The ACLS Humanities E-Book Project is an online, fully searchable collection of high-quality books in the humanities, recommended and reviewed by scholars in the humanities.
Chemistry database that searches articles from journals published by the American Chemical Society. Articles are full-text and cover all areas of chemistry. 1879-present.
The African American Experience (AAE) is a full-text resource exploring the history and culture of African Americans, as well as the greater Black Diaspora. Includes research titles, slave narratives, images, primary sources, and vetted Web sites.
Based on Joseph Sabin's landmark bibliography, this full-text collection contains works about the Americas published throughout the world from 1500 to the early 1900's.
Is a full-text resource exploring the histories and contemporary cultures of the indigenous peoples of the United States featuring more than 150 volumes, hundreds of primary documents, and thousands of images.
AnthroSource provides access to the full text of all peer-reviewed journals, newsletters, and bulletins published by the American Anthropological Association. Most materials date back to the last third of the 1900’s.
ARTFL, the Project for American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language, "is a cooperative enterprise of Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Francaise (ATILF) of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), the Division of the Humanities, the Division of the Social Sciences, and Electronic Text Services (ETS) of the University of Chicago." Currently, "the corpus consists of nearly 2000 texts, ranging from classic works of French literature to various kinds of non-fiction prose and technical writing. The eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries are about equally represented, with a smaller selection of seventeenth century texts as well as some medieval and Renaissance texts. . . . recently added [is] a Provencal database that includes 38 texts in their original spellings. Genres include novels, verse, theater, journalism, essays, correspondence, and treatises. Subjects include literary criticism, biology, history, economics, and philosophy. In most cases standard scholarly editions were used in converting the text into machine-readable form, and the data contain page references to these editions."
This is our best resource for information about birds. It provides comprehensive information on over 700 species of birds breeding in North America. Entries include basic information about the species, links to articles, videos, sound recordings, and many photographs.
A standard collection of the works of Greek historians whose works have survived only in fragmentary form. Includes English translations and abundant commentaries.
Provides current information on the addresses, phone, e-mail and websites for a large number of journals in order to help you publish your manuscripts. Each Directory includes extensive information on the style and format of most journals; and if a journal has its own set of manuscript guidelines, a copy of these guidelines is also included. The index in each Directory helps you match the characteristics of your manuscript to the topic areas the journal emphasizes, information about the review process, acceptance rate, the charge to review or publish the manuscript, copies required and manuscript topics.
The Cambridge Companions is a collection of full-text, scholarly reviewed essay anthologies on a range of topics in literature, the classics, philosophy, culture and religion. The collection is best for searching on particular authors, movements, eras and works.
This portal allows users to search several databases containing evidence-based medical resources: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness, ACP Journal Club, and Cochrane central Register of Controlled Trials.
Research reports on issues in business management and global economics. This source includes studies of Fortune 500 companies. Access to webcasts and PowerPoints of business presentations are part of this collection.
This LexisNexis database allows you to search the Congressional Record and its predecessors. The official log of all debates and proceedings of the US Congress, the Congressional Record is published daily.
Provides access to concise reports on a wide variety of topics and issues of current interest. Reports provide an overview of the topic, including background information and an assessment of the current situation, balanced coverage of differing viewpoints and a bibliography of key sources.
This database contains step-by-step instructions for new and classic research techniques. Content areas covered include: cell & molecular biology, immunology, chromatography, PCR, electrophoresis, genetics, bioinformatics, protein science, RNA interference, plant biology and many others.
Provides a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary resource that supports history, social studies, English, and language students. It moves seamlessly from past to present, providing context for contemporary life and culture. The content is enhanced with new books, articles, images, maps, primary documents, and more on a regular cycle.
The Dictionary of Literary Biography is an encyclopedia of literary figures with strongest coverage of those working in English. Entries interweave author biography with a discussion of their works and include substantial references for further research. The resource also includes entries for notable screenwriters, journalists, publishers and children’s authors.
Early English Books Online contains over 100,000 English texts first published in the 15th through 17th centuries. Topical coverage varies widely and full-text searching is available in a minority of titles.
