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New for Fall 2009
SPORTDiscus (EBSCO)
Now contains full text 9/14/09.
An index with some abstracts to periodicals, books, and book chapters in sport...[more info]
BizMiner (Brandow Company)
Provides industry research and data reports on more than 16,000 lines of business...[more info]
Uniworld Online
Directory containing information on American Firms Operating in Foreign Countries and Foreign Firms Operating in the United States...[more info]
SBRnet
Sports Business Research Network focuses on the sporting goods and sports marketing industry...[more info]
3D Head & Neck: Basic Neuroanatomy (Primal Pictures)
Interactive functions allow rotation of the human head and neck a full 360 degrees...[more info]
Guide to Reference (ALA)
A selective guide of reference sources, organized by academic discipline...[more info]
History Resource Center: World (Gale)
A comprehensive collection of reference, full-text articles from leading scholarly publications, primary sources, and images, maps and charts...[more info]
PsycBOOKS (EBSCO)
Is a database of more than 25,000 chapters....[more info]
WDI Online (World Bank)

The WDI provides a comprehensive overview of development drawing on data from the World Bank and more than 30 partners.

[more info]
DRAM Online (DRAM / New World Records)
On-demand streaming access to CD-quality audio.  DRAM contains over 2,300 albums worth of recordings from a distinctive set of 15 independent labels.[more info]
Credo Reference (Credo Reference)
Search over 400 reference titles using Credo.[more info]
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology (IGI Global)

The Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Second Edition is a compendium of over 750 authoritative, research-based entries/chapters contributed by nearly 1,200 researchers and experts from 60 countries on a complete range of topics.[more info]
New for Spring 2009
Alexander Street Literature
A cross-searchable package of collections covering literatures of place, race, and gender...
ArchiveGrid
Search through historical documents, personal papers, and family histories...
Cambridge Histories Online
Cambridge Histories Online provides political, economic and social history, philosophy and literature...
Caribbean Literature
A collection of poetry and fiction produced in the Caribbean region during the 19th and 20th centuries...
CQ Almanac
The CQ Almanac brings together over sixty years of congressional reporting...
Irish Women Poets of the Romantic Period
Includes more than 80 volumes of poetry by approximately 50 Irish women writing between 1768 and 1842...
Jazz Music Online
Jazz Music Library is very comprehensive with thousands of jazz artists, ensembles, albums, and genres...
Literature Criticism Online
Literature Criticism Online (LCO) provides access to 9 individual titles that represent a range of modern...
Mintel Global Market Navigator
Mintel Global Market Navigator is a comprehensive database designed to provide instant access to critical market data for...
Mintel Oxygen
Mintel Oxygen is a comprehensive resource full of reports on current issues in a wide array of domestic and international markets...
National Journal Group's Policy Central
A collection of resources on U.S. politics and policy...
New Scientist Archive
 Access the latest science and technology news from around the world, insightful Editorial comment, key developments, interviews...
North American Indian Drama
North American Indian Drama contains 172 plays by 33 playwrights written...
North American Theatre Online
NATO provides detailed reference information for many theatrical figures, plays, theatres, major productions, and production companies, from Colonial times to the present...
North American Women's Drama
North American Women's Drama contains 1,517 plays by 330 playwrights...
OAIster
OAIster contains thousands of multidisciplinary resources from more than 1,000 contributors worldwide...
Oral History Online
This full-text material includes Ellis Island oral history narratives and rare Black Panther Party interviews...
Social and Cultural History: Letters and Diaries Online
Experience the past through thousands of private writings and personal narratives...
South & Southeast Asian Literature
A collection of fiction and poetry written in English by authors from South and Southeast Asia and their Diasporas...
Twentieth Century North American Drama
Twentieth Century North American Drama contains 1,530 plays by 223 playwrights...
WebCSD
It contains the crystal structure and related information of nearly every compound with a C - H bond...
New for Fall 2008
CSIC
Covers scholarly publications, including journals, congress...
