Alphabetical List of Databases
The databases listed below are available via the Internet to students, faculty, and staff of Webster University and Eden Theological Seminary. For a list of databases grouped by subject, see our main database page. For information on how to cite materials from electronic databases in research papers, see our Citation Guides page.
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- ABI/Inform Complete (a Bell & Howell ProQuest database)
- | Database Journal List |
- This well known database indexes and provides abstracts for articles from almost 1600 leading business and management publications, including over 350 English-language titles from outside the U.S. The full-text or complete articles are available from more than 800 periodical titles. ABI/Inform Complete combines coverage from three sources: ABI/Inform Global, Dateline, and Trade & Industry.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.proquest.com/)
- Academic Search Premier (an EbscoHost database)
- | Database Journal List |
- A scholarly multi-disciplinary full-text database with indexing and abstracts for nearly 3,930 scholarly journals (many dating back to 1984). Full-text is available for over 2,940 scholarly publications. The database covers nearly all academic
areas of study - including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language & linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies, etc.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.ebscohost.com )
- Academic Universe; see LEXIS-NEXIS Academic
- ACM Digital Library
- Produced by the Association for Computing Machinery.
This database offers the full-text of ACM journal publications and selected
conference proceedings. Topics include networks, computer-human interaction,
databases, modeling and simulations, system security, programming languages,
and software engineering.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.acm.org/ )
- Alt-HealthWatch (an EbscoHost database)
- | Database Journal List |
- Covers the field of alternative approaches to health,
medical treatment, and wellness. It includes full-text articles from more
than 170 journals, as well as various reports, conference proceedings, newsletters,
pamphlets, etc. Dates vary, but most of the coverage is from 1990 to present.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.ebscohost.com )
- America: History & Life (an Ebscohost database)
- Focuses on the history of the
United States and Canada from early times to present day. Includes related
disciplines such as sociology, popular culture, gender issues, anthropology,
literature, folklore, history of various disciplines, etc. Lists articles
from journals published worldwide as well as book and media reviews and dissertations.
Covers literature published from 1964 to present. For world history, see the
Historical Abstracts database.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.abc-clio.com/)
- Anesthesia Abstracts
- Anesthesia Abstracts is an electronic journal that summarizes and analyzes articles from a wide variety of health science publications. Each month, Anesthesia Abstracts provides the busy anesthetist with a synopsis of key articles important to clinical practice. Abstracts are accompanied by expert analysis and commentary by CRNA contributing editors.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.anesthesiaabstracts.com)
- AnthroSource
- Current issues of American Anthropological Association's journals and bulletins as well as archived issues of all the AAA's journals, newsletters and bulletins. Journal issues generally appear online prior to distribution in print.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.anthrosource.net)
- AP Photo Archive
- Provides photographs from the Associated Press dating back to the 19th century.
Updated daily.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.apwideworld.com/)
- Art Full Text (a Wilson database)
- Provides broad coverage of art topics including art
history, architecture, advertising, archaelogy, crafts, folk art, graphic
arts, interior design, video, and film. The database provides citations and
abstracts from over 400 leading international art publications from
1984 to present and full text articles from nearly 120 journals from 1997 to present.
Search tips for Wilson Art Databases [PDF](Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.hwwilson.com )
- Art Index Retrospective: 1929-1984 (a Wilson database)
- Indexes almost 600 international art publications covering 55 years of art journalism. A good resource to find "contemporary criticism of art at the time of its debut, track a body of work of an artist or movement" as well as artist interviews, commentary, art reproductions and coverage of all art subjects in journals published from 1929 to 1984.
Search tips for Wilson Art Databases [PDF](Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.hwwilson.com )
- ARTBibliographies Modern
- Covers all aspects of modern and contemporary
art including performance art, installation works, video art, computer and
electronic art and more, as well as the traditional fine arts. Subject coverage
spans artists and movements of the late 19th century to current trends and
works of the present. It offers abstracts of journal articles, books, essays,
exhibition catalogs, dissertations, and exhibition reviews from volumes covering
1974 to the present.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.csa.com/)
- Arts & Humanities Search (a FirstSearch database)
- | Database Journal List |
- Indexes more
than 1,300 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals and selected
articles from more than 5,800 social science and science journals. It is the
online equivalent of the Arts & Humanities Citation Index.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.oclc.org/ )
- ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials (formerly ATLAS) (an Ebscohost database)
- | Database Journal List |
- Covers periodicals, multi-author works, and book reviews in all
areas of religion, church history, theology, and pastoral counseling. Coverage
from 1949 to present.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.ebscohost.com/ )
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- Biography Resource Center (a Gale database)
- A comprehensive biographical reference database
that provides more than 300,000 narrative biographies on noteworthy individuals
from around the world, throughout history and across all disciplines and subject
areas. Information is drawn from nearly 80 Gale biographical sources such
as The Complete Marquis Who's Who, Contemporary Authors, Dictionary
of American Biography, Scribner's Encyclopedia of American Lives,
Encyclopedia of World Biography, as well as full-text magazine and
newspaper articles.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.gale.com )
- Biological Abstracts (an EbscoHost database)
- A comprehensive life science database that covers agriculture,
biochemistry, biology, biomedicine, biotechnology, botany, ecology, microbiology,
pharmacology, and zoology. Coverage is from 1969 to present.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.ebscohost.com )
- BIZCOMPS (part of BVMarketData)
- Reports transactions of small private "Main Street" Businesses.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.bvmarketdata.com )
- Books in Print
- Lists books, audios, and videos in-print, out-of-print, and
forthcoming from U.S. publishers. Various browsing and searching options are
offered. Special features include: reviews for selected items, information
on Award winners, bestseller lists, a publisher directory, biographical information
on major authors, a Fiction Room which permits specialized searches (e.g.
