 | Academic OneFile Indexes and abstracts articles on subjects such as agriculture, anthropology, arts, business, communications, economics, law, political science, psychology, religion, general sciences, and current events. Most articles are in full text; via InfoTrac; 1980 - present. Access provided by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
note: use VPN for off-campus access
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| Accessible Archives A collection of primary source material from 18th and 19th century periodicals, including African American newspapers, Civil War era newspapers, and state histories up to 1900 for Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.
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 | ACM Portal (Association for Computing Machinery) Includes the ACM Digital Library and the ACM Guide to Computing Literature. Indexes core works in computing, including journals, proceedings, books, technical reports, and dissertations.
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| AgeLine Database Indexes journal articles, books, research reports and videos about older adults and aging. Produced by the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP).
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 | Alternative Press Index Indexes articles from alternative, radical and left publications. Some abstracts included; via FirstSearch; 1969 - present.
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| Aluka An online digital library of scholarly resources from and about Africa including a wide variety of high-quality scholarly materials ranging from archival documents, periodicals, books, reports, manuscripts, and reference works, to three-dimensional models, maps, oral histories, plant specimens, photographs, and slides.
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 | America: History and Life Indexes journal articles, book chapters, book reviews and dissertations on American and Canadian history and culture (for world history, use Historical Abstracts); 1964 - present.
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| American Periodicals Series Online APS Online features over 1,500 periodicals ... from colonial times to the advent of American involvement in World War II. Titles range from America's first scientific journal, Medical Repository, to popular magazines like Vanity Fair and Ladies' Home Journal.
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 | L' Annee Philologique Indexes journal articles, essays and conference proceedings in the field of classical studies. International coverage; 1924 - present. note: use VPN for off-campus access
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| Anthropological Literature Indexes journal articles and essays in the fields of anthropology and archaeology. International coverage. Based on the collections of Harvard's Tozzer Library; 1984 - present.
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| AnthroSource Developed by the American Anthropological Association (AAA), AnthroSource brings 100 years of anthropological material online to scholars and the public, with current issues for 11 of the AAA's most critical peer-reviewed publications including American Anthropologist, American Ethnologist, and Cultural Anthropology.
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 | Art Index Retrospective Indexes material in the fields of art, art history, architecture, design, and film. Includes citations for journal articles, yearbooks, museum bulletins, and reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed journals; 1929 - 1984. For coverage of art literature from 1984 to the present, search Wilson Art Abstracts.
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| ARTFL Full text database of nearly 2,000 works in French, ranging from classic literature to non-fiction and technical writing. Subjects include literary criticism, biology, history, economics, and philosophy, from medieval times onward.
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 | Arts & Humanities Search The online version of ISI's Arts & Humanities Citation Index, indexing articles and books relevant to arts and humanities. Use to find who has cited a particular work; via FirstSearch; 1980 - present.
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| ARTstor Searchable database of nearly 1 million digital images and associated catalog data. ARTstor covers many time periods and cultures, and documents the fields of architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design, as well as many other forms of visual culture. Users can search, view, and download images. More information at the Visual Resources site.
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| Astrophysics Data System Includes several sets of abstracts: 1) astronomy and astrophysics; 2) instrumentation; 3) physics and geophysics; and 4) Los Alamos preprint server-- funded by NASA; 1975 - present.
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 | ATLA Religion Database Indexes scholarship of religion, including Biblical studies, world religions, Church history, and religious perspectives on social issues. From the American Theological Association; one of the Ovid databases; 1949 - present.
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 | Bibliography of the History of Art Indexes and abstracts publications in the history of art, covering current literature of European art from Late Antiquity to the present and American art from the European discoveries to the present. International coverage; one of the Ovid databases; 1990 - present. For pre-1990 coverage, use RILA: International Repertory of the Literature of Art or Repertoire d'Art et d'Archeologie.
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| Biography Resource Center Biographies from several reference sources, including Marquis Who's Who, with related full text articles, images and links to hand-picked web sites. Searchable by name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, as well as keyword and full text, via InfoTrac. Access provided by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
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| BioOne Full text access to over 140 scholarly journals in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences. Subscription includes BioOne and BioOne.2.
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| Birds of North America Online The electronic version of the 18 volume Birds of North America completed in 2002. Provides detailed scientific information for each of the 716 species of birds nesting in the USA and Canada. Account contents are updated frequently, and include image and video galleries showing behaviors, habitat, nests, eggs and nestlings, and recordings of that bird's songs and calls. Produced by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
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 | Book Review Digest Plus Indexes reviews of current fiction and non-fiction, and provides review excerpts and over 100,000 full text reviews. 1983 - present.
