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Databases A-Z

Alphabetical list of library databases. Library databases provide access to articles and other materials with high quality information on your topic.

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ABI/INFORM Global
Indexes over 3,000 business periodicals and newspapers with full text for for more than 2,000 (including the Wall Street Journal).
Academic Search Ultimate
Our largest interdisciplinary database, ASC indexes over 13,200 publications, including magazines, monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. More than 13,000 publications are full-text and 9,000+ are peer-reviewed journals. 1887 - present.

Also includes more than 74,000 videos from the Associated Press, which appear in a carousel in the result list. Updated monthly, this collection of videos from the world’s leading news agency includes footage from 1930 to the present and helps round out student research
Margaret Herrick Library Digital Collections
Provides public access to digitized materials from the collections of the Margaret Herrick Library. Currently contains more than 35,000 items, including correspondence, photographs, early release fliers, full issues of rare periodicals, sheet music and movie star ephemera. The database also includes complete copies of more than 450 Academy publications, dating back to the founding of the organization in 1927.
Accessible Archives Complete
Digitized, primary, American history sources. Includes: African American Newspapers, American County Histories, The Civil War, Frank Leslie’s Weekly, Godey’s Lady’s Book, The Liberator, The Lily, History of Woman Suffrage, National Anti-Slavery Standard, National Citizen and Ballot Box, The Pennsylvania Gazette, The Pennsylvania Genealogical Catalogue, The Pennsylvania Newspaper Record: Delaware County, The Revolution, Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman, South Carolina Newspapers, Twelve Years a Slave, The Virginia Gazette.
ACM Digital Library
Includes ACM Guide to Computing Literature, a full-text collection of all ACM publications, including journals, conference proceedings, technical magazines, newsletters and books, and a curated collection from other publishers.
1952 - present.

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ACS Publications
Over 45 journals published by the American Chemical Society. Full text current and back issues.

For access to C&EN Global Enterprise (1998 to present) use this link.; for C&EN Archive (1942 - last calendar year), use this link.
Afro-Americana Imprints, 1535-1922
African American history, culture and experience from the 16th through the 20th centuries. More than 12,000 printed works: books, pamphlets and broadsides, including many lesser-known imprints. An unparalleled record of African American history, literature and culture, based on the Library Company of Philadelphia.
Agricola
Indexes more than 4.8 million records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library, including journal articles, monographs, proceedings, theses, patents, translations, audiovisual materials, computer software, and technical reports.

1970 - present.
AHFS Consumer Medication Information
Patient drug information, available in both English and Spanish. (Click on article title to view entry, not Full Text Finder.)

Published by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, includes more than a thousand drug information monographs written in lay language for consumers. Content updated monthly.
America: History and Life with Full Text
Indexes over 1,700 scholarly U. S. and Canadian history journals, with full-text coverage for nearly 290 journals and more than 100 books.

Good source for book and media reviews and dissertation information. 1955 - present
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Datapages
This full-text database includes mappable GIS data, geological publications, company reports, and maps from around the world. Access is provided through the AAPG Foundation Digital Products Fund through an endowment established by BU alumnus Daniel J. Tearpock, B.A., Earth & Planetary Sciences, 1970.

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American Association of Physicists in Medicine Reports
The AAPM has made over 100 reports, primarily on radiation oncology and medical imaging procedures, available for free online.

1977 - present.
American Decades Primary Sources
Contains full or excerpted primary sources from the 20th century, including oral histories, songs, speeches, advertisements, TV, play and movie scripts, letters, laws, legal decisions, newspaper articles, cartoons, recipes, and more.

Gale Cengage
Library of Congress Digital Collections
Digital record of American history and creativity through written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience.Contains the former American Memory collection as well as many other collections.

Library of Congress
Anatomy and Physiology Online (Primal Pictures)
Provides access to 20 modules with clear 3D images and interactive models, narrated animations and illustrations, dissection slides for labeling, clinical case studies, the impact of aging on each body system, pronunciation guide, quizzes and more.

