What is it? Database providing
indexing for 2,737 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health. Contains
more than 1,000,000 records dating back to 1982. Part of the EBSCOhost family
of databases.
Why use it? Authoritative resource
for finding scholarly articles
in the fields of medicine and nursing.
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Also Consider... Pre-CINAHL,
which offers previews of articles that will show up in CINAHL shortly.
What is it? Drug monographs for
all U.S. prescription drugs, hard-to-find herbal and nutritional supplements,
over-the-counter products and new and investigational drugs. Part of the EBSCOhost
family of databases.
Why use it? Research the pharmacology
of US prescription drugs.
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What is it? List of controlled
trials identified by contributors to the Cochrane Collaboration and others. Part
of an international effort to create an unbiased source of data for systematic
reviews. Part of the EBSCOhost family of databases.
Why use it? Systematically identify
and locate medical trials
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What is it? Regularly updated systematic
reviews of the effects of health care. Data often are combined statistically (with
meta-analysis) to increase the power of the findings of numerous studies, each
too small to produce reliable results individually. Highly structured and systematic.
Part of the EBSCOhost family of databases.
Why use it? Find evidence-based
medicine reviews
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What is it? Collection of detailed
reports offering unbiased analysis on controversial social and political issues:
abortion, global warming, etc. Part of the CQ Press family of databases.
Why use it? Find overviews of debated
social issues and current events.
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Also Consider... For data from
public opinion polls, consider the
Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
What is it? Periodical offering
expert coverage of the U.S. Congress: status of bills, votes and amendments, floor
and committee activity, and backroom maneuvering. Produced by the largest news
team on Capitol Hill. Part of the CQ Press family of databases.
Why use it? Most authoritative
source for detailed coverage of the U.S. Congress.
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What is it? Articles from over
300 newspapers, both national and international. Part of the Infotrac family of
databases.
Why use it?Find articles in newspapers.
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What is it? Abstracts of published
systematic reviews on the effects of health care with crticial analysis. Database
provides access to reviews in subjects for which a Cochrane review may not yet
exist. Part of the EBSCOhost family of databases.
Why use it? Find reviews of health-related
studies
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What is it? Family of databases
offering wide range of articles in the fields of business, education, literature,
medicine, nursing, psychology, and current events. EBSCOhost
requires that you first select the databases you wish to use prior to performing
your search.
Why use it? Broad coverage of academic
disciplines.
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What is it? Documents and journal
articles related to educational theory or practice from over 1,000 journals. Sponsored
by the U.S. Department of Education. Contains the ERIC Thesaurus of educational
terms. Part of the EBSCOhost family of databases.
Why use it? Find education-related
abstracts and articles.
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What is it? An Independent provider of business intelligence on industries,
countries and consumers, with integrated international market statistics and reports.
Why use it? Find
business information articles.
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What is it? Multi-disciplinary database covering both scholarly academic and general interest periodicals. Part of the Infotrac
family of databases.
Why use it? Search for peer-reviewed
articles in a wide variety of fields.
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What is it? Articles and abstracts
in the fields of general interest health and fitness. Also contains reference
books and pamphlets. Part of the Infotrac family of databases.
Why use it? Search for peer-reviewed
and consumer health information.
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What is it? Articles from nearly
550 scholarly full-text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Features
abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals. Part of the EBSCOhost family of
databases.
Why use it? Search for peer-reviewed
articles in the field of medicine.
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What is it? Articles and videos
(over 700) from alternative medicine-focused media. Also offers definitions, directories,
and reference information. Spanish-language videos available. Part of the Infotrac
family of databases.
Why use it? Research wellness,
nutrition, and alternative medicine.
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What is it? Articles from Hispanic-themed
magazines. Subjects include business, health, technology, and culture. In Spanish.
Part of the Infotrac family of databases.
Why use it? Find current articles
written in Spanish.