by character name), and the ability for users to create lists or bibliographies
of titles from the database.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.bowker.com/ )
- Business & Company Resource Center (a Gale database)
- | Database Journal List |
- Provides company and industry profiles,
financial information, numerous full-text articles and investment reports.
Users can search by various criteria, including company, industry or personal
name, ticker symbol, geographic region, subject, and SIC/NAICS code.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.gale.com)
- Business Source Premier (an EbscoHost database)
- | Database Journal List |
- Offers indexing and abstracts
for over 2,680 business periodicals with coverage including over 800 peer-reviewed
titles. Full-text is available for nearly 2,140 business journals covering
management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, marketing
and more. Periodicals covered full-text range from Business Week, Forbes,
Fortune and American Banker to academic peer- reviewed journals such as
Harvard Business Review, Journal of Management, Academy of Management Review,
and many more. Full-text coverage begins in 1990 for many journals. The database
includes a directory of over 1.4 million company records from Dun & Bradstreet.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.ebscohost.com )
- BVlibrary.com
- Features two databases: Deluxe BVUpdate which provides timely, concise, authoritative, access to the business valuation literature presented in books, articles, and court cases allowing you to keep abreast of the current theory and practice in the field. Economic Outlook Update contains the relevant economic data needed to prepare a thorough business valuation report.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.bvlibrary.com )
- BVMarketData
- BVMarketData provides access to 5 unique resources: Pratt's Stats highlights the details of sales of large privately and closely held companies; BIZCOMPS reports transactions of small private "Main Street" businesses; Mergerstat quantifies the minority discount and control premium data used in business valuation and appraisals of public companies; Public Stats reports transaction details of public company sales; and Integra 5-Year Industry Data Reports provide industry financial benchmarks for privately-held companies in over 900 industries.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.bvmarketdata.com )
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- Catholic Periodical and Literature Index Online (an EbscoHost database)
- Covers all aspects of Catholicism
and is helpful for researching church history, biblical studies, and moral
theology. Indexing is provided to articles in magazines and newspapers, various
papal documents, and books. Coverage: 1981-present.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.ebscohost.com)
- CCH Internet Research NetWork
- CCH publications on current news, practices,
guidelines, cases, laws, and regulations regarding human resource management,
employment and health law, occupational safety, pension, payroll, benefits,
etc.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.cch.com )
- Central Search
- Central Search is a "federated search" product that allows numerous databases to be searched simultaneously. Users may choose to do a mega search of all included databases, select individual databases, or use one of the subject categories provided. Central Search is helpful when you have no idea where to start and want to see which databases may yield the most information on a topic.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.serialssolutions.com )
- Chicago Tribune (a Newsbank database)
- Has the full-text of the newspaper from
1985 to present.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.newsbank.com )
- The Christian Science Monitor (a Newsbank database)
- Has the full-text
of the newspaper from 1987 to present.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.newsbank.com )
- CIAO Columbia International Affairs Online
- A collection of resources
on international affairs with the full-text of over 400 working papers from
over 40 institutions worldwide, indexing of several leading journals in the
field, conference proceedings and papers, links to selected websites, and
full-text for selected books from Columbia University Press.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.ciaonet.org)
- CINAHL with Full Text (an Ebscohost database)
- The Cumulative
Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature indexes nearly 800 nursing,
allied health, biomedical, and consumer health journals, as well as publications
of the American Nurses Association and the National League for Nursing. Allied
health fields covered include emergency services, lab technology, occupational
and physical therapy.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.ebscohost.com )
- Cochrane Controlled Trials Register (an Ebscohost database)
- A bibliography of controlled trials compiled as part of an international effort
to provide systematic reviews. Information is culled from MEDLINE, conference
proceedings, and other sources. Database is updated quarterly.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.ebscohost.com )
- Cochrane Database of abstracts of reviews of effectiveness; see Database of abstracts of reviews of effectiveness.
- Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) (an Ebscohost database)
- A full-text database of healthcare articles and protocols analyzed from
an evidence-based medicine perspective to provide data with minimal bias.
