Databases by Title

Contains editorially-reviewed abstracts of the international literature of conservation and heritage management.

Provides abstracts of articles on business and management from U.S. and international professional publications, academic journals, and trade magazines, and regional business publications. Full-text articles are available for a significant portion of journals indexed. The subscription includes access to ABI/INFORM Dateline, Global, Trade & Industry, and Archive.

Indexes essential areas related to social gerontology, including the psychology of aging, elder abuse, society and the elderly

Academic OneFile provides access to peer-reviewed, full-text articles in the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. If you wish to power search Academic OneFile along with General OneFile and Custom Newspapers, please click here.

Academic Search Premier (ASP) contains indexing and abstracts for more than 8,200 journals, with full text for more than 4,500 of those titles. Academic Search Premier contains unmatched full text coverage in biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, psychology, religion & theology, education, English literature, etc. Funded by the KU Parents' Campaign, an annual giving opportunity for parents of KU students to support KU Libraries. The Parents' Campaign supports projects and initiatives that directly benefit students.

AccessScience features fully searchable content from McGraw-Hill's Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 10th Edition which provides authoritative articles in all major areas of science and technology. Its continuously updated content also includes definitions of scientific and technical terms, illustrations and graphics, bibliographies, biographies, news, and videos. (Restricted to 1 simultaneous user.)

See AP images.

A collection of major scholarly books from all areas of history, including online versions of printed works as well as original electronic publications. Formerly issued as: History e-book project.

Contains bibliographic information, abstracts, reviews, and full-text for articles published in ACM periodicals and proceedings.

Provides online full-text access to journals published by the American Chemical Society contained in two databases: ACS Web editions; and ACS Journal archives.

The Advertising Red Books provide competitive intelligence and prospecting data to media companies, advertising agencies, manufacturers, advertising services and suppliers about the advertising industry. Within this product, the Advertiser Database contains information on nearly 18,000 U.S. and international advertisers who each spend more than $200,000 annually on advertising. The Agency Database provides profiles of nearly 14,000 U.S. and international agencies, including accounts represented by each agency, fields of specialization, and more. (Restricted to 1 simultaneous user.)

Provides bibliographic coverage of basic and applied research in aeronautics, astronautics, and space sciences; also covers technology development and applications in supporting fields such as chemistry, geosciences, physics, communications, and electronics. Includes journal literature, reports issued by NASA and other U.S. government agencies, international institutions, universities, and private firms.

A free online source that includes two databases: Africa Women's Bibliographic Database and African Periodical Literature Bibliographic Database. The former has citations on English language articles, monographs, conference papers, theses, etc. published since 1986. The latter provides access to nearly 50,000 English language citations to articles published in 450 journals since the mid-19th century. Both databases are searchable by region, country, pre-determined subject categories, and by keyword.

Contains a wealth of information about African American cultural life and history during the 19th century, and is rich with first-hand reports of the major events and issues of the day, including the Mexican War, Presidential and Congressional addresses, Congressional abstracts, business and commodity markets, the humanities, world travel and religion. Also contains large numbers of early biographies, vital statistics, essays and editorials, poetry and prose, and advertisements.

African American Song is a database of 16,000+ tracks that document a wide range of genres, including folk music, blues, ragtime, gospel, jazz, and stage and screen music. When completed, the database will contain 50,000 tracks, including many recordings that have not previously been published. Also included will be the Alan Lomax Collection of field recordings. Among the performers included are Ma Rainey, Josephine Baker, Bert Williams, the Fisk University Jubilee Singers, and Brownie McGhee. (Restricted to 3 simultaneous users.)

A free database that succeeds the printed abstracts journal of the African Studies Centre, Leiden, since 1968 first as Documentatieblad, then as African Studies Abstracts (Z3501 .L37 Watson Library Reference). Indexes approximately 350 journals in African studies. Abstracts are 1-2 paragraphs in length and very useful for subject analysis. Click on the 'Library' tab, then place the cursor over "catalogue search' and choose 'English.: This will bring up a search screen with multiple field search capability.

Includes citations to material acquired by the National Agricultural Library and cooperating institutions. It also abstracts articles, audiovisual materials, books, book chapters, computer databases and software, maps, manuscripts, serials, and sound recordings. It is the most comprehensive source of bibliographic citations covering U.S. agricultural and life sciences information.

The AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics) Electronic Library provides a searchable interface to the Institute's publications, covering all aspects of aerospace. Full-text access from 1997 to present is available through a subscription from the KU Libraries to the journals and meeting papers.

