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| Title | Shortcode | Longname (no spaces/symbols*) |
|---|---|---|
| ABI/INFORM (Business) | ABI | ABIINFORM |
| Academic Search Premier (Multi-Disciplinary) | ASP | AcademicSearchPremier |
| Access World News (formerly America's Newspapers) | NWSB | NewsBank |
| ACM Digital Library (Computing) | ACM | ACMDigitalLibrary |
| ACS (Chemistry) | ACS | ACS |
| AgeLine (AARP) | AGE | AgeLine |
| AGRICOLA (Agriculture) | AGR | AGRICOLA |
| AIP (Physics) | AIP | AIP |
| Alexander Street Press Videos | ASPV | AlexanderStreetPressVideos |
| Alternative Press Index | ALT | AlternativePressIndex |
| Title | Shortcode | Longname (no spaces/symbols*) |
| America's Newspapers (REDIRECTING...) | ANWS | AmericasNewspapers |
| America: History & Life (North America) | AHL | AmericaHistoryandLife |
| American Accounting Assn. Digital Library | AAADL | AmericanAccountingAssnDigitalLibrary |
| American State Papers, 1789-1838 | AMSP | AmericanStatePapers |
| Anthropological Literature | ANTH | AnthropologicalLiterature |
| Applied Science and Technology Abstracts | ASTA | AppliedScienceandTechnologyAbstracts |
| APS (Physics) | APS | APS |
| ArchiveGrid | ARG | ArchiveGrid |
| Art Abstracts | ART | ArtAbstracts |
| ArticleFirst (Multi-Disciplinary) | AR1 | ArticleFirst |
| Title | Shortcode | Longname (no spaces/symbols*) |
| Arts and Humanities Search | AHS | ArtsandHumanitiesSearch |
| ARTstor | ARTstor | ARTstor |
| ASABE Technical Library (Agriculture & Bio-Engineering) | ASABE | ASABETechnicalLibrary |
| ATLA Religion Database | ATLA | ATLAReligionDatabase |
| Bibliography of the History of Art | BHA | BibliographyoftheHistoryofArt |
| Biography & Genealogy Master Index | BGMI | BiographyandGenealogyMasterIndex |
| Biological Abstracts | BIO | BiologicalAbstracts |
| Biological and Agricultural Index | BIOAG | BiologicalandAgriculturalIndex |
| Black Thought and Culture | BTC | BlackThoughtandCulture |
| Business Source Elite | BSE | BusinessSourceElite |
| Title | Shortcode | Longname (no spaces/symbols*) |
| Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities | CDP | CabellsDirectoryofPublishingOpportunities |
| Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | CSA | CambridgeScientificAbstracts |
| CAMIO (Catalog of Art Museum Images Online) | CAMIO | CAMIO |
| Catalog of U.S. Gov. Publications (via FirstSearch) | CGPf | CatalogofUSGovPublicationsFS |
| Catalog of U.S. Gov. Publications (via GPO) | CGP | CatalogofUSGovPublicationsGPO |
| CCH Accounting Research Manager | CCHA | CCHAccountingResearchManager |
| CCH Tax Network | CCHT | CCHTaxNetwork |
| Chronicle of Higher Education | CHE | ChronicleofHigherEducation |
| CINAHL (Nursing, Allied Health) | CINAHL | CINAHL |
| Citation Linker | CIT | CitationLinker |
| Title | Shortcode | Longname (no spaces/symbols*) |
| ClasePeriodica | CLAS | ClasePeriodica |
| Classical Music Library | CML | ClassicalMusicLibrary |
| Cochrane Library (Healthcare Resources) | COCH | CochraneLibrary |
| Code of Federal Regulations | CFR | CodeofFederalRegulations |
| College Source (Intl./Natl. College Catalogs) | COL | CollegeSource |
| Communication & Mass Media Complete | CMMC | CommunicationandMassMediaComplete |
| Communication Abstracts | COM | CommunicationAbstracts |
| Consumer Health Complete | CHC | ConsumerHealthComplete |
| Counseling and Therapy in Video | CTV | Counseling and Therapy in Video |
| CQ Electronic Library | CQL | CQElectronicLibrary |
| Title | Shortcode | Longname (no spaces/symbols*) |
| CQ Encyclopedia of American Gov't. | CQG | CQEncyclopediaofAmericanGovt |
