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Articles (from journals)
ABI Inform (ProQuest)
  Index to periodicals and news sources covering all aspects of business... [more info]
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ABSEARCH (ABSEARCH)
This database is no longer available. A database providing indexing for the journals published by the American Speech and Hearing Association... [more info]
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Articles (from magazines)
ABI Inform (ProQuest)
  Index to periodicals and news sources covering all aspects of business... [more info]
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Alternative Press Index (OCLC)
Indexes alternative, radical, and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines... [more info]
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Audio (Music, Spoken word , etc.)
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. [more info]
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American Memory (Library of Congress)
Digitized collections of primary source materials at the Library of Congress on American history and culture... [more info]
Internet
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Biography
American National Biography (Oxford University Press)
A biographical resource for notable people in American history with a database offering portraits... [more info]
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Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians
Covers all musical genres, with new entries written by a distinguished group... [more info]
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Books / Book Chapters
ACLS Humanities E-Book (American Council of Learned Societies)
Collection of over 2100 books of high quality in the humanities online ... [more info]
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African Writers Series (Chadwyck-Healey)
Key texts of modern African literature. [more info]
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Case Studies / Best Practices
The Big Book of Brilliant PR Ideas
The Big Book of Brilliant PR Ideas provides insightful information into the world of public relations... [more info]
Campus Remote
The Ultimate Press Release
The Ultimate Press Release teaches readers tactics on how to create breakthrough press materials... [more info]
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Chemical Structure
eMolecules
eMolecules is the world’s most comprehensive openly accessible search engine for chemical structures. [more info]
WebCSD (CCDC)
It contains the crystal structure and related information of nearly every compound with a C - H bond... [more info]
Campus/Remote
Citation Searching
Arts & Humanities Search (OCLC)
Indexes articles from arts and humanities journals plus relevant articles from social science... [more info]
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ISI Web of Science
 Access to this resource will end 1/1/2010. Please begin using other resources, such as Scopus. Citation index for science and social sciences... [more info]
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Company Information
BizMiner (Brandow Company)
Provides industry research and data reports on more than 16,000 lines of business... [more info]
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Business Source Complete (EBSCO)
  Indexing and full text for periodicals and news sources covering all aspects of business ... [more info]
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Countries & Regions
SourceOECD (OECD)
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... [more info]
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Court Cases
CQ Almanac (CQ Press)
The CQ Almanac brings together over sixty years of congressional reporting... [more info]
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Cultural Criticism
CSIC (CINDOC)
This resource will cease as of 9/1/2010.   [more info]
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South & Southeast Asian Literature (Alexander Street Press)
A collection of fiction and poetry written in English by authors from South and Southeast Asia and their Diasporas... [more info]
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Current Events
Current News Topics from Access World News (Readex)
Need quick info for a current events paper? Find full-text news organized by the most current topics. [more info]
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LexisNexis Academic
This resource's interface will be updated in late December. To view the changes, please click here. Contains several full-text databases: current news, laws and legislation, business and company information and more... [more info]
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Diagnosis
MEDLINE' (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles in a broad range... [more info]
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Directory Information
Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities
Use Cabells to search for and select those journals that will most likely publish your manuscript. [more info]
Community of Science (Community of Science, Inc.)
Community of Science (COS) is a multifunctional service helping researchers find funding... [more info]
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Dissertations
Dissertation Abstracts Online with Digital Dissertations (ProQuest)
Indexing, abstracts, and full text for doctoral dissertations and master's theses... [more info]
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Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology (School of Music, Indiana University)
An index to dissertations-in-progress and a bibliography of completed dissertations reported since 1984... [more info]
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Drama
North American Indian Drama (Alexander Street Press)
North American Indian Drama contains 172 plays by 33 playwrights written... [more info]
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North American Women's Drama (Alexander Street Press)
North American Women's Drama contains 1,517 plays by 330 playwrights... [more info]
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Economic Data
Compustat North America (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 data through WRDS(Wharton Research Database Service) [more info]
CRSP
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. Provides historical US databases of stock, indices, bond, and mutual fund securities. [more info]
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Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, & Almanacs
21st Century Management: A Reference Handbook (SAGE)
21st Century Management: A Reference Handbook highlights the topics... [more info]
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Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management
The Encyclopedia of Management is a great Business resource to fine accounting... [more info]
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Government Information
Congressional Masterfile 1 (CIS)
An index to the U.S. Serial Set. Includes citations to five major bodies of congressional publications... [more info]
Reference Desk
Country Commercial Guides
Use: FedBizOpps (in STAT-USA)... [more info]
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Help / Research Guides
Atomic Learning

Web-based software training for more than 110 applications students and educators use every day.
