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Abbreviationes
This dictionary of medieval Latin abbreviations contains over 80,000 references to manuscripts held at a wide variety of libraries throughout Europe, including the Vatican Library, the libraries at Oxford and Paris and major U.S.
collections.
Entries in the database cover the 8th century through the 15th century.
An index of over 1,800 publications with abstracts, and full text from over 700 of these titles, selected from newspapers, trade publications, and journals on business including, for example, administration, economics, computers, finance, human resources, management, and marketing. Full-text of Wall Street Journal articles available from 1984. Otherwise coverage is from 1971 to the present with some older material available. Updated daily.
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Abstracts in Anthropology
Abstracts of books, articles and conference papers in cultural and physical anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics. International coverage 2003 - date.
Print: Z 5112 .A2x (Ref)1970-date
Abstracts in Social Gerontology
Searchable database of bibliographic records covering social gerontology, including the psychology of aging, elder abuse, society and the elderly, and other key areas of relevance to the discipline. Containing more than 35,700 records, which are carefully selected from the most important sources within the discipline, such as: Journals of Gerontology Series, American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Experimental Gerontology, etc. Covers: 1990 to date.
Formerly
Current Literature on Aging
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Waldo Library, Reference. Call number Z7164.O4C8x
Academic Onefile from InfoTrac contains full text articles from several thousand peer reviewed journals which cover a wide range of subjects including the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. In addition it contains several hundred audio files and transcripts from NPR, CNN, and CBC. It also contains a number of national and international newspapers. Updated daily.
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Access Business News
Collection of approximately 200 business and law journals, local and regional business news weeklies and other news sources across North America.
McGraw-Hill provides this set of online medical books that are both searchable and browsable for students and professionals.
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The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, online.
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Access to Archival Databases (AAD)
AAD is a useful genealogical tool that searches archival resources for specific persons, geographical areas, organizations, or dates. AAD facilitates the search and retrieval of specific data files from the Internet, permitting display and printing of these records. It does not support statistical analysis of data.
Find full-text of current and archived state, national and international news articles on issues, events, people, government and more with this collection of over 4500 newspapers and other news sources. It includes the majority of the top circulating U.S. newspapers, along with thousands of local and regional titles.
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AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive
See AP Images
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ACLS Humanities E-book
A collection of over 2,000 books in the humanities from the early 20th century up to the present selected by the American Council of Learned Societies.
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ACM Digital Library
Full text of every article ever published by the Association of Computing Machinery. Material included as part of our subscription includes journals, magazines, newsletters and proceedings.
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ACM Guide to Computing Literature
Indexes, abstracts, and accesses full text journals, books, proceedings and theses from key publishers in computing.
Searchable collection of more than 30 peer-reviewed journals and magazines published by the American Chemical Society.
Contains the complete texts, which were published between 1656 and 1940, of all the lives of the ancient, medieval and modern saints. Serves as an electronic index for 68 volumes of saints' lives. This subscription is limited to four simultaneous users. Please logout when finished.
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African American Biographical Database
Biographical profiles, full-text sketches and photographs of prominent African Americans from all walks of life between 1790-1950.
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African American Music Reference
Contains reference texts, biographies, chronologies, sheet music, images, lyrics, liner notes, and discographies chronicling the diverse history and culture of the African American experience through music. Covers blues, jazz, spirituals, civil rights songs, slave songs, minstrelsy, rhythm and blues, gospel, and other forms of black American musical expression. Links to the audio streaming database American Song enable users to listen to music that accompanies the liner notes and album information in the database.
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African American Newspapers: The 19th Century
Eventually this database will contain the full-text of major 19th century African-American newspapers providing first-hand stories by way of biographies as well as statistics, essays, editorials, and advertisements serving as primary source historical documentation. Search individual newspapers or group together.
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African American Poetry
The early history of African American poetry, from the first recorded poem by an African American (Lucy Terry's 'Bars Fights', c.1746) to the major poets of the nineteenth century, including Paul Laurence Dunbar and Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.
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Covers agriculture, forestry and animal science, includes food science and nutrition. Coverage 1970 - present. Updated monthly.
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AIAA Electronic Library
This searchable database provides access to AIAA Meeting Papers from 1963 to present and nine AIAA Journals.
Journal coverage dates from the first volume of each title.
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AIDSinfo
A site from the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services providing information on HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention and research, including clinical trials.
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Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals
Search or browse an index to significant articles, news items, and editorials from 70 English language military and aeronautical periodicals. Coverage, 1988-present.
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ALA Guide to Reference
See Guide to Reference
This African news site posts over 800 stories daily in English and French and offers multi-lingual streaming programming as well as over 900,000 articles in the archive, including the Africa News Service from 1997.
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Alternative Press Index
Indexes and selectively abstracts international and interdisciplinary alternative (mostly radical and left) periodicals, newspapers, and magazines covering cultural, economic, political, and social change. Coverage 1991-present. For 1969-90, see the Alternative Press Index Archive. Updated quarterly.
Alternative Press Index Archive
Indexes about 300 alternative, radical and left journals, newspapers, and magazines covering cultural, economic, political, and social change. Coverage 1960-1990.
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AMA Manual of Style Online
Provides a detailed and comprehensive guide to proper style and formatting for papers, articles, theses, dissertations, and books for medical and scientific researchers.
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America's Historical Newspapers 1690-1922
Full text images of articles from early American newspapers for over 700 newspapers from 34 Eastern states, including three Michigan Newspapers, Kalamazoo Gazette (1872-1919), Grand Rapids Press (1893-1922), and Jackson Citizen Patriot (1849-1858).
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America: History and Life
Indexes and abstracts 2,100 journals, book and media reviews, and dissertations about the history and culture of the US and Canada. Searches are by subject, author, title, time period, or document type. Coverage from 1964 to the present and is updated monthly. This subscription is limited to six simultaneous users. Please logout when finished.
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American Civil War: Letters & Diaries
This full text database includes more than 100,000 pages written by over 2,000 persons, primarily letters and diaries from the Civil War. Also includes biographies and an extensive bibliography.
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American Civil War Research Database
This database contains indexed, searchable information on over 4 million soldiers, regimental rosters, officer profiles, thousands of battles, and 16,000 photographs of the American Civil War.
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American Drama (1714-1915)
Containing more than 1,500 dramatic works from the early eighteenth century up to the beginning of the twentieth,
American Drama
reflects American dramatic writing in all its richness and diversity: plays in verse, farces, melodramas, minstrel shows, realist plays, frontier plays, temperance dialogues and a range of other genres are represented. Major dramatists featured include Clyde Fitch, Augustin Daly, David Belasco, James Herne and Joaquin Miller.
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American Film Scripts Online
Over 800 film scripts, as well as detailed information about the scenes, characters, and people related to the scripts. Searches can be restricted quite precisely--to criminal characters or interior urban settings in the 1950s, for example. You can also sometimes compare different versions of a film script.
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American History in Video
A searchble and browsable database including approximately 1,000 hours of newsreels from the late 1890s to the 1980s. When complete it is expected to contain more than 2000 hours of newsreel footage.
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American Mathematical Society Journals
The University Libraries subscribes to journals published by the American Mathematical Society. Online access varies from title to title.
Multimedia collections from the Library of Congress of digitized documents, photographs, sound recordings, motion pictures, and texts. Over 100 collections, including, for example, African-American pamphlets, Chautauqua flyers, Depression photographs, Coca-Cola advertising, and the papers of Alexander Graham Bell, to name just a few.
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American National Biography
Authoritative biographical essays on more than 17,400 deceased Americans from all eras and walks of life published by Oxford University Press. Some of these entries are for literary figures.
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American Newspapers
A subset of the Access World News collection from NewsBank, this database consists of 3000 American newspapers. They are listed by state and are searchable individually, by state or nationally.
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American Periodical Series
Contains over 1,100 periodicals that first began publishing between 1740 and 1900, including special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, children’s and women’s magazines, and more.
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American Poetry (1600-1900)
Over 40,000 poems by more than 200 American poets from the Colonial Period to the early twentieth century.
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More than 100,000 tracks of streaming audio, including songs by and about African Americans, American Indians, miners, immigrants, slaves, children, pioneers, and cowboys. Includes songs of the Civil Rights movement, political campaigns, Prohibition, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, anti-war protests, and more. Note: Content from the former African American Song database is now in American Song.
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Ancestry Library Edition
Several wide-ranging collections of information for conducting genealogical and local history research. Includes: digitized images of the United States Federal Census from 1790 forward, U.S. immigration collection, Birth, marriage and death records (SSDI), U.K. census collection; Military records, and many more.
Available only at the Archives and Regional History Collections, 111 East Hall.
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Annual Bibliography of English Language and
Literature
An additional bibliography to search besides the MLA Bibliography for scholarship about English language and literature. This resource indexes research by broad subject, by chronological period, and by scholars' names. Author search is more effective than subject search.
Print: Z 2011 .M69 (1920-date)
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Provides extensive worldwide indexing of journal articles, reports, commentaries, and edited works in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture and interdisciplinary studies.
Previously
Anthropological Literature
and
Anthropological Index Online
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AnthroSource is a single database of newsletters, bulletins, and 11 peer-reviewed journals from the American Anthropological Association. 31 publications are represented in this searchable archive. Much of the material is full-text. Coverage varies for the past 100 years up to current journal issues.
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AP (Associated Press) Stylebook Online
Provides a detailed and comprehensive guide to Associated Press style
and formatting. AP style is used as a general standard for news
writing.
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This archive is composed of photos, graphics, text, and audio clips from the Associated Press (AP). The photo archive contains photographs from the current year's collection and a selection of images of negatives and prints dating back to the 1840s. Most of the coverage is from 1995. The graphics archive includes graphics, maps, illustrations, and logos prepared by AP artists since 1999. The audio database has more than half a million audio clips from the 1920s to the present. The text database contains over 700,000 full-text AP articles. All are updated daily.
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Applied Science
Abstracts
Basic undergraduate engineering database. It covers only English-language journals, no conferences. WMU libraries own about 60% of the titles indexed. Good first choice for engineering/technology. Coverage: 1983-present.
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ArchiveGrid
ArchiveGrid is an important destination for searching through historical documents, personal papers, and family histories held in archives around the world.
Includes three major resources: a directory of manuscript repositories; records from the National Union Catalogue of Manuscript Collections from the 1950s to the present covering 93,000 collections; and detailed subject indexing for over 58,000 collections in the microfiche series, the National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United States (NIDS).
see Course Reserves
Indexes more than 400 of the leading journals in the arts, including areas such as archaeology, architecture, art history, city planning, crafts, film, folk art, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture, musicology, painting, photography, sculpture, television, textiles, and video. Coverage is from 1984 with abstracts since 1994. Updated monthly.
A database produced by the American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language (University of Chicago) of nearly 2000 texts ranging from classic French literature to nonfiction and technical writing. Includes medieval and Renaissance as well as 18 th , 19 th , and 20 th century works in many genres, such as fiction, poetry, theater, journalism, essays, correspondence and treatises. Subjects include literary criticism, biology, history, economics, and philosophy.
Indexes from the table of contents pages over 16,000 journals in science, technology, medicine, social science, business, humanities, and popular culture. No abstracts. Coverage from 1990 to the present. Updated daily.
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Art Index Retrospective: 1929-1984
This index covers back issues of Art Index and includes citations from over 420 periodicals in English and other languages. Covering fine, decorative and commercial art, it also indexes reproductions of art works appearing in these periodicals.
(FirstSearch) Indexes articles from over 1,300 arts and humanities journals and selectively covers relevant articles from over 5,800 social science and science journals. Coverage is from 1980 to the present. Updated weekly. See also the Arts and Humanities Citation Index.
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Arts & Humanities Citation Index
(Web of Science) The Arts & Humanities Citation Index is a multidisciplinary database that indexes 1,144 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, and selected, relevant items from over 6,800 major science and social science journals. Coverage is from 1975 to the present.
ARTstor is a digital image database containing more than 300,000 art images and descriptive information for noncommercial and scholarly, non-profit educational use. Among the collections represented in ARTStor at the John C. and Susan L Huntinton Archive of Buddhist Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Uffizi Gallery, the Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography at the Cooper Union School of Art, and the National History Museum, London. ARTStor also provides the tools to create presentations using ARTStor images combined with images from users personal collections.
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ASCE Research Library (American Society of Civil Engineers)
This digital library provides full text access to all 30 ASCE Journal and Periodical volumes published since 1995. (Some journals are available going back a little further.)
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Asian American Drama
Full text of 252 plays by 42 playwrights, with information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more. Also included: selected playbills, production photographs and other ephemera related to the plays.
Index to 1.7 million citations to journals and edited books as well as book reviews in the field of religious studies. Coverage from 1908 to the present, with selected records back to 1818. Full text is provided for more than 285,300 electronic articles Updated twice a year.
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Audio Drama: The L.A. Theatre Works Collection
More than 240 dramatic works in streaming audio from the archive of the L.A. Theatre Works.
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Berg Fashion Library
Provides integrated text and image content on world dress and fashion throughout history. Includes the Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion, an extensive E-Book collection, a vast image bank, extra reference resources and more
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Best's Library Center
Search for U.S. and Canadian life/health and property/casualty insurance companies, usually giving for each: a brief corporate overview; key financial indicators; assets and liabilities; Best's rating; company development and structure; ratings and analysis; current and historical credit reports.
