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Web-accessible Databases Listed by Subject Areas

Alphabetical Listing of Databases

The dots before database names show accessibility: *via EZProxy; * off campus with specific passwords; * on campus only; available through the Kentucky Virtual Library (KYVL); and * free web sites. If you are off campus, you need to login first using your WKU-issued email username and password.

General Reference Databases
*Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)  KYVL
*ACLS Humanities E-Book Project
*Alt-Press Watch
**ArticleFirst -- See FirstSearch KYVL
*Biography Reference Bank -- See WilsonWeb  KYVL
*Biography and Genealogy Master Index
*Books in Print (Bowker)
*Cambridge Journals Online
*Census Bureau
*Choice Reviews Online
**Clase and Periodica -- See FirstSearch KYVL [new!]
*Classification Web (Library of Congress)[new!]
 **ContentsFirst (FirstSearch)  KYVL
*Country Studies (Lib. of Cong.)
*CQ Researcher (CQ Press)[new!]
*Dissertations and Theses (ProQuest)
*Directory of Scholarly Electronic Journals & Academic Discussion Lists
*EBSCOhost  KYVL    
*Electronic Journal Service (EJS) (EBSCO)
* Encyclopedia Americana -- Grolier Online  KYVL    
*FACTS.com
*FindArticles
*FirstGov
**FirstSearch   KYVL
*The Foundation Directory Online (The Foundation Center)[new!]
*Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia     (EBSCOhost)  KYVL
*Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia -- Grolier Online  KYVL

*HighWire
*IngentaConnect
*JSTOR
*LexisNexis
*LexisNexis Academic -- See LexisNexis
*LexisNexis Statistical -- See LexisNexis
*(London) Times Digital Archive (InfoTrac) - {Info}
*The (Historical) Los Angeles Times 1881-1986 (ProQuest) - {Info}[new!]
*Marquis Who's Who[new!]
*MasterFILE Premier (EBSCOhost)  KYVL
*The (Historical) New York Times 1851-2004 (ProQuest)[new!]
*Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre en linea -- Grolier Online  KYVL    
**PapersFirst -- See FirstSearch KYVL
**Proceedings -- See FirstSearch KYVL
*Project Muse
*Scholarly Society Serial Publications
*The Serials Directory (EBSCOhost)
*The Times Digital Archive[new!]
*TOC Premier (EBSCOhost)  KYVL
*University of Kentucky Electronic Theses and Dissertations
*WilsonWeb
**World Almanac -- See FirstSearch KYVL
**WorldCat -- See FirstSearch KYVL

See also
*Critically Evaluating Web Resources
*Links to Reference Resources on the Internet
*Style Manuals and Writing Guides in WKU Libraries and on the Internet


Business Databases

*ABI/INFORM GLOBAL (ProQuest)
*Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)  KYVL
*Business Source Premier (EBSCOhost)  KYVL
*Census Bureau
*CHECKPOINT
*ComAbstracts
*Disclosure Reports -- See LexisNexis
*Electronic Journal Service (EJS) (EBSCO)
*EDGAR Database of Corporate Information
*FindArticles
*HighWire
*Hoover's Company Reports -- See LexisNexis
*IngentaConnect
*International Abstracts of Human Resources - {Info}
*JSTOR
*LexisNexis
*MasterFILE Premier (EBSCOhost)  KYVL
*Mergent Online
*NAARS Annual Reports 1972-1995 -- See LexisNexis
*Personnel Management Abstracts -- See International Abstracts of Human Resources - {Info}
*Project Muse
*ProQuest Computing   KYVL
*PsycINFO 1887-Current (EBSCOhost)  KYVL
*Psychology & Behaviorial Sciences Collection See EBSCOhost  KYVL
*Standard & Poor's Corporate Descriptions -- See LexisNexis
*Standard & Poor's Research Insight CD-ROM
*TOC Premier (EBSCOhost)  KYVL
*STAT-USA/Internet
*University Analyst Watch -- see Zacks Investment Research
*ValueLine.com
*Wall Street Journal (full-text) -- See ProQuest - ABI/INFORM (Global)
*Zacks Investment Research

