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Creates integrated bibliographic coverage of books, official publications, and articles published in journals, magazines and newspapers, from indexes such as the Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue, The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals, Palmer's Index to the Times and Periodicals Index Online.

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Provides access to journal publishing directories in Accounting, Economics & Finance, Management, Marketing, Curriculum & Methods, Psychology & Administration, Educational Technology & Library Science, and Psychology & Psychiatry. The directories contain current information on the addresses, phone, e-mail and websites for a large number of journals, as well as information on publication guidelines, acceptance rates and review information.

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Focuses on the role that calcium plays in all aspects of biology and medicine, indexing research in bone metabolism, tooth development, nerve transmission, muscle contraction, hormone secretion, calcium deficiency and many other critical fields.

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Provides full text for journals in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities.

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Consists of databases in mostly scientific fields including life sciences, environmental and aquatic sciences, computer sciences, materials sciences and engineering, aerospace, as well as social sciences and humanities.

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Provides international coverage of the ceramics industry, including the manufacture, processing, applications, properties and testing of traditional and advanced ceramics. Source materials include journals, conference proceedings, books, patents, standards and company product literature.

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Indexes the research relating to the neurobiology, chemistry, and physiology of taste, smell, internal chemoreception, and chemotaxis, including coverage of such vital areas as signal transduction, receptors, channels and neurogenetics.

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Provides a selective annotated list of fiction and nonfiction books and magazines for children from preschool through sixth grade, along with review sources and other professional aids for children's librarians and school media specialists. The Children's Core Collection is the electronic version of Wilson's standard reference work "Children's Catalog". Allows one user at a time.

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Provides full text for over 750 journals indexed in CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health). Contains more than 600,000 full-text articles dating back to 1937. The database also provides full text for more than 220 books/monographs.

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Contains articles from various 19th century newspapers on the Civil War. Click on search tab and select from the list of sources.

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Indexes Latin American journals in the social sciences and humanities, and science and technology. Offers access to bibliographic citations from documents published in scholarly journals published in the Spanish, Portuguese, French and English languages.

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Provides a comprehensive database of distinguished classical recordings, from Medieval to contemporary, from choral works to symphonies, operas, and the avant-garde. There are multiple versions of licensed works to enable comparative listening. The audio selections are cross-referenced to a database of supplementary reference information.

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Provides electronic access to essential reference materials, including Baker's Dictionary of Music, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, and Baker's Student Encyclopedia of Music. In addition to the Baker's resources, there are biographies, chronologies, primary source readings, critical texts, full text from other major reference works, biographical information, score and lyric excerpts, musical and notational terms, and photographs and images.

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Provides access to multiple types of scores across various composers, genres, and time periods. Many items have associated audio tracks in Classical Music Library, so users can listen to a recording online while following along with the full score.

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Contains bibliographic references of definitive controlled trials in health care.

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Includes the full text of the regularly updated systematic reviews of the effects of healthcare prepared by The Cochrane Collaboration. The two types of reviews are Complete reviews and Protocols. Protocols are the background, objectives and methods for reviews currently being prepared.

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Provides access to thousands of papers concerning English activities in the American, Canadian, and West Indian colonies between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries from two collections: Privy Council and related bodies: America and West Indies and The Calendar of State Papers, Colonial: North America and the West Indies 1574-1739 .

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Contains full text from working papers, conference papers, journal articles, and books related to theory and research in international affairs.

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Contains abstracts of articles published in the primary professional literature of the communication(s) field. Other resources of the Communication Institute for Online Scholarship (CIOS) are also available.

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Incorporates the content of CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Penn State) along with numerous other journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields of study.

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Abstracts articles from journals, selected government reports and books on engineering. New records are added to the database annually from disciplines and major specialties within engineering. The electronic version of Engineering Index, it is the most comprehensive interdisciplinary engineering database in the world. Allows a maximum of 3 users at a time.

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Abstracts journal articles on the theoretical and practical aspects of computer science.

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Covers the research and development spectrum of the computing and applied sciences disciplines. CASC provides indexing and abstracts for academic journals, professional publications, and other reference sources from a diverse collection. Also includes searchable cited references for key journals.

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Indexes conference papers, especially in the life, environmental, and aquatic sciences.

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Includes abstracting, indexing, bibliographic information, and searchable PDFs for Congressional Committee Prints. Examples of committee print content include: research papers by committee staff, Congressional Research Service experts, or outside consultants; committee rules and calendars; compilations of laws; transcripts of markup sessions or other proceedings; and legislative descriptions and analyses.

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Provides digital access to abstracting, indexing, bibliographic information, and searchable PDFs for Congressional hearings.

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Provides the official record of the proceedings, debates, and activities of Congress, with extensive inserted materials, communications for the president and executive agencies, memorials, and petitions. NOTE: Data is being added on a monthly basis, and will cover 1873 -1997 when completed.

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Provides nonpartisan and objective research and analysis on all public policy issues. The current research divisions are: American Law; Domestic Social Policy; Foreign Affairs, Defense and Trade; Government and Finance; Knowledge Services; and Resources, Science and Industry. This collection includes abstracting, indexing, bibliographic information, and searchable PDFs.

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Designed to support patients' information needs and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. CHC provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. Information provided in this database should not be viewed as a means for self-diagnosis or a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

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Abstracts journal articles and links to Internet resources on consumerism and consumer protection.

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Included as part of the Literature Resource Center database. Results from Author search will include link to Contemporary Authors. The Literature Resource Center provides biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline.

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Contains sounds of all regions from every continent, such as reggae, worldbeat, neo-traditional, world fusion, Balkanic jazz, African film, Bollywood, Arab swing and jazz. The focus is concentrated on contemporary genres, such as fusion and world beat, but also includes other genres such as traditional music - Indian classical, fado, flamenco, klezmer, zydeco, gospel, gagaku, and more. It is a complementary database to Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries.

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Provides a bibliographic database of the world's literature on copper, copper alloys and copper technology since 1965. This database provides international coverage with the monitoring of serial titles as well as numberous non-serial publications.

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Provides instant insight into nearly 200,000 parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, and divisions, both public and private. Contains information from type of business, net worth and sales data, to contact information of key personnel and outside firms. Allows 1 user at a time.

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Abstracts journal articles and other sources in corrosion science and engineering.

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Provides access to CQ Researcher Online, CQ Weekly and CQ Voting and Elections Collection.

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Contains the following resources: Congress and the Nation, Historical Documents Series, Political Handbook of the World, Politics in America, Supreme Court Yearbook, Vital Statistics on American Politics, and Washington Information Directory.

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Offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues. Published many times a year, each single-themed report includes a background and chronology; an assessment of the current situation; tables and maps; pro/con statements from representatives of opposing positions and more. Note: If asked for a username and password, they are odu and library, respectively.

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Integrates a wealth of data, authoritative analyses, concise explanations, and historical material to provide a powerful research and reference tool on the American voter, major and minor political parties, campaigns and elections, and historical and modern races for Congress, the presidency, and governorships.

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Contains indexes and summaries of international journal articles, books, and governmental and non-governmental reports on a wide range of topics in criminal justice.

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Provides a simple, more user-friendly approach to searching, while maintaining powerful options. The interface provides access to more than 100 databases published by Cambridge Scientific Abstracts and its publishing partners.

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Indexes materials science, metallurgy, ceramics, polymers, and composites used in engineering application. Includes primary journals plus trade literature, patents, newspapers, press releases, conference proceedings, books and reports.

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Covers all aspects of vertebrate and invertebrate neuroscience, emphasizing basic research studies but also including such devastating neural diseases as Alzheimer's.

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Provides journals presenting the latest research by leading Australian and overseas scientists and covering a wide range of scientific disciplines, including agriculture, the plant and animal sciences, and environmental management.

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