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Research Databases Available Through the LRC
America: History & Life
citations database
full-text database
Citations to books and journals covering the history of the
United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.
With over 496,000 bibliographic entries, this database
indexes 2,000 journals published worldwide. Also includes
Clio Notes (chronologies and summaries of significant
events and themes in American history).
American Chemical Society Journals
full-text
database
Provides full-text articles from over 30 chemistry journals.
ARTFL
full-text
database
Consists of nearly 2000 texts, ranging from classic works of
French literature to various kinds of non-fiction prose and
technical writing. The eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth
centuries are about equally represented, with a smaller
selection of seventeenth century texts as well as some
medieval and Renaissance texts. Subjects include literary
criticism, biology, history, economics, and philosophy.
ATLAS Serials: Religion Index
citations database
full-text database
Includes a full range of index citations to journal
articles, essays in multi-author works, and book reviews
from three ATLAS print indexes: Religion Index One,
Religion Index Two, and Index to Book Reviews in Religion.
Spans over 50 years with selected records going back to
1818. About forty of the journals have the full text of the
articles available online. Our access is through EBSCOhost.
CQ
Researcher
full-text database
Original, comprehensive reporting and
analysis on issues shaping our world.
Each single-themed, 12,000-word report is researched and
written by a seasoned journalist. The consistent,
reader-friendly organization provides researchers with an
introductory overview; background and chronology on the
topic; an assessment of the current situation; tables and
maps; pro/con statements from representatives of opposing
positions; and bibliographies of key sources.
CultureGrams
full-text
database
password required only when off campus-contact the library
“An
insider's perspective on daily life and culture, including
the history, customs, and societies of the world's people”.
Recipes, national anthems, daily routines, and celebrations
from around the world.
World Edition:
Experience the cultures of 182 countries and
territories in reports that include maps,
statistics, a glossary, and in-depth information on
25 categories. Flags, symbols, nationals anthems,
cultural practices, and recipes!
States Edition:
Tour the 50 states and the District of Columbia with
these reports, filled with facts, symbols, times
lines, and more!
Current
Issues: Reference Shelf Plus
full-text database
This exciting new database
presents a carefully-selected database of full-text articles
from key publications on social, scientific, health,
political, and global issues, chosen to make up a
well-rounded overview, and organized by topic for fast and
easy access. Topics are selected to suit research needs,
reflecting timely topics and controversies as well as
popular subjects. The addition of the most recent articles
in WilsonWeb ensures that the coverage of every topic stays
current.
EBSCO
full-text database
password required-contact the library
Provides a variety of databases including Academic
Search Premier, AGRICOLA, Business Source Premier,
Regional Business News, CINAHL, Clinical Pharmacology,
ERIC, Health Source: Nursing Academic Edition,
MasterFILE Premier, MEDLINE, Newspaper Source,
Professional Development Collection, PsycINFO,
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection, Religion &
Philosophy Collection, Sociological Collection and
Sociological Abstracts.
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Databases include:
Academic Search Premier
Provides full text for nearly 4,600
scholarly publications, including full text for
more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals.
Agricola
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.
American Humanities Index
Is a collection of
bibliographic references to literary, scholarly
and creative journals published in the United
States and Canada.
Business Source Premier
Provides full text for
nearly 3,800 scholarly business journals,
including full text for more than 1,100
peer-reviewed business publications.
CINAHL
Is the authoritative resource for nursing
and allied health professionals, students,
educators and researchers.
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.
Communication & Mass Media
Complete
Provides
articles in areas related to communication and
mass media.
ERIC Contains more than 2,200 digests along with
references for additional information and
citations and abstracts from over 980
educational and education-related journals.
Funk & Wagnall's New World
Encyclopedia Has over 25,000
encyclopedic entries covering a variety of
subject areas.
Health Source - Consumer
Edition Provides information
on many health topics including the medical
sciences, food sciences and nutrition,
childcare, sports medicine and general health.
