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Booth Library Periodicals List  - an alphabetical listing of all of the periodicals owned or accessible to Booth Library patrons, print titles include call number and holdings information and electronically accessible titles provide the database name and coverage information

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17th and 18th Century Burney Collection Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles Trial Database(10/27/2009 - 11/30/2009)
The newspapers and news pamphlets gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney (1757 - 1817) represent the largest single collection of 17th and 18th century English news media. The 700 or so bound volumes of newspapers and news pamphlets were published mostly in London, however there are also some English provincial, Irish and Scottish papers, and a few examples from the American colonies, Europe and India.

19th Century British Library Newspapers Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles Trial Database(10/27/2009 - 11/30/2009)
19th Century British Library Newspapers contains full runs of 48 influential national and regional newspapers representing different political and cultural segments of the 19th century British society.

19th Century UK Periodicals . Series 2: Empire Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles Trial Database(10/27/2009 - 11/30/2009)
19th Century UK Periodicals is a major new multi-part series which covers the events, lives, values and themes that shaped the 19th century world. Series II on Empire: Travel and Anthropology, Economics, Missionary and Colonial. The collection includes titles from Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, New Zealand and South Africa. It is mainly based on the repositories of the British Library and the National Library of Scotland.

19th Century UK Periodicals Digital Archive: New Readerships Collection Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
The New Readerships: Women`s, Children`s Humor and Leisure/Sport Collection offers access to a wide variety of resources for the study of British life in the 19th century, including women`s issues, social issues, and Victorian life and culture.

Abstracts in Social Gerontology Requires Library ID when used off-campus
Covers essential areas related to social gerontology, including the psychology of aging, elder abuse, society and the elderly, and other key areas of relevance to the discipline. The index contains 70,000 records, which are carefully selected from the most important sources within the discipline (1990-to present)

ACS Publications Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
Publications by the American Chemical Society.

ADS Abstract Service
The Astrophysics Data System (ADS) is a NASA-funded project which maintains four bibliographic databases containing more than 4 million records. Covers Astronomy and Astrophysics, Physics and Geophysics, and ArXiv preprints. (Generally 1975 to present)

African American Newspapers: The 19th Century Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
Collection of African-American Newspapers containing a wealth of information about the cultural life and history during the 1800s.

AGRICOLA (FirstSearch) Requires Library ID when used off-campus
Citations to journal articles in agriculture, nutrition, and related fields of biology, ecology, and natural science. (1970 to present)

Aldrich Spectral Viewer Includes some full-text articles
The Aldrich Spectral Viewer is an electronic reference book on CD-ROM that contains thousands of actual spectra from the Aldrich spectral libraries. The CD-ROM is loaded on a localserver and you must download special software to use it.

America: History and Life Requires Library ID when used off-campus
Citations to articles in history journals with an emphasis on American history (1964 to present).

American Periodicals Series Online Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
This unique and valuable collection includes digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals published from colonial days to the dawn of the 20th century. (1741-1900)

AP Images Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
The Photo Archive is an electronic library containing the AP`s current photos and a selection of pictures from their 50 million image print and negative library.

Applied Science and Technology Requires Library ID when used off-campus
Citations and abstracts of journal articles in applied science and technology. (1983 to present)

APS Journal Search Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
Search American Physical Society journals. (Generally 1893 - present).

ArchiveGrid Requires Library ID when used off-campus
Online access to nearly a million descriptions of archival collections owned by thousands of libraries, museums, historical societies and archives worldwide. ArchiveGrid is an important destination for searching for historical documents, personal papers and family histories held in archives.

Art Abstracts Requires Library ID when used off-campus
Citations and abstracts of journal articles, book reviews, yearbooks, museum bulletins, and reproductions of works of art for all topic areas of art (September 1984 to present).

Article1st Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
Citations and many complete articles from 12,000 journals in all subjects. (Generally, 1990 to present)

Arts and Humanities Search Requires Library ID when used off-campus
Citations to articles in leading arts and humanities journals (1980 to present).