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Bibliography of American Literature (BAL)
This bibliography lists nearly 40,000 detailed records of the first editions of literary works of approximately 300 American writers from the period of the Revolution to 1930.
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Bibliography of Asian Studies
The online version of a resource listing over 500,000 citations to research on East, Southeast, and South Asia published worldwide from 1971 to the present.
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Bibliography of the History of Art
A free, searchable index of more than 1,200 journals in European and American art. Coverage from 1990 to 2009.
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Biographies Plus Illustrated
Contains more than 145,000 biographies and more than 36,000 photographs. Includes full text articles from Current Biography and other biographical sources. Many of the biographies have links to other sources and citations to articles.
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Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Indexes numerous printed reference sources that include usually short biograhical information on multiple persons. Covers living and deceased people all over the world in all occupations.
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Biography in Context
Over 600,000 biographies on more than 500,000 people, also including full-text articles from more than 300 magazines and newspapers.
Z 5301 .B5 (Reference Collection)
Indexes biographical information from thousands of periodicals and books. Coverage from 1984. Updated weekly.
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Biography Resource Center
See Biography in Context
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Biological and Agricultural Index Plus
Indexes popular and professional journals in agriculture, biology, forestry, nutrition and food science, and ecology. Coverage: 1983 - present. Updated: monthly.
Covers over 200 high-impact, peer-reviewed full-text journals, in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences. Includes The Arabidopsis Book. Most titles indesed are published by societies and non-profit scholarly publishers. Coverage, 2000-date. Continuously updated.
Comprehensive index with abstracts to periodical articles, reviews, and meetings in all the biological sciences disciplines. Coverage: 1969-present. Updated weekly.
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Birds of North America
Detailed scientific information, along with images and audio clips for the 716 species of birds nesting in the USA and Canada.
Full text of more than 1,300 plays from the mid-1800s to the present written by 200 African or African-American playwrights. Each play is indexed by keyword and by numerous subjects. Enhanced by reference materials, ancillary information and images.
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Black Experience, Schomberg Studies
See Schomberg Studies on the Black Experience
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Black Short Fiction
Includes more than 6,400 stories and folktales by African, African American, and Caribbean authors. (When complete the collection will contain approximately 8000 works.) Most of the stories are in English, but some in French, Portuguese, and Gullah language are also included. Search by keyword, title, author, language and date.
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Black Thought and Culture
A digital collection of monographs, essays, articles, speeches, and interviews by leaders within the black community from the earliest times to 1975.
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Blackwell Synergy (now part of the Wiley Online Library)
A collection of almost 900 full text journals, which is now part of Wiley Online Library , in all fields including Business, Health Sciences, Physical and Life Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences.
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Black Women Writers
Will eventually contain over 100,000 pages of literature and essays written by black women from Africa and the African Diaspora. African American women's writings begin in the late 18th century with narratives depicting slavery. The plan is to cover the Harlem Renaissance writers and writers from the movements of the 1960s. This will also cover works by women in the Caribbean from the second part of the 20th century. African women came into their own as writers during the late 1950s and 1960s, and the aim is to include works from more than 20 African countries.
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BNA Tax and Accounting Center
The Tax and Accounting Center offers practitioners a comprehensive array of analysis, news, primary sources, and practice tools covering federal, international, and state tax issues and financial accounting.
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Bodleian Library Catalogue
This is a digitized copy of the Bodleian Library Incunable Catalog, providing a searchable collection of files of the index: A Catalogue of Books Printed in the Fifteenth Century now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford , Oxford, by Alan Coates, Kristian Jensen, Cristina Dondi, Bettina Wagner, and Helen Dixon, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005).
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Book Review Digest Plus
Indexes and excerpts reviews of English-language fiction and nonfiction books published in leading periodicals. Scholarly books, textbooks, government publications, and technical books are excluded. Online coverage: 1983-present. Updated weekly.
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Book Review Digest Retrospective 1905-1982
Indexes and excerpts reviews of 300,000 English-language fiction and nonfiction books published in leading periodicals. Scholarly books, textbooks, government publications, and technical books are excluded.
Print: Z 1219 .C96 (Ref)
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Provides reviews of general interest and some scholarly books published in the US since 1965. This doesn't have the excerpts from reviews that Book Review Digest provides, nor does it go back to 1905, but it does index many more periodicals.
Print: Z 1035 .A1 B6 (Ref)
More than 6,000 full text books in business, IT and engineering. BroncoNet ID required for login. This subscription is limited to five simultaneous users. Please logout when finished.
Lists millions of records for in-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming books from thousands of publishers (including audio and videocassettes). Some book reviews are included. Please logoff when finished.
Searchable full text databases including, Library of Latin Texts A & B, Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Aristoteles Latinus Database, (medieval translations of the works of Aristotle), Archive of Celtic-Latin Literature (Latin literature produced in Celtic-speaking Europe from the period 400-1200 A.D). Database of Latin Dictionaries, providing access to ten dictionaries, glossaries, and lexicons of the Latin language, and a Cross Database Searchtool to simultaneously search the databases listed above.
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British and Irish Archaeological Bibliography
An extensive annotated bibliography of books and articles on the archaeology of Britain and Ireland with citations going back to the 17th century. Updated twice a year.
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British Periodicals
Search the full text of 160 British journals from the late seventeenth century to the early twentieth. Topics include literature, philosophy, history, science, the fine arts and the social sciences.
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Buros Mental Measurements Yearbook
See Mental Measurements Yearbook
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Business and Company Resource Center
Business and Company Resource Center provides information for domestic and international companies, industry associations, a SWOT analysis for some companies, company financials, and company histories, industry rankings, market share data and more.
Provides hard to find local, regional and national business news articles containing in-depth company, industry, product and executive news, both private and public companies from more than 500 business journals, newspapers and wires. Coverage is from 1993 to 2009.
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Business Rankings Annual
A list to more than 8,000 ranked companies and other subjects that appear in over 1,000 periodicals, newspapers, financial services, statistical annuals, and other sources. It is arranged by specific subject, and the data about each usually includes the criteria for the ranking, the names of the top 5 or 10 in the ranking, the source. Click on the "Publication: tab at the top. Select the title and click on the title or use "Quick Search."
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Cabell's Directories of Publishing Opportunities
Provides a detailed listings of journals providing publishing opportunities. Coverage includes journals in business (accounting, finance, management, marketing, economics)and journals in education (curriculum, administration, educational psychology, educational technology, and library science). Entries include name of the journal, address, contact information, guidelines for submitting manuscripts, and more.
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Cambridge structural database system
Searchable database containing crystal structure information, chemical, and bibliographic data for about 400000 organic and metal-organic compounds.
Note: This software requires Browser Pop-ups to be disabled.
Documentation for the search software and database is available
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CAMIO - OCLC's Catalog of Art Museum Images
CAMIO contains over 23,000 images of works of art representing a broad range of fine and decorative arts from well-known collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Lost Angeles County Museum of Art, the Asia Society, and the Victorian and Albert Museum. All works are represented by a high-resolution image and description. Some images also have additional views plus sound, video, and curatorial notes. Images are available for use classroom use, research, educational web sites, and other forms of educational projects. This tool is designed for use in studio art, art history, anthropology, religion, and other courses in the humanities. CAMIO replaces the AMICO Library.
Created in partnership with the Electronic Text Centre at the University of New Brunswick Libraries, this
collection currently contains the full text of more than 19,000 poems by 177 poets including Bliss Carman, Isabella Valancy Crawford and Archibald Lampman.
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Career Insider (formerly Vault Career Library)
An online career library where you can: conduct employer research, find details on top career paths and detailed insider information about potential careers, read about job responsibilities for occupations that interest you, hiring/education requirements, lifestyle, compensation, and advice for newcomers in a particular career path, obtain overviews on 40 top industries, from investment management to manufacturing, and research salary ranges.
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Career Insider
and enter your wmich.edu email address. Vault will send a password that allows you to enter the Vault Career Library and view or download resources. This password is valid for 24 hours. If you wish to return to the career library after that time you may enter your email again to receive a new password.
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Catalog of US Government Publications
The Catalog is a search and retrieval service that provides bibliographic records of US Government information products. Use it to link to Federal agency online resources or identify materials distributed to Federal Depository Libraries. Coverage begins with July 1976 and new records are added daily.
U.S. government census data grouped into categories such as people, business, geography, and others. Data files are available as well as prepared tables.
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Chadwyck-Healy Literature Collections
Full text of English and American poetry, drama, and fiction from different time periods. The Literature Online database organized by collections. This subscription is limited to four simultaneous users. Please logout when finished.
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Chicago Manual of Style Online
Provides a detailed and comprehensive guide to proper style and formatting for papers, articles, theses, dissertations, and books.
Domestic and Import vehicle information through the current model year. Provides repair, maintenance, recall/Technical Service Bulletins information, and diagnostic "Trouble codes". Updated monthly.
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Chronicle of higher education
The number one source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators.
The Chronicle's Web site features the complete contents of the latest issue; daily news and advice columns; thousands of current job listings; articles published since September 1989; discussion forums; and career-building tools such as an online CV's, salary databases, and more.
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CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online
CIAO is a database of full text resources for theory and research in international affairs. It includes working papers from university research institutes and NGOs, proceedings from conferences, books, journals, policy briefs, case studies and course packs. Includes basic data and statistics collected by EIU on 203 countries. Coverage from 1991.
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CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health)
Indexes journals in nursing and related fields with full text for 560 of them. Some go back as far as 1937. Updated weekly.
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Classical Music Library
Listen to recordings from dozens of classical music labels, including Arabesque, Bridge, EMI, Hanssler, Hyperion, and Newport Classic. Browse or search by composer, title, artist, label, genre, etc., and create your own playlists. Reference section includes composer biographies, a dictionary of terms, and other features.
Apps for some mobile devices available!
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Classical Scores Library
Contains more than 14,000 scores in PDF files for printing. Search specific composers, works, genres, instrument, time periods, etc., or browse the collection. Links to the audio recordings in (External) Classical Music Library allow users to listen while viewing the score.
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Clinical Pharmacology
Database for drug information including product comparisons, a newsletter, quick reference guide and the ability to create handouts for patient information and reports on drug interaction. Downloads to a PDA available from on campus computer
Evidence-based medicine databases including systematic reviews and a controlled trials register on the effects of health care.
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College Source
Online
Contains over 27,000 college catalogs including 2-year, 4-year, graduate and professional schools.
Available only in Waldo Library
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Columbia Earthscape
This interdisciplinary environmental database provides current environmental and public policy information from research institutions, government agencies, and other organizations. Continuously updated. To access from off campus , please set up a username and password from the (External) Login page while on campus.
Selectively indexes and abstracts articles from over 60 primary communications journals. Coverage varies from journal to journal.
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ComDis Dome (Communications Sciences and Disorders Dome)
The ComDis Dome indexes and abstracts articles from over 150 journals, and other literature in the area of communications disorders, with a concentration on speech-language pathology and audiology.
Covers 1950 to the present, with some coverage back to 1911.
The Dome offers features not found in typical research databases:
* Save and share - annotate and share results with others
* Authors' Database - detailed author profiles with contact information and linked publication records
* Exporting - into management software such as Endnote and Procter.
Indexes 80 core periodicals and annuals in communications, including related fields such as journalism, rhetoric, and social linguistics. The time period covered is from the initial publication date of the journal or 1979, whichever date is later.
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Communications and Mass Media Complete
Provides quality research in areas related to communication and mass media. CMMC incorporates the content of CommSearch and Mass Media Articles Index along with numerous other journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields of study. CMMC offers cover-to-cover (core) indexing and abstracts for over 420 journals, and selected (priority) coverage of nearly 200 more, for a combined coverage of more than 600 titles. This database includes full text for 301 journals.
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Community Information Database
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Kalamazoo Community Information Database
Compendex
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Ei Compendex
Includes product introductions, news of computer hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications and the application of technology. Coverage 1980-present.
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Conference Board Research Collection
A collection of full-text research reports on the latest issues in business including economics, management, forecasting, trends, and the marketplace for the United States and the global economy. Coverage from 1998 to date.
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Contemporary Authors
Z 1224 .C6 (Ref)
Part of the Literature Resource Center, this directory provides brief biographical information about more than 120,000 authors from the US and elsewhere. Includes writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, journalism, and many other fields.
This expanding set, currently numbering more than 70 print volumes, provides biographical essays about influential people of African descent around the globe who have made significant contributions in their own countries and/or worldwide. Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library.
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Contemporary World Music
Explore music from all regions and from every continent in this audio streaming database: reggae, worldbeat, neo-traditional, world fusion, Arab swing, African film, Bollywood, Indian classical, flamenco, klezmer, gospel, gagaku, and more.
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Counseling and Therapy in Video
Browse and search a database containing several hundred videos on the study of social work, psychotherapy, psychology, and psychiatric counseling. These videos consist of counseling sessions and demonstrations, consultations, lectures, presentations, and interviews, teaching and discussion guides, and more. Updated with an additional 300 hours of streaming videos.