Career Databases

*ABI/INFORM GLOBAL (ProQuest)
*Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)  KYVL
*Business Source Premier (EBSCOhost)  KYVL
*ERIC (Available both in EBSCOhost and FirstSearch)   KYVL
*FindArticles
*MasterFILE Premier (EBSCOhost)  KYVL
*Occupational Outlook Handbook 2004 - 2005
*Professional Development Collection (EBSCOhost)  KYVL
*ProQuest Career & Technical Education   KYVL
 *Testing & Education Reference Center (Gale)[new!]
*TOC Premier (EBSCOhost)  KYVL

See also
*Links to Educational Resources on the Internet  

Education Databases

*Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)  KYVL
*Cambridge Journals Online
*ComAbstracts
*Combined Kentucky Adult Ed. Resources & LINCS
*Electronic Journal Service (EJS) (EBSCO)
*ERIC (Available both in EBSCOhost and FirstSearch)   KYVL
*FindArticles
*HighWire
*IngentaConnect
*International Index to Music Periodicals - Full Text
*Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
*JSTOR
*MasterFILE Premier (EBSCOhost)  KYVL
*Mental Measurements Yearbook
*Occupational Outlook Handbook 2004 - 2005
*Professional Development Collection
    (EBSCOhost)  KYVL
*Project Muse
*PsycINFO 1887-Current (EBSCOhost)  KYVL
*Psychology & Behaviorial Sciences Collection See EBSCOhost  KYVL
*Scholarly Society Serial Publications
*TOC Premier (EBSCOhost)  KYVL
*SPORT Discus
See also
*Links to Educational Resources on the Internet

Primary and Secondary School Databases

*EBSCO Animals (EBSCOhost)  KYVL
*Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
    (EBSCOhost)  KYVL
*MAS FullTEXT Ultra (EBSCOhost)  KYVL
*Middle Search Plus (EBSCOhost)  KYVL
*Primary Search (EBSCOhost)  KYVL

See also
*Links to Educational Resources on the Internet

Government and Governmental Information

*Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)  KYVL
*Cambridge Journals Online
*Census Bureau
*CQ Researcher (CQ Press)[new!]
*Electronic Journal Service (EJS) (EBSCO)
*EDGAR Database of Corporate Information
*FindArticles
*FirstGov
**GPO Monthly Catalog -- See FirstSearch KYVL
*HighWire
*HLAS Online
*IngentaConnect
*Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
*JSTOR
*LexisNexis Congressional
*LexisNexis Government Periodicals Index
*LexisNexis Statistical
*MarciveWeb DOCS
*MasterFILE Premier (EBSCOhost)  KYVL
*National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information
*NCJRS: National Criminal Justice Reference Service
*Occupational Outlook Handbook 2004 - 2005
*Project Muse
*RAND Abstracts
*STAT-USA/Internet
*TOC Premier (EBSCOhost)  KYVL
see also
*Links to Copyright Resources on the Internet
*Links to Government Information on the Internet
*Links to Legal Resources on the Internet

Health Databases

*Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)  KYVL
*AIDSearch
*BIOSIS Previews (ISI Web of Knowledge) [new!]
*CAB Direct Agriculture, Biology, and Global Health
*Cambridge Journals Online
*CHID Online     The Combined Health Information Database
*Child Abuse, Child Welfare & Adoption Database
*CINAHL (EBSCOhost)  KYVL
     Nursing and Allied Health Literature
*Clinical Pharacology     (EBSCOhost)  KYVL
*Electronic Journal Service (EJS) (EBSCOhost)
*FindArticles
*Health Source: Consumer Edition (EBSCOhost)  KYVL  
*Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCOhost)  KYVL
*HighWire (Includes Medline)
*IngentaConnect
*JSTOR
*MasterFILE Premier (EBSCOhost)  KYVL
*MEDLINE (EBSCOhost and FirstSearch)   KYVL
*National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information
*Medline Plus (Consumer Health Information)
*NLM Gateway
*PsycINFO 1887-Current (EBSCOhost)  KYVL
*Psychology & Behaviorial Sciences Collection See EBSCOhost  KYVL
*PubMed
*PubMed Central (National Library of Medicine Full-Text Journals)
*Scholarly Society Serial Publications
*SPORT Discus
*TOC Premier (EBSCOhost)  KYVL