| CQ Public Affairs Collection | CQP | CQPublicAffairsCollection |
| CQ Researcher Online | CQR | CQResearcherOnline |
| Criminal Justice (ProQuest) | CJPI | CriminalJusticePeriodicalsIndex |
| Criminal Justice Abstracts (EBSCO) | CJA | CriminalJusticeAbstracts |
| Digital Sanborn Maps | DSM | DigitalSanbornMaps |
| Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest) | DIS | DissertationAbstracts |
| Duke Univ Press (E-Journal Collection) | EJD | DukeUnivPress |
| E-Book Collections | EBOOKS | EBookCollections |
| E-Book Collections (LISTING) | EBKCLIST | EBookCollectionsLISTING |
| Title | Shortcode | Longname (no spaces/symbols*) |
| E-Journal Collections (Listing) | EJC | EJournalCollections |
| E-Reference Collections | ERefC | EReferenceCollections |
| E-Reference Collections (Listing) | ERefCLis | EReferenceCollectionsListing |
| eBook Collection (via EBSCO) | EBC | eBookCollection |
| Ebooks (OCLC Electronic Books) | EBK | Ebooks |
| EBSCO (Multi-Disciplinary) | EBS | EBSCO |
| ECO (Multi-Disciplinary) | ECO | ECO |
| EconLit (Economics) | ECON | EconLit |
| Education Abstracts | EDU | EducationAbstracts |
| eHRAF World Cultures (Social & Ethnic Studies) | HRAF | eHRAFWorldCultures |
| Title | Shortcode | Longname (no spaces/symbols*) |
| Emerald | EJEM | Emerald |
| Encyclopedia of Animals | EOA | EncyclopediaofAnimals |
| ERes | ERES | ERes |
| ERIC (Education --via EBSCO) | ERICe | ERICebsco |
| ERIC (Education -- via ed.gov) | ERICg | ERICgov |
| ERIC (Education --via FirstSearch) | ERIC | ERIC |
| Essay & General Literature Index | ESS | EssayandGeneralLiteratureIndex |
| FDsys (Federal Digital System, formerly GPO Access) | FDS | FDSYS |
| FirstSearch (Multi-Disciplinary) | FS | FirstSearch |
| FirstSearch 2 | FS2 | FirstSearch2 |
| Title | Shortcode | Longname (no spaces/symbols*) |
| Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia | FUNK | FunkandWagnallsNewWorldEncyclopedia |
| Gale Virtual Reference Library | GVRL | GaleVirtualReferenceLibrary |
| General Science Abstracts | GSCI | GeneralScienceAbstracts |
| GEOBASE (Geography/Geology) | GEOB | GEOBASE |
| GeoRef (Geology) | GEOR | GeoRef |
| GeoScienceWorld | GSW | GeoScienceWorld |
| Gerritsen Collection (Women's History) | GERR | GerritsenCollection |
| GreenFILE (Environmental Research) | GRN | GreenFILE |
| Handbook of Latin American Studies | HLAS | HandbookofLatinAmericanStudies |
| HarpWeek | HARP | HarpWeek |
| Title | Shortcode | Longname (no spaces/symbols*) |
| Health and Society in Video | HSV | HealthandSocietyinVideo |
| Health Source: Consumer Edition | HSCE | HealthSourceConsumerEdition |
| Health Source: Nursing/Academic | HSNA | HealthSourceNursingAcademic |
| Highwire Press | EJHI | HighwirePress |
| Historical Abstracts (World History) | HIS | HistoricalAbstracts |
| Historical Census Browser | HS | HistoricalStatistics |
| Historical Chicago Tribune | HCT | HistoricalChicagoTribune |
| Historical Statistics of the United States | HSUS | HistoricalStatisticsoftheUnitedStates |
| Homeland Security Digital Library | HSDL | HomelandSecurityDigitalLibrary |
| Hospitality & Tourism Index | HAT | HospitalityandTourismIndex |
| Title | Shortcode | Longname (no spaces/symbols*) |
| Humanities International Index | HUM | HumanitiesInternationalIndex |
| I-Share (Direct Link) | ISHARE | IShare |
| ILLiad (WIU Interlibrary Loan) | ILLIAD | ILLiad |
| ILLiad: Sign Up (Registration) | ILLiadSU | ILLiadSignUp |
| Illinois Administrative Code (IAC) | IAC | IllinoisAdministrativeCode |
| Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) | ILCS | IllinoisCompiledStatutes |