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CQ
Congress Collection
The Congressional Quarterly Congress Collection is a research and reference tool allowing an historical analysis of members of Congress, their legislative voting behavior, interest groups, and their interactions in crafting public policy. This subscription is limited to five simultaneous users. Please logout when finished.
Explores a current news issue in-depth each week. Articles typically include an overview and background of the issue, pro-con essays on a question in the issue, a chronology, and lengthy bibliography. Coverage from October 1991 to present.
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CQ Voting and Elections Collection
Congressional Quarterly's Voting and Elections Collection contains a wealth of data, analyses, concise explanations, and historical material to help researchers investigate and understand voting and elections in America. This subscription is limited to five simultaneous users. Please logout when finished.
Coverage of the US Congress: status of bills, votes and amendments, floor and committee activity, plus background. In-depth reports on issues looming, plus a complete wrap up of the previous week's news. Written in plain-English that makes it easy for people to understand complex legislation and its ramifications. Searches full-text, also by committee, bill number and date. 1983-present.
Full text online from over 400 encyclopedias, dictionaries and other reference books. Search a topic, build a concept map or browse information sources organized by subject. Find text, images, sound files, sortable data tables and more.
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Criminal Justice Periodicals Index Online (ProQuest Criminal Justice)
Searchable and browsable database of U.S.and international criminal justice journals. The database includes abstract and indexing for over 400 titles, with more than 170 available in full text.
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CRL: Center for Research Libraries
"CRL is a consortium of North American universities, colleges, and independent research libraries. The consortium acquires and preserves traditional and digital resources for research and teaching and makes them available to member institutions through interlibrary loan and electronic delivery." (External) CRL catalog .
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DAAI: Design and Applied Arts Index
Contains annotated references from over 500 design and craft journals about all aspects of design (interior, fashion, retail, theater, and others). Also indexes newspapers, conference reports, and reviews of books, videos, and exhibitions. Separate directories list college and university craft and design courses as well as journals in these fields. Coverage from 1973 to present.
Video streaming of over 150 dance productions and documentaries. Selections cover ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance, as well as forerunners of the forms and the pioneers of modern concert dance. Make your own playlists and save clips.
Dateline is no longer a separate database, now included in ABI/Inform Complete. Provides full text information on local and regional business news. Contains business information not typically found in national news sources. Includes information on local markets, major business tabloids, magazines, daily newspapers, wire services, and area business publications. Coverage: 1985 to date.
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Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online
Search and Browse the Dictionary of Literary Biography, containing more than 16,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres . Includes the DLB main series, the DLB Documentary Series, and the DLB Yearbook Series.
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Dictionary of Old English
Covers the vocabulary of the first centuries (600-1150 A.D.) of the English language (A-G is currently available). The DOE complements the (External) Middle English Dictionary (which covers the period 1100-1500 A.D.) and the (External) Oxford English Dictionary , the three together providing a full description of English vocabulary.
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Dictionary of Old English Corpus
This database gathers 3037 individual texts comprising a complete record of Old English. Arranged as a contextual dictionary, words or word fragment searches lead to hits everywhere these appear in an OE text.
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Digital Corporate Manuals
Searchable archive of corporate and industry related documents. Contains more than 180,000 documents covering over 100 countries. Includes data from 1909 to 2008.
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Digitale Bibliothek Deutscher Klassiker
An electronic edition of the Bibliothek deutscher Klassiker which contains the highpoints of German literature, as well as editions of works by writers and philosophers such as Herder, Kleist, Kant, and Fichte. Various historical, philosophical theological, political and art history texts are included among the digitized works. The overall range is 800 to 1914.
A browsable electronic archive of Barron's, Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post newspapers from 2008. Most recent 3 months not usually available. Full cover-to-cover content includes photos, graphs, and tables. Retrieved content can be cropped, zoomed, rotated, printed, emailed, or saved in PDF format. Use of Internet Explorer is recommended. *Note: At this time, Digital Microfilm is not compatible with Firefox 3.6.x for Windows Operating Systems.
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Digital Sanborn Maps 1867-1970
Maps of 300 Michigan towns and cities drawn at a scale of 50 feet to the inch, including street blocks and building numbers.
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Directories Online
See
Gale Directory Library
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Dissertation Abstracts
See Dissertations and Theses (ProQuest)
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Dissertations and Theses (ProQuest)
Indexes virtually all doctoral dissertations and many masters theses produced in the U.S. since 1860 and many from foreign schools as well. Abstracts available from 1980. Full text for most dissertations available from 1997. Some authors choose to not make their dissertations available. Print and microfilm copies are offered for a fee, but check out
Interlibrary Loan
before paying for a copy.
Database of green energy-related technical report literature. Includes green energy patent information and more. Provided by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science and Technical Information.
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Early American Fiction (1789-1850)
Provides both images and text for a well-defined and comprehensive collection of early American fiction. Presently includes 440 titles by 80 authors, including first printings of works by James Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Montgomery Bird, Washington Irving, Catharine Sedgwick, and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Published jointly with the University of Virginia Library.
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Early American Fiction (1789-1875)
Provides the full text of 875 first editions of American novels and short stories by such authors as Louisa May Alcott, Herman Melville, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Mark Twain, as well as a host of minor writers of the period.
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Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans 1639-1800
Search full text of almanacs, broadsides, laws, maps, narratives, pamphlets, speeches, textbooks, treaties and more from the 17th and 18th centuries. The database can be browsed by genre, subjects, author, history of printing, place of publication and language.
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Early Encounters in North America: Peoples Cultures, and the Environment
This full text database includes more than 100,000 pages of letters, diaries and other accounts of traders, explorers, native peoples, and others from 1534 to 1850. Indexed by place, year, peoples, cultural events, and other categories.
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Early English Books Online (EEBO)
Contains digital images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700 - from the first book printed in English by William Caxton, through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare and the tumult of the English Civil War. The collection is indexed at the (External) British Library website . The index (in print) and images (on microfilm) are also available in Waldo Library.
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Early English Prose Fiction (1500-1700)
Over 200 complete works in fictional prose from the period 1500-1700.
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A collection of over 40,000 books from over 150 publishers covering all academic disciplines. Users must download and install the Ebrary software to view the books.
ECO (Electronic Collections Online)
Full-text journals in a variety of subjects presented predominantly in PDF format, including images. Searchable as a whole collection or just those titles owned by WMU Libraries. Coverage from 1995, updated daily.
Indexes and abstracts over 400 journals and over 700 essay collections and other publications in economics from 1969 to the present with links to full-text when available. Updated monthly.
Contains searchable 10K Reports and other filings from the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Editions and Adaptations of Shakespeare
Contains eleven major editions of Shakespeare from the First Folio of 1623 to the Cambridge edition of 1863-6 as well as more than one hundred adaptations, sequels and burlesques from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.
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Education Abstracts
Indexes more than 700 English-language periodicals in education. Coverage: 1983 to the present, abstracts from 1994. Updated weekly.
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Education Index Retrospective 1929-1983
Indexes about 850,000 articles in education journals from 1929-1983.
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Searchable and browsable database of streaming video developed specifically for training and developing teachers. Videos include teaching demonstrations, lectures, documentaries, and primary-source footage of students and teachers in actual classrooms.
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Educator's Reference Complete
Educator's Reference Complete is a selection of more than 450 full-text academic journals, hundreds of full-text reports, and many premier reference sources. Included content focuses on educational principles, child development and psychology, and best practices in education. The database is updated daily.
This is a cross-cultural database that currently contains nearly 60,000 pages of information on the world's prehistory. This annually updated eHRAF database is organized by archaeological traditions and the full-text sources are all subject-indexed to the paragraph level.
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eHRAF Collection of Archaeology
see
eHRAF Archaeology
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eHRAF Collection of Ethnography
see
eHRAF World Cultures
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eHRAF World Cultures
The electronic Human Relations Area Files is a full-text cross-cultural database that contains over 350,000 pages of information on all aspects of cultural and social life written by social scientists, travelers and missionaries. Information is organized into cultures and ethnic groups and the sources are subject-indexed at the paragraph level. Updated annually. Coverage: 1866 to the present.
The most comprehensive index for scholarly research in engineering and applied science. Includes conference papers and foreign language material. Coverage 1969-present, updated weekly.
Available through
Engineering Village 2
.
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Eighteenth-Century Fiction (1700-1780)
96 complete works in English prose from the period 1700-1780, by writers from the British Isles. Includes a scanned version of Sterne's
Tristram Shandy
, and two different editions of Richardson's
Clarissa
and
Pamela
and of Swift's
Gulliver's Travels
.
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Electronic Enlightenment
This database provides access to tens of thousands of letters from the best critical editions from leading scholarly and university presses around the globe covering the era of the Enlightenment.
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eLibrary Elementary
Full-text material from magazines, books, newspapers, maps, pictures, and TV and radio transcripts for elementary school children. Updated daily.
Full-text journal articles in international management, organizational development, library and information management, leadership, quality and operations management, engineering, applied science and technology. Abstracts from 1989, full-text from 1994 to the present. Updated weekly.
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Engineering Village
Engineering Village features access to the Compendex and PaperChem databases.
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English Drama (1280-1915)
A combination of Chadwyck-Healey's
English Verse Drama
and
English Prose Drama
full-text databases. 4,000 plays by 1,200 authors from the late thirteenth century to the early twentieth century.
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English Poetry (600-1900)
Essentially the complete English poetic canon from the 8th century to the early 20th. Over 160,000 poems by more than 1,250 poets drawn from nearly 4,500 printed sources.
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English Poetry, Second
Edition
This contains more than 183,000 poems by over 2,700 poets, representing a comprehensive archive of English verse from the 8th century to the early 21st. Includes representative poems both of the literary heritages of Commonwealth and ex-colonial countries and of the poetic legacies of English writers who have only been brought back to scholarly attention during the last thirty years.
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Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management
Multidisciplinary index with abstracts of journals, conference proceedings, reports, books and government publications in the environmental sciences. Coverage: 1967- present. Updated monthly.
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Ergonomics Abstracts Online
Index with abstracts of over 400 journals and other publications in all aspects of ergonomics and human factor engineering. Coverage: 1985-present. Updated 4 times a year.
The Educational Resources Information Center indexes and abstracts over 2,000 journals and more than 450,000 reports in education and related fields. Some documents are available full text, the rest are on microfiche in the Education Library. Covers 1966-present. Updated monthly.
This is the
FirstSearch
version,
Tutorial
This database is also available from (External)
ProQuest
and from the (External)
US government
.
The Educational Resources Information Center indexes and abstracts over 2,000 journals and more than 450,000 reports in education and related fields. Most documents are available full text. Covers 1966-present.
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Essay and General Literature Index
Indexes essays in over 300 books each year, especially in the humanities and social sciences. Coverage: 1985-present. Updated annually.
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E-STAT
E-STAT is an interactive tool about society and the economy in Canada. The database also contains comprehensive statistical and demographic data about Canada, containing census returns from 1986-2006 and the historical censuses from 1665 to 1871; the 1991 and 2001 Aboriginal Peoples Surveys; CANSIM time series (including more than 2,700 tables); 1997 and 2000 Canadian federal election returns; and more.The E-STAT database is password protected. WMU faculty, students and staff who wish to access E-STAT should contact Barbrara Cockrell by phone (269 387-5143) or email Barbara.Cockrell@wmich.edu.
Index and full-text to over 250 ethnic newspapers, magazines and journals in both English and Spanish. Major area of focus is ethnic area studies, but also covers arts, business, education, environment, history, journalism, political science, and sociology. Coverage from 1985.
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Ethnographic Video Online
A growing, searchable collection of over 150 videos covering the study of human culture and behavior including the work of many of the most influential documentary filmmakers of the 20th century, including interviews, previously unreleased raw footage, field notes, study guides, and more. Upon completion this will contain more than 1,000 videos.
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Expanded Academic ASAP
An index to a variety of scholarly journals in all academic disciplines as well as numerous news magazines and newspapers. Many include full-text. Coverage: 1980-present.
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Export Reference Library
Contains country profiles summarizing import and exchange controls, tariff systems, documentary requirements, standards and labeling regulations, and entry procedures for goods and travelers for over 200 countries. Also includes information about U.S. export regulations and controls, trade blocs, international agreements, and more.
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Faber Poetry Library
A collection of some of the most influential poets of the twentieth century. The Faber list spans the seventy-year history of this major publishing house, and includes the poetry of James Joyce, Siegfried Sassoon, T.S. Eliot, Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath and Seamus Heaney. In total The Faber Poetry Library contains 140 volumes by 50 poets.
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Facts on File
See World News Digest.
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Faulkner Advisory for IT Studies
This online technology reports database covers IT infrastructure, telecom, data networking, wireless communications, security, enterprise systems, healthcare IT, the Internet and World Wide Web, as well as technology vendors. It has links to news resources like Nando Net, New York Times , Financial Times , NewsBytes, the BBC and more.
FDsys, short for Federal Digital System, provides electronic access to information from the three branches of government. FDsys resources include; The Congressional Record, The Federal Register, The Code of Federal Regulations, The Compilation of Presidential Documents, Public and Private Laws, the United States Code, reports from the Government Accountability Office as well as numerous other resources. The basic FDsys search feature searches across all of these resources.
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Filmmakers Library Online
Search or browse documentaries on a variety of topics: race and gender studies, human rights, globalization and global studies, multiculturalism, international relations, criminal justice, the environment, bioethics, health, political science and current events, psychology, arts, literature, and more. Currently provides 924 titles, equaling approximately 738 hours.
Several thousand streaming videos which allows searching for specific video segments, organize videos into folders, create personal playlists for your students to view, and even create customized bookmarks within any program. Includes videos from the Humanities & Social Sciences, Business & Economics, Science & Mathematics, and Health & Medicine collections.
FirstSearch
Access to over 35 databases in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, presented by topic areas. Some databases include full-text and/or abstracts. It is possible to search up to 3 FirstSearch databases simultaneously.
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Gale Directory Library
Database of directories with the ability to sort, export, and print results. Directories include the Brands and Their Companies, Business Rankings Annual, Directories in Print, Directory of Libraries and Special Information Centers, Encyclopedia of Associations , Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media , Government Research Directory, Market Share Reporter , Publishers Directory , Research Centers Directory , and Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies .
Searches 16 InfoTrac databases simultaneously for magazine and journal articles, books, multimedia content, and news.
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Gale Virtual Reference Library
Online reference books in business, education, law, medicine, religion and social science.
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GAO Reports (Government Accountability Office)
This Federal database contains the Government Accountability Office's (GAO) "blue book" reports which contain findings and recommendations to Congress. Restricted and classified products, as well as correspondence, are not included in this database. Coverage 1993 to present. Updated daily.
An historical and current perspective on the evolution of women's and gender issues. Full-text articles from over 200 scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, as well as books, and reports. Coverage from 1970.
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General Business File ASAP
An index of business publications that includes trade publications, newspapers, journals, broker research reports, and company profiles, some articles with full text and images. Coverage 1980 - present.
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General Science Abstracts
Indexes more than 160 leading science journals and magazines from the United States and Great Britain. Includes such subjects as anthropology, astronomy, biology, computers, earth science, medicine and health. Coverage: 1984 - present, abstracts from 1993. Updated monthly.
Major index for geology and earth sciences which includes journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports, and theses. Coverage of North America: 1785-present, International: 1933-present. Updated twice monthly.
Provides full-text searching and online access to 32 high-impact, peer-reviewed scholarly journals produced by leading geoscientific organizations (AAPG, AGI, GSA, MSA, GSL, SEPG, SEG). Each journal includes one to five years of backfiles and is updated continuously. Alerting and monitoring services are available.
Search the full text of books, find full text of the books where copyright laws allow, see a few pages, or find where you can purchase or borrow the particular book. Google is working with publishers and libraries to provide access to as many books as possible.
This service from Google searches scholarly literature, including articles, theses, books and technical reports from many areas of research. Some materials are free, some will be available to WMU users by clicking on Find it @WMU, while others will require a fee. Please remember to use library databases for a more complete search of scholarly literature.
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GPO Access (Government Printing Office)
GPO Access offers free searching and access to the full text of the Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, the Congressional Record, U.S. Public Laws, the Budget of the United States, GAO Reports, and other major U.S. government documents.
GPO Monthly Catalog (Government Printing Office)
An index to US government publications, including reports, hearings, debates, records, judiciary materials, and documents issued by executive departments, such as the Defense, State, Labor, and the Office of the President. Online coverage from 1976 - present. Updated monthly.
Print: Z 1223 .A13 - .A18 (Documents, Ref.) 1895-1995
A multidisciplinary database of scholarly, government and general-interest titles on environmental topics. Subjects covered include global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for approximately 295,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,600 records.
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Grove Art Online
see Oxford Art Online
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Grove Music Online
See Oxford Music Online
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Guide to Reference
A searchable guide to reviews of thousands of the significant reference sources. Provides for the creation of personalized accounts allowing the addition of personalized notes and comments and the ability to save searches.
A collaboration between Columbia University Press and the American Historical Association that promotes electronic publication of prize-winning scholarly books. Besides the text of the books extra features include hyperlinks to supplementary literature, images, music, video, and related Web sites.
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Handbook of Latin American Studies
A multi-disciplinary annotated bibliography of scholarly works on Latin America edited by the Library of Congress, with alternating annual coverage of the humanities and the social sciences. Coverage: 1936-date.
Print: Z 1605 .H23 (Ref) 1935-date.
Hand Press Book
See
Heritage of the Printed Book
.
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HAPI Online: Hispanic American Periodicals Index
This index leads to information about Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the United States. It indexes articles, book reviews (through 2001), documents, original literary works, and other materials in more than 500 key social science and humanities journals published throughout the world. Many of the citations are linked to full text. Coverage from 1970 to date.
Full-text as well as images from the important American magazine Harper's Weekly. Coverage: 1857-1912.
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HathiTrust Digital Library
HathiTrust is a partnership of major research institutions and libraries working to ensure that the cultural record is preserved and accessible long into the future.
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Health and Psychosocial Instruments
Indexes a wide variety of publications devoted to evaluation and measurement tools for health and psychosocial studies for practitioners, educators, researchers, and students. Coverage: 1985-present. Updated quarterly.
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Health and Wellness Resource Center
An index to articles as well as information from a variety of reference sources. Includes links to medical encyclopedias, a dictionary, drug and herb finder, health organization directory, and some newspapers. Coverage 1980-present. Updated daily.
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HeinOnline: The Modern Link to Legal History
HeinOnline consists of major full text legal collections including: the Law Journal Library, the Federal Register Library, the Treaties and Agreements Library, U.S. Code, and the U.S. Supreme Court Library. These collections are image-based and fully-searchable, with comprehensive coverage of each title, some going back to the 18th century. Click on "Subscribers please select this link to enter."
Heritage of the Printed Book
The Heritage of the Printed Book database (formerly known as the Hand Press Book database), produced by the Consortium of European Research Libraries (CERL), contains records from major European national, university and research libraries and is a catalog of European printing from the 15th century to the 1830s containing over 2.7 million records. Covering the intellectual and social history, transmission of thought, and the history of printing and the history of the book during that period. Updated annually.
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HeritageQuest Online
HeritageQuest Online includes records from the 1790 - 1930 U.S. federal censuses. It offers more than 20,000 book titles, including nearly 8,000 family histories and over 12,000 local histories. Additionally, there are more than 250 primary-source documents such as tax lists, city directories, probate records, and more. Also included is the Periodical Source Index (PERSI), a widely recognized resource guide that covers more than 6,300 genealogy and history periodicals written in English and French (Canada) since 1800, the Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files, which identifies more than 80,000 American military, naval, and marine officers and enlisted men, and the Freedman’s Bank Records which documents more than 70,000 bank depositors and their dependants and heirs.
Indexes and abstracts over 2,100 journals, books, and dissertations in world history, excluding the US and Canada, from 1450 to the present. Searches by subject, author, title, time period, or document type. Coverage: 1955 to present. Updated monthly.
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Historical Newspapers
Search all of these newspapers at once or individually for full-text articles in this index:
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Atlanta Constitution (1868 - 1945)
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Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003)
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The Chicago Defender (1905 - 1975)
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Chicago Tribune (1849 - 1987)
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Christian Science Monitor (1908 - 1997)
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Detroit Free Press (1831-1922)
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Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005)
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Los Angeles Times (1881 - 1987)
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New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993)
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The New York Times (1851 - 2006), w/ Index (1851-1993)
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Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002)
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The Wall Street Journal (1889 - 1993)
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The Washington Post (1877 - 1994)
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Historical Newspapers--Black Newspapers
These five leading African-American newspapers provide research tools for studying American history and African-American
culture, history, politics, and art. (External)
Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003)
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The Chicago Defender (1905 - 1975)
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Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005)
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New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993)
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Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002)
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Historical Statistics of the United States
This is a new revision of the original 1975 reference set which provides statistical data on the United States from colonial times to the present. It has been expanded to include 37,000 new data sets, and deals with numerous new topics such as Native Americans, slavery, race, ethnicity, the Confederacy, and poverty. The searchable and downloadable electronic edition allows users to graph individual tables and to create customized tables and spreadsheets.
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Historic Documents Series
Each volume includes approximately 100 documents covering the most significant events of the year. Documents range from presidential speeches, international agreements, and Supreme Court decisions to U.S. governmental reports, scientific findings, and cultural discussions. This subscription is limited to three simultaneous users. Please logout when finished.
History of Science, Technology and Medicine
The History of Science, Technology and Medicine database is an international bibliography of history of science, technology, and medicine from 1975 - present. Includes records of journal articles, conference proceedings, books, dissertations, serials, maps and other materials, covering the influences of these fields on society and culture from prehistory to the present. Updated quarterly.
This business directory lists public, private, international and emerging company profiles with links to company Web sites, as well as other business related links. For the fulltext of Hoovers go to LexisNexis in the list of databases. From their home page see "Get Company Info" in this box click on Company Profiles, then select Hoovers.
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Hospitality & Tourism Complete
This database indexes more than 600 travel and tourism journals relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism including the culinary arts, demographics & statistics, development & investment, food & beverage management, hospitality law, hotel management & administrative practices, leisure & business travel, market trends, technology and more. Includes full text for more than 400 journals. 1965 to present. Updated weekly.
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HRAF
see
eHRAF Collection of Ethnography
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Humanities Abstracts
Indexes more than 465 major humanities journals in art, history, literature, philosophy, religion, music, and related areas. Coverage from 1984, abstracts from 1994 to the present.
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Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective
Indexes core journals published in the 20
th
century in North America and Europe. Coverage 1907-1984.
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Human Resources Library
This resource provides information on policies, laws, and regulations, as well as expert analyses of issues human relations departments must address in the areas of personnel management, fair employment practices, compensation, wages and hours, and labor relations.
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ICPSR
See Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research
Full-text access to all journals, transactions, and magazines published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers with coverage from 1988; Includes IEEE conference proceedings and all current IEEE standards. Note: this resource is limited to fifteen simultaneous users. Please logoff when you are finished.
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IHS Standards Expert
This database allows users to search more than 1 million standards from over 370 standards organizations. Faculty and graduate students only may request individual standards for purchase through approval by the engineering librarian. Users need to set up a personal account to order standards. Undergraduate students need to contact the engineering librarian edward.eckel@wmich.edu for assistance with using our Interlibrary Loan service to borrow a copy of a necessary standard.
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Illustrated Civil War Newspapers and Magazines
Contains full-text articles from 49 periodicals, including 15 campaign newspapers, published from 1860 to 1865. Many of the publications are rare and hard to find, and include source materials from museum, library, and private collections, including the American Antiquarian Society. The database can be searched by date or topic, or one can browse each individual publication. The database also contains a sample selection of 300 Union and 300 Confederate letters from the larger database, American Civil War: Letters & Diaries.
Image Catalog
See
WMU Image Catalog
Restricted to WMU Faculty, Staff, and Students.
Indexes literature on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world. Covering subjects such as: Economics, History, Law, Literature, Religion, Social Sciences, and more. From 1906-Present.
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Index of Christian Art
Records over 23,000 Christian art works in worldwide collections from early apostolic time to 1400 AD. Records include subject and stylistic descriptors, school, object type, bibliographies and picture references, cross references, locations, and digital images, when available.(May not work from off campus.)
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Index to Legal Periodicals and Books
Indexes articles in over 900 law journals and other publications, including yearbooks and government publications, from the US and other English-speaking countries. Includes book reviews. Coverage: 1981-present. Updated monthly.
Print: KZ .I38x (Ref.) 1952-2000
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Index to theses (in Great Britain and Ireland)
This indexes theses accepted for higher degrees by universities in Great Britain and Ireland since 1716, with abstracts since 1970. Full text of a theses may be requested through interlibrary loan, but may take a while and may be expensive. Please check the (External) CRL catalog first, as they purchase some international theses.
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Industry ratios
See Key Business Ratios.
A collection of Spanish language full-text magazines, covering business, health, culture, currents events, and more. Una colección de revistas hispánicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias.
InfoTrac is a large collection of full-text databases in a wide variety of subject disciplines. Listed below are some of the major databases are available from InfoTrac:
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Books & Authors
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Business and Company ASAP
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Business and Company Resource Center
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ChiltonLibrary.com
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Computer Database
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Educators Reference Complete
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Expanded Academic ASAP
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General Business File ASAP
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Health and Wellness Resource Center
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InfoTrac Academic OneFile
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InfoTrac Newsstand
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InfoTrac General OneFile
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InfoTrac General Reference Center Gold
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InfoTrac Health Reference Center Academic
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InfoTrac Junior Edition
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InfoTrac Student Edition
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Informe!
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Kid's InfoBits
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LegalTrac
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New York Times
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Times Literary Supplement Centenary Archive
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InfoTrac Academic Onefile
Academic Onefile from InfoTrac contains full text articles from several thousand peer reviewed journals which cover a wide range of subjects including the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. In addition it contains several hundred audio files and transcripts from NPR, CNN, and CBC. It also contains a number of national and international newspapers. Updated daily.
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InfoTrac General OneFile
Indexes news and periodical articles on a wide variety of topics. Millions of articles are full-text. Coverage: 1980-present.
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InfoTrac Health Reference Center - Academic
Indexes articles with abstracts and selected full text from medical journals and other publications about medicine, nutrition, and related subjects. Coverage: 1980-present.