ARTSEARCH Requires Password
ARTSEARCH is a searchable jobs database for careers in the arts. ARTSEARCH is divided into 5 main categories: Administration, Artistic, Production/Design, Career Development and Education. An advanced search using refined job categories is also available.

arXiv.org
ArXiv is an e-print service in the fields of physics, mathematics, non-linear science, computer science, and quantitative biology. (Generally 1991-present)

Biological and Agricultural Index Requires Library ID when used off-campus
Biological & Agricultural Index, produced by the H.W. Wilson Company, provides access to more than 490,000 citations from agricultural and biological literature. This database indexes articles, reports of meetings, review articles, special supplements, and book reviews. (1983 to present)

Biosis Previews Requires Library ID when used off-campus Multidata Search  Repeat Search
Citations to worldwide literature in biology, life sciences, environmental and biomedical research. (1969 to present)

Black Thought and Culture Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
A collection of approximately 100,000 pages of non-fiction writings by major American black leaders—teachers, artists, politicians, religious leaders, athletes, war veterans, entertainers, and other figures—covering 250 years of history. In addition to the most familiar works, Black Thought and Culture presents a great deal of previously inaccessible material, including letters, speeches, prefatory essays, political leaflets, interviews, periodicals, and trial transcripts. The ideas of nearly 100 people present an evolving and complex view of what it is to be black in America.

British Periodicals Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
British Periodicals traces two centuries of British history and culture from the seventeenth century through to the Victorian `age of periodicals` and beyond, comprising nearly 500 periodical runs published from the 1680s to the 1930s.

Brown University Modernist Journals Project Includes some full-text articles
The MJP was launched at Brown in 1995 as a Web site of digitized periodicals connected to the rise of modernism in the English-speaking world from 1890 to 1922. The site includes searchable editions of seven modernist journals: The New Age (1907–1922), Dana (1904-1905), Rhythm (1911-13), Blast (1914-15), The Owl (1915-1923), The Blue Review (1913), and The Tyro (1921-1922).

Brown University Women Writers Project Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
English texts by women before 1830. Includes texts by Renaissance Women Writers.

Cabell's Directories of Publishing Opportunities in Business Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
These directories help you select journals in the areas of Accounting, Economics & Finance, Management, and Marketing that are most likely to publish your manuscript. Includes extensive information on the style and format of most Business journals.

CAMIO Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
A premier resource of high-quality art images from around the world contributed and described by leading museums, all rights-cleared for educational use. Every work in CAMIO is represented by at least one high-resolution image and a description. Many have additional views of the work, sound, video and curatorial notes.

CAplusSM Core Journal Coverage List with Journal Title Abbreviations
The list is sorted alphabetically by the full journal title and also includes the journal abbreviation, CODEN, and publication frequency. This is not the full list of publications covered by CAS, and the list is subject to change.

CARLI Digital Collections Includes some full-text articles
This collection contains 30,000 digital images of paintings, sculpture and architecture, including images from many important collections. Additionally, the descriptive data about the images includes references to the occurrences of these images in 19 major art history texts

Charleston Times-Courier Includes some full-text articles
Searchable archive of the Charleston Times-Courier and the Mattoon Journal Gazette.

Chicago Tribune Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
Access to the Chicago Tribune newspaper from 1985 to the present.

Chicago Tribune (historical) Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
The Historical Chicago Tribune gives researchers quick, accurate Web access to nearly 135 years of a newspaper intimately tied to the development of the historic city of Chicago and the growth of the Midwest and the nation.

Children's Literature Comprehensive Database Requires Library ID when used off-campus
The CLCD presently contains more than 1.4 million catalog records in MARC format that have children's headings assigned. These records come with all of the official cataloging data, subject terms, and annotations. In addition, the database contains more than 260,000 full-text reviews of children’s books from 35 reviewing sources.