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What is it?Range of publications
in the fields of information science, technology, and management.
Why use it?
Find articles, chapters, teaching cases, and proceedings papers in the field of
information science.
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What is it? Collection of databases.
Allows for simultaneous searching of different databases.
Why use it? Covers wide range of
fields.
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What is it? Extended explorations of major topics in the area of Communications Studies.
Includes coverage of theories, media and communication phenomena, research methods, problems, concepts, geographical areas, and more.
Why use it? A definitive reference source in the areas of Communication and Media Studies.
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What is it? Articles from core
scholarly journals spanning the arts, humanities, general science and social sciences.
Historical collection covering complete run of each journal from its inception
to 1-5 years ago.
Why use it? Search a full-text
archive of multi-disciplinary scholarly journals.
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What is it? Periodical database
designed for students in junior high and middle school. Subjects covered include
current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government,
history, and sports. Part of the Infotrac family of databases.
Why use it? Find articles geared
towards young people.
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What is it? Full-text access to
to over 300 newspapers and journals from U.S. and around the world; a full range of credible business resources, including business and financial news, US and international company financial information; primary and secondary
source materials for legal research, such as case law, stastics and regulations, legal news and law reviews.
Why use it? Highly specialized
tools for news, legal, and business research.
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What is it? Full-text access to
state and country profiles, polls and surveys, and the world almanac. Part of
the Lexis-Nexis family of databases.
Why use it? Find answers to common
reference questions.
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What is it?Designed specifically
for high school students. Articles from more than 700 popular general interest
and current events publications. Also provides pamphlets, reference books, biographies,
and more. Part of the EBSCOhost family of databases.
Why use it?
Find articles geared towards high school students
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What is it? Abstracts and articles
pertaining to all branches of the military and government. Full-text for nearly
300 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for nearly 400 titles.
Part of the EBSCOhost family of databases.
Why use it? Research issues affecting
the military and government.
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What is it? Bibliography of over
7,100 journals, with 4,400 currently indexed in the International Bibliography.
The detailed entries include editorial contact information, as well as frequency,
circulation, subscription prices and submission guidelines. Part of the EBSCOhost
family of databases.
Why use it? Find bibliographic
information on a journal.
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What is it? Index to scholarly
literature for language, literature, linguistics and related areas. Published
by the Modern Language Association. MLA indexes articles, book chapters, working
papers and proceedings. Part of the EBSCOhost family of databases.
Why use it? Find
bibliographic information to articles on literature, language, linguistics, and
folklore.
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What is it? Portal for education
statistics. The primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data that
are related to education in the United States.
Why use it?Find education statistics
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What is it? Articles and abstracts
from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian
Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and The Washington
Post. Part of the Infotrac family of databases.
Why use it? Find articles from
America's top five newspapers in one seamless search.
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What is it? Comprehensive collection
of classical music available online. Includes over 85,000 tracks, including classical
music, jazz, world, folk and Chinese music. Reasonably good quality.
Why use it? Listen to classical
and world music online.
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What is it?Full-text of articles
from ten major newspapers published in the state of New York, including the New
York Times and the New York Post. Part of the
Infotrac family of databases.
Why use it?
Find recent news articles in New York newspapers
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What is it? Articles from nearly
30 national and international newspapers. Contains full text television & radio
news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 200 regional newspapers.
Part of the EBSCOhost family of databases.
Why use it? Search newspapers and
non-print media news sources.
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What is it? Digitized version of
the New York Times, can be searched by topics or browsed
by sections of the paper. Articles span 1851 to 2001. Part of the ProQuest family
of databases.
Why use it? Find images of any
article that ever appeared in the New York Times.
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What is it?Full-text access to
2,100 journals, many peer-reviewed. A broad database. Part of the WilsonWeb family
of databases.
Why use it?Find
periodical articles in all academic disciplines
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What is it? Premier full-text resource covering today’s
hottest social issues, from Terrorism to Endangered Species, Stem Cell Research to Gun Control.
