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Databases For Identifying Periodical Articles, Books, and Other Information
Database Subjects Covered Articles Books Reference Web Sites Who Can Access?
Academic OneFile All subjects includes articles   includes reference information   APSU
Academic Search Premier All subjects includes articles       APSU
African American Song Streaming audio of blues, jazz, gospel and other recordings         APSU
AGRICOLA Agriculture, animal & plant sciences includes articles includes books   includes web sites anyone
Alternative Press Index Radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines includes articles       APSU
Alternative Press Index Archive Radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines includes articles       APSU
America: History & Life U.S. history includes articles       APSU
American Chemical Society Publications (ACS) Chemistry includes articles       APSU
American Civil War: Letters and Diaries History, Literature     includes reference information   APSU
American Film Scripts Literature, history     includes reference information   APSU
America's News Newspapers and television news broadcasts includes articles       APSU
America's News Magazines Popular magazines includes articles       APSU
Annual  Reviews (Electronic Back Volumes Collection) Biomedical, Physical, and Social Sciences includes articles       APSU
Applied Science & Technology Full Text Applied Science and Technology includes articles       APSU
ArchiveGrid Access to detailed archival collection descriptions includes articles includes books includes reference information   APSU
Art Full Text and Art Index Retrospective Art, art history, contemporary art includes articles   includes reference information   APSU
ArticleFirst Bibliographic citations from 13,000 journals         APSU
ARTstor Art, architecture, and archeology images     includes reference information   APSU
Asian American  Drama Literature     includes reference information   APSU
Athena Searches catalogs of Nashville area libraries   includes books     anyone
Biological Abstracts Biological and Life Sciences includes articles       APSU
Biological & Agricultural Index Plus Biological and Agricultural Sciences includes articles       APSU
BioMed Central Biological and medical sciences includes articles       APSU
BioOne Biological, ecological, and environmental sciences includes articles       anyone
Black Drama Literature, African American Studies     includes reference information   APSU
Black Short Fiction and Folklore Literature, African American Studies     includes reference information   APSU
Black Thought and Culture African American Studies, Political Science, History     includes reference information   APSU
Book Review Digest Book reviews and summaries   includes books includes reference information   APSU
Books In Print Books currently "in print" (available from publishers)   includes books includes reference information   APSU
British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries History, Literature     includes reference information   APSU
Business & Company Resource Center Business and Industry includes articles   includes reference information   APSU
Business Full Text Business includes articles includes books     APSU
Business Index ASAP Business and Finance includes articles       APSU
Business Source Premier Business includes articles       APSU

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Cabell's Directory Business Set Publishing opportunities in Business     includes reference information   APSU
Cabell's Directory Education Set Publishing opportunities in Education     includes reference information   APSU
Cabell's Directory (Psychology) Publishing opportunities in Psychology and Psychiatry     includes reference information   APSU
Cambridge Histories Online Texts of the renowned Cambridge Histories series includes articles       APSU
CAMIO Images of fine and decorative artworks from museums     includes reference information   APSU
Choice Reviews Online Reviews of academic books, electronic media, and Internet resources   includes books includes reference information includes web sites APSU
CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online)  Political Science, Sociology, International Studies includes articles includes books includes reference information   APSU
CINAHL with Full Text Nursing, public health, and other allied health fields includes articles       APSU
Clase and Periodica Index of Latin American journals includes articles       APSU
Classical Music Library Streaming audio of classical music          APSU
Columbia Gazetteer Geography     includes reference information   APSU
Columbia Granger's Poetry Database Poetry and poets     includes reference information   APSU
Communication and Mass Media Complete Communication & mass media includes articles       APSU
Computer Science Index Computer Science includes articles includes books     APSU
Computer Database Computers, telecommunications, electronics includes articles       APSU
Contemporary Literary Criticism (CLC) Criticism on contemporary authors includes articles   includes reference information   APSU
Contemporary Women's Issues Women's Studies includes articles includes books     APSU
CQ Historic Documents History, Government, Political Science (Primary Documents)     includes reference information   APSU
CQ Press in Context Issues in government and politics includes articles   includes reference information includes web sites APSU
CQ Researcher plus Archive In-depth reports on current interest topics includes articles   includes reference information   APSU
Custom Newspapers Newspapers from around the world includes articles       APSU