The Economist Historical Archive delivers a complete searchable copy of every issue of The Economist from 1843 to 2008. Full-colour images, multiple search indexes, and the facility to browse each and every issue - all combine to offer a unique primary source covering the 19th and 20th centuries.
eHRAF Archaeology will help you find paragraphs in English in online books on specific topics related to the world’s prehistory and archaeological traditions. It is a cross-cultural database designed to facilitate comparative studies in archaeology.
eHRAF World Cultures will help you find paragraphs in English from thousands of online books on all aspects of the cultural and social life of cultures and ethnic groups from all over the world.
The Financial Times Historical Archive delivers the complete searchable run of the world’s most authoritative daily business newspaper. Every item ever printed in the paper, from 1888-2008, can be searched and browsed article by article and page by page.
Five resources in one: Encyclopedia of Associations: International Organizations covers multinational and national membership organizations including U.S.-based organizations with a bi-national or multinational membership. Entries provide contact information, description of the organization's history, governance, staff, budget, affiliations, goals, activities and much more. Market Share Reporter provides comparative business statistics, an immediate overview of companies, products and services and cites original sources. Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies provides updated company profiles with an emphasis on private companies. Research Centers Directory gives access to information on the programs, facilities, publications, educational efforts and services of North America's leading nonprofit research institutes. National Faculty Directory provides names, departmental affiliations and institutional addresses of professionals at American and Canadian colleges and universities.
The Gale Virtual Reference Library contains the searchable full text of many reference books – for a complete list of titles, enter the database and then click on “Title List.” You may search one title, a combination of titles, or all titles at once. You may also generate citations to these books in MLA or APA format.
Focuses on the physical, social, and economic aspects of environmental issues. Includes authoritative analysis, academic journal articles, news, case studies, legislation, conference proceedings, primary source documents, statistics, and rich multimedia.
This resource contains a variety of data about the population of the United States as well as the social and economic conditions, with some tables including information from as early as 1790. Tables can be viewed online, downloaded in PDF, or Excel spreadsheets.
IPS Source Contains phonetic transcriptions and literal translations of opera arias, German Lieder, French mélodies, and Italian art songs, featuring the texts to the works of all the great song and opera composers as found in the most common anthologies.
Latino American Experience (LAE) focuses on the history and culture of Latinos living in the United States. LAE’s content spans from pre-Columbian civilizations of the Americas through the present day. Includes research titles, images, primary documents, Spanish-language content, timeline, and vetted web sites. In addition, LAE’s Origins section features both ready-reference and in-depth information about the history, culture, and customs of the people of Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Iberian Peninsula.
Lectrix is a powerful online tool designed to help students read Greek and Latin texts in the original language by providing them with all the information required actively to understand a text, including commentaries, dictionary, parser and translation.
Literature Criticism Online includes full-text biographical and critical essays on major poets, playwrights, novelists and other writing through history and across language. Emphasis is on western authors writing in English. All materials come from the Gale Literature Criticism series.
Use this database to explore contributions to mathematical research from 1940 to the present. MathSciNet contains summaries of articles and reviews of books gathered from publications of the American Mathematical Society. Note: some search results include links to full text of the article reviewed, but not all; and not all of the full text links are in sources licensed for use at GVSU.
Contains full-text information about and reviews of over 2,000 commercially available English-language tests covering educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology, and related areas as included in the printed Mental Measurements Yearbooks. All entries contain descriptive information (e.g., test purpose, publisher, pricing) and edited review(s) written by leading content area experts." Coverage is from 1985 (Volume 9) to the present.
Global business and key financial data on companies with full company history, 15 years of financials, SEC filings and country reports can be found in Mergent Online.
A U.K. database providing consumer market reports from Europe and the U.S. Strategies for reaching target market audiences in the following industry areas: food and drink, consumer goods, retail, finance, leisure and travel. You must register to use this database and sign in each time you use it.
A complete archive of the magazine to the mid-1990s, National Geographic Magazine Archive, 1888-1994, includes every page, photograph and map, all fully searchable.
Oxford Art Online is an art reference library that searches Grove Art Online, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, and The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics. This resource contains images, biographies, subject entries, and thematic timelines.
Oxford English Dictionary is the authoritative historical dictionary for the English language as it has evolved over the last millennium and across the world. Words can be searched both for their own history and their presence within the full-text of other entries.
An encyclopedic reference source for information on Islam. It features the Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World, the Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, the Islamic World: Past and Present, the Oxford Dictionary of Islam, the Oxford History of Islam, and What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam. Includes Qur'anic texts.
