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Database |
Description |
|---|---|
| FEDSTATS | Description:
FEDSTATS provides easy access to the full range of statistics and information
produced by more than 70 agencies in the United States Federal Government. Coverage: Current Vendor: U.S. Government |
| Funk & Wagnells New World Encyclopedia | Description: Provides over
25,000 encyclopedic entries. Searchable by subject or keywords within the
entry. Coverage: Current with annual updates Vendor: EBSCOhost |
| GenderWatch
|
Description: GenderWatch
is a full-text collection of international journals, magazines, newsletters,
regional publications, special reports and conference proceedings devoted
to women's and gender issues. The database provides in-depth coverage of
the subjects that are uniquely central to women's daily lives, including
family, childbirth, birth control, daycare, domestic abuse, work and the
workplace, sexual harassment, aging, aging parents, body image, eating disorders
and social and societal roles. Coverage: Mid 1970 - present Vendor: Proquest |
| General
Science Full Text |
Description: Provides indexing
and abstracting to 168 popular and professional English language science
periodicals. Designed specifically for students and non- specialists, the
periodicals covered range from very general to highly specialized titles.
Subjects covered include biology, chemistry, astronomy, conservation, earth
science, medicine, nutrition, oceanography, and zoology. Coverage: 1984 - present Vendor: WilsonWeb |
| GEOBASE
|
Description: An index to
literature on geology, geography, and ecology. Coverage: 1980 - present Vendor: FirstSearch |
| Geobib | Description: Online Geographical
Bibliography (Geobib) is a searchable online database of all bibliographic
entries found in Current Geographical Publications. Current
Geographical Publications includes bibliographical references to books,
periodical articles, pamphlets, government documents, maps and atlases in
the American Geographical Society Collection of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
are included and arranged in accordance with the classification scheme utilized
in the AGS Collection Research Catalogue. Coverage: 1985 - present Vendor: Endeavor / UW-Milwaukee |
| GeoRef
|
Description: An index to
periodical articles on geology and earth sciences. Coverage: US, 1785 - present; World, 1933 - present. Vendor: SilverPlatter |
| Gerritsen Collection | Description: Contains more
than 4,700 publications from continental Europe, the U.S., the United Kingdom,
Canada, and New Zealand, dating from 1543-1945 that trace the evolution
of feminism movement. Coverage: 1543-1945, with the majority of the coverage from 1860-1900. Vendor: Alexander Street Press |
| Government
Documents Catalog Service |
Description: Government
Documents Catalog Service is a accumulation of the complete Monthly Catalog
of US Government Publications with coverage 1976 to Present. The database
contains over 400,000 citations to books, journals, reports, maps and other
materials. Subject coverage includes agriculture, education, health, environment,
defense, labor, energy, transportation, forests and fisheries, mining, manufacturing,
domestic and foreign trade. Coverage: 1976 - present Vendor: Autographics Guide: Guide to the Government Documents Catalog Service |
| Green Bay Press-Gazette | Description: Complete full-text
content of local and regional news, including community events, schools,
politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state
industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded. Coverage: 1999 - present Vendor: Newsbank |
| Grove
Music |
Description: Comprehensive
online reference resource for the field of music. This the online
version of the New Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians 2nd edition
. Coverage: current Vendor: Groves |
| Health
Source |
Description: There are two
versions of this database, a Consumer edition and a Nursing edition.
Between the two editions there are abstracts and indexing for nearly 500
consumer health, nutrition and professional periodicals. Over 200 periodicals
are covered in full text as well as over 1,000 health pamphlets. Also included
is USP DI Volume II, Advice for the Patient which provides patient-oriented
drug information in lay language and 17 health books published by the People's
Medical Society. Coverage: 1988 - present Vendor: EBSCOhost |
| Historical Abstracts | Description: Historical
Abstracts is a reference guide to the history of the world from 1450 to
the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered
in America: History and Life). Currently
over 2,000 journals published throughout the world are covered in the
database. |
| Historical Newspapers-The New York Times | Description: Historical
Newspapers-The New York Times has full text and full image articles from
the New York Times dating back to the 19th century. |
| HRAF
- Ethnography (eHRAF) |
Description: eHRAF is an
acronym for Human Relations Area Files, which indexes the information in
its collection of ethnography by culture and subject. Using a systematic
listing of the cultures of the world search for information on hundreds
of cultures worldwide. Coverage: varies Vendor: Human Relations Area File, Inc. Guide: Human Relations Area File |
| Humanities
Full
Text |
Description: Provides indexing
and abstracting to 400 English- language periodicals on disciplines including
literature and language, history, philosophy, archaeology, classical studies,
folklore, gender studies, performing arts, history, religion and theology.
Coverage: 1984 - present Vendor: WilsonWeb |
| Ingenta |
Description: Formerly Uncover,
this database provides free searching and browsing of more than 25,000 publications. Coverage: 1988 - present Vendor: Ingenta |
| Institute of Physics Journals | Description: Search over
30 journals from the Institute of Physics. Coverage: 1975 - present Vendor: IoP |
International Index to Music Periodicals
|
Description: IIMP draws
its current content from more than 370 international music periodicals from
over 20 countries. IIMP also includes retrospective coverage from over 185
periodicals dating back as far as 1874. Included in the current and retrospective
content are 29 complete-run titles, from inception to the present (or final)
issue, and many partial-run titles. Coverage: 1874-present Vendor: ProQuest |
| 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. Vendor: JSTOR |
| Lexis
Nexis Academic |
Description : Academic
Universe provides access to nearly 5,000 publication on a wide range of
news, business, legal, and reference information. Coverage: 1990 - present Vendor: Lexis-Nexis |
| LexisNexis
Congressional |
Description : Allows you
to search the following: Hearing transcripts and submitted testimony, Committee
reports, Bills, Public laws, Selected committee prints, Congressional documents,
Congressional Record, Federal Register, Current Code of Federal Regulations,
and the current US Code. Coverage: Varies from source to source Vendor: Lexis-Nexis |
Revised 22 Aug 2006
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