Indexes and Databases: P
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Number of resources that begin with P: 53
PAIS Archive 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. Addition of the Archive to our current PAIS International database extends comprehensive access to public and social policy information. [more information] [  Add To myLibrary!] |
| PAIS International Use this index for broad coverage of social science issues worldwide. Includes articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, and book chapters. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2d edition Contains over 1,850 articles by more than 1,500 of the world's leading economists. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Palgrave Macmillan Journals focused in the social sciences and humanities. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| PAPERCHEM Indexes publications relating to pulp, paper and allied technologies. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| PAPTAC Pulp and Paper Technical Association of Canada [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Past Masters This cluster of full-text databases includes works by Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, the Continental Rationalists (Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz), and British philosophers from 1600-1900 (Bacon, Hobbes, Locke, and others). [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Patents (United States) The USPTO Web Patent Database offers the full text of all US patents issued since January 1, 1976 and full-page images of each page of every US patent issued since 1790 through the most recent weekly issue date. Publisher/Producer is the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Patrologia Latina The Patrologia Latina Database contains 221 volumes and represents a complete electronic version of the first edition of Jacques-Paul Migne's Patrologia Latina (1844-1855 and 1862-1865). [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| PCI: Periodicals Contents Index This title has changed its name to Periodicals Index Online. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| People's Daily 人民日报 The full-text and full-image database of the Peoples' Daily offers intuitive interface and full-text search and browse functions. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Periodicals Index Online 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. Every article is indexed. PIO currently indexes over twelve million journal articles in over 3,500 journals. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook A handy collection of data, units, equations and topic reviews for chemical engineers. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| PEST-BANK Pesticide Product Data Each record in the PEST-BANK Pesticide Product Data file describes a particular pesticide product in detail. Information available includes product names, product status, EPA registration numbers, registrant name and address, type of formulation, signal word, types of pesticide activity, active ingredient names and percentages, sites of application, and pests controlled. PEST-BANK is based upon the National Pesticide Information Retrieval System (NPIRS), an online database founded, developed, and supported by the Purdue Research Foundation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Peterson's Education Center Contains information on thousands of colleges, private secondary schools, day schools, and boarding schools. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Philosopher's Index Provides indexing and abstracts from books and over 270 journals on philosophy and related interdisciplinary fields published in the U.S. and the Western World. Database Fact Sheet available at: http://www.csa.com/factsheets/philosopher-set-c.php [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Physical Education Index Search PEI for a wide range of Physical Education & Kinesiology topics including physical education curricula, sports medicine, dance, sport law, motor learning, recreation, standardized fitness tests, sports equipment, business and marketing, coaching and training, and sports psychology & sociology. Scholarly and trade literature references are included. Abstracts were added starting in 2001. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| PILOTS (Published International Literature on Traumatic Stress) The PILOTS database is sponsored by the US Department of Veterans Affairs; It covers Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health sequelae of traumatic events. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Pion Journals in the areas of geography, physics, and experimental psychology. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Pioneer Press Full text coverage from 1988 to the present of the daily newspaper for the City of St Paul. Besides articles about the Twin Cities, coverage includes western Wisconsin and the state of Minnesota. Due to recent legal restrictions, free lance authors may not be included in the online version. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002) Full-page digital archive of the Pittsburgh Courier, 1911-2002. One of the most nationally circulated Black newspapers, the Courier reached its peak in the 1930s. A conservative voice in the African-American community, the Courier challenged the misrepresentation of African-Americans in the national media and advocated social reforms to advance the cause of civil rights. Part of ProQuest Historical Newspapers. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Plant Information Online Includes current sources in North American nurseries for over 70,000 plants; over 200,000 citations to current plant science literature, listings for more than 1300 North American seed and nursery firms, and an evaluative review of 75 CD-ROMs and web sites of plant images. This resource is free and open to the public. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Plant Management Network A cooperative resource for the applied plant sciences. Offers an extensive searchable database comprised of thousands of web-based resource pages from the network's partner universities, companies, and associations. The network's peer-reviewed citable journals, Plant Health Progress, Crop Management, Forage and Grazinglands, and Applied Turfgrass Science provide credible current information in areas important to practitioners, policy makers, and the public. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Play Finder LitFINDER: Plays provides 1000 plays of many kinds, from all time periods, in English or translated into English. Search for plays in many ways. Brief biographies are provided for authors. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Poem Finder Covers poetry from antiquity to the present; it contains 500,000 citations for poems by 70,000 authors from 1,800 anthologies, 2,600 single-author collections, and 4,000 periodicals. Contains the full text of some poems online. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Points of View Reference Center Provides students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides 250 topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument),counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide. Topics covered include: affirmative action, cloning, DNA profiling, HIV/AIDS status disclosure, immigration, Iraq, Israel & the Palestinians, Katrina and FEMA response, nuclear proliferation, separation of church and state, standardized testing, stem cell research, tax cuts, voting machines, and many more. Points of View Reference Center contains a balance of materials from all viewpoints, including 1,143 main essays, leading political magazines from both sides of the aisle, newspapers, radio & TV news transcripts, primary source documents and reference books. The database also offers guides to debate, developing arguments and writing position papers. Additionally, this database contains the Video Encyclopedia of the 20th Century, providing students with a searchable collection of some of the most important social, political, and cultural moments of the 20th century. Points of View Reference Center provides the basis from which students can realize and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues and develop analytical thinking skills. Critical Thinking Guides for every topic covered helps the student judge Fact vs. Opinion and enhances the student's ability to read and think critically. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| PolicyFile PolicyFile draws its content from public policy think tanks, university research programs, research organizations and publishers. Some well known contributors include: the American Enterprise Institute, Brookings Institution, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Cato Institute, Center for Defense Information, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Council on Foreign Relations, Democratic Leadership Council, Economic Strategy Institute, Federation of American Scientists, Heritage Foundation, Hoover Institution, Hudson Institute, Institute for International Economics, International Monetary Fund, National Center for Policy Analysis, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, RAND Corporation, United States Institute of Peace, and the World Bank. Where available, access to home pages, electronic mail addresses and fulltext are made available within individual abstracts. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Polling the Nations The online version of the American Public Opinion Index, this database is a compilation of more than 14,000 surveys conducted by more than 700 polling organizations in the United States and more than 80 other countries. Each of the nearly 350,000 records reports a question asked and the responses given. Also included in each record is the polling organization responsible for the work, the date the information was released, the sample size, and universe. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Pollution Abstracts Combines information on scientific research and government policies in a single resource. Topics are extensively covered from the standpoints of atmosphere, emissions, mathematical models, effects on people and animals, and environmental action in response to global pollution issues. Includes material from conference proceedings and hard-to-find documents, along with information from primary journals in the field. This database is one component of the "Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management (ESPM)" database. To identify additional results with a broader scope, consider conducting your search in ESPM. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Polymer Handbook Classic source of property data for "synthetic polymers, poly(saccharides) and derivatives, and oligomers." Primary focus is on "fundamental constants and parameters that refer to the polymer molecule, that describe the solid state of polymer molecules, or that describe polymer solutions" and not spectroscopic, rheological, and mechanical data. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Polymers: a Property Database A user-friendly interface gives access to names, physical property data, supplier information, structures, applications, & manufacturing process. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Poole's Index to Periodical Literature (via 19th Century Masterfile) A significant resource compiled by William Frederick Poole. A core resource for researching nineteenth-century topics. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| POPLINE Covers information family planning, population law and policy, and primary health care, including maternal/child health in developing countries in journal articles, monographs, technical reports, and unpublished works. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Population Index Primary reference tool to the world's population literature. Covers books, journal articles, working papers and other documents on population topics. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| PressDisplay Full-page digital archive updated daily with current news from 650 national and international newspapers. Rolling 90-day archive. A number of newspapers feature translation, audio and more (example: Le Figaro). Tip: Quickly browse sources using the Select Title-dropdown in the upper right corner. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Primary Search Primary Search provides full text for more than 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Professional Development Collection Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 520 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports. Professional Development Collection is the most comprehensive collection of full text education journals in the world. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Project Muse Index to full-text collection of journals in literary theory, classics, history and cultural studies, philosophy, film, theater and performing arts, political science, and mathematics. From Johns Hopkins University Press. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Prokaryotes, The A reference work on the biology of bacteria. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| ProQuest Databases Remote access available for University of Minnesota -- Twin Cities students, staff and faculty. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Coverage: 1861 - present (Doctoral dissertations) 1962 - present (Masters theses). Description: Dissertations and theses from over 1000 universities. Doctoral dissertations are indexed for almost all North American graduate schools and many European universities. Masters theses from selected schools only. Provides bibliographic citations for older titles. Abstracts are included for dissertations since 1980 and for masters theses since 1988.
Some dissertations, beginning with 1997 publication dates, are available digitally.
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| ProQuest Newsstand 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. Full-text titles include The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Barron's, The Boston Globe, The Christian, Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, USA TODAY, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and other newspapers of record. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| PsycARTICLES PsycARTICLES Database contains the full text of articles from APA (American Psychological Association) journals and selected EPF (Educational Publishing Foundation) journals, most from 1988 to the present. The articles are provided in HTML format for direct viewing and printing with your web browser. Remote access available for University of Minnesota -- Twin Cities students, staff and faculty [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| PsycBOOKS A full-text database of APA books, classic books, and entries from the Encyclopedia of Psychology. PsycBOOKS is accessed via APA's PsycNET interface. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| PsycCRITIQUES PsycCRITIQUES is a searchable database of book reviews in psychology. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| PsycINFO Covers all areas of psychology. Provides bibliographic citations and abstracts to articles from more than 1300 international journals in psychology and related fields. In addition, PsycINFO covers books, book chapters, and dissertations. PsycINFO supports searching cited references. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Public Documents Masterfile Finding tool for public documents, combining bibliographic and index information from a variety of historic and current tools. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Public Library of Science (PLoS) (OA) PLoS publishes peer-reviewed, open access scientific and medical journals. They include original research as well as timely feature articles. All PLoS articles are immediately freely accessible online, are deposited in the free public archive PubMed Central, and can be redistributed and reused according to the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Public STINET Public STINET provides access to citations to unclassified documents that have been entered into the Defense Technical Information Center's (DTIC) Technical Reports Collection since December 1974 as well as some full text reports for those citations. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| PubMed - Public Version Primary source of journal citations for the health sciences - the public version provides only limited full text access to journal articles. Includes Medline and Pre-Medline (articles more recent than found in Medline). [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| PubMed - U of M Students, Staff & Faculty 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] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
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