The innovative Oxford Language Dictionaries Online site offers essential language resources never before available online: fully searchable, completely comprehensive bilingual dictionaries, and unique study materials that provide extra help with learning and using an expanding range of languages. This resource is limited to 3 users at any one time.
Oxford Music Online has been the leading online resource for music research since its inception in 2001, a glorious compendium of music scholarship offering the full texts of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd Edition (2001), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera (1992), and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd Edition (2001), as well as all subsequent updates and emendations. Including 50,000 signed articles and 28,000 biographies contributed by over 6,000 scholars from around the world, Oxford Music Online is the unsurpassed authority on all aspects of music.
Plunkett Research Online provides industry analysis on 33 industry sectors with information on companies (some international), statistics, and market research and trends. Also features helpful tools for job seekers.
Provides information on American and world popular culture, past and present without the bias, advertising, suggestive content, or questionable authorship of commercial or fan sites.
A collection of several hundred full text international, national and regional newspapers, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Washington Post, The Guardian, and Detroit Free Press. Coverage is from 1977-present, but will vary from newspaper to newspaper.
PsycARTICLES helps you to find full-text, peer-reviewed articles in journals published by the American Psychological Association and allied organizations. It covers general psychology and specialized basic, applied, clinical, and theoretical research in psychology back to 1894. You may also search PsycInfo for these articles, as all information from PsycArticles is duplicated there.
Safari Tech Books Online is a collection of IT technical reference content and computer manuals covering certification, enterprise computing, Java, Linux/Unix, Web development, Windows, XML, and more; O’Reilly Media publications form the core of the collection. The collection is continuously updated; it includes the past two years plus the current year. Note: 2 simultaneous users are allowed.
This database of media rates and information catalogs more than 100,000 U.S. and international media properties. SRDS provides detailed ad rates, due dates and contact data. With the majority of SRDS Media Solutions available online, you can create contact reports and obtain additional information with direct links to media kits and audit statements.
Contains S&P's Market Investment News; Register of Corporations, Directors & Executives; Stock Reports; Industry Surveys; Mutual Fund Reports; The Outlook; Bond Guide; Earnings Guide; Dividend Record; and more.
STAT!Ref contains medical reference e-books covering all aspects of medicine and allied health. It includes key references for evidence-based medicine, pharmacology, anatomy, coding and classification, diagnosis, definitions, and calculations which can all be searched simultaneously.
The Times Digital Archive is a full-image online archive of every page published by The Times (London) from 1785-2006. The text within the images is fully searchable at the article level. Users can easily search news articles, obituaries, advertising and classifieds — virtually everything that appeared in the newspaper. Results are displayed at the article level and users may view the article — or the full page upon which it appeared.
TumbleBooks Library is a searchable collection of 350+ online animated and talking books for children grades K-5. Books include fiction and non-fiction with some titles in several languages. An Educators Resource section provides grade appropriate classroom online and reproducible activities which complement the books.
The Serial Set contains House and Senate documents and reports including treaty materials, communications from the president, committee reports, and some outside publications. This database includes materials from between 1789-2003.
UpToDate is a comprehensive database of clinical information for practitioners. It provides symptoms, tests, diagnosis, and therapy for illnesses and conditions including evidence and opinions for the most recommended path.
Advertising database includes case studies, best practices, market intelligence, major brands, adspend statistics, demographics, & campaign videos in all areas of marketing communications.
Covers state and federal case law and statutes and regulations, the Code of Federal Regulations. Federal Register, American Jurisprudence 2nd, American Law Reports and law reviews.
World Folklore and Folklife explores folklore holiday traditions, festivals, language, stories and fairy tales, proverbs, food traditions, and folk remedies that define our society and our place within it.
Search for review articles in many subject areas including biomedical/life sciences, physical sciences, and social sciences. Review articles give excellent information on a topic but are not considered primary research. 1932-present.
Black Thought and Culture is a landmark electronic collection of approximately 100,000 pages of non-fiction writings by major American black leaders—teachers, artists, politicians, religious leaders, athletes, war veterans, entertainers, and other figures—covering 250 years of history. In addition to the most familiar works, Black Thought and Culturepresents a great deal of previously inaccessible material, including letters, speeches, prefatory essays, political leaflets, interviews, periodicals, trial transcripts and the complete run of the Black Panther Newspaper.
International affairs database with working papers, journal articles, books, policy papers and more from a wide variety of sources. Most of the resources in this database are available full text.