Reviews must meet the Cochrane Group’s quality standards. Database is
updated quarterly.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.ebscohost.com )
- Columbia Granger's World of Poetry
- An index to poetry that has appeared
in anthologies through the years. The online version also provides the full-text
of thousands of poems as well as commentaries and biographies on leading poems
and poets. A glossary of terms is included.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.columbiagrangers.org )
- Communication & Mass Media Complete (an EbscoHost database)
- Includes
the content from two established indexes, CommSearch and Mass Media
Articles Index, as well as other major journals in these disciplines.
The full-text for over 200 titles is provided.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.ebscohost.com)
- Contemporary Women's Issues (a FirstSearch database)
- | Database Journal List |
- Collects information
from journals, newsletters, reports, fact sheets etc. on women's issues worldwide.
Multidisciplinary in scope. Full-text coverage from 1992 to present.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.oclc.org/ )
- The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) (a Newsbank database)
- Has the full-text
of the newspaper from 1999 to present.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.newsbank.com )
- The CQ Researcher (online)
- Provides brief reports on current issues in
the news. Most reports include background information, a chronology, opposing
viewpoints, statistics, and a bibliography.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.cqpress.com/ )
- Current Research@Webster; see Dissertations & Theses @ Webster University
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- D&B key business ratios
- Provides selected industry ratios in three major
areas: solvency, efficiency, and profitability. Users can search by various
means, including SIC code, line of business, asset range, and year. Data can
be exported to a spreadsheet for further analysis. Includes the latest three
years for which data are available.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.dnb.com )
- Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (an Ebscohost database)
- An international database of abstracts of published systematic
reviews on the effects of health care. These reviews have been critically
analyzed by the NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination at the University
of York, England. DARE’s abstracts include a description of the systematic
reviews methodology, results and conclusions. Part of the Cochrane Library.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.ebscohost.com )
- Deluxe BVUpdate (part of BVlibrary.com)
- Provides timely, concise, authoritative, access to the business valuation literature presented in books, articles, and court cases allowing you to keep abreast of the current theory and practice in the field.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.bvlibrary.com )
- The Des Moines Register (a Newsbank database)
- Has the full-text of the
newspaper from 1999 to present.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.newsbank.com )
- Discovering Collection
- Biographies and essays on subject areas such as literature, history, science, government, cultures, and social studies. Users can search by type of source including creative works, reference, statistics, primary sources and multimedia (photographs, video and audio clips, etc.).
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.galegroup.com )
- Discovery Education streaming
- Segments from thousands of educational videos from Discovery School and other producers are provided. Segments cover areas such as science, mathematics, art, health, professional development, careers, language arts, social studies, visual and performing arts, research, and world languages. Corresponding state standards (including Canada and Australia) are given for each video.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com )
- Dissertations & Theses @ Webster University
- Contains Webster doctoral dissertations and masters level theses submitted summer, 2005 to the present. Webster/Eden faculty, staff, and students may view the full text for free (pdf files require the Adobe Acrobat Reader.)
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.umi.com)
- Dissertation Abstracts Online (a FirstSearch database)
- Covers dissertations
accepted at accredited U.S institutions since 1861. It selectively covers
masters theses, Canadian dissertations, and British and other European dissertations.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.oclc.org/ )
- DoneDeals Online
- Provides merger and acquisition details for private and public mid-market companies sold for purchase prices between $1 million and $1 billion. Searchable by: closing date, S.I.C. industry, price, buyer, seller, private or public company, location, keyword.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.donedeals.com/)
- DRAM: the Database of Recorded American Music
- A collection of sound recordings documenting American music largely ignored by the commercial recording companies. Works can be browsed by work, album or track titles, as well as by artist roles, and date of recording and composition. Some biographical and role information are provided for artists. (Technical note)
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.dramonline.org/)
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- EBSCO Animals (an EbscoHost database)
- Has information on topics related
to animals, including their nature and habitat. Some images included.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.ebscohost.com )
- Economic Outlook Update (part of BVlibrary.com)
- Each quarterly issue contains the relevant economic data needed to prepare a thorough business valuation report. Includes general economic and investment conditions; consumer prices, spending and confidence; inflation and interest rates; unemployment; stock and bond markets; energy prices; and construction and manufacturing data.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.bvlibrary.com )
- eHRAF World Cultures
- Ethnographic studies from the Human Relations Area Files. Covers all aspects of social and cultural life for over 127 cultures worldwide. Searchable by topic, culture, or region.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following URL: http://www.yale.edu/hraf)
- EIU ViewsWire (an Economic Intelligence Unit database)
- This comprehensive
database provides expert analysis of current and trend data for the political,
economic, business, financial, and regulatory conditions for 195 countries.
Also contains much of the content formerly available via EIU's Investing,
Licensing & Trading (ILT) database.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following URL: http://www.viewswire.com/)
- Emerald fulltext
- Contains articles from over 100 management and library and
information science journals, complete with full text archives back to 1994.