For instructions in using, view a pdf User Guide, a 7 minute video, or a longer 35-minute online tutorial.
Annual Reviews
Indexes 30+ annual reviews throughout the natural & social sciences.Contains full-text of recent annual reviews of the life sciences, psychology, and anthropology.

1930 - present.
Cold Regions Bibliography Project
The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) continued the Antarctic Bibliography and the Bibliography on Cold Regions Science and Technology (formerly produced by the Library of Congress) as part of the Cold Regions Bibliography Project from 2000 through September 2011.

These bibliographies provide coverage of:
Antarctic research and exploration
Cold Regions engineering and physical science information

AGI compiled the Cold Regions Bibliography based on sources provided by U.S. and overseas scientists, the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and libraries and polar and research institutions worldwide. Last updated 2011. NSF
Anthropology Plus
A compilation of the Anthropological Index Online and Anthropological Literature databases. Is an extensive index of bibliographic materials covering the fields of anthropology, archaeology, and related interdisciplinary research.

1800's - present
AnthroSource
Provides indexing and full text access to 33 American Anthropological Association (AAA) journals, bulletins, and newsletters.

1980 - present.
Applied Science and Technology Source
Includes the full-text for almost 1,200 journals. Content includes leading trade journals, professional and technical society journals, and conference proceedings.
Art & Architecture Source
Covers a broad range of related subjects from fine, decorative and commercial art, to various areas of architecture and architectural design. Provides 600 full-text journals, 220 full-text books, and over 63,000 images.
ARTstor
ARTstor is a searchable repository of over 2.5 million images (and growing) covering the arts, architecture, humanities, as well as the social and natural sciences.

Users may view, present, and manage images for research and teaching purposes
Videos showing how to use ARTstor available here. NOTE: You may access the Digital Library remotely for up to 120 days by registering for an ARTstor account while on-campus.
arXiv.org e-Print archive
Open access to over 1.3 million articles in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance and Statistics.

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Biological Abstracts
Abstracts and indexes the journal literature for virtually every life sciences discipline: including biology, biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, pre-clinical and experimental medicine, pharmacology, zoology, agriculture, and veterinary science. 1926 - present.
BioOne.1.
BioOne.1. provides full text access to 101 journals and the ability to browse an additional 100 journal table of contents. Journals are published by the AIBS societies and related organizations. PLEASE NOTE: if an article is not full-text, request it through interlibrary loan, do NOT pay for access. Ask library staff for help.

Users can create accounts to set up email alerts.
Birds of North America Online
Comprehensive life histories for 760+ species of birds breeding in the USA (including Hawaii) and Canada.

For help in using, view their FAQ.
Bloomsburg University Local Newspapers Collection
Contains the Bloomsburg Daily (first daily newspaper published in Columbia County, PA) from Feb. 1892 - Jan. 1902, Feb. - Jul. 1903, Aug. - Dec. 1904, and Mar. 1906 - Jan. 1909 (in Jul. 1908 title changed to Bloomsburg Daily Mail). Missing periods are filled in with issues from the Democratic Sentinel (twice-weekly ed. of both papers) for: Feb. 1902 - Jan. 1903, Aug. 1903 - Jul. 1904, and Jan. 1905 - Feb. 1906. Open Access from BUPA

A paper index to the contents of the Bloomsburg Daily, Daily Mail, and the Democratic Sentinel can be found at the Harvey A. Andruss Library at Marriage and Death Notices in Columbia County, Pennsylvania Newspapers, v.5. Compiled and Edited by Stephen R. Wiist, with the Assistance of David Magolis. Prepared for the Use of the Columbia County Historical and Genealogical Society, 2005. Funds for this project were supplied in part by a Library Services and Technology Act grant awarded by the Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania.
Business Source Complete
Our largest business database, BSC provides the full-text for more than 3,800 full-text journals, including nearly 2,000 peer-reviewed journals. Includes market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.

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C-SPAN Video Library
The C-SPAN Archives records, indexes, and archives all C-SPAN programming for historical, educational, research, and archival uses.

Every C-SPAN program aired since 1987, now totaling over 230,000 hours, is contained in the C-SPAN Archives and immediately accessible through the database and electronic archival systems developed and maintained by the C-SPAN Archives.

