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VIVA : The Virtual Library of Virginia

The Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA) is the consortium of the nonprofit academic libraries within the Commonwealth of Virginia. Members include all of the 39 state-assisted colleges and universities (the 6 doctoral universities, 9 4-year institutions, and 24 community and two-year branch colleges), as well as 30 of the independent (private, nonprofit) institutions and the Library of Virginia.

Mission
VIVA's mission is to provide, in an equitable, cooperative and cost effective manner, enhanced access to library and information resources for the Commonwealth of Virginia's non-profit academic libraries serving the higher education community.

Online Resources Through VIVA
In addition to 1000's of online journals, VIVA also provides researchers at James Madison University with the following databases.

VIVA Databases
Academic and General Periodicals Search (Gale)
Find academic journals, popular magazines, and reference information on all subjects in this multidisciplinary index... [more info]
Internet
Academic OneFile (Gale)
Indexes, abstracts and provides selected fulltext for scholarly journals and popular magazines in all subjects. [more info]
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ACM Digital Library (ACM)
A computer science index with abstracts and full text articles from the journals of the Association for Computing... [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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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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Agricola (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles relevant to all aspects of agriculture.... [more info]
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Agricultural & Environmental Biotechnology Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles relevant to agricultural products involving both plants and animals.. [more info]
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AIDS & Cancer Research Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles relevant to AIDS, immunology, virology and cancer genetics... [more info]
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Algology, Mycology & Protozoology Abstracts (Microbiology C) (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles relevant to algae, fungi, protozoa, or lichens... [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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Alternative Press Index Archive (OCLC)
Indexes alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines from 1969-1990... [more info]
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Aluminium Industry Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles relevant to aluminum, production processes, products, applications... [more info]
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America: History and Life (ABC-Clio)
The interface for America: History and Life will be changing in January, 2008. You can start using the new interface now, if you wish. An index with abstracts to history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present... [more info]
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American Chemical Society Journals
Index to journals published by the American Chemical Society... [more info]
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American Poetry (Chadwyck-Healey)
Includes 40,356 poems by 209 poets, along with six landmark anthologies of American poetry... [more info]
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Animal Behavior Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles relevant to animal behavior... [more info]
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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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ArticleFirst (OCLC)
An index to the tables of contents of journals in all subject areas... [more info]
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Arts & Humanities Search (OCLC)
Indexes articles from arts and humanities journals plus relevant articles from social science... [more info]
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ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles relevant to aquatic organisms. Marine, freshwater, and brackish... [more info]
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ASFA 2 : Ocean Technology, Policy & Non-living Resource (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles relevant to oceanography: physical, descriptive, dynamical... [more info]
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ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles relevant to research and policy on the contamination... [more info]
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ASFA and Aqualine (CSA)
Get the most out of our water related data by searching ASFA and Aqualine simultaneously [more info]
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ASFA Aquaculture Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles relevant to all aspects of marine and freshwater... [more info]
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ASFA Marine Biotechnology Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles relevant to marine biotechnology, molecular biology ... [more info]
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ASFA: Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles relevant to aquatic organisms, pollution, aquaculture, conservation... [more info]
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Associations Unlimited (Gale)
Information about associations and professional societies, listings for nonprofit membership organizations ... [more info]
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Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B) (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles relevant to bacteriology, biochemistry, and genetics... [more info]
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Bioengineering Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles, conference proceedings, directories, and other sources... [more info]
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Biography and Genealogy Master Index (Gale)
Indexes more than 10 million biographical sketches from reference books. Find a citation and then look in LEO to see if JMU Libraries has the reference book it is in. [more info]
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Biological Sciences (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journals in a wide range of research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology, ecology... [more info]
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Biology Digest (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts domestic and international literature in the area of life sciences... [more info]
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Biotechnology & Bioengineering Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journals covering ground-breaking research, applications, regulatory developments... [more info]
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Business & Company Resource Center (Gale)
Gateway to business information including an index to periodical articles, directory of business profiles... [more info]
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Calcium & Calcified Tissue Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles about calcium and calcium research including bone metabolism... [more info]
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Cambridge Scientific Abstracts Internet Database Service (IDS) (CSA)
See CSA Illumina... [more info]
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Cambridge University Press Journals (Cambridge University Press)
Indexes scholarly journals published by Cambridge University Press covering subjects in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities... [more info]
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Ceramics Abstracts/World Ceramics Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles, conference proceedings, books, patents, standards and company product literature on ceramics... [more info]
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Chemoreception Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles relevant to neurobiology, chemistry, and physiology of taste... [more info]
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CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature) (EBSCO)
Indexing and abstracts for articles, books and other publications in nursing and allied health... [more info]
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Clase and Periodica (OCLC)
Index of Latin American journals, books, and more... [more info]
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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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Composites Industry Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles about polymers and ceramics reinforced with fibers... [more info]
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Computer & Information Systems Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles and conference proceedings worldwide.... [more info]
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Computer Database (Information Access Company)
An index, including abstracts and many full-text articles, on computers, telecommunications, and electronics... [more info]
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Conference Papers Index (CSA)
Citations to papers and poster sessions presented at major scientific meetings... [more info]
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Consumers Index (OCLC)
Subject index to articles and government publications of interest to consumers, including health-related. This database has been discontinued by the publisher and will no longer be available after June, 2007. [more info]
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Contemporary Authors (Gale)
See:Literature Resource Center (Gale) [more info]
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Contemporary Women's Issues (Gale)
