Academic Search Complete o n p r o x y (courtesy of Texshare LogoTexshare) | includes Full Text
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Provides full text for more than 5,000 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.
Accunet/AP Photo Archive o n p r o x y | includes Full Text
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The Accunet/AP Photo Archive contains approximately 700,000 photographs dating back to 1850; 800 additional images are added each day by photojournalists. Photographs of current events are available to view and print within minutes of an event.
American Health Line r i c e o n l y | includes Full Text
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A leading resource in the health care industry, American Health Line provides daily up-to-date news on the health care industry.
American National Biography o n p r o x y | includes Full Text
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Biographical treatments for significant American figures. An "American" is loosely defined as someone whose significant actions occurred during his or her residence within what is now the United States or whose life or career directly influenced the course of American history. The only invariant rule is that all subjects must have died prior to 1996.
American Periodical Series o n p r o x y
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This unique and valuable collection includes images of the pages of over 1,000 American magazines and journals published from colonial days to the dawn of the 20th century. Titles include general magazines and miscellanies, scientific and medical journals, popular and literary publications, women's and children's magazines, regional and niche publications and more. (See WebCat for access to microfilm of journals.) (1770-1919)
ArchiveGrid o n p r o x y
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Finding aids are tools for navigation within archival collections, and contain detailed information about the collections. ArchiveGrid provides centralized access for searching and retrieval of archival finding aids that have been encoded using XML and the standard for Encoded Archival Description (EAD). The finding aids are indexed centrally at RLG but are supported in a distributed environment — some reside on a server at RLG, others are located on other servers around the world. (Previously known as RLG Archival Resources.)
Archives USA o n p r o x y
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ArchivesUSA is a current directory of 5,596 repositories and 154,678 collections of primary source material across the United States. Using ArchivesUSA®, researchers can read descriptions of a repository's holdings to determine whether a collection contains material relevant to their work as well as find the information they need to contact the repository directly.
ArticleFirst o n p r o x y (via FirstSearch) | includes Full Text
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ArticleFirst indexes articles in thousands of journals of all subjects. The information is updated daily.

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Biography and Genealogy Master Index o n p r o x y
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BGMI provides biographical material on people from all time periods, geographic locations, and fields of endeavor. Over 4 million entries include: name, birth & death dates, and citations to sources of additional information.
Book Review Digest Plus o n p r o x y | includes Full Text
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Drawing from thousands of periodicals, Book Review Digest Plus brings together book reviews from all the Wilson databases. With coverage back to 1983, Book Review Digest Plus indexes reviews of both fiction and non-fiction, and provides many full-text reviews and substantial review excerpts.
Business and Company Resource Center o n p r o x y | includes Full Text
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Business and Company Resource Center is a fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information.

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Central and Eastern European Online Library r i c e o n l y | includes Full Text
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C.E.E.O.L. is an online archive which provides access to full text PDF articles from 260 humanities and social science journals, electronic books and re-digitized documents pertaining to Central, Eastern and South-Eastern European topics.
Chicano Database o n p r o x y (via FirstSearch) | includes Full Text
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CDB identifies, in one place, all types of material about Chicanos and provides uniform subject access to this constantly growing body of literature. In 1992 CDB expanded its scope to include the broader Latino experience of Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, and Central American immigrants. The vendor of this database has merged with OCLC; the database migrated onto the WorldCat interface, 9/19/07.
Current Contents o n p r o x y via Web of Knowledge | includes Full Text
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Current Contents with Abstracts, published by the Institute for Scientific Information, lists the tables of contents from approximately 6,600 scientific and technical journals. Five editions of Current Contents are available online: Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences; Engineering, Technology & Applied Sciences; Life Sciences; Clinical Medicine; and Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences. The database is updated weekly. The lag time between journal publication and availability on the network is several weeks to a month. (1975-)
Das Schweizer Buch : Schweizerische Nationalbibliografie u n r e s t r i c t e d
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The Swiss national bibliography, prepared by the Swiss national library, contains books, periodicals, maps, electronic materials and multimedia. Materials are included if produced by a Swiss publisher, or the authors and/or subject matter are Swiss. (2006-)
Dictionary of Literary Biography o n p r o x y (courtesy of Texshare LogoTexshare) | includes Full Text
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The Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB) records the achievements of the world's most influential literary figures. Each entry includes personal data, the author's principal works, and sources for further study.
