Databases added between 08/23/2009 and 11/23/2009
17th - 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers
The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Collection Newspapers covers over 200 years of accounts from England, Ireland, and Scotland and a handful of papers from British colonies in the Americas and Asia.
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African Writers Series
The collection covers the whole historical range of modern African fiction, from early pioneering novels by black African authors to later masterpieces.
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AlgaeBase
AlgaeBase is a database of information on algae that includes terrestrial, marine and freshwater organisms. Search the more than 120,000 species tracked by organism name, species or genus, and view over 7,000 images.
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ARTstor (Note: network restrictions at LC limit access to some images)
Contains digital art images, museum reproductions, and photograph collections documenting the fields of architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, design, anthropology, ethnographic and women's studies, as well as many other forms of visual culture.
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Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger
UNESCO’s Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger provides information on about 2,500 endangered, dying, and extinct languages and maps the trends in linguistic diversity at the global level.
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Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America
Full text Guide presenting extensive data on the habitats and ecosystems of more than 1,200 species identified as endangered or threatened by the US Fish and Wildlife service.
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BrainBurgers
A web directory and search engine designed to locate materials published in the sciences and humanities.
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British History Online
A digital library of hundreds of original and important secondary sources for the study of the medieval and modern history of the British Isles.
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Business Plans Handbook
A multi-volume collection of business plans compiled by, and aimed at, entrepreneurs seeking funding for small businesses in North America.
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Business Source Complete
Provides bibliographic and full text content for thousands of the most important scholarly journals, magazines, and trade publications covering all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics.
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CCH Databases
Provides full text access to documents in business and finance, human resources, and tax research.
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Classiques Garnier Numerique (Select Registered Users)
Full text resource covering the fields of French and francophone language, literature and the humanities in Europe, Africa, Indian Ocean, Americas, and Asia.
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Cold War Reference Library
Covers the Cold War period between the Western powers and the Communist bloc from the end of World War II through 1989.
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Data.gov
Find, download, and use datasets that are generated and held by the Federal Government.
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Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution
Includes thousands of documents written by members of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the Confederation Congress, the thirteen state legislatures that called ratifying conventions, members of those ratifying conventions, and by other contemporaries to trace the Constitution’s progress.
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Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures, and the Environment
Contains materials that describe the interaction of peoples and events between 1534 and 1860 in North America documenting the impressions of the first European traders, missionaries, explorers, soldiers, and officials.
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Endangered Species
Provides detailed information on the many species threatened by extinction, including amphibians, birds, crustaceans, fish, insects, mammals, mollusks, reptiles, and more.
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Environmental Encyclopedia, 2003
Provides in-depth, worldwide coverage of environmental issues. This 3rd. edition (2003) contains articles to provide current status, analysis, and suggested solutions to environmental issues. 3rded. Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library.
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Faculty Of 1000
F1000 is an online service in which over 4,500 leading researchers and clinicians share their expert opinions by highlighting and evaluating the most important articles in biology and medicine.
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Federal Digital System
FDsys, maintained by the GPO, provides access to Government information submitted by Congress and Federal agencies.
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Gale Encyclopedia of Science - 4th ed. (2008)
Covers all major areas of science, engineering, technology, as well as mathematics and the medical and health sciences, while providing a comprehensive overview of current scientific knowledge and technology.
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Gale Virtual Reference Library
Provides full text access to over a dozen reference titles in business, politics, and science.
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Garland Encyclopedia of World Music
The encyclopedia is devoted to covering the musical heritage, traditions and themes, genres, practices, and performances in regions throughout the world.
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GENESIS : Women's History Sources in the British Isles
Includes a database with descriptions of women's history collections from museums, libraries and archives in the United Kingdom and
a guide to sources that provides access to a wide range of international web resources on women's history.
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Global Health Chronicles
Site devoted to documenting and preserving public health
history.
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GOBY
A web search engine designed to find information about a desired trip or leisure activity by specifying what you want to do, where you want to go and when you want to do it.
