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Article Indexes and Databases | | Journals | | Suggested Library Catalog Subject Headings | Web Resources |

Article Indexes and Databases

  • Academic Search Premier from EbscoHost Academic Search™ Premier contains indexing and abstracts for more than 8,200 journals, with full text for more than 4,500 of those titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for nearly 1,000 titles. Academic Search Premier from EbscoHostcontains unmatched full text coverage in biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, psychology, religion & theology, etc.
  • MasterFILE Premier
    Description: Provides abstracts and indexing for more than 3,100 periodicals, plus searchable full text for more than 1,500 active periodicals. Subjects covered include general reference, business, health, multicultural and more. Total coverage includes over 4 million articles.
    Coverage: 1984 -

  • Readers Guide Full Text
    Description: Indexes and abstracts the periodicals most often found in school, public, and college libraries, as well as the New York Times.
    Coverage: 1983 -

  • JSTOR
    Description: JSTOR database is unique because the complete backfiles of core scholarly journals have been digitized, starting with the very first issues, many of which reach back to the 1800s. The database now contains over 2 million pages and new titles and fields are being added constantly (approximately 100,000 pages are added to the database each month).
    Coverage: varies from title to title, but approximately from the 1800s to 1994.
  • Project Muse
    Description: Project Muse provides worldwide, networked, subscription access to the full text of scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics.
    Coverage: 1995 -

Print Indexes and Abstracts (Located on the third floor of the library)

  • Book Review Digest-1906-2002
  • Book Review Index-1965 to date
  • Children's Book Review Index-1965 to 1997
  • International Index-1907-1965
  • National Library Service Cumulative Book Review Index 1904-1974-1905-1974
  • New York Times Book Review Index-1896-1970
  • Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature-1900/1904-1995

Journals

  • BookList -- Periodical Area print current 3 years only
  • Choice -- Periodical Area print current 5 years
  • Literary Review -- Periodical Area print v.15, 1972-v.24 no.2, 1980
    Periodical Area microfilm v.1, 1957-v.14, 1971
  • New York Times Review of Books -- Periodical Area microfilm 1963-
    Periodical Area Current issues in printuntil microfilm arrives

Suggested Library Catalog Subject Headings

Use the following subject headings to search for additional sources in Cofrin Library Catalog:

Web Resources

Amazon.com http://www.Amazon.com
Barnes & Noble.com http://www.BarnesandNoble.com

For Further Help

The sources listed here are just the beginning of possible resources for your research. Our reference staff would be happy to work with you on your specific research needs. Stop at the Reference Desk on the 3rd floor of the library for in-person assistance, or call us at
920-465-2303 -- Toll Free 1-888-729-4611. Other options for contacting us include email. You may also schedule an office call to work one-on-one with a member of the reference staff.