Databases A-Z

Articles of interest to adjuncts.

Available through FirstSearch. From the National Agricultural Library. Indexes about 5000 journals. Subjects covered include food and human nutrition, environmental science, agriculture. Five simultaneous users.

Bibliographic reference guide to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Also available in print.

Full text slave narratives available online.

Provides a selective critical analysis of new historical books, journals and journal articles. Topics covered include Ancient History, Middle Ages, Sixteenth through Twentieth Centuries, Africa, the Americas, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, & the Pacific Islands.

Index (with some full text) to anthropology literature. Sponsored by the American Anthropological Association (AAA).

A source for photos and a selection of historical images. Can be a source for fashion photos. One simultaneous user.

Provides comprehensive indexing of over 350 international art publications, including periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins from 1984 to the present. Topics covered include art, archaeology, art history, crafts, fashion design, non-western art, painting, photography, pottery, sculpture, and textiles.

Over 23 million sources covering business, humanities, medicine and popular culture.

From Los Alamos National Lab and Cornell University. Searchable. Includes physics, mathematics and computer science preprint literature. Full text is available is various formats. Covers 1991 to the present.

Gives citations to sources of biographical information for contemporary and historical figures around the world.

Provides full-text to about 130 journals in biology and medicine. This database is openly accessible, but individual (free) registration is required.

Provides access to the full-text of about 50 bioscience journals. Citations are free to view. Full-text is available at Hartwick College.

Provides access to over 5 million books, audiobooks, and video titles as well as reviews, award listings, and best sellers.

A comprehensive business resource which provides access to periodical and newspaper articles, information about domestic and international companies, investment reports, brands, industry and company rankings, corporate histories. Coverage includes public and private companies. A good source for company histories and chronologies.

Provides full-text for scholarly business and management journals as well as financial data, case studies, industry reports, market reports, and company profiles.

A collection of images of about 95,000 works of art from prominent museums dating from 3000 BC to the present.

Includes full-text Canadian magazines, newspapers, newswires, and reference books as well as photos and maps.

A federated search engine that searches across many library databases at once.

An excellent source for concise, authoritative reviews of academic books, electronic media, and Internet resources of interest to those in higher education. Four simultaneous users.  Please be sure to log out when you are finished.

Indexing for over 560 journals in the fields of nursing and allied health sciences with coverage back to 1937. Some full text articles are included.

Index of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities.

A collection of the full text of catalogs from two-year, four-year, graduate, and professional schools in the U.S.

Covers all aspects of communication and mass media. Includes some full text articles.

Features about 300 full-text journals and magazines and covering both technical journals and consumer computer titles.

Covers research and development with full-text for about 700 periodicals and indexing and abstracting for about 1800 academic journals and professional publications.

Guide to current writers in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, drama, and other fields. Provides complete biographical and bibliographical references.

Information on the 106th, 107th , 108th, 109th, and 110th Congress including congressional profiles, contact info, district data, key votes. Print version is in Reference JK1010.P64. One simultaneous user.

Covers the most current and controversial issues of the day with summaries of the issues. Full text. Five simultaneous users.

Index (with abstracts) to journals in criminal justice and related disciplines. Covers crime trends, crime prevention and deterrence, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, police, courts, punishment and sentencing.

This full text newspaper database includes the New York Newspapers including the last year of the New York Times and over fifty national and international newspapers..

Online version of 17 print books devoted to the daily lives of people throughout the past.

Access to over 2000 free, full-text scientific and scholarly journals.

Available through LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe under Company Financial Reports. Business and financial information extracted from annual and periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for over 10,000 publicly-owned companies.

OCLC catalog of online electronic books available worldwide. The WorldCat of electronic books.

Provides access to MasterFILE Premier, TOPICSearch, and several databases of interest to school children.

This will search several databases helpful to Education majors at once using the EBSCO interface. Databases include Academic Search Premier, Education Research Complete, ERIC, Professional Development Collection, PsycINFO and SocINDEX.

Large database that provides coverage of all aspects of education, including curriculum instruction, administration, policy, funding, and related social issues. Offers some full text.

Search by subject across many EBSCO databases.

Provides sources for full text electronic books, newspapers, periodicals, reference materials.

Over 1660 journals in agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, natural resources, geography, pollution and environmental law.

Available through EBSCO. Links to full text in other databases.

Free version of ERIC from the National Library of Education.

Provides political, economic, and statistical information for over 250 countries and territories. Includes maps and country profiles.

Abstracts related to family studies, including families, marriage, divorce, and family therapy.

Provides access to databases covering many subjects.

A listing of Gale databases including Contemporary Authors and Literature Resource Center.

A collection of full text electronic reference books covering many subject areas. Can be searched by keyword, source, subject, image caption, full text, and audience. Individual books can be combined for cross-title searching.

Master index to 40 Gale literary publications including Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Literature Resource Center. Updated twice/year.

A full text database of journals, newsletters and research reports on women. Two simultaneous users.

GeoRef is most comprehensive geoscience database and contains over 3 million references to geoscience journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports and theses from 1966 to the present. Abstracts only. The CSA platform provides an advanced search option.

GeoScience World provides full text to a selection of core geology journals including American Mineralogist, Economic Geology, Geology, and GSA Bulletin.  In addition, it links to a basic search engine for GeoRef.

Available through FirstSearch. Search US Government Publications.

Addresses human impacts on the environment.

Provides access to Encyclopedia America,Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The New Book of Knowledge, and several specialized encyclopedias as well as current news, dictionaries, and an atlas.

Provides access to Oxford Music Online, Grove Music Online, and RILM Abstracts of Music Literature.