Children's Magazine Guide Online Requires Password
A subject index to magazines geared toward elementary and middle school students. Coverage includes more than 65 magazines commonly used in schools, libraries, and at home. In addition to extensive subject coverage, each issue also includes citations of web sites.

Chronicle of Higher Education Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
Provides complete access to the Chronicle of Higher Education including all articles published since September 1989.

Chronicling America Includes some full-text articles
View newspaper pages from 1880 to 1910 from the following states: California, District of Columbia, Florida, Kentucky, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York, Texas, Utah, and Virginia.

CINAHL Plus with Full Text Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
CINAHL Plus with Full Text is the world`s most comprehensive source of full text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 560 journals indexed in CINAHL. Of those, nearly 400 have cover-to-cover indexing in CINAHL. Contains more than 600,000 full-text articles dating back to 1937.

Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
Contains the full text of major articles gleaned from over 2,500 issues of The New York Herald, The Charleston Mercury and the Richmond Enquirer, published between November 1, 1860 and April 15, 1865.

Clase and Periodica Requires Library ID when used off-campus
Offers access to more than 300,000 bibliographic citations from documents published in 2,600 scholarly journals in the Spanish, Portuguese, French, and English languages from 24 Latin American and Caribbean countries. (1978 to present)

Cochrane Library Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
The Cochrane Library contains high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. It includes reliable evidence from Cochrane and other systematic reviews, clinical trials, and more. Cochrane reviews bring you the combined results of the world’s best medical research studies, and are recognized as the gold standard in evidence-based health care.

Columbia Granger's World of Poetry Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
There are over 181,000 fulltext poems with biographies, commentaries, critical context, and a glossary in this database.

Communication & Mass Media Complete Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
Indexing for journals in all areas related to communication studies and mass media. CMMC offers full text for 350 titles and contains citation coverage for additional 660 sources.

Congressional Universe Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
Congressional Universe is a commercial web service which permits researchers to document the federal legislative process, in part since 1970, and almost in its entirety since 1993.

Daily Eastern News Includes some full-text articles
Eastern's student newspaper fulltext since 1994; citations indexed from 1914 to present.

Dictionary of Old English: Old English Corpus Requires Library ID when used off-campus
The Corpus contains all surviving Old English materials, over 3000 different texts.

Digital Image Collections Includes some full-text articles
Various digital photograph resources either created by or licensed to Booth Library.

Dissertation Abstracts Requires Library ID when used off-campus
Citations and abstracts for dissertations and theses from institutions in North America and Europe. (1861 to present)

Documenting the Old South Includes some full-text articles
Documenting the American South (DocSouth) provides access to texts, images, and audio files related to Southern history, literature, and culture from the colonial period through the first decades of the 20th Century. It includes collections of primary sources, such as diaries and letters.

Drugs, Supplements and Herbal Information from MedlinePlus Includes some full-text articles
Find information on your prescription and over-the-counter medicines, herbs and supplements. Information on prescriptions and over-the-counter medication information is from MedMaster, a product of the American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP). Information on herbs and supplements is from the National Standard.

Early Americas Digital Archive Includes some full-text articles
A collection of electronic texts and links to texts originally written in or about the Americas from 1492 to approximately 1820

Early English Books Online Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
Early English Books Online (EEBO) contains digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700.

EBSCO Academic Search Premier Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
Indexes over 8,000 periodicals, providing full text for over 4,500 titles covering the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education, and much more.

EBSCO Animals Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
The Encyclopedia of Animals (EBSCO Animals) provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to the nature and habitat of familiar animals.

EBSCO Business Source Elite Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
Provides full text for over 1,040 journals covering business, management, economics, finance, banking, accounting, and much more.

EBSCO Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia Requires Library ID when used off-campus
Geared towards secondary school students, Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia indexes over 25,000 records covering a wide array of topics.

EBSCO Health Source: Consumer Edition Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
Full text from nearly 190 magazines and journals on many health topics, including the medical sciences, food science and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine, and general health. The database also includes the complete text of full text for nearly 1,190 health-related pamphlets.

