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Academic Search Premier

This database indexes and abstracts articles appearing in over 7300 journals in the areas of social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many more, some as far back 1965. Full text of articles appear from 4000 scholarly journals, including 3100 peer-reviewed titles.

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Accessible Archives

This is an archive of full-text American periodicals and primary documents of the 18th and 19th centuries of particular interest to researchers in American history. Currently the titles available in the archive are:

The Liberator 1831-1865
Godey's Lady's Book 1830-1885
The Pennsylvania Gazette 1728-1800
The Charleston Mercury, The New York Herald , Richmond Enquirer November 1860 - April 1865
African American Newspapers: The 19th Century
The Pennsylvania Genealogical Catalogue: Chester County 1809-1870
The Pennsylvania Newspaper Record: Delaware County 1819-1870

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AGRICOLA

Records covering every major agricultural subject. From 1970 - present.

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Alt-HealthWatch

This database indexes articles from over 170 scholarly and consumer-oriented journals, magazines, reports and newsletters related to alternative health care. Also included are pamphlets, booklets and other special material. Many of the materials appear full text in the database.

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Alternative Press Index

This database Indexes journals covering cultural, economic, political & social change from alternative sources of information outside the mainstream media. Coverage for the database is from 1991 to the present. A companion database, Alternative Press Index Archives, is also available and covers 1969-1990.

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America: History & Life

This database covers U.S. and Canadian history and area studies, with citations and abstracts of articles appearing in over 1800 scholarly journals. Also includes citations for book and media reviews, as well as dissertations. The database is updated monthly. Coverage is from 1964 through the present.

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American Chemical Society Journals Online

This is a collection of current and archived web editions of selected publications from the American Chemical Society. Articles are available in HTML and PDF formats.

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Applied Science and Technology Full Text

International and English-language periodicals, covering industries, computer science, engineering, mathematics, physics, technology and much more. Includes articles, interviews, meetings, conferences, exhibitions, new product eviews/announcements, and more. Indexing from 1983 - present; full text articles 1997-present.

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ArticleFirst

Journals in science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture. From 1990 - present.

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Arts & Humanities Search (Arts & Humanities Citation Index)

Records referencing many of the world's leading arts and humanities journals. From 1980 - present

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.ATLAS Religion Index

A comprehensive reference database designed to support religious and theological scholarship in graduate education and faculty research. Contains over 1 million citations from more than 1,400 international titles and 14,000 multi-author works related to the field of religion. Includes a full range of index citations to journal articles, essays in multi-author works, and book reviews from ATLA print indexes. Covers 1949 to the present.

Full text is included for selected journal titles.

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FirstSearch database descriptions used with permission. Copyrighted OCLC, Inc.

Updated July 10, 2008

 
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