Databases and Online Resources
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A-Z Journal List: Alphabetic list of journals represented in databases. Print holdings are not currently reflected in this list.
Academic Search Premier: General (all subjects); some full-text articles.
African American Music Reference: Full-text reference, including bios of African American composers, liner notes, iconography, collections of spirituals and slave lyrics.
ATLA Religion Database: Religion; index to articles, book reviews, and chapters in books (essays); some full-text articles. American Theological Library Association.
Black Thought and Culture: Full-text of 1297 African American non-fiction works spanning from colonial times to the present.
Books In Print: In-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming books, audios and videos, with optional reviews
Business Source Complete: Scholarly business database containing full-text journals, industry and country reports, SWOT analyses, etc.
Chicago Defender (1905-1975): Search Chicago's African American newspaper online in full-text.
Chicago Tribune (1985 to present): Full-text newspaper articles; historical archive as well.
Chronicle of Higher Education: Higher education news, articles, and reports; includes full-text of the current Chronicle back through September 1989.
Chronicle of Philanthropy: Nonprofit news and research; includes full-text of the current Chronicle of Philanthropy back through October 1997.
CINAHL: Nursing; some full-text articles; mostly citations and abstracts.
Classical Music Reference Library: Full-text reference materials about Western classical music, including Baker's Dictionary of Music and Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians.
Classical Scores Library: Full-text of some of the most important classical scores and manuscripts; currently holds 1262 scores.
Communication & Mass Media Complete: Communication and mass-media articles index; some full-text.
Credo: Searchable full-text of several reference books and encyclopedias. Good for intro-level summaries.
CQ Researcher: Full-text coverage of current issues.
Education Research Complete: Full-text journal articles and book chapters on a variety of topics in education, including curriculum, standards, and special education.
Environment Complete: Ecology, pollution, urban planning, and related subjects; includes articles and book chapters. Some full-text available.
ERIC: Education; some full-text articles and ERIC documents; mostly citations and abstracts
FirstSearch: A variety of indexes, both full-text and citation/abstract.
Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online: Online version of the print source. (4 of 10 vols so far)
Grove Music Online: a dynamic music resource.
Harper's Weekly: Search the full-text of this illustrated newspaper from 1857-1912.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Medical; some full-text articles and reference sources.
Historical Statistics of the United States: Full-text statistics drawn from a range of years in the history of the US; check out the economic, demographic, and crime data available.
Hoover's Online: Business; full-text company information.
IPA Source: International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions and literal translations of opera arias and art song texts.
JSTOR: Full-text; complete back runs of scholarly journals in 15 different disciplines.
Kraus Curriculum Development Library: Full-text database of curricula, frameworks, and standards for all subjects covered in PreK-12 and Adult Basic Education.
Lexis-Nexis Academic: News, legal, business, medicine, full-text information. Includes New York Times and other major newspapers full-text
Library, Information Science, & Technology Abstracts (LISTA): Library Science and technology; indexes more than 600 periodicals and other materials.
Literary Reference Center: Background information about authors, literary works, literary movements, and historical events.
Mary Ann Liebert Journals: Full-text peer-reviewed journals, books, and trade magazines in biotechnology, biomedical research/life sciences, clinical medicine and surgery, and law.
Medline: Medicine, some full-text articles; mostly citations and abstracts.
MLA: (Modern Language Association) Literature, languages, linguistics, folklore; no full-text, citations only.
NAXOS Music Library: Streamed audio tracks from over 35,000 CDs of Naxos and numerous other labels.
New York Times (Historical): Full-text of the New York Times, including cartoons, photos, and ads, from the first edition published until 2003.
Net Library: Full-text ebooks in a variety of subjects, including education.
Novelist: Fiction database that provides subject heading access, reviews, and annotations for over 125,000 fiction titles (including children's literature).
Nursing Reference Center: Evidence-based medicine database
Ovid Nursing: Full text of articles from over 50 peer-reviewed nursing journals
Oxford English Dictionary: Historical dictionary that demonstrates how the definitions of words have changed over time.
Professional Development Collection: A comprehensive collection of full-text education journals
Project Muse: Index to articles in humanities, arts, and social sciences; some full-text.
Proquest Nursing Journals: Nursing and Allied Health; Full-text of over 250 journals.
PsycInfo: Psychology and related subjects; some full-text articles; mostly citations and abstracts.
Regional Business News: Chicago-area publications
RILM Music Abstracts: RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
SAGE Premier: Full-text of 485 journals in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine.
Sage E-reference books: Full-text of several guides, dictionaries and encyclopedias
Saskia Digital Archive: Over 32,000 images documenting both Western and Eastern cultures.
Sociological Abstracts: Sociology and behavioral sciences; citations and abstracts only.
Women and Social Movements: Full-text images and text documenting women's social movements from 1963-present.
World Almanac: Full-text.
WorldCat: OCLC catalog of books, web resources, and other materials in libraries worldwide.