Dictionary of Old English: A to G
The Dictionary of Old English (DOE) defines the vocabulary of the first six centuries (600 - 1150 A.D.) of the English language...
Eventus
The WRDS interface is being updated 12/15/09. To begin using it, please click here. You will be prompted for your JMU email address.
Eventus performs state-of-the-art event study estimation and testing using the CRSP stock database...
ExecuComp
The WRDS interface is being updated 12/15/09. To begin using it, please click here. You will be prompted for your JMU email address.
Access to ExecuComp data is through WRDS. Please click "more info" to find out how to access this database.
New for Summer 2008
Alt HealthWatch
Search through more than 180 full text journals and reports on topics that range from acupuncture to nutrition...
Associates Programs Source
This database contains 1,000 full-text journals and 11 full-text books covering subjects from fashion design to veterinary assisting...
Computers & Applied Sciences Complete
Indexing and abstracts for 1,800 journals and full text for over 670 periodicals in engineering, computer theory, and new technologies...
Consumer Health Complete
Consumer Health Complete (CHC) is designed to support patients' information needs and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics...
Contemporary World Music
Contemporary World Music is a vast collection of 50,000 music tracks...
Coverage: Varies
Dolley Madison Papers
 
Search history through Dolley Madison's correspondence letters dated from 1788 - 1837...
Coverage: 1788 - 1837
Economia y Negocios
This is a bibliographic database useful for finding information in the areas of business and economics...
Education Research Complete
Search through more than 1,060 full text journals on educational research...
Environment Complete
Contains full text for over 680 journals on subjects from the ecosystem's ecology to urban planning...
Fuente Academica
Fuente Academica is a growing collection of scholarly journals from Latin America, Portugal and Spain...
Global Market Information Database (Cancelled)
Access to this resource will end 5/31/09. Please begin using other resources.
Global Market Information Database (GMID) allows those searching for business intelligence to search for a wide variety of information on...
Humanities International Complete
Search through hundreds of full text journals, books, and other published resources pertaining to the humanities from around the world...
IBISWorld
IBISWorld is a collection of Industry Market Research reports of over 700 United States industries...
Legal Collection
This database contains over 250 scholarly law journals on topics ranging from criminal justice to organized crime...
MasterFILE Premier
Information included in this database ranges from general reference, business, health...
MedicLatina
MedicLatina is a collection of medical research and investigatory journals from Latina American and Spanish publishers...
Opera in Video
Opera in Video contains 250 of the most important opera performances...
Regional Business News
Regional Business News provides full text for more than 50 regional business journals...
Religion & Philosophy Collection
Search through topics related to world religions, epistemology, and much more...
Salud en Espanol
Salud en Espanol (Consumer Health Complete Spanish Version) is designed to support patients' information needs and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics....
SourceOECD
SourceOECD is now called OECD iLibrary. To use the new interface, please click here.
SourceOECD (Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development) provides up-to-date information on what's going on around the world...
Coverage: 1961 - Present
Theatre in Video
Theatre in Video contains more than 250 of the world’s most important plays...
Vente et Gestion
Vente et Gestion provides full text coverage for French language business journals...
Women's Studies International
Women's Studies International (WSI) covers the core disciplines in Women's Studies to the latest scholarship in feminist research...
Coverage: 1972 - Present
New for Spring 2008
C19: The Nineteenth Century Index (Chadwyck-Healey)
C19: The Nineteenth Century Index is an all-inclusive bibliographic tool for 19th-century research...
Coverage: 1790 - 1919
CSA Illustrata: Natural Sciences (CSA)
Search through thousands of illustrations from the natural science areas such as: Biology, Earth Science, Agriculture...
Coverage: 1997 - Present
Digital National Security Archive (Chadwyck-Healey)
This database is the most comprehensive collection available of significant primary documents central to U.S. foreign and military policy since 1945 ...
Coverage: 1945 - 2006
Europa World Yearbook (Taylor and Francis)
Europa World provides the latest information covering political elections, country profiles, and industry statistics....
