, and meetings received by the British Library Document Supply
Centre, from 1993-present.
Professional
Development Collection
Designed for professional educators, provides full text of articles
from nearly 520 journals, many of which are peer-reviewed, and 200 educational reports.
Project
MUSE
An online library of over 300 journals from 60 scholarly publishers.
Some full text dates back to 1993. Journals in this collection cover
primarily the arts and humanities, and the social sciences.
ProQuest
Databases
IInclude ProQuest Psychology, ProQuest Newspapers, The Chicago
Tribune, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal,
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: New York Times, and ProQuest
Historical Newspapers: Chicago Tribune..
ProQuest Newspapers
This collection allows you to search The Chicago Tribune, The
Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The
New York Times Book Review, and The New York Times Magazine
simultaneously.
ProQuest
Historical Newspapers: Chicago Tribune
Includes every issue from 1849-1985. For current issues, use Chicago
Tribune, which provides access to articles from
1985-present.
ProQuest
Historical Newspapers: New York Times
Includes the entire run of the paper, dating from 1851-2003. For
current issues, use New
York Times, which provides access to articles from
1980-present.
PsycARTICLES
Includes the complete full text of 50 American Psychological
Association (APA) journals as well as 13 from allied organizations.
Coverage from 1894-present.
PsycINFO
Covers professional and academic literature in psychology and related
disciplines including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology,
education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, and other areas.
There are 2,200 titles indexed, and linked full text is
available.
PubMed
A
free, comprehensive, medical journal literature database from the
National Library of Medicine (NLM).
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R
Regional
Business News
Has full-text articles from 50 regional business publications from
throughout the United States, including Crain's Chicago Business.
RILM
Abstracts of Music Literature
Contains almost 500,000 entries pertaining to vocal and musical
instruments; historical and ethnomusicology; notation, theory,
criticism, and analysis; pedagogy; liturgy, dance, and other
interdisciplinary studies of music and related areas.
Routledge
Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Includes over 2000 original articles from over 1300 international
experts across the discipline of philosophy. The articles cover
Anglo-American, ethical and political, cross-cultural,
interdisciplinary, continental and contemporary philosophy.
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S
Sage E-Reference NEW!
All Elmhurst Sage E-Reference
titles can also be accessed through I-Share.
Sage
Journals Online
A
collection of approximately 450 peer-reviewed journals in full text,
covering such subject areas as business, the humanities, social
sciences, and science, technology and medicine.
Saskia
Art Images
A digital
repository of 30,000 images, which also includes references to 19 major
art history texts.
Sanborn
Maps
Our subscription to the Digital Sanborn Maps includes most towns and
cities in Illinois from 1867-1970. The maps contain information such as
the outline of each building, the size, shape and construction
materials, heights, and location of windows and doors. The maps also
give street names, sidewalk widths, property boundaries, building use,
and house numbers.
ScienceDirect
College Edition (Social and Behavioral Sciences)
Provides indexing to its entire library. In addition, there is access
to full-text articles in over 350 psychology and social science
journals for the most recent 5 years. Besides listing articles that are
already in print, ScienceDirect also lists articles that are about to
be published.
Scitation and SPIN
Scitation is a database that includes more than one million documents
from scholarly journals, magazines,
conference proceedings, and other special publications from prestigious
scientific societies and technical publishers.
The SPIN (Searchable Physics
Information Notices) database
includes bibliographic records and
abstracts for more than 1.5 million
articles from major physical science journals, magazines, and
conference proceedings published by the American Institute of Physics,
its member societies, and other affiliated organizations. The SPIN
database differs from Scitation in that it includes articles that are
hosted on other online platforms.
Searchasaurus
Aimed at the primary grades, this database searches Primary Search, Funk
& Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, EBSCO Animals, and
the American Heritage Children's Dictionary.
SILC
(Statewide Illinois Library Catalog)
A catalog of materials from many of the library systems in Illinois.
Use SILC to find information about items located in libraries limited
by library type or region within Illinois.
SocINDEX with Full Text NEW!
Contains more than 1,986,000 records as well as abstracts for over
2,500 journals, as well as conference papers, books, and monographs.
Includes 708 full text journals, hundreds of books, thousands of
conference papers, and 25,000 author profiles.
Topics covered include urban studies, anthropology, criminology and
criminal justice, ethnic and racial studies, marriage and the family,
social psychology, and sociological theory.
Stat-USA
A service of the U.S. Department of Commerce, providing information of
interest to the U.S. business, economic, and trade community. Includes
State of the Nation - current and historical economic data, and GLOBUS
& NTDB - trade data and international market research.
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Teacher Reference Center
Provides indexing for over 280 of the most popular education trade
journals. Linked full text is available.
TeachingBooks
TeachingBooks makes available original,
in-studio movies of authors and illustrators, audio excerpts of
professional book readings, guides to thousands of titles and a wealth
of multimedia resources on children's and young adult literature.
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UlrichsWeb NEW!
Use this source to find publisher information about over 300,000
magazines, newspapers, and journals from around the world. Includes
information on whether journals are refereed/peer-reviewed, and where
journals are covered in indexes and databases.
V
ValueLine
Investment Survey Standard Edition
Provides information on about 1,700 stocks, as well as more than 90
industries, the overall stock market, and the economy. The latest
twelve issues are available. On the Welcome screen, click on the bright
red link labeled "Subscriber Log On.", then, click the link for the
"Standard Edition."
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W
Wall
Street Journal
Allows you to access the full text of the paper from 1984-present.
Whatis.com
A dictionary of computing and networking terms.
Women and Social Movements: Scholars Edition NEW!
Contains primary documents, books, images, and essays on women's activism in public
life. Includes reports of groups such as the Women's Christian
Temperance Union as well as publications of local/state commissions on
women.
World
Almanac
Includes the contents of the World Almanac and Book of Facts, World
Almanac of the U.S.A., World Almanac of U.S. Politics, World
Almanac for Kids, and Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia.
Coverage dates back to 1998.
WorldCat
A combined catalog of more than 57,000,000 records worldwide.
WorldCat Dissertations
A catalog of all dissertations, theses and published materials based on
theses that are available in OCLC member libraries.
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X
xreferplus
See Credo Reference.
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