Cabell's Directories
Database of journal information for evaluating and selecting academic journals for publication. Under 'Your access' select: Education Technology & Library Science, Educational Curriculum & Methods, Educational Psychology & Administration, or use Advanced Search.

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP)
Search for federal publications, including historical and current publications. CGP provides direct links to publications that are available online.

The catalog offers you the option to find a nearby Federal Depository Library that has a particular publication or that can provide expert assistance in finding and using related U.S. government information. Click on the title of interest from your search results list. Then click on the Locate in a Library link within the displayed record.
CCH Answer Connect
Federal, state, and international tax service from Commerce Clearing House. (Formerly called CCH IntelliConnect)

NOTE: You must create a user ID & password initially in order to access the database both on- and off-campus. 35 concurrent users. View training videos here.
Children's Literature Comprehensive Database
Contains more than 500,000 professional reviews of children's books, multimedia and audio books (aggregated from 42 sources).

The database provides over 1.6 million entries including 650,000 national, state, and international award entries dating back to 1922. Includes teaching tools (lesson plans & teaching guides) and allows limiting by age or grade level. Truncation is done by selecting 'word variants' on search screen.
Chronicle of Higher Education
Contains current issue of *The Chronicle of Higher Education* and the entire backfile back to September 1989 plus additional content.

For information on all premium content available and how to register for a free account for mobile access visit this page.
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
This free site from the Library of Congress allows you to search and view newspaper pages from 1789 - 1925 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690 - present.

Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the LOC as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program.
CINAHL Complete
The Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature database indexes more than 5,300 journals and provides full text for 1,400 journals. Includes research instruments, clinical trials, and continuing education modules.
Civil War Primary Source
Captures various accounts of the Civil War, including firsthand perspectives from hospitals and prison camps, and reactions to the War from the home front. Focus is on the War years, but it also includes important documents from the years leading up to the War and after the fall of the Confederacy.

Drawn from the holdings of the New-York Historical Society, contains over 110,000 pages from over 400 individual collections focus on the War as it was fought from both Northern and Southern perspectives.
Communication Source
Combines Communication and Mass Media Complete and Communications Abstracts (formerly published by Sage). Full text for more than 630 journals, and indexing and abstracting for over 1,100 core titles.

Offers full-text content pertaining to communication studies, linguistics, rhetoric and discourse, speech-language pathology, media studies and related fields and includes many unique sources previously not available.
Company Profiles
Marketline/Medtrack company profiles provide qualitative and quantitative summary information, including revenues, key facts, SWOT analyses, and company histories.

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Contemporary Authors
Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Nonfiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama, Motion Pictures, Television. Gale-Cengage, provided through Access PA.
Contemporary Musicians
Provides biographical information on artists working in all genres of modern music, including rock, jazz, pop, rap, rhythm and blues, folk, New Age, country, gospel and reggae.
Criminal Justice Abstracts Full Text
Indexes over 500 journals, current books, government reports, and dissertations published worldwide.

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Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD)
Focused primarily on systematic reviews that evaluate the effects of health care interventions and the delivery and organization of health services. Includes the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE) and the NHS Economic Evaluation Database (NHS EED). Hosted by the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination at the University of York (UK).
Dictionary of Literary Biography Online
Provides access to the entire print DLB, including nearly 10,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres, including historians, journalists, publishers, and screenwriters.

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Directory of Open Access Journals
DOAJ indexes open access scientific and scholarly journals using a quality control system to guarantee the content.

Open access journals are defined as those that use a funding model that does not charge readers or their institutions for access.
ProQuest Dissertation Express
Search this free resource to find dissertation citations. Search by author, title, or broad subject. No abstracts or full text available through this resource. Search PQDT Open to find dissertations and theses that are available full-text open access.
DSM-5™
Online access to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition (DSM-5). Also includes DSM-5™ Handbook of Differential Diagnosis and DSM-5™ Clinical Cases. Information on how to cite the DSM-5 in APA Style (6th ed.), can be found onthe APA Style Blog 6th Edition Archive.

Multiple users.