Index to the full text of more than 1,700 newspapers from around the country and world, including the Detroit Free Press, London Times and the New York Times. Translate articles into 11 different languages, create email alerts, and more. Searches can be restricted to particular newspapers. Coverage varies.
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InfoTrac Student Edition
Indexes and provides many full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books on a wide variety of subjects. Intended for high school students.
Indexes and abstracts over 30,000 publications, with some access to full-text on a pay-per-view basis. Search for the journal title under the Journals tab on the library home page before purchasing any articles.
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In Principio
Contains over 1,000,000 incipits covering Latin literature from the Pre-classical Age to the Renaissance. Click
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, then then click on the link to In Principio.
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Indexes scientific and technical journals in physics, electrical engineering, electronics, communications, control engineering, computers and computing, and information technology. Coverage: 1969-present. Updated weekly.
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Institute of Physics
Full text articles of titles subscribed to by the WMU Libraries and tables of contents access to all of their published titles. Create an account for e-mail alerting, to save searches or maintain a personal file of articles.
Set up a username & password here to submit automated requests from online indexes. Allow up to 2 weeks for materials to arrive.
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International Directory of Company Histories Online
This multi-volume directory is available as part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library and consists of over 8,500 historical profiles of the world's largest and most influential companies. Included is a list of subsidiary companies, and sources for further reading.
The link will take you to "Basic
Search," click on the plus sign next to "Business," then select your
title to access the e-book.
HD 2721 .I58x (Reference Collection) vol. 1-92
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International Directory of Medievalists
Contains over 15,000 names and addresses of specialists from over 70 different countries. Click
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International Encyclopaedia for the Middle Ages
Contains peer-reviewed articles covering Dioceses; Prelates; Peoples, Tribes or Cultures, Scholastic authors, and more during the period 300 to 1500 CE. Click Enter Databases , then click on the link to International Encyclopaedia. This subscription is limited to three simultaneous users. Please logout when finished.
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International Encyclopedia of Communication Online
Scholarly, historical, and analytical articles on communication systems, organizations, modes, media, codes, behavior, and effects.
Biographical articles are focused on career development, not definitive assessments. Contains many cross-references, bibliographies, and a separate index and topical guide.
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International Financial Statistics
This database provides statistics on international and domestic finances of countries since 1948. Information is presented in spreadsheet format and can be downloaded.
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International Index to Music Periodicals Full Text
Indexes and abstracts articles, reviews and other features from more than 430 music periodicals, with full text coverage of 125 journals and magazines.
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International Index to Performing Arts
This database provides coverage of dance, film, television, drama, theater, stagecraft, and more, indexes more than 250 performing arts journals and provides full text for more than 100 journals. Coverage varies.
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International Medieval Bibliography
An index to articles in journals and other publications about Europe, the Middle East and North Africa within the dates 400-1500 AD. Coverage: 1967-present. To search,
click Enter Databases,
then click on the link to the database.
Print: Z 6203 .I62x (Ref) 1967-2004,
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International Trade Reporter
Includes the latest news and trends in U.S. trade policy, including regulatory, legislative, and judicial developments from U.S. Congress, the International Trade Commission, Departments of State, Treasury, and Commerce, World Trade Organization, and European Union. Also includes developments affecting U.S. trade and international business policy and the policies of major U.S. trading partners.
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Internet and Personal Computing Abstracts
Provides abstracts and indexing for literature related to personal computing products and developments in business. Coverage from 1995.
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Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
A membership based organization which provides access to and archives of social science data for research and instruction. Areas of research range from crime, to economic indicators, to consumer behavior, and health information. Western Michigan University's membership provides "researchers affiliated with WMU the ability to access and download the data. To apply for a Username/Password, registration is required (External) here.
This index lets users perform searches within letters, diaries, oral histories, memoirs, and autobiographies that are freely available on the Web and in Alexander Street databases. Users can access thousands of personal narratives in English from archives and repositories everywhere. Includes links to full text, audio, and video whenever available.
Provides International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions and literal translations of about 5,000 art songs and 800 opera arias.
Details
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Iter - Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
A non-profit research project enables more access to published materials about the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700) through online bibliographic databases. Includes books and articles.
Listen to more than 131,000 tracks of all types of jazz by solo artists and ensembles from throughout jazz history to the present day. Make and save playlists for classes or just for pleasure. Also accessible through Music Online.
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Journal Citation Reports
Presents statistical data that provides an objective way to evaluate journals and their impact and influence in the global research community. Online training is available (External) here .
Full-text access to selected scholarly journals in a number of humanities and social sciences disciplines. Search by individual title or in the whole collection. This database contains only back issues and does not include issues of the most recent 3 to 5 years.
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JSTOR Plant Science
A global database of plant information containing type specimens, taxonomic structures, paintings, drawings, scientific literature, correspondence, and supporting materials contributed from over 160 partners in 47 countries.
Full text articles available from NewsBank for this local newspapers from 2005 to date. Print copies kept in Science Reference until microfilm comes in. Microfilm: AN 3 (Lower Level) 1837 - present, with gaps in the 19th century.
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Kalamazoo Gazette Index
Only local news is indexed. The Kalamazoo Public Library has an online index for the Gazette as a part of its catalog. Indexed by subjects and personal names since 1972. A few things have been indexed from older issues. You may need to pull the drop-down menu to Local Indexes and Community Information before searching.
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Key Business Ratios
Provides key business ratios and industry norms for over 800 lines of business and 14 key ratios. Industry norms are based on the SIC code of the company. Industry ratios provide a side-by-side comparison of a business with it’s industry peers. They represent median statistics derived from D&B financial statement database of public and private companies. Updated quarterly. HF 5681 .R25 I537x (Reference Desk Collection)
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Klimt02
Database offering a list of jewelers, exhibitions, galleries, museums, as well as digitized images of jewelry.
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Labor and Employment Law library
The Labor and Employment Law library provides a resource for cases, guidance, and news in all major areas of the field of employment relations: fair employment practices, individual employment rights, Americans with disabilities, wages and hours, labor-management relations, collective bargaining, and labor arbitration.
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Latin American Women Writers
When complete, this resource will contain approximately 100,000 pages of prose, poetry and drama by women writers from Mexico, Central, and South America from the colonial period to the present. Currently there are about 4200 pages of prose and poetry available. Drama will be added next.
Contains more than 100,00 pages of poetry, fiction and drama by Chicano, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Dominican and other Latin writers working in the United States. Includes almost 400 plays.
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LearningExpress Library (formerly LearnATest)
Includes preparation materials and interactive practice exams for numerous standardized tests such as MEAP, GED, SAT, and GRE. Also includes tests for professions such as law enforcement and real estate. Also includes the Job & Career Accelerator tool, which provides personalized, step-by-step job search assistance. This free service does require that you register a username or email address. Michigan residents can access this database from the Michigan eLibrary by logging on with a Michigan ID or driver's license number.
Indexes liberal and progressive literature both inside and outside academe. Besides politics, many other subjects are included, such as economics, labor, the environment, women's studies, race, and others. Coverage: 1982-present.
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Indexes and provides some full text of articles in law reviews, law journals, bar association journals, international legal journals and legal newspapers. Coverage: 1980-present.
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LexisNexis Academic
Indexes thousands of domestic and foreign newspapers, as well as journals, and other publications in News, Business company reports and articles, Legal Research, Medical and Reference. The legal research category includes law reviews, law news, federal and state laws and cases. Mostly full text. Includes Hoover's full text. Coverage dates vary.
This database has been integrated into the
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Environmental
Sciences and Pollution Management
database.
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LexisNexis Guided News Search
Comprehensive full text database covering national and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, and international news, including non-English language sources.
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Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts (LISTA)
Free index with abstracts for more than 600 periodicals plus books, research reports, and proceedings, with coverage dating back to the mid-1960s. Anyone can access (External) LISTA for free online . (External) List of journals .
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Library Literature and Information Science
Indexes books, conference proceedings, theses, over 100 periodicals cover to cover, and more for library and information science. Coverage from 1984 to the present.
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Library Literature and Information Science Retrospective: 1905-1983
Index to over 1,200 periodicals, books, book chapters and library school theses. Full text of Wilson Library Bulletin . Coverage from 1905 to 1983. This subscription is limited to two simultaneous users. Please logout when finished.
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Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online Catalog
Searchable collection of over one million digital images representing a cross-section of still pictures held by the Prints & Photographs Division and, in some cases, other units of the Library of Congress. The Library of Congress offers broad public access to these materials as a contribution to education and scholarship.
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Library of Latin Texts
The Library of Latin Texts includes classical texts from the Bibliotheca scriptorum Romanorum Teubneriana , patristic and medieval texts from the Corpus Christianorum as well as the Vulgate, the Ecumenical Councils and Gratian's Decretum . Click Enter Databases , then click on the link to Library of Latin Texts. Part of the Brepolis Latin package .
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Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
Indexes and abstracts all aspects of language study including linguistics, phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Some of the physical and medical aspects of language are also included, such as speech pathology. About 1,500 English and foreign language sources are indexed. Coverage: 1973-present. Updated monthly.
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Literature Criticism Online
This database represents a range of modern and historical views on authors and their works across regions, eras and genres including:
Contemporary Literary Criticism, Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, Drama Criticism, Poetry Criticism and Children's Literature Review. This database has a personal folder option where you can save articles for future use.
This database can be cross searched with the database Something About the Author
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here.
A full-text database of more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose from the year 600 to modern times, and literary criticism from over 300 journals and various reference resources. Includes biographies, bibliographies, and links to websites. The "My Archive" feature allows you to save save articles. This database also has a citation export feature into Refworks, and Endnotes. This subscription is limited to four simultaneous users. Please logout when finished.
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Literature Resource Center
Full-text biographies, critical essays and reviews, poems, short stories and plays of more than 130,000 international authors. This database contains the full content of the Dictionary of Literary Biography, Contemporary Authors , and selections from Children's Literature Review, Drama Criticism, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, Poetry Criticism, Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism and 11 other literary criticism series. Database has export features for Refworks, Endotes and Procite.
Contains over 125,000 full text poems, and some short stories, essays, and plays. Biographies of the authors are included and over 800,000 more poems are cited.
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Making of America (Cornell University)
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Making of America (University of Michigan)
A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the ante-bellum period through Reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. Includes over 4 million page images, representing close to 13,000 volumes of primary source materials, including books and periodicals. Cornell University has focused on the major journal literature of the period. The University of Michigan has focused on monographs.
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MarketLine Business Information Centre
This database compiles business information using primary and secondary research to create 10,000 company, 2,000 industry, and 50 country profiles. MarketLine includes daily updates of relevant news, comments and analysis, company history, and a SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) within company profiles.
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Market Share Reporter
An annual compilation of reported market share data from business periodical literature. Includes data on companies, products and services and also provides information on brand competitors. Also located at the Reference Desk: HG 5410 .M35 2009 (Reference Desk Collection). For European or international based companies and products, refer to the appropriate companion publications: HF 5410 .M35 2009 (Reference Desk Collection) World Market Share Reporter. HF 5410 .W67 (Reference).
Indexes articles from approximately 1,800 journals, books, and conference proceedings in the areas of biology, computer science, engineering, mathematics, operations research, physics, and other fields that contain mathematical or statistical applications.
For general access, click the "Open Generic Account." Allied health, nursing and physical assistant students should use the Personal Account. Select "Get Personal Account" from the initial page. MD Consult includes 49 medical reference texts, full-text articles from 70 journals, MEDLINE and other sources, clinical practice guidelines, patient education handouts, drug information and current medical information.
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Media Law Reporter
A searchable weekly reporting service focusing on federal and state media law. Full text of new and previously published cases are available. Coverage is 1977 to present.
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Mediamark Reporter (MRI+)
This database provides summary tables of key audience and product usage data from a national sample of over 25,000 adults (18 years and older). MRI+ offers demographic, lifestyle, product usage, and media data collected from a single sample.
In addition, MRI+ is a library of key magazine planning data resources providing an information link between the planner and publisher.
To use this database you must create an account from an on-campus location
by using your email address and creating a password. Validate your account through the e-mail sent to you. After you login
with email address and password select Mediamark Reporter
on the top right side of the screen.
NOTE: You must use Internet Explorer or FireFox.
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Medieval Travel Writing
Searchable collection of medieval manuscripts from 25 libraries across Europe, dating from the 13th to 16th centuries,
Includes color illustrations, extensive and authoritative scholarly explanations, and maps.
The major index to medical research, from clinical medicine to cellular and biomolecular biology. Produced by the US National Library of Medicine. Coverage: 1965 - present. Updated daily.
Health information from the National Library of Medicine presented accessibly for professionals and non-professionals.
SciFinder Scholar allows you to search the National Library of Medicine's MEDLINE and Chemical Abstracts simultaneously.
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The Michigan eLibrary catalog and resource sharing system. Search for books and other materials in many Michigan libraries. You will need your WIN in order to request materials.
Part of the Michigan Electronic Library. This digital archive provides access to a wide variety of documents relating to Michigan history including personal narratives and memoirs; pamphlets and political speeches; sermons and songs, legal treatises, and children's books and more.
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Mental Measurements Yearbook
Contains overviews, descriptions and one or more reviews of many English-language standardized tests of educational skills, personality, psychological traits, and related areas. Entries also give references to the print edition (s).
