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Bases de Datos del CSIC
Created by the Center for Scientific Information and Documentation (CINDOC) for the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) in Spain, the Bases de Datos del CSIC contains three databases that index Spanish journals and conference papers.
ISOC - 1975-present; contains seventeen subdatabases in the social sciences and humanities.
ICYT - 1979-present; contains ten subdatabases on science and technology.
IME - 1971-present; biomedicine.
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Bibliografía de la Literatura Española desde 1980
1980-present; a resource for scholars of Spanish literature, Bibliografía de la Literatura Española provides bibliographic information on a wide range of subject areas including literary theory, literary genres, popular literature, Hispanism, bibliographies and authors. 
CARINDEX—index of West Indian journals
"CARINDEX is an index to the contents of West Indian journals, published in the Caribbean region. It also includes theses, papers presented at conferences, collections of working papers, etc. CARINDEX is published in two parts. CARSAH covers publications in the social sciences and humanities from 1983 onwards. CARSCI covers publications in science and technology from 1960 onwards."
Citas Latinoamericanas en Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, CLASE
"CLASE es una base de datos bibliográfica creada en 1975 en la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). La base de datos se actualiza diariamente y más de 10 mil registros son agregados cada año. Ofrece alrededor de 250 mil registros bibliográficos de artículos, ensayos, reseñas de libro, revisiones bibliográficas, notas breves, editoriales, biografías, entrevistas, estadísticas y otros documentos publicados en cerca de 1 500 revistas de América Latina y el Caribe, especializadas en ciencias sociales y humanidades."
Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS)
1935-present; An annual bibliography prepared by a group of scholars and published under the auspices of the Library of Congress. It lists new publications under broad subject headings, and includes annotations. [This resource is publicly available.]
Hispanic American Periodical Index (HAPI)
1970-present; HAPI is an online source for information about Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the United States. Included are complete bibliographic citations to articles, book reviews, documents, original literary works, and other materials appearing in over 400 key scholarly social science and humanities journals published worldwide.
LILACS
Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences
Nuevo Tesoro Lexicografico de la Lengua Espanola * * *
2001; includes 66 dictionaries, from Antonio de Nebrija's Vocabulario Espanol Latino (Salamanca, 1495) to the Real Academia Espanola's Diccionario Manual e Ilustrado de la Lengua Epa�ola (4. ed. rev. Madrid : Espasa Calpe, 1989).(Available at the Reserves Desk for use on Computer 2 in the Rockefeller computing cluster.) (Rockefeller Library)
Red de Revistas Científicas de América Latina y El Caribe (Red ALyC)
"Red ALyC es un proyecto impulsado por la Universidad Autónoma de Estado de México (UAEM), con el objetivo de contribuir a la difusión de la actividad científica editorial que se produce en y sobre Iberoamérica."
SciELO Scientific Electronic Library Online
Covers electronic academic publications from Brazil, Chile, Cuba and Spain.
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Anthropology
Anthropological Literature
1984-present; indexes articles on anthropology and archaeology, including art history, demography, economics, psychology, and religion.
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Biography
Biography and Genealogy Master Index * * *
For nearly twenty-five years, Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI) has been the best place to begin a search for information about people. It indexes current, readily available reference sources, as well as the most important retrospective works that cover individuals, both living and deceased, from every field of activity and from all areas of the world.
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Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online * * *
Current; a reference site for students and educators synthesizing editorially reviewed websites and the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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Economics
EconLit
1969-present; a comprehensive index to the worldwide literature on economics compiled by the American Economic Association from over 300 major economics journals.
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Data Services * * *
The EIU DataServices portfolio comprises the following global business databases: EIU Country Data, a comprehensive database of economic indicators and forecasts, covering more than 320 economic series for 150 countries, as well as 45 regional aggregates, running from 1980 and forecasting out five years; EIU Market Indicators & Forecasts, a powerful database of economic, demographic, consumption and industry data on 60 major countries, stretching back to 1990 and forward five years; EIU City Data, a global database of product prices and business costs providing over 330 prices levels on more than 160 products and services in 123 cities worldwide from 1990 to the present, and Combination of Country Data and Market Indicators, which is a combination of EIU Country Data and EIU Market Indicators & Forecasts.
National Trade Data Bank (NTDB) * * *
Current; documents and statistics from the federal government on foreign trade along with trade contact information. Ask at the Reference Desk for a password.