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Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans 1639-1800
Based on Charles Evans’ renowned “American Bibliography”, this database contains virtually every book, pamphlet and broadside published in America in the 17th and 18th centuries, over a 160-year period.
America's Historical Newspapers
Full text access to digitized collections of thousands of American newspapers dating from 1690-1917 and from all 50 states.

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Ebook Central
150,000+ ebooks in all academic subject areas.
EBSCOhost EJS
EJS (Electronic Journals Service) provides a gateway to electronic journal subscriptions, including direct linking to over 20,000 full-text titles. Users may browse available journals or search for specific journals or articles.
Econlit
Provides comprehensive information on accounting, capital markets, econometrics, economic forecasting, government regulations, labor economics, monetary theory, urban economics and much more. 1.1 million records, 1886 - Present.
Education Source
Full text from 1,800+ journals and 550+ books on early childhood to higher education, plus educational specialties like multilingual education, health education, and testing. Also includes education related conference papers.
eHRAF World Cultures
Former name Ethnography Collection; contains sections of books, articles, and dissertations for various cultures or ethnic groups and organized by the Human Relations Area Files (HRAF).

Information about 385 societies. Consult these user guides & tutorials for help in navigating.
Encyclopaedia of Islam Online
Includes Encyclopaedia of Islam (English), Second Edition, Glossary and Index of Terms; Encyclopaedia of Islam, Third Edition; and Historical Atlas of Islam. NOTE: Best viewed with any browser except Chrome.

1 user. Search for keyword or browse the Table of Contents.
Encyclopedia of Aesthetics
600 articles on 500+ individuals, concepts, periods, theories, issues, and movements in the history of aesthetics Bibliographies for further scholarship.

From most ancient aesthetic traditions around the world to the Greco-Roman era, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, Romanticism, Modernism, and Postmodernism, up to the present.
Encyclopedia of Evolution
Articles on essential concepts and theories, present methods, models and findings, covering both the history of the field and current controversies.
Encyclopedia of GIS
Major overviews for approx. 200 topics, Geoinformatics, Spatial Cognition, and Location-Based Services.

Shorter entries for Global Positioning System, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model, and Remote Sensing.
Encyclopedia of Global Change
Addresses a host of topics pertaining to global change, e.g., tsunamis, elephant conservation, ocean pollution, mining regulation, permafrost melt, etc.
Encyclopedia of Social Problems
Over 600 entries on all of the major theories, approaches, and contemporary issues in social problems.
Encyclopedia of Social Work
Co-published by the National Association of Social Workers and Oxford University Press, the 20th edition of the Encyclopedia of Social Work (2008) contains four hundred subject entries and two hundred brief biographies of key figures in the history of social work.
Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment
Includes not only Western Europe but also North America, Brazil, and Iberian, Russian, Jewish, and Eastern European cultures. Covers events of the time period between 1670 - 1815.
Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
3,000 articles on all aspects of the period from the fifth to the fifteenth century with a focus on Europe and cultures with whom Europe came into contact.
ERIC (Education Resource Information Center)
The Education Resource Information Center contains more than 1.3 million records and links to more than 317,000 full-text documents dating back to 1966.

Currently indexes and abstracts over 1000 educational and education-related journals.
ERIC - Education Resources Information Center
This is the free, government-sponsored version of the ERIC digital library. Use the 'Find in a Library' link at the end of the abstract to full-text available through Bloomsburg University.
Essay and General Literature Index
Indexes nearly 65,000 essays found in over 5,300 printed anthologies and collections published in the U.S., Great Britain, and Canada, from 1985 - present. EBSCOhost (formerly H. W. Wilson)
European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750
A bibliographic database based on the original bibliography developed by John Alden and Dennis Landis at the John Carter Brown Library, a center for advanced research in history and the humanities.

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Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries. Searchable by subject or keywords within the entry.

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Gale Virtual Reference Library
Includes the following Gale Virtual Reference Library titles: College Blue Book, Contemporary Musicians, Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine, Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence, Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders, Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, American Decades, World Encyclopedia of Police Forces and Correctional Systems, Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life, and Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices.

