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List of Databases | Jump to Databases starting with letter:
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P |Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | Z

The dots before database names show accessibility: *log in from off campus using your WKU email username & password; you must log in to use these databases off campus. *available off campus with passwords. *on campus only. available through the Kentucky Virtual Library (KYVL). *free web sites.
To learn more about one of the databases, click the {Info}
link.
From off campus, log in with WKU email username & password.

Quick Links (often used databases):
*CQ Global Researcher
*CQ Researcher
*CSA Databases * EBSCOhost
*
EBSCOhost for K-12
*E-books such as
ACLS Humanities EBks
NetLibrary
Knovel
Grolier Encyclopedias
Pan Am. Health Org.
*TDnet (E-Journals) such as
JSTOR
Project Muse
HighWire
IngentaConnect
SpringerLink
WILEY InterScience
*FirstSearch KYVL
for all Students & Faculty
* FirstSearch Login for Faculty, Staff, & Grad Students ONLY
* InfoTrac Databases
* Kentucky
Virtual Library

*LexisNexis Databases
*Literature Online Search Lit collections individually or together
*
Search MLA Int'l Bibliog. by itself
*MarciveWeb
Indicates Federal government document series selected by WKU.
*Naxos Music Library
*Newsbank Newspapers * ProQuest Databases - Faculty, Staff, & Students click here
* Library & Museum Friends click here
*WilsonWeb Databases

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*ABI/Inform (ProQuest)-{Info}
*
Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)-{Info}
*LexisNexis Academic-{Info}
*Accounting Database (LexisNexis Academic Business)-{Info}
*ACLS Humanities E-Book Project-{Info}
*ACM Digital Library-{Info}
*ACS Web-{Info}
*African American Experience-{Info}
*AGRICOLA  (Available from EBSCOhost and The National Agricultural Library)-{Info}
*AIDSearch (BiblioLine) (MEDLINE AIDS/HIV Subset, AIDSTRIALS & AIDSDRUGS) -- See-{Info}
*Alt Press Index (FirstSearch for Faculty, Staff, & Grad Students ONLY)
-{Info}
*Alt-Press Watch-{Info}
*ALR: American Law Reports-{Info}[new!]
*America: History and Life (EBSCOhost)-{Info}
*American Jurisprudence Legal Encyclopedia-{Info}[new!]
*The American Marketplace (LexisNexis Academic Business Company Profiles)-{Info}
*Annual Review of Anthropology-{Info}
*Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics-{Info}
*Annual Review of Biochemistry-{Info}
*Annual Review of Biophysics and Biomolecular Structure-{Info}
*Annual Review of Cell & Developmental Biology-{Info}
*Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics-{Info}
*Annual Review of Entomology-{Info}
*Annual Review of Genetics-{Info}
*Annual Review of Immunology-{Info}
*Annual Review of Microbiology-{Info}
*Annual Review of Neuroscience-{Info}
*Annual Review of Physiology-{Info}
*Annual Review of Phytopathology-{Info}
*Annual Review of Plant Biology-{Info}
*Annual Review of Political Science-{Info}
*Annual Review of Psychology-{Info}
*Annual Review of Public Health
*Annual Review of Sociology-{Info}
*Applied Science & Technology Index (WilsonWeb) -{Info}
*
ArticleFirst (FirstSearch KYVL)-{Info}
*Arts & Humanities Citation Index (FirstSearch for Faculty, Staff, & Grad Students ONLY)-{Info}

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*Biblical Archaeology Society Online Archive-{Info}
*Bio Digest (FirstSearch for Faculty, Staff, & Grad Students ONLY)
-{Info}
*Biography & Genealogy Master Index (InfoTrac)-{Info}
*Biographical Information (LexisNexis People Database)-{Info}
*
Biography Reference Bank (WilsonWeb)-{Info}
*Biological & Agricultural Index (WilsonWeb) -{Info}
*BIOSCIENCEnetBASE (Taylor & Francis - CRC Press) -{Info}[new!] (available through December 2008)
*BIOSIS Previews-{Info}
*Books in Print (Bowker)-{Info}
*Business Dateline (FirstSearch for Faculty, Staff, & Grad Students ONLY)
-{Info}
*Business Directories (LexisNexis Academic Company Profiles)-{Info}
*Business Industry (FirstSearch for Faculty, Staff, & Grad Students ONLY)
-{Info}
*Business Management (FirstSearch for Faculty, Staff, & Grad Students ONLY)
-{Info}
*Business Organizations (FirstSearch for Faculty, Staff, & Grad Students ONLY)
-{Info}
*
Business Source Premier (EBSCOhost)-{Info}
*
Business Wire News (Regional Business News) (EBSCOhost)-{Info}