Dictionary of National Biography r i c e o n l y | includes Full Text
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50,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2000.
Digital Sanborn Maps (Texas) o n p r o x y (courtesy of Texshare LogoTexshare) | includes Full Text
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Founded in 1867 by D. A. Sanborn, the Sanborn Map Company was the primary American publisher of fire insurance maps for nearly 100 years. Sanborn maps are valuable historical tools - they are large-scale plans containing data that can be used to estimate the potential risk for urban structures. This includes information such as the outline of each building, the size, shape and construction materials, heights, and function of structures, location of windows and doors. The maps also give street names, street and sidewalk widths, property boundaries, building use, and house and block numbers. Seven or eight different editions represent some areas.
DigiZeitschriften o n p r o x y | includes Full Text
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DigiZeitschriften makes it possible for researchers to access well-known German journals. According to specialists in the field, the journal titles are among the most important in each subject area; at the moment about 110 journals are available in the following subject areas: Arts, Comparative Literature, Economics, Education, English language and literature, Geology, Germanic language and literature, History, Law, Librarianship, Mathematics, Music, Religion, Romance language and literature, Sciences, Sociology. Like the North American counterpart, JSTOR, Digizeitschriften digitizes a journal from volume 1 to the 'moving wall' (2-5 years before present date). Both English and German interfaces are available.
Dissertations and Theses - A&I o n p r o x y | includes Full Text
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Proquest Dissertations and Theses - A&I database includes citations for masters and doctoral dissertations from 1861 to those accepted as recently as last semester; those published from 1980 forward also include 350-word abstracts, written by the author. Citations for master's theses from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. The database represents the work of authors from over 1,000 North American graduate schools and European universities. The full text of dissertations and theses (Rice, 1918- ) may also be downloaded free of charge.

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eLibrary Curriculum o n p r o x y (courtesy of Texshare LogoTexshare) | includes Full Text
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eLibrary Curriculum Edition delivers a larg collection of periodical and digital media content designed specifically for K-12 schools and libraries. Via the "topics" tab, users can search for national/state educational standards for subjects and grade levels (e.g. Texas' TEKS for Mathematics).
English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC) u n r e s t r i c t e d
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The English Short Title Catalogue describes works printed in any language in England or its dependencies from the beginning of printing through the end of the eighteenth century, as well as works printed in English anywhere else in the world during that period.
Facts.com o n p r o x y
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FACTS.com brings together complete content from the Facts On File World News Digest since 1980 and selected content from six other core reference databases to answer questions about events, issues, statistics and people of the last 20 years. (1980-)
FirstSearch (Assistance in choosing a database) o n p r o x y FirstSearch (Listing all available databases) (via FirstSearch)
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FirstSearch is a tool which provides access to a variety of databases, including: WorldCat, a combined catalog for over 15,000 libraries in over 45 countries. In addition, FirstSearch includes subject and special format indices. The information is updated daily.
FRANCIS o n p r o x y (via FirstSearch) | includes Full Text
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FRANCIS covers a wide range of multilingual, multidisciplinary information with over 4,000 journals covering the humanities (63%), social sciences (33%), and economics (4%). It is strong in religion, the history of art, and literature world literature. The vendor of this database has merged with OCLC; the database migrated onto the WorldCat interface, 9/19/07.
French National Bibliography u n r e s t r i c t e d
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Describes books and serials published, printed or distributed in France and received by the Bibliotheque Nationale de France through legal deposit. Records are sorted by a thematic and alphabetical classification, author/title. Books are updated bimonthly; serials are updated monthly.
Fuente Academica o n p r o x y (courtesy of Texshare LogoTexshare) | includes Full Text
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Fuente Academica is a unique collection of scholarly academic journals from renowned Latin American and Spanish publishers. This database provides full text coverage (including PDF) for nearly 200 scholarly Spanish language journals. Content is provided in Spanish from respected publishers worldwide.

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Global Books in Print r i c e o n l y Single simultaneous user | includes Full Text
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Provides access to Bowker's complete Books In Print database of US, Canadian and U.K. titles. Includes links to reviews from Publisher's Weekly, Choice, Library Journal and others. Over 5 million titles including more than 165,000 worldwide publishers & distributors listings, along with direct links to their website & e-mail. (1998-)
GOBI3 r i c e o n l y
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The GOBI database provides online access to the book titles available from the YBP and Lindsay & Howes book vending companies. YBP emphasizes North American imprints and Lindsay emphasizes English and Continental imprints. The database incorporates all books proffered by these companies and also includes records for forthcoming titles.
GPO Monthly Catalog o n p r o x y (via FirstSearch)
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GPO Monthly Catalog has over 380,000 records on all subjects of interest to the U.S. government. July 1976 to the present. Updated monthly. (See also Marcive Web Docs and, for older material, see Nineteenth Century Masterfile.) (1976-)
Hand Press Book o n p r o x y (via FirstSearch)
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Catalog records for European printing of the hand-press period (c.1455-1830) from the Consortium of European Libraries (national and university libraries in 15 countries). The vendor of this database has merged with OCLC; the database migrated onto the WorldCat interface, 9/19/07.
Handbook of Latin American Studies u n r e s t r i c t e d
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The Handbook is a bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars. Edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress, more than 130 academics from around the world choose over 5,000 works for inclusion in the Handbook. (1935-)
Health Reference Center - Academic o n p r o x y (courtesy of Texshare LogoTexshare) | includes Full Text
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Use this database to find articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health & Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc.The material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only. (1996-)
HeritageQuest Online o n p r o x y (courtesy of Texshare LogoTexshare)
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This collection assembles genealogies, local histories, primary source materials, and genealogical and local history serials, as found in the corresponding microform collection. When complete (est. 2003), Genealogy & Local History Online will encompass materials from all 50 states including over 7 million pages.
House of Commons Parliamentary Papers Index (C19) o n p r o x y
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C19 Index includes bibliographic records for the entire collection of 19th century Parliamentary Papers (79,527 papers), based on Chadwyck-Healey's Subject Catalogue of the House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, 1801-1900 by Peter Cockton. Coverage of the 'long 19th century' is provided with an additional 19,423 bibliographic records for the period 1901-1919. (See also House of Commons Parliamentary Papers Fulltext) (1800-1899)

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IBIS World r i c e o n l y | includes Full Text
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IBISWorld contains one of the most comprehensive collections of Industry Market Research.
IBZ International Bibliography of Periodical Literature o n p r o x y
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IBZ online contains over 2.1 million journal articles from over 6,000 journals covering the years 1983-2001. Approx. 120,000 entries are added to the database annually. (1983- updated monthly)
In The First Person u n r e s t r i c t e d | includes Full Text
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In the First Person provides in-depth indexing of more than 2,500 collections of oral history in English from around the world. With future releases, the index will broaden to identify other first-person content, including letters, diaries, memoirs, and autobiographies, and other personal narratives.
Investext Plus o n p r o x y | includes Full Text
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Investext Plus is the premier financial research database available today. With a rich backfile to 1982, search this database to find investment, company and industry reports from over 500 brokers in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. (1982-)
Jane's Defense Magazines Library r i c e o n l y | includes Full Text
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Jane's Defence Magazines Library brings together 10 Jane's products covering defence and security news and analysis. Titles include Defence Industry, Defence Weekly, Foreign Report, Intelligence Digest, Intelligence Review, International Defence Review, Islamic Affairs Analyst, Missiles and Rockets, Navy International, Terrorism and Security Monitor.
JSTOR o n p r o x y | includes Full Text
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JSTOR provides online, fulltext access to over 300 core scholarly journals from date of inception to a "moving wall" of 2-5 years from present. The archived collection includes journals in humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. The content is searchable by author, title, fulltext with limits by discipline, year, and article type. (Note: pop-up blocking must be disabled.)
Keesing's Record of World Events r i c e o n l y | includes Full Text
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Keesing's Online is the web-based version of Keesing's Record of World Events / Keesing's Contemporary Archives. It is the authoritative monthly digest of worldwide political, diplomatic and economic affairs. Published continuously since 1931, Keesing's is the standard for thorough, objective coverage of significant events for every country as well as the major international organizations. Events that may have taken days or weeks to unfold are presented in detailed yet concise reports. (1960-)
Kids Search Interface o n p r o x y (courtesy of Texshare LogoTexshare) | includes Full Text
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Kids Search searches across a broad range of subjects, including magazines, books and reference tools. Students can locate articles, biographies, radio & TV transcripts, photos, maps, flags and a variety of primary documents. The Kids Search interface includes several databases, including: Primary Search, Middle Search, TOPICsearch, Newspaper Source, EBSCO Animals, and Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia. Access to curriculum standards is available through the "Teacher Resources" link.