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Geo Ref
Records covering subjects such as mineralogy and crystallography. Bibliographic records from more than 3,500 journals are included in the database as well as books, maps, conference papers, reports, and theses.
Google Scholar
Use Google's search engine for "scholarly literature". To view Bloomsburg University subscriptions and paid resources, enable 'Library Links.' View this FAQ to see how.

Look for "CheckAvailability@BloomU" or "FullText@BloomU" links.
GPO FDsys
GPO's Federal Digital System (FDsys) provides public access to Government information submitted by Congress and Federal agencies and preserved as technology changes.

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GreenFILE
Information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment, including scholarly, government and general-interest titles with content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.
Grove Encyclopedia of American Art
Covers all aspects of American art and architecture from Native American art to Colonial art to contemporary American art. Includes biographies of major artists, architects and patrons, architecture, painting, new media, photography, sculpture, installation art, performance art, new media art, art education, and more.

Drawing upon the expansive scholarship in The Dictionary of Art (DOA) it adds hundreds of new entries not previously covered in the DOA.
Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art & Architecture
More than 1000 articles spanning the civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome as well as the earlier Minoan, Cycladic, Helladic (including Mycenaean) and Etruscan cultures.

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Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Offers over 1,600 up-to-date entries on Islamic art and architecture ranging from the Middle East to Central and South Asia, Africa, and Europe and spans over a thousand years of history.

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Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture
All aspects of art and architecture from Medieval Western Europe, from the 6th century to the early 16th century.
Grove Music Online
Grove Music Online is now searchable through Oxford Music Online, which also includes the Encyclopedia of Popular Music, the Oxford Dictionary of Music and The Oxford Companion to Music.

Oxford University Press
Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia
Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia is an internationally prominent scientific reference compilation, first published in German in the late 1960s, under the editorship of zoologist Bernhard Grzimek (1909–1987). In a cooperative effort between Gale and the American Zoo and Aquarium Association, the series has been revised, updated, and expanded from 13 to 17 volumes.

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Handbook of Latin American Studies Online
The online version of a selective annotated bibliography of scholarly works on Latin America. Edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress.
Health Source: Consumer Edition
Indexing for nearly 600 periodicals as well as pamphlets and book sections for general health, nutrition and professional health care. Provides access to nearly 80 full-text, consumer health magazines.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Provides access to 550+ scholarly full text journals, most of which are peer-reviewed. Includes the AHFS Consumer Medication Information, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names.
Historic Bloomsburg Digital Projects
Primary collections related to Bloomsburg University and the community, including Student Newspaper, Postcard Collection, Map Collection, Alumni Magazine, Morning Press Image Collection, Book Collection (Obiter), and Local Newspapers.
Historical Abstracts with Full Text
Database of the world's scholarly literature in history (except U. S. & Canada) and related fields.

Indexes articles from more than 1,800 journals, and provides access to 349 full text journals and more than 120 full text books.
Homeland Security Digital Library
Access to policy and strategy documents from federal, state, and local government agencies; international governments and institutions; and research institutions, universities, and think tanks.
Humanities Source
Includes full text for more than 1,400 journals with worldwide content pertaining to literary, scholarly and creative thought. Provides book reviews.

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IBISWorld
Includes reports on over 700 US industries and over 8,000 publicly traded US companies. Search one of three databases: Industry Market Research, Industry Risk Ratings, and Company Research.
IEEE Computer Society Digital Library
Access and search the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' Computer Society full-text journals, transactions, and conference proceedings.
International Encyclopedia of Dance
Covers all types of dance, plus music and costumes, performances, and biographies of dancers and choreographers.

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International Encyclopedia of Ethics
9-volume reference work, presented in A-Z format. Comprises over 700 entries, ranging from 1,000 to 10,000 words in length, written by an international cast of subject experts.
International Encyclopedia of Linguistics
Full range of topics in linguistics, including historical, comparative, formal, mathematical, functional, philosophical, and sociolinguistics.

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Internet Archive: Ebook and Texts Archive
IA offers permanent access to historical collections that exist in digital format, including texts, audio, moving images, and software. Texts available for download in a variety of e-Book formats.