Covers major disciplines including strategy, leadership, information management,
marketing and human resource management.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following URL: http://www.emeraldinsight.com)
- Encyclopaedia Britannica online
- A source for current and historical information
on virtually any subject. Users can search the database for encyclopedia articles
and selected web sites, or browse the World Atlas, Year in Review, or Timeline
areas. A dictionary and thesaurus are also available.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.eb.com/ )
- ERIC (an Ebscohost database)
- This database from the Educational Resource Information
Center combines coverage of Resources in Education (RIE) and
Journals in Education (CIJE) to provide access to journal articles and
ERIC documents. All aspects of education are covered in this database. Covers
1966 to the present. The Eden-Webster Library has ERIC Documents on microfiche
with numbers from ED348466 to ED483046. Some ERIC documents are available
full-text from the U.S. Department of
Education ERIC website. ERIC also connects to another database to
provide full-text for selected articles.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.ebscohost.com )
- Europa World
- Presents political and economic information on countries and territories as well as international organizations. Features statistical data and directories.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.europaworld.com)
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- Family & Society Studies Worldwide (a NISC database)
- A comprehensive index to the literature
on marriage and the family, parenting, gender issues, sexuality and reproduction,
etc. It includes records from the Inventory of Marriage and Family Literature
and the Australian Family and Society Abstracts. Coverage from 1970-present.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.nisc.com)
- Film & Television Literature Index
- An index specializing in "film and television theory, preservation and restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews." (vendor description). Covers from 1988 to present with selective coverage of earlier literature.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.ebscohost.com)
- Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (an EbscoHost database)
- The online version of the print encyclopedia. Covers general topics for
students and adults. Updated annually.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.ebscohost.com )
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- Gale Virtual Reference Library (a Gale database)
- Provides a combined search of a number of
dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference sources in various subject
areas. Users may also choose to search for content in a single source from
the collection.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.gale.com)
- Gender Studies Database (a NISC database)
- Features extensive coverage of the social sciences
literature related to gender issues. The database combines 12 files, including
Women's Studies International, Men's Studies, and Sexual
Diversity Studies, the latter with an emphasis on gay, lesbian, bisexual,
and transgender communities. Indexes books, dissertations, conference papers,
scholarly and popular periodicals, and selected websites. Coverage varies
but much is from 1972 to the present.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.nisc.com)
- Grove Art Online
- Provides comprehensive coverage of
the visual arts, including painting, sculpture, architecture, photography,
decorative arts, performance art, and multimedia. International in scope,
covering from prehistory to the present. Links to external image repositories,
such as museums. Includes images from the the Bridgeman Art Library.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.groveart.com)
- Grovemusic
- This database is based on the print editions of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and
Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera and The New Grove
Dictionary of Jazz. It offers comprehensive coverage of all types of music
from earliest times to the present day. Users can browse articles and biographies
or search by various criteria. Also provides links to related Internet resources.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.grovemusic.com/)
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- HRAF (Human Relations Area Files; see eHRAF
- Health Source: Consumer Edition (an EbscoHost database)
- | Database Journal List |
- Has the full-text
of over 160 health periodicals, as well as selected pamphlets and reference
books. Emphasis on nutrition, exercise, self-care, drugs and alcohol, etc.
Indexing from 1984 to present; full-text from 1990 to present.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.ebscohost.com )
- Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (an EbscoHost database)
- | Database Journal List |
- Has the full-text
of almost 500 journals representing various medical disciplines. Includes
definitions from Stedman's Medical Dictionary. Emphasis on nursing
and allied health topics.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.ebscohost.com )
- Historical Abstracts (an ABC-Clio database)
- Focuses on the history of the world
(excluding U.S. and Canada) from 1450 to the present. Includes related disciplines,
such as multicultural studies, psychology, religion, political science, etc.
Provides worldwide coverage of the journal literature in history, selected
book reviews, and references to dissertations. Covers literature published
from 1955 to present. For U.S. and Canadian history, see the America:
History and Life database.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.abc-clio.com/)
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- IIMP Full Text (International Index to Music Periodicals) (a Chadwyck-Healey database)
- An
index to periodical literature with abstracts to current articles and selected
full-text. Covers scholarly and popular periodicals on all genres of music.
Indexes almost 400 international periodicals and includes selected articles
from The New York Times and The Washington Post. Indexing coverage
from about 1900; selected full-text from 1997 to present.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.chadwyck.com)
- Industry Market Research
- Published by IBISWorld. Business reports in four categories: industry market research, business environment, company research, and global industry. Can be searched by NAICS or SIC codes, keyword or company name; can be browsed by type of industry in the U.S. and Australia. Over 700 reports are available.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.ibisworld.com)
- Integra 5-Year Industry Data Reports (part of BVMarketData)
- Provides industry financial benchmarks for privately-held companies in over 900 industries.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.bvmarketdata.com )
- Investext Plus (a Gale database)
- Note: Investext discontinued by vendor; library subscription ends June 2008. The Business & Company Resource Center includes Reuters investment reports. Do a company search to retrieve the company directory listing then use the "Investment Reports" tab.
