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ABSEES Online     Principal record on North American research on Russia & Eastern Europe. [ more information ]

Academic Search Premier       Coverage: Coverage varies, some starting with 1975 - present, updated continuously. This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education. The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals. [ more information ]

Aerospace and High Tech Database       Coverage: (1962-Present)- Abstracts Only Provides bibliographic coverage of basic and applied research in aeronautics, astronautics, and space sciences. [ more information ]

AGRICOLA       Coverage: 1970 - present, updated monthly. Search here to find citations and abstracts for articles from over 600 periodicals, as well as USDA and state experiment station and extension publications, and selected books on agriculture, animal husbandry, animal and human nutrition, forestry, plant pathology, plant science, human ecology, agricultural economics, rural sociology. [ more information ]

Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology Abstracts       Covers agricultural products involving both plants and animals, new applications across the food industry, plant genome studies ,and environmental developments. [ more information ]

AGRIS       Coverage: 1975 - present, updated quarterly. Strong in agricultural and development economics of developing countries; AGRIS, the International System for the Agricultural Sciences and Technology, is an international bibliographic database. [ more information ]

Alternative Press Index       Coverage: 1991 - present, updated quarterly. Indexes articles, editorials, reviews, interviews, obituaries, speeches, fiction, songs, recipes, regular columns from 250 publications. [ more information ]

AMED - Allied and Complementary Medicine       Coverage: 1985 - present Subjects covered include acupuncture, terminal care, symptom control, osteopathy, Chinese medicine, homeopathy, rehabilitation, occupational therapy, chiropractic, holistic treatments, and podiatry. The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 4 users at any one time. [ more information ]

America: History and Life       Coverage: 1964 - present This index provides historical coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. [ more information ]

Anthropology Plus       Coverage: Late 19th century - present, updated quarterly. Anthropology Plus brings together into one resource the highly respected Anthropological Literature from Harvard University and Anthropological Index, Royal Anthropological Institute from the UK. [ more information ]

Applied Science and Technology Abstracts       Coverage: 1983 - present, updated monthly Indexes over 300 major English-language periodicals in a wide variety of technology subjects ranging from aeronautics, chemistry, and computers to physics, plastics, and transportation. [ more information ]

Art Full Text       Coverage: 1997 - (full text) and 1984 - (abstracts) Art Full Text, produced by The HW Wilson Company, is a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles from periodicals published throughout the world. [ more information ]

Art Index Retrospective     Coverage: 1929 - 1984 Art Index Retrospective covers 55 years (from 1929-1984)of art journalism and research from leading English-language sources, plus others published in French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Dutch. [ more information ]

ArtBibliographies Modern       Coverage: 1974 - present Index and abstracts of articles from periodical articles, books, exhibition catalogs, and index entries for dissertations. [ more information ]

Article Search, Film Studies     Use to search for articles on film studies topics. [ more information ]

Arts & Humanities Citation Index     Coverage: 1975 - present AHCI covers arts and humanities, including archaeology, architecture, area studies, art, classics, dance, film, folklore, history, language and linguistics, literature and literary reviews, music, philosophy, poetry, radio and television, religion and theology, and theater. Indexes articles, book reviews, performance reviews, fiction, poetry, editorials, letters, etc. [ more information ]

ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution and Environmental Quality       Coverage is devoted to research and policy on the contamination of oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, and estuaries. [ more information ]

ASFA: Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries       Coverage: 1978-present, updated monthly Includes comprehensive information on the science and technology of marine, freshwater, and brackishwater organisms and environments. [ more information ]

ATLA Religion Database       Coverage: 1949 - present A limited number of periodicals are available as full text in this database, some going back as far as 1949. [ more information ]

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals       Coverage: 1930s - present, updated daily Recognized as one of the world's leading databases of the architectural literature. [ more information ]

Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B)       Topics range from bacterial immunology and vaccinations to diseases of man and animals, including clinical findings as well as all aspects of pure bacteriology, biochemistry, and genetics. [ more information ]

Bibliography of Native North Americans     Coverage: 16th Century - present. Bibliography of Native North Americans (BNNA) is a bibliographic database covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life. [ more information ]

Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA)       Coverage: 1973 - date, updated quarterly. Covers art of Europe and the Americas (4th century to modern), painting, sculpture, drawings, prints, decorative and applied arts, architecture and industrial design, popular and folk art. [ more information ]

Biological Abstracts       Coverage: 1980-2003 Biological Abstracts (part of BIOSIS Previews) is one of the foremost sources of bibliographic references to the life science journal literature. [ more information ]

BIOSIS Previews       Coverage: 1996 - present, updated monthly. Covers the biological and medical sciences, including biochemistry, biophysics, biotechnology, botany, environment, microbiology, and zoology. Provides citations and abstracts to articles, conference papers, technical reports and chapters of books from over 5000 publications. [ more information ]

Business Source Premier       Coverage: Varies By Title This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education. Business Source Premier database includes both scholarly journals and periodicals for practitioners. [ more information ]

Business Source Premier Enhanced     This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education. This enhanced interface of Business Source Premier provides easy access to specialized reports such as company profiles, industry profiles, country reports, market research reports. [ more information ]

CAB Abstracts Plus Full Text Select       Coverage: 1910 - present CAB Abstracts covers agriculture in its broadest sense, including crop production, forestry, environment, animal health and nutrition, veterinary science, agricultural engineering, biotechnology, soil and water, agricultural economics, recreation and tourism, rural sociology, and human nutrition and health. [ more information ]

Catholic Periodical and Literature Index       Coverage: 1981-Present Selective Full-Text Covers all aspects of the Catholic faith and lifestyle, and includes over 380,000 index citations of articles and reviews published in Roman Catholic periodicals, Papal documents, church promulgations, and books about the Catholic faith that are authored by Catholics and/or produced by Catholic publishers. [ more information ]

Central & Eastern European Online Library     Coverage: 1970 - Present C.E.E.O.L. [ more information ]

Chicano Database       Coverage: 1967 - present Subjects include Mexican-American and Chicano studies topics. [ more information ]

CINAHL       Coverage: 1982 - present, updated monthly. CINAHL, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health, has a multidisciplinary scope covering nursing, 17 allied health disciplines, biomedicine, consumer health, health sciences librarianship and selected standards of professional practice. [ more information ]

Cold Spring Harbor Protocols

ComAbstracts     Coverage: Varies by title, but generally 1982 - present This index provides abstracts to articles from the major journals in the field of communication. [ more information ]

Communication and Mass Media Complete       A comprehensive resource for articles relating to various forms of communication, Communication and Mass Media Complete provides journal articles on topics such as mass media, film, television, marketing, business communication, health communication, and more. [ more information ]

Compendex and Engineering Index       Coverage: 1884 - present, updated monthly Provides extensive indexing of scholarly and technical periodicals, conference proceedings, and report literature in all engineering disciplines including applied physics, electronics, materials science, and related fields in science and management. [ more information ]

Computing Reviews     Coverage: 1974 - Present Computing Reviews selectively reviews articles, books, and proceedings to the current research, theory and applications in computer science and related fields. [ more information ]

Contemporary Women's Issues       Coverage: 1992 - present, updated weekly Covers subjects such as as sociology, psychology, health, lesbian concerns, education, political science, reproductive and human rights. [ more information ]

Criminal Justice Abstracts       Coverage: 1968 - present, updated quarterly Covers crime trends, crime prevention and deterrence, drugs, government, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, law, police, political science, public administration, courts, punishment and sentencing. [ more information ]

Design and Applied Arts Index       Coverage: 1973 - present DAAI is an international index to design and craft journals. [ more information ]

EBSCO MegaFILE     Coverage: Coverage varies, some starting with 1975 - present, updated continuously This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education Save time and search all four EBSCO databases at once. [ more information ]

Ecology Abstracts       Focuses on how microbes, plants, and animals interact with their environments and with other organisms. [ more information ]

EconLit       Coverage: January 1969 - present, updated quarterly. Contains bibliographic citations and selected abstracts to the professional and scholarly literature in the field of economics and allied disciplines, including journals, books, chapters in books, conference proceedings and dissertations. [ more information ]

Education Full Text       Coverage: 1983-present United States: Education Full Text offers full-text access to about half of the 500+ education journals indexed in it. [ more information ]

Education Index Retrospective     Coverage: 1929 - 1983 Indexes nearly 600 education journals as far back as 1929. [ more information ]

EIS: Digests of Environmental Impact Statements       Includes abstracts of the hundreds of environmental impact statements issued by the federal government each year, indexed for easy reference. [ more information ]

Environmental Engineering Abstracts       Covers the world literature pertaining to technological and engineering aspects of air and water quality, environmental safety, and energy production. [ more information ]

Environmental Impact Statements: Full-text and Digests       Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) are documents that help the government and the general public understand the effects of developments on the environment and to decide whether developments should go ahead.Full text statements are available from 2003-present and digests (summaries) are available from 1985-present. [ more information ]

Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management Database       Coverage: 1967 - present This database provides comprehensive, multidisciplinary coverage of the environmental sciences. [ more information ]

ERIC   Coverage: 1966 - date Bibliographic database of journal and non-journal education literature, with more than 1.1 million citations going back to 1966. [ more information ]

ERIC (Access via CSA)       Coverage: 1966 - present United States and Other Countries: For Education Topics use ERIC CSA for Find It access to U of MN e-journals; ERIC is the Education Resources Information Center. [ more information ]

Essay and General Literature Index       Coverage: 1985 to present Find contents in collected works focusing on humanities and social sciences. The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 4 users at any one time. [ more information ]

Faculty of 1000 - Biology     Current literature awareness service which highlights the "most interesting papers" in biology, based on the recommendations of over 1000 leading scientists. [ more information ]

Family & Society Studies Worldwide         Coverage: 1970 - present, updated monthly. Search here to find citations and abstracts to articles and book chapters on family dynamics, marriage and family therapy, the family in society, and child development. [ more information ]

Fish & Fisheries Worldwide       Coverage: 1971 - present, updated quarterly. A working biologist's index to all aspects of ichthyology, fisheries and aquaculture, including fish management, natural history, and fish health, plus environmental, habitat, and commercial information. [ more information ]

Food Science & Technology Abstracts (FSTA)       Coverage: 1969 - present Search here to find citations and abstracts for journal articles, conference papers, technical reports and international patents in food processing, storage, and safety, food additives, food chemistry and properties. [ more information ]

Forestry Abstracts       Coverage: 1939 - present (Access 1973 - present via CAB Abstracts : Access 1939 - 1972 via CAB Archive) Covers all aspects of forest management, tree biology and forest ecology, including silviculture, provenance studies, inventories, economics, agroforestry, husbandry of non-wood forest products, tree anatomy and physiology, climate, soils, forest ecology, tree breeding, fire, forest pests and protection, forest conservation and arboriculture. [ more information ]

FRANCIS       Coverage: 1984 - present, updated monthly. Emphasis on French research covering a wide range of multilingual, multidisciplinary articles, books, etc. [ more information ]

Gale Professional Collection     Coverage: Dates vary A custom selection of more than 300 full-text journals for educators that is updated daily. [ more information ]

Geobase       Coverage: 1980 - present, updated monthly. Index to worldwide literature on geology, geography, and ecology. [ more information ]

GeoRef       Coverage: 1785 - present Index to the worldwide literature of geology, geophysics, geochemistry, paleontology, hydrogeology , hydrology, and mineralogy. [ more information ]

Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS)     Coverage: 1936 - present; 1936 - 1994 available in CD-ROM in Wilson 180E (ask at Ref. Desk) A bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars. [ more information ]

Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI)       Coverage: 1983 - present, updated quarterly. Describes instruments used to assess health and behavior of infants, children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly. [ more information ]

Health and Safety Science Abstracts       Published in association with the University of Southern California's Institute of Safety and Systems Management, this database provides a comprehensive, timely survey of recent work relating to public health, safety, and industrial hygiene. [ more information ]

Historical Abstracts       Coverage: 1954 - present. Covers the world's scholarship in history from 1450 to the present. [ more information ]

History of Science, Technology, and Medicine       Coverage: Science, 1976 - present; Technology, 1987 - present; updated annually. Indexes articles, books, proceedings, reviews, and dissertations on the history of science and technology. [ more information ]

Human Population and Natural Resource Management       This database explores human population and demography topics, as well as societal issues involving natural resource management. [ more information ]

HW Wilson     Coverage: Dates vary Access to Art Full Text, Biography Reference Bank, Education Full Text, Humanities and Social Science Retrospective, Library Literature, and Reader's Guide Retrospective. [ more information ]

IIMP: International Index to Music Periodicals     Coverage: 1996 - present, updated daily. Covers all aspects of the world of music, from the most scholarly studies to the latest crazes. Articles in over 350 international music journals, The New York Times, and The Washington Post. [ more information ]

IMB: International Medieval Bibliography     Coverage: 1967-present This guide to what has been published about the Middle Ages is interdisciplinary, including conference proceedings, collected essays, and journal articles on philosophy, literature, the arts, etc. [ more information ]

Index Islamicus     Coverage: 1906 - present Index Islamicus indexes worldwide literature in European languages on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world. [ more information ]

Index to Jewish Periodicals       Coverage: 1988-Present Selective Full-Text An index on Jewish history, activity and thought. [ more information ]

Index to Nineteenth-Century American Art Periodicals       Coverage: Varies by title The Index to Nineteenth-Century American Art Periodicals (AAI) is the only online index to art periodicals that were published in the United States during the 19th century. [ more information ]

Industrial and Applied Microbiology Abstracts (Microbiology A)       Includes significant findings and practical applications in agricultural, food and beverage, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries. [ more information ]

Informe     Coverage: 1994 - present A collection of hispanic magazines with full text; This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education. Covers business, health, technology, culture, current topics and other subjects. [ more information ]

InfoTrac Junior Edition     Coverage: 1997 - date Database for junior high and middle school students; This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education. In addition to material from periodicals, the database also includes newspaper articles, an encyclopedia, and a variety of other reference material. [ more information ]

InfoTrac Kid's Edition (Super Tom)     Coverage: 1997 - date Database for primary school students; This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education. In addition to material from periodicals, the database also includes newspaper articles, reference material and maps. Fact sheet at http://www.galegroup.com/pdf/facts/itkid.pdf Coverage: Current year to date + the previous three years Updated: Daily [ more information ]

InfoTrac Student Edition     Coverage: 1985 - date Database for secondary school students; This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education. In addition to material from periodicals, the database also includes newspaper articles, two encyclopedias, and a variety of reference material. [ more information ]

IngentaConnect     Coverage: October 1988 - present, updated daily This index provides bibliographic citations for academic and professional research articles online - some 20 million articles from 30,000 publications. [ more information ]

INSPEC ®       Coverage: 1896 - present, updated monthly Provides comprehensive coverage of scholarly literature in the fields of physics and astrophysics, electrical engineering, electronics, computing and control, and information technology. [ more information ]

International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance with Full Text     Coverage: 1984 - Present Contains all of the content available in International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance as well as full text for 100 titles, including Canadian Theatre Review, Dance Chronicle, Dance Teacher, Modern Drama, PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art, Research in Dance Education, Research in Drama Education, Studies in Theatre and Performance, TDR: The Drama Review, Theater, and many more. [ more information ]

International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (IPA via OvidSP)       Coverage: 1970 - present, updated monthly. Provides information on all phases of the development and use of drugs and on professional pharmaceutical practice. The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 3 users at any one time. [ more information ]

ISI Web of Knowledge     The ISI Web of Knowledge provides the Web of Science interface for institutional sitewide access to the ISI Citation products which cover over 8,000 international journals in the sciences, social sciences, and the arts and humanities. [ more information ]

Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance     Coverage: varies for journal title Iter is a bibliography of over 230,000 articles and reviews drawn from over 475 medieval and renaissance journal titles. [ more information ]

Left Index       Coverage: 1990-present Provides access to the diversity of literature on the left, with a primary emphasis on politically and culturally engaged scholarship inside and outside the academy and a secondary emphasis on significant but little known sources of news and ideas. [ more information ]

LegalTrac     Coverage: Coverage for some publications begins as early as 1980. Indexes 800+ legal publications, law reviews, bar association journals and legal newspapers. [ more information ]

LGBT Life Full-Text       Coverage: 1970-Present LGBT Life Full-text contains indexing and abstracts for more than 80 GLBT-specific core periodicals; additionally, books as well as newsletters, case studies, dissertations, etc. [ more information ]

Libraries OneSearch     Libraries OneSearch is a powerful new tool for searching across multiple library databases simultaneously. [ more information ]

Library Information Science & Technology Abstracts     Library Information Science & Technology Abstracts,(LISTA) was formerly Information Science & Technology Abstracts (ISTA). [ more information ]

Library Literature and Information Science Full Text       Coverage: December 1984 - present, updated monthly. Effective July 1, 2004, this database is now available via the HW Wilson Company interface Covers library and information science, including automation, censorship, public relations, government funding, preservation, cataloging, classification, copyright legislation, personnel management, information brokers, online searching, publishing, education for librarianship, and rare books. [ more information ]

Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)       Coverage: 1973-present Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) assists both generalists and specialists in keeping abreast of cutting-edge developments in disciplines concerned with the nature and use of language. [ more information ]

MasterFile Premier       This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education. MasterFILE Premier, designed specifically for public libraries, provides full text for more than 2,000 general periodicals covering a broad range of disciplines including general reference, business, education, health, general science, multi-cultural issues and much more. [ more information ]

Materials Research Database with Metadex       Coverage: (1966-Current) An excellent source for information on materials science, metallurgy, ceramics, polymers, and composites used in engineering application. [ more information ]

MathSciNet     Coverage: Mathematical Reviews(MR): 1940 - present, updated monthly; Current Mathematical Publications (CMP): 1985 - present, updated daily. A comprehensive index, with abstracts, to the research literature of mathematics. [ more information ]

MEDLINE (OVID)       Coverage: 1966 - present, updated weekly. MEDLINE includes citations from the fields of medicine, public health, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and the basic biomedical sciences. The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 40 users at any one time. [ more information ]

MLA International Bibliography     Coverage: 1926 - present Indexes scholarship on English and American Literature, folklore, language and linguistics, and dramatic arts. [ more information ]

New Testament Abstracts         Coverage: 1985-Present Selective Full-Text The product of a partnership between ATLA and the Weston Jesuit School of Theology, this database is a research and bibliographic aid for scholars, librarians, clergy and students of the New Testament and its historical milieu. [ more information ]

NTIS National Technical Information Service       Coverage: 1964 - present NTIS indexes government-sponsored U.S. [ more information ]

Oceanic Abstracts       Coverage: 1981 - current Abstracts of technical literature pertaining to the marine and brackish-water environment. [ more information ]

Old Testament Abstracts       Coverage: 1978-Present Selective Full-Text The product of a partnership between ATLA and the Catholic Biblical Association, this database features indexing and abstracts for journal articles, monographs, multi-author works, and software related to Old Testament studies. [ more information ]

OxResearch       Created by Oxford Analytica, OxResearch provides help to research and analyze the impact of world and regional economic and political developments of major significance. [ more information ]

PAIS Archive 1915-1976     Coverage: 1915 - 1976 Since its establishment in 1914, PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) has chronicled issues in the public debate through highly selective coverage of a wide variety of sources, including references to monographs, periodical articles, notes and announcements, government documents, policy reports and analytics. [ more information ]

PAIS International       Coverage: Coverage dates 1972 - present (abstracts from 1985 - present) Use this index for broad coverage of social science issues worldwide. [ more information ]

PCI: Periodicals Contents Index     Coverage: 18th Century - early 1990s This title has changed its name to Periodicals Index Online. [ more information ]

Periodicals Index Online     Coverage: 1665 - 1995 PIO is an electronic index to the tables of contents of thousands of periodicals in the humanities and social sciences, from their first issues to 1995. [ more information ]

Philosopher's Index     Coverage: 1940 - present Provides indexing and abstracts from books and over 270 journals on philosophy and related interdisciplinary fields published in the U.S. [ more information ]

Pollution Abstracts       Coverage: May 1981- present Combines information on scientific research and government policies in a single resource. [ more information ]

