Academic Search Elite

-- provides full text for over 1,230 journals and indexing/abstracting of over 3,000 scholarly journals covering the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education, and more. Interface: EBSCOhost. Coverage: 1984 (full text 1990)-present.

Academic Universe

-- provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information allowing retrieval of documents that meet your specific research needs. Interface: LEXIS/NEXIS. Coverage: 1978-present.

Access UN

-- premier index to UN documentation for academic libraries, law school libraries, and government information centers with more than 1,000 full text documents and 16,000 citations. Interface: Infoweb. Coverage: 1996-present.

Books in Print With Book Reviews

-- a complete record of in-print and forthcoming books published or distributed in the US, containing over 1.2 million entries with approximately 11,000 new records added each month. Interface: WebSpirs. Coverage: Current.

Books Out of Print

-- a listing of more than 600,000 records of books published or distributed in the US that are out of print or indefinitely out of stock. Interface: WebSpirs. Coverage: Current.

Britannica.com

-- expanded version of the paper Encyclopedia Britannica which includes a dictionary, as well as links to related topics and Web sites embedded in articles. Interface: Web. Coverage: Current.

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CARL Uncover

-- service that offers a periodicals database that indexes nearly 18,000 multi-disciplinary titles and contains over eight million article citations. CARL Uncover's Reveal, a current awareness service, is available to IUP students, faculty, and staff. Interface: Web. Coverage: 1988-present.

CenStats

-- a site providing easy access to many of the most popular statistical databases maintained by the U.S. Census Bureau-- one of the federal government's largest producers of statistical data. Made available through the Federal Depository Library Program. Interface: Web. Coverage: Current.

Dissertation Abstracts International

-- comprehensive source of dissertation information, which includes Comprehensive Dissertation Index, Dissertation Abstract International (sections A, B, and C), Masters Abstracts International, and American Doctoral Dissertation Abstracts. Interface: FirstSearch. Coverage: 1861- present (abstracts from 1980-present).

EBSCOhost

-- EBSCO Information Services provides multiple databases from EBSCO Publishing via EBSCOhost. Databases include Academic Search , Business Source Premier, Newspaper Source, Health Source Plus, Comprehensive Medline, Clinical Reference Systems, USP DI, The Serials Directory and EBSCO Online Citations. See these titles for individual descriptions.

Essay and General Literature Index

-- cites essays and articles contained in collections of essays and miscellaneous works published in the US, Great Britain, and Canada. Focus is on the humanities and social sciences. Interface: WebSpirs. Coverage: 1985-present.

Expanded Academic Index

-- included at one access point: Expanded Academic Index, Business & Company ASAP, and Health Reference Center databases. Interface: SearchBank

Government Catalog

-- database corresponding to the printed Monthly Catalog which contains approximately 50 percent of the published government documents (others being classified or for in-house use only). Citations from the annual Periodicals Supplement and the US Congressional Serial Set Supplement are also included. Interface: Web. Coverage: 1976-present.

InfoTrac

-- also refered to as "SearchBank", includes Expanded Academic Index, Business & Companay ASAP, and Health Reference Center Dtabases.

Lexis-Nexis / Academic Universe

-- provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information allowing retrieval of documents that meet your specific research needs. Interface: LEXIS/NEXIS. Coverage: 1978-present.
      Note: restricted to on-campus users.

Marcive WebDocs

-- database corresponding to the printed Monthly Catalog which contains approximately 50 percent of the published government documents (others being classified or for in-house use only). Citations from the annual Periodicals Supplement and the US Congressional Serial Set Supplement are also included. Interface: Web. Coverage: 1976-present.

Newsbank Newsfile

-- a comprehensive, full text news resource consisting of more than 500 regional, national, and international newspaper and newswire sources. Interface: Infoweb. Coverage: 1991-present.

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Newspaper Source Plus

-- provides selected full text articles from 143 US and international newspapers. This database is updated daily. Interface: EBSCOhost. Coverage: 1990-present.

Project MUSE

-- provides full-text online scholarly journals from academic presses covering the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, and many others.