Provides access to all of the library's online Congressional Quarterly resources, which provide coverage of U.S. government and politics, foreign affairs and current events. Covered resources include CQ Weekly and CQ Research.
IEEE Xplore provides access to the full text of electrical engineering, electronics, and computer science literature produced by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). The database includes the contents of journals, magazines, newsletters, conference proceedings, and IEEE standards. All content is complete from 1988 to present; some selected content dates back to 1913.
JSTOR provides the searchable full text of the backfiles (at least 3 years old) of many of the core research and academic society published journals in almost all subject areas, but its emphasis is in the humanities and social sciences. The majority of JSTOR’s content is academic and peer-reviewed.
Literature Resource Center includes full text access to a wide range of sources for literary research, including peer-reviewed journal articles, book reviews, biographical and topical overview essays and poetry and short fiction from contemporary literary magazines.
Is a full-text resource covering today's hottest social issues. It contains pro and con viewpoint articles, reference articles that provide context, full-text magazines, academic journals, and newspapers, primary source documents, government and organizational statistics, multimedia, including images and podcasts, links to hand-selected web sites, and more.
This database contains congressional documents from as early as 1789 through the present. You can search by member of congress, keyword, author, or citation (particularly helpful if you found a reference in another paper).
Covers the literature on primary, secondary, and higher education, as well as special education, home schooling, adult education, and hundreds of related topics. Includes 640 full text journals. Coverage is from 1991 to the present.
Covers the literature of political science and international relations, including such topics as comparative politics, political economy, international development, environmental policy, and hundreds of related topics. Includes 430 full text journals, dissertations and country information. Coverage is from 1985-present.
Covers a wide variety of social science topics, including addiction studies, urban studies, family studies and international relations. Includes more than 640 full text journals. Coverage is from 1994-present.
Sage Complete allows you to find full-text articles in journals published by Sage in the fields of communications, criminology, education, health sciences, materials science, management, political science, psychology, sociology, and urban studies, from 1879 to the present.
SpringerLink allows Grand Valley users full-text access to over 1700 journals in subjects including science, technology, humanities and law. Search the entire database or within subject collections or by publication type (which includes journal articles, reference entries, and books.)
This database includes hard-to-find local and regional business publications, including McClatchey Tribune titles, with news about local companies, analysis, information on local markets and more. It also allows users to research employment opportunities, compile data on benefits and compensation, learn about corporate strategies and other topics from a local and regional perspective.
This database is one of the most comprehensive business databases on the market. It includes in-depth coverage for thousands of publications, most of which are available in full text and the latest business and financial information for researchers at all levels.
This database includes in-depth coverage of companies, products, executives, trends and other topics. With ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry users can study and compare specific trades and industries, including telecommunications, computing, transportation, construction, petrochemicals and many others.
Academic OneFile offers articles from a variety of disciplines, including the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, theology, and literature. Articles come from a variety of sources, including newspapers, reference sources, and academic journals. Includes full-text coverage of the New York times from 1995 to present.
Academic Search Premier is a giant database that covers more than 8,000 journals, 85% of which are peer-reviewed and over 55% are full text, and full text for nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. It covers a wide variety of disciplines.
Comprehensive coverage of accounting and tax topics appearing in key industry publications and newspapers. National and international in scope, key publications focus on accounting policies and standards, state and national tax legislation, corporate and individual taxation, compensation and pension plans, and corporate financial management, as well as profiles of accounting firms, CPAs, and management consulting firms.
Use this database to find computer science literature from an extensive range of journals, newsletters, and conference proceedings published or co-marketed by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The ACM Digital Library contains the full text of every article ever published by ACM since its founding, from the 1950s to present.
Use this database to find peer-reviewed and professional journal articles about complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.
Alt-Press Watch™ showcases unique, independent voices from some of our nation’s most respected and cited grassroots newspapers, magazines, and journals. The database features over 670,000 articles from more than 210 publications, offering a wide range of unfettered, critical coverage of the news.
Anthropology Plus will help you find national and international, English and non-English journal articles and sometimes other types of documents in the fields of anthropology, archaeology, ethnology, folklore, and related fields of study, going back to the early 1800’s up to the present time. Only 5 people at a time can access this information source.
Provides indexing and abstracting covering health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations and education. Coverage is from 1987-present.
Art Full Text and Retrospective indexes more than 500 worldwide publications covering the fine, decorative and commercial arts, crafts and media as far back as 1929.