EBSCO Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
Full text from over 600 nursing and medical journals, indexing and abstracts for an additional 850 journals, emphasizing nursing and allied health. (1975 to present)

EBSCO MAS Ultra-School Edition Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
Designed specifically for high school students, this database provides full text for over 500 popular general interest and current events publications (1975 to present).

EBSCO MasterFILE Premier Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
This multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 1,750 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also contains full text for nearly 500 reference books and 164,424 primary source documents, as well as an Image Collection of over 453,000 photos, maps & flags.

EBSCO Military & Government Collection Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites. The Military & Government Collection provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals. The database also includes full text for 245 pamphlets and offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 400 titles.

EBSCO Newspaper Source Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
Provides selected full text articles from 174 U.S. and international newspapers.

EBSCO Primary Search Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
Primary Search provides full text for more than 50 popular magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles)(1990 to present).

EBSCO Professional Development Collection Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of over 515 full text journals, including nearly 350 peer-reviewed titles.

EBSCO Teacher Reference Center Requires Library ID when used off-campus
Provides indexing and abstracts for over 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals to assist professional educators.

EBSCOhost Mobile Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
EBSCOhost Mobile is tailor-made for the smaller screens of mobile devices, and offers the most important EBSCOhost features and functionality, right in the palm of your hand! EBSCOhost Mobile is compatible with BlackBerry, Dell Axiom, iPhone, and Palm 750.

EconLit Requires Library ID when used off-campus
Citations and abstracts for articles from international journals, books, dissertations and working papers (1969 to present).

Encyclopedia of Life Sciences Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
ELS integrates current theory, practice, and understanding of all basic and applied aspects of the life sciences, placing particular emphasis on cell and molecular biology. ELS contains Over 3,000 original articles contributed by 5,000 of the world’s leading scientists.

Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management Requires Library ID when used off-campus
Citations and abstracts on environmental science and pollution management. (1994 to present)

ERIC Includes some full-text articles
Citations and abstracts for published and unpublished reports and journal articles on educational topics. Some fulltext journal articles available (1966 to present).

ERIC/EBSCO Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
Citations and abstracts for published and unpublished reports and journal articles on educational topics. Some fulltext journal articles available (1966 to present).

ERIC/OVID Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles Research Help Multidata Search  Repeat Search
Citations and abstracts for published and unpublished reports and journal articles on educational topics (1966 to 2003).

GeoBase Requires Library ID when used off-campus
Citations and abstracts of worldwide literature on geology, geography, and ecology. (1980 to present)

GeoRef Requires Library ID when used off-campus
Produced by the American Geological Institute, this database is a comprehensive geoscience database containing over 2.6 million bibliographic records from more than 3,000 journals and other sources.

Godey's Ladys Book Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
Louis Antoine Godey`s magazine was intended to entertain, inform, and educate the women of America (1830-1885).

goENC.com Requires Library ID when used off-campus
Explore the most comprehensive collection of materials for math and science educators. You can find lesson ideas, articles about teaching practices, curriculum resources, professional development tools, and much more.

Google Scholar with EIU Electronic Journals Requires Library ID when used off-campus
Search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations. Use the "Find it @ EIU " link to access Booth Library's electronic journals.

Government Information on the Internet Includes some full-text articles
The Federal Register, Congressional Record, Congressional Bills, and other State and federal government information available online.

GPO Monthly Catalog Requires Library ID when used off-campus
Citations to materials on all subjects published by the U.S. government (July 1976 to present).

GreenFile Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for approximately 295,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,600 records.

Grove Dictionary of Art Online Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
One of the most comprehensive online references for all aspects of the visual arts from prehistory to the present day. It contains 45,000 articles on every aspect of the visual arts. 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.

Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd Edition Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
The most comprehensive reference for all aspects of music. Over 29,000 articles on music, musical instruments and musicians from the past and present.