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*CSA (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)-{Info}
*Cambridge Journals Online-{Info}
*
Career & Technical Education (ProQuest)-{Info}
*U.S. Census Bureau-{Info}
*CHECKPOINT (requires password)-{Info}
*CHID Online (The Combined Health Information Database)-{Info}
*Child Abuse, Child Welfare & Adoption (BiblioLine)-{Info}
*Children's Core Collection (WilsonWeb)-{Info}[new!]
* Choice Reviews Online-{Info}
*
CINAHL (EBSCOhost)-{Info}
*
Clase & Periodica (FirstSearch KYVL)-{Info}
*Classification Web (Library of Congress)-{Info}
*
Clinical Pharmacology (EBSCOhost)-{Info}
*ComAbstracts-{Info}
*
Combined Kentucky Adult Ed. Resources & LINCS-{Info}
*Company Dossier (LexisNexis Academic Business Company Dossier)-{Info}
*Company Profiles (LexisNexis Academic Business )-{Info}
*Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography (Gale)-{Info}[new!]
*
ProQuest Computing-{Info}
*LexisNexis Congressional-{Info}
*Contemporary Women's issues (LexisNexis Academic)
-{Info}
*
ContentsFirst (FirstSearch KYVL)-{Info}
*S&P Corporate Descriptions +Daily News (LexisNexis Academic Business Company Profiles)-{Info}
*Country Profiles (LexisNexis Academic Business)-{Info}
*Country Studies-{Info}
*The Courier-Journal, Louisville (Newsbank Newspapers)-{Info}
*Current Law Journal Content-{Info}
*CQ Global Researcher-{Info}
*CQ Researcher-{Info}

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*Dissertations and Theses (ProQuest)-{Info}
*Directory of Open-Access Journals-{Info}
*Disclosure Reports (LexisNexis Academic Business Company Profiles)-{Info}

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* EBSCOhost Databases-{Info}
*
EBSCOhost K-12 Databases-{Info}
*
EBSCO Animals (EBSCOhost K-12)-{Info}
*Economic Literature (FirstSearch for Faculty, Staff, & Grad Students ONLY)
-{Info}
*EDGAR Corporate Filings (Available from Securities & Exchange Commission or LexisNexis Academic)-{Info}
*Education Full Text (WilsonWeb)-{Info}
*Educational Administration Abstracts (EBSCOhost)-{Info}
*Electronic Journal Service (EJS)-{Info}
*University of Kentucky Electronic Theses and Dissertations-{Info}
*
ECO -- See ECO (FirstSearch KYVL)-{Info}
*Emerald Management Xtra-{Info}
*
Encyclopedia Americana (Grolier Online)-{Info}
*
ERIC (Available in EBSCOhost, FirstSearch KYVL, and CSA)-{Info}

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*Facts on File News Digest (FACTS.com)-{Info}
*Family & Society Studies Worldwide (EBSCOhost)-{Info}
*Family Index Database-{Info}
*FindArticles-{Info}
*FirstGov-{Info}
*
FirstSearch KYVL Databases for all students, faculty, and staff-{Info}
*FirstSearch Databases for Faculty/Staff/Grad Students ONLY-{Info}
*The Foundation Directory Online-{Info}
*
Foundation Grants to Individuals Online-{Info}
*
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (Available in EBSCOhost and EBSCO K-12)-{Info}

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*Gallup Poll News Service (LexisNexis Academic)-{Info} [new!]
*Gallup Poll Tuesday Briefing (LexisNexis Academic)-{Info} [new!]
*
GEOBIB (Online Geographical Bibliography)-{Info}
*
GEOBASE (FirstSearch for Faculty, Staff, & Grad Students ONLY)-{Info}
*
GeoScienceWorld -- Includes E-Journals and GeoRef-{Info}
*
Global Newsbank (Newsbank Newspapers)-{Info}
*
Government Periodicals Index (LexisNexis)-{Info}
*
GPO Monthly Catalog (Available in FirstSearch KYVL and MarciveWeb DOCS)-{Info}
*Graphic Novels Core Collection (WilsonWeb)-{Info}[new!]
*
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia (Grolier Online)-{Info}
*
Grolier Online Encyclopedias-{Info}