Biological & Agricultural Index covers all areas of agriculture, biology, and environmental science. Search for articles, book reviews, conference proceedings, and biographical sketches of scientists. 1983-present.
BIOSIS Previews covers all areas of the life sciences. Search for articles, patents, meetings, and books. Use the citation maps feature to find out who has been citing an article. 1926-present.
Black Studies Center includes scholarly essays, recent periodicals, historical newspaper articles, images, and film clips. It combines several Black Studies databases: Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, International Index to Black Periodicals (IIBP), historical black newspapers, and the Black Literature Index.
Comprehensive information on all aspects of business related topics and 55 videos from the Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series. The database features company SWOT analyses and market research reports. Country reports are included in this database. This version of the resource is hosted on a specially designed interface for this content.
Comprehensive information on all aspects of business related topics and 55 videos from the Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series. The database features company SWOT analyses and market research reports. Country reports are included in this database.
The China Academic Journals database contains full-text articles on Chinese literature, history, and philosophy. Most articles are presented in Chinese simplified characters; although some content is in English, this database is primarily for researchers and students comfortable reading and searching in Chinese.
This database provides access to health science literature related to nursing and allied health disciplines. In addition, it includes standards of practice and evidence-based care guidelines.
Use this database to find computer-related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications, and the application of technology. Contents are from 1980 to present, gathered from a wide range of newspapers, magazines, and journals on computing, information technology, and high-tech industries. Emphasis is on news and current awareness.
Education Abstracts provides access to a vast range of historical education magazines, peer-reviewed journals, and yearbooks. Articles and information about articles written between 1929 and 1983 are found in this database, as well as articles written since 1995.
Education Research Complete is the most comprehensive resource for education research. Find articles (including full text and scholarly articles), books, and conference papers in all areas of education. Includes information about books and articles written in the last 100 years.
Includes content from 2,500 full-text magazines, newspapers, books, and transcripts--plus thousands of maps, pictures, educator-approved websites from Homework Central, and top-quality multimedia (audio/video) files.
The Knovel General Engineering & Engineering Management collection includes the full text of over 200 leading reference handbooks and manuals in general engineering and engineering management, including interactive graphs and tables.
The ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) database is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. ERIC provides access to journal articles, conferences, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, and books.
The ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) database is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. ERIC provides access to journal articles, conferences, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, and books. Please note that this version of ERIC does NOT provide document delivery, links to other GVSU databases, or to the library catalog.
A collection of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press in America. Searchable in both English and Spanish, with titles in both languages.
Film & Television Literature Index is a comprehensive bibliographic database covering the entire spectrum of television and film writing. It has been designed for use by a diverse audience that includes film scholars, college students, and general viewers. Publications include Film Journal International, Journal of British Cinema & Television, Film Criticism, Post Script, Variety, and more as well as technical publications such as SMPTE. Mirroring the international film & television industries and cultures, FTLI also includes publications such as Cahiers du Cinema, Filmihullu, SegnoCinema, and Kinetoscopio. Subject coverage includes film & television theory, preservation & restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews.
GenderWatch focuses on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas. Publications include academic and scholarly journals; magazines; newspapers; newsletters; regional publications; books, booklets and pamphlets; conference proceedings; and government, NGO and special reports, some of which are available full text.
Source for news and full text articles on business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social sciences, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Updated daily.
Provides current information on business, industry, the arts, science, entertainment, etc. found in general interest magazines, reference books, maps and historical images, business and industry journals, children's magazines, and newspaper articles. Updated daily. Some entries go as far back as 1980.
This database searches for articles, biographical sketches of scientists, conference proceedings, lab guides, and book reviews in many different scientific fields. 1984-present.
The Catalog of Government Publications allows you to search all materials distributed to depository libraries since 1976, whether Grand Valley owns it or not. There are over 500,000 records and the listings are updated daily.
GreenFile searches for information in all areas related to the human impact on the environment. Some examples of topics covered: global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy and recycling. Information available includes articles, government information, books, and book reviews.
This database provides background resources for health related topics. In addition to journal article content, it contains a medical encyclopedia and dictionary, drug information, and links to much more.
A collection of research materials for tracing family history, genealogy, and American culture. Use to look up a specific person, place, or family name.