Health Source:
Nursing/Academic Edition
Provides
more than 550 scholarly full text journals
focusing on many medical disciplines.
MAS Ultra - School Edition
Designed specifically for high school
libraries, this database provides full text for
more than 550 popular general interest and
current events publications with information
dating back as far as 1975 for key magazines.
MasterFILE Premier
Designed specifically for public
libraries, this multidisciplinary database
provides full text for more than 2,000 general
reference publications with full text
information dating as far back as 1975.
MEDLINE Provides
authoritative medical information on medicine,
nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the
health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and
much more.
Middle Search Plus
Provides
full text for more than 150 popular, magazines
for middle and jr. high school research.Military
& Government Collection
Military & Government
Collection
(
Located under the MLA index )
Designed to offer current news pertaining to all
branches of the military and government, this
database offers a thorough collection of
periodicals, academic journals, and other
content pertinent to the increasing needs of
those sites. The Military & Government
Collection provides cover-to-cover full text
for nearly 300 journals and periodicals and
indexing and abstracts for nearly 400 titles.
MLA Directory of
Periodicals Offers
detailed information on over 7,100 journals,
with 4,400 currently indexed in the
International Bibliography.
MLA International
Bibliography Is a
bibliography of journal articles, books and
dissertations.
Newspaper Source
Provides selected full text for 25
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.
Primary Search Primary
Search provides full text for more than 60
popular, magazines for elementary school
research.
Professional Development
Collection Designed for
professional educators, this database provides a
highly specialized collection of more than 750
full text journals, including more than 350
peer-reviewed titles.
Psychology and Behavioral
Sciences Collection Provides
coverage of nearly 550 full text journals,
including more than 500 peer-reviewed titles.
PsycINFO
Contains nearly two million citations and
summaries of journal articles, book chapters,
books and dissertations, all in the field of
psychology.
Regional Business News
Provides comprehensive full text
coverage for regional business publications.
Religion and Philosophy
Collection 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.
Sociological Collection
Provides coverage of more
than 500 full text journals, including nearly
500 peer-reviewed titles.
SPORTDiscus
The
world's most comprehensive source of full text
for sports & sports medicine journals, providing
full text for more than 415 journals.
With more than 700,000 full-text articles dating
back to 1985, SPORTDiscus with Full Text
is the definitive research tool for all areas of
sports and sports medicine literature.
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Encyclopedia Americana
full-text database
A searchable,
international current events database, and online newspapers
from around the world including biographies of the famous,
the infamous, and the highly influential.
First Search
citations only
password required-contact the library
Provides
citations from over 60
databases including:
AHSearch- Arts and
Humanities Citation Index
AltPressIndex & AltPressIndexArchive- Indexes journals
covering cultural, economic and political change
BasicBIOSIS- Basic
information about biology and other life sciences
BioDigest- Life-science
information written in a non-technical style
BusDateline- Regional
business information
BusIndustry- Business
and industry facts, figures and key events
BusManagement-
Practical aspects and approaches to business
management
BusinessOrgs
CWI- Contemporary
Women's Issues (health and human rights)
Disclosure- Directory
information on companies publicly traded on U.S.
exchanges
Dissertations- Theses
and Dissertations from institutions in N. America
and Europe
NewsAbs- Items for
about fifty U.S. national and regional newspapers
PAISInternational &
PaisArchive- Database chronicling global
public policy and social issues
PerAbs- Periodical
abstracts from general and academic journals
SIRSResearcher- Social,
scientific, economic and political issues worldwide
WilsonSelect- Science,
humanities, education and business
Worldscope- Financial
information on public companies worldwide |
Historical Abstracts
citations only
Long recognized as the
world's premier historical bibliography, this is a guide to
the history of the world from prehistory to the present
(excluding the United States and Canada), featuring coverage
of academic historical journals in over 40 languages since
1955.
International
Index to Musical Periodicals
citations only
Enables
you to search and browse music journals covering a broad
scope of research from performance, theory and composition
to music education, jazz and ethnomusicology. It provides
indexing and abstracts to 506 journals and full-text
articles from 90 journals.