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Environment
Environmental Issues and Policy Index
Current; The Environmental Issues and Policy Index provides abstract/index information for over 1000 titles in the area of environmental policy and studies. The product has an Environment thesaurus that will assist users in research.
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Film
FIAF: International FilmArchive Database
1972-present; the FIAF Databases Online is a group of databases from the International Federation of Film Archives, bringing together contributions from experts around the world dedicated to film preservation, cataloguing and documentation. The FIAF Databases include:
* International Index to Film Periodicals
* International Index to Television Periodicals
* List of Periodicals Indexed
* Treasures from the Film Archives
* Bibliography of FIAF Affiliates Publications
* International Directory of Film and TV Documentation Collections
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Film Literature Index (FLI Online)
1976-2001; the Film Literature Index (FLI) annually indexes 150 film and television periodicals from 30 countries cover-to-cover and 200 other periodicals selectively for articles on film and television. The periodicals range from the scholarly to the popular. More than 2,000 subject headings provide detailed analysis of the articles. [This resource is publicly available.]
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Gender Studies
Gender Studies Database * * *
1972-present; Gender Studies Database, produced by NISC, combines the Women’s Studies International database and Men’s Studies databases to provide coverage of sexual diversity issues. GSD covers the full spectrum of gender-engaged scholarship inside and outside academia. It includes links to freely available and indexed full text articles and documents on the Web. Source documents include professional journals, conference papers, books, book chapters, government reports, discussion and working papers, theses & dissertations and other sources.
LGBT Life (formerly GLBT Life) * * *
1945-present; LGBT Life is a resource to the world's literature regarding gay, lesbian, bisexual, transexual and transgender issues. GLBT Life provides comprehensive coverage of traditional academic, cultural, lifestyle, and regional publications, including The Advocate, Lesbian News, Washington Blade, Bay Area Reporter, etc. LGBT Life also indexes & abstracts the full run of many historically significant titles such as ONE, The Ladder, Mattachine Review, Christopher Street and Body Politic. In addition, grey literature including non-fiction titles, bibliographies, case studies, and dissertations is also represented. Disciplines covered by GLBT Life include civil liberties, culture, employment, family, history, psychology, religion, sociology and more.
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General and Interdisciplinary
Academic Search Premier * * *
Current; multi-discipline, full text database, designed for the academic community. Includes full text coverage for just under 4,700 journals, including 3,600 peer-reviewed journals.
Arts and Humanities Citation Index
1975-present; source for information in all arts and humanities disciplines. Useful for retrieving recent articles that cite a known earlier article.
JSTOR * * *
Provides image and full text online access to back issues of selected scholarly journals in history, economics, political science, demography, mathematics and other fields of the humanities and social sciences. Consult the online tables of contents for holdings, as coverage varies for each title.
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LexisNexis Academic * * *
Current; said to be the world's largest full-text, online database, containing more than a billion full-text articles, citation abstracts, and documents. Emphasis is on current news and legal and business information. Link to A-Z list of resources on LexisNexis Academic.
Project Muse * * *
Project Muse is a searchable database that provides access to the full text of journals published by Johns Hopkins University Press and other university presses in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics. Consult the online tables of contents for holdings, as coverage varies for each title. As of 6/2004, includes links to JSTOR.
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Full Text * * *
1637-present; ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Full Text is the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses. PQDT Full Text includes 2.4 million dissertation and theses citations from around the world from 1861 to the present day together with 1 million full text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format. The database offers full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997 and strong retrospective full text coverage for older graduate works. Each dissertation published since July 1980 includes a 350 word abstract written by the author. Master's theses published since 1988 include 150 word abstracts. Bibliographic citations are available for dissertations dating from 1637. Where available, PQDT Full Text provides 24-page previews of dissertations and theses.
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Full Text also offers researchers unlimited access to digital copies from their own institutions as well as affordable copies from others.
Social Sciences Citation Index
1973-present; source for information in all major social sciences disciplines. Useful for retrieving recent articles which cite a known earlier article.
Web Of Science
1973-present; The Web of Science includes the three ISI citation indexes: Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index, and Science Citation Index.
World News Connection (WNC) * * *
1994 to present; an online news service of translated and English-language news and information. From non-U.S. media sources, WNC covers socioeconomic, political, scientific, technical, and environmental issues and events within 24-72 hours of the original broadcast. Regional categories covered include: Central Eurasia, China, East Asia, Near East & South Asia, East Europe, West Europe, The Americas, and Sub-Saharan Africa.