Grades K-8; results can be limited by Lexile/grade level reading score.
Kiryat Sefer u n r e s t r i c t e d
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"Kiryat-Sefer" is the national bibliography of the State of Israel and the Jewish people. The bibliography was established in 1925 in order to document materials published in Israel in a variety of disciplines and languages, and deposited in the Jewish National and University Library. In 1953 the Legal Deposit Law encompassed only printed material, and in 2001 was extended to non-printed material as well. Added to this core are publications in Judaica, acquired by the library, from around the world in a variety of languages (1925-)
Latin Americanist Research Resources Project u n r e s t r i c t e d
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Indexes the contents of over 350 periodicals published in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. Individual articles can be located through a variety of browsing and searching combinations, including article author, title, country, journal title, and date.
Letopis' zhurnal'nykh statei -- Soviet Periodical Index u n r e s t r i c t e d
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"Letopis' Zhurnal'nykh Statei [is] a digitized serial publication that indexes Soviet-era periodicals from 1956 to 1975. The paper version, in publication since 1926, covers more than 1,700 journals, series, and continuing publications of academies, universities, and research institutes in the fields of humanities, natural sciences, and the social sciences, and it also covers the popular periodical literature. Letopis' Zhurnal'nykh Statei provides access to the periodical literature of an essential time in modern Russian history, beginning with the period of the Khrushchev "Thaw" following the 20th CPSU Congress and continuing through the first half of the so-called Brezhnev "Period of Stagnation". Virtually any student or scholar studying Russian political science, literature, or history between 1956-1975 will find Letopis' Zhurnal'nykh Statei to be an invaluable resource."
LexisNexis Academic o n p r o x y | includes Full Text
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Includes government and legal information with access to government and political news, legal news, and state and federal statutes and case law. Also includes law reviews, state and country profiles and other news and reference resources.
LexisNexis State Capital o n p r o x y | includes Full Text
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Gives access to information about states including bills, laws, constitutions, proposed and enacted regulations, legislature membership, and newspapers of record.

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MarciveWeb Docs o n p r o x y
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Indexes all government publications published by the U.S. Superintendent of Documents. (See also GPO Monthly Catalog.) (1976-)
Masterfile Premier o n p r o x y (courtesy of Texshare LogoTexshare) | includes Full Text
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Provides full text for nearly 1,860 general reference, business, consumer health, general science, and multi-cultural periodicals. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 2,780 periodicals. Full text backfiles go as far back as January of 1990, while indexing and abstract backfiles go as far back as January of 1984. (1984- updated daily)
Mergent Online r i c e o n l y | includes Full Text
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Covers 10,000 public companies and their SEC filings. U.S. Annual Reports: Easy-to-access current and historical annual reports on 10,000 U.S. public companies.
MiddleSearch Plus o n p r o x y (courtesy of Texshare LogoTexshare) | includes Full Text
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Middle Search Plus provides full text for nearly 140 popular magazines for middle and jr. high school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990. Middle Search Plus also contains 84,011 biographies, 83,472 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 192,999 photos, maps and flags.
Military and Government Collection o n p r o x y (courtesy of Texshare LogoTexshare) | includes Full Text
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Provides full text from over 320 military and general interest publications. Designed to bring current news to all branches of the military. This database also offers indexing and abstracts for over 360 magazines.
Nation Digital Archive o n p r o x y | includes Full Text
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Provides searchable access to the Nation (1865-)
NetFirst o n p r o x y (via FirstSearch)
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Includes descriptions for a variety of Internet accessible resources including World Wide Web pages and Listservs. New resource types, including Usenet newsgroups, FTP sites, Gopher servers, and electronic publications in many formats will be coming soon. Updated weekly.
netLibrary o n p r o x y (courtesy of Texshare LogoTexshare) | includes Full Text
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Contains reference books, scholarly monographs, and consumer books that have been converted into digital format for electronic distribution. Rice University's private collection (emphasizing computing "how to" manuals, employment resources, and general reference titles) are available full text - as are thousands of titles purchased by the state library consortia, Texshare. In addition, fulltext access is available to hundreds of classic academic texts that are n the public (copyright) domain. See Webcat for specific titles (keyword="netlibrary").