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 | Book Review Digest Retrospective Indexes reviews of adult and juvenile fiction and non-fiction. 1905 - 1982.
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| Boston Globe Online 1980+ indexing, plus full text articles. Access provided by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
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| Britannica Online Online equivalent of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Also includes articles not included in the print edition, the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the Britannica Book of the Year and a directory of links to sites that have been selected, rated, and reviewed by the editors.
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| CGP (Catalog of U.S. Government Publications) Indexes print and electronic publications of the U.S. government, the world's largest publisher. 1976 - present.
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| CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online) Indexes a wide range of scholarship in international affairs, including working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, conference proceedings, books, journal articles, and policy briefs. Much is in full text. Includes links to international affairs centers, institutes, environmental studies web pages, news media, and US, international, and foreign government sites.
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| Columbia Earthscape Indexes material on the Earth and environmental sciences, and their social, political, and economic dimensions, including illustrated lectures, animations, video and image banks, exercises and labs, syllabi, basic textbook readings, environmental legislation, regional studies, international environmental documents, and white papers.
note: use VPN for off-campus access
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| Conference Board's Research Database Research reports on the latest issues in business management and U.S. and global economics. Full text coverage from 1995 - present. Access provided by a generous friend of Wheaton.
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 | Contemporary Women's Issues Indexes material from journals, newsletters, research reports, and fact sheets. Full text global information on women; via FirstSearch; 1992 - present.
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| CQ Researcher Online The CQ Researcher contains in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the U.S. economy. 1991 - present.
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| CQ Weekly Contains an unbiased, objective, and comprehensive roundup of virtually all Capitol Hill activity each week; 1983 - present.
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 | CSA Biological Sciences Indexes and abstracts a wide range of research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology, and ecology, some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science; 1982 - present.
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| Dictionary of Old English Corpus Full text database of 3,047 Old English texts.
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 | EconLit Indexes and abstracts journal articles, books, working papers, and dissertations in economics; via FirstSearch; 1969 - present.
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 | Educator's Reference Complete Full text periodicals, reports and reference sources for teachers and school administrators; via InfoTrac. Access provided by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
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| Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology The electronic version of the three-volume Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology encompasses applications of psychological knowledge and procedures in all areas of psychology.
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| Encyclopedia of Biodiversity Major themes include the evolution of biodiversity, systems for classifying and defining biodiversity, ecological patterns and theories of biodiversity, and an assessment of contemporary patterns and trends in biodiversity.
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| Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science A fully searchable collection of articles by scientists and historians with emphasis on the workings of the mind and brain.
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| Encyclopedia of Endocrine Diseases Focuses on nearly 500 endocrine diseases addressing everything from acromeglay, diabetes, hypertension, osteoporosis, thyroid disease, Von Hippel-Lindau Disease, unexplained weight loss, to androgen related disorders.
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| Encyclopedia of Food Microbiology The largest comprehensive reference source of current knowledge available in the field of food microbiology consisting of nearly 400 articles.
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| Encyclopedia of Food Sciences and Nutrition The electronic version of the 10 volume Encyclopedia of Food Sciences and Nutrition provides a comprehensive coverage of the fields of food science, food technology, and nutrition.
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| Encyclopedia of Genetics Provides the most complete and authoritative coverage of genetics ever published.
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| Encyclopedia of Life Sciences A fully searchable collection of articles by scientists and historians in the life sciences.
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 | Encyclopedia of Popular Music The electronic version of the Encyclopedia of Popular Music is a biographical encyclopedia of rock, pop, and jazz artists, covering popular music from 1900 to the present, plus popular music genres, trends, styles, record labels, venues, and music festivals. Cross-searchable with Oxford Music Online.
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| Encyclopedia of Psychotherapy This electronic version of the Encyclopedia of Psychotherapy covers the major psychotherapies currently in practice as well as the classical approaches, identifies the scientific studies conducted on the efficacy of the therapies and reviews the theoretical basis of each therapy.
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| Encyclopedia of Social Measurement Provides descriptions of quantitative and qualitative techniques, measurement, sampling, and statistical methods related to social phenomena.
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| Encyclopedia of the Human Brain Covering anatomy, physiology, neuropsychology, clinical neurology, neuropharmacology, evolutionary biology, genetics, and behavioral science, this electronic version of the four-volume Encyclopedia of the Human Brain contains over 200 peer-reviewed signed articles from experts around the world. Includes over 1000 figures.