Coverage: 2008 - 2008
Early English Books Online (Chadwyck-Healey)
Early English Books Online™, 1475-1700 (EEBO) provides digital access to more than 100,000 literary and historical classics....
Coverage: 1475 - 1700
FIAF - International Index to Film Periodicals (Chadwyck-Healey)
FIAF is a bibliographical index offering in-depth coverage of the world's foremost academic and popular film journals...
Coverage: 1972 - Present
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Taylor and Francis)
Based on the scholary printed Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, "REP Online" allows users to search through a regularly updated universe of over...
Coverage: Ancient Times - 20th Century
Safari Business Library (ProQuest)
 New Interface 10.19.2009.  The new interface relies heavily on Flash, so if there are problems, the first possible solution is to make sure you have the latest version of Flash installed: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/155/tn_15507.html
Safari Business Library addresses today's most important business issues and provides access to the latest IT information...
Coverage: 1988 - Present
Chicago Manual of Style
Get help citing sources, determining proper grammar and usage, creating....
Teacher Reference Center (EBSCO)
Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 280 of the most popular...
New for Fall 2007
Atomic Learning

Web-based software training for more than 110 applications students and educators use every day.
CQ Press Congress Collection (CQ Press)
Nonbiased analysis of votes and other data relating to the U.S. Congress and its legislation...
Coverage: 1945 - present
eBrary Academic Complete
Over 30,000 full text books from scholarly publishers in academic disciplines...
Coverage: Varies
New for Summer 2007
African Writers Series (Chadwyck-Healey)
Key texts of modern African literature.
Coverage: 1966 - present
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services)
An agency under the United States Department of Health and Human Services whose aim is to improve the delivery of healthcare.
Blackwell Reference Online Collection (Blackwell)
A collection of full-text reference books in the humanities and social sciences.
Coverage: 2000 - present
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (Library of Congress)
Collection of digitized American newspapers from 1900 to 1910, as well as a directory of non-digitized newspapers from 1690 to the present. 
Coverage: 1690 - present
Classical Scores Library (Alexander Street Press)
Classical music scores from Renaissance to 21st century.
Coverage: 1600 - present
CQ Press Political Reference Suite (CQ Press)
Full text reference works on government and politics including the Supreme Court and Congress.
Coverage: 1945 - present
eMolecules
eMolecules is the world’s most comprehensive openly accessible search engine for chemical structures.
Historical Statistics of the United States (Cambridge University Press)
Historical Statistics of the United States from 1790 to 2000.
Coverage: 1790 - 2000
Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print (EBSCO)
Descriptive information and critical reviews of more than 2,000 commercially-available standardized tests.
Coverage: 1989 - Present
Online Sound Recordings at the Library of Congress (Library of Congress)
Recordings from the American Memory project from folk music to oral history interviews.
Coverage: 1870 - present
Oxford Scholarship Online (Oxford University Press)
Full text collection of core scholarly books in economics, finance, philosophy, political science, religion and theology.
Coverage: 1984 - 2007
Papers of George Washington Digital Edition
The Papers of George Washington:  Diaries, Revolutionary War, Colonial, Confederation, Presidential, and Retirement from 1748-1799.
Coverage: 1744 - 1799
PILOTS (Published International Literature on Traumatic Stress) (CSA)
Citations to all literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health sequelae of traumatic events.
Coverage: 1871 - present
Prokaryotes (Springer)
Provides scholarly articles on the biology of bacteria, including systematics, ecology, physiology ...
Coverage: 2006 - 2006
Scitopia.org
Federated search portal for numerous science societies in the fields of chemistry, physics, and engineering.
Topo USA (On Disc) (DeLorme)
Locate any place in the U.S. and even create custom maps...
New for Spring 2007
Encyclopedia of Bioethics (Gale)
Topics include the ethics of health professions, animal research, population control and the environment.
Coverage: 2004 - 2004
Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior (Gale)
From adherence to a doctor's advice, to emotions and health, to obesity treatment and prevention, to women's health and all topics in between, this A-to-Z encyclopedia comprehensively covers all aspects of what has become the dynamic domain of behavioral medicine.