New York Review of Books r i c e o n l y | includes Full Text
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The electronic edition of the NYRB includes nearly every piece ever published in the Review, from the very first issue in 1963 to the most recent one. (1963 to date)
Newspaper Abstracts o n p r o x y
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Provides indexing to 8 major U.S. newspapers.
Nineteenth Century o n p r o x y | includes Full Text
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The Nineteenth Century is a thirty-year publishing programme based at the British Library which reproduces on microfilm a significant proportion of English-language works first published between 1801 and 1900. The British Library holds a vast range of material to which scholars and researchers elsewhere do not have easy access, and it is this material that the project aims to cover. (See WebCat for access to microfilm of books.) (1801-1900)
Nineteenth Century Index - C19 o n p r o x y | includes Full Text
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C19 Index is the bibliographic spine of 19th century research, providing integrated access to the most important finding aids for books, periodicals, official publications, newspapers and archives. Users of C19 Index can query its 9 collections simultaneously, or can conduct more detailed research using collection specific search screens. The database includes the following indexes: ArchivesUSA, American Periodicals Series [journals on microfilm], House of Commons Parliamentary Papers [fulltext available], Nineteenth Century [books on microfilm], Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue, Palmer's Index to the Times, Periodicals Index Online, Poole's Index to Periodical Literature, Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals. (1800-1899)
Nineteenth Century Masterfile (Series I and V) o n p r o x y
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Within Series I are the main multi-title, periodical indices, spanning nearly all Anglo-American periodicals of the late eighteenth through early twentieth century. PP reproduces the indexing from: Poole's Index to Periodical Literature (1802-1907), Index to Periodicals (1890-1902) (Ed. William T. Stead), Cumulative Index to a Selected List of Periodicals, Nineteenth Century Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature (1890-1899), ... and many more. Series V provides online access to the Descriptive Catalogue of the Government Publications of the U.S., 1774-1882, Compilation of the Message and Papers of the Presidents (1789-1897), Hansard's Index to Debates, House of Commons (1803-1830) and Hansard's Index to Debates, House of Lords (1803-1830).
Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue o n p r o x y
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The Nineteenth-Century Short Title Catalogue (NSTC) defines the printed record of the English-speaking world from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the end of the First World War. The project aims to index all printed works published in Britain, its colonies and the United States of America, all printed works in English wherever published, and all translations from English.
NYPL Digital Gallery u n r e s t r i c t e d Appropriate Use | includes Full Text
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NYPL Digital Gallery provides access to over 275,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera, and more.

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Otto Editions r i c e o n l y
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OttoEditions is the database for Harrassowitz, a German book vendor with whom Fondren Library does substantial purchasing. The database includes bibliographic information and pricing, as well as information about invoices and shipments. Information about Fondren Library's standing orders through Harrassowitz are currently incomplete. Best accessed during morning hours.
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Oxford Reference Online (Premium Collection) o n p r o x y | includes Full Text
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Premium Collection contains over 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. It is a fully-indexed, cross-searchable database of these books, giving subscribers unprecedented access to a comprehensive information resource. Includes added functionality and more detailed information across a broad subject range from titles in the world-renowned Oxford Companions Series.
Palmer's Index to the Times o n p r o x y
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Page and column references are provided for navigation of print or microfilm. (See also Times Digital Archive Fulltext (1785-1985)). (1790-1905)
PapersFirst o n p r o x y (via FirstSearch)
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An index of papers presented at conferences worldwide. (1993- updated twice per month)
Periodicals Index Online o n p r o x y
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Periodicals Index Online began as Periodicals Contents Index at Harvard University. Articles from over 900 humanities and social sciences periodicals with nineteenth century content have been indexed. (1790-1919)
Poole's Index to Periodical Literature (C19) o n p r o x y
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Poole's Index to Periodical Literature is the first and only systematic article level index to the subject matter of 19th century periodicals.