Reproduces in electronic format the 14 volumes of the All-Russia Population Census--the first census in the Russian Federation--which took place on October 9-16, 2002. Census data and text is available in both Russian and in English translation.

Indexes the alternative press in North America, with citations drawn from alternative, radical, and leftist publications. These publications cover cultural, economic, political & social change.

Indexes the alternative press in North America, with citations drawn from alternative, radical, and leftist publications. These publications cover cultural, economic, political & social change.

America's Newspapers is a dynamic collection of full-text online local and national newspapers from all 50 states. Coverage of each newspaper varies. Each paper provides unique coverage of local and regional news, including companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and people in the community. Paid ads are excluded. Selective access is included to Lawrence Journal World and the Kansas City Star.

Indexes and abstracts the world's scholarly literature in the history of the United States and Canada from prehistoric times to the present. Includes journals of state and local historical societies, the social sciences and humanities generally, and leading journals in related fields of knowledge.

Covers North American scholarship on East-Central Europe, Russia, and the former Soviet Union. Contains bibliographic records for journal articles, books and book chapters, book reviews, dissertations, online resources, and selected government publications.

The American Civil War Research Database is the definitive online resource for researching the individuals, regiments, and battles of the American Civil War. Originally created by Historical Data Systems, Inc., the database contains indexed, searchable information on over 4 million soldiers and thousands of battles, together with 15,000 photographs. With thousands of regimental rosters and officer profiles, the database will continue to grow as new information is loaded semiannually.

Presents a collection of American Civil War (1861-1865) letters, diaries, memoirs and biographies written between 1855 and 1875, including material that is previously unpublished. Covers the military, social, economic, and political aspects of the war.

Contains American companies that have a substantial investment in overseas operations--wholly or partially owned subsidiary, affiliate or branch.

see Literature Online.

Search or browse U.S. congressional materials originating from 1789 and covering through 1838, including 1st Congress, 1st Session through 25th Congress, 2nd Session.

Contains abstracts of papers relevant to animal behavior, with subjects ranging from neurophysiology to behavioral ecology, from genetics to applied ethology.

Updated annually. Corresponds to the printed L'Annee Philologique, the international critical and analytical bibliography of ancient Greek and Latin languages and literatures and classical studies. Provides 350,000 bibliographic records for the years 1969 to 1999, with 12,500 new records added each year. The international offices analyze 1,500 periodicals each year as well as 500 articles in collections and conference papers.

Provides searchable abstracts and full-text access to articles in the biomedical sciences, physical sciences, and social sciences in the Annual Reviews publications.

Combines Anthropological literature from Harvard University with the Anthropological Index, from the Royal Anthropological Institute in the United Kingdom. Anthropology Plus provides worldwide indexing of journal articles, reports, commentaries, edited works, and obituaries in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture, and interdisciplinary studies. The index offers coverage of all core periodicals in the field in addition to local and lesser-known journals. (Restricted to 10 simultaneous users.)

AnthroSource offers access to over 29 journals and articles from the American Anthropological Association (AAA) journals, newsletters, bulletins, and monographs. AnthroSource has centralized access to a wealth of other key anthropological resources, including text, sound, and video; and interactive services to foster communities of interest and practice throughout the discipline.

Contains the archives of the Associated Press. New content is added constantly to news photographs, audio sound bites, and graphics spanning 180 years of history. (Restricted to 5 simultaneous users.) Formerly called AccuNet/AP multimedia archive.

Covers 18 magazines between 1982 and the present. You may search by building type, architect/designer, location of building, or a combination of the above. You may also search by subject. Updated annually.

Archive Finder is a directory that describes over 206,200 collections of primary source material housed in thousands of repositories across the United States, the United Kingdom, and Ireland.

Contains over 10,000 works of art and architecture. Some works have one image, others have more, usually showing different views (e.g., of a sculpture or a building) or one or more details.

Comprehensive indexing of 377 art, architecture, urban planning & design publications, including English-language periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins, as well as periodicals published in French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, Dutch, and Swedish. Art Index also references paintings that appear as illustrations for articles or advertisements, listing the works under the artists' names with full bibliographic citations. Can be combined with Art Index Retrospective to extend coverage to 1929. (Restricted to 4 simultaneous users.)

Art Index Retrospective provides citation indexing of fine art, decorative art, and commercial art journals, yearbooks and museum publications from 1929-1984. Uses English-language searching to cover periodicals published in English, French, Italian, German, Dutch, and Swedish. References artwork that illustrates articles or appears in advertisements, listing the works under the artists' names with full bibliographic citations. Includes citations to 25,000 book reviews. Database is searchable by keyword, subject heading, personal name, article title word, organization, publication, and year. Users also have the option of saving, printing, or e-mailing the results of each search. Art Index extends coverage to the present. (Restricted to 4 simultaneous users.)

