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Accounting

  • RMA eStatement Studies
  • Financial ratio benchmarks drawn from the financial statements of companies in over 740 industries

  • Financial Accounting Research System (FARS)
  • Accounting; available on the campus network only: Start...Network Programs...Financial Accounting Research System

  • Business Source Premier
  • 2,900+ full-text publications covering business and economics, plus company profiles

  • Lexis-Nexis
  • Global news in full-text, company information, business and industry news, legal sources, and more

  • Regional Business News
  • Full-text and citations for regional and metropolitan business publications

  • ScienceDirect
  • Full-text and citations in biological and medical sciences, business and economics; select "Subscribed journals" next to "Source" for library subscriptions

  • Wall Street Journal
  • Full-text of the newspaper's business, financial and general news coverage, 1984-present

Actuarial Science

  • MathSciNet
  • Citations, abstracts and reviews of mathematical literature

  • Business Source Premier
  • 2,900+ full-text publications covering business and economics, plus company profiles

  • Lexis-Nexis
  • Global news in full-text, company information, business and industry news, legal sources, and more

  • Regional Business News
  • Full-text and citations for regional and metropolitan business publications

  • ScienceDirect
  • Full-text and citations in biological and medical sciences, business and economics; select "Subscribed journals" next to "Source" for library subscriptions

  • Wall Street Journal
  • Full-text of the newspaper's business, financial and general news coverage, 1984-present

Anthropology

  • AnthroSource
  • Anthropology journals in full-text from American Anthropological Association

  • SocIndex
  • Full-text of 500+ sociology journals (1908-present), plus books and conference papers

  • Academic Search Premier
  • 4,500+ full-text publications covering most academic subjects

  • JSTOR
  • Full-text of scholarly journals covering most academic subjects

Art

Athletic Training

Biochemistry

  • AccessScience
  • Full-text of McGraw-Hill Enyclopedia of Science

  • American Chemical Society (ACS) Publications
  • Chemistry journals from the American Chemical Society in full-text

  • Annual Reviews
  • Summary and synthesis of research in biology, chemistry, psychology, sociology

  • Biological Abstracts
  • Covers biology/life sciences with citations, abstracts and links to full-text

  • Science Direct
  • Full-text and citations in biological and medical sciences, business and economics; select "Subscribed journals" next to "Source" for library subscriptions

  • SciFinder Scholar
  • Citations and data from American Chemical Society; available on the campus network only: Start...Network Programs...SciFinder Scholar

  • Wiley Interscience
  • Science and medicine journals in full-text

Biology

  • AccessScience
  • Full-text of McGraw-Hill Enyclopedia of Science

  • Annual Reviews
  • Summary and synthesis of research in biology, chemistry, psychology, sociology

  • Biological Abstracts
  • Covers biology/life sciences with citations, abstracts and links to full-text

  • Science Direct
  • Full-text and citations in biological and medical sciences, business and economics; select "Subscribed journals" next to "Source" for library subscriptions

  • Wiley Interscience
  • Science and medicine journals in full-text

Broadcast Communication

Business

  • Business Source Premier
  • 2,900+ full-text publications covering business and economics, plus company profiles

  • Lexis-Nexis
  • Global news in full-text, company information, business and industry news, legal sources, and more

  • RMA eStatement Studies
  • Financial ratio benchmarks drawn from the financial statements of companies in over 740 industries

  • Financial Accounting Research System (FARS)
  • Accounting; available on the campus network only: Start...Network Programs...Financial Accounting Research System

  • Regional Business News
  • Full-text and citations for regional and metropolitan business publications

  • ScienceDirect
  • Full-text and citations in biological and medical sciences, business and economics; select "Subscribed journals" next to "Source" for library subscriptions

  • Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Public and Private Companies
  • Sales, market share, and company information for U.S. companies

  • Wall Street Journal
  • Full-text of the newspaper's business, financial and general news coverage, 1984-present

  • ValueLine Investment Survey
  • Full-text current stock and investment information

Chemistry

  • AccessScience
  • Full-text of McGraw-Hill Enyclopedia of Science

  • American Chemical Society (ACS) Publications
  • Chemistry journals from the American Chemical Society in full-text

  • Annual Reviews
  • Summary and synthesis of research in biology, chemistry, psychology, sociology

  • SciFinder Scholar
  • Citations and data from American Chemical Society; available on the campus network only: Start...Network Programs...SciFinder Scholar

  • Wiley Interscience
  • Science and medicine journals in full-text

Classical Civilization

  • Academic Search Premier
  • 4,500+ full-text publications covering most academic subjects

  • JSTOR
  • Full-text of scholarly journals covering most academic subjects

  • MLA
  • Covers literature, languages, linguistics and folklore; includes citations and some links to full-text

Computer Science

Conflict Resolution

  • Lexis-Nexis
  • Global news in full-text, company information, business and industry news, legal sources, and more