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Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online Literary Biographies     includes reference information   APSU
Disclosure (Corporate Snapshots) Companies publicly traded on U.S. exchanges     includes reference information   APSU
Discovering American Women's History Online Digital collections of primary sources on the history of women in the US     includes reference information includes web sites APSU
Dissertations and Theses Doctoral dissertations and master’s theses     includes reference information   APSU
DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) All Subjects includes articles        anyone
Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures, and the Environment History, Literature, Geography     includes reference information   APSU
ebrary Electronic Book Collection   includes books     ASPU
ECCO (Eighteenth Century Collections Online) Collection of digitized materials from the eighteenth century   includes books includes reference information   APSU
EconLit Economics includes articles includes books     APSU
Education Collection (ASCD) Education and Professional Development eBooks from ASCD   includes books     APSU
Education Full Text Education includes articles includes books     APSU
Educators 200 Collection Education and Professional Development includes articles       APSU
Electronic Books Catalog of online electronic books   includes books     APSU
Electronic Collections Online Index of Academic Journals includes articles       APSU
ERIC Education and mass communication includes articles includes books     APSU
Emergency Disasters Data Base (Em-Dat) Mass disasters in the world from 1900 to present     includes reference information   anyone
Encyclopedia Britannica All subjects     includes reference information includes web sites APSU
Encyclopedia of Life Biological species, ecology     includes reference information includes web sites anyone
Expanded Academic ASAP All subjects includes articles       APSU

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Facts on File News & events includes articles   includes reference information   APSU
Faulkner Advisory of IT Studies (FAITS) Technology reports and profiles includes articles   includes reference information includes web sites APSU
Felix G. Cat Online Catalog All subjects   includes books   includes web sites anyone
FirstSearch Various includes articles includes books   includes web sites see instructions
FMG On Demand Streaming educational videos     includes reference information   APSU
Fuente Academica Latin American & Spanish Journals includes articles       APSU
Gale PowerSearch Search multiple Gale / InfoTrac databases simultaneously includes articles   includes reference information    APSU
Gale Virtual Reference Library All subjects (Encyclopedias & Reference)     includes reference information   APSU
General Business File ASAP Business and industry; Company profiles includes articles   includes reference information includes web sites APSU
General Business File ASAP International Business and industry; Company profiles (International scope) includes articles   includes reference information includes web sites APSU
General OneFile (InfoTrac) All subjects includes articles       APSU
General Reference Center Gold All subjects includes articles   includes reference information   APSU
General Science Full Text Sciences includes articles includes books     APSU
GEOBASE Geography, geology, and ecology includes articles includes books     APSU
GeoRef Geology and all related subjects includes articles includes books     APSU
Global Issues in Context International news and perspectives on current issues and countries includes articles   includes reference information includes web sites APSU
GreenFILE All aspects of human impact to the environment includes articles       APSU
GPO Government Publications on all subjects   includes books   includes web sites APSU
Grove Dictionary of Art Art     includes reference information includes web sites APSU
Grove Dictionary of  Music Music     includes reference information includes web sites APSU

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Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS) Online Latin American language, history, culture & politics includes articles       anyone
Health & Wellness Medicine, nutrition, fitness, public health includes articles   includes reference information   APSU
Health Reference Center Academic Nursing and personal health includes articles   includes reference information   APSU
HeritageQuest Online Genealogical and historical research, U.S. census records     includes reference information   APSU
HighWire Science, technology and medicine includes articles       anyone
Historical Abstracts World History since 1450 includes articles       APSU
History Reference Online Collection of Electronic Reference Titles   includes books includes reference information   APSU
History Resource Center: United States U.S. History since 1900 includes articles   includes reference information   APSU
History Resource Center: World World History since B.C. includes articles   includes reference information   APSU
Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) Military and Security studies, Political Science includes articles includes books includes reference information includes web sites APSU
Hoover's Pro Online Business, company data includes articles   includes reference information includes web sites APSU
Humanities Full Text Humanities includes articles includes books     APSU
Information Science and Library Issues Collection Information science and libraries includes articles       APSU
Informe! Spanish-language magazines includes articles       APSU
InfoTrac databases (please see specific titles) For InfoTrac databases please see General OneFile, Religion and Philosophy, Science Database, etc.          
Ingenta All subjects includes articles       anyone
In The First Person Letters, diaries, oral histories, and other personal narratives     includes reference information   APSU
IOPscience Physics: scientific, technical, and medical content includes articles       APSU