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Mergent Digital Corporate Manuals
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Contains data on U.S. and international publicly owned companies . Company reports include the history, business, properties, officers and directors, income, long-term debt, capital stock, latest news stories and more. Company annual reports are included for U.S. and international companies in PDF format. Financial data can be retrieved in text or spreadsheet format with searchable EDGAR SEC filings dating back to 1993. Private company reports cover over 4 million U.S. businesses containing business address, SIC codes, estimated number of employees, and estimated revenue. Updated daily.
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Michigana Sabin Collection
Part of the Michigan Electronic Library. This digital archive provides access to a wide variety of documents relating to Michigan history including personal narratives and memoirs; pamphlets and political speeches; sermons and songs, legal treatises, and children's books and more.
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Michigan eLibrary (MeL)
From the Library of Michigan, this site is a gateway to MeLCat,the statewide library catalog, MeL Databases for the residents of Michigan, MeL Michigana (digital archives) and recommended links on a variety of subjects.
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Michigan Newspapers
Index to 75 Michigan newspapers including the Kalamazoo Gazette, Detroit Free Press, Detroit News, Grand Rapids Press, and more. Starting coverage dates vary from 1982 to 2007.
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Michigan Online Resources for Educators (MORE)
Hosted by the Library of Michigan, this site provides educators with thousands of resources that are aligned to the Michigan education requirements including standards-based, grade-specific K-12 lesson plans, online interactive tools, reference materials and more from respected (External)
content partners.
You may browse by grade level or by broad subjects. All links are annotated.
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Middle English Compendium
This connects three major Middle English electronic resources: the Middle English Dictionary, a HyperBibliography of Middle English prose and verse, and a Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse, as well as providing links to other digital collections and catalogs.
"The CogNet Library is a growing, searchable collection of books, journals, reference works, OpenCourseWare links and conference materials. Content and resources are provided by The MIT Press and other publishers, professional associations, institutions, and individuals who are willing to share public access to online work" (CogNet Web site)
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MLA
International Bibliography (Modern Language Association)
Indexes periodicals and series, monographs, book collections, dissertation abstracts, Festschriften (books written to honor a particular scholar), and other sources. Areas covered include modern languages and literature, folklore, linguistics, literary themes, genres, and related topics across national literatures and other classified boundaries. Covers from 1963 to the present. Updated 9 times per year. Has citation tools for Refworks, Endotes and Procite.
It also has a personal folder option to save articles and citations.
Z 7006 .M64 (Ref. Index Shelves) (1921-present)
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Morningstar Library Edition
Search over 7,000 stocks and 13,000 mutual funds to determine where to invest your money. Identify stocks and funds that meet your criteria and read reports prepared by Morningstar analysts. Obtain an analysis of your current portfolio or see how the stocks and funds you select work together to form a balanced portfolio.
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Mosby's Nursing Consult
Drug information, patient handouts, medical journals, health reference books, nursing news, clinical updates and more.
Provides citations for articles and other features in 800+ U.S. and international music periodicals beginning in 1949. Links to full text if available.
Access the content of all the databases below--audio, video, scores and text--through one centralized interface.
Apps for some mobile devices available! (External) More information
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National Bureau of Economic Research
Access unbiased economic research by policy makers, business professionals, and the academic community. Use this to search the (External) Working paper series of NBER .
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National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
This federally funded powerhouse of CJ services and reference information summarizes over 160,000 publications in its Abstracts database, including government reports, books, articles, and published and unpublished research reports. An exclusively full text NCJRS Virtual Library is also available. Most items not available full text online can be purchased from NCJRS. A full array of services can be had at no cost by registering online.
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National Journal Group's Policy Central
Provides daily access to political and government issues of interest to researchers across the social sciences. It includes the following publications-- National Journal Online, Congress Daily, Technology Daily,, , and The Hotline --along with reference sources such as the Almanac of American Politics , Ad Spotlight and Markup Reports and Bill Status.
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National Newspaper Abstracts
Index and abstracts for New York Times (1980- ), USA Today (1989- ), and Wall Street Journal (1984- ). Direct links to full text for Wall Street Journal .
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National Technical Information Service DARTS
This database provides access to much of its collection of technical documents to federal depository libraries through its Depository Access to Reports, Technical & Scientific (DARTS) program. The DARTS database is password protected.
You must make an appointment with the Documents Librarian to get logged onto the system.
The password can not be shared. You can contact the librarian by phone (269 387-5208) or email
Michael.McDonnell@wmich.edu
.
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Native Health Database
Index with abstracts of documents pertaining to the health and health care of American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Canadian First Nations.Coverage from 1652-date.
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Naxos Music Library
Access almost 700,000 tracks from over 47,000 CDs from 300 labels, including the entire Naxos catalog. Includes classical, contemporary jazz, world, folk, and new age. Features text resources such as music terms, a pronunciation guide, opera synopses and libretti, historical notes, and more. (External)
How-to videos for using Naxos
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Naxos Blog -- with info about mobile apps!
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Standard & Poor's is an international
investment research and commentary database. Includes independent credit ratings, indices such as S&P 500, risk evaluation, stock reports, mutual funds research, company descriptions and financial data.
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NetLibrary (Now EBSCOHost eBook Collection)
A collection of over 25,000 electronic books that are searchable and readable online. To create a personal list of books, make notes or in other ways customize EBSCOHost eBooks for your own use, create a Free Account. Please note that not all titles are accessible on Macs. Some work only with Internet Explorer, available in Waldo Library at select Scholar Workstations. Mac users running OSX 10.4 or higher and the Firefox browser need to install a .pdf plug-in available (External)
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Provides the Access World News Research Collection with full text articles from over 4500 U.S. and international newspapers, wire services, and broadcasts. There is access to America's Historical Newspapers, as well as Hot Topics and Special Reports on current issues in the news.
Contains full text articles from over 700 U.S. regional and national newspapers, wire services, and broadcasts from 1992 to summer 2009.
Full-text articles from 1985 to date available from NewsBank and also from (External) InfoTrac . Older articles are available in (External) New York Times 1851-2006 (ProQuest)
Print copies: recent issues are kept at the Recreational Reading Area on the Lower Level of Waldo until the microfilm arrives. Microfilm: AN 2 on the Lower Level Waldo, 1851 to date.
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New York Times 1851-2006 (ProQuest)
Search the full-text articles of this national newspaper from 1851-2006.
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New York Times Online
The official site provides immediate access to articles from the last 7 days. Search the archives through their search box. Use the site map to see for which years the articles are free and which are for pay.
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Nineteenth-Century Fiction
250 novels from the period 1782 to 1903, including works by all the major Victorian novelists such as Dickens, Thackeray, the Brontes, Eliot and Hardy, as well as the landmarks of Gothic and other fiction from the Romantic period.
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Nineteenth-Century Masterfile
An index to over 8 million articles from popular and scholarly journals published between 1802 and 1906. Based on Poole's Index to Periodical Literature , the Masterfile adds periodicals, books, newspapers, U.S. and U.K. government documents, and U.S. patents not found in the old print index.
Nineteenth-Century Short Title Catalogue
(CD-ROM, Waldo library, First Floor. Reference Area)
Established in 1983, this database provides increasingly complete listings of all books in English wherever published and all translations from English published in the nineteenth century.
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NLM Gateway
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) Gateway provides links to its catalog, Medline/PubMed, Medline Plus and other databases. A global search can be done across all of these.
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North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories
A digital collection of letters, diaries, pamphlets, autobiographies, and oral histories of immigrants to America and Canada. The 100,000 pages of materials cover 1840 to 1980 and represent immigrants from many countries.
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North American Indian Thought and Culture
This digital collection of texts and images contains more than 119,000 pages of personal stories, many previously unpublished or rare. Virtually all Indian nations (approximately 500) are covered. This database now contains the WPA’s Indian-Pioneer History Collection which includes information, collected mostly through oral history interviews, on American Indian life.
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North American Theatre Online
Search or Browse a database covering all aspects of the Canadian and American Theatre. It includes some 40,000 pages of major reference materials, together with records to approximately 30,000 plays, 57,000 people, 5,400 theatres, 22,000 productions, and 2,500 production companies.
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North American Women's Drama
Over 1,500 plays by 330 playwrights, with detailed information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more. 30% of the plays have not been published before. Also included: selected playbills, production photographs, and other ephemera related to the plays.
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North American Women's Letters and Diaries
Over 150,000 pages of published and unpublished diaries and letters by over 1,300 women in the US and Canada from the colonial period to 1950. All ethnic groups, ages, classes, and geographical regions are included. Users can search by keyword, time period, place, marital status, nationality, and other variables.
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Nursing and Allied Health Source
Provides over 715 titles in
full-text
from leading publications. Also includes
training videos
(such as checking vital signs, health safety)
multicultural reports, study paths, evidence-based nursing
and
training content
from The Joanna Briggs Institute and more than
12,000 full text dissertations in
nursing and related fields.
Librarians comment
: For video content and study paths select the
Browse
tab on the search screen. Alternatively perform your search (e.g. blood pressure) and then select the video tab on the results page.
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Nursing Resource Center
Information on diagnosing, treating, and nursing care for patients includes material from the Gale Encyclopedias of Medicine, Cancer, Genetic Disorders, Mental Disorders, Nursing and Allied Health, Surgery. Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior, Nutrition, and Public Health. Also includes Delmar Foundations of Basic Nursing , Maternity Nursing Care, and Pediatric Nursing Care Plans. Also includes journal articles and more.
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Nutrition Care Manual
The Nutrition Care Manual provides a searchable interface to the Manual of Clinical Dietetics, 6
th
edition. Containing information on nutrition
assessment, diagnosis, intervention, and monitoring & evaluation. In addition the database provides calculators for: BMI, body surface area, calorie & weight goals, enteral & tube feeding solutions,infant formulas, metric converter, milligram to milliequivalent converter, diabetic exchanges and more, customizable formulary of nutritional solutions, disease specific screening and assessment forms, and more. Updated annually.
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OAIster
A catalog of digitized materials including books, articles and multimedia, representing multidisciplinary resources from more than 1000 contributors worldwide.
Provides online access to all books, reports, annuals, working papers, loose-leaf binders, periodicals and databases of the Office of Economic Development.
Here are direct links to the main areas of the OECD iLibrary:
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OECD Books and Monographs
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OECD Journals, Annuals, and Working Papers
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OECD databases and tables
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OmniFile Full Text Select
Index to full text articles in science, humanities, social sciences, education and business. The index includes records from: Readers' Guide Abstracts, Social Sciences Abstracts, Humanities Abstracts, General Science Abstracts and Wilson Business Abstracts. Coverage: 1994 to the present. Updated weekly.
Formerly called Wilson Select Plus.
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Online Geographical Bibliography
An index to both books and periodical articles in the collection of the American Geographical Society Library from 1985 to the present. Note that the call numbers given do not necessarily correspond with our call numbers or indicate that we in fact hold the material.
Service organization supporting opera production, presentation, and education. The site features information on seasons, repertoire, new works, and more.
150+ videos of complete opera performances, interviews, and documentaries, from the Baroque to the 20th century. Create playlists, make and save clips, etc.
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Oral History Online
An index to thousands of oral histories in English from collections on the public Web, gathered from repositories, libraries and archives around the world. When possible, interview transcripts, sometimes with audio or video, are included. There are numerous ways to search the interviews. Updated regularly.
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OVID Nursing Collection
Indexes hundreds of nursing journals and provides full text access to over forty of these journals. Searches can be limited just to full text or review articles. Updated daily.
Formerly GroveArt Online, this comprehensive online reference resource for all aspects of the visual arts from prehistory to the present. Online access to articles on the art and culture of Asia, Africa, Europe, the Americas and the Pacific. Includes the multi-volume Dictionary of Art, links to images and Web sites useful for art research. "Explore" allows users to customize browse lists. Also provides access to The Oxford Companion to Western Art, The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics and the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms.
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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
An illustrated collection of 50,000 specially written biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of Britain's past, from the fourth century BC to the year 2000. This database excludes living people but includes the infamous and the legendary (Richard III and Robin Hood) as well as famous and documented people (Churchill and Shakespeare).
Click
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Oxford English Dictionary
PE 1625 .O86 (Ref)
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is an historical dictionary of English, covering the language from the earliest times to the present day. It provides not only the current meanings of words, but also traces their development through time. Entries contain detailed etymological analysis, and are illustrated by quotations from a wide range of English language sources from around the world, making the OED a unique historical record.
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Oxford Islamic Studies Online
Searchable full-text access to The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, The Oxford History of Islam, The Oxford Dictionary of Islam, two classic interpretations of the Qur'an, a Concordance of the Qur'an, What Everyone Needs to Know about Islam, and the forthcoming Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World (due to publish in 2008.)
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Oxford Language Dictionaries Online
Searchable bilingual dictionaries with over 4 million words, phrases and translations in French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian, and Chinese, OLDO also features native speaker audio pronunciation, allowing you to hear how words actually sound. OLDO also offers click-through verb tables and pronunciation charts, explanations of grammatical terms, hundreds sample letters, CVs and resumes, notes on life and culture, guidance on grammar and idiomatic usage, extensive links to other sites for further research, and more.
