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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 ]

AnimalScience.com     Coverage: 1973 - present Covers all aspects of veterinary science, including parasitology and zoonotic disease, as well as animal nutrition, equine science, animal production and animal genetics, and aquaculture and fisheries. [ 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 ]

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 ]

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 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 ]

Black Studies Database: Kaiser Index to Black Resources     Coverage: 1948 - 1986 The Kaiser Index to Black Resources is drawn from the handwritten notes of the staff of the Schomburg Center at New York Public Library. [ 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 ]

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 ]

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 ]

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 ]

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 ]

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 ]

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 (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 ]

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 ]

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 ]

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 ]

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 ]

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 ]

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 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 ]

JSTOR     Index to JSTOR, full text academic journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. [ 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 ]

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 ]

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 ]

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 ]

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

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

ProQuest Newsstand     Coverage: Varies by newspaper 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. ProQuest Newsstand provides indexing and abstracting for 150 full-text titles, plus another 200 regional news sources. [ more information ]

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

Regional Business News     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. Full text coverage for regional business publications; Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. [ 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 ]

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 ]

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 ]

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 ]

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 ]

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 ]

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 ]

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 ]

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 ]