JSTOR
full-text database
Provides articles from 455 scholarly journal titles in the
arts, humanities, and sciences. Coverage dates are from the
very first issue of each journal (the nineteenth or early
twentieth centuries for many) and continues to 2 – 5 years
prior to the current year (moving wall).
KYVL
full-text database
password required-contact the library
You can use the KVYL portal for some databases (mainly EBSCO)
when off-campus.
Lexis Nexis - Academic
and
Women's Studies
s full-text database
Provides comprehensive full text of state and federal legal
information, national and international news, medical and
business news and information, polls, profiles and
biographies. Includes Congressional Universe
(Congressional Record, publications, legislative histories,
committees) and History Universe: Women’s Studies
(legislation, court decisions, biographies, manuscripts,
articles).
MLA
citations only
password required-contact the library
Provides over 1,500,000 citations dating from 1963 in
literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore from
journal articles, series, books, essays, working papers,
proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies. Our access
to Modern Language Association (MLA) bibliography is through the EBSCOhost database.
NAXOS Music Library
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complete audible music tracks
NAXOS is the most comprehensive collection of classical
music available online. This database provides access to
165,000+ tracks of classical, jazz, world, fold, and Chinese
music. You can listen to the actual music, read liner notes,
and click on biographical information.
NetLibrary
full-text database
password required-contact the library*
Searchable full-text of almost 57,000 academic press books
and 211 audiobooks that you can download to your computer.
Click
here for more information
about mp3 player compatibility.
*To
access this database you must set up an account using
NetLibrary while in the LRC. Once an account has been
created, you may then use that personal password to access
NetLibrary off-campus.
New York Times
full-text database
Current (2001+) New York Times sortable by title and page
number. ProQuest database.
New York Times Historical
full-text
database
Archived full-text articles from 1851 to 2001 from “the
national newspaper of record”. ProQuest database.
NewsBank
full-text database
Current and archived full-text articles from hundreds of
national and local newspapers
Provides "complete
full-text content of local and regional news,
including community events, schools, politics,
government policies, cultural activities, local
companies, state industries, and people in the
community." Includes "Hot Topics" and "Special
Reports". Can create a custom list of papers to
search. Kentucky papers include the
Louisville
Courier-Journal (1999-current), Lexington
Herald-Leader (1983-current) and Owensboro
Messenger-Inquirer (1988-current). National
newspapers include the Christian Science Monitor
(1987-current) and USA Today (July,
1987-current).
View list of all newspapers
covered.
Oxford English Dictionary
OED Online
full-text database
The premier lexicon for English etymology. Should we eschew
obfuscation and sesquipedalianism? Look it up in the OED!
Philosopher's Index
full-text database
citations only
Provides citations from
books and journals of philosophy and related fields
dating from 1940 to the present.
Project MUSE
full-text database
Project MUSE is a unique collaboration between libraries and
publishers providing 100% full-text, affordable and
user-friendly online access to over 300 high quality
humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from 60
scholarly publishers.
ProQuest
full-text database
Multi-disciplinary research or any vocational/technical
topic, including technology, healthcare, building trades,
sales and retail, accounting, graphic design, photography
and nursing.
STN Easy
citations only
password required-contact the library
Provides indexing to over 25 million records since 1907,
including Chemical Abstracts, BIOSIS, and dozens of other
databases for science and math.
* This
database can only be used after 5pm!
Wall Street Journal:
Historical
full-text
database
password required-contact the library
Full text business newspaper articles from 1889-1989, part
of the ProQuest database. (No password needed on campus.)
Wilson Web
full-text database
Provides multi-disciplinary articles and images.
Databases include:
OmniFile: Full Text Mega (general, academic database),
Art Museum Image Gallery,
Biography Reference Bank, Essay and General Literature, Play
Index, and
Short Story Index
updated:
01/29/2008
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