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Oxford Music Online
Covers music and musicians of all types and time periods; includes
bibliographies, composers' worklists, links to related sites, audio and music examples. Provides access to Grove Music Online (incorporating the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, the New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and New Grove Dictionary of Jazz), as well as The Oxford Dictionary of Music and The Oxford Companion to Music.
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Oxford Reference Online
More than 200 dictionaries, encyclopedias, language reference and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. In addition to text, some sources include maps, illustrations, and Web links. Users can search one resource, a group of selected resources, or all of them at once. Regularly updated. This subscription is limited to five simultaneous users. Please logout when finished.
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Oxford University Press Electronic Journals
A collection of more than 190 academic journals available full text online. Subject areas include arts & humanities, social sciences, science & technology, medicine, and business.
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PAIS International (Public Affairs Information Service)
Indexes articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, research reports, statistical directories, and more about public affairs worldwide. Coverage is from 1914 and is updated monthly.
Part of Engineering Village 2 ., Paperchem covers the literature of the pulp, paper and paperboard industries, as well as such allied industries as packaging, chemicals, and equipment. Coverage is from 1966 to the present with over 12,000 records added annually.
PapersFirst
Index of papers presented at conferences worldwide. Covers every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received by The British Library Document Supply Centre from 1993 to present.
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Parker Library on the Web
Parker Library on the Web is a digital collection of medieval manuscripts held by the Parker Library at Corpus Christi College at Cambridge University, UK. 538 manuscripts (many of them famous) are available as high-resolution full-text with extensive tagging and complete codicological descriptions and a wide variety of features which enhance study of these materials.
The electronic version of of Jacques-Paul Migne's Patrologia Latina, published between 1844 and 1855, and the indexes published between 1862 and 1865.
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Philosopher's Index
Z 7127 .P47x (Ref)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles, books, and other publications on philosophy covering ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology, metaphysics, and logic as well as the philosophy of law, religion, science, history, education, and language. Coverage: 1940-date. Updated quarterly.
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Physical Education Index
Indexes more than 230,000 articles in health, physical education, recreation, athletic training and dance. Coverage: 1970-present. Updated monthly.
Index to over 30,000 plays published individually or in collections from 1949 to date. Search by title, author, subject, style, genre, cast type, specific number of male/female roles, appropriate for specific ages, and more.
Over 500 monologues
are available for auditions or course assignments. Links to full text when available, or to the library catalog, if in a book or collection. You may need to use Interlibrary Loan to get a copy of the anthology if we do not own it.
Print - Z 5781 .P53 (Ref)
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Plunkett Research Online
This database provides industry sector analysis, research, trends, and statistics for 32 different industries. Includes alternative, renewable & conventional energy; automotive; biotechnology; health care; outsourcing & offshoring; wireless & Wi-Fi; retail; telecommunications; supply chain; sports; transportation & logistics; apparel; e-commerce and more. Use "Build-A-Report" to export your information in PDF format. Updated weekly.
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Poem Finder (LitFinder)
More than 125,000 full-text poems and over 850,000 poems indexed. Search by any word(s) in a poem title, first line, last line, book title, author, or subject. International in scope (in English translation) and covers antiquity to the present.
POPLINE or POPulation information onLINE is a free database of over 300,000 citations and abstracts to articles, reports, books, and unpublished reports in the field of population, family planning, and related health issues, including AIDS, other STDs, maternal and child health, health care communication, population and its effect on the environment. Some links to free full-text documents are available, but many require a fee. Before paying it, check the WMU Library Catalog for books and documents, and Finding Journals for journal articles we may own.
Since 1961, local, state, and federal commissions have been collecting a wealth of information documenting conditions in the lives of American women. When completed, this digital collection will contain reports on the status of women from each of the 50 U.S. states, along with associated pamphlets, posters, and ephemera.
ProceedingsFirst
Index of worldwide conference proceedings, containing a list of the papers presented at each conference. Covers every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received by The British Library Document Supply Centre from 1993 to present.
Project MUSE offers more than 400 journal titles from several scholarly publishers in the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, economics, and others.
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ProQuest Congressional
Provides access to information about the U S Congress, including: 1) publications from 1789-present (with some full text in the Historical Full Text file); 2) Congressional Information Service Legislative Histories for public laws from 1970-present; 3) testimony from congressional hearings; 4) access to bills; 5) the Congressional Record and Federal Register; and 6) information about members and committees. Also includes unpublished hearings from 1973 to 1979.
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ProQuest Government Periodicals Index
Indexes approximately 170 magazines and newsletters published by U.S. government agencies in a great variety of subjects with research value. Links to full text are provided when available. Coverage: 1988-present. Updated quarterly.
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ProQuest Research Library
Indexes popular magazines, scholarly journals, newspapers and trade publications in a wide range of subject areas, including business, education, humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Full-text available for over 2,500 journals. Coverage from 1971.
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ProQuest Statistical
Provides abstracts and indexes of statistical information from over 100,000 U.S. government publications from 1973, state and private sources from 1980, and approximately 2000 documents from international organizations from 1983. Also provides crosslinks with LexisNexis Statistical Datasets. Full text or web links provided for some citations.
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ProQuest Statistical Datasets
A web-based research solutions tool that provides access to more than 14 billion data points from licensed and public domain datasets. With this dynamic new tool, you can scan the contents of the collection, select subjects and variable of interest, and view your data in side-by-side tables and charts. The product is completely interactive, results are instantaneous and can be easily exported into reports and articles. This application requires the latest version of Java to be installed on your computer (Version 6 Update 23 or higher, see http://www.java.com/en/)
Full-text access to over 75 major peer-reviewed psychology journals. Coverage varies. Updated weekly.
Psychological Abstracts
BF 1 .P65 (General Stacks)
Covers world-wide literature in psychology and related disciplines. Journal articles, technical reports, books, book chapters, and dissertations are included. Coverage: 1887-present. Updated weekly.
Use the
Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms
for subject words:
BF1 .P65x 2007 (Education Lib. and Waldo Ref.)
Is the National Library of Medicine's interface for searching MEDLINE, the major index to medical research, from clinical medicine to cellular and biomolecular biology.
Free citations and abstracts, limited full text. Coverage: 1949 - present. Updated weekly.
Tips for using PubMed effectively are found in the (External)
NLM PubMed tutorial
and (External)
UFL PubMed tutorial
.
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Readers' Guide Abstracts
Indexes and abstracts a core list of approximately 300 popular magazines. Includes current events; book reviews; and music, dance, theatre, and motion picture reviews. Coverage from 1983 to the present, abstracts from 1984. Updated monthly.
Print: AI 3 .R48 (Ref) (1904-1998)
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Readers' Guide Retrospective
Indexes the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States from 1890 to 1982. Some of these periodicals published short stories and book reviews.
Print: AI 3 .R48 (Ref.) 1904-98
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Indexes the individual articles and the indexes in thousands of subject encyclopedias and other reference books. Provides citations to specific volumes and page numbers. Links to the WMU Library Catalog for sources we own, but doesn't contain full text itself.
This citation management software allows you to import citations directly from electronic indexes and create and manage your own bibliographies. Use with word processing software to cite and format references easily in a variety of writing styles. You will have to set up an individualized account the first time you use RefWorks. An excellent tutorial is available in RefWorks under Help. Tutorial
Indexes about 560 French-language periodicals in all subject areas, published in Quebec, elsewhere in Canada, France, Belgium and Switzerland. Coverage goes back to 1980 and is updated daily.
This newly revised interactive research skills tutorial covers the research process from start to finish. ResearchPath is divided into a series of video and audio modules and each ends with a quiz. Quiz results may be submitted to your instructor. Check with your instructor if the class or instructor's name is not listed.
RIA Checkpoint is a Web-based tax accounting and corporate finance research service. RIA Checkpoint requires the Firefox browser on Macs (does not work with Safari).
Off campus users may be asked to make a security exception in order to access this database.
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RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
Indexes and abstracts over 475 music journals as well as dissertations, Festschriften, yearbooks, symposia, and other publications and electronic resrouces. Coverage is from 1967. Updated monthly.
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SAE Digital Library
Contains detailed summaries and citations to more than 85,000 documents, including Technical Papers and Standards, published by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) since 1906. Covers research in all areas of mobility engineering including ground vehicle, aerospace, off-highway, and manufacturing technology. Includes the full text of thousands of technical reports from 1998 to present. Note that the SAE standards are not available in full text in this database.
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Safari Books Online
A collection of over 4,000 online technical books including leading-edge computer technologies. This subscription is limited to two simultaneous users. Please logout when finished.
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Sage journals (online)
Full-text access to selected scholarly journals in a number of disciplines.
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Salem Press History Databases
Searchable database that includes the complete full text of the print reference sets:
Milestone Documents in American History
Milestone Documents of American Leaders
Weapons and Warfare
Great events from history - Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender events
Great events from history - The ancient world
Great events from history - The Middle Ages
Great lives from history - The Middle Ages
Great lives from history - The Ancient World
The Forties in America
The Fifties in America
The Sixties in America
The Seventies in America
The Eighties in America
The Nineties in America
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Salem Press Literature Databases
Searchable database that includes the complete full text of the print reference sets:
Critical Insights: Isabel Allende
Critical Insights: James Baldwin
Critical Insights: Charles Dickens
Critical Insights: Tennessee Williams
Critical Insights: One Hundred Years of Solitude
Critical Insights: Things Fall Apart
Masterplots 4th Edition
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Sanborn Maps 1867-1970
Maps of 300 Michigan towns and cities drawn at a scale of 50 feet to the inch, including street blocks and building numbers. Microfilms from all 50 states are available through Interlibrary Loan from (External) Center for Research Libraries .
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Sanborn Maps Geo Edition
Search and browse thousands of large-scale maps of American towns and cities, searchable by address and GPS coordinates. Tools are available that layer maps from different years on top of each other and over modern street, satellite, and hybrid layers via a Google™ map interface
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Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience
This multimedia database contains essays and articles, a time line, videos, and images of the African experience throughout the Americas.
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Science Citation Index
Covers major scholarly journals for science, medicine and engineering. Cited Ref. search feature finds articles that cited a specific author or publication. Coverage: 1900 - present.
DetailsDatabase for scientific research that contains the citations and abstracts of more than 1,800 Elsevier journals in the life, physical, medical, technical, and social sciences as well as selected full text articles. Science Direct can be searched as a database or browsed by individual title. Coverage varies.
This extensive chemistry index supplies abstracts of journal articles, conferences, dissertations, technical reports, patents, substance records, formula, structure and reaction searching. Covers all aspects of chemistry including chemical engineering, environmental science, pharmacology, medicine, and food science. Coverage from 1907-date. Updated daily.
Off campus users may be asked to make a security exception in order to access this database.
One-time
registration is required
for Web-access. Web-based access is limited to four simultaneous users. Please logout when finished.
SCIPIO
SCIPIO is a joint project of 25 different fine arts organizations, combining their art and rare book sales/auction catalog collections. Updated daily.
"With over 350 million scientific items indexed at last count, it allows researchers to search for not only journal content but also scientists' homepages, courseware, pre-print server material, patents and institutional repository and website information. "
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SciVerse
Enables one stop searching of ScienceDirect and Scopus research journal content and Scirus web content (including documents from scholarly repositories).
Includes a search box for limiting a search to the methodology sections of research articles.
Keywords are displayed in context within the articles. In addition, "Cited by" information is provided for article references from Scopus.
Scopus is a very large abstract and indexing database primarily covering scholarly literature in science and social science. Use this to get extensive inter-disciplinary access to journal articles and also to find out which articles are being cited by other scholars. Scopus includes 14,000 peer-reviewed titles from more than 4,000 international publishers. Coverage from 1995.
Tutorial
Please use the updated tutorial ResearchPath. Searchpath is still
available from the top ResearchPath page, but it has not been updated
and does not cover the new catalog.
Provides bibliographic information, serial type, subscription data, and where indexed or abstracted, for US and international serials from over 100,000 publishers with over 200,000 titles. Updated quarterly.
Services: Statistics on Value Added and Employment
(CD-ROM, Waldo Library, First Floor, Reference Area)
This is National Accounts Based Data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Inlcudes comparative data on international economic trends, statistics on output (gross value added) and employment service activities for all OECD countries,
with data often going back to the 1970s. The software enables the user to carry out data extractions, build graphs and tables, and perform his/her own analysis. Data downloadable onto a disk.
Provides index entries for almost 250,000 short stories published from the 1830s to date. Selected full text is available from 1994-date. Once you've found a book containing your short story, go to the Libraries' catalog, to see if we own that book. Also available in Central Reference (1953-2008) Z 5917 .S5 .C62 (Ref)
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SIAM Journals Online
Access to full-text journals of the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics in industrial and applied mathematics and scientific computing. Full text coverage is from 1997 to the present, although using the (External) Locus Home link (http://locus.siam.org/), you can browse the tables of contents and read the abstracts from articles in SIAM journals all the way back to 1952 in many cases.
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Small Business Resource Center
Covers all major areas of starting and operating a business, including accounting, finance, human resources, management, marketing, tax and more. Based on a combination of periodical and reference content from planning...to marketing a product and franchising a business. Included is the Business Plans Handbook Series which contains hundreds of sample business plans.
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Smithsonian Global Sound
More than 40,000 tracks of music and other sound, including American folk and blues idioms, American Indian, world music, jazz, children's songs, historical spoken word, and many natural and human-made sounds. Browse the collections, search for specific recordings, create playlists.