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- JSTOR
- | Database Journal List |
- JSTOR is a digital archive of scholarly journals. Note that our subscription is for the following collections: Arts & Sciences II and Arts & Sciences III. Subject areas covered by these two collections include: economics, history, Asian studies, archaeology, classics, and African, Latin American, Middle Eastern, and Slavic studies, language and literature, music, film studies, folklore, performing arts, religion, and the history and study of art and architecture.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.jstor.org)
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- The Kansas City Star (a Newsbank database)
- Has the full-text of the newspaper
from 1991 to present. Updated daily.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.newsbank.com )
- Kids Search
- A middle school/junion high school level search engine that pulls content from the following databases: ERIC, Primary Search, Newspaper Source, Academic Search Premier, EBSCO Animals, Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.ebscohost.com/)
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- Learning Express
- Offers a collection of practice tests and tutorials to prepare for academic and licensing tests. Categories for test preparation include graduate school entrance exams (GMAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT); Business Writing Skills; Civil Service; Military; Nursing; Resume and Interviewing Success Skills; TOEFL and many more. Note: users will need to create a unique user name and password to view the tests.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.learningexpresslibrary.com/)
- LEXIS-NEXIS Academic
- | Database Journal List |
- An excellent source for legal, government,
political, business, medical, and general information. Includes standard federal
and state statutory and case law materials, as well as law reviews and periodicals.
Features industry and company financial information and news, statistical
profiles of states and countries, and a variety of reference information.
Includes many full-text newspapers, such as the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
(1989- ) and the New York Times (1980- ).
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.lexis-nexis.com )
- Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (an EBSCO database)
- Provides
coverage on subjects such as librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics,
online information retrieval, information management and more. LISTA indexes
more than 600 periodicals plus books, research reports, and proceedings. Coverage
from the mid-1960s to the present.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.ebscohost.com/)
- Literature Criticism Online (a Gale database)
- Contains content from 5 publications in the Gale Literary Criticism series offering modern and historical literary commentary on authors and their works. Complete volume coverage is available online for series titles:Contemporary Literary Criticism and Drama Criticism. Online content begins with the 2007 volumes of the following series titles: Short Story Criticism, Children's Literature Review and Poetry Criticism. For content in volumes published before 2007, consult the print volumes shelved in the library's reference collection.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://galenet.galegroup.com/)
- Literature Resource Center (a Gale database)
- Provides access to biographies, bibliographies,
and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary discipline. LRC
offers full-text articles from over 70 literary periodicals, plot summaries,
critical essays on 2,500 most studied authors, links to web sites and Merriam
Webster's The Encyclopedia of Literature. Searches can be done by author
name, title, genre, literary movement or theme or by a combination of these
criteria. LRC includes content from recognized Gale print reference sources
such as Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography,
the Gale Literary Criticism Series, Drama Criticism, Children's
Literature Review and many others. An additional component is the Twayne's
Authors Series featuring content of nearly 600 books of literary criticism.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.galenet.galegroup.com )
- Louisville Courier-Journal; see Courier-Journal.
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- MAS Ultra: School Edition (an EbscoHost database)
- A general reference database designed
for high school and junior college students. It provides articles and reports
from hundreds of K-12 magazines, Essential Documents in American History
( a database of over 1,000 original historical documents), CIA World Factbook,
Magill's Book Reviews, and full text for many Macmillan reference books.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.ebscohost.com/)
- Medline (an Ebscohost database)
- Produced by the National Library
of Medicine, this database covers all areas of medicine. The database indexes 3,500+ journals
published internationally. Subjects include clinical medicine, dentistry,
education, experimental medicine, health services administration, nursing,
nutrition, pathology, psychiatry, toxicology, and veterinary medicine. Bibliographic
records cover 1965 to present. Most records from 1975 to the present include
abstracts.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.ebscohost.com/ )
- Mental Measurements Yearbook (an EbscoHost database)
- Contains critical reviews and descriptive
information for more than 1,000 commercially available instruments.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.ebscohost.com/ )
- Mergent Online
- An excellent source for information on U.S. public
companies and international companies. Search by company name or ticker symbol,
or create a search using criteria such as financial data, ratios, or industry
codes. Information for each company typically includes financial data (which
can be downloaded to Excel), selected ratios, news, history, subsidiaries,
stock, executives, etc. You can even select companies for comparison purposes.
Brief descriptive country profiles are also available.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.mergent.com/ )
- Mergerstat (part of BVMarketData)
- Quantifies the minority discount and control premium data used in business valuation and appraisals of public companies.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.bvmarketdata.com )
- MICROMEDEX Healthcare Series
- A wide range of clinical databases,
including unbiased, referenced information about drugs, toxicology, diseases,
acute care, and alternative medicine .
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.Thomsonhc.com/ )
- Military & Government Collection (an EbscoHost database)
- Provides full text for over 320 military
related periodicals and general interest magazines.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.ebscohost.com/ )
- Misertrade; see WISERTrade
- MLA Bibliography (an EbscoHost database)
- | Database Journal List |
- Produced by the Modern Language Association of
America, this database provides over one million citations for items from over 4,000 journals
and series published worldwide on literature, language, linguistics, and folklore.