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| Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences The concise entries in The Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences explore all areas of the discipline on a wide variety of topics in neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry and other related areas of neuroscience.
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 | ERIC Indexes documents and journal articles in the field of education. 1966 - present. ERIC is also available on the open web through the US Department of Education (no sign-in needed for off-campus access).
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| Ethnic NewsWatch Full text database of articles from newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press; 1990 - present.
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 | Expanded Academic ASAP Indexes and abstracts articles on subjects such as astronomy, religion, law, history, psychology, current events, sociology, and the general sciences. Many articles are in full text; via InfoTrac; 1980 - present. Access provided by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
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| Facts.com (World News Digest) The online version of Facts on File includes coverage of historical events from 1940 to the present, a live Reuters news feed, selected newspaper editorials, obituaries (1980+), and special sections on world leaders, country profiles, key issues, and maps.
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| Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index Indexes journal articles, book reviews, and essays in books about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages. Site is hosted by Haverford College. 1990 - present.
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| Film Literature Index Indexes journal articles about film, television and video, including reviews and book reviews; online coverage is 1976-2001, use print index for 2002-2004.
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 | Gender Studies Database Indexes gender-engaged scholarship from professional journals, conference papers, books, book chapters, government reports, discussion and working papers, theses & dissertations and other sources. 1972 - present.
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| GenderWatch Full text database of material related to gender issues, with emphasis on women's studies. Includes books, newsletters, reports, newspapers, magazines and scholarly journal articles; publication dates vary from the 1970's, 1980's, or 1990's - present.
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 | General BusinessFile ASAP Indexes and abstracts articles on business and management topics. Many articles are in full text; via InfoTrac; 1980 - present. Access provided by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
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 | General Reference Center Gold (Magazine Index) Indexes and abstracts articles from general-interest magazines, journals, reference books, and newspapers. Many articles are in full text; via InfoTrac; 1980 - present. Access provided by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
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 | GEOBASE Indexes and abstracts journal articles from the fields of geography, geology, ecology, international development, and related disciplines; via FirstSearch; 1980 - present.
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 | Google Scholar Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations. note: configure Library Links to see if your item is available through Wallace Library
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 | GreenFILE Indexes and abstracts journal articles relating to the human impact on the environment in such disciplines as agriculture, education, law, health and technology.
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 | Health Reference Center Academic Indexes and abstracts journal articles on health topics. Many articles are in full text; via InfoTrac; 1995 - present. Access provided by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
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 | Historical Abstracts Indexes journal articles, book reviews, and dissertations pertaining to the history of the world from 1450 to the present (not including America, Canada, or pre-history; for America and Canada, use America: History and Life); 1955 - present.
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| HLAS Online (Handbook of Latin American Studies) Indexes and annotates scholarship on Latin America, including selected books and book chapters, journal articles, conference papers, and electronic resources. From the Library of Congress; 1935 - present.
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 | Index Islamicus Indexes journal articles, conference proceedings, monographs, and book reviews on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world. From the School of Oriental and African Studies in London; 1906 - present.
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| Index of Christian Art Indexes primarily Christian art from early apostolic times to approximately 1550 A.D. Includes many photographic reproductions.
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| International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences The online version of the 26-volume print set, contains 4,000 articles and is described as "..the largest corpus of knowledge about the social and behavioral sciences in existence..."
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 | International Repertory of the Literature of Art (Repertoire International de la Litterature de l'Art) Indexes and abstracts publications in the history of art, covering current literature of European art from Late Antiquity to the present and American art from the European discoveries to the present; one of the Ovid databases; 1975 - 1989. Use Bibliography of the History of Art for coverage after 1989.
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 | Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and the Renaissance Indexes scholarly journal articles on the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400 - 1700 A.D.).
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| JSTOR Full text backfiles of over 900 core scholarly journals in humanities, social sciences, and sciences. By design, JSTOR does not contain the most recent 2-7 years of journals. Many of these titles are continued in Project Muse or in the Library's print and/or electronic subscriptions. Check Journal Finder for complete holdings information.
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| LexisNexis Academic Indexes and abstracts U.S. and foreign newspapers, journals, transcripts, federal and state case law, law reviews, state and country profiles, company information and more. Many documents are in full text; dates of coverage vary.
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| LexisNexis Congressional Full text access to publications from and about the U.S. Congress, including congressional working papers, bills (1989-), and testimony (1988-); committee reports (1990-); member biographical and committee assignment information; voting records (1988-); member and campaign financial data and disclosures; plus the Federal Register (1980-), the Code of Federal Regulations (current), the U.S. Code, CIS Indexing and Abstracts (1970-), and the Congressional Record (1985-).