ARTbibliographies Modern (ABM) provides citations with abstracts of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, PhD dissertations, and exhibition reviews on all forms of modern and contemporary art. Although some entries date back to the late 1960s, ABM's coverage generally begins in 1974 and includes art topics from the late 19th century onwards and photography since its invention in 1839. It includes abstracts of English and foreign-language material on famous and lesser-known artists, movements, and trends. ABM covers all aspects of modern and contemporary art, including performance art and installation works, video art, computer and electronic art, body art, graffiti, artists' books, theater arts, crafts, jewelry, illustration, as well as the traditional fine arts of painting, printmaking, sculpture, and drawing.

Consists of nearly 2000 texts, ranging from classic works of French literature to various kinds of non-fiction prose and technical writing. The eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries are about equally represented, with a smaller selection of seventeenth century texts as well as some medieval and Renaissance texts. Genres include novels, verse, theater, journalism, essays, correspondence, and treatises. Subjects include literary criticism, biology, history, economics, and philosophy.

Contains bibliographic citations that describe items listed on the table of contents pages of more than 13,000 journals in science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture. Offers the full text of some articles.

The online version of Arts and Humanities Citation Index has been incorporated into the Web of Science database.

Collection of electronic pre-prints, and e-print service, in the fields of physics, mathematics, non-linear science and computer science.

AskART is an online database listing over 52,000 American artists from the early 16th-century through the present. Criteria for artist inclusion are that the artist was born in the United States, spent a significant part of his/her career here, or, although briefly in residence, created work of ongoing historical interest to Americans. Includes extensive biographical information about American artists as well as book and periodical references, auction records and images. Over 5,000 Museums and dealers that specialize in American artists are also referenced.

The online version of the Annual Handbook of ASTM Standards, this database includes standards in a broad range of areas including metals, paints, plastics, textiles, petroleum, construction, aviation, energy, the environment, consumer products, medical services and devices, computerized systems, electronics, and many other topics. Basic Subscription (active standards only).

Indexes religious studies periodicals, essays in multi-author works, reviews in religion, research in ministry, and includes the Methodist Reviews Index.

AustLit is a non-profit collaboration between ten Australian Universities and the National Library of Australia providing authoritative information on hundreds of thousands of creative and critical Australian literature works relating to more than 75,000 Australian authors and literary organizations. Its coverage spans 1780 to the present day. AustLit indexes and describes Australian literature published in a range of print and electronic information sources. It also makes available selected critical articles and creative writing in full text. Researchers, bibliographers and librarians, working around the country, gather information about Australian writers and writing, providing authoritative information on and facilitating access to Australian literature.

The most important bibliographical research tool available for architecture, urban design, historic preservation, and urban planning history. Surveys more than 700 U.S. and foreign journals. Citations and abstracts are provided for 550,000 records covering journal articles published from the 1930s (with selective coverage dating back to the 1741) to the present. The Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals is updated weekly. Also includes indexing of over 13,000 citations for obituaries for architects and the first online representation of the Burnham Index to Architectural Literature from the Art Institute of Chicago. The audience includes anyone interested in the subjects of Archaeology, Architecture, Architectural design, City planning, Furniture and decoration, Historic preservation, History of architecture, Interior design, Landscape architecture, and Urban planning. The CSA platform allows a quick search, advanced search, and federated searching with other CSA databases.

Bibliographic Index Plus (BI+) indexes over 350,000 bibliographies covering the humanities, sciences, social sciences, and technology. It also includes approximately 100,000 full-text bibliographies in many languages. Content comes from over 2,800 journals and 5,000 books each year. Bibliographic essays, literature reviews, serial bibliographies and bibliographies appearing as regular features are among the resources cited. The file covers 1982 to the present and is updated daily.

Provides full-feature, one-query searches of the world micropaleontological literature. Intelligent searches can be narrowed according to fossil groups, range of dates, types of publications, GeoRef keywords, singly or in combination. Matched citations and groups of citations can be downloaded as plain text files for reference lists.

Provides citations to western-language periodical articles, chapters in edited volumes, conference proceedings, anthologies, Festschriften, etc. pertaining to east, southeast, and south Asia. It encompasses the full content of the annual printed volumes of the BAS from the 1971 to the 1991 editions. In addition, there are many references to publications after 1991, including citations to all articles from the 100 most-used journals in Asian studies and a substantial number from earlier years in South Asian studies.