The site also provides specialized services for adaptive reading and information access for the blind and other persons with disabilities.
IOPscience
Provides access to over 70 full-text journals in physics, across scientific, technical and medical disciplines.

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Journals@Ovid
Full-text for over 110 health care journals and searchable abstracts for more than 3,000 health science & science journals.

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JSTOR
A searchable collection of over 600 full text journals, some dating back to the 19th century. Recent issues of most journals are embargoed.

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Legal Collection
Full text for approximately 250 peer-reviewed law journals. Covers criminal justice, international law, federal law, organized crime, medical, labor & human resource law, ethics, the environment and more.

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Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music
Consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music, from the years 1780 to 1980, but strongest in of nineteenth-century American popular music.

From the Special Collections at the Sheridan Libraries of the Johns Hopkins University. The collection is especially strong in music spawned by military conflicts from the War of 1812 through World War I, and minstrel music is also well-represented.
Lexile Framework for Reading
Provides lexile scores as well as reading lists.

MetaMetrics
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
Indexes 700+ periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Covers librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Mid-1960's -- present.

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Literature Criticism Online
Includes: Children's Literature Review (1976-present), Contemporary Literature Criticism (1973-present), Drama Criticism (1991-2014), Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism (1981-present), Shakespearean Criticism (1984-2014), Twentieth Century Criticism 1978-present).

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LinkedIn Learning
Over 1,500 courses and 85,000 individual online video tutorials on common and specialized software applications. Also accessible via mobile devices.

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MAS Ultra School Edition
Provides full text to nearly 500 popular general interest and current events publications in education.

Also provides full text to more than 510,000 images, 360 reference books, over 85,670 biographies, and over 107,000 primary source documents.
MEDLINE Complete
Provides full text for over 1,800 medical journals, and abstracts from over 5,400 current biomedical journals indexed by the National Library of Medicine.

View a brief tutorial on how to use. EBSCOhost
Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print
Contains information, reviews, and references for 3,000+ testing instruments (MMY); provides information on all currently known, commercially available tests in print in English (TIP).

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Middle Search Plus
Provides full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles).

Full text is also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays. Middle Search Plus also contains 84,774 biographies, 105,786 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of over 453,000 photos, maps and flags.
MLA International Bibliography
A bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations produced by the Modern Language Association. It has citations from more than 4,400 journals and series and 1,000 book publishers.

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Music Index
Coverage from 1970 to the present. Indexes 775 international music periodicals from over 40 countries, with English translations from 22 languages.

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National Geographic Magazine Archive
Featuring the complete archive of the magazine from 1888 to 1994, includes every page and photograph, all fully searchable through interface.

Standard features include the ability to filter by subject, geography, and date.
National Guideline Clearinghouse
NGC is a public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.
National Jukebox
Historical sound recordings from the collections of the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation and other contributing libraries and archives.

From the Library of Congress.
US Newsstream
Full text to over 500 US papers including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post. 1980's -- present.

Indexes 590 newspapers, over 200 blogs, podcasts, and websites, as well as trade journals and other sources.
Nature.com
Provides full-text access to the journal Nature in addition to letters, blogs, file-sharing and social networks.

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Naxos Music Library
Streaming access to more than 130,000 CDs with more than 2 millions tracks of both standard and rare repertoire. Over 800 new CDs are added to the library every month. Can be searched by composer, work, genre and label; by keyword search; and more.

In addition, NML provides liner notes for many recordings. 5 simultaneous users.
NCJRS Abstracts Database
National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts Database contains summaries of 225,000+ criminal justice, juvenile justice, and substance abuse resources housed in the NCJRS Library collection, including more than 80,000 online resources.

U.S. Department of Justice. If you find a journal article you want, go to the Library's page and search the Periodical Title List for the journal (not article) title.
New York Times Article Archive
NYT provides free INDEXING of articles dating back to 1851, but NOT full-text. To get full-text, request the article citation through document delivery/interlibrary loan or view it in the Library on microfilm.

