Databases A-Z
NOTE: Unless otherwise noted, databases require the use of a proxy for off-campus access.
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Academic OneFile
1980 - present, updated daily.
"A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social sciences, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles."
Academic Search Premier
1975 - present, updated daily.
Provides full-text for over 4,000 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, art, literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.
ACLS Humanities E-Book
Provides full-text access to several hundred books which have been specifically selected for their importance to historical studies.
America: History and Life
1964 - present.
"America: History and Life is a complete bibliographic reference to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present." Includes full-text.
ASM Handbooks Online
"ASM Handbooks Online features the complete content of twenty one ASM Handbook volumes plus two ASM Desk Editions." Full-text.
Biography Resource Center
"This database combines award-winning biographies from respected Gale Group sources. Biography Resource Center also includes full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals. Search for people based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender, or combine criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search. With the Complete Marquis Who's Who(R), find quick reference information on an additional 900,000 people." Full-text.
Biology Digest
1989 - present, updated 9 times per year.
Indexes and abstracts articles in the life science.
Business NewsBank
1993 - present, updated daily.
"Information from over 500 local, regional, national and international newspapers, newswires and business journals covering companies, industries, executives and products, including current information not readily available elsewhere." Full-text.
Business Source Premier
1965 - present, updated daily.
Provides full-text for over 3,000 scholarly publications covering various aspects of business including management, accounting, economics, finance, international business, and more.
Cabell's Business Directories
Provides full-text access to the following business directories: Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Accounting, Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Economics and Finance, Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Management, and Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Management.
Chemical Abstracts (Password required for on-campus and off-campus access)
1967 - present, updated daily.
Hours of Availability
- 8:00 a.m. Sunday to 5:00 a.m. Monday
- 5:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. Monday through Friday
- 5:00 p.m. Friday to 6:00 p.m. Saturday
Chemical Abstracts (pre- 1967) (Password required for on-campus and off-campus access)
1907 - 1966
The records in this database "contain CA reference numbers, title keywords, authors, patent assignees, patent numbers, patent kind, patent publication year, when available, patent publication year, when available, patent family information, when available, and the document type, when available. CAS Registery Numbers(R) are included for the substances registered from the CA 6th and 7th Collective Indexes (1957-1966), as well as a limited number of substances registered prior to 1957, primarily for substances containing flourine or silicon."
Chicago Manual of Style Online
Searchable online version of the Chicago Manual of Style.
Chronicle of Higher Education
Covers higher education news and issues, and is a major source for employment information. Full-text.
CollegeSource Online
Provides full text access to over 40,000 college catalogs.
Communication & Mass Media Complete
"CMMC offers cover-to-cover (“core”) indexing and abstracts for over 390 journals, and selected (“priority”) coverage of 200 more, for a combined coverage of nearly 600 titles. Furthermore, this database includes full text for 285 journals."
Compendex
1970 - present, updated daily.
Indexes and abstracts articles appearing in engineering journals, technical reports, and conferences. Includes full-text.
Contemporary Literary Criticism
"Contemporary Literary Criticism...is an extensive collection of critical essays on contemporary authors. Each...entry contains a biographical/critical introduction, listing of principal works, and sources for further study." Full-text.
CQ Researcher
Includes reports which provide analysis on issues in the news. Full-text.
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Dissertation Abstracts Online
1861 - present, updated monthly.
Includes abstracts of dissertations accepted at accredited U.S. institutions. It selectively includes masters theses, Canadian dissertations, and British and other European dissertations.
EconLit
1969 - present, updated daily.
Indexes and abstracts articles from more than 400 economics journals. Also includes abstracts of books and dissertations. Includes full-text.
Early American Imprints, Series 1: Evans, 1639-1800
Consists of primary source material from the period 1639 to 1800 including advertisements, almanacs, bibles, broadsides, catalogs, charters and by-laws, contracts, cookbooks, elegies, eulogies, laws, maps, narratives, novels, operas, pamphlets, plays, poems, primers, sermons, songs, speeches, textbooks, tracts, travelogues, treaties, and more.
Education Research Complete
"Education Research Complete provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,500 journals, as well as full text for more than 750 journals, and includes full text for more than 100 books and monographs, and for numerous education-related conference papers."