The most comprehensive art bibliography available, covering Western art from late antiquity to the present. This database indexes and abstracts art-related books, conference proceedings and dissertations, exhibition and dealers' catalogs, and articles from over 4,800 periodicals. The citations encompass fine arts-painting, sculpture, drawing, prints, architecture-as well as decorative and applied arts-crafts, graphic arts, and folk and popular art. The database includes and extends the coverage of its two predecessor art indexes: Rpertoire d'Art et d'Archeologie (RAA) from 1973 to 1989 and International Repertory of the Literature of Art (RIBA) from 1975 to 1989. Records feature detailed abstracts in English or French. Special subject indexing covers persons, places, institutions, buildings, works of art, and topical subjects, with most subject terms in both English and French.

Indexes more than 12.7 million biographical sketches in more than 3,400 volumes and editions of current and retrospective reference books, covering both contemporary and historical figures throughout the world.

Indexes biographical articles from periodicals and books, including autobiographies, bibliographies, biographies, critical studies, fiction and drama, pictorial works, poetry, juvenile literature, obituaries, journals, collections of letters, book reviews and interviews. (Restricted to 4 simultaneous users.)

Abstracts and indexes reference publications for life science information. Includes bibliographical references with abstracts in English from life sciences research journals published worldwide, representing virtually every life science discipline, including agriculture, biochemistry, biotechnology, ecology, immunology, microbiology, neuroscience, pharmacology, public health, and toxicology.

Provides immediate free access to peer-reviewed biomedical research.

Contains the full texts of various research journals focused on the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences. Includes BioOne and BioOne 2.

Black Thought and Culture includes approximately 100,000 pages of non-fiction writings by major African American 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, and trial transcripts. Included electronically for the first time is a full run of Artist and Influence, including interviews, oral histories, photos, original art, poetry, and other firsthand perspectives tracking African American cultural trends in the 20th century.

Available via the Wiley InterScience Journals platform.

Indexes and abstracts reviews of English language adult and juvenile fiction and non-fiction titles. Reviews are selected from journals in the humanities, sciences, social sciences and library review media. Includes only reviews that have appeared within 18 months of the book's publication. (Restricted to 4 simultaneous users.)

Books in Print provides bibliographic information on over 5 million in-print, out-of-print (since 1979), and forthcoming book, audio, and video titles and features over 30,000 full-text previews, 140,000 tables of contents, and over 700,000 reviews of titles by over 200,000 publishers. It is the only complete record of in-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming books published or distributed in the U.S.

Provides coverage and integrated searching of the following encyclopedias and multiple reference tools: Encyclopaedia Britannica; Britannica Student Encyclopedia; Britannica Internet Guide; Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary; Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus; and World Atlas.

BuildingGreen Suite offers articles, case studies and links to information on sustainable design issues, strategies, green building products, and current projects.

Provides business and industry content in the following areas: periodical articles, news articles, and press releases; detailed information for domestic and international companies and associations, including information on corporate hierarchical structures; investment reports; corporate chronologies and company histories; brands and product information; industry and company rankings; financial overviews; industry overviews; HR Law Case Digests.

This database provides full text from more than 7,400 scholarly business journals (over 1,100 are peer-reviewed) and periodicals covering management economics, finance, accounting, international business and more. Business Source Premier contains full text from the world's top business journals and is particularly strong in both management and marketing, including Harvard Business Review and California Management Review. The database also holds country economic reports from the EIU, DRI-WEFA, ICON Group and CountryWatch. Business Source Premier contains expanded indexing and abstract backfiles for 300 top scholarly business journals dating back to 1965, or the first issue published (whichever is more recent). Additional full text, non-journal content includes market research reports, industry reports from Datamonitor, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.

Cabell Publishing has compiled directories to help professors, graduate students and researchers publish their manuscripts. To achieve this goal, the company strives to maintain current information on the addresses, phone, e-mail and websites for a large number of journals in Education and Management. Also, the company seeks to provide information on publication guidelines and review information.

Full-text electronic versions of Chinese academic periodicals in Series F: literature/history/philosophy. The databases include current issues (1994- ) as well as archives of back issues of journals in the Century journal project, first phase (CJP). To browse by journal title, please click here. To see a list of titles included, please click here.

The Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) covers electronic and print publications from the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the United States Federal Government. As of Februrary 2007, the catalog contains approximately 500,000 records for materials published primarily since 1976. The Government Printing Office (GPO) will be adding records for older materials as they can, and will be continually adding records for newly published materials as released. Records for electronic (Internet accessible) materials will contain links to those files.