PsycINFO       Coverage: 1806 - present, updated weekly Covers all areas of psychology. [ more information ]

PubMed - U of M Students, Staff & Faculty     Coverage: 1950 to present Primary source of journal article access for the health sciences - the campus version provides full text access to all Medline e-journals subscribed to by the University of Minnesota TC Libraries. [ more information ]

Readers Guide Retrospective     Coverage: 1890 - 1982 The database allows for searching the records of a century (1890-1982) of popular magazine coverage, reflecting the history of the 20th century America and its evolving attitudes and cultures. [ more information ]

Readers' Guide Retrospective     Coverage: 1890-1982 Provides comprehensive, historic indexing of the most popular general-interest magazines and journals published in the United States during the 20th century in the following subject areas: Aeronautics, African-Americans, Aging, Archeology, Astronomy, Automobiles, Biographies, Business, Children, Education, Environment, Fashion, Film, Fine Arts, Food, Foreign Affairs, Gardening, Health, History, Hobbies, Home, Journalism, Leisure Activities, Literature, Medicine, Music, News, Nutrition, Photography, Politics, Popular Culture, Radio, Religion, Science, Sports, Technology, Television, Travel. [ more information ]

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature     Coverage: 1969 - present (some older), updated quarterly. Effective July 1, 2004, this database is now available via the Cambridge Scientific Abstracts interface RILM indexes scholarly writings on music and related disciplines, including historical musicology, ethnomusicology, instruments and voice, dance, music therapy, music librarianship, the physics of music, and other fields as they relate to music. [ more information ]

RIPM: Repertoire International de la Presse Musicale       Coverage: 1805-1917 International Index to Nineteenth-Century Music Periodicals [ more information ]

Risk Abstracts       Experts define risk as a combination of the magnitude and probability of adverse effects. [ more information ]

RISM: International Inventory of Musical Sources after 1600     Coverage: 1600 - present RISM (the International Inventory of Music Sources) is a database of musical sources, such as manuscripts & printed music, works of music theory, and opera libretti which are preserved in libraries, archives, monasteries, schools, and private collections around the world. [ more information ]

RLIN Bibliographic Files       Coverage: 1700s - present, with an emphasis on 20th Century materials. Library of Congress record updated weekly, other record updated continuously.

Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Bibliography       Coverage: 1986 - present The on-line successor to the INION printed bibliographies, the RAS Bibliography provides broad coverage of the social sciences and humanities resources published not only in Russia, but throughout Europe and North America. [ more information ]

Sage Full-Text Collection for Education     Full-text access to a small core collection of education journals. [ more information ]

Science Citation Index Expanded (ISI)     Coverage: 1975 - present, updated weekly. Covers the most of the sciences, including veterinary medicine and zoology. [ more information ]

SciFinder Scholar     Coverage: 1907-present SciFinder Scholar is the best database for chemistry-related topics; it requires downloading special software to use it from your home or office computer or you can access it from a public computer in the Walter, BioMedical, or Magrath libraries by clicking on the SciFinder icon on the desktop (note: access contractually restricted to current U of MN faculty, students and staff). [ more information ]

SCIPIO Art and Rare Books Sales Catalogs       Coverage: 1599 - present, updated daily. The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 5 users at any one time. [ more information ]

Siku Quanshu 四庫全書     Coverage: The Siku Quanshu was compiled between 1773 and 1782 under the edict of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, China. Containing more than 3,460 works with a total of more than 36,000 volumes, it is the most comprehensive collection of Chinese scholarship u Please note: Requires Internet Explorer (IE) 5.0 or above. [ more information ]

Social Sciences Citation Index (included in Web of Science)     Coverage: 1975 - present, updated weekly. Covers the social sciences, including anthropology, history, industrial relations, information science and library science, law, linguistics, philosophy, psychology, psychiatry, political science, public health, social issues, social work, sociology, substance abuse, urban studies, and women's studies. Provides bibliographic citations, plus author abstracts "for approximately 60% of the articles in the database." Each citation also includes a list of references cited in the source article. [ more information ]

Social Services Abstracts       Coverage: 1980 - present CSA Social Services Abstracts provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. [ more information ]