Serials Directory

-- provides up-to-date bibliographic information and pricing for over 155,000 US and international periodicals. Interface: EBSCOhost. Coverage: Current.

Statistical Universe

-- world's most comprehensive access to statistical information, allowing users to search summaries of statistical publications then link to the full text of selected publications on Statistical Universe or government Web sites. Interface: LEXIS/NEXIS. Coverage: 1978-present.

Academic Universe

-- provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information allowing retrieval of documents that meet your specific research needs. Interface: LEXIS/NEXIS. Coverage: 1978-present.

Business & Company ASAP

-- included at one access point: Expanded Academic Index, Business & Company ASAP, and Health Reference Center databases. Interface: SearchBank

Business Source Premier

-- provides full text for over 1,320 scholarly business journals and indexing/abstracting of over 2,000 journals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and more. Interface: EBSCOhost. Coverage: 1984 (full text 1990)-present.

STAT-USA

-- site providing access to current trade-related information produced by the many agencies of the federal government active in promoting U.S. exports. Made available courtesy of the Federal Depository Library Program. Interface: Web. Coverage: Current.

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See Also Academic Search Elite/EBSCO , Expanded Academic/InfoTrac

See Also Project MUSE

Education Abstracts

-- indexes and abstracts articles of at least one column in length from more than 400 English-language periodicals and yearbooks published in the US and elsewhere as well as English-language books published since 1995. Interface: WebSpirs. Coverage: 1994-present (full-text from 1996-present).

ERIC

-- a combination of the paper indexes Resources in Education (RIE) and Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE). Items retrieved from RIE are documents assigned ED numbers (most available on microfiche and require only the ED number to view). Items retrieved in CIJE are journal articles assigned EJ numbers. Journal titles must be checked against the Library's periodical holdings determine local availability. Interface: WebSpirs. Coverage: 1966-present.

E*Subscribe

-- online access to ERIC documents (ED numbered documents in the ERIC Database). These documents can be accessed by searching the E*Subscribe site at the above link or by searching the ERIC database and clicking on the link EDRS DOCUMENT.

See Also Academic Search Elite/EBSCO , Expanded Academic/InfoTrac

See Also Project MUSE

Art Abstracts

-- indexes and abstracts journals from more than 313 periodicals worldwide, as well as yearbooks, museum bulletins, and reproductions. Interface: WebSpirs. Coverage: 1984-present.

Art Bibliographies Modern

-- covers all aspects of modern and contemporary art, including performance art and installation works, video art, computer and electronic art, body art, graffiti, artists' books, theater arts, crafts, jewelry, illustration, and more, as well as the traditional fine arts of painting, printmaking, sculpture, and drawing. Interface: ABC-CLIO. Coverage: 1974 - Present.

CINAHL

-- database designed specifically to meet the informational needs of nurses and allied health professionals. It is the equivalent to Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature. Interface: WebSpirs. Coverage: 1982-present.

Clinical Reference Systems

-- provides over 7,000 reports, in every-day language, describing symptoms, treatments, risks and after-effects of a vast array of medical topics and conditions. Interface: EBSCOhost. Coverage: Current.

Health Reference Center

-- included at one access point: Expanded Academic Index, Business & Company ASAP, and Health Reference Center databases. Interface: SearchBank

Health Source Plus

-- provides full text for over 255 health periodicals, over 1,065 health pamphlets, and 23 health reference books. This database is updated daily. Interface: EBSCOhost. Coverage: 1984 (full text 1990)-present.

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Medline

-- National Library of Medicine's database which combines the paper indexes Index Medicus, International Nursing Index, and Index to Dental Literature. Interface: EBSCOhost. Coverage: 1966-present.

MedScape

-- For health professionals and interested consumers, features peer-reviewed articles, "zoomable" color graphics, self-assessment features, medical news, Medline Reviews, and annotated links to Internet resources. Interface: Web.