Provides searchable access to current state and federal statutes, regulations, and cases in the areas of Health Care, Human Resources, and Labor and Employment law. Also included are comprehensive practice guides, forms, journals, and newsletters. Users can set individualized preferences, sign up for email newsletter alerts, and save search results from session to session. Login is required, but any email address may be used.

CCH Tax Research Network provides searchable, full-text coverage of numerous federal and state tax publications.

Contains citations and abstracts to ASCE journals, conference proceedings, books, standards, manuals, magazines, and newsletter.

This very elaborate multi-tiered database has more than 20,000 Renaissance Documents (inventories, guide books, lives of artists, archival documents, etc.) related to more than 10,000 Antique Monuments (sculptures, architecture, vases, etc.) that are accompanied by 30,000 photographs or illustrations. The collection of images includes: drawings, sketchbooks, paintings, engravings, sculpture, medals, applied arts, etc. The database can be utilized for its collection of images, but more extensive information is provided in the database. Monuments, their preservation history, provenance history, and other relevant information are accompanied by bibliographic citations.

Consists of the online public access catalog (OPAC) of the Center for Research Libraries in Chicago, Illinois, which collects research materials not targeted by other North American research institutions. Materials from CRL are available via Interlibrary Loan.

C.E.E.O.L. is an online archive which provides access to articles, scholarly journals, electronic books and re-digitized documents pertaining to Central and Eastern Europe.

See the individual products contained in ChemNetBase: Combined chemical dictionary, Properties of organic compounds, and CRC Handbook of chemistry and physics.

Provides citations and abstracts relating to the neurobiology, chemistry, and physiology of taste, smell, internal chemoreception, and chemotaxis, including signal transduction, receptors, channels and neurogenetics; also practical areas as standardization and legislative aspects, apparatus and methodology, new products, patents, and marketing. Major areas of subject coverage include animal behavior studies, aroma studies of food, chemistry of odorous materials, chemosensory aspects of food, chemotaxis, human physiology and pathology, molecular structure and taste qualities, pest control, pheromone application, standardization and legislative aspects, taste perception and aversion learning.

The Chicago Defender (1905-1975) was the largest and most influential African American newspaper by World War I, with more than two thirds of its readership outside of Chicago. Promoting the Great Migration in the in the early 1900's and desegragation after World War II, the Chicago Defender attracted the writing talents of Gwendolyn Brooks, Walter White, and Langston Hughes. With over six decades of searchable full-text coverage, the Chicago Defender is a good resource for tracking the history of African American issues during the early to mid 20th century.

Provides access to full page and article images with searchable full-text back to the first issue. Years covered are from 1849 to 20 years ago.

China Data Online offers comprehensive statistics and economic information of China. Database includes 1) Yearly Macroeconomy Statistics 2) Monthly Macroeconomy Statistics 3) Monthly Reports on Economy Development 4) City Statistics 5) County Statistics 6) Industrial Statistics 7) and 40 plus Statistical Yearbooks. Includes 2000 China county/district population census data assemblies.

Published weekly, The Chronicle is the academic world's top source of news and information. The online version features daily reports on developments in higher education, information technology, distance education, as well as regularly updated databases of grant opportunities, job announcements, and links to Internet resources for higher education. The full text of the current issue of The Chronicle is available every Monday morning, following the Friday print publication. The current issue and the archive are both fully searchable, and the site also features an archive of more than 12 years of The Chronicle.

Columbia International Affairs Online is a comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It accesses a wide range of scholarship that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs.

Contains full text of major articles gleaned from the New York Herald, the Charleston Mercury, and the Richmond Enquirer.

Combines CLASE (Citas Latinoamericanas en Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades), which indexes documents published in Latin American journals specializing in the social sciences and humanities (over 1,200 sources) and PERIODICA, which covers journals specializing in science and technology (over 1,400 sources).

Classical music service that allows users to listen to and download music through subscription service. Reference section is freely accessible and contains detailed information on hundreds of classical music composers. Also includes images, samples of music, information on historical periods and a beginner's guide. (Restricted to 6 simultaneous users.)

When completed, Classical Scores Library will include 400,000 pages of scores for classical music, both copyrighted and public-domain, from all time periods. Complete editions will be included for such composers as J.S. Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, and many others.

Includes clinically oriented monographs on all U.S. drugs; off-label drug uses and dosages; thorough coverage of new and investigational drugs; hard-to-find drug information on IV admixtures and nutritional products; nutraceuticals, such as herbal products and trace elements. Features include extensive indexing, cross-referencing, and linking for optimum searching; printable OBRA compliant patient information; product identification feature with life-size color photos of dosage forms; unique patient profile identifying potential drug interactions, adverse reactions, allergy and contraindication precautions; therapeutic duplication; and medical condition/drug therapy mismatches.