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Social Sciences Abstracts
Indexes over 600 periodicals in anthropology, economics, ethnic studies, feminist studies, geography, human services, international relations, law and criminology, police science, political science, population studies, psychology, public administration, public health, social work, sociology, urban studies, and related social science subjects. Coverage: indexing from 1983 and abstracts from 1994. Updated weekly.
Details
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Social Sciences Citation Index
(Web of Science) The Social Sciences Citation Index is a multidisciplinary database that indexes more than 1,725 journals spanning 50 disciplines, and selected, relevant items from over 3,300 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals. Disciplines include: anthropology, history, industrial relations, information & library science, law, philosophy, political science, psychiatry, psychology, public health, social issues, social work, sociology, urban studies, women's studies. Because the information about each article includes the article's cited reference list (or bibliography), you can also search the databases for articles that cite a known author or work. Coverage is from 1956 to present. Please LOGOFF , so others may use the database.
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Social Services Abstracts
Indexes over 1,400 serials publications in social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. Includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations, and citations to book reviews. 1980-date. Updated monthly.
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Social Work Abstracts
Index of over 450 social work and human services journals dating back to 1965. Produced by the National Association of Social Workers, the database provides indexing and abstracts dealing with all aspects of the social work, such as therapy, education, human services, addictions, child and family welfare, mental health, civil and legal rights, and more.
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Print: HV 1 .N3x (Ref) 1977-1993
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Sociological Abstracts
Indexes an international selection of publications in sociology and related disciplines from over 1,800 journals, serials, books, conference papers, and dissertations. Indexing and abstracting from 1952, and cited references with links from 2001. Updated monthly.
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Something About the Author
This database provides biographical information about authors and illustrators of books for young people. The emphasis is on English-speaking writers, or international writers whose works are available in English translation. Each author entry has an address, bibliography, photograph, and citations for further research. Also available in print format. Located in Central Reference PN 451 .S6 (Ref) This database can be cross searched with the database Literature Criticism online (External) here
See OECD iLibrary
"...SPIN contains the abstracts of over 80 scientific journals published by the American Institute of Physics and its member societies since 1975, as well as selected articles from other scientific journals, totalling approximately 800,000 articles.... SPIN is updated daily. Approximately 45,000 new records are added annually. SPIN searches can be performed for a single journal or year, or across multiple journals or years."
An international index to more than 700,000 articles, thesis and other records in athletic training, fitness, recreation, sport and sport management. Major coverage: 1975-present. Miscellaneous record coverage: 1800-present. Updated monthly.
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SpringerLink
A collection of over 1500 electronic journals, mostly in the sciences, but some in the humanities and social sciences. Access back to 1997.
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SRDS Media Solutions
Provides domestic and international advertising rate information and direct marketing data for business and consumer publications, as well as newspaper, radio, and TV.
Details
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Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage
See NetAdvantage
WMU's Classic online catalog (also known as WestCat ), is used to identify books (including electronic books), government documents, journals, audio and video, slides, music scores, and other items in the University Libraries' collections. The catalog can be searched by title, author, subject heading, keyword, call number, and more.
Search for online availability of particular journals at WMU.
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InfoTrac General Reference Center Gold
An index of general interest articles from magazines, newspapers, and reference books on all subjects. Many entries provide full-text and images. Coverage: 1980-present.
Online coverage (6/1997- )
Publishes groundbreaking original scientific research, reports, review articles.
Tips for accessing Medline through PubMed.
One of the leading peer reviewed journals of original scientific research, news, and commentary. Coverage is from 1997 to present.
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Synergy (now part of the Wiley Online Library)
A collection of almost 900 full text journals in all fields including Business, Health Sciences, Physical and Life Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences.
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Synthesis Digital Library
This digital library contains 100 engineering and computer science books in PDF format. Subjects covered include artificial intelligence, biomedical engineering, communication networks, energy, entrepreneurship, robotics, and solid state materials. The individual lectures or books can be saved, printed or emailed.
An international database that specializes in tabular data dealing with companies, products, industries, and demographics. Tables are from a range of sources including statistical annuals, brokerage reports, trade and business association publications, primary research, international organizations and government reports. The tables cover market share, market size, capacity, rankings, forecasts, shipments, output, consumption, exports, imports, capacity, etc. (Recommend "Advance Search")
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Testaments to the Holocaust
This digital collection from the Wiener Library in London offers searchable personal accounts of life in Nazi Germany, photographs, propaganda materials such as school text books, small publications and rare serials reflecting Jewish life in Germany from 1933 to after the war, life in the concentration camps, in hiding, emigration and refugee life.
Streaming video of over 250 performances of major plays and more than 100 documentaries.
T 12 .T6 (Ref. Index Shelves)
Formerly the Thomas Register, this is a free index of industrial products and services for manufacturers from United States and Canada with company and product information. Links available to company Web sites, CAD drawings, and catalogs give detailed buying and specifying information, including some pricing.
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Times Digital Archive, 1785-1985
200 years of this major international newspaper from London. PDFs of each article and of the full page.
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TLS: Times Literary Supplement Centenary Archive
An index to full-text articles from the world's oldest weekly contemporary literary reviews. (The TLS is associated with The Times of London, published since 1788. The library subscribes to this source in paper and has a full run of it in microfilm). Coverage: 1902-1990.
Trade and Industry is no longer a separate database. It is included in ABI/Inform Complete. Contains business periodicals and newsletters with a trade or industry focus providing users with industry news, product and competitive information, marketing trends, and more. Coverage: 1971 to date.
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Twentieth-Century African American Poetry
Almost 9,000 poems by 62 of the most important African American poets of the twentieth century.
This subscription is limited to four simultaneous users. Please logout when finished.
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Twentieth-Century American Poetry
Includes 50,000 poems drawn from 750 volumes by over 300 American poets of the twentieth century.
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Twentieth-Century English Poetry
More than 600 volumes of poetry by 283 poets of the twentieth century, including W.B. Yeats, Rudyard Kipling, Thomas Hardy, Wilfred Owen, Thom Gunn, Fleur Adcock, Paul Muldoon, Tony Harrison, Benjamin Zephaniah and Carol Ann Duffy, and incorporating the poets in The Faber Poetry Library.
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Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
Z 6941 .U5 (Ref. Desk Collection)
This directory provides detailed and authoritative information on serials published worldwide. It indicates whether a publication is refereed or is indexed.
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Online information, services, and resources from the official U.S. government web portal.
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US Patent and Trademark Office
This site includes separate searchable databases of US Patents and Trademarks, answers questions about patents, trademarks and copyright, and provides guides to the application process.
The Value Line Research Center includes data on stocks, mutual funds, options and convertible securities as well as special situation stocks. Value Line also analyzes overall stock market trends and individual companies by industry group. The corporate analyses are objective, statistical, and uniform in approach.
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Value Line Investment Survey - Plus Edition
The Value line Investment Survey - Plus Edition database provides data on stocks, mutual funds, options and convertible securities as well as special situation stocks. The Plus Edition includes current and previous Company Reports, Selection & Opinion, and (Standard) Investment Survey Summary & Index Reports, and Investment Survey Small & MidCap Edition Summary & Index Reports. Search by symbol, company name, or by issue date and then name of company. Coverage starts in January 1997.
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Vault Online Library
See Career Insider
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Wall Street Journal
(Eastern edition) A U.S. daily financial newspaper that covers news and trends relating to business, industry, finance, the economy, and international commerce. Provides extensive price and other data for securities, commodity, options, futures, foreign exchange, and money markets. Full text in HTML format from 1984 to the present, but does not include data from tables and graphs. Just abstracts from 1982 to 1984.
Microfilm: HG 5 on the Lower Level, 1920-date.
Print copies:current copies at the Central Reference Desk and Science Reference Desk until the microfilm arrives.
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Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies
Includes private and public companies listing for each, when available: year founded, description of products/services offered, approximate sales, number of employees, SIC codes, officers, fax number, stock exchange, ticker symbol, whether private or public, or a subsidiary, and lists the companies by location (zip code). In addition the directory contains ranked lists of the 1,000 largest privately held companies, and the 1000 largest public companies. Ranks companies by sales within four-digit SIC, within four-digit SIC code for states, and by sales within six digit NAICS. Also located at the Reference Desk: HG 4057 .A56 (Reference Desk Collection)
A searchable database of more than 700 development indicators, with time series for 208 countries and 18 country groups covering the time period 1960 to 2006. Data from the World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world.
Contains three major databases: (1) Science Citation Index Expanded (1900-present), (2) Social Sciences Citation Index (1956-present), and (3) Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975-present).
Cited Ref. Search allows users to search for articles that cite a particular author or work.
Tutorial
Please LOGOFF when finished,
so others may use the database.
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Web of Science Tutorial
Online guide to using Web of Science.
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Westlaw Campus Research
An extensive research database of legal sources, including the Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register, United States Code Annotated (USCA), Federal and State court cases, American Law Reports (ALR), and American Jurisprudence 2d, Black's Law Dictionary, Legal Guides, and more. Also includes more than 700 law reviews and journals.
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Who's Who on the Web
Provides brief biographical information about more than 1.3 million people across a variety of occupations. Entries focus on frequently needed facts, such as birthdates, education, career, publications, and other objective data supplied by the individual to the editors.
This subscription is limited to two simultaneous users. Please logout when finished.
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Wiley Online Library (formerly Wiley Interscience)
This collection of about 1200 online journals focuses mostly on the sciences, but includes some business, education, and social science journals. Access back to 1996.
This collection now includes journals formerly listed on Blackwell Synergy.
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Wilson Business Abstracts
Indexes and abstracts more than 600 international English-language business magazines cover-to-cover. Overlaps somewhat with the more comprehensive index ABI/INFORM. Coverage is from 1986 to date. Updated monthly.
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Wilson Select Plus
See Omnifile Full Text Select
The Image Catalog database is a catalog of University Libraries’ slide and digital images collection. Use the Image Catalog to locate art images for instructional and research purposes. Search the catalog by creator, title, keyword, date, medium, culture, stylistic period, subject, and more. The search result screen displays a thumbnail image and brief descriptive text. For digital images the thumbnail will be of the actual work. For slides (images that are not available in a digital format) the resulting thumbnail image will be a placeholder and will contain the call number of that image so it can be located in the original slide collection housed in the Music and Dance Library. To learn more about the item, double click the thumbnail; a larger image is then displayed with the catalog record appearing on the left.
Image Catalog uses the LUNA Insight image database system. For information please call Miranda Howard at 387-5166 or Cecelia Moore at 387-4776.
Restricted to WMU Faculty, Staff, and Students.
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Women's Studies International
Indexes the core disciplines in women's studies, covering over 2,000 periodical sources, including those from Women's Studies Abstracts, Women's Studies Bibliography Database, Women Studies Librarian and several others. Includes references to journal articles, books, book chapters, proceedings, reports, newspapers, dissertations, and newsletters. Coverage is from 1972 to present.
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Women's Wear Daily Archive
The Women's Wear Daily Archive provides full text articles on fashion and designers, including trend reports, research and business news. Coverage from 1994.
This subscription is limited to two simultaneous users. Please logout when finished.
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Women and Social Movements, 1600-2000: Scholar's Edition: Women's Commissions
When complete, this collection will contain 75,000 pages of materials documenting women's issues over more than four decades in all fifty states and U.S. territories. This includes the 1963 final reports of the President's Commission on the Status of Women and reports from the many state and local commissions since then.
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Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000: Scholar's Edition
A collection of full text books, pamphlets, articles, documents and images of American women's reform movements over the last 400 years including special subjects such as African-American Women and the Equal Rights Debate in the 1920s. Includes the bibliographic dictionary
Notable American Women 1907-1950
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Previous version
Includes the contents of the most recent volume of: Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia, The World Almanac and Book of Facts , The World Almanac of the U.S.A ., The World Almanac of US Politics , and The World Almanac for Kids .
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World Book Online Reference Center
This online encyclopedia is based on the printed World Book Encyclopedia , and enriched with more articles, maps, tables, videos and sound clips. It provides many cross references and links to other resources including magazine articles and Web sites. It includes a dictionary, atlas and basic Spanish language encyclopedia.
Comprehensive catalog of books and other materials in libraries around the world. Contains millions of records in hundreds of languages. Non-book materials include (among other publication formats) the titles of journals and magazines, manuscripts, maps, electronic resources, websites, computer programs, music scores, films, slides, sound recordings, conference proceedings, and videotapes. Items located through WorldCat must be requested through Interlibrary Loan unless they are also listed in the WMU Libraries catalog.
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World Development Indicators Online
See
WDI Online
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World History in Video
Searchable and browsable collection of videos about all historical eras in World History. This first release provides 152 titles, upon completion, the collection will contain 1,000 hours of streaming video that offers access to more than 1,750 documentaries from filmmakers worldwide.
Provides news from 1940 to present Search and browse by decade, country, or issue.
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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
An index with abstracts to articles from over 1,100 international journals in political science and related disciplines. Includes book reviews. Based on the Political Science Abstracts from Plenum and ABC POL SCI from ABC-CLIO. Coverage: 1975 to the present. Updated monthly.
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Xreferplus
See
Credo Reference