History Databases

*Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)  KYVL
*ACLS Humanities E-Book Project
*America: History and Life
*Cambridge Journals Online
*Electronic Journal Service (EJS) (EBSCO)
*FACTS.com
*FindArticles
*First Nations Periodical Index
*HighWire
*Historical Abstracts
*HLAS Online
*IngentaConnect
*Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
*JSTOR
*(London) Times Digital Archive (InfoTrac) - {Info}
*The (Historical) Los Angeles Times 1881-1986
* MasterFILE Premier (EBSCOhost)  KYVL
*The (Historical) New York Times 1851-2004 (ProQuest)[new!]
*Project Muse
*RAND Abstracts
*Religion and Philosophy Collection See EBSCOhost  KYVL
*Scholarly Society Serial Publications
*TOC Premier (EBSCOhost)  KYVL

Humanities Databases

*Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)  KYVL
*ACLS Humanities E-Book Project
*Alt-Press Watch
*Books in Print (Bowker)
*Cambridge Journals Online
*Choice Reviews Online
*ComAbstracts
*Electronic Journal Service (EJS) (EBSCO)
*FindArticles
*HighWire
*HLAS Online
*IngentaConnect
*International Index to Music Periodicals - Full Text
*Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
*Journalism & Mass Communications Abstracts
*JSTOR
*Literary Index
*Literature Online[new!]
*MasterFILE Premier (EBSCOhost)  KYVL
**MLA International Bibliography -- See FirstSearch KYVL
*Naxos Music Library (Naxos Digital Services) [new!]
*NoveList       KYVL
*Philosopher's Index
*Project Muse
*Religion and Philosophy Collection See EBSCOhost  KYVL
*RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
*Scholarly Society Serial Publications
*TOC Premier (EBSCOhost)  KYVL

Law Databases

*ABI/INFORM GLOBAL (ProQuest)
*Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)  KYVL
*Business Source Premier (EBSCOhost)  KYVL
*Cambridge Journals Online
*CHECKPOINT
*Child Abuse, Child Welfare & Adoption Database
*Electronic Journal Service (EJS) (EBSCO)
*FindArticles
*HighWire
*IngentaConnect
*LexisNexis
*LexisNexis Congressional
*MasterFILE Premier (EBSCOhost)  KYVL
*National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information
*NCJRS: National Criminal Justice Reference Service
*Shepard's Online
*TOC Premier (EBSCOhost)  KYVL

See also
*Links to Copyright Resources on the Internet
*Links to Government Information on the Internet
*Links to Legal Resources on the Internet

News Databases

*Alt-Press Watch
*The Courier-Journal (Newsbank)
*Global NewsBank   
*Lexington Herald-Leader (Newsbank)
*LexisNexis
*The (Historical) New York Times 1851-2004 (ProQuest)
*(London) Times Digital Archive (InfoTrac) - {Info}
*The (Historical) Los Angeles Times 1881-1986
*NewsBank--America's Newspapers
*Newspaper Source (EBSCOhost)  KYVL

Journals

*ACS Web
*APS Journals
*Annual Reviews Online
*Cambridge Journals Online
*Directory of Scholarly Electronic Journals
& Academic Discussion Lists
****E-Journals available through WKU
*Electronic Journal Service (EJS) (EBSCOhost)
*FindArticles
*History Cooperative
*JSTOR
*Project Muse
*ScienceDirect Web
See also
*Links to Newspaper and Periodical Resources on the Internet