PubMed

-- PubMed is a project developed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Library of Medicine (NLM), located at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It has been developed in conjunction with publishers of biomedical literature as a search tool for accessing literature citations and linking to full-text journals at Web sites of participating publishers. Interface: Web

USP DI Volume II, Advice for the Patient

-- provides patient oriented drug information in lay language such as proper use of medications, precautions, and side effects. Interface: EBSCOhost. Coverage: Current.

See Also Academic Search Elite/EBSCO , Expanded Academic/InfoTrac

See Also Project MUSE

America: History & Life

America: History and Life is a complete bibliographic reference to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. coverage includes selected historical journals from major countries, state and local history journals, and a targeted selection of hundreds of journals in the social sciences and humanities. The database also includes citations to abstracts of dissertations published in these areas.

Anthropological Index

One of the major indexes for Social and Cultural Anthropology. It also covers physical anthropology, archaeology and linguistics. Based on the collection of the Royal Anthropological Institute's museum of Mankind Library, it indexes over 700 journals worldwide. Period Covered : Vols 22-32 - approximately last 10 years.

Current Biography

-- full-text of biographies and obituaries on the more than 15,000 people that have appeared in Current Biography Yearbook since 1940. The articles are supplemented with recent citations from Biography Index. Interface: WebSpirs. Coverage: 1940-present.

Historical Abstracts

-- A reference guide to the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in America: History and Life). Contains over half a million entries with annotated references to information on topics from the Renaissance to Tiananmen Square.

Mental Measurements Yearbook

-- database produced by the Buros Institute containing full-text information about and reviews of all English-language standardized tests covering educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology, and related areas. Interface: WebSpirs. Coverage: Equivalent to paper editions.

MLA Bibliography

-- index produced by the Modern Language Association consisting of bibliographic records pertaining to literature, language, linguistics, and folklore. It provides access to scholarly research in over 3,000 journals and series. Also covered are relevant monographs, working papers, proceedings, bibliographies, dissertations, and other formats. Interface: WebSpirs. Coverage: 1963-present.

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NCJRS

-- database of the US Department of Justice, abstracting more than 145,000 criminal justice publications. Literature covered includes US federal, state, and local governments' documents, books, journals, unpublished research reports, and program descriptions and evaluations. Many of the documents are available in the Library on microfiche. Interface: CD-ROM. Coverage: 1970s-present.

PsycInfo

-- American Psychological Association database containing summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports, as well as citations to dissertations in the field of psychology and related disciplines. It covers over 1300 journals in 25 languages. Interface: WebSpirs. Dates covered: 1887-present. Coverage: 1887-present (1987-present for chapter and book coverage).

Sociological Abstracts

-- databases covering sociology and related disciplines by including bibliographic citations, abstracts and enhanced dissertation citations. It covers approximately 2500 journals in 30 languages from 55 countries. Interface: WebSpirs. Coverage: 1963-present.

See Also Academic Search Elite/EBSCO , Expanded Academic/InfoTrac

Applied Science & Technology Abstracts

-- indexes and abstracts articles in more than410 English-language periodicals published in the US and elsewhere. Coverage includes trade and industrial publications, directories, conference proceedings, and special issues such as buyers' guides. Interface: WebSpirs. Coverage: 1983-present.

Biological Abstracts

-- leading indexing and abstracting reference source for life sciences information covering journal literature published in over 70 countries. Interface: WebSpirs. Coverage: 1998-present.

Cambridge Scientific Abstracts

Provides multiple databases in the fields of aricultural sciences, aquatic, biological, environmental, and medical sciences. Interface: CSA.

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GeoRef

-- American Geological Institute's database containing over 1.9 million records of North America since 1785, and other areas of the world since 1933. It is equivalent to Bibliography of North American Geology, Bibliography and Index of Geology Exclusive of North America, Geophysical Abstracts, and the Bibliography and Index of Geology. Additional items come from special bibliographies. Interface: WebSpirs. Coverage: 1785-present.

PubScience

-- A service developed by the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) to facilitate searching and accessing peer reviewed journal literature in the physical sciences and other energy-related disciplines. Interface: Web.

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