All Databases and Indexes

Academic Search Complete

An excellent starting point for finding articles in magazines and journals, mostly from fairly recent time periods. Some full-text.

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ACS Publications

Full-text access to scholarly journal articles published by the American Chemical Society.

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AGRICOLA

Indexes scholarly journal articles and books in botany, agriculture, forestry, and animal science.

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America: History & Life

Indexes scholarly journal articles, books, and dissertations in the history of U.S. and Canada from prehistory to the present. Some full-text.

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Annual Reviews - Biomedical Sciences

Indexing for the Annual Review volumes. Some full-text.

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Annual Reviews - Physical Sciences

Indexing of Annual Review volumes from 1984 – present. Full text for some articles.

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Annual Reviews - Social Sciences

Indexing of Annual Review volumes from 1984 – present. Full text for some articles.

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ArchiveGrid

Online access to nearly a million descriptions of archival collections owned by libraries, museums, historical societies and archives. Contents include historical documents, personal papers, and family histories, among others.

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Art Index

Citations for articles published from 1985 – present. Print volumes for 1929-1984 in Index Area: N1 .A1

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Arts and Humanities Citation Index

Citations for journal articles, bibliographies, editorials, letters, and reviews published 1980 – present.

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ARTstor

A collection of art images spanning many times and cultures, and including architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, design and other visual media.

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ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials

Citations for journal articles, essays and book reviews published 1949 – present. Full text for over 200 journals from ATLA, plus some full text from other journals.

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BAS Online Archive

Archive of Biblical Archaeology Review articles from 1975-present, and five books published by BAS. Includes images and artwork for articles. Full text.

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Biological Abstracts

Indexes scholarly journal articles in biology and all other life sciences.

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BioOne.1

A full-text collection of select peer-reviewed scholarly journals in biology, ecology, and environmental sciences. Covers the most recent two to five years.

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Business & Management Practices

Citations for journal articles published 1995 – present.

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Business Source Elite

Citations for articles published 1984 – present; full text for over 1,100 journals, 1990 – present. Company profiles from Datamonitor. Full text for some articles.

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CAMIO

Catalog of Art Museum Images Online — A collection of art images from leading museums around the world. All images are rights-cleared for education use.

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CINAHL (Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health)

Indexes the professional literature of nursing and allied health disciplines. Some full text access.

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Communication & Mass Media Complete

Citations and abstracts for over 400 journals, many indexed back to the first issue ranging from 1919 – present. Full text for some articles.

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Contemporary Women's Issues

Citations for journal articles, books, newsletters, research reports and fact sheets published 1992 – present.

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CQ Weekly

Congressional Quarterly’s magazine on Government, Commerce and Politics

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Dissertation Abstracts

Citations for doctoral dissertations and master’s theses from U.S., Canadian, British, and other European institutions. Indexing, 1861 – present; dissertation abstracts, 1980 – present; thesis abstracts, 1988 – present.

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EconLit

Citations for journal articles, books, book reviews, dissertations and papers published 1969 – present. Full text for some articles.

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eHRAF World Cultures (formerly eHRAF Collection of Ethnography)

Ethnographic information on all aspects of cultural and social life with diverse topics ranging from religious beliefs, bringing up children, causes and cures of diseases, to economic and political behavior. Covers cultures from ethnic groups in Africa, Asia, and Oceania, to indigenous and immigrant groups in North and South America. Full text.

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ERIC

Provides bibliographic information to over 1 million items from educational literature. Some full text linking is available.

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GEOBASE

Worldwide literature on geography, geology, and ecology. Citations and some abstracts for journal articles, books, conference proceedings, and reports published 1980 – present.

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GPO Monthly Catalog

Citations for U.S. congressional, judicial, and executive department and agency publications issued 1976 – present.

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GreenFILE

Comprised of scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports.

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Health Source Consumer Edition

This database is a rich collection of consumer health information. Full text for some articles.

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Health Source Nursing & Academic Edition

Covers many medical disciplines, with particular focus on nursing and allied health. Full text for some articles.

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Historical Abstracts

Subjects: history of the world from 1450 to present excluding the U.S. and Canada. Citations and abstracts for journal articles, books, and dissertations published 1964 – present. Full text from JSTOR for some articles.

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JSTOR

A full-text collection of over 1,000 major scholarly journals. Excludes the most recent 2 to 5 years for most journals.

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Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts

Indexes more than 600 periodicals; books; research reports and proceedings. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s.

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LLBA

Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) abstracts and indexes the international literature in linguistics and related disciplines in the language sciences. The database covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Complete coverage is given to various fields of linguistics including descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical and geographical linguistics. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,500 serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, and dissertations.