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* Health Source Consumer (EBSCOhost)-{Info}
*
Health Source Nursing (EBSCOhost)-{Info}
*
HighWire-{Info}
*Historical Abstracts (EBSCOhost)-{Info}
*History Cooperative-{Info}
*ACLS Humanities E-Book Project-{Info}
*HLAS Online (Hanbook of Latin American Studies)-{Info}
*Hoover's Company and Industry Reports (LexisNexis Academic Business Company Profiles)-{Info}
*H.W. WilsonWeb-{Info}

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*IEEE Computer Society Digital Library-{Info}[new!]
*Index to American Botanical Literature-{Info}[new!]
*InfoTrac Databases-{Info}
*
IngentaConnect
-{Info}
*International Abstracts of Human Resources
-{Info}
*International Critical Tables of Numerical Data, Physics, Chemistry and Technology (Knovel)-{Info}
*
International Index to Music Periodicals Full Text-{Info}
*Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research-{Info}
*IOPScience (Institute of Physics)-{Info}[new!]
*Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance-{Info}

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*Journalism & Mass Communications Abstracts-{Info}
*
JSTOR-{Info}

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* Kentucky Adult Ed. Resources-{Info}
*
Kentucky Labor & Employment Laws-{Info}
*
Kentuckiana Digital Library (KYVL Gateway)-{Info}
*
Kirkus Reviews-{Info}[new!]
*Knovel Critical Tables-{Info}
*Kentucky Virtual Library (KYVL) Gateway-{Info}

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*Lexington Herald-Leader (Newsbank)-{Info}
*LexisNexis Academic-{Info}
*LexisNexis Congressional-{Info}
*Government Periodicals Index (LexisNexis)-{Info}
*LexisNexis Statistical-{Info}
*Library, Information Science, & Technology Abstracts (EBSCOhost)-{Info}
*Library Literature and Information Science Full Text (WilsonWeb)-{Info}
*Library of Congress Classification Web-{Info}
*LINCS-{Info}
*Literary Index-{Info}
*Literature Online--search collections together or search individual Literature Collections-{Info}
*The (Historical) Los Angeles Times 1881-1986 (ProQuest)-{Info}[new!]
*Times (London) Digital Archive (InfoTrac)-{Info}
*The Courier-Journal, Louisville (Newsbank Newspapers)-{Info}

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*MLA International Bibliography (search MLA by itself or combined with Literature Online)-{Info}
*MarciveWeb DOCS-{Info}
*Marquis Who's Who Databases-{Info}
*MAS FullTEXT Ultra (EBSCOhost K-12)-{Info}
*
Masterfile Premier (EBSCOhost)-{Info}
*MathSciNet-{Info}
*Mediamark Reporter (MRI+)-{Info}
*MEDLINE
(Available in EBSCOhost, FirstSearch KYVL, PubMed, and HighWire)-{Info}
*Medline Plus: Consumer Health Information-{Info}
*Mental Measurements Yearbook (EBSCOhost)-{Info}
*Mergent Online-{Info}
*Middle and Junior High Core Collection (WilsonWeb)-{Info}[new!]
*
Middle Search Plus (EBSCOhost K-12)-{Info}
* Morningstar.com (one user - requires password - see service desk)-{Info}[new!]

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*NAICS-SIC Directory (LexisNexis Academic Company Dossier)-{Info}
*National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information-{Info}
*Nature Online (Nature Publishing Group)-{Info}[new!]
*Naxos Music Library-{Info}
*NCJRS: National Criminal Justice Reference Service-{Info}
*NetLibrary-{Info}
*News Abs (FirstSearch for Faculty, Staff, & Grad Students ONLY)
-{Info}
*Newsbank--America's Newspapers-{Info}
*
Newspaper Source -- See Newspaper Source (EBSCOhost)-{Info}
*The (Historical) New York Times 1851-2004 (ProQuest)-{Info}
*
New Book of Knowledge (Grolier Online)-{Info}
*NLM Gateway (National Library of Medicine)-{Info}
*
NoveList-{Info}

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*Occupational Outlook Handbook-{Info}
*GEOBIB Online Geographical Bibliography-{Info}
* Oxford DNB (Dictionary of National Biography) Online (one user)-{Info}[new!]

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*p4A Antiques Reference (Prices For Antiques Reference)-{Info}
* PapersFirst (FirstSearch KYVL)
-{Info}
*Per Abs (FirstSearch for Faculty, Staff, & Grad Students ONLY)
-{Info}
*People Database Biographical Information (LexisNexis)