General interest Databases/Indexes
Database/ Index |
Description |
 |
Comprehensive collection of reference materials in electronic format, across a wide range of subject and curriculum areas including Arts and Humanities, Child Care studies, History, Business and Finance, Education and much more. |
| Large, easy-to-use, multi-subject collection with many full-text articles dating back as early as 1865. Your search can be limited to full-text and peer-reviewed (scholarly) articles. This collection also includes an image file. How to Search This Database | |
| ISI Web of Science (now - ISI Web of Knowledge) provides seamless access to three citation indexes: the Science Citation Index, the Social Sciences Citation Index, and the Arts and Humanities Citation Index. These can be searched together or separately. Approximately 8,500 of the most prestigious research journals are indexed with abstracts within the Web of Science. Complete bibliographies are included for each citation allowing for cited reference searching. How to Search This Database | |
| Periodicals Archive Online database is the new name of PCI Full Text---an archive of hundreds of digitized journals published in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Researchers can access over 200 years of scholarship on a wide variety of subjects. How to Search This Database | |
| PIO indexes hundreds of humanities, science, and social science journals from different countries in several languages. Many full-text articles are included. Coverage for some journals begins in the 17th century. Especially useful for scholarly book reviews. How to Search This Database | |
| Essay & General Literature Index | An author and subject index to collections of essays published from 1985 to the present, with particular emphasis on materials in the humanities and social sciences. EGLI covers history, economics, political and social science, religion, philosophy, the arts, and literature. For essays published between 1900 and 1984, consult the printed copies of EGLI located on aisle 9b in the Reference area. How to Search This Database |
 |
This database indexes over 249,000 essays from books published between 1900 and 1984. Subjects include archaeology, architecture, art, children’s literature, classical studies, drama, economics, fiction, film, folklore, history, linguistics, music, poetry, political science, psychology, religion, and women’s studies. The database includes publications from the United States, Canada and Great Britain. How to Search This Database |
Fuente
Academica  |
Fuente Academica is a collection of scholarly journals from Latin American and Spanish publishers. This multi-disciplinary database offers full-text content to many academic areas including business & economics, medical sciences, political science, law, computer science, library & information sciences, literature, linguistics, history, philosophy and theology. This database provides full-text (including PDF) for 260 scholarly Spanish language journals. How to Search This Database |
| FRANCIS | Francis is created by the Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France. This multilingual, multidisciplinary database is especially useful for the humanities and social sciences. Francis covers thousands of journals, books, and conference papers in many languages. How to Search This Database |
| Publishing Opportunities Database provides a listing of publishing sources for faculty and students interested in presenting and publishing their research papers. The sources include Journal Call for Papers, Conference Call for Papers, and Special Issues Call for Papers. How to Search This Database | |
| Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI) | HAPI is a source of information about Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the United States. From analyses of current political, economic, and social issues to unique coverage of Latin American arts and letters, HAPI contains citations to journal articles, book reviews, documents, original literary works, and other materials appearing in hundreds of social science and humanities journals published throughout the world. |
Biographical Indexes |
|
 |
The best place to search for brief information about people, living or dead. Search for a person's name and get references to biographical dictionaries (e.g., American Men & Women of Science, Who's Who in America) and subject encyclopedias (e.g., Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia of World Crime) How to Search This Database |
| Marquis Who's Who on the Web | Marquis Who's Who on the Web provides access to over 1.4 million brief biographies from 21 Marquis titles including Who's Who in America, Who's Who in Science and Engineering, Who's Who in the World and Who Was Who in America. This database provides full text content from 1985 and allows users to create specialized searches for individuals based on criteria such as occupation, geography, religion, and hobbies. How to Search This Database |
Books |
|
| Contains the catalog records of thousands of libraries worldwide and provides information on millions of books, newspapers, maps, periodicals, government documents, etc. One of the most important resources for determining which library owns a particular work. | |
| Books in Print | A list of books, tapes, and videos available for sale by U.S. publishers who pay to have their wares listed. Useful for finding publishers and prices of books, BIP also includes titles announced for publication in the upcoming months. How to Search This Database |