An index to global information on women, including journals, including newsletters, fact sheets, and research... [more info]
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Copper Data Center Database (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles about copper, copper alloys and copper technology... [more info]
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Corrosion Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles general corrosion, testing, corrosion characteristics... [more info]
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CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (Taylor and Francis)
Authoritative source for all types of data commonly needed by physical scientists, engineers, and students. Search by text or substance/property. [more info]
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CSA Illumina (CSA)
Provides journal indexing and article abstracts for the following science fields: biology, the environment... [more info]
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Dictionary of Literary Biography (Gale)
See: Literature Resource Center... [more info]
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Dow Jones Factiva (Factiva)
Factiva's name has been changed to Dow Jones Factiva 2/18/2008. Gateway to business resources including full text of periodicals, news photographs, company reports... [more info]
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Ecology Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles covering how organisms of all kinds - microbes, plants... [more info]
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EconLit (CSA)
Index with abstracts to the world's economic literature ... [more info]
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EIS: Digest of Environmental Impact Statements (CSA)
Abstracts of U.S. government environmental impact statements. Each entry includes... [more info]
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Electronics & Communications Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles about advances in electronics and communications including circuits.... [more info]
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (Britannica.com)
The complete Encyclopaedia Britannica ... [more info]
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Engineered Materials Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles, plus dissertations, government reports, conference proceedings... [more info]
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English Verse Drama (Chadwyck-Healey)
Full-text of more than 1,500 works by 450 named and 230 anonymous authors ... [more info]
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ENGnetBASE (CRC Press)
Authoritive collection of hundreds of specialized engineering handbooks from CRC Press. ... [more info]
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Entomology Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles and research reports relevant to insects, arachnids... [more info]
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Environmental Engineering Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstract journal articles, conference proceedings and books on technological... [more info]
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Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles, conference proceedings, reports, books and government... [more info]
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Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale)
Note: this database is superceded by Academic OneFile, which has over 10,000 academic journals.  Index with abstracts and some full-text articles for scholarly journals and popular magazines in all subject areas ... [more info]
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Factiva (Factiva)
This resource's name has changed to Dow Jones Factiva.  Please click here to access this resource. [more info]
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Fiction Connection (Bowker)
Index of recent fiction books by topic, genre, setting, character, location, timeframe, as well as by author and title... [more info]
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Findex (CSA)
Indexes market and business research reports, including consumer and industrial studies... [more info]
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Gale's Literary Index (Gale)
An author and title index to 40 major literature series published by The Gale Group ... [more info]
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General OneFile (InfoTrac) (Gale)
Index and full-text source for newspaper, magazine, and journal articles on a wide range of topics... [more info]
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General Reference Center Gold (Gale)
Note: this database has been superceded by General OneFile, which has over 11,000 sources. Index with abstracts and many full-text articles from general interest magazines, newspapers... [more info]
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Genetics Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles and papers on genetics as a whole, from microbes... [more info]
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GEOBASE (OCLC)
Interdisciplinary index with abstracts covering physical and human geography, geology, ecology... [more info]
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Global Books in Print (Bowker)
An index of English-language books, e-books, audiocassettes, and videos currently available world-wide ... [more info]
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GPO Monthly Catalog (OCLC)
A catalog of all types of U.S. government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings,... [more info]
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HarpWeek (Harper's Weekly, 1857-1912) (HarpWeek)
A full-text database of Harper's Weekly text and images from the 19th century (1857-1912) ... [more info]
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Health & Safety Sciences Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles, government reports, conference proceedings... [more info]
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Health & Wellness Resource Center (Gale)
HWRC provides full-text materials, abstracts and citations to patient and consumer health information ... [more info]
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Historical Abstracts (ABC-Clio)
The interface for Historical Abstracts will be changing in January, 2008. You can start using the new interface now, if you wish.  An index with abstracts to more than 2000 periodicals on world history from 1450 to the present ... [more info]
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Human Genome Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles about developments and applications emerging from international... [more info]
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Human Population and Natural Resource Management (CSA)
Indexes and abstract journal articles on human population and demography topics ... [more info]
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Immunology Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles about all aspects of immune systems in man and animals... [more info]
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Industrial & Applied Microbiology Abstracts (Microbiology A) (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles about findings and practical applications in agricultural... [more info]
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InfoTrac OneFile (Gale)
The database known as InfoTrac OneFile has had a name change to General OneFile.  If you are looking primarily for scholarly / peer reviewed journal articles, you might want to try Academic OneFile, which contains just academic / scholarly titles. [more info]
LexisNexis Statistical
Access to this resource ends on 2/28/2008. An index with abstracts for statistical information from over 100,000 U.S. government publications, state... [more info]
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Literature Resource Center (Gale)
Gale's Literature Resource Center provides selected biographical, critical, and bibliographical information on various literary figures.... [more info]
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LLBA (Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts) (CSA)
An index with abstracts to journal articles, books, papers, monographs, dissertations on all aspects... [more info]
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Materials Business File (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journals, patents, dissertations, government reports, conference proceedings... [more info]
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MathSciNet (American Mathematical Society)
Indexes mathematical journals from 1940 to present, including reviews from 1980 to present... [more info]
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Mechanical and Transportation Engineering Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles in mechanical and transportation engineering, forensic... [more info]
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Mechanical Engineering Abstracts (CSA)
Continued by: Mechanical and Transport Engineering Abstracts (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)... [more info]
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Media Review Digest (Cancelled) (OCLC)
This resource has been discontinued and is no longer available as of 6/30/07.Citations to reviews, evaluations, awards and prizes for films and sound recordings. [more info]
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Medical & Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles worldwide in which biotechnology, molecular biology... [more info]
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MEDLINE. (EBSCO)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles in a broad range of medical topics... [more info]
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METADEX (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts metal and alloy information in journals, patents, dissertations, government reports... [more info]
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MLA International Bibliography (Gale)

