Database Updates

  • Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
    Contains the full text of the 8 volume print edition. Additional features of the online Dictionary: 
    • contains hyperlinked cross-references within articles, making it an indispensable tool for researchers and students
    • features links to related sites, sources of further information and bibliographical citations
    • incorporates quarterly additions and updates

  • Reader's Guide Retrospective (1890-1982)
    The online version of Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature.   Indexes general interest/popular magazines and journals from 1890-1982. Helpful to individuals interested in American history and culture. One of the best sources to find a contemporary article written about an important event in the 20th century, and a great source for history majors looking for primary sources in modern history. 

    Some examples of magazine titles included are Atlantic Monthly, Time, Newsweek, Black Enterprise, Christian Science Monitor Magazine Section, Esquire, Forbes, Harvard Business Review, and Ladies Home Journal.


  • Black Newspapers
    Access to 9 prominent Black newspapers:

    • Afro-American Red Star; Washington D.C. (full text 2006 - present)
    • Call & Post; Cleveland, OH (index & abstract only)
    • Chicago Defender; Chicago, IL (full text 1999-present)
    • Houston Post; Houston, TX (index & abstract only)
    • Michigan Chronicle; Detroit, MI (full text 1994-present)
    • Muslim Journal; Chicago, IL (index & abstract only)
    • New Journal & Guide; Norfolk, VA (index & abstract only)
    • New York Amsterdam News; New York, NY (full text 1993-present)
    • Sentinel; Los Angeles, CA (full text 1991-present)


  • GreenFILE
    Covers human impact on the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles include content on the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments, and what can be done on each level to minimize negative impact.


  • Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
    Abstracts and indexes the international literature in linguistics and related disciplines in the language sciences.  Info.


  • Nature Online
    2004-present.  International weekly journal of science.  Available from eJournals A-to-Z
    from the Library Web page.


  • Poiesis
    Provides online access to philosophy journals previously available only in print format in the SMC collection.  Titles include:  American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly; Business and Professional Ethics Journal; Faith and Philosophy; International Philosophical.  For a list of subscribed titles see:  http://www.poiesis.nlx.com/titles/.  In Philosopher’s Index, users can click “Check for Full Text”.  If an article is available in a subscribed title in Poiesis, users will be able to link directly to the online content in Poiesis.


  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
    One of the world's most-cited multidisciplinary scientific serials.  Coverage in PNAS spans the biological, physical, and social sciences.  Available from eJournals A-to-Z
    from the Library Web page.


  • Science Online
    1997-present.  International weekly science journal, published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).


  • GenderWatch
    Full-text journals, magazines and newspapers provide historical and current perspectives on the evolution of gender roles as they affect both men and women. GenderWatch supports gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) studies; family studies; gender studies, and women’s studies.


  • Sage Premier
    450 journals from SAGE publications have been added to the library's ejournals a-to-z holdings.  A complete list of all journals can be found at SAGE Publications.


  • ScienceDirect Health & Life Sciences College Edition (900 journals) and Behavioral & Social Sciences College Edition (350 journals) from Elsevier have been added to the library's ejournals a-to-z holdings. 
    To view a list of titles available full text, go to http://www.sciencedirect.com.  Click Browse.  In the left column, de-select non-subscribed and click Apply.  Coverage dates are 1995-present. 

  • ARTstor
    Searchable database of digital images, with new image collections added several times a year. ARTstor covers many time periods and cultures, and documents the fields of architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, design, anthropology, ethnographic and women's studies, as well as other forms of visual culture.


  • BioOne.1
    BioOne.1 collection has over eighty current full text journal titles across the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences. Most of BioOne.1's titles are ISI ranked and available back to Volume 1, Issue 1 through JSTOR.


  • Brill Dictionary of Religion
    A comprehensive, multi-media reference source which covers the many and various forms of religious commitment. It includes entries on the different theologies and doctrinal declarations of official institutionalized religions and gives equal consideration to other religious phenomena and practices as well.


  • JSTOR Biological Sciences
    One hundred titles in fields such as biodiversity, conservation, paleontology, and plant science, cell biology and zoology.
    Title List - Detailed List - Delimited List (.csv file)


  • Credo Reference
    Collection of electronic editions of reference dictionaries and handbooks.  Find overviews of topics in nearly all disciplines. Search for definitions. Find biographical information.


  • International Medieval Bibliography

    Covers all aspects of Medieval Studies within the date range 300-1500 AD. The geographical areas covered are Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.  Indexes articles published in journals and in miscellany volumes (conference proceedings, collected essays, Festschriften and exhibition catalogues).  The Library continues to maintain a subscription to Iter:  Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance.


  • JSTOR Arts & Sciences Complement
    Complete backfiles of journals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences disciplines covered by JSTOR.  A minimum of 150 titles will be included by the end of 2008.
    Title List - Detailed List - Delimited List (.csv file)

Database Trials  
Try out databases suggested for trial by librarians and faculty.

 

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