It indexes journals, books, essay collections, working papers, proceedings,
dissertations, and bibliographies. Coverage is from 1963 to the present.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.ebscohost.com/ )
- MOREnet Full-text Newspapers (a Newsbank database)
- Includes several national and regional newspapers which can be searched simultaneously or separately. See entries on this page for the following individual titles: Chicago Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), Des Moines Register, Kansas City Star, Los Angeles Times, Springfield News-Leader (MO), St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Tulsa World, Washington Post, and Wichita Eagle.
- Music Index Online (an Ebscohost database)
- Indexes over 640 international music periodicals. Articles
listed cover all types of music, from classical to popular, and include reviews,
obituaries, listings of dissertations, etc. Coverage from 1979-present.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.ebscohost.com)
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- Natural Standard
- Provides evidence-based information about complementary and alternative therapies. It contains three sub-databases: Herbs & supplements, condition center, and alternative modalities. Validated rating scales are used to evaluate the quality of available evidence. Information is incorporated into comprehensive monographs which are designed to facilitate clinical decision making.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.naturalstandard.com)
- Naxos Music Library
- Provides over 75,000 tracks of music, mostly classical,
with some jazz, folk, and world (especially Chinese). The complete Naxos,
Marco Polo and Da Capo catalogues are included. Users can also access biographical
information on selected composers or artists and notes on various pieces of
music.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.naxosmusiclibrary.com)
- Naxos Music Library Jazz
- "Naxos Music Library Jazz is one of the most comprehensive collection of Jazz music available online. It offers close to 20,000 tracks of jazz from over 1,850 albums. Over 500 jazz artists are represented. Naxos Music Library Jazz comprises Naxos Jazz and the 22 labels of Fantasy Jazz. Naxos Jazz, along with Prophone and Proprius, brings you the world of international Jazz, covering Sweden and Scandinavian jazz artist. US-based Fantasy has the world's deepest jazz catalogue and offers the very best in blues and R&B." (vendor description).
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.naxosmusiclibrary.com)
- NetFirst; see OCLC WorldCat
- NetLibrary
- Provides the full-text of over 14,500 current and classic books in a
variety of subject areas.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.netlibrary.com/)
- New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians; see Grovemusic
- New Grove Dictionary of Opera Online; see Grovemusic
- New Testament Abstracts (an EbscoHost database)
- Covers articles, books, reviews, and software
related to the study of the New Testament and related topics. Article indexing
from 1985 to present.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.ebscohost.com )
- New York Times (online)
- Offers full-page-images and article images from
the New York Times from its first issue in 1851 to three years before
the current date (for current New York Times articles, see the Lexis-Nexis
Academic database). The collection includes digital reproductions of every
page from every issue, cover to cover, in downloadable PDF files.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.umi.com )
- Newspaper Source (an EbscoHost database)
- "Provides selected full text for nearly 30
national (U.S.) and international newspapers, including USA Today,
The Christian Science Monitor, The Washington Post, The
Times (London), The Toronto Star, etc. The database also contains
selected full text for more than 200 regional (U.S.) newspapers, including
The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, The Detroit Free
Press, The Miami Herald, The New York Daily News, The
San Jose Mercury News, etc. In addition, full text television & radio
news transcripts are provided from CBS News, FOX News, NPR, etc." (vendor
description). Most coverage dates from the late 1990s.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.ebscohost.com)
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- OCLC ArticleFirst (a FirstSearch database)
- | Database Journal List |
- A keyword index of articles from more than 13,000 journals in all disciplines.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.oclc.org/ )
- OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online
- Provides indexing and some full-text of articles from journals published in many different subject areas.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.oclc.org/ )
- OCLC PapersFirst (a FirstSearch database)
- Lists citations to papers presented at worldwide meetings and conferences in all disciplines. The meetings
themselves are listed in ProceedingsFirst.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.oclc.org/ )
- OCLC WorldCat (a FirstSearch database)
- Contains records for books and other materials owned by OCLC member libraries worldwide. More than 56
million records dating from about 1000 A.D. to the present. New records are
added daily. Each record indicates libraries that hold that item. In addition,
this database now includes records from OCLC NetFirst which provide subject
headings and descriptions of Internet resources.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.oclc.org/ )
- Old Testament Abstracts (an EbscoHost database)
- "Features indexing and abstracts for journal articles,
monographs, multi-author works, and software related to Old Testament studies.