Educator's Reference Complete
Provides coverage on all facets of educational research including technology, testing, health and bilingual education, funding and policy, and issues in administration.
Emerald Fulltext
1989 - present, updated daily.
Provides full-text access to over 130 journals published by MCB University Press. Covers all aspects of management, including human resource management, library and information management, marketing, and operations and production management.
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
Includes the complete Encyclopedia Britannica, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, the Britannica Book of the Year, and recommended Web sites reviewed by Britannica editors. Full-text.
ERIC (Available on the Web with no restrictions)
1966 - present, updated monthly.
Indexes journal and non-journal education literature from the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC). Includes full-text.
Expanded Academic ASAP
1980 - present, updated daily.
"Use this database to find information on: Astronomy, Religion, Law, History, Psychology, Humanities, Current Events, Sociology, Communications and the General Sciences." Includes full-text.
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Gale Virtual Reference Library
Gallup Brain
1930 - present.
Includes all Gallup Poll data from 1930 to the present. Full-text.
General BusinessFile ASAP
1980 - present, updated daily.
"Use this database to research all business and management topics. Includes directory listings for over 150,000 companies as well as investment analysts' reports on major companies and industries." Includes full-text.
General Reference Center Gold
1980 - present, updated daily.
"A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources in one easy-to-use interface. Use General Reference Center Gold to find articles from newspapers, reference books, and periodicals, many with full-text and images. Find the latest current events, popular culture, business and industry coverage, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more." Includes full-text.
Global NewsBank
1996 - present, updated daily.
" News articles covering politics, economics, culture, business, science, technology, and the environment from Africa, Asia, Europe, the former Soviet Union, the Pacific Rim, Central and South America, and the Middle East. All articles are in English and are from over 1000 translated broadcasts, news agency transmissions, wire services, newspapers, magazines and government documents." Full-text.
Grove Art Online
"Grove Art Online provides web access to the entire text of The Dictionary of Art , ed. Jane Turner (1996, 34 vols.) and The Oxford Companion to Western Art , ed. Hugh Brigstocke (2001)." Over 3,000 thumbnail art images and line drawings are included.
Health Reference Center Academic
1995 - present, updated daily.
"Use this database to find articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health & Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMO's, Prescription Drugs, etc." Includes full-text.
DISCLAIMER: "The material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only."
HeinOnline
Provides complete coverage of the U.S. Code from the 1925-1926 edition to the current edition.
Iter Bibliography
"Iter's bibliography includes literature pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700). Citations for books, journal material (articles, reviews, review articles, bibliographies, catalogues, abstracts and discographies) are included, as are citations for dissertation abstracts, and essays in books (including entries in conference proceedings, festschriften, encyclopedias and exhibition catalogues)."
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JSTOR
Provides full-text access to the complete archives of core scholarly journals in the arts and sciences.
Knovel
Collection of searchable full-text science and engineering reference books. Many of the books are enhanced with interactive capabilities such as interactive tables, graphs, and equations.
LexisNexis Academic
Provides access to U.S. and international newspapers, company financial information and business news, federal and state case law and regulations, medical news and journal literature, and various reference resources. Includes full-text.
LexisNexis Congressional
"Provides access to legislative and regulatory information from the United States Government. Users can search indexes of congressional publications from 1789 to the present; retrieve CIS Legislative Histories for public laws going back to 1970; find testimony testimony from congressional hearings; track bills as they move through the House and Senate; search the Congressional Record." Includes full-text.
LexisNexis Primary Sources in U.S. History
Provides access to journal articles, autobiographies, photographs, manuscripts, speeches, and other primary and secondary source materials appearing in three collections - African American History, American Women's History, and U.S. Presidential History. In addition, there is a microfrom collection which includes primary source materials pertaining to southern history, political history, women's studies, and other topics. Includes full-text.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (Not currently available off-campus)
Indexes more than 600 periodicals, research reports, books, and proceedings pertaining to librarianship, cataloging, information management, etc.
LLMC-Digital
Includes U.S. Federal, Executive, Judicial, and Legislative materials from the collections of the Law Library Microform Consortium. Full-text.
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Management & Organization Studies
Includes full-text acccess to over 30 peer-reviewed management and organization studies journals published by SAGE.