Social Work Abstracts       Coverage: 1977 - date, updated semiannually. Abstracts of articles from social work and related journals. [ more information ]

Sociological Abstracts     Coverage: 1963 - present, updated monthly Updated bimonthly, this core database for the field of sociology contins information on sociology and social policy worldwide. [ more information ]

South African Studies       Coverage: 1987 - present, updated quarterly. A compilation of databases covering South African studies including the Index to South African Periodicals and South African National Bibliograpy. [ more information ]

SPORT Discus     Coverage: 1800 - present, updated monthly. The world's most comprehensive bibliographic resources for all aspects of sport and fitness. [ more information ]

Sustainability Abstracts       Explores the management of human use and conservation of the natural resource base, ensuring the attainment and continued satisfaction of human needs in the present as well as maintaining the potential to meet the needs and aspirations of future generations. [ more information ]

Textile Technology Index       Coverage: 1978 - present The Textile Technology Digest (TTD) database contains bibliographic citations, with abstracts, and provides international coverage of the literature of textiles and related subjects. [ more information ]

Toxicology Abstracts     Covers social poisons and substance abuse, natural toxins, legislation and recommended standards to environmental issues; toxicology studies of industrial and agricultural chemicals, household products, pharmaceuticals, and other substances, and the in vivo effects of toxic substances; the effects of alcohol and smoking, drug abuse, hydrocarbon studies, nitrosamines, radiation and radioactive materials; and toxicity testing methodology and analytical procedures for toxic substances. [ more information ]

TRANSPORT Database     Coverage: 1968 - present, updated quarterly. Produced by the 25-nation Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), headquartered in Paris, together with the United States' Transportation Research Board (TRB) and the 31 nations of the European Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT), Transport indexes journal articles, technical reports and conference papers on surface transportation systems including marine transportation and their components including highway, traffic, transport, road safety, and economic and social aspects of transportation systems. The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 4 users at any one time. [ more information ]

TROPAG & RURAL     Coverage: 1975 - present, updated quarterly The two databases contain references with abstracts to the worldwide literature on agriculture and economic and social development in tropical and subtropical regions. TROPAG covers food crops and industrial crops, animal husbandry, forage and pastures, aquculture, forestry, agroforestry, postharvest operations, farming systems and environmental management of tropical regions. RURAL abstracts literature on economic and social development in developing countries including development strategies, international cooperation, health, income generation, education, women and development, and environmental issues. The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 1 user at any one time. [ more information ]

Ulrich's Periodicals Directory     This directory, also known as ulrichsweb dot com lists information for nearly a quarter-million serial records such as newspapers, popular and trade magazines, and academic and scholarly journals; The listings include active, ceased, and forthcoming publications, and they can be searched by country, subject headings, circulation numbers, and many more options. [ more information ]

VET CD     Coverage: 1989-present; 1973-present VetCD and BeastCD have been renamed AnimalScience.com. [ more information ]

Water Resources Abstracts       Coverage: 1967-present Includes water-related topics covering the characteristics, conservation, control, pollution, treatment, use and management of water resources. [ more information ]

Web of Science (ISI)     Coverage: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)--1975-present; Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)--1975-present; Arts and Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI)--1975-present. Web of Science is the Web interface for the ISI Citation Index products which cover over 8,000 international journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. [ more information ]

Wildlife and Ecology Studies Worldwide       Coverage: 1935 - present, updated quarterly. A working biologists index to world literature on mammals, amphibians, reptiles, and birds; includes studies on all aspects of their life cycles and behaviors, including hunting and management research. [ more information ]

Women's Studies International       Coverage: 1972 - present, updated semi-annually. International coverage of feminist writings. [ more information ]

World Textiles     Coverage: 1970 - present World Textiles provides coverage of the current textiles literature. [ more information ]

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts       Coverage: 1975 - present CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts is building on the merged backfiles of Political Science Abstracts, published by IFI / Plenum, 1975-2000, and ABC POL SCI, published by ABC-CLIO, 1984-2000. [ more information ]

Zoological Record       Coverage: 1864 - current The premiere index for the zoological sciences, this is a comprehensive index to the world's zoological literature from approximately 6000 journals. [ more information ]