| InfoTrac (Expanded Academic Index) (Multi-Disciplinary) | EAI | InfoTracExpandedAcademicIndex |
| Ingenta (Multi-Disciplinary) | ING | Ingenta |
| Intl. Bibliography of Theatre & Dance | IBTD | IntlBibliographyofTheatreandDance |
| Intl. Financial Statistics (IMF) | IFS | IntlFinancialStatistics |
| Title | Shortcode | Longname (no spaces/symbols*) |
| Intl. Index to Music Periodicals | IIMP | IntlIndextoMusicPeriodicals |
| Intl. Political Science Abstracts | IPSA | IntlPoliticalScienceAbstracts |
| IOP (Physics) | IOP | IOP |
| Jazz Music Library | JML | JazzMusicLibrary |
| JSTOR (Multi-Disciplinary Journal Archive) | JSTOR | JSTOR |
| Leisure Tourism Database | LTD | LeisureTourismDatabase |
| LexisNexis Academic (Multi-Disciplinary) | LNA | LexisNexisAcademic |
| LexisNexis Academic (Business) | LNAB | LexisNexisAcademicBusiness |
| LexisNexis Academic (Legal) | LNAL | LexisNexisAcademicLegal |
| LexisNexis Academic (Newspapers) | LNAN | LexisNexisAcademicNewspapers |
| Title | Shortcode | Longname (no spaces/symbols*) |
| LexisNexis Congressional | LNC | LexisNexisCongressional |
| LexisNexis Government Periodicals Index | LNGP | LexisNexisGovernmentPeriodicalsIndex |
| Library Literature | LIBLIT | LibraryLiterature |
| Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts | LISTA | LibraryInformationScienceandTechnologyAbstracts |
| Liebert Health Science (e-journals) | LHS | LiebertHealthScience |
| Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts | LLBA | LinguisticsandLanguageBehaviorAbstracts |
| MAS Ultra - School Edition | MAS | MASUltraSchoolEdition |
| MasterFILE Premier (multi-disciplinary sources) | MFP | MasterFILEPremier |
| MathSciNet | MATH | MathSciNet |
| MEDLINE (Health/Medicine --via FirstSearch) | MED | MEDLINE |
| Title | Shortcode | Longname (no spaces/symbols*) |
| MEDLINE (Health/Medicine --via Web of Science) | MEDWS | MEDLINEWS |
| Mergent/Moody's Corporate Manuals | MOO | MergentMoodysCorporateManuals |
| MetaPress | EJM | MetaPress |
| Military & Government Collection | MGC | MilitaryandGovernmentCollection |
| MLA (Language/Literature) | MLA | MLA |
| MLA Directory of Periodicals (pub. info only) | MLAD | MLADirectoryofPeriodicals |
| Monthy Bulletin of Statistics Online | MBS | MonthyBulletinofStatisticsOnline |
| MRI+ (Marketing) | MRI | MRI |
| Musical America Directory | MAD | MusicalAmericaDirectory |
| MyAccount | MYA | MyAccount |
| Title | Shortcode | Longname (no spaces/symbols*) |
| Natural Standard (integrative medicine) | NatS | NaturalStandard |
| Naxos Music Library | NAX | NaxosMusicLibrary |
| NCJRS (Criminal Justice) | NCJ | NCJRS |
| netLibrary (online e-books) | NETL | netLibrary |
| Newspaper Source (Natl./Intl.) | NWS | NewspaperSource |
| Nursing Education in Video | NEV | NursingEducationinVideo |
| OAIster (union catalog of digital resources) | OAI | OAIster |
| OpenCRS (Congressional Research Service reports) | OpenCRS | OpenCRS |
| Opposing Viewpoints | OVRC | OpposingViewpointsResourceCenter |
| OregonPDF in Health & Performance | OHP | OregonPDFinHealthandPerformance |
| Title | Shortcode | Longname (no spaces/symbols*) |
| Oxford English Dictionary | OED | OxfordEnglishDictionary |
| Oxford Handbooks Online (Business/Management) | OHOBM | Oxford Handbooks Online |
| Oxford Music Online | OMO | OxfordMusicOnline |
| PapersFirst (Conferences; The British Library) | PAP1 | PapersFirst |
| Periodicals Holdings List (WIU's print/full-text titles) | PHL | PeriodicalsHoldingsList |
| Philosopher's Index | PHI | PhilosophersIndex |
| Physical Education Index | PE | PhysicalEducationIndex |
| Primary Search (Children's Magazines) | PRI | PrimarySearch |