| Book Review Digest | An index to book reviews of fiction and non-fiction published since 1983. This is the first stop for book review searching. For additional reviews in databases and print sources, ask for the Book Reviews guide at the McDermott Library Reference Desk. How to Search This Database |
 |
This database provides excerpts from, and citations to, reviews of adult and juvenile fiction and non-fiction published between 1905 and 1983. The reviews originate from selected periodicals in the humanities, social sciences, and general science published in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. How to Search This Database |
 |
Electronically indexes book reviews from 1965 to the present, making them easily accessible from an intuitive interface. Researchers can search through the most trusted review publications using multiple search options and see results presented quickly and accurately. |
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias |
|
 |
Accesses 100 full-text books - dictionaries, handbooks, encyclopedias, and thesauri – by leading publishers in reference. Topics cover history, music, art, science, medicine, business, geography, languages, literature, religion, technology and social science. Better known titles include the American Heritage and Merriam-Webster Collegiate dictionaries, Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era, 1760-1850, Mosby’s Handbook of Herbs & Natural Supplements, McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, Encyclopedia of 20th Century Technology and many others. |
| The OED is "the ultimate authority on the English language as well as a history of English speech and thought from its infancy to the present day." It is a unique source of scholarly information on the meaning, history and pronunciation of 500,000 words, tracing their historical appearances through 2.5 million quotations. | |
| Encyclopaedia Britannica Online | The online version of the well respected paper encyclopedia. In addition to the regular encyclopedia, the online version includes the Britannica Elementary and Student encyclopedias, an online atlas, timelines, video and media clips, year in review events and calendar, internet sites, and a limited selection of full-text journal articles. How to Search This Database |
| Funk
and Wagnall's New Encyclopedia |
For students and adults alike, the Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia database indexes over 25,000 records, covering an array of topics. Full text for each record may be easily accessed by double clicking on the topic from the display. The database contains various images, offers brief biographies as well as information in a variety of subject areas. This database is updated annually. How to Search This Database |
| The award-winning Oxford Reference Online (ORO) database contains the full text of over 200 reference books and dozens of English and bilingual dictionaries, plus 50,000 in-depth articles, hundreds of links to valuable web resources, and thousands of maps and illustrations, all produced by the authoritative Oxford University Press. ORO provides efficient one-stop-shopping for facts, definitions, biographies, and dates in one scholarly, full-text database. How to Search This Database | |
| Constitutions of the Countries of the World | Constitutions of the Countries of the World contains the full text of current and historical versions of the Constitutions of 192 countries. All Constitutions are in English. It also includes introductory material and bibliographies to supplement and provide historical context for many Constitutions. Proposed and failed amendments are also included. How to Search This Database |
Conference Proceedings |
|
| PAPERSFIRST (index to conference papers) covers every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received by the British Library from 1993 to the present. Extensive Help pages are available for basic, advanced and expert searches. PapersFirst is updated twice a month. | |
| Indexes citations of every congress, conference, exposition, workshop, symposium, and meeting received at The British Library. Covers 1993 to the present. | |
Dissertations |
|
| Dissertations and Theses: Full-Text | Replacing Dissertation Abstracts, Dissertations and Theses: Full-Text now provides many complete dissertations and theses from over one thousand universities. The index begins in 1861. Dissertations published after 1980 and master’s theses written after 1987 include author abstracts. Dissertations produced at the University of Texas at Dallas are included in this database. How to Search This Database |
Statistics |
|
| Statistical Universe is a full-text database containing thousands of statistical charts and tables derived from federal and state government agencies, international bodies, and private organizations. Statistical Universe's content is quite broad and includes demographic data as well as data about crime, economics, health, education, labor, and the environment. Statistical data may be found using keyword searches. Older paper copies of these indexes (American Statistical Index, Index to International Statistics, and the are available for 1974-2000 in the Microform Index Area. How to Search This Database | |
Maps |
|
| A catalog of paper and digital maps for geology, hazards, earth resources, geophysics, geochemistry, geochronology, paleontology, and marine geology. Offers a variety of simple and complex searching options. The database also provides information on how to locate the maps, although many are available through the McDermott Library Catalog. Managed by the United States Geological Survey. | |