Harper's Weekly Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
The database contains all the pages of Harper's Weekly (1857 - 1889) as scanned images, together with a series of indexes.

Historical Abstracts Requires Library ID when used off-campus
Citations and abstracts of articles in history journals with an emphasis on world history (1972 to present).

Horn Book Guide Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
The Horn Book Guide publishes short, critical reviews of virtually every hardcover trade book published in the United States for young people. Gathered here are more than 49,000 reviews published between 1989 and the current year!

Household Products Database Includes some full-text articles
Lists health effects from Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) provided by the manufacturers for over 4,000 consumer brands. Research products by name, category or chemical ingredient.

How Products are Made Includes some full-text articles
Explains and details the manufacturing process of a wide variety of products. The site provides step by step descriptions of teh assembly and manufacturing process. There is related information for each product including how the item works, who invented the product and possible future developments.

Humanities International Complete Requires Library ID when used off-campus
A collection of references to literary, scholarly and creative journals in the humanities, published worldwide. This database covers over 1,900 journals dating as far back as 1925, including full text for more than 770 journals.

ICPSR Requires Library ID when used off-campus
Access to a collection of numeric raw data from public and private research sources. You must create your own login in order to download the data.

Illinois Sanborn Insurance Maps Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
Dating from 1867 to 1970, the Digital Sanborn Maps project encompasses most towns and cities in Illinois. They are large-scale plans containing data that can be used to estimate the potential risk for urban structures. This includes information such as the outline of each building, the size, shape and construction materials, heights, and function of structures, location of windows and doors. The maps also give street names, street and sidewalk widths, property boundaries, building use, and house and block numbers.

In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience Includes some full-text articles
The Web site is organized around thirteen defining migrations that have formed and transformed African America and the nation. It presents more than 16,500 pages of texts, 8,300 illustrations, and more than 60 maps.

InfoTrac Expanded Academic Index ASAP Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
Abstracts and many complete articles from scholarly and general-interest journals in the social sciences, humanities and nontechnical sciences. (1980 to present)

IngentaConnect Requires Library ID when used off-campus
Most current source of article citations in all subject areas from 25,000 publications (1988 to present). Previously known as CARL Uncover.

International Financial Statistics Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
International Financial Statistics (IFS Online) is a standard source of statistics on all aspects of international and domestic finance. It contains time series data from 1948. IFS reports, for most countries, current data on international payments, inflation, and deflation (exchange rates, liquidity, international banking, interest rates, prices, production, international transactions, government accounts, and national accounts).

Issues and Controversies On File Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
This database combines analysis and explanations of opposing points of view for current and historical events. It includes chronologies, illustrations, maps, tables, sidebars, bibliographies and contact information.

ITER Requires Library ID when used off-campus
The mandate of this high-quality research tool is to provide a comprehensive bibliography of all scholarly materials pertaining to the study of European culture between 400 and 1700.

JSTOR Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
Digital archive of over 1,000 core academic journals. A complete archive of titles digitized starting with the very first issue of the journal. Browse Titles

Lakeview College of Nursing Databases
Students in the Lakeview College of Nursing-EIU Cooperative Nursing Program may use this link to access databases at the Danville Campus.

Lexi-Comp Online Requires Library ID when used off-campus
Provides concise, point-of-care drug information with supporting modules providing interaction analysis, drug identification, medical calculations, and more.

Lexis-Nexis Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
Fulltext access to a wide range of newspapers, business, legal, medical and political information, both foreign and domestic. Includes New York Times. (1980 to present)

Library Literature and Information Science Requires Library ID when used off-campus
Library Literature & Information Science, produced by the H.W. Wilson Company, indexes articles and book reviews from key library and information science periodicals. This database contains over 242,000 English and non-English records dating back to 1980.