See CAJ full-text database. Literature, history, philosophy.

Provides up-to-date notices of upcoming conferences, deadlines, awards, and other professional information. CogNet also provides a library of searchable electronic texts for cognitive and brain sciences. Contains works from the MIT Press, as well as content and links to resources from other publishers, professional associations and institutions. In addition, provides publisher information about new and important books from publishers like Bradford Books, Cambridge University Press, Kluwer, and the MIT Press.

Cold Spring Harbor Protocols is a definitive, interactive source of new and classic research techniques and methodologies in molecular and cellular biology. Its coverage includes cell and molecular biology, genetics, bioinformatics, protein science, and imaging. Research protocols presented are continuously expanded, updated, and annotated by the originators and users of the techniques.

Provides online full-text access to a wide range of resources in earth-systems science, including papers, conferences, journal abstracts, books and databases.

Indexes poetry in anthologies, including full-text and excerpts of some poems. Also has short biographies of some poets, comments on poems and poets by well-respected scholars, and a poetry glossary.

Online searchable database of compounds and their properties, which allows federated searching across all five chemical dictionaries or individually. The five dictionaries are: Dictionary of Commonly Cited Compounds; Dictionary of Drugs (Formerly Pharmasource); Dictionary of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds; Dictionary of Natural Products; Dictionary of Organic Compounds. (Restricted to 2 simultaneous users.)

Communication & Mass Media Complete offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 600 titles, nearly 300 of which are also available in full text. Also provides a Communication Thesaurus, comprehensive reference browsing (i.e. searchable cited references for peer-reviewed journals covered as "core"), and over 3,000 Author Profiles with biographical data and bibliographic information.

Compendex is a comprehensive interdisciplinary engineering database referencing engineering journals and conference materials.

Provides a combination of indexing, abstracts and full text for leading business and technical publications in the computer, telecommunications and electronic industries.

Provides full-text access to global information on women, including journals, newsletters, and research reports from non-profit groups, government and international agencies. (Restricted to 4 simultaneous users.)

A collection of selected monographs with expired copyrights chosen from the mathematics field. These were monographs that were brittle and decaying and in need of rescue. Also known as: Cornell Digital Library math collection.

This database allows the user to research corporate hierarchies ("who owns whom") to the seventh level of reporting relationships, starting with as little information as a brand name. The Directory of Corporate Affiliations(tm) database covers more than 200,000 of the most prominent U.S. and international public and private businesses and includes information about parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, and divisions worldwide to help you research corporate ownership. (Restricted to 1 simultaneous user.) Please click on LOGOUT when done searching.

A research and reference tool that provides an analytical survey of the history and development; powers; personalities; current developments; and legislation considered and passed by the United States Congress. Data is organized under four sections: public policy legislation; members of Congress; key votes; and legislative branch.

The CQ (Congressional Quarterly) Electronic Library is an integrated search environment providing access to 8 separate CQ resources for research on American Government, history, politics, public policy, and current events. Provides access to research and reference articles, opinion and news coverage, data, and contact directories. Congressional Quarterly is renowned for non-partisan coverage of U.S. Government issues and activity. CQ EL also provides the ability to create an individual profile (housed at CQ), for book-marking favorite materials, saving search strategies for future use, and viewing histories (your 25 most recently viewed items in CQ EL). Individual resources in CQ EL include: CQ Congress; CollectionCQ Encyclopedia of American Government; Washington information directory; CQ Public Affairs Collection; CQ Researcher; CQ Supreme Court Collection; CQ Voting and Elections Collection; and, CQ Weekly.

Provides information on the institutions of U.S. government including the presidency, Supreme Court, Congress, and elections from the American Revolution to the present.

Provides current affairs content in a fully integrated reference tool. Some subjects are advocacy and public service, education, energy, the environment, health, and transportation. Provides in-depth reporting on vital issues, statistical and historical analyses, historic documents and primary source materials, as well as a directory of key government, nonprofit, and private organizations in each of the major policy areas.

Founded in 1923 as Editorial Research Reports, CQ Researcher is a complete source for in-depth, analytical reporting on the most current and controversial issues. Published by Congressional Quarterly, it gives the reader a broad overview of the subject, including the historical background and a discussion of the current controversies and initiatives.