For assistance, Ask a Librarian.
Newsbank Special Reports
Special Reports focus on topics of current interest. They include content from sources throughout the world to provide a global perspective, current and background information, statistics, maps, images, websites, and suggested search terms.

New information is added daily to featured and current reports.
Newspaper Source
Selected full text for 40+ national (U.S.) and international newspapers,full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 389 regional (U.S.) newspapers.

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OED Online
Online access to the Oxford English Dictionary, the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. Includes word histories, taxonomies, and sources of definitions, and is searchable by a number of categories of definitions.

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Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
1,100 years of Byzantine history.

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Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance
Covers the art, literature, science, culture, philosophy, religion, economics, history, and conflict of the period.

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Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature
350 essays encompassing the range and depth of American literary history from the 1600s to the present day.

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Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt
The social, political, religious, cultural and artistic history of the 5,000-year civilization.

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Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature
History of literature in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland in the major literary languages: Anglo-Saxon, English, Welsh, Scots, Irish, and Latin.

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Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature
Essays on all genres of children's literature, individual works, and prominent trends and themes, as well as on traditions of children's literature in countries worldwide.

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Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History
Provides an overview of the history of economics.

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Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America
A history of food in America.

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Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States
Over 900 articles addressing such broad topics as identity, art, politics, religion, education, health, and history.

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Oxford Encyclopedia of Rhetoric
Contains approximately two hundred entries, ranging in size from very short for certain figures of speech to the longer entries such as the one on classical rhetoric.

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Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation
Covers not only issues of church polity and theology but also developments in politics, economics, demographics, art and literature.

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Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance
Covers dance, opera, radio, film, television, and popular performances.

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Oxford Music Online
Searches the Encyclopedia of Popular Music, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Grove Music Online, and The Oxford Companion to Music in one platform.

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PEDro
PEDro (Physiotherapy Evidence Database) is a free database of over 38,000 randomised trials, systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy.

PEDro is produced by Musculoskeletal Health Sydney, School of Public Health at the University of Sydney and is hosted by Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA).
Pennsylvania Digital Library
Repository for digital resources created by Pennsylvania libraries, museums, educational institutions, and other cultural heritage organizations with an aggregated search interface.

Users do NOT need to login to search or view.
Philosopher's Index
Author written abstracts for books and over 680 journals of philosophy and related interdisciplinary fields from 50 different countries. 1940 - present.

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Play Index
Indexes over 30,000 plays written from antiquity to the present and published from 1949 to the present.

Search BU Books and More by play title to see if Library owns.
Points of View Reference Center
Search for current and controversial topics. Useful for developing arguments, writing position papers, and development of critical thinking skills.

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Primary Search
Provides full text of over 70 children's magazines, Lexile reading levels included for all full text articles.1990 - present.

Over 100 children's pamphlets and over 100,000 photos, maps, and flags.
Project Euclid
A free databases that indexes journals in the field of theoretical and applied mathematics and statistics.

Cornell University Library & Duke University Press
Project Gutenberg
Contains over 54,000 free ebooks in the public domain that can be downloaded in a variety of formats.
Project MUSE
A searchable collection of over 300 full text academic press journals covering literature, history, the arts, education, philosophy, political science and more.

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ProQuest
Searches all the ProQuest databases: ABI/INFORM Global, Ebook Central, Digitized Newspapers (NY TImes & Phila Inquirer), Historical Newspapers (Phila Inquirer, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Wash Post), and US Newsstream. ProQuest

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PsycARTICLES
Full text articles on current issues in psychology from more than 80 journals published by American Psychological Association and allied organizations. 1894 - present.

All journals included in this database are indexed in PsycINFO.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
Contains full text for over 400 journals.

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PsycINFO
Citations and/or summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations, and technical reports for psychology and related disciplines from nearly 2500 journals,

Journal coverage: 1800's - present. Indexing from 1600's - present.
PsycTESTS
Repository for the full text of psychological tests and measures as well as a rich source of structured information about the tests. To cite material in PsycTESTS, follow the guidelines in this tutorial. EBSCOhost

APA URL: http://psycnet.apa.org
PsycTHERAPY
Provides streaming psychotherapy demonstration videos through PsycNET. To access, click on 'I accept' near bottom of initial Disclaimer page.