Content from over 450 journals is covered. All abstracts are in English, regardless
of the language of the original work. Topics covered include antiquities,
archaeology, biblical theology, philology and much more. Coverage in the database
dates back to 1978." (database description from vendor)
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.ebscohost.com)
- Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
- A historical dictionary of English which
traces words back to their entry into the language. Each entry describes where
the word came from and shows how it has been used in various writings through
the years. Continuously updated to include language from the present day.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://dictionary.oed.com/)
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- PAIS International (a CSA database)
- Focuses on literature concerned
with public policy. It contains more than 400,000 records representing articles,
books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, and statistical
directories. It is an excellent source for statistical information. Produced
by the Public Affairs Information Service, subjects include agriculture, banking,
business, demographics, education, environment, finance, government, law and
legislation, political science, public administration, and international relations.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.csa.com/ )
- PapersFirst; see OCLC PapersFirst
- Philosopher's Index (an Ovid/Silverplatter database)
- Provides citations and abstracts to scholarly
research in the fifteen fields of philosophy, published in journals and books
since 1940.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.silverplatter.com/)
- Play Index
- Index to more than 30,000 plays written from Antiquity to the present and published from 1949 to the present; includes mysteries, pageants, plays in verse, puppet performances, radio and television plays, and classic drama. All Play master records contain a link to the results of an Internet metasearch of specially selected Web sites to link to full text, criticism, and other useful information.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.hwwilson.com/)
- Pratt's Stats (part of BVMarketData)
- Highlights the details of sales of large privately and closely held companies.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.bvmarketdata.com )
- Primary Search (an EbscoHost database)
- | Database Journal List |
- Provides the full-text of over 50 children's
magazines, plus various pamphlets. Targets an elementary school audience.
Also includes resources such as the Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia,
World Almanac for Kids, and Encyclopedia of Animals.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.ebscohost.com )
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS Online)
- Provides indexing and full-text of papers, research reports,
reviews, etc. from the National Academy of Sciences. It also provides the
full-text of journal articles from PNAS on the biological, physical, and social
sciences from November 1996.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.pnas.org)
- ProceedingsFirst (a FirstSearch database)
- Gives citations to published proceedings of worldwide meetings and conferences in all disciplines. The
papers themselves are listed individually in PapersFirst.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.oclc.org/ )
- Project Muse
- | Database Journal List |
- Provides access to over 200 full-text scholarly journals published
by Johns Hopkins University Press and other academic publishers. Its coverage
of the humanities and social sciences includes the fields of literature and
criticism, history, visual and performing arts, cultural studies, political
science, gender studies and many others. The database allows searching of
the full-text across all journals in the database or by selected journal titles.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://muse.jhu.edu)
- Protein Lounge
- Access to databases and research tools that aid in the understanding of cellular networks, protein interactions involved in cell signaling, apoptosis, and other mechanisms in the field of systems biology.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.proteinlounge.com)
- PsycARTICLES (an EbscoHost database)
- | Database Journal List |
- Contains more than 72,000 searchable full-text articles from over 40
journals published by the American Psychological Association and allied organizations. The PsycARTICLES
database covers general psychology and specialized basic, applied, clinical,
and theoretical research in psychology.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.ebscohost.com)
- PsycBOOKS (an EbscoHost database)
- | Database Books List |
- "A database of more than 10,000 chapters in PDF from over 800 books published
by APA and other distinguished publishers. The database includes most scholarly
titles published by APA from copyright years 1953 - present. It also includes
100 out-of-print books, an additional 70+ classic books of landmark historical
impact in psychology, and the exclusive electronic release of more than 1,500
authored entries from the APA/Oxford University Press Encyclopedia of Psychology"
(vendor description).
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.ebscohost.com)
- PsycInfo 1887-Current (an Ebscohost database)
- | Database Journal List |
- Lists materials on all areas of psychology and related fields. It is produced by the American
Psychological Association and covers from 1887 to the present. Indexes over 2100 journals, as well as selected dissertations and books.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.ebscohost.com/ )
- Public Stats (part of BVMarketData)
- Reports transaction details of public company sales.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.bvmarketdata.com )
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- RefWorks
- RefWorks is an online bibliographic software program that allows people doing research to gather, manage, and store information, as well as to generate citations and create bibliographies in a variety of formats.
- Regional Business News (an EbscoHost database)
- Covers over 70 business journals, newspapers and newswires
from U.S. urban and rural areas.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.ebscohost.com )
- Religious and Theological Abstracts
- Covers over 400 scholarly journals published worldwide. Lists articles on all areas of religion, theology, and world religions.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.rtabst.org )
- RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (an Ebscohost database)
- An international bibliography of scholarly writings on music and music-related disciplines.
RILM (Repertoire International de Literature Musicale) indexing covers 1967
to the present and offers citations in 140 languages, including original language
titles, title translations in English, full bibliographic information, abstracts
in English, and in-depth subject indexes. Subject coverage includes all aspects
of music, including historical musicology, ethnomusicology, instruments and
voice, performance practice and notation, theory and analysis, pedagogy, and
music therapy. Other fields covered as they relate to music include librarianship,
literature, dramatic arts, dance, visual arts, anthropology, sociology, philosophy
and physics. Full text is available for over 340 journals.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.ebscohost.com/ )
- Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- This database is an expanded version of the 10-volume print encyclopedia of the same name. It contains signed articles with bibliographies on philosophers and issues in philosophy. It is updated quarterly, extensively cross-referenced, and includes links to critically reviewed websites. (Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.rep.routledge.com/)
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- Science Resource Center (a Gale database)
- | Database Journal List |
- Covers earth science, the history of science, life science, physical science, science
and technology, science as inquiry, space science, and many more topics related
to the physical and biological sciences. Search or browse a list of topics
for reference materials, magazines, journals, newspapers, multimedia, and
web sites. Includes at least 150 full-text science magazines.