Indexes critical materials on literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore... [more info]
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Neurosciences Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles covering all aspects of vertebrate and invertebrate... [more info]
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Nucleic Acids Abstracts (CSA)
Index with abstracts to journal articles on cloning, sequencing strategies ... [more info]
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Nucleic Acids Database
Contains 3D structures and coordinates of RNA and DNA oligonucleotides. [more info]
Oceanic Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles on marine biology and physical... [more info]
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Oncogenes & Growth Factors Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles on every aspect of oncogene research... [more info]
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Oxford University Press Journals (Oxford University Press)
Index with fulltext of selected journals from Oxford University Press... [more info]
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PAIS International (CSA)
Indexes publications on all subjects that relate to contemporary public issues... [more info]
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PAISArchive (CSA)
Indexes articles about global public policy and social issues from 1915 to 1976 ... [more info]
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PapersFirst (OCLC)
Index of papers presented at conferences worldwide... [more info]
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Physical Education Index (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts articles about physical education and more. [more info]
Plant Science (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles on plant science, pathology, symbiosis, biochemistry... [more info]
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Pollution Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles, conference proceedings and documents relating to atmosphere... [more info]
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Pre-CINAHL (EBSCO)
A companion database to CINAHL, Pre-CINAHL is intended to provide current awareness of new journal ... [more info]
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ProceedingsFirst (OCLC)
An index of worldwide conference proceedings... [more info]
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Project Muse (John Hopkins University Press)
An index of journals in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics... [more info]
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PsycARTICLES (EBSCO)

Searchable full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology... [more info]
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PsycINFO (EBSCO)
An index with abstracts to journal articles, book chapters, books and dissertations in psychology and related disciplines (sociology, linguistics, anthropology, education, medicine, law, physiology, business, psychiatry, nursing, pharmacology). [more info]
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Safety Science and Risk Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles on the fields of public health, safety, and industrial hygiene... [more info]
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Social Services Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles, dissertations, and book reviews on social work, human services... [more info]
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Sociological Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles, book reviews, abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations... [more info]
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Solid State and Superconductivity Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles on all aspects of theory, production, and application of solid state... [more info]
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STAT-USA (U.S. Dept. of Commerce)
An online service of recent international trade information... [more info]
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Sustainability Science Abstracts (CSA) (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles, reports, books, reviews, and... [more info]
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Toxicology Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles on topics such as social poisons and substance abuse... [more info]
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TOXLINE (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles, books, and technical reports in all areas of toxicology... [more info]
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Ulrichsweb.com (Bowker)
A directory of currently published periodicals (magazines, journals, newsletters, etc) ... [more info]
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Union Lists of Periodicals (OCLC)
This database shows the location of journals, magazines, and newspapers in libraries worldwide... [more info]
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Virology and AIDS Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles worldwide on every aspect of virology in humans, animals, and plants... [more info]
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Water Resources Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journals, books, conference proceedings and technical reports on water-related... [more info]
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WELDASEARCH (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles, research reports, books, standards, patents, and special publications... [more info]
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World Almanacs (OCLC)
Includes the contents of the World Almanac and Book of Facts, the World Almanac of the U.S.A... [more info]
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WorldCat (OCLC)
Catalog of over 62 million titles cataloged by libraries worldwide ... [more info]
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