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JSTOR Multiple Subjects includes articles       APSU
Junior Edition Junior High and Middle School research includes articles   includes reference information    APSU
Kids Infobits Kindergarten through Grade Five research includes articles   includes reference information    APSU
Latin American Women Writers Literature, History     includes reference information    APSU
Latino Literature Literature, History     includes reference information    APSU
Legal Periodicals Full Text Legal Information includes articles includes books     APSU
LearningExpress Library Examination Preparation     includes reference information   APSU
Lexis-Nexis Academic News, business, law, medicine, reference includes articles   includes reference information   APSU
LGBT Life with Full Text Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender resources includes articles    includes reference information   APSU
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts Library & Information Science, includes articles includes books     APSU
Library Literature Full Text Library & Information Science, Education includes articles includes books     APSU
Literature Resource Center Literature includes articles   includes reference information includes web sites APSU
Literature Resources from Gale Search across most Literature databases simultaneously includes articles   includes reference information includes web sites APSU
LitFinder Poems, stories, and essays     includes reference information   APSU
Manuscript Women’s Letters and Diaries from the American Antiquarian Society Women's Studies, History     includes reference information   APSU
Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY) Reviews of Psychological and educational tests includes articles   includes reference information   APSU
Mergent Online Business, company data     includes reference information   APSU
MICROMEDEX with CareNotes Drug, disease, and heath care information     includes reference information   APSU
Military & Intelligence Database Military and political science, defense and current affairs includes articles   includes reference information   APSU
MLA International Bibliography Literature, linguistics, and folklore includes articles       APSU
Morningstar.com Library Edition Analysis and selection of stocks and mutual funds     includes reference information   APSU
Music Index Music includes articles       APSU

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National Newspaper Index Index to America's top five newspapers   includes books     APSU
netLibrary All subjects   includes books     APSU (see instructions)
netLibrary Reference Center All subjects   includes books includes reference information   APSU
Newspaper Source Regional, National, and International newspapers includes articles       APSU
North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories History, Sociology     includes reference information    APSU
North American Indian Drama Literature, American Indians, History     includes reference information    APSU
North American Indian Thought and Culture History     includes reference information    APSU
North American Theatre Online Theatre, Literature     includes reference information  includes web sites APSU
North American Women's Drama Literature, Women's studies, History     includes reference information    APSU
North American Women's Letters and Diaries Women's studies, History     includes reference information    APSU
Nursing & Allied Health Collection Nursing, public health, and other allied health fields includes articles       APSU
OAIster Catalog of Digital Resources includes articles includes books includes reference information   APSU
OmniFile Full Text All subjects includes articles includes books     APSU
Online Books Page All subjects   includes books     anyone
Oral History Online Searchable oral histories includes reference information includes web sites APSU
Other Libraries' Catalogs All subjects   includes books     anyone
Oxford Digital Reference Shelf Provides individual access to encyclopedias and dictionaries     includes reference information   APSU
Oxford English Dictionary (OED) Etymology and definitions     includes reference information   APSU
Oxford Reference Online Search encyclopedias and dictionaries covering all subjects simultaneously     includes reference information   APSU

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PapersFirst Citations to papers presented at congresses, symposiums, conferences, expositions, workshops, and meetings     includes reference information   APSU
Philosopher's Index Philosophy (all fields) includes articles includes books     APSU
PILOTS database Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress includes articles includes books includes reference information   APSU
Play Index Theatre, Literature   includes books   includes web sites APSU
Points of View Reference Center Multiple viewpoints on controversial topics includes articles   includes reference information   ASPU
ProceedingsFirst Indexes proceedings of congresses, symposiums, conferences, expositions, workshops, and meetings     includes reference information   APSU
Professional Collection Journals for professional educators includes articles       APSU
Project MUSE Social sciences, arts, humanities includes articles       APSU
PROLA Physics includes articles       APSU
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection Psychology and Behavioral Sciences includes articles includes books includes reference information   APSU
PsycARTICLES Articles from 58 key psychology journals includes articles       APSU
PsycINFO Premier database for journal articles, books and dissertations in all areas of psychology includes articles includes books includes reference information   APSU
PubMed Medicine, nursing, dentistry includes articles       APSU
Readers' Guide Full Text Current Events includes articles includes books     APSU
RefWorks Web-based citation manager         APSU
Religion & Philosophy Database  Religion and Philosophy includes articles       APSU