HarpWeek is the full text, full-image electronic version of Harpers Weekly. Coverage is from 1857-1865. (This database is funded by SUNYConnect)

Provides academic journal articles, magazine articles, newspaper articles, and information on complementary and alternative medicine

Contains nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines.

Provides about 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also includes 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets.

Contains about 275,000 journal article citations concerning Central America, South America, the Caribbean, Mexico, Brazil, and Hispanics/Latinos in the United States.

Bibliographic reference guide to the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada). No full text available.

Authoritative source for quantitative facts of American history.

Some Full text articles on science, technology, medicine.

Includes all data from Humanities International Index (indexing to more than 2,100 journals and 2 million records) as well as access to about 900 full-text journals.

Indexes the tables of contents of over 30,000 periodicals.

Covers aspects of theatre and performance in 126 countrys from more than 200 periodicals and books.

Covers almost 900 journals from 1989-present in the area of political science. Only contains citations.

"Iter, meaning a journey or a path in Latin, is a not-for-profit research project with partners in Toronto (the headquarters), New York City, and Tempe. Iter was created for the advancement of learning in the study and teaching of the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700) through the development of online resources."

Provides access to the full text of the Journal of the American Medical Association. The objective is "to promote the science and art of medicine and the betterment of the public health". The journal is available only within the library. Users will need to consult a librarian in order to access this journal.

Provides access to the full text of over 300 scholarly journals across many subject areas. The objective of JSTOR is to provide all issues back to Volume 1, Issue 1 for all journals. (Due to copyright restrictions, the most recent 3-5 years are unavailable.)

Provides access to over 1000 articles on chemical substances including their properties, manufacturing, and uses.

Contains full text general news and reference information, as well as legislative, legal, business, financial, and health sources. Includes the full text of major newspapers including the New York Times, Washington Post, Financial Times, Le Monde. Updated daily.

Index to articles in about 600 journals. Some full-text articles are available. Covers from the mid-1960's to the present.

Provides access to biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary discipline including the full text of selected literary works from LitFinder.

Provides access to about 125,000 full text poems, 850,000 poem citations, 5,000 full text short stories, 3,000 full text essays, 2,000 full text speeches, and 1,000 full text plays.

Provides full text for over 1700 general reference publications from many disciplines.

Indexing (with some full-text) from about 4800 biomedical journals.

MEDLINE plus web links from the National Library of Medicine.

Provides full text information on standardized tests covering educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, and psychology. The print version is located in Milne Library Reference REF LB1131 .B93. Another, simpler index to the series, volumes 9-17 (1985 to the Present), is located on the website of the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements.

Current news pertaining to all branches. Provides full-text for about 300 journals.

Offers detailed information on 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.

Index to scholarly research in literature, linguistics, and folklore. Indexes material published since the 1920's including 4400 journals, books, proceedings, and bibliographies

A subject-author guide to over 850 music periodicals from over 40 countries.  Covers from 1973 to the present.

Full text/full image version of The Nation magazine, "a dissenting, independent, trouble-making, idea-launching journal of critical opinion", from 1865 to the present. Searchable by author, keyword, title, date range. Includes articles, book reviews, film reviews, poems, cartoons, and illustrations.

Includes The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post. LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe is another good source for newspapers.

Streaming access to over 25,000 music CD’s including classical, jazz, and world music labels. Eight simultaneous users. Works best in IE Explorer.

Contains over 1000 audiobooks and stories, including classic works, plays, and poetry.  Eight simultaneous users. Works best in IE Explorer.

National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts Database. Provides summaries of more than 190,000 criminal justice publications. About 7000 full text publications are available through the NCJRS Virtual Library.

Includes Industry Surveys, Stock Reports, Mutual Fund Reports, Bond Reports, Corporation Records, The Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives, and The Outlook.

Provides access to full text electronic books.

The New York Times archive provides full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. It is possible to limit by article type including: classified ad, display ad, editorial cartoon, letter, comic, editorial article, review, stock quote, weather, legal notice, and real estate transaction.

Local and regional news. For national and international coverage, Lexis-Nexis is more comprehensive.

Includes over 1500 full-text U.S. and international newspapers as well as over 500,000 television and radio news transcripts, videos, and podcasts.

These databases may be accessed by obtaining a New York Public Library card, which is a possiblity for any New York State resident.

These databases may be accessed by NY State Employees. You will need to follow the instructions at the bottom of the page in order to apply for a "P" card if you do not already have one.

Contains about 2000 viewpoint articles, 1000 topic overviews, 700 court case overviews, and 30 full text periodicals and newspapers. The Research Guide provides tips on analyzing issues with opposing viewpoints, distinguishing fact from opinion, evaluating information sources, and recognizing deceptive arguments.

Provides 50,000 signed biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of the British past, from the earliest times to the end of the year 2000 .

Online version of the print dictionary.

Provides access to back files of over 550 complete full-image journals spanning 200 years in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.

Contains full-text essays representing multiple sides of about 250 topics; in addition, the database includes political magazines, radio and television news transcripts, primary source documents, and reference books.

Information on the 106th, 107th , 108th, 109th, and 110th Congress including congressional profiles, contact info, district data, key votes. Print version is in Reference JK1010.P64. One simultaneous user.

Includes court cases and legislation. Scroll to the bottom of the page for the link to Pornography and Sexual Representation.

Provides full text for nearly 70 popular magazines and over 100 children's pamphlets for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990.

Full text of about 500 education journals (about 350 are peer-reviewed). Includes full text of the Chronicle of Higher Education from 1999 to the present (with a one month delay).

Full text of over 100 scholarly journals in fields including literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, political science, gender studies, and economics.

Provides access to over 2000 magazines and journals from 1981 to the present. Includes some full-text.