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The databases available are:
ArticleFirst
(incl. ContentFirst) -
OCLC index of articles from nearly 16,000 journals. 1990 to date.
Why select this database?
w Over 19,600,000
records from over 16,000 journals, updated daily.
w
Includes items listed on the table of contents pages of
journals.
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Describes one article, news story, letter, or other item from a
journal in each record.
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Provides a list of libraries that have the journal title for
most items.
Clase
and Periodica -
Index of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities
Why select this database?
w CLASE indexes
documents published in Latin American journals specializing in the
social sciences and humanities.
w PERIóDICA covers
journals specializing in science and technology.
w Offer access to more
than 400,000 bibliographic citations from documents published in 2,600
scholarly journals
published in the Spanish, Portuguese, French and English languages.
w Contain
information from articles, essays, book reviews, monographs,
conference proceedings, technical reports,
interviews and brief notes published in journals edited in 24
different countries of Latin America and the Caribbean,
as well as from publications that focus on Pan-American issues.
Ebooks -
OCLC catalog of online electronic books available through libraries worldwide.
Why select this database?
w Contains all the
online electronic books cataloged by OCLC members.
ECO
- Electronic Collections Online. Full Text of scholarly journals. 1995
to date.
Why select this database?
w Over 2,600,000 records
from over 5,400 journals, updated daily.
w Includes all of the
original content and images of articles.
w Includes bibliographic
information for all journals.
w Lets
you view abstracts and full-text articles from journals to which your
library or institution subscribes.
ERIC
- Journal articles and reports in education. 1966 to date.
Why select this database?
w Over 1,100,000 records
from over 2,000 titles, updated monthly.
w Contains
annotated references to educational materials issued in the monthly Resources
in Education (RIE) and to
journal articles issued in the monthly Current Index to Journals in
Education (CIJE).
GPO
- U.S. government publications. 1976 to date.
Why select this database?
w Over 507,000 records,
updated monthly.
w Covers
all types of U.S. government documents, including Congressional
reports, hearings, debates, and records;
judiciary materials; and documents issued by executive departments
(Defense, State, Labor,
Office of the President, etc.).
w Includes
a bibliographic citation in each record.
Illinois Catalog -
Statewide union catalog that integrates WorldCat and the Illinois
Library Systems' local
consortial OPACs.
Why select this database?
w See
holdings for your own and other participating Illinois libraries.
w Expand
your searches to all Illinois libraries and all of WorldCat at the
global level.
MEDLINE
- All areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing. 1965 to date.
Why select this database?
w Over 15,800,000 records from
10,582 sources, updated daily.
w Corresponds
to the print indexes Index Medicus, Index to Dental Literature,
and International Nursing Index
w Includes
thousands of records with substantial abstracts.
PapersFirst
- Index of papers presented at conferences worldwide. 1993 to date.
Why select this database?
w Over 5,700,000 records,
updated 24 times a year.
w Covers
every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and
meeting
received by The British Library Document Supply Centre.
PerAbs
- Periodical Abstracts. General topics and radio/TV transcripts. 1987 to date.
Why select this database?
w Over
6,000,000 records from over 2130 titles, updated weekly.
w Includes for each record a
bibliographic citation and a concise abstract.
w Contains records for
transcripts of significant segments of more than 80 news- and
lifestyle-oriented television
and radio programs
ProceedingsFirst
- Index of worldwide conference proceedings. 1993 to date.
Why select this database?
w Over
169,000 records, updated 2 times a week.
w Covers every published
congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting
received
by The British Library Document Supply Centre.
w Contains in each record a list
of the papers presented at each conference
WilsonSelectPlus
- Full text articles in science, humanities, and business. 1994 to date.
Why select this database?
w Over
1,100,000 records from over 2100 sources, updated weekly.
w Provides indexed and
abstracted records with accompanying full-text periodical articles, many of
which are
linked to citations in other FirstSearch databases.
w Includes US and international
professional publications, academic journals, and trade magazines.
w Links to full-text articles.
w WilsonSelectPlus will continue
to grow as new periodicals are added.
WorldAlmanac
- The World Almanacs. Current.
Why select this database?
w Over
32,000 records, updated yearly.
w Sources are: Funk &
Wagnall's New Encyclopedia, The World Almanac and Book
of Facts,
The World Almanac of the U.S.A., The
World Almanac of U.S. Politics, The World Almanac for Kids.
w Offers a fundamental
reference source for students, library patrons, library reference staff, and
scholars alike.
w Includes biographies,
encyclopedia entries, facts, statistics.
WorldCat
(incl.
NetFirst) - Books,
web resources and other materials in libraries worldwide. 1000 AD to date.
Why select this database?
w Over
95,000,000 records, updated daily.
w Contains all the records
cataloged by OCLC member libraries.
w Offers millions of
bibliographic records.
w Includes records representing
400 languages.
WorldCatDissertations
- OCLC catalog of dissertations and theses available in OCLC member libraries.
Why select this database?
w This database provides fast
and convenient access to the dissertations and theses available in OCLC
member
libraries. Many of these are available electronically, at no charge, directly
from the publishing institution.
w Over 8,000,000 records
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