Coverage: 2004 - 2004
Encyclopedia of Human Development (Gale)
Covers topics such as adolescence, cognitive development, education, family, gender differences, identity, longitudinal research, personality development, prenatal development, temperament, and more.
Coverage: 2006 - 2006
Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (Gale)
Strategies to optimize human potential and build better organizations by focusing on behavior within the specific environmental, technological, and social environment of the workplace.
Coverage: 2007 - 2007
Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics (Gale)
State-of-the-art information and ready-to-use facts from the fields of measurement and statistics.
Coverage: 2007 - 2007
Encyclopedia of School Psychology (Gale)
Entries cover psychology, education and counseling, child development, and special education address student success, behavior disorders, intelligence testing, learning disabilities, strategies to improve academic skills, and more.
Coverage: 2005 - 2005
Encyclopedia of Statistics in Behavioral Science (Wiley)
Complete coverage of current statistical methods ranging through confirmatory factor analysis, structural equation modeling, random effect/multilevel modeling, generalized linear models, computationally intensive methods such as the bootstrap, and many more.
Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online (Alexander Street Press)
Full-text encyclopedia articles about music traditions, genres, practices, and performances in world regions...
WRDS (Wharton Research Data Services)
The WRDS interface is being updated 12/15/09. To begin using it, please click here. You will be prompted for your JMU email address.
Access Compustat corporate information and CRSP stock information online...
Coverage: 1925 - present
New for Fall 2006
Academic OneFile (Gale)
This resource was canceled by VIVA. Please begin using Academic Search Complete (EBSCO).
Indexes, abstracts and provides selected fulltext for scholarly journals and popular magazines in all subjects.
Coverage: 1964 - present
Access World News (Readex)
Provides full-text for over 600 U.S. and over 700 international news sources.
Coverage: 1977 - present
Accounting Research Manager (CCH)
Only 2 users at one time - be sure to Logout when you are done!  [tutorial]
Provides both full-text accounting standards, and interpretation / guidance
Coverage: Varies - present
African American Song (Alexander Street Press)
African American Song has merged with American Song. Please begin accessing this information through American Song or Music Online. This access point will expire.
16,000 tracks of historical blues, gospel, ragtime, folk songs, and narrative recordings from the first half of the 20th century.
Coverage: 1900's - present
Sabin Americana, 1500-1926 (Gale)
Full text of every book about the Americas published anywhere between 1500 and 1926...
Coverage: 1500 - 1926
American Broadsides and Ephemera, Series 1: 1760-1900 (Readex)
Fully searchable facsimile editions of nearly 30,000 broadsides and ephemera printed in colonial...
Coverage: 1760 - 1900
America's Historical Newspapers: 1690-1922 (Readex)
Cover-to-cover digital facsimiles of 1,000 historic newspapers from every state...
Coverage: 1690 - 1922
ANTE: Abstracts in New Technologies and Engineering (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts articles about information technology and computing, electronics, biotechnology, medical technology, as well as engineering (including construction, electrical and chemical engineering) and allied subjects.
Coverage: 1981 - present
Armed Conflict Database
Full-text and statistics for international and internal conflicts...
Coverage: 1997 - present
ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts articles covering health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations and education.
Coverage: 1987 - present
ARTFL: American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language
Provides the complete text of nearly 2,000 French works including classic works of French literature, non-fiction prose, and technical writing.
Coverage: 13th century - Twentieth Century
Art & Design Databases (CSA)
Use this to find journal articles, news items, and reviews in art & design periodicals
Coverage: 1934 - present
Bibliographic Index Plus Full Text (HW Wilson)
Full text bibliographies on almost every topic help guide you in your search.
Coverage: 1982 - present
BIOSIS Previews (includes Biological Abstracts) (ISI)
Indexes and abstracts journals, patents, conference reports and books in the Life Sciences.
Coverage: 1924 - present
Black Short Fiction (Alexander Street Press)
A full-text collection of short stories from Africa and the African Diaspora.