Why use it?Find
full-text journal and newspapers articles, government and organizational statistics, images and podcasts.
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What is it? Citations for newly
indexed articles that have yet to appear in CINAHL.
Bibliographic information is limited. Records disappear once the articles are
fully indexed for CINAHL. Part of the EBSCOhost family of databases.
Why use it? Find cutting-edge abstracts
of articles in the fields of nursing and medicine
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What is it? Articles from nearly
550 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles.
Also contains more than 200 educational reports. Part of the EBSCOhost family
of databases.
Why use it?Find
peer-reviewed articles geared towards professional educators.
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What is it? Full-text, peer-reviewed articles to a comprehensive selection of humanities and social
science journals.
Why use it?Find articles from the leading journals in the
thumanites and social sciences.
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What is it? Article abstracts and
full-text articles from magazines, scholarly journals, and major English language
newspapers. Covers a wide range of scholarly topics.
Why use it?Find articles from both
the scholarly and popular press.
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What is it? Collection of articles
and dissertations covering all aspects of health administration, including public
health and safety, hospitals, finance, personnel management, insurance, population
studies, labor relations and law. Part of the ProQuest family of databases.
Why use it? Find material in the
field of health management.
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What is it?Database collection
of newspapers including the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times,
Barron's, Wall Street Journal, and dozens of others. Note: Historical
New York Times (1853-2001) must be serarch separately. Part of the ProQuest
family of databases.
Why use it? Find full-text articles
from national newspapers.
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What is it? Articles and abstracts
from a range of popular academic subjects. Database includes more than 3,820 titles,
over 2,550 in full text, from 1971 forward. Part of the ProQuest family of databases.
Why use it? Find research in any
number of disciplines
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What is it? Full-text and peer-reviewed
articles in field of psychology. Contains more than 45,000 articles from 57 journals.
Producaed by the APA. Coverage 1985 to present. Part of the EBSCOhost family of
databases.
Why use it? Find full-text articles
in psychology.
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What is it? An electronic serial of book reviews
featuring full text reviews of current scholarly and professional books in psychology, as well as reviews
of popular films and trade books from a psychological perspective.Coverage 1995 to present. Part of the EBSCOhost family of
databases.
Why use it? A searchable database of nearly 7,000 reviews.
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What is it? Index of journal articles,
book chapters, books, technical reports, and dissertations in the field of psychology.
Journal coverage 1887 to present. 97% of covered material peer-reviewed. Part
of the EBSCOhost family of databases.
Why use it? Search both American
Psychological Association literature and internationally published literature
in the field of psychology for reliable information.
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What is it? Full-text coverage
for regional business publications including 75 business journals, newspapers
and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the US.
Why use it? Find regionally relevant
business news
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What is it? Full-text electronic
access to over 1,000 peer-reviewed journals published by Elsevier and its subsidiaries.
Covers disciplines in the sciences, business, economics, and medicine.
Why use it? Search for full-text
articles on a topic. Browse tables of contents. Set up an email alert that notifies
you when new issues of journals are available.
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What is it? Searchable full-text
of 600 indvidual titles in the Twayne Literary Masters book series. Coverage includes
U.S., English, and world authors. Part of the Infotrac family of databases.
Why use it? Reference information
about authors and descriptions of their works.
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What is it? Consists of OmniFile
Full-Text Mega and Biography
Reference Bank. Together, they offer thousands of journal article abstracts,
full-text articles, and reference book excerpts in the fields of biography, business,
education, humanities, science, and social sciences.
Why use it? A good place to start
for a non-specialist or beginner seeking straightforwardly-written scholarly research.
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What is it? Access to more than
600 development indicators, with time series for 208 countries and 18 country
groups from 1960 to 2005, where data are available. Produced by the World Bank.
Why use it? Locate measures of
economic and social development.
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