Poole's Index to Periodical Literature (Paratext) o n p r o x y Index to nineteenth century U.S. periodicals. See Nineteenth Century Masterfile
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Primary Search o n p r o x y (courtesy of Texshare LogoTexshare) | includes Full Text
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Primary Search provides full text for nearly 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990. This database is updated daily (1990)
ProceedingsFirst o n p r o x y (via FirstSearch)
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Provides citations of every congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received at The British Library. Contains in each record a list of the papers presented at each conference. (1993- updated twice weekly)
Public Administration Abstracts o n p r o x y | includes Full Text
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Provides concise, descriptive summaries of the most relevant journal articles and books in the public administration field today.
Puvill Libros u n r e s t r i c t e d
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Puvill Books, with headquarters in Barcelona, and offices in U.S. and Mexico, supplies any book published and distributed in Spain, Mexico and Cuba. Online access to their catalog of current titles is available.
Reader's Guide Retrospective o n p r o x y | includes Full Text
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A database containing comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflects the history of late 19th through 20th century America. (1890-1982)
Russian Academy of Sciences Bibliographies o n p r o x y (via FirstSearch)
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A unique and rich new source of information for students and specialists in Slavic studies and social sciences about materials published in the Commonwealth of Independent States and Eastern Europe. Created by one of the world's largest producers of bibliographies in the social sciences and humanities. RAS cites and abstracts books, manuscripts, dissertations, plus articles from more than 10,000 periodicals. The vendor of this database has merged with OCLC; the database migrated onto the WorldCat interface, 9/19/07.

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Sabin Americana 1500-1926 o n p r o x y | includes Full Text
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Sabin Americana, 1500-1926 consists of works about the Americas published not only in the United States but from across the globe. Contains information about North, Central and South America, the Arctic and Antarctica and the West Indies. This resource offers original accounts of exploration, pioneering, settlement, the western movement, military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition. Includes more than 29,000 titles.
SCIPIO: Art and Rare Book Sale Catalogs o n p r o x y (via FirstSearch)
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SCIPIO: Art and Rare Book Sale Catalogs is the only online union catalog of auction catalog records in existence. SCIPIO provides bibliographic access to valuable sources of information on the provenance of art objects and rare books, the history of collecting, and contemporary and historical market trends. The vendor of this database has merged with OCLC; the database migrated onto the WorldCat interface, 9/19/07.
Searchasaurus o n p r o x y (courtesy of Texshare LogoTexshare) | includes Full Text
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Searchasaurus provides access to a variety of magazines, encyclopedias (including the favorite Animals), photos, maps, flags and a dictionary.
Grades K-2; Searchasaurus is complete with erupting volcanoes, dinosaur guide and compass, and is an animated interface that encourages students to develop basic search methodologies.
Selected RAND Abstracts u n r e s t r i c t e d
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RAND is a nonprofit public policy research institution providing analysis and research reports on such issues as national defense, education and training, health care, criminal and civil justice, labor and population, science and technology, community development, international relations, and regional studies. For earlier materials, use the Index of Selected Publications of the RAND Corporation, 1946-1962 (Reference AS 36 .R33) (1963-)
Serials Directory o n p r o x y (courtesy of Texshare LogoTexshare)
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The Serials Directory provides access to up-to-date and accurate bibliographic information as well as current pricing structures for serials. It contains nearly 212,000 U.S. and international titles, including newspapers; data from nearly 108,235 publishers worldwide, including e-mail and Internet addresses.
SHOAH Visual History Archive r i c e o n l y | includes Full Text
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The Visual History Archive contains over 50,000 digitized interviews taken with survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust. Interviews were taken in 56 countries and in 32 languages. Note: All users are requested to register for access.
Student Research Center o n p r o x y (courtesy of Texshare LogoTexshare) | includes Full Text
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Student Research Center searches across a broad range of subjects, including magazines, books and reference tools. Students can locate articles, biographies, radio & TV transcripts, photos, maps, flags and a variety of primary documents. The SRC interface includes several databases, including: Health Source, Newspaper Source, Middle search, TOPICsearch, MAS Ultra, Vocational & Career Collection, and Columbia Encyclopedia. Access to curriculum standards is available through the "Teacher Resources" link.
Grades 6-12; results can be limited by Lexile/grade level reading score.
Subject Matter Index of Patents Issued by the U.S. (1970-1873) o n p r o x y see Nineteenth Century Masterfile
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Texas Reference Center o n p r o x y (courtesy of Texshare LogoTexshare) | includes Full Text
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Texas Reference Center includes more than 80 full text journals and books about Texas history, ethnic & cultural diversity, gender studies, literature, public health, business as well as home & garden and sports & leisure. The database contains biographies portraying famous historical and contemporary Texans such as George Herbert Walker Bush, Lady Bird Johnson, Dan Moody, Susanna Dickinson and Sam Houston. Also available in the Texas Reference Center is the Spanish-language newspaper El Sol de Texas with Texas and national news coverage.
ThomasNet u n r e s t r i c t e d
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ThomasNet contains thousands of client websites that incorporate online catalogs, CAD drawings and e-commerce capabilities. Leading resource for industrial buyers, to find the exact product, service or supplier they need.
TOPICsearch o n p r o x y (courtesy of Texshare LogoTexshare) | includes Full Text
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This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today’s classrooms. TOPICsearch contains full text for over 102,800 articles from more than 2,500 diverse sources, including more than 1,550 full text periodicals.
Ulrichs.web o n p r o x y Single simultaneous user
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Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory is a current, comprehensive and continuously updated source of information on selected periodicals and serials published in the United States and throughout the world. It includes annuals, continuations and conference proceedings, deriving input data from over 70,000 U.S. and foreign serials publishers. Approximately 40,000 discontinued titles from 1974 onward are included.
Uncover u n r e s t r i c t e d (via ingenta)
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Uncover provides author and subject indexes for over 13,000 journals with a variety of subjects. The user may request FAX delivery of materials at his/her expense.
Vocational and Career Collection o n p r o x y (courtesy of Texshare LogoTexshare) | includes Full Text
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Vocational & Career Collection is designed for vocational and technical libraries servicing high schools, community colleges, trade institutions and the general public. This collection provides full text coverage for more than 350 trade and industry-related periodicals.

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Waterloo Directory of English Newspapers and Periodicals, 1800-1900 r i c e o n l y
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A subject-inclusive, language-inclusive bibliography of 50,000 publications published in England from 1800 to 1900.
Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals o n p r o x y
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Wellesley is an index to the authorship of articles, and to the articles written by each contributor, along with brief biographical and vocational details. This is a monumental undertaking, given that the vast majority of articles published in Victorian periodicals were anonymous or pseudonymous. Citations of evidence are provided to support attributions of authorship. (1824-1900)
Westlaw Campus o n p r o x y | includes Full Text
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Westlaw includes U.S. (including Supreme Court) and state case law after 1944. The system also includes access to: United States Code Annotated, Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register (fulltext after 1980), state administrative codes and statutes. Secondary legal materials include the American Jurisprudence encyclopedia, American Law Reports (2d series+ and Federal) and several hundred journals and law reviews. Users may search by citation, parties to legal cases, and by subject.
Women's Studies International o n p r o x y
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Includes over 204,000 records drawn from a variety of essential women's studies databases, including Women Studies Abstracts (1984-), Women's Studies Database, New Books on Women & Feminism, WAVE: Women's Audiovisuals in English: A Guide to Nonprint Resources in Women's Studies, Women, Race, & Ethnicity: A Bibliography, The History of Women and Science, Health, and Technology: A Bibliographic Guide to the Professions and the Disciplines, European Women from the Renaissance to Yesterday: A Bibliography and Women of Color and Southern Women: A Bibliography of Social Science Research. (1972-)
World Marketing Data and Statistics r i c e o n l y
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World Marketing Data and Statistics is a unique online database of international country statistics. Includes over 1 million demographic, economic and marketing indicators covering more than 200 countries.
WorldCat o n p r o x y (courtesy of Texshare LogoTexshare) (via FirstSearch)
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WorldCat is a combined catalog for over 18,000 libraries worldwide. The information is updated daily. [See also Worldcat.org which presents the same data with an interface similar to familiar search engines, and which is freely available to any internet user.]
WorldCat.org u n r e s t r i c t e d
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WorldCat is a combined catalog for over 18,000 libraries worldwide. The information is updated daily. WorldCat.org is the same data as in the older WorldCat, but uses an interface more similar to the popular web engines and is freely available to all users.
Xipolis r i c e o n l y
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German-language resource offering a selection of the most important reference books of well-known German publishers. Includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, and articles from archives.

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