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Literature Resource Center

Comprehensive reference database of criticism, biographies, bibliographies, work overviews and explications, Web sites, periodical articles, author’s works, and reading lists. Includes MLA International Bibliography. Full text from Dictionary of Literary Biography, Contemporary Authors, Twayne’s (English, US & World), Scribner Writers Series and selected journals.

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MAS Ultra

Designed for high school libraries, contains the Columbia Encyclopedia, the CIA World Fact Book and the World Almanac & Book of Facts. Full text articles have Lexile assignments.

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MasterFILE Premier

Some articles back to 1975. Full text for some articles.

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MEDLINE

Citations and abstracts for journal articles published 1965 – present. National Library of Medicine database. Full text for some articles.

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Middle Search Plus

Contains Essential Documents in American History, Funk & Wagnall’s New Encyclopedia, the American Heritage Dictionary (4th ed.), and the Encyclopedia of Animals. Full text articles have Lexile assignments.

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MLA International Bibliography

Foremost subject index for books and articles, conference papers, and dissertations published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics from 1963 – present. Searched via Gale’s Literature Resource Center. Some full text.

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Music Index

Citations for journal articles and reviews of books, recordings and performances published 1979 – present.

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OAIster

A union catalog of more than 19 million digital resources from over 1000 organizations. Includes books and articles, audio and video files, images, and datasets.

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Philosopher's Index

Citations and some abstracts for journal articles and books published 1940 – present. Includes some linking to full text articles.

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Physical Review A

Atomic, Molecular & Optical Physics. Full text for some articles.

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Physical Review B

Condensed Matter & Materials Physics. Full text for some articles.

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Physical Review C

Nuclear Physics. Full text for some articles.

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Physical Review D

Particles, Fields, Gravitation & Cosmology. Full text for some articles.

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Physical Review E

Statistical, Linear & Soft Matter Physics. Full text for some articles.

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Primary Search

Contains the Encyclopedia of Animals, Funk & Wagnall’s New Encyclopedia, and the American Heritage Children’s Dictionary, 3rd Edition. Full text articles have Lexile assignments.

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Professional Development Collection

Subjects: all subjects related to education; professional librarianship, professional educators and researchers. Full text for some articles.

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Project Muse

Full text access is available to over 380 journals in the humanities and social sciences.

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PsycINFO & PsycARTICLES

PsycINFO, with PsycARTICLES, provides citations and abstracts to scholarly articles and research in psychology. Full text coverage is available for items cited in PsycARTICLES.

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PubMed

Indexes scholarly articles in biomedicine, health,
dentistry, nursing, and other life sciences. Includes MEDLINE plus additional citations, some full-text.

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Research Pro

Search up to 30 library-provided databases at the same time, via this federated searching tool. Off-campus use will require Norsekey login

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RILM Music Abstracts

Articles, books, bibliographies, catalogues, conference proceedings, discographies, dissertations, ethnographic recordings, Festschriften, films, iconographies, and videos
published 1967 – present

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Science Direct College Edition

Provides citations, abstracts and full text (1995-present) for over 1100 journals in the Health & Life Sciences Collection. Provides citations and abstracts for all other Elsevier Science Direct journals.

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Scientific American Online Archive

Also available in print in Preus Library 1966-present: T1 .S5

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SciFinder Scholar Web

Includes Chemical Abstracts, as well as CASREACT, CAS REGISTRY, CHEMCATS, and CHEMLIST databases. Accessing via the web requires creation of an individual user account. Visit here for more information:
http://lis.luther.edu/blog/20090120/scifinder-scholar-web-access (Norse Key login required)

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Social Work Abstracts

Citations and abstracts for journal articles published 1977 – present; abstracts of dissertations published 1996 – present.

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SocINDEX with Full Text

Provides citations and abstracts for journals, books,and conference papers for subjects relating to sociology. Contains full text for over 700 journals, nearly 800 monographs, and over 9,000 conference papers.

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SPORTDiscus

Citations and abstracts for journal articles, conference proceedings, dissertations, theses, and other media published 1800 – present; also books and book chapters from 1949 – present. Full text for some articles.

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TOPICsearch

Includes international and regional newspapers, periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, government information and EBSCO’s Current Issues database. Full text

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Wiley Interscience

Wiley Interscience offers a collection of scientific, technical and medical journals. Current citations from 1997-present, plus a backfile. Limited full text available.

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World Shakespeare Bibliography Online

Annotated entries for all important books, articles, book reviews, dissertations, theatrical productions, reviews of productions, audiovisual materials, and electronic media, published or produced between 1961 and the present.

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