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 | Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts Indexes more than 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. 1960's - present.
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| LION (Literature Online) A collection of indexes, bibliographies, and full text literary and reference databases. Primary texts include English and American poetry, English fiction, and English and American drama, ranging from 600 to the early 20th century. Secondary sources include MLA International Bibliography, LIFT (a literary journal index with some full text), ABELL (the Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature), the King James Bible, biographical information for over 1,000 of the most studied authors, and over 200 full text literary journals.
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| Literary Reference Center Full text literary information from over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, hundreds of literary journals, and unique sources. Access provided by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
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| Literature Criticism Online Includes criticism on authors and literary works from 3 Gale series: Contemporary Literary Criticism (writers now living or who died after December 31, 1999), Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism (writers from 1900 to 1999), and Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism (writers who died between 1800 and 1899).
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| Literature Resource Center Biographical information, overviews, full text literary criticism and reviews on nearly 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world. Includes the Gale series Contemporary Authors and the Dictionary of Literary Biography.
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| Massachusetts Newsstand Full text coverage of major Massachusetts newspapers including the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, the Quincy Patriot Ledger and the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, plus selected coverage of other regional sources. 1980 - present. Access provided by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
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 | Medline Comprehensive index to scholarship of life sciences and biomedicine. Compiled by the U.S. National Library of Medicine; one of the Ovid databases; 1950 - present.
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| Meyler's Side Effects of Drugs: The International Encyclopedia of Adverse Drug Reactions and Interactions Provides a critical encyclopedic survey of the entire field of adverse drug reactions. The vast amount of data is comprised of articles about each drug, presented alphabetically.
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| MLA Directory of Periodicals Listing of journals and series in languages and literature; included in the MLA International Bibliography.
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 | MLA International Bibliography Indexes critical scholarship on literature, language, linguistics and folklore, including journal articles, series, monographs, dissertations, bibliographies, and proceedings; via ProQuest; can also be searched within the LION database; 1926 - present.
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 | Music Index (online) Indexes material relevant to classical and popular music and musicology. Includes articles, book and record reviews, first performances, and obituaries; 1973 - present.
note: earlier coverage available in print edition
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| Nation, National Review, and New Republic Online Archives Full text of the Nation 1865 to the present, the National Review 1955 to the present, and the New Republic 1914 to the present. Select the databases to search individually or together.
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| National Journal Group's Policy Central Includes: National Journal, Ad Spotlight, Almanac of American Politics, CongressDaily, Hotline, Markup Reports & Bill Status, and Poll Track.
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| NCJRS (National Criminal Justice Reference Service) Summaries of more than 200,000 criminal justice publications including: federal, state, and local government reports; books; research reports; journal articles; unpublished research -- often with links to full text. The NCJRS is a federally funded resource offering justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide.
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| New York Times on the Web - current file Current (1980+) file includes indexing plus full text articles, with limited images. Access provided by the Southeastern Massachusetts Library System.
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| New York Times on the Web - historical file Historical (1851-2006) file includes indexing and full text articles and full page images. Full text is not available for any articles affected by the Supreme Court ruling on the Tasini case (freelance writers and copyright).
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| OED Online (Oxford English Dictionary) Full text of the 20 volumes of the OED, the 3 volume Additions Series, as well as at least 1,000 new and revised entries added quarterly. The OED is the leading authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millenium, providing information on the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words.
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 | OVID A database provider supplying access to several online journal indexes. Entering here allows you to search several of the indexes/databases at once.
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 | Oxford Art Online Encyclopedic coverage of art, archaelogy, architecture, design and film. Electronic version of the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, the Grove Dictionary of Art, and the Oxford Companion to Western Art.
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 | Oxford Music Online Encyclopedic coverage of musical subjects of all kinds including composers, performers, conductors, musical terms and forms, individual works, instruments and notations, venues, and genres. Electronic version of the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, the New Grove Dictionary of Opera, the Oxford Companion to Music, and the Oxford Dictionary of Music. Cross-searchable with the Encyclopedia of Popular Music.
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 | PAIS International and PAIS Archive Indexes materials relating to political, social, and public policy issues. Citations include journal articles, books, directories, conference proceedings, pamphlets, reports, and government documents; a CSA database; 1937 - present.
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| Perseus Digital Library Searchable database of more than 1 million links to texts, images, datasets, encyclopedias, maps, grammars, dictionaries, reference works, and other primary materials in the history, literature and culture of the Greco-Roman world. Includes texts in Latin and/or Greek. From the Department of Classics, Tufts University.