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Sabin Americana, 1500-1926 History of Western Hemisphere (Primary Documents)     includes reference information   APSU
Safari Tech Books Online Computer science and e-commerce   includes books includes reference information   APSU
Science Database Large collection of scientific journals includes articles       APSU
Science Direct College Edition Journal Collections Social Sciences, Humanities, Life Sciences, Health Sciences, Physical Science, and Engineering includes articles       APSU
Scientific American Archive Online Science, Health, & Technology includes articles       APSU
SciFinder Scholar Biomedical sciences, Chemistry, Engineering, Material science, Agricultural science includes articles   includes reference information   APSU (requires download)
Scottish Women Poets of the Romantic Period Literature, Women's Studies     includes reference information   APSU
Scribner Writers Series Essays on authors from around the World     includes reference information   APSU
Shakespeare Collection Literature includes articles   includes reference information includes web sites APSU
Short Story Index Literature includes articles includes books     APSU
SIRS Researcher Social, scientific, economic, and political issues includes articles       APSU
Small Business Collection Insights, tips, strategies, and success stories includes articles       APSU
Social Sciences Full Text Social Sciences includes articles includes books     APSU
Social and Cultural History: Letters and Diaries Online History, Native Americans, Sociology, Women's Studies     includes reference information   APSU
Social Work Abstracts All aspects of the social work field includes articles       APSU
SocINDEX with Full Text All sub disciplines of sociology includes articles   includes reference information   APSU
Southern Life Topics related to Southern living includes articles includes books includes reference information   APSU
SPIN Web Physics includes articles APSU
SPORTDiscus with Full Text  Sports and sports medicine includes articles includes books     APSU
State Academies of Science Abstracts Science, medicine, social sciences includes articles       on-campus
STAT!Ref an@tomy.tv 3D interactive anatomy and pathology application     includes reference information   APSU
STAT!Ref Medical Collection Medical dictionaries, manuals, textbooks     includes reference information   APSU
STAT!Ref Nursing Collection Medical dictionaries, manuals, textbooks     includes reference information   APSU
STAT-USA Economics, business statistics     includes reference information   APSU
Student Edition High School (grade 9-12) research includes articles   includes reference information   APSU

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Television News Archive Current events, political science includes articles       anyone (registration required)
Tennessee Electronic Library Databases (TEL) Collection of databases provided by TEL includes articles       APSU
Tennessee Newspaper Collection (NewsBank) includes the Leaf Chronicle and Tennessean (plus 3 others) includes articles       APSU
Theatre in Video Streaming video of more than 250 complete plays     includes reference information   APSU
Twayne's Author Series Literary Criticism for 600 authors     includes reference information   ASPU
Twentieth Century North American Drama Literature, History     includes reference information    APSU
Ulrich's Periodicals Directory Information about periodical titles     includes reference information   APSU
Value Line Research Center Timely info on stocks, mutual funds, options and convertibles     includes reference information   APSU
ViVa Women's Studies,  History includes articles       anyone
Vocational & Career Collection Vocational and technical research includes articles       APSU
Vocations, Careers, and Technical Education Collection Vocations and technical education includes articles       APSU
Voyages Database Trans-Atlantic slave trade     includes reference information   anyone
What Do I Read Next? Reader's advisory for fiction and popular non-fiction   includes books includes reference information   APSU
Westlaw (Campus Research) Legal subjects, including laws and cases includes articles   includes reference information   APSU
Wiley InterScience Science, technology, and medicine includes articles       APSU (see instructions)
Women and Social Movements in the United States Women's Studies, History     includes reference information   APSU
Women's Studies International Women's Studies includes articles       APSU
World Almanacs Content of several almanacs     includes reference information   APSU
WorldCat Search libraries around the world   includes books includes reference information includes web sites anyone

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Who Can Access?

anyone = these databases are freely accessible to anyone on the web
APSU = these databases can only be accessed by APSU faculty, staff, and currently registered students; or by others on the APSU campus
on-campus = these databases can only be accessed from the APSU campus 


Find Information By Subject


Articles

"Articles" are short writings from periodicals such as magazines, journals, and newspapers.  Article databases (also called Periodical Indexes) allow you to find articles on a specific subject  or with a specific title, author, or date of publication.  For more information on using Periodical Indexes, see How to Use Indexes to find Periodical Articles.  Some articles are not available directly in the database -- see Accessing Articles from Periodicals for instructions on accessing these articles.

Periodical Indexes are also available in print (book) form.  See List of Print Indexes .

Books

  • Find books owned by APSU Library using the Felix Online Catalog
  • Find books owned by other libraries using Athena, Books in Print, and the online catalogs of other libraries
  • Find books available over the Internet using netLibrary or Online Books websites
  • Books provide a thorough, in-depth treatment of a subject.  
  • Older books can give a historical perspective on a topic. 
  • Books often include a table of contents and/or an index that can help researchers find information in the book more easily.  
  • In scholarly books, there is usually a list of sources that can assist researchers in finding more information about a topic.

Reference

Reference materials include encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, gazeteers, electronic resources, and others.  They usually contain factual or statistical information or summarize the knowledge on a particular topic.  Reference materials can be general (such as Encyclopedia Britannica) or specific (such as Encyclopedia of Psychology) in nature.   

Print reference materials can be found in the Reference Collection behind the Information Desk on Level 2 of  the APSU Library.  See  Using the Library's Reference Collection for more information.

Web Sites

Internet web sites can sometimes provide quality information for your research.  The web sites included in the library databases have been recommended by a publisher or librarian.  However, as with all information, be sure to evaluate your sources.

 

 


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