MarketResearch.com Academic
Collection of market research reports. Full-text.
Massachusetts Newsstand
Collection of 12 full-text Massachusetts newspapers including the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, BusinessWest, and the Telegram & Gazette.
Massachusetts History Online
Includes full-text article from magazines and local newspapers which focus on Massachusetts people, places, and historical events.
MathSciNet
1940 - present, updated monthly.
Provides comprehensive coverage of the world's literature on mathematics, statistics, and computer science.
Mergent Online
Online and expanded version of Moody's/Mergent Directories. Includes financial and general information on more than 10,000 U.S. public companies (including SEC filings) and over 17,000 non-U.S. public companies. Annual reports of these companies are also provided.
MLA International Bibliography
1963 - present.
Provides access to journal articles, books, and dissertations covering a variety of subjects including literature, language and linguistics, folklore, and literary theory and criticism. Includes full-text.
Morningstar
Mutual fund and stock analyst reports on over 20,000 securities are found here. Reports are created by independent analysts.
NetAdvantage
Online version of several Standard & Poor's reference sources including Industry Surveys, and the Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives. Provides company, industry, and mutual fund information. Full-text.
The New York Times
1851 - 2005.
Provides both full-text and full-image coverage of The New York Times.
19th Century British Pamphlets
This collection includes the most significant British pamphlets from the 19th century held in research libraries within the United Kingdom. The pamphlets offer insight into the political, social, and economic issues facing 19th century Britain.
Oxford English Dictionary
Provides the pronunciation, meaning, and history of words in the English language.
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Project Muse
Collection of full-text humanities, arts, and social sciences journals.
PsycINFO
1887 to present, updated daily.
Indexes and abstracts articles in psychology and related fields. Includes full- text.
PubMed (Available on the Web with no restrictions)
1966 - present, updated weekly.
A database from the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) which covers "the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and the preclinical sciences. Journal articles are indexed for MEDLINE, and their citations are searchable, using NLM's controlled vocabulary, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). MEDLINE contains all citations published in Index Medicus, and corresponds in part to the International Nursing Index and the Index to Dental Literature. Citations include the English abstract when published with the article (approximately 76% of the current file)".
List of Serials Indexed for Online Users/U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM)
RefWorks
"RefWorks -- an online research management, writing and collaboration tool -- is designed to help researchers easily gather, manage, store and share all types of information, as well as generate citations and bibliographies."
Republican, The
1988 - present, updated daily.
Full-text access to Springfield's local newspaper, The Republican.
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Selectory (User name and password required for on-campus and off-campus access)
Directory of New England service and manufacturing companies.
Social Science Research Network
"The SSRN eLibrary consists of two parts: an Abstract Database containing abstracts on over 34,000 scholarly working papers and forthcoming papers and an Electronic Paper Collection currently containing over 17,000 downloadable full text documents in Adobe Acrobat pdf format. The eLibrary also includes the research papers of a number of Fee Based Partner Publications."
Social Work Abstracts
1977 - present, updated quarterly.
Indexes and abstracts articles from more than 450 social work journals. Also includes the Register of Clinical Social Workers, a directory of clinical social workers in the U.S. Includes full-text.
SocINDEX with Full Text
1895 - present, updated daily.
"SocINDEX with Full Text contains full text for 344 "core" coverage journals dating back to 1895, and 129 "priority" coverage journals. This database also includes full text for more than 700 books and monographs, and full text for 6,800 conference papers."
Sports Business Research Network
"SBRnet is a fee-based service, focusing on the sporting goods and sports marketing industry. It's mission is to provide a continuously updated resource featuring market research and industry news covering all facets of the industry: sports equipment sales, sports participation, sports broadcasting, sports sponsorship and sports marketing." Full-text.
STAT-USA
Composed of State of the Nation, which provides current and historical economic, and financial releases and economic data along with Globus and the National Trade Data Bank which provides current and historical trade-related releases, international market research, trade opportunities, country analysis, and our trade library.
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Wall Street Journal
1984 - present, updated daily.
Full-text access to the business and financial information found in The Wall Street Journal.
WorldCat
Online catalog of the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) database. Includes records of any type of material - books, periodicals, videos, manuscripts, etc. - cataloged by OCLC member libraries.
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