  • PsycInfo
  • Covers psychology with citations and some full-text

Dance

  • Academic Search Premier
  • 4,500+ full-text publications covering most academic subjects

  • JSTOR
  • Full-text of scholarly journals covering most academic subjects

East Asian Studies

  • Asia Studies Full-Text Online
  • Full-text reports on 55 Asian countries, covering business, government, economics, social issues, and the environment

  • Academic Search Premier
  • 4,500+ full-text publications covering most academic subjects

  • JSTOR
  • Full-text of scholarly journals covering most academic subjects

  • Lexis-Nexis
  • Global news in full-text, company information, business and industry news, legal sources, and more

  • MLA
  • Covers literature, languages, linguistics and folklore; includes citations and some links to full-text

Economics

Education

English

  • JSTOR
  • Full-text of scholarly journals covering most academic subjects

  • Literature Resource Center
  • Critical and biographical information about writers; some full-text

  • Iter
  • Citations for publications related to the Middle Ages and Renaissance

  • MLA
  • Covers literature, languages, linguistics and folklore; includes citations and some links to full-text

Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management

Exercise Science

  • Health Source: Consumer Edition
  • Consumer health, including full-text of magazines, reference books and pamphlets

  • Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
  • Medicine and health for an academic audience, including 550+ scholarly journals in full-text

  • Lexis-Nexis
  • Global news in full-text, company information, business and industry news, legal sources, and more

  • MEDLINE
  • Citations and some full-text in medicine, nursing and dentistry

  • Merck Manual: Home Edition
  • Full-text of encyclopedic guide to medical conditions

  • PubMed
  • U.S. government medicine database, including citations and links to some full-text

  • PubMed Central
  • Full-text U.S. government archive of medicine and life sciences journals

Finance

  • Business Source Premier
  • 2,900+ full-text publications covering business and economics, plus company profiles

  • Lexis-Nexis
  • Global news in full-text, company information, business and industry news, legal sources, and more

  • ValueLine Investment Survey
  • Full-text current stock and investment information

  • Wall Street Journal
  • Full-text of the newspaper's business, financial and general news coverage, 1984-present

Gender and Women's Studies

Global Studies

  • Lexis-Nexis
  • Global news in full-text, company information, business and industry news, legal sources, and more

  • Asia Studies Full-Text Online
  • Full-text reports on 55 Asian countries, covering business, government, economics, social issues, and the environment

  • Clase and Periodica
  • Citations for 2,600+ scholarly journals published in Latin America

  • Academic Search Premier
  • 4,500+ full-text publications covering most academic subjects

  • JSTOR
  • Full-text of scholarly journals covering most academic subjects

Health and Physical Education

History

Human Resource Management

  • Business Source Premier
  • 2,900+ full-text publications covering business and economics, plus company profiles

  • Lexis-Nexis
  • Global news in full-text, company information, business and industry news, legal sources, and more

  • Regional Business News
  • Full-text and citations for regional and metropolitan business publications

  • ScienceDirect
  • Full-text and citations in biological and medical sciences, business and economics; select "Subscribed journals" next to "Source" for library subscriptions

  • Wall Street Journal
  • Full-text of the newspaper's business, financial and general news coverage, 1984-present

Humanities

  • JSTOR
  • Full-text of scholarly journals covering most academic subjects

  • Literature Resource Center
  • Critical and biographical information about writers; some full-text

  • Iter
  • Citations for publications related to the Middle Ages and Renaissance

  • MLA
  • Covers literature, languages, linguistics and folklore; includes citations and some links to full-text

  • Academic Search Premier
  • 4,500+ full-text publications covering most academic subjects

Interactive Media Studies

International Business

  • Lexis-Nexis
  • Global news in full-text, company information, business and industry news, legal sources, and more

  • Business Source Premier
  • 2,900+ full-text publications covering business and economics, plus company profiles

  • Asia Studies Full-Text Online
  • Full-text reports on 55 Asian countries, covering business, government, economics, social issues, and the environment

  • Wall Street Journal
  • Full-text of the newspaper's business, financial and general news coverage, 1984-present

Leadership

  • PsycInfo
  • Covers psychology with citations and some full-text

  • Business Source Premier
  • 2,900+ full-text publications covering business and economics, plus company profiles

  • Lexis-Nexis
  • Global news in full-text, company information, business and industry news, legal sources, and more

  • Wall Street Journal
  • Full-text of the newspaper's business, financial and general news coverage, 1984-present

Liberal Studies

  • Academic Search Premier
  • 4,500+ full-text publications covering most academic subjects

  • JSTOR
  • Full-text of scholarly journals covering most academic subjects

Management

  • Lexis-Nexis
  • Global news in full-text, company information, business and industry news, legal sources, and more

  • Business Source Premier
  • 2,900+ full-text publications covering business and economics, plus company profiles

  • Regional Business News
  • Full-text and citations for regional and metropolitan business publications

  • Wall Street Journal
  • Full-text of the newspaper's business, financial and general news coverage, 1984-present

Management Information Systems

Marketing

Mathematics

  • MathSciNet
  • Citations, abstracts and reviews of mathematical literature

  • JSTOR
  • Full-text of scholarly journals covering most academic subjects

Modern Languages

  • Clase and Periodica
  • Citations for 2,600+ scholarly journals published in Latin America

  • MLA
  • Covers literature, languages, linguistics and folklore; includes citations and some links to full-text

Music

  • African American Song
  • Streaming audio and liner notes for more than 16,000 African-American songs; genres include blues, jazz, gospel, ragtime, and more

  • American Song
  • Streaming audio and liner notes for more than 14,000 American songs; genres include folk, rock, jazz, zydeco, bluegrass and more

  • Classical Music Library
  • Streaming audio and liner notes for more than 50,000 classical music recordings

  • Contemporary World Music
  • Streaming audio and liner notes for more than 9,000 songs from contemporary artists from around the globe; genres include reggae, Tejano, Afropop, Bollywood, flamenco and more

  • Smithsonian Global Sound
  • Streaming audio and liner notes for tens of thousands of folk, traditional, classical, and popular music recordings from around the globe; includes complete Smithsonian Folkways collection

  • JSTOR
  • Full-text of scholarly journals covering most academic subjects

  • Academic Search Premier
  • 4,500+ full-text publications covering most academic subjects

Music Education

Nuclear Medicine Technology

  • Health Source: Consumer Edition
  • Consumer health, including full-text of magazines, reference books and pamphlets

  • Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
  • Medicine and health for an academic audience, including 550+ scholarly journals in full-text

  • Lexis-Nexis
  • Global news in full-text, company information, business and industry news, legal sources, and more

  • MEDLINE
  • Citations and some full-text in medicine, nursing and dentistry

  • Merck Manual: Home Edition
  • Full-text of encyclopedic guide to medical conditions

  • PubMed
  • U.S. government medicine database, including citations and links to some full-text

  • PubMed Central
  • Full-text U.S. government archive of medicine and life sciences journals

Organizational Communication

Philosophy

  • JSTOR
  • Full-text of scholarly journals covering most academic subjects

  • Academic Search Premier
  • 4,500+ full-text publications covering most academic subjects

Physics

Political Science

  • CQ Weekly
  • Full-text of news publication covering government and politics

  • CQ Researcher
  • Full-text of publication covering controversial contemporary issues in depth

  • Lexis-Nexis
  • Global news in full-text, company information, business and industry news, legal sources, and more

  • Military & Government Collection
  • Citations and some full-text of journals, pamphlets, and other publications covering the military and related topics

  • JSTOR
  • Full-text of scholarly journals covering most academic subjects

Psychology

Radiation Therapy

  • Health Source: Consumer Edition
  • Consumer health, including full-text of magazines, reference books and pamphlets

  • Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
  • Medicine and health for an academic audience, including 550+ scholarly journals in full-text

  • Lexis-Nexis
  • Global news in full-text, company information, business and industry news, legal sources, and more

  • MEDLINE
  • Citations and some full-text in medicine, nursing and dentistry

  • Merck Manual: Home Edition
  • Full-text of encyclopedic guide to medical conditions

  • PubMed
  • U.S. government medicine database, including citations and links to some full-text

  • PubMed Central
  • Full-text U.S. government archive of medicine and life sciences journals

Religious Studies

Science

  • AccessScience
  • Full-text of McGraw-Hill Enyclopedia of Science

  • American Chemical Society (ACS) Publications
  • Chemistry journals from the American Chemical Society in full-text

  • Annual Reviews
  • Summary and synthesis of research in biology, chemistry, psychology, sociology

  • Biological Abstracts
  • Covers biology/life sciences with citations, abstracts and links to full-text

  • Science Direct
  • Full-text and citations in biological and medical sciences, business and economics; select "Subscribed journals" next to "Source" for library subscriptions

  • SciFinder Scholar
  • Citations and data from American Chemical Society; available on the campus network only: Start...Network Programs...SciFinder Scholar

  • Wiley Interscience
  • Science and medicine journals in full-text

Social Change and Public Advocacy

  • JSTOR
  • Full-text of scholarly journals covering most academic subjects

  • Academic Search Premier
  • 4,500+ full-text publications covering most academic subjects

Sociology

  • SocIndex
  • Full-text of 500+ sociology journals (1908-present), plus books and conference papers

  • JSTOR
  • Full-text of scholarly journals covering most academic subjects

  • Academic Search Premier
  • 4,500+ full-text publications covering most academic subjects

Speech Communication

Sport Management

Theatre

  • MLA
  • Covers literature, languages, linguistics and folklore; includes citations and some links to full-text

  • JSTOR
  • Full-text of scholarly journals covering most academic subjects

  • Academic Search Premier
  • 4,500+ full-text publications covering most academic subjects

Urban and Suburban Studies

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