Making of America (Cornell University) Includes some full-text articles
Fulltext of selected nineteenth-century American journal articles. An important body of primary sources pertaining to American social history. (roughly 1800-1925)

Making of America (University of Michigan) Includes some full-text articles
Fulltext of selected nineteenth-century American books. An important body of primary sources pertaining to American social history in many subject areas: education, religion, history, sociology, technology, science. (roughly 1800-1925)

MathSciNet Requires Library ID when used off-campus
A comprehensive database covering the world's mathematical literature since 1940. Provides access to the bibliographic data and reviews of mathematical research literature contained in the Mathematical Reviews Database.

MEDLINE Requires Library ID when used off-campus
Citations and abstracts of articles in 9,500+ journals covering all areas of medicine, including health, nutrition, psychology and nursing. (1966 to present)

Mergent FIS (formerly Moody's) Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
Fulltext weekly updated reports on mergers, interim earnings, management changes and more for companies listed in Mergent FIS. Only the most recent week`s news reports are available. Scroll to the bottom of the page and select "Access News Reports."

Middle English Dictionary Includes some full-text articles
The print Middle English Dictionary (MED) has been described as "the greatest achievement in medieval scholarship in America." Its 15,000 pages offer a comprehensive analysis of lexicon and usage for the period 1100-1500, based on the analysis of a collection of over three million citation slips, the largest collection of this kind available. This electronic version of the MED preserves all the details of the print MED.

MLA International Bibliography (EBSCO ) Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
MLA International Bibliography is a bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations. Produced by the Modern Language Association, the electronic version of the bibliography dates back to 1926 and contains over 1.7 million citations from more than 4,400 journals and books from over 1,000 publishers.

Music Index Online Requires Library ID when used off-campus
The Music Index, produced by Harmonie Park Press, is the single most comprehensive annual subject-author guide to music literature. Published since 1949, The Music Index contains surveyed data from more than 725 international music periodicals from over 40 countries in 23 languages.

National Organization of Rare Disorders Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
NORD provides information about diseases, referrals to patient organizations, research grants and fellowships, advocacy for the rare-disease community, and Medication Assistance. A database of research reports and article citations provides in-depth information for over 1,000 diseases.

NCLEX Exam Review Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
Click "Test Preparation" and then click "NCLEX Exams" to access online practice tests and online test review materials.

New York Times (1980-present) Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
Lexis-Nexis provides the full text of articles from the New York Times.

New York Times (historical) Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
The New York Times (1851-2003) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.

Newspaper Library, University of Illinois
Search for newspaper holdings at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the "World`s Largest University Newspaper Library."

Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (NCSE) Includes some full-text articles
Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (ncse) is a free, online scholarly edition of six nineteenth-century periodicals and newspapers: Monthly Repository (1806-1837) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Northern Star (1838-1852), Leader (1850-1860), English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Tomahawk (1867-1870), Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890). All six journals are segmented to article level, and may be downloaded freely.

NoveList Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
A readers' advisory database providing details about works of fiction. It contains references to materials for all ages, including picture books, children's "chapter" books, young adult titles, and books for adult readers. NoveList includes full-text reviews from several journals: Booklist, Kirkus, School Library Journal, Library Journal and Publishers Weekly.

NoveList K-8 Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
NoveList K-8, a subset of the main NoveList database, is a reader`s advisory tool for young people. The interface is geared specifically toward students in grades K-8. The NoveList Learning Center shows teachers how to use NoveList in the classroom.

OAIster Requires Library ID when used off-campus
A union catalog of more than 19 million digital resources from over 1,000 organizations developed by the University of Michigan and harvested using OAI-PMH (the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting).

Ornithological Worldwide Literature (OWL)
OWL is a compilation of citations and abstracts from the worldwide journals, conference proceedings, reports, and doctoral dissertations that pertain to the science of ornithology.(Generally 1953-present)

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
A reference work providing 50,000 specially-written 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.

Oxford English Dictionary Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
The OED is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. It traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books.

PAIS Requires Library ID when used off-campus
Citations to articles in all areas of political science, public administration and international relations (Generally 1972 to present).

PapersFirst Requires Library ID when used off-campus
Citations for papers presented at worldwide meetings, conferences, expositions, workshops, congresses and symposia. Papers1st contains a separate record for each paper listed in a Proceedings1st record (October 1993 to the present). Updated monthly.

Pennsylvania Gazette, 1728-1800 Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
Published in Philadelphia from 1728 through the early 1800's, Benjamin Franklin's newspaper provides a firsthand view of colonial America.

Physical Education Index Requires Library ID when used off-campus
abstracts feature a wide variety of content, including physical education curricula, sports medicine, dance, sport law, kinesiology, motor learning, recreation, standardized fitness tests, sports equipment, business and marketing, coaching and training, and sport sociology/psychology. (1970 to present)

PLoS (Public Library of Science) Biology Includes some full-text articles
Peer reviewed articles on biological topics

Plunkett Research Online Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
Search for business and industry data, including market research and trends, industry statistics, company profiles, and associations.

ProceedingsFirst Requires Library ID when used off-campus
Citations for meetings relating to the papers described in Papers1st (October 1993 to the present). Updated monthly.

ProCon.org Includes some full-text articles
"Promoting critical thinking, education, and informed citizenship by presenting controversial issues in a straightforward, nonpartisan primarily pro-con format."

Project Muse Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
Over 400 fulltext journal titles the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others, generally 1995 to present.

PsycArticles Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
PsycARTICLES, from the American Psychological Association (APA), is a definitive source of full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology. The database contains more than 45,000 articles from 57 journals - 46 published by the American Psychological Association (APA) and 11 from allied organizations. It includes all journal articles, letters to the editor and errata from each journal. Coverage spans 1985 to present.

PsycInfo (EBSCO) Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
Citations and abstracts of articles, dissertations, and technical reports on all areas of psychology (1887 to present). Some fulltext journal articles available.

Public Agenda Online
Summaries of current social issues published by Public Agenda, a nonpartisan, nonprofit public opinion research and citizen education organization.

PubMed with EIU Electronic Journals Requires Library ID when used off-campus
Search MEDLINE though PubMed with access to full-text articles from over 1000 electronic journals provided by Booth Library. Also provides call numbers for print journals at Booth Library. (1950 to present)

RAND Online Publications Includes some full-text articles
RAND, a think tank based in Santa Monica, California, is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decision-making through research and analysis. Their online publications include full-text summaries of recent research on the following topics:The Arts, Child Policy, Civil Justice, Education, Energy and Environment, Health and Health Care, International Affairs, Latin America, Methodology, National Security, Population and Aging, Public Safety, Science and Technology, Substance Abuse, Terrorism and Homeland Security, Transportation and Infrastructure, Workforce and Workplace.

Readers' Guide Retrospective Requires Library ID when used off-campus
Index to popular periodical resources covering a wide range of topics. Readers` Guide Retrospective provides indexing from 1890-1982.

RIA Checkpoint Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
Welcome to the world of tax and financial research on the World Wide Web. The Checkpoint(TM) research system offers you fast, effective ways to find answers to your research questions. NOTE: This database must be accessed from within the library.

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature Requires Library ID when used off-campus
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature is an international bibliography of scholarly writings on music as well as music-related disciplines. Dating from 1967 through the present, this database offers indexing of sources published in over 140 languages.

Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
Online version of the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, published in June 1998, features over 2000 orginal articles from over 1300 leading international experts across the discipline of philosophy.

Safari Tech Books Online Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
A collection of electronic books for the computer science and information technology fields. With Safari, you can read the entire book online, or search through the collection to find the code sample or definitions you need.

Note: This database allows only one user at a time. If you cannot get access, please wait 20 minutes and try again.


Salem Health: Cancer Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
Search Salem Health: Cancer, a four-volume set covering more than 800 topics of crucial interest to students, patients, caregivers, and others who have received a diagnosis or are associated with those who have cancer.

SciFinder Scholar 2007
Link to research guides and tutorials on how to effectively use SciFinder Scholar, the premier database for researching journal literature in Chemisty and Physical Sciences. SciFinder Scholar is available on two computers at the Reference Desk and in the Chemisty Computer Lab.

Scitation Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
Includes AIP's SPIN (Searchable Physics Information Notices) database, which contains bibliographic records and abstracts for more than 1.5 million articles from major physical science journals, magazines, and conference proceedings published by the American Institute of Physics. (1894-Present)

SIMBAD Astronomical Database
Provides basic data, cross-identifications and bibliography for astronomical objects outside the solar system.

Social Sciences Abstracts Requires Library ID when used off-campus
Citations and abstracts of journal articles in all areas of the social sciences (1983 to present).

SPORTDiscus Requires Library ID when used off-campus
Citations for articles and books in recreation, leisure studies, exercise physiology, sports medicine, coaching, physical fitness; the psychology, history, and sociology of sport, training, and conditioning (1800 to present)

Statesman's Yearbook Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
An electronic version of the printed book, this database provides coverage of history, politics, economics, trade and infrastructure for each country. It also provides extensive reading lists and web links for further research.

TeachingBooks.net Requires Library ID when used off-campus
Watch K-12 authors and illustrators in their studios, find book guides and teaching activities, and link to author web sites through this valuable resource for children's and young adult literature.

Testing & Education Reference Center Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
Use this database to search thousands of college and graduate school entries. Identify scholarships that meet their financial needs. Take on-line practice tests such as the NCLEX, MCAT, LSAT, and GRE or use test prep eBooks to obtain your education goals.

Times (London) Digital Archive Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
Search the full-text of the entire newspaper, including articles, editorials and advertising. (1785-1985)

Ulrichs Periodical Directory Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
Provides detailed, comprehensive, and authoritative information on serials published throughout the world.

Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
Accesses a wealth of materials revealing the small details of life in the communities of Augusta County, Virginia, and Franklin County, Pennsylvania during the Civil War using letters, diaries, memoirs, census records, church records, government records, battle reports, speeches, and newspapers.

Victorian Database Online
Lists editions, books, articles, and dissertation abstracts published from 1945 to 1999 on every field of nineteenth-century British studies.

Voyages: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database Includes some full-text articles
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade database contains records for nearly 35,000 slaving expeditions that took place between 1514 and 1866,forcibly embarked over 10 million Africans for transport to the Americas between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. It offers researchers,students and the general public a chance to rediscover the reality of one of the largest forced movements of peoples in world history.

WebFeat Requires Library ID when used off-campus
Perform exploratory searches in multiple resources at the same time.

WilsonSelectPlus Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
Citations, abstracts and complete articles from almost 1400 periodicals covering subjects in the general sciences, humanities, current events and business (Generally, 1994 to present, updated weekly).

Women's Studies Collection
The collection is housed at The Women's Resource Center (WRC) which is located in the basement of Stevenson Hall.

World Newspapers
Fulltext access to current newspapers published around the world from OnlineNewspapers.com.

World Shakespeare Bibliography Online Requires Library ID when used off-campus
The World Shakespeare Bibliography Online both cumulates and significantly expands the annual bibliographies in Shakespeare Quarterly.

WorldCat Requires Library ID when used off-campus
Worldwide catalog of books, web resources, films, sound recordings, maps, and other materials. Updated daily.

Wright American Fiction 1851-1875 Requires Library ID when used off-campus Includes some full-text articles
The Wright American Fiction online collection attempts to include every novel published in the United States from 1851 to 1875. There are currently 2,887 texts included (1,763 unedited, 1,124 fully edited and encoded) by 1,456 authors. Produced by the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC).

Zoological Record Requires Library ID when used off-campus Multidata Search  Repeat Search
A comprehensive index to zoological literature. Records cover every aspect of zoology, including biochemistry, behavior, ecology evolution, genetics, and so forth. The database professional journals, magazines, newsletters, monographs, books, reviews, and conference proceedings. (1978-present)