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Campus/Remote
Handbook of International Financial Terms (Oxford University Press)
The Handbook if International Financial Terms is the most........ [more info]
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Images
3D Head & Neck: Basic Neuroanatomy (Primal Pictures)
Interactive functions allow rotation of the human head and neck a full 360 degrees... [more info]
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American Memory (Library of Congress)
Digitized collections of primary source materials at the Library of Congress on American history and culture... [more info]
Internet
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Industry Information
Business Plans Handbook (All Volumes) (Gale)
Contains sample small business plans, including statements of mission, competition, suppliers... [more info]
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Business Source Complete (EBSCO)
  Indexing and full text for periodicals and news sources covering all aspects of business ... [more info]
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Legal Information
Checkpoint (RIA Group)
Current and archival tax research materials; complete libraries of Federal, State, Local, International tax... [more info]
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Congressional Masterfile 1 (CIS)
An index to the U.S. Serial Set. Includes citations to five major bodies of congressional publications... [more info]
Reference Desk
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Legislative & Congressional Information
CQ Press Congress Collection (CQ Press)
Nonbiased analysis of votes and other data relating to the U.S. Congress and its legislation... [more info]
Internet
LexisNexis Congressional Research
Searchable full text congressional publications and legislative research... [more info]
Internet
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Letters & Diaries
Dolley Madison Papers (University of Virginia)
  Search history through Dolley Madison's correspondence letters dated from 1788 - 1837... [more info]
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Irish Women Poets of the Romantic Period (Alexander Street Press)
Includes more than 80 volumes of poetry by approximately 50 Irish women writing between 1768 and 1842... [more info]
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Literature
Alexander Street Literature (Alexander Street Press)
A cross-searchable package of collections covering literatures of place, race, and gender... [more info]
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Major Journals
International Political Science Abstracts (SAGE)
    IPSA is published bimonthly by the International Political Science Association... [more info]
Carrier Lib-Stacks, Abstract/Index
Maps and Atlases
Animap Plus County Boundary Historical Atlas (Gold Bug)
Displays boundary changes by year for each county in the 48 adjacent United States from colonial... [more info]
Reference Desk
David Rumsey Map Collection (Cartography Associates)
The collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North and South America maps and other cartographic materials... [more info]
Internet
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Market Research Reports
Business Source Complete (EBSCO)
  Indexing and full text for periodicals and news sources covering all aspects of business ... [more info]
Campus/Remote
SBRnet
Sports Business Research Network focuses on the sporting goods and sports marketing industry... [more info]
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ArchiveGrid (OCLC)
Search through historical documents, personal papers, and family histories... [more info]
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Music
Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online (Alexander Street Press)
Full-text encyclopedia articles about music traditions, genres, practices, and performances in world regions... [more info]
Internet
Index to Printed Music (EBSCO)
The Index to Printed Music (IPM) is the only online resource for finding individual pieces of music printed... [more info]
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Music Scores
Classical Scores Library (Alexander Street Press)
Classical music scores from Renaissance to 21st century. [more info]
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Index to Printed Music (EBSCO)
The Index to Printed Music (IPM) is the only online resource for finding individual pieces of music printed... [more info]
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News Articles
19th Century British Library Newspapers (Gale)
Search the contents of 49 local and national newspapers from nineteenth century Britain. Includes titles such as the Freeman's Journal, Lloyd's Illustrated Newspaper, and the Pall Mall Gazette. [more info]
ABI Inform (ProQuest)
  Index to periodicals and news sources covering all aspects of business... [more info]
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Poetry
Caribbean Literature (Alexander Street Press)
A collection of poetry and fiction produced in the Caribbean region during the 19th and 20th centuries... [more info]
Irish Women Poets of the Romantic Period (Alexander Street Press)
Includes more than 80 volumes of poetry by approximately 50 Irish women writing between 1768 and 1842... [more info]
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Polls / Surveys
Gallup Poll: Public Opinion 1935-1997 (Scholarly Resources)
Results for all polls conducted between 1935-1997 with a cumulative index ... [more info]
Reference Desk
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... [more info]
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Primary Sources
African American Biographical Database (Cancelled) (Chadwyck-Healey) (Cancelled)
This resource has been cancelled, effective 6/30/2009. Access to this resource will end 6/30/2009. Please begin using other resources. AABD is a collection that contains extended narratives of African Amerian activists, business people, former slaves, educators... [more info]
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African-American Poetry, 1760-1900 (Chadwyck-Healey)
Includes the full text of almost 3,000 poems written between 1760 and 1900... [more info]
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Professional Organizations
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) (Columbia University)
A comprehensive full text source for theory and research in international affairs... [more info]
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NARIC's Instant Disability Resource Center