CQ Supreme Court Collection blends historical analysis with timely updates and expert commentary of Supreme Court decisions, biographies of Supreme Court justices, Supreme Court institutional history, and the U.S. Constitution.

Integrates data, authoritative analyses, concise explanations, and historical material to provide a research and reference tool on voting and elections in America. From the American voter, to major and minor political parties, to actual races for Congress, the presidency, and governorships, the collection provides context-driven intelligence on the state of elections in America. The KU Libraries' subscription includes access to the data sets.

Online, digital version of the print handbook of the same title. Searchable across tables and chapters, this resource provides access to physical science data, and physical property data of common compounds, both inorganic and organic. (Restricted to 2 simultaneous users.)

Database of citations to major international journals in criminology and related disciplines; extensive coverage of books, dissertations, and unpublished papers; and access to reports from government and nongovernmental agencies. Covers crime trends, crime prevention and deterrence, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, police, courts, punishment and sentencing.

See: Worldwide political science abstracts.

See Dissertations & theses @ University of Kansas.

Database of over 150 newspapers primarily from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Korea and Australia. If you wish to power search Custom Newspapers along with General OneFile and Academic OneFile, please click here.

Serves as a retrospective complement to Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI), covering design journals and yearbooks published between 1900 and 1987. The project is ongoing, with journals being indexed in their entirety from first issue, on a title-by-title basis. When complete, the index will cover at least 68 titles.

The Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI) contains over 130,000 annotated references from more than 500 design and craft journals and newspapers published from 1973 onwards, and data on over 50,000 designers, craftspeople, studios, workshops, firms etc. Research articles are covered, along with topical news items, conference and seminar reports, and book, video and exhibition reviews. Each reference includes full bibliographic details and a brief abstract. Updated monthly.

Consists of more than 11,000 profiles of designers, architects, craftspeople, photographers, studios and other institutions. The largest and most comprehensive dictionary of design and designers available, and the publishers expect to add a further 5,000 profiles per year.

Contains the most comprehensive collection of primary documents available. The database includes more than 43,000 of the most important declassified documents regarding critical U.S. policy decisions.

Covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. Aims to cover all subjects and languages.

Dissertation Abstracts International has been replaced by ProQuest Dissertations and Theses.

Contains citations and abstracts of dissertations and theses submitted by the University of Kansas and published in UMI's Dissertations Abstracts database, and full text of KU dissertations published after 1996 and KU theses published after 2005. Previously known as Current research @ University of Kansas.

The Evans collection covers virtually every book, pamphlet and broadside published in America over a 160-year period. Digitized from one of the most important collections ever produced on microform, Early American Imprints, Series I is based on Charles Evans' renowned American Bibliography and Roger Bristol's supplement. Including more than 36,000 printed works and 2.3 million pages, Series I also offers new imprints not available in microform editions. Early American Imprints, Series I is comprised of a vast range of publications, including advertisements, almanacs, bibles, broadsides, catalogs, charters and by-laws, contracts, cookbooks, elegies, eulogies, laws, maps, narratives, novels, operas, pamphlets, plays, poems, primers, sermons, songs, speeches, textbooks, tracts, travelogues, treaties and more.

Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819 provides a comprehensive set of American books, pamphlets and broadsides published in the early part of the 19th century. It is based on the noted -American Bibliography, 1801-1819 by Ralph R. Shaw and Richard H. Shoemaker. With more than four million pages from over 36,000 items, including 1,000 catalogued new items unavailable in previous microform editions. Researchers can find primary sources on westward expansion, the development of American arts (literature, music, painting, etc.), the progression of American political thought and much more. In addition to books, broadsides and pamphlets, the collection includes published reports and the works of many European authors reprinted for the American public. Additionally, a large number of state papers and early government materials (including presidential letters and congressional, state and territorial resolutions) chronicle the political and geographic growth of the developing American nation.

The Early Encounters database documents the relationships among peoples in North America from 1534 to 1850. It makes available a collection of published and unpublished accounts, including narratives, diaries, journals, and letters that document the first impressions of North America by Europeans and of Europeans by native people. The collection includes primary materials, images, environmental studies and maps that researchers and students would otherwise struggle to obtain. Indexing makes it possible to compare original descriptions of an area with the observations by individuals who followed.

Digital library of works listed in: Pollard & Redgrave's Short-title catalogue, Wing's Short title catalogue and Thomason tracts.

Earthquake Engineering Abstracts (EEA) provides comprehensive coverage of earthquake engineering and earthquake hazard mitigation. EEA is currently comprised of full citations and abstracts from 1971 forward, plus several hundred earlier classic papers and reports. EEA includes journal articles of all major journals that publish significant earthquake engineering research; proceedings abstracts of conferences and major meetings in earthquake engineering research, and abstracts of research monographs and technical reports including Earthquake Engineering Research Center Reports and Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center Reports.