Includes other helpful tools such as a science timeline, dictionary, taxonomic
tables, periodic tables, etc. Also provides national and state science standards
for grades 9-12.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.gale.com)
- Searchasaurus
- A children's elementary level search engine that pulls content from these databases: ERIC, Primary Search, Newspaper Source, Academic Search Premier, EBSCO Animals, Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, American Heritage Children's Dictionary.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.ebscohost.com/)
- SocINDEX with Full Text (an EbscoHost database)
- | Database Journal List |
- Replaces Sociological Abstracts as the premier database in the area of sociology. It covers the content from
Sociological Abstracts and provides additional full-text of books, conference
papers, and articles, as well as backfiles which in some cases extend back
to 1895. Subareas include "...subdisciplines of sociology, including abortion,
anthropology, criminology, criminal justice, cultural sociology, demography,
economic development, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage &
family, politics, religion, rural sociology, social psychology, social structure,
social work, sociological theory, sociology of education, substance abuse,
urban studies, violence, welfare, and many others" (vendor description).
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.ebscohost.com)
- Sorkins Online (Fast login for MO and IL on-campus users)
- | Note: As of 01-25-2008, Sorkins is available to Webster MO and IL on-campus users only. More info. |
- A directory of companies in Chicago, St. Louis, and Kansas City. You can search by company name as well as locate companies that meet a number of criteria (e.g. business type, geographical location, etc.)
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.sorkins.com)
- Springfield News-Leader (MO) (a Newsbank database)
- Has the full-text of the newspaper from 1999 to present.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.newsbank.com )
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch (a Newsbank database)
- Has the full-text of the newspaper from 1988 to present. Updated daily.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.newsbank.com )
- Standard & Poor's Net Advantage
- Provides the Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys, an excellent source for economic and business information
on over 50 major U.S. industries. Users can search by company name or industry
for trends, key ratios and statistics, comparative analysis, industry profiles,
etc. Also includes current issues of the Monthly Investment Review.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.standardandpoor.com)
- Stat-USA
- This database is produced by the U.S. Department of Commerce and provides extensive data
on U.S. and international business and economics. Includes the National
Trade Data Bank with international market research, trade-related data
and country analyses. Selected publications with information on the U.S economy
are covered (e.g. Economic Report of the President).
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.stat-usa.gov)
- Student Research Center
- A high school level search engine that pulls content from these databases: ERIC, Newspaper Source, Academic Search Premier, Health Source: Consumer Edition, Columbia Encyclopedia, MAS-Ultra: School Ediction.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.ebscohost.com)
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- Theses@Webster University; see Current Research@Webster University (theses/dissertations)
- Tulsa World (a Newsbank database)
- Has the full-text of the newspaper from
1989 to present.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.newsbank.com )
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- Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
- Provides subscription information for magazines,
journals, newspapers, newsletters, electronic periodicals, etc. published
worldwide. Covers currently published and forthcoming titles as well as ones
that have ceased publication. Includes reviews of selected periodicals from
Magazines For Libraries.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.ulrichsweb.com)
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- Value Line Investment Survey
- Includes an industry overview, financial
statistics on past performance, and projections and commentary on future prospects
for several hundred large cap stocks and industries. Allows searching by company
(name or ticker symbol) or industry. Reports are in PDF format and require
the Adobe
Acrobat Reader software to view.
The online database provides the current issue of each "edition" or section.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.valueline.com)
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- Wall Street Journal (a Bell & Howell ProQuest database)
- Provides the full-text of articles (no financial tables) from the Eastern edition of the newspaper from 1984 to the present. Note: As of 2007 the Wall Street Journal is no longer a separate database. This link provides a publication search of the WSJ via the ABI/Inform Complete database.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.umi.com)
- The Washington Post (a Newsbank database)
- Has the full-text of the newspaper from 1977 to present.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.newsbank.com )
- The Wichita Eagle (a Newsbank database)
- Has the full-text of the newspaper from October 1984 to present.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.newsbank.com )
- WISERTrade
- Provides international trade statistics by state as well as U.S. and world
regions. Users can search by several variables, including state or port, SIC
or NAICS codes, etc. Included is access to the Kompass database which provides
brief directory information on approximately 1.7 million companies worldwide.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://http://www.wisertrade.org)
- WorldCat; see OCLC WorldCat
- WorldCat Dissertations and Theses (a FirstSearch database)
- Covers dissertations and theses listed in the OCLC WorldCat database.
(Note: to cite this database in a bibliography, use the following url: http://www.oclc.org/ )