Coverage: 1843 - Present
CQ Press Researcher Plus Archive (CQ Press)
Full text reports on current and controversial issues in U.S. politics, health care, education, economics...
Coverage: 1923 - present
Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw Shoemaker: 1801-1819 (Readex)
A collection of 36,000 fully searchable digital books...
Coverage: 1801 - 1819
ECCO: Eighteenth Century Collections Online (Gale)
Provides digital editions of nearly all books published in Great Britain in the 18th century...
Coverage: 1701 - 1800
E-EROS (Wiley)
This is the online counterpart of the Handbook of Reagents for Organic Synthesis (HROS)
Empire Online (1492-1962)
Full text primary source documents, including original manuscripts and printed material...
Coverage: 1492 - 1962
Interactive Functional Anatomy (Anatomy.tv)
Online interactive 3-d human anatomy.
Journal Citation Reports (ISI)
Provides data that helps with evaluation and comparison of scholarly journals.
Coverage: 2005 - present
Latin American Women Writers (Alexander Street Press)
A collection of poetry, prose, essays, and drama written by women writers from Mexico, Central America, and South America.
Coverage: 1859 - Present
LexisNexis Congressional Research
Searchable full text congressional publications and legislative research...
Coverage: 1969 - present
Latino Literature (Alexander Street Press)
A collection of plays, prose, and poetry written Chicano, Cuban, Puerto Rican, and other Latino writers.
Coverage: 1872 - present
National Review Archive (EBSCO)
Journal articles covering political, economic, social, and cultural issues and trends from 1955 to present.
Coverage: 1955 - present
New Republic Archive (EBSCO)
The New Republic, the leading journal of opinion, covers topics from a variety of viewpoints on American politics, foreign policy and culture.
Coverage: 1914 - present
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online (Oxford University Press)
Biographies of 55,000 men and women who shaped all aspects of the British past from the earliest times. No living person is included in the dictionary.
Coverage: 820 B.C. - 2002
Past Masters: Philosophy and Theology
Searchable full-text collections, in English and/or Latin, of the writings of philosophers and theologians from antiquity into the 20th century.
Periodicals Archive Online (ProQuest)
Full text for journals published in the arts, humanities and social sciences.
Coverage: 1802 - 1995
Physical Education Index (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts articles about physical education and more.
Coverage: 1970 - present
Polling the Nations
Max limit of 4 simultaneous users.  Log out when you're done!
More than 14,000 surveys conducted by over 1000 polling organizations in the United States and 100 other countries from 1986 to the present time...
Coverage: Varies - Present
Smithsonian Global Sound (Alexander Street Press)
The world's musical and aural traditions, in streaming audio...
Coverage: 1890 - present
New for Spring 2006
Black Women Writers (Alexander Street Press)
Fiction, nonfiction and poetry by women from North America, Africa and the Caribbean
BNA Tax Management Portfolios (BNA)
Provides expert analysis, news, reports, and primary sources in tax research...
Coverage: Current
eHRAF World Cultures: Collection of Ethnography (Yale University)
The interface to this database has changed, effective Feb 1, 2008.
A cross-cultural database that contains over 350,000 pages of information on all aspects of cultural and ...
Coverage: Varies
MarketResearch.com Academic
MarketResearch.com Academic provides thousands of full-text market research reports...
Coverage: Current
Medieval Sourcesonline (Manchester University Press)
A collection of primary source material containing over three thousand pages of...
Coverage: 640 A.D. - 1600 A.D.
Nutrition Abstracts and Reviews (CABI)
Access to this resource will end December 2009.  Please consider using these other databases.
Index and abstracts on all issues related to food and health...
Coverage: 1990 - present
Nutrition and Food Sciences (CABI)
Access to this resource will end December 2009.  Please consider using these other databases.
Indexes and abstracts to nutrition and food science research...
Coverage: 1973 - present
Discovery Education Streaming
Over 50,000 K-12 web-based digital videos from Discovery Education...
Coverage: Varies
Web of Science (ISI)
Please begin using other resources, such as Scopus.
Citation index for science and social sciences...
Coverage: 1987 - present