WorldCat
Books, journals, sound recordings, videos and manuscripts collected and catalogued by your library and libraries around the world. WorldCat does not include individual articles, stories in journals, magazines, newspapers, or book chapters.
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Historical Newspapers
Nineteenth (19th) Century Masterfile
1802-early 20th Century; provides online access to an enhanced version of the major Anglo-American subject index for periodicals of the 19th century, as well as a number of other general and publication specific indexes for journals, newspapers, and books of the era. Now includes Catalogue of Scientific Papers!
Times Digital Archive (London) * * *
1795-1985; researchers can search through the complete digital edition of The Times (London), using keyword searching and hit-term highlighting to retrieve full facsimile images of either a specific article or a complete page. The entire newspaper is captured, with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos divided into categories to facilitate searching.
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History
Historical Abstracts
1954-present; article abstracts and citations of books and dissertations on the history of the world from 1450 to the present. Excludes the U. S. and Canada.
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Literature
Contemporary Authors * * *
Accessible as part of Literature Resource Center. The LRC covers more than 90,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists and other writers, and indexes publications such as Contemporary Literary Criticism, Dictionary of Literary Biography, and Contemporary Authors.
Dictionary of Literary Biography * * *
Accessible as part of Literature Resource Center. The LRC covers more than 90,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists and other writers, and indexes publications such as Contemporary Literary Criticism, Dictionary of Literary Biography, and Contemporary Authors.
Literature Online (LION) * * *
A fully searchable full text database of English and American poetry, drama and prose, accompanied by a substantial collection of full-text literary journals, and other critical and reference works.
Literature Resource Center (LRC) * * *
Current; provides access to biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary discipline. The LRC covers more than 90,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists and other writers, and indexes publications such as Contemporary Literary Criticism, Dictionary of Literary Biography, and Contemporary Authors.
MLA International Bibliography
1926-present; the MLA International Bibliography is a bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations. The electronic version of the bibliography contains over 1.5 million citations from more than 4,400 journals and series and 1,000 book publishers.
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Politics and Government
AccessUN * * *
1944-present; provides access to current and retrospective United Nations documents and publications.
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) * * *
1991-present; designed to be the most comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. Includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, books, journals, policy briefs, and proceedings from conferences.
Declassified Documents Reference System
1979-present; provides an index and abstracts to nearly 75,000 declassified documents from the CIA, FBI, Department of State, Department of Defense, National Security Council, and other agencies.
Digital National Security Archive * * *
1945-present; The Digital National Security Archive is a joint project between the National Security Archive and ProQuest Information and Learning Company. The DNSA is the most comprehensive collection available of significant primary documents central to U.S. foreign and military policy since 1945. Over 55,000 of the most important, declassified documents – totaling more than 420,000 pages – are included in the database. Many are published now for the first time.
International Political Science Abstracts * * *
1989-present; abstracts information from major journals in political science, including public law, and international relations.
PAIS International * * *
1972-present; includes periodicals, books, hearings, reports, gray literature, government publications, and Internet resources. Subjects include politics, public policy, government, international relations, law and ethics, human rights, economics, business, finance, and other social sciences. SEARCH PAIS International and the PAIS Archive(1937-1976) simultaneously.
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Population and Sociology
Ethnic NewsWatch and ENW: A History * * *
1980-present; Ethnic NewsWatch is an interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press beginning in 1990. ENW: A History covers the years 1960-1989. The experiences and contributions of African Americans, Hispanics, Native Peoples, Asian Americans, European Americans, Jewish Americans and Arab Americans illuminate three critical decades in U.S. and world history.
POPLINE
POPLINE 1974-present; but also includes older substantive literature. POPLINE has information on topics relating to population such as demography, vital statistics, family planning, and related health, law,and policy issues. POPLINE indexes books, book chapters, journal articles, technical reports, conference papers, theses, dissertations, laws, bills, court decisions, and unpublished reports.
World Population Policies 2003
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Religion
ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials * * *
1949-present; the ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials is the premier index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion. Links are provided to 100,000 full text articles in ATLASerials, from more than fifty journals selected by religion scholars in the United States. Full text resources from the Religion and Philosophy Collection are also linked within this database.
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Statistics
Current Index to Statistics Extended Database
1974-present; a bibliographic index to publications in statistics and related fields. The database indexes both journals and books.
World Development Indicators * * *
Current; published by the World Bank, WDI contains statistical data for over 550 development indicators and time series data from 1960-2003 for over 200 countries and 18 country groups. Data includes social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators.
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