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HathiTrust
A digital repository containing records for millions of books in all subject areas held in the nation’s research libraries.
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Human Resources Abstracts
Human Resources Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to human resources, including human resource management, employee assistance, organizational behavior, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline.
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IMechE Proceedings Archive
Index to thousands of technical papers, obituaries, meeting reports, technical drawings, and editorial comment covering some of the most influential and innovative years of engineering development.
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India, Raj and Empire
Provides historical material from the manuscript collections of the National Library of Scotland covering South Asia between the foundation of the East India Company in 1615 and the granting of independence to India and Pakistan in 1947.
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INIS Database
A leading reference database for scientific literature published worldwide on the peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology.
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International Affairs Archive: A Russian Journal of World Politics, Diplomacy and International Relations
The official journal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, International Affairs tracks research on Russian foreign policy and international relations, the arms race and disarmament, the role of the UN and international security issues, Russian economic and trade cooperation, and Russian political development.
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Iraq 1914-1974
Contains a broad range of full text original source material from the Foreign Office, Colonial Office, War Office and Cabinet Papers covering the period from the Anglo-Indian landing in Basra in 1914 through the British Mandate in Iraq of 1920-32 to the rise of Saddam Hussein in 1974.
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JapanKnowledge
Japan knowledge contains various reference sources, including dictionaries (Japanese, English and multi-languages), encyclopedias (Encyclopedia Nipponica, Encyclopdeia of Japan, Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan, etc.
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Judaica Sound Archives (Requires Headphones)
Containing over 58,000 recordings, the Judaica Music Rescue Project reflects Jewish culture covering folk, cantorial, comedy, theater, Chassidic, klezmer, Israeli, Sephardic, and songs for children as well as recordings of Jewish music and humor in any language.
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Kikuzo II Visual : Asahi Shinbun Online
Kikuzo II Visual indexes over two million articles published by the Asahi newspaper in Japan between 1945 and 1984, and over five million full text articles published after 1985.
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LexisNexis Statistical DataSets (please contact staff for assistance)
Lexis Nexis data sets aggregates hundreds of public and commercial datasets gathered from stock exchanges, US and international government agencies, data centers and private firms (Mergent for example).
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LISA : Library and Information Science Abstracts
LISA is an international abstracting and indexing tool covering over 440 periodicals from more than 68 countries and in more than 20 different languages.
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Macmillan Encyclopedia of Energy, 2001
Articles explore everything from Albert Einstein, seismic energy, and acid rain, to lasers and building design.
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NPM Online
Art images from the National Palace Museum in Taiwan covering painting, calligraphy, ceramics, jade, bronze, Buddhist antiques, and rarities (stationery, tusks, woods, bones, lacquers, and silk tapestries, etc).
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OECD.Stat
OECD stat allows users to search for complex statistical data across OECD databases.
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Open Library
Search for information on over 23 million digital books that are available online, either free or for a fee.
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People's Daily (China)
People's Daily, the official voice of the central government of the Peoples Republic of China for over 60 years, is the most influential and authoritative newspaper in China.
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People's Liberation Army Daily (PLA Daily)
PLA provides the full text in Chinese for Jiefangjun Bao (PLA Daily), the official newspaper of the Peoples Liberation Army, the military of the People’s Republic of China.
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Pollution A to Z, 2004
Provides information on a variety of pollution issues, including sources of pollution; disposal; remediation; and the ethical, social and legal environment, as well as topics such as acid rain, cancer, noise pollution and zero growth population.
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Regional Business News
Provides comprehensive coverage for over 100 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all major metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
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Science of Everyday Things
Illustrates the importance of scientific and mathematical principles through their use in everyday life.
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Standards.Gov
Standards.
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UXL Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2003
Features biographies of notable historic and current figures from American history, world history, literature, science and math, arts and entertainment, and the social sciences. Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library.
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Weather Almanac, 2003
The almanac presents hundreds of in-depth weather records for 108 major US cities and a climatic overview of the country, including 33 US weather atlas maps.
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