| ProceedingsFirst (Citations; The British Library) | PRO1 | ProceedingsFirst |
| Professional Development Collection (Education) | PDC | ProfessionalDevelopmentCollection |
| Title | Shortcode | Longname (no spaces/symbols*) |
| Project Muse | MUSE | ProjectMuse |
| ProQuest (multiple dbs) | PQ | ProQuest |
| Proquest Digital Microfilm (Chicago Tribune, NY Times) | PDM | ProquestDigitalMicrofilm |
| PsycARTICLES | PSYA | PsycARTICLES |
| PsycCRITIQUES (available thru 6/2013) | PsycCRIT | PsycCRITIQUES |
| PsycEXTRA (available thru 6/2013) | PsycEXTR | PsycEXTRA |
| PsycINFO (Psychology) | PSY | PsycINFO |
| PubMed | PUBMED | PubMed |
| PubMed Central | PUBMEDC | PubMedCentral |
| Readers' Guide Abstracts (via EBSCO) | RGD | ReadersGuideAbstracts |
| Title | Shortcode | Longname (no spaces/symbols*) |
| Readers' Guide Retrospective (via EBSCO) | RGR | Readers Guide Retrospective |
| RefWorks (Citation Tool) | REFW | RefWorks |
| Regional Business News | RBN | RegionalBusinessNews |
| Rehabilitation Therapy in Video | RTV | RehabilitationTherapyinVideo |
| RIA (Tax Law) | RIA | RIA |
| Rock's Backpages (Music) | ROCK | RocksBackpages |
| Sage Journals | EJS | SageJournals |
| SAGE Reference Online (Subject Encyclopedias) | ENCY | EReference |
| Saskia Digital Archive (Art History) | SASKIA | SaskiaDigitalArchive |
| SBRnet (Sports Business Research Network) | SBR | SBRnet |
| Science Citation Index Expanded (via Web of Science) | SCIT | ScienceCitationIndexExpanded |
| Science Direct/Elsevier | EJSD | ScienceDirectElsevier |
| SciFinder: Chemical Abstracts | CHEM | SciFinderChemicalAbstracts |
| Shepard's Citations | SC | ShepardsCitations |
| SIAM (Mathematics) | SIAM | SIAM |
| SILC (IL Public Libraries Catalog) | SILC | SILC |
| Social Services Abstracts | SSER | SocialServicesAbstracts |
| Sociological Abstracts | SOC | SociologicalAbstracts |
| SPORTDiscus | SPORT | SPORTDiscus |
| SpringerLink (E-Journal Collection) | EJSP | SpringerLink |
| SpringerLink (E-Book Collection) | EBSP | SpringerLinkEBookCollection |
| Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage | POOR | StandardandPoorsNetAdvantage |
| Taylor & Francis | EJT | TaylorandFrancis |
| Teacher Reference Center | TRC | TeacherReferenceCenter |
| Textile Technology Index | TEX | TextileTechnologyIndex |
| U.S. Code (USC) | USC | USCode |
| U.S. Congressional Serial Set (1817-1980) | CSS | USCongressionalSerialSet |
| U.S. Congressional Serial Set Maps | CSSM | USCongressionalSerialSetMaps |
| Ulrich's International Periodicals (Publication Info) | ULR | UlrichsInternationalPeriodicals |
| Value Line Investment Survey | VAL | ValueLineInvestmentSurvey |
| WestCat (WIU Library Catalog) | WESTCAT | WestCat |
| WestCat (Advanced Search) (WIU Library Catalog) | WESTCATV | WestCatAdvancedSearch |
| Westlaw Campus Research | WESTLAW | WestlawCampusResearch |
| Who's Who | WHO | WhosWho |
| Wiley InterScience | EJW | WileyInterScience |
| WilsonSelect Plus (Multi-Disciplinary) | WSP | WilsonSelectPlus |
| Women and Social Movements | WSM | WomenandSocialMovements |
| Women's Studies International | WSI | WomensStudiesInternational |
| World Almanac | ALM | WorldAlmanac |
| World Bank: Data Catalog | WBDC | WorldBankDataCatalog |
| World Bank: E-Library (e-books) | WBL | WorldBankELibrary |
| World Bank: World Development Indicators | WBD | WorldBankWorldDevelopmentIndicators |
| WorldCat | WCAT | WorldCat |
*Use "and" instead of the & symbol. Omit spaces and symbols including: periods (.), commas (,), apostrophes (\'), quotation marks ("), slashes (/), dashes (-), colons (:). UPPER and lowercase characters may be used interchangeably.