The leading literature database on disability and rehabilitation ... [more info]
Unrestricted
Reference Information
ABLEDATA (National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research)
Product catalog providing information on assistive technology and rehabilitation equipment ... [more info]
Unrestricted
AccessScience: McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology Online (McGraw-Hill)
Encylopedia articles, illustrations, definitions, biographies, bibliographies, and learning resources ... [more info]
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Reports & Proceedings
ACM Digital Library (ACM)
Abstracts and full text for over 400 ACM journals, transactions, newsletter articles, and conference proceedings. [more info]
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Advanced Polymers Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles relevant to the manufacturing, uses and properties of thermoset... [more info]
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Reviews
Annual Reviews (Annual Reviews, Inc)
Index with full text of Annual Reviews in biological and medical sciences, physical sciences... [more info]
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Book Review Digest Plus (HW Wilson)
Indexes and abstracts reviews of English language adult and juvenile fiction and non-fiction titles... [more info]
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Standards
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 [more info]
Internet
Statistics & Datasets
Armed Conflict Database
Full-text and statistics for international and internal conflicts... [more info]
Internet
Choices 3
Provides data on ownership and use of products together with demographic and economic variables. Including methodology, [more info]
Reference Desk
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Stock Data
CRSP
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. Provides historical US databases of stock, indices, bond, and mutual fund securities. [more info]
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CUSIP Master File (S&P)
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. CUSIP uniquely identifies issuers and issues of financial instruments within a standard framework... [more info]
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Style Manuals & Citation Management Tools
APA Style Guide to Electronic References
This guide is a revised and updated version of section 4.16 of the 5th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2001, pp. 268-281), P-1. [more info]
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RefWorks
RefWorks is a Web-based bibliography and database manager that allows you to create your own personal database of bibliographic... [more info]
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Teaching Resources
Art Images for College Teaching (AICT)
Images of art and architectural works in the public domain for non-profit use by all levels of the educational community. [more info]
Atomic Learning

Web-based software training for more than 110 applications students and educators use every day.
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Tests and Test Information
HAPI (Health and Psychosocial Instruments) (Ovid)
Descriptions of behavioral tests and measurements in health fields, psychosocial sciences... [more info]
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How to prepare for Praxis: PPST, PLT, elementary school subject assessments, listening skills test, overview of Praxis II subject assessments & specialty area tests.
The Listening skills test, a companion cd to the print book... [more info]
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Theatrical and Performance Theory
North American Theatre Online (Alexander Street Press)
NATO provides detailed reference information for many theatrical figures, plays, theatres, major productions, and production companies, from Colonial times to the present... [more info]
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RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (EBSCO)
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature is a comprehensive guide to publications on music from all over the world... [more info]
Campus/Remote
Videos
American Memory (Library of Congress)
Digitized collections of primary source materials at the Library of Congress on American history and culture... [more info]
Internet
Atomic Learning

Web-based software training for more than 110 applications students and educators use every day.
[more info]
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Websites
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. [more info]
American Dietetic Association
The American Dietetic Association is the nation's largest organization of food and nutrition professionals. ADA serves the public by promoting optimal nutrition, health and well-being.   [more info]
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Articles
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General Research Guide
Images
Newspapers
Primary Sources
Quick Reference
Statistics & Datasets
Videos
See more A - Z (Index) Resources by type of information:
Articles (from journals)
Articles (from magazines)
Audio (Music, Spoken word , etc.)
Biography
Books / Book Chapters
Case Studies / Best Practices
Chemical Structure
Citation Searching
Company Information
Countries & Regions
Court Cases
Cultural Criticism
Current Events
Diagnosis
Directory Information
Dissertations
Drama
Economic Data
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, & Almanacs
Government Information
Help / Research Guides
Images
Industry Information
Legal Information
Legislative & Congressional Information
Letters & Diaries
Literature
Major Journals
Maps and Atlases
Market Research Reports
More Resources
Music
Music Scores
News Articles
Poetry
Polls / Surveys
Primary Sources
Professional Organizations
Reference Information
Reports & Proceedings
Reviews
Standards
Statistics & Datasets
Stock Data
Style Manuals & Citation Management Tools
Teaching Resources
Tests and Test Information
Theatrical and Performance Theory
Videos
Websites
A - Z (Index) Librarian's Lists of Resources:
New Databases for Fall 2006
New Databases for Fall 2007
New Databases for Fall 2008
New Databases for Fall 2009
New Databases for Spring 2006
New Databases for Spring 2007
New Databases for Spring 2008
New Databases for Spring 2009
New Databases for Summer 2007
New Databases for Summer 2008
Retired Databases & Resources
Contact the A - Z (Index) Librarian:
Call 568-6267
Questions? Contact the Reference Desk