East View universal databases include the following sources: CENTRAL NEWSPAPERS (major Russian and CIS newspapers) -- CIS & BALTIC PERIODICALS (includes Central Asia, the Caucasus, the Baltic region). -- CURRENT DIGEST OF THE POST-SOVIET PRESS (selected English translations) -- RUSSIAN GOVERNMENTAL PUBLICATIONS -- Russian MILITARY & SECURITY PERIODICALS -- RUSSIAN SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMANITIES -- UKRAINIAN PUBLICATIONS (news and scholarly articles).

A comprehensive, indexed bibliography with selected abstracts of the world's economic literature, produced by the American Economic Association. Includes coverage of the major journals as well as articles in collective volumes of essays and proceedings, books, books reviews, dissertations, and working papers licensed from the Cambridge University Press Abstracts of Working Papers in Economics. (Restricted to 4 simultaneous users.)

Indexes publications covering every age and sector of the educational community from preschool through college. Includes the journal literature, yearbooks, selected series, supplements and book review citations. (Restricted to 4 simultaneous users.)

This collection of more than 1,100 periodicals and 200 reports is a resource for any educator. Content included in the database is almost entirely full-text. This database covers multiple levels of education from preschool to college, and every educational specialty -- such as technology, bilingual education, health education, and testing. Educator's Reference Complete also focuses on issues in administration, funding and policy.

The Human Relations Area Files (HRAF), a non-profit consortium of universities and colleges, seeks to encourage and facilitate comparative studies of human behavior, society, and culture. eHRAF World Cultures is a cross-cultural database that contains pages of information on all aspects of cultural and social life.

Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) comprises over 150,000 printed volumes. It includes every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in the United Kingdom, along with thousands of important works from the Americas produced in the 18th century. It has full-text search capabilities across all 26 million pages.

Offers full content access to journals published by Emerald in the EMX 125 and Engineering collections. Subjects covered include management, HRM, marketing, librarianship, mechanical and electrical engineering.

Updated edition of this lauded work on Judaism features more than 21,000 entries on Jewish life, culture, history, and religion, written by Israeli, American and European subject specialists.

The Encyclopedia of Islam Online provides access to over 13,000 articles covering nearly all aspects of Islam. Access to this resource includes an index of subjects and proper names.

The Encyclopedia of American Studies provides an integrated approach to the history and culture of the United States by focusing on problems, themes, and issues that cut across disciplines. It features broad synthetic articles and bibliographies covering areas such as history, literature, art, photography, film, urban studies, ethnicity, race, gender economics, politics, wars, consumer culture, and global America. As a comprehensive reference, it offers research and study support for a wide range of disciplines.

The second edition of this encyclopedia covers the latest research on the biology, psychology, and sociology of aging as well as how aging is depicted in the humanities.

Electronic equivalent of the 20th Edition of the Encyclopedia of Social Work. The 400 articles in this 4-volume set cover all aspects of social work from practice and interventions, social environments, social conditions and challenges, to social policy and history. Each article is written and signed by a top academic or social work practitioner and includes a bibliography for further reading.

Allows simultaneous searching of more than 20 life sciences sequencing, full-text, and abstracts databases.

E & E Publishing provides comprehensive, daily coverage of domestic and foreign environmental and energy politics and policy with electronic newsletters, journals, and webcasts. Publications include: Environmental and Energy Daily, OnPoint, Greenwire, E & E News P.M., E & E TV News, and Land Letter. E-mail alerts and extensive searchable archives are available for each publication.

Provides indexing and abstracts to the journal literature in the area of environmental policy and studies. The database covers applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, environmental law, geography, marine & freshwater resources, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more. Formerly called: Environmental issues & policy index.

See: Environment index.

Ergonomics Abstracts, an international abstracting service spanning the world of ergonomics and human factors, covers the literature of mainstream ergonomics as well as related material from psychology, physiology, biomechanics, job design, human-computer interaction, safety science, human engineering, medicine, occupational health, sport and transport. Includes over 119,500 records dating from 1997-present.

Provides indexing and abstracts to the education literature. ERIC consists of two files: Resources in Education, covering the document literature, and Current Index to Journals in Education, covering the published journal literature. Many of the documents, identified by the ED number, are available full text.

Provides access to worldwide patent information. Patents by member states of the European Patent Office and the World Intellectual Property Organization are included. Years of coverage and availability of full text and images vary by country.