View the APA PsycTherapy Teaching Guide for information on database features, including using the Cite tool, and suggested applications and pedagogical methods for using the database.
PubMed
PubMed, a free National Library of Medicine database, includes over 27 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's.

These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. For help, view the tutorial Using PubMed in Evidence-Based Practice.
Login required to access BU's subscription resources

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Regional Business News
Provides comprehensive full text coverage of 80 regional business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

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Sage Journals Online
Over 460 full-text journals in health sciences, social sciences and humanities, materials sciences and engineering, and life and biomedical sciences.

Sage
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Science Magazine
Access to the American Association for the Advancement of Science journal Science plus additional information including news reports, podcasts, videos, images, and more.

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ScienceDirect
50+ subscribed, full-text journals, including journal *Digital Investigation: The International Journal of Digital Forensics & Incident Response* and reference book *Encyclopedia of Virology*.

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SciFinder
Online version of Chemical Abstracts with 18 million+ abstracts. First time users must register on campus and create an account, using this link. For an overview of how to search, view the Intro to SciFinder tutorial or the SciFinder tutorials on the Chemistry Research guide. For in-depth video training, view more SciFinder videos here.
Scitation
Articles from leading physical sciences journals, conference proceedings, standards, and magazines published by AIP (American Institute of Physics) Publishing and publishing partners.
Serials Directory
Contains over 250,000 U.S. and international titles, including newspapers, historical data for an additional 20,000 titles and data from over 108,000 publishers worldwide.

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Social Work Abstracts
Indexes and abstracts the social work literature. Produced by the National Association of Social Workers.1965 - present.

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SocINDEX with Full Text
Journal articles, books, & conference papers for disciplines including sociology, anthropology, criminal justice, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, social psych. 1908 - present.

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Sociological Collection
All areas of sociology, including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, culture and social structure. 1965 - present.

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Something About the Author
Includes Something About the Author, Main Series, and Something About the Author: Autobiography Series, with illustrated biographical profiles of children's authors and illustrators.

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SPORTDiscus with Full Text
Covers exercise physiology, sports medicine, physical therapy, physical fitness, training, coaching, dance, etc. from 1985 to the present; over half of journals are full text.

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Statistical Abstract of the U.S. Online
Authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States.

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Tests in Print (combined with Mental Measurements Yearbook)
Provides information on all currently known, commercially available tests in print in English (TIP); contains information, reviews, and references for 2,000+ testing instruments (MMY);

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TRIP Database
A clinical search engine designed to allow users to quickly and easily find and use high-quality research evidence to support their practice and/or care.

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U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1980
Reports, documents and journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, originally published in approximately 13,800 bound volumes.

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Ulrich's Web
Bibliographic and publisher information on 300,000+ periodicals, including academic and scholarly journals, Open Access publications, peer-reviewed titles, popular magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and more.

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W-X-Y-Z

Wall Street Journal
The financial newspaper of record offering in-depth coverage of national and international finance. All citations are full text. 1984 - present.

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Washington Post (1877 - 2001)
Historical Newspaper known for its political reporting, photo essays, Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial writing, and investigative reporting,

May NOT be searched in combination with other Proquest non-historical databases.
Wiley Online Library
150+ full-text journals in the sciences, health sciences, and social sciences, including business, education, and psychology.

Also provides abstracts to additional journals, books, and other materials.
World Encyclopedia of Police Forces and Correctional Systems
Describes the national law enforcement and correctional systems of more than 195 countries across the globe.

Gale Cengage, 2007
World Shakespeare Bibliography Online
Provides annotated entries for all important books, articles, book reviews, etc. related to Shakespeare and published or produced between 1968 to the present.

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WorldCat
Use this database to search the holdings of libraries worldwide.

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Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life
Covers history, politics, customs, religion, education, human rights issues, teen life, and more, for cultural groups in Asia, Europe, the Americas and Africa.

Gale Cengage, 2009
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices
Current religious practices around the world with an emphasis on how religions impact the daily lives of their followers.

Gale Cengage, 2006

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