Science Databases

*Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)  KYVL
*AGRICOLA (EBSCOhost)  KYVL
*AIDSearch
*Applied Science & Technology Index --See WilsonWeb
**ArticleFirst -- See FirstSearch KYVL
*Biological & Agricultural Index -- See WilsonWeb
*BIOSIS Previews (ISI Web of Knowledge) [new!]
*CAB Direct Agriculture, Biology, and Global Health
*Cambridge Journals Online
*Country Studies (Lib. of Cong.)
*Electronic Journal Service (EJS) (EBSCO)
*FindArticles
**GEOBASE -- See FirstSearch
**GEOBIB -- See Online Geographical Bibliography
*GeoRef
*HighWire
*IngentaConnect
*ISI Web Of Science - Science Citation Index Expanded
 *JSTOR
*MasterFILE Premier (EBSCOhost)  KYVL
*MathSciNet
*Mental Measurements Yearbook
*Online Geographical Bibliography[new!]
*ProQuest Computing   KYVL
*Project Muse
*PsycINFO 1887-Current (EBSCOhost)  KYVL
*SciFinder Scholar (Not an online database; only available on selected computers) - {Info}
*Scholarly Society Serial Publications
*TOC Premier (EBSCOhost)  KYVL

See also
*Comprehensive List of Indexes, Abstracts, and Full-Text Services Related to the Natural & Applied Sciences Held by University Libraries
*Shelf List of Science & Technology-Related Reference Works in the Reference Department, Helm Library

Social Sciences Databases

*Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)  KYVL
*AIDSearch
*Alt-Press Watch
**ArticleFirst -- See FirstSearch KYVL
*Cambridge Journals Online
*Census Bureau
*Child Abuse, Child Welfare & Adoption Database
*ComAbstracts
*Country Studies (Lib. of Cong.)
*Electronic Journal Service (EJS) (EBSCO)
*ERIC (Available both in EBSCOhost and FirstSearch)   KYVL
*Family Index Database
*FindArticles
**GEOBIB -- See Online Geographical Bibliography
*HighWire
*HLAS Online
*IngentaConnect
*Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
*Journalism & Mass Communications Abstracts
*JSTOR
*LexisNexis
*LexisNexis Congressional
*MasterFILE Premier (EBSCOhost)  KYVL
*Mental Measurements Yearbook
*National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information
*NCJRS: National Criminal Justice Reference Service
*Online Geographical Bibliography[new!]
*Project Muse
*PsycINFO 1887-Current (EBSCOhost)  KYVL
*Psychology & Behaviorial Sciences Collection See EBSCOhost  KYVL
*RAND Abstracts
*Scholarly Society Serial Publications
*Social Services Abstracts -- See CSA
*Sociological Abstracts -- See CSA
*Sociological Collection See EBSCOhost  KYVL
*STAT-USA/Internet
*SPORT Discus
*TOC Premier (EBSCOhost)  KYVL

Additional Resources

*Comprehensive List of Indexes, Abstracts and Full-Text Services Related to the Natural & Applied Sciences Held by University Libraries
*Critically Evaluating Web Resources
*Journal Abbreviation Sources (a registry of Web resources that list or provide access to the full title of journal abbreviations)
*Links to Copyright Resources on the Internet
*Links to Education Resources on the Internet
*Links to Government Information on the Internet
*Links to Legal Resources on the Internet
*Links to Newspaper and Periodical Resources on the Internet
*Links to Reference Resources on the Internet
*Style Manuals & Writing Guides at WKU and on the Web
*Kentucky Virtual Library Gateway KYVL
*Shelf List of Science & Technology-Related Reference Works in the Reference Department, Helm Library
*TOPCAT 2000 (WKU Libraries online catalog)

Colors of the dots before each database link show degrees of accessibility: those with*are accessible via EZProxy; *, accessible off campus with database specific passwords; *, accessible on campus only; and *, free web sites.

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