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 | Philosopher's Index Indexes and abstracts the scholarship of philosophy and related fields. Includes books and journal articles; one of the Ovid databases; 1940 - present.
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| Project Muse Full text collection of over 420 scholarly journals from the Johns Hopkins University Press and other university presses. Earlier years may be in JSTOR. Check Journal Finder for complete holdings information.
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 | PsycINFO Indexes and abstracts the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines. American Psychological Association and Canadian Psychological Association journals are in full text; one of the Ovid databases; 1806 - present.
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| Repère Indexes and abstracts French language periodicals. Some full text included. 1980 - present. note: use VPN for off-campus access
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 | Repertoire d'Art et d'Archeologie Indexes and abstracts publications in the history of art, covering current literature of European art from Late Antiquity to the present and American art from the European discoveries to the present; one of the Ovid databases; 1973 - 1989. Use Bibliography of the History of Art for coverage after 1989.
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| Schubertline Instant printed sheet music of lieder, songs and arias - view, play and print in any key. note: contact Library Information Desk (x3700) for access
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| ScienceDirect Full text of over 2,000 Elsevier journals and 13 encyclopedias in the sciences and social sciences. Coverage for most titles is 1993 - or 1995 - present.
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 | Scopus Indexes and abstracts scientific, technical, medical and social sciences literature and web resources. Includes citation tracking and links to full text articles. Early 1900's - present for some abstracts; 1996 - present for citation tracking.
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 | Social Services Abstracts Indexes and abstracts research in social work, human services, social welfare and policy, and community development. A CSA database; 1979 - present.
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 | Sociological Abstracts Indexes journals, dissertations, conference papers, and selected books in sociology and related disciplines. A CSA database; 1952 - present.
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| Test Reviews Online (Buros Institute of Mental Measurements) Serves as a locator for test reviews published in the Mental Measurements Yearbook series, located in the Reference Room of the Wallace Library. Browse test titles alphabetically and by category, or search by keyword.
note: It is not necessary to purchase the reviews indexed here - this simply serves as an index for the Mental Measurements Yearbook
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| Times Digital Archive Indexing and full-image of every page published by The Times (London) from 1785 - 1985. For current indexing, use Academic OneFile or LexisNexis Academic.
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| Treatise on Geochemistry This electronic version of the 10 volume set includes all the major subjects in the field, ranging from the chemistry of the solar system to environmental geochemistry.
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 | Ulrichsweb Provides bibliographic and publisher information on more than 300,000 periodicals.
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| Wall Street Journal on the Web - current file Current (1984+) file includes indexing plus full text articles, with limited images. Access provided by the Southeastern Massachusetts Library System.
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| Washington Post on the Web - current file Current (1987+) file includes indexing plus full text articles, with limited images.
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| Washington Post on the Web - historical file Historical (1877-1993) file includes indexing and full text articles and full page images.
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 | Wilson Art Abstracts Indexes material in the fields of art, art history, architecture, design, and film, including articles in periodicals, yearbooks, museum bulletins, and reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed journals; one of the Ovid databases; 1984 - present. For coverage of art literature from 1929 to 1984, search Art Index Retrospective.
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 | Wilson Humanities Abstracts Indexes journals in the disciplines of archaeology and classical studies, art, folklore, history, language and literature, literary criticism, music and performing arts, philosophy, and religion; one of the Ovid databases; 1984 - present.
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 | Wilson Social Sciences Abstracts Indexes articles and book reviews in over 350 of the key international English language journals in the social sciences, for example: anthropology, area studies, economics, political science, psychology, sociology; one of the Ovid databases; 1984 - present.
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| Women Writers Online Full text collection of pre-Victorian (1400-1850) literature by women. From Brown University.
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| World News Connection English-language translations of time-sensitive news and information from non-U.S. media sources. The information in WNC is provided to the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service; 1994 - present. note: use VPN for off-campus access; also note - for best results, use a browser other than Internet Explorer (Firefox, Safari, etc.)
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| World Shakespeare Bibliography Online Annotated entries for all important books, articles, book reviews, dissertations, theatrical productions, reviews of productions, AV materials, electronic media, and other materials related to Shakespeare published between 1961 - 2009. International coverage (118+ languages).
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 | WorldCat Local Search and request material at Wheaton, HELIN, Brown, Google Books, and WorldCat (a catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide) simultaneously.
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| WorldCat via FirstSearch Catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide.
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