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"Top Four" General Databases
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I-K | L | M | N-O | P-Q | R | S | T | U-Z | ||||
| Title | Dates | Coverage | Full-Text | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABI/INFORM (Business) | 1971- | indexes 2,800+ periodicals (1,800+ with full-text) | selected | |
| Academic Search Premier (Multi-Disciplinary) | dates vary | 4,700 full-text journals; 8,200 scholarly journals (index/abstracts) | selected | |
| ACS (Chemistry) | 1996- | indexing and full-text access to over 25 American Chemical Society journals | Yes | |
| AgeLine (AARP) | dates vary | indexes journals, magazines, books and research reports | No | |
| AGRICOLA (Agriculture) | 1970- | 3,328,000 articles, manuscripts, reports, etc. | selected | |
| AIP (Physics) | dates vary | selected American Institute of Physics titles (PDF) | selected | |
| America's Newspapers (w/ Chicago Tribune) | dates vary | selected full text from over 600 U.S. newspapers | Yes | |
| America: History & Life (North America) | 1964- | over 2,000 journals | selected | |
| American State Papers, 1789-1838 | 1789-1838 | Legislative and executive documents | Yes | |
| Anthropological Literature | 19th century - | indexes articles and essays | No | |
| Title | Dates | Coverage | Full-Text | |
| Applied Science and Technology Abstracts | 1983- | 390 periodicals | selected | |
| APS (Physics) | dates vary | selected American Physical Society titles (PDF) | selected | |
| ArchiveGrid | varies | worldwide archive collection descriptions (e.g., libraries, museums) | Yes | |
| Art Abstracts | 1984- | 475 periodicals | selected | |
| ArticleFirst (Multi-Disciplinary) | 1990- | 12,500 periodicals | selected | |
| Arts and Humanities Search | 1980- | about 8800 periodicals | selected | |
| ATLA Religion Database | 1949- | over one million citations; 1,523 journal titles indexed | selected | |
| Biography & Genealogy Master Index | Antiquity to present | biography index covering individuals of all times and in all fields. | No | |
| Biological Abstracts | 1996- | indexes over 4,000 journals | No | |
| Biological and Agricultural Index | 1983- | 225 periodicals | selected | |
| Title | Dates | Coverage | Full-Text | |
| Black Thought and Culture | dates vary | primary source documents, articles, letters, speeches, and interviews | Yes | |
| BNA Tax Portfolios | current | comprehensive federal tax resource | Yes | |
| Business Source Elite | dates vary | full text from over 900 journals; indexing and abstracts for over 1,500 journals | selected | |
| Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities | current | submission guidelines for disciplinary journals (full-text) | Yes | |
| CAMIO (Catalog of Art Museum Images Online) | varies | high-quality images (all rights cleared, per educational use) | No | |
| Catalog of U.S. Gov. Publications (via GPO) | 1976- | 500,000+ government publications in all formats | selected | |
| Catalog of U.S. Gov. Publications (via FirstSearch) | 1976- | 500,000+ government publications in all formats | selected | |
| CCH Accounting Research Manager | current | accounting statements, standards, interpretation and analysis | Yes | |
| CCH Employment and Health Law | 1937- | federal and state laws, regulations, standards, cases, decisions, news, analysis and more | Yes | |
| CCH Tax Network | 1913- | federal and state tax codes, cases, citations, analyses, interpretation and rulings | Yes | |
| Title | Dates | Coverage | Full-Text | |
| CINAHL (Nursing, Allied Health) | 1983- | full-text of 750 periodicals | Yes | |
| Citation Linker | varies | tool for accessing library database content | selected | |
| ClasePeriodica | Clase: 1975- ; Periodica: 1978- | indexes Latin American journals | selected | |
| Cochrane Library (Healthcare Resources) | current | 500,000+ full-text reviews, clinical trials, assessments | Yes | |
| College Source (Intl./Natl. College Catalogs) | current | full-text of college catalogs | Yes | |
| Communication & Mass Media Complete | varies | indexes over 300 communication and mass media journals; full text for over 200 titles | selected | |
| CQ Electronic Library | varies | full text articles | Yes | |
| CQ Encyclopedia of American Gov't. | Colonial Period - Present | over 2,000 entries | Yes | |
| CQ Public Affairs Collection | varies | full-text documents, reports, analysis | Yes | |
| CQ Researcher Online | 1923- | single-themed, 12,000-word reports (background, stats, assessment, biblio.) | Yes | |
| Title | Dates | Coverage | Full-Text | |
| Criminal Justice Abstracts | 1968- | 400 periodicals | No | |
| Criminal Justice Periodicals Index | 1981- | full-text of 40+ periodicals; abstracts for 100+ other periodicals | Yes | |
| Digital Sanborn Maps | 1867-1970 | Illinois towns and cities | Yes | |
| Dissertation Abstracts | 1861- (indexes); 1980- (abstracts); 1988- (theses abstracts) | indexes 2+ million dissertations & theses of accredited institutions; 600,000+ in full-text | selected | |
| E-Journal Collections | View e-Journal Collections (by vendor) | |||
| E-Reference (Subject Encyclopedias) | dates vary | full-text encyclopedia articles | Yes | |
| Ebooks (OCLC Electronic Books) | dates vary | all ebooks cataloged by OCLC libraries | selected | |
| EBSCO (Multi-Disciplinary) | dates vary | a collection of major bibliographic databases | selected | |
| ECO (Multi-Disciplinary) | 1995- (varies by journal) | 900+ periodicals | selected | |
| EconLit (Economics) | 1969- | 685 periodicals | selected | |
| Title | Dates | Coverage | Full-Text | |
| Education Abstracts | 1983- | indexes (1983-)/abstracts (1994-) over 680 periodicals and yearbooks. | selected | |
| eHRAF World Cultures (Social & Ethnic Studies) | varies | book & article citations on 2,200+ world cultures | selected | |
| Encyclopedia of Animals | dates vary | entries (some full-text; images) describing nature and habitat of familiar animals | Yes | |
| ERIC (Education --via FirstSearch) | 1966- | over one million citations to articles, documents, and reports | selected | |
| ERIC (Education -- via ed.gov) | 1966- (ERIC Docs, full-text 1993-) | over one million citations to articles, documents, and reports. Includes ERIC Documents. | selected | |
| ERIC (Education --via EBSCO) | 1966- | over one million citations to articles, documents, and reports | selected | |
| Essay & General Literature Index | 1985- | indexes 300+ volumes, serials, and annuals | selected | |
| FirstSearch (Multi-Disciplinary) | varies by database | a collection of major bibliographic databases | varies | |
| FirstSearch 2 | (in-library / faculty access) | |||
| Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia | updated annually | over 25,000 entries (full-text; images) | Yes | |
| Title | Dates | Coverage | Full-Text | |
| General Science Abstracts | 1984- | 166 periodicals | selected | |
| GEOBASE (Geography/Geology) | 1980- | 2200 periodicals | selected | |
| GeoRef (Geology) | 1669- (N. America); 1933- (International) | references to journal articles, books, maps, papers, reports, and theses (over 2 million citations) | selected | |
| GeoScienceWorld | varies (full-text generally 2000 to present) | indexing, selected full-text and linked references to 30+ geoscience journals | Yes | |
| Gerritsen Collection (Women's History) | 1543-1945 | full text (digitized images) of 4,700 books, pamphlets and periodicals about women | Yes | |
| GPO Access | varies, but primarily 1995- | official federal government information from the legislative, executive and judicial branches | selected | |
| GreenFILE (Environmental Research) | dates vary | indexes 384,000 records; selected full-text articles | selected | |
| Handbook of Latin American Studies | 1936- | bibliography of books, articles, chapters and papers | No | |
| HarpWeek | 1857-1912 | a primary resource for examining 19th and early 20th century America (searchable; original page images) | Yes | |
| Health Source: Consumer Edition | 1985- | provides full-text access to 280 health periodicals, nearly 1,200 health pamphlets, and 20 health reference books | Yes | |
| Title | Dates | Coverage | Full-Text | |
| Health Source: Nursing/Academic | 1975- | full text of nearly 480 scholarly health periodicals. Indexing and abstracts to over 510 journals. | Yes | |
| Historical Abstracts (World History) | 1954- | over 2,000 journals | selected | |
| Historical Chicago Tribune | 1849-1986 | full page and article images back to the 1st issue | Yes | |
| Historical Statistics of the United States | pre-Colonial Period - Present | statistical tables; more than 37,000 data series | Yes | |
| Homeland Security Digital Library | dates vary | 59,000 U.S. policy documents, presidential directives, and national strategy documents | selected | |
| Hospitality & Tourism Index | 1960- | 500 periodicals | selected | |
| Humanities International Index | 1926- | over 1,700 journals | selected | |
| InfoTrac (Expanded Academic Index) (Multi-Disciplinary) | 1980- | indexes over 2,000 periodicals | selected | |
| Ingenta (Multi-Disciplinary) | 1990- | indexes and abstracts over 20,000 periodicals | No | |
| Intl. Bibliography of Theatre & Dance | 1958- | general indexing; full text: 100 periodicals & 50 books | selected | |
| Title | Dates | Coverage | Full-Text | |
| Intl. Financial Statistics (IMF) | 1945- (latest available) | IMF data for more than 200 countries | Yes | |
| Intl. Index to Music Periodicals | 1874- | indexes/abstracts 430+ international music periodicals; full text for 110 journals | selected | |
| Intl. Political Science Abstracts | 1951- | over 260,000 records | selected | |
| IOP (Physics) | varies by title | selected Institute of Physics titles (PDF) | selected | |
| Jazz Music Library | varies | more than 1,955 albums & 18,922 audio tracks | No | |
| JSTOR (Multi-Disciplinary Journal Archive) | varies by title | full-text access to backfile issues of numerous | Yes | |
| Leisure Tourism Database | 1973- | over 400 periodicals | No | |
| LexisNexis Academic (Multi-Disciplinary) | dates vary | full-text access to major domestic and foreign newpapers, transcripts, legal periodicals, and other sources | Yes | |
| LexisNexis Congressional | 1970- (full text 1990-) | legislative information (1970 to present); bills, laws, regulations, debate and reports (full text 1990 to present). | selected | |
| LexisNexis Government Periodicals Index | 1988- | 250 government periodicals | selected | |
| Title | Dates | Coverage | Full-Text | |
| Library Literature | 1985- | 250 periodicals | selected | |
| Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts | 1966- | indexes over 600 periodicals plus books, reports and proceedings | selected | |
| Liebert Health Science (e-journals) | varies by title | 53 full-text periodicals (e.g., Human Gene Therapy, DNA and Cell Biology, Cloning and Stem Cells) | Yes | |
| Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts | 1973- | over 2,600 periodicals | No | |
| MAS Ultra - School Edition | 1984- (index/abstracts); 1990- (full text) | full text to 460+ periodicals; indexes/abstracts 520+ magazines; full text of 5,000 Magill Book Reviews and 140 Macmillan books; more | selected | |
| MathSciNet | 1940- | Mathematical Reviews and Current Mathematical Publications | No | |
| MEDLINE (Health/Medicine) | 1965- | 3500 periodicals | selected | |
| Mergent/Moody's Corporate Manuals | 1909- | full-text company histories, business descriptions, financial statements | Yes | |
| Military & Government Collection | dates vary | abstracting/indexing for nearly 400 titles; full text from over 300 journals and periodicals. | selected | |
| MLA (Language/Literature) | 1926- | over 3,700 periodicals; monographs and proceedings | selected | |
| Title | Dates | Coverage | Full-Text | |
| MLA Directory of Periodicals (pub. info only) | current | info about MLA-indexed periodicals | Yes | |
| Monthy Bulletin of Statistics Online | current | monthly tables; quarterly/annual tables illustrating trends | Yes | |
| MRI+ (Marketing) | current | marketing data | Yes | |
| Musical America | Current | full-text articles, news, and listings | Yes | |
| NCJRS (Criminal Justice) | 1970- | 140,000 publications. | No | |
| netLibrary (online e-books) | current titles | over 1,500 e-books | Yes | |
| Newspaper Source (Natl./Intl.) | dates vary | selected full text for 143 U.S. and international newspapers | Yes | |
| OAIster (union catalog of digital resources) | varies | 19+ million digital objects from 1,000+ organizations | selected | |
| Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center | dates vary | 6,600+ viewpoint articles; statistics; biographies; court cases; primary docs | Yes | |
| OregonPDF in Health & Performance | 1950- | indexing/abstacting of theses and dissertations; selected full-text | selected | |
| Title | Dates | Coverage | Full-Text | |
| Oxford English Dictionary | 1150- | an historical dictionary of English, covering the language from the earliest times to the present day. | Yes | |
| Oxford Music Online | dates vary | index to articles, images and audio; selected full-text | selected | |
| PapersFirst (Conferences; The British Library) | 1993- | 1,900,000 papers | No | |
| Periodicals Holdings List (WIU's print/full-text titles) | varies by title | periodical titles (print/microform formats) available on the shelves of the WIU Libraries, and e-titles available in full-text databases purchased by the WIU Libraries. Approximately 17,000 unique titles | selected | |
| Philosopher's Index | 1940- | indexes over 560 journals | selected | |
| Physical Education Index | 1970- | indexes scholarly journals, magazines, proceedings, etc. | No | |
| Primary Search (Children's Magazines) | dates vary | full text from over 50 children's magazines and over 100 children's pamphlets | Yes | |
| ProceedingsFirst (Citations; The British Library) | 1993- | 61,000 proceedings | No | |
| Professional Development Collection (Education) | dates vary | full text for 515+ journals (nearly 350 peer-reviewed); full text of 165+ education pamphlets | selected | |
| Project Muse | primarily 1995- | over 175 multi-disciplinary journals (full-text) | Yes | |
| ProQuest (CJPI/IL Newsstand) | varies | major bibliographic databases | selected | |
| PsycINFO (Psychology) | 1887- | 1300 periodicals, books, book chapters, and dissertations | selected | |
| Readers' Guide Abstracts | 1890- | 300 periodicals | No | |
| RefWorks (Citation Tool) | n/a | bibliographic management tool | No | |
| Regional Business News | dates vary | incorporates 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires covering all U.S. metro and rural areas | selected | |
| RIA (Tax Law) | current | tax guides, handbooks, alerts, codes, cases, legislation | Yes | |
| Rock's Backpages (Music) | late 1950s- | 12,000 articles, interviews and reviews | Yes | |
| Saskia Digital Archive (Art History) | Antiquity - Present | 30,000 digital images of paintings, sculpture, architecture | selected | |
| SBRnet (Sports Business Research Network) | current | sports marketing and trade publications | selected | |
| SciFinder: Chemical Abstracts | 1907- (citations) | citations, full-text articles, patents, and more... | selected | |
| SIAM (Mathematics) | dates vary | online access to selected SIAM titles | selected (PDF) | |
| Social Services Abstracts | 1980- | indexes/abstracts 1,400+ periodicals; also dissertation and book review citations | No | |
| Sociological Abstracts | 1952- | indexes/abstracts 1,800+ periodicals; also books, chapters, dissertations, papers; indexes book reviews | No | |
| SPORTDiscus | 1949- | international serial and monographic literature | selected | |
| Statistical Warehouse | varies | statistics | selected | |
| Teacher Reference Center | dates vary | indexes and abstracts 270+ periodicals | selected | |
| Textile Technology Index | 1890s- | indexes/abstracts 400+ periodical titles (also books, conferences, theses, technical reports and trade literature) | selected | |
| U.S. Congressional Serial Set (1817-1980) | 1817-1980 | reports, documents and journals of the U.S. House & Senate | Yes | |
| U.S. Congressional Serial Set Maps | 1817-1980 | city, county, state, national maps (U.S.) | Yes | |
| Ulrich's International Periodicals (Publication Info) | current | data on over 210,000 regularly published and irregularly issued serials; publisher contact info | Yes | |
| Value Line Investment Survey | recent issues | weekly equity reports/ratings | Yes | |
| Westlaw Campus Research | current | statutes, court decisions, reviews, legal/business periodicals | Yes | |
| Who's Who | 1985- | indexes over 1 million biographies from 20 Marquis | Yes | |
| WilsonSelect Plus (Multi-Disciplinary) | 1994- | over 1300 periodicals (all full-text) | Yes | |
| Women and Social Movements | 1600-2000 | primary source documents; articles | Yes | |
| Women's Studies International | primarily 1972- | 586,600+ records with 2,000+ periodicals represented | selected | |
| World Almanac | updated annually | contents of four major almanacs. | Yes | |
| World Bank: Africa Development Indicators | 1965- | statistics on 53 African countries and five regions | Yes | |
| World Bank: E-Library (e-books) | varies | 5,000+ documents, papers, publications | Yes | |
| World Bank: Global Development Finance | varies | external debt data for 134 developing countries | Yes | |
| World Bank: Global Economic Monitor | current | briefs, forecasts, statistics | Yes | |
| World Bank: World Development Indicators | varies | 800 indicators in over 90 tables | Yes | |
| WorldCat | 12th century to the present | 39 million books and other materials | No | |