Provides indexing for journals covering fields such as archaeology, area studies, art, classical studies, communications, dance, film, folklore, gender studies, history, journalism, linguistics, literary and social criticism, literature, music, performing arts, philosophy, religion, and theology. Coverage is from 1907-present.
Index Islamicus is an international bibliography of publications in European languages on all aspects of Islam and the Muslim world. It covers their history, beliefs, societies, cultures, languages and literatures. It includes material published by Western Orientalists, social scientists and Muslims writing in European languages.
The mission of this database is "to excite and inspire the world's children to become members of the global community – children who understand the value of tolerance and respect for diverse cultures, languages and ideas -- by making the best in children's literature available online."
IMP covers all aspects of music, including genre, music education, performance, ethnomusicology, musical theatre, theory, popular music forms, and composition in both scholarly and popular music journals.
International coverage of scholarly articles, symposia, jurisdictional surveys, court decisions, legislation, books, book reviews, and more from 1981 to the present.
Indexing for over 1,300 titles including law reviews, legal newspapers, law specialty publications, bar association journals and law-related articles from general interest publications.
LGBT Life offers journal articles, books, and reference works covering academic, cultural, lifestyle, and regional publications focused on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender topics.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts provides information on hundreds of articles, books, reports, and proceedings dealing with librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management, and more as far back as the mid-1960s.
Library Literature will help you find references to English and foreign-language articles, pamphlets, books, theses, and conference proceedings on all topics related to libraries and information science. Coverage is from 1984 to the present.
Literature Online (LION) provides full-text, searchable access to a wide range of English language literary works, criticism, and reference sources. Robust searching allows users to find authors by nationality, ethnicity, movement and period. Includes Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature, 1920- (ABELL).
The National Library of Medicine provides a wide variety of resources related to the biomedical and health sciences in the form of databases, databanks, bibliographic citations, full-text, and images. Among them are Entrez, a molecular biology database system; Cancer Information; AIDSInfo; Medline Plus, a patient health information database; PubMed Central, an open-access database of full-text articles in the health and biological sciences; and TOXNET, a network of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas.
Designed for nursing students, the Nursing Resource Center brings together in an easy-to-use interface disease and drug overviews, care plans, relevant journal results and animated anatomy and physiology diagrams to complement the core encyclopedia texts. The information is written in accessible language for students completing class assignments and preparing for clinicals as they learn how to care for and treat patients. Search results are returned in tabs that correspond to steps in the nursing process.
Use for locating information about market size and share, industry trends, emerging technologies and competitive opportunities. Includes abstracts and full text from international trade and business journals, industry newsletters, newspapers, and summaries from investment and brokerage firm reports.
Find the latest business and financial news from the Eastern Hemisphere. Covers Asian business and financial information from key international publications.
Full text indexing for 45 criminal justice journals frequently consulted by professionals, plus complete abstracts for over 100 additional criminal justice titles.
ProQuest Entrepreneurship content includes: market research, video clips, trade publications, business cases, how-to books, guides, templates, forms, scholarly journals, working papers and dissertations, blogs, and much more. Content providers are among the most respected business publishers and information providers in the world, including: Dow Jones & Company, Inc.; Emerald Publishing; Springer Science+Business Media; Palgrave Macmillan; Prendismo (eClipsNet); John Wiley & Sons; University of Texas at Austin Venture Labs Investment Competition; Social Science Research Network (SSRN); New Strategist Publications, Inc.; First Research; Incisive Media; Hoovers; and others.
ProQuest Psychology Journals™ provides abstracts and indexing for more than 710 titles, with over 570 titles available in full text. Users get access to charts, diagrams, graphs, tables, photos, and other graphical elements essential to psychological research. Additionally, ProQuest Psychology Journals includes 4,000 full text dissertations representing a range of psychology disciplines including behavioral, clinical, cognitive, developmental, experimental, industrial, personality, physiological, psychobiology, psychometrics and social psychology.
Search the full-text of leading sociology journals. This collection provides full-text coverage of many core titles included in Sociological Abstracts.
PsycINFO, produced by the American Psychological Association, provides access to journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations, reports, and other documents from all over the world in both English and foreign languages in the field of psychology and related disciplines such as education, criminology, psychiatry, social work, medicine, and law, back to 1887.
Provides abstracts for the field of Public Administration, including research and theory. Records are selected from many of the leading periodicals in the discipline, including Public Administration Review, Public Administration Quarterly, and International Journal of Public Administration.
PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, is a publicly available online database of biomedical and medical journal records. It includes MEDLINE content.
REHABDATA is a literature database on disability and rehabilitation produced by the National Rehabilitation Information Center. It covers physical, mental, and psychiatric disabilities, independent living, vocational rehabilitation, special education, assistive technology, law, employment, and other issues as they relate to people with disabilities. The types of documents described in REHABDATA include research reports, books, journal articles, and audiovisual materials.
The Knovel Safety & Industrial Hygiene collection provides full text access to over 200 core titles in the areas of fire safety, industrial safety, industrial hygiene, radiation, and toxic substances. This collection is keyword searchable and contains interactive tables, graphs and equations.
Scirus is the most comprehensive science-specific search engine on the Internet. Works similarly to Google, but searches for articles, scientist’s homepages, patent information and information from scientific websites.
Short Story Index contains detailed descriptions for almost 100,000 short stories published since 1984 in a range of magazines. Stories are searchable by fields such as genre and literary device in addition to author, title, publication and the like.
Search this database to learn how to start, finance or manage your small business. Resources include sample business plans, how to guides, articles and websites.
Social Sciences Full Text provides references to English-language articles, interviews, obituaries, biographies, and book reviews in anthropology, economics, geography, law, political science, psychology, sociology, and other social sciences back to 1983, with summaries of documents back to 1994.
Contains information on the fields of social work and human services (including theory and practice) and social issues and problems from 1977 to present.
Covers sociology and other aspects of the social sciences and may be useful in locating information in related areas like anthropology; criminology; and ethnic, racial, and gender studies. Author Profiles support identifying areas of expertise or focus of authors. Coverage dates back to 1895 for some journals and full text is available for a large percentage of sources.
Covers journals, popular sources, book chapters, books, dissertations, theses, and conference proceedings in sport and fitness literature as well as related disciplines like sport and exercise science; physical education; occupational and recreational therapy; human movement studies; sport management and medicine; sport and exercise psychology; biomechanics; sport law; training; and coaching. Some coverage dates back to 1800 and many sources include full text.
Provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration / policy. Coverage is from 1975-present.
This database, funded by NASA, searches for information about astronomy, astrophysics, instrumentation, physics, and geophysics. Users can search for articles, books, conference proceedings and pre-prints (the author’s version of an article before it goes through peer-review).
The National Library of Agriculture database that searches for articles and books in all areas of agriculture, forestry and animal science. 1970-present.
L'Annèe Philologique is useful for researchers in the classics, philosophy, history, art, archaeology, and the humanities. It contains publication information for articles for the years 1924 to about 3 years ago, accompanied by a brief abstract.
Find journal articles in the arts & humanities. Many different subject areas covered including: art, classics, linguistics, literature, music, poetry, and religion. Use the citation maps feature to find out who has been citing an article. 1975-present.
Enables users to locate biographical entries contained in more than 1,000 volumes and editions of important current and past biographical reference sources. This index contains citations that point to over 15 million biographies on nearly 5 million people, living and deceased, from all time periods, geographical locations, and fields of endeavor.
Biography Index covers "articles, books, and autobiographies for biographical subjects from antiquity to the present; includes individual and collective biographies from all fields and nationalities." Indexing coverage is from 1984 to the present.
Covers a range of materials, including scholarly and non-scholarly articles and books relating to philanthropy, foundations, and the nonprofit sector. Topics range from charitable giving, statistics, theory, international and domestic philanthropy, and nonprofit administration. There is also information on policy, law and tax regulations as they relate to these fields. Updated yearly.
Child Care and Early Education Research Connections (often referred to as Research Connections) provides access to over 11,000 resources in the field of early child care and early education. A "comprehensive and unbiased collection” that “includes scholarly research, policy briefs, government reports, data, and instruments from a wide range of disciplines and sources, including multiple federal agencies."
"Contains abstracts of articles published in the primary professional literature of the communication(s) field. The full text of the ComAbstracts database can be searched; that is, abstracts may be searched by word, phrase, or author. The search system supports full Boolean search logic (AND, OR, NOT, XOR), proximity searching, wildcard searching, and word conflation (which finds alternative forms of words based on common linguistic roots). Synonyms are available for many clusters of terms and are included automatically in searches unless they are explicitly overriden in the search specification (for example, a search for 'YOUTH' will also match 'TEEN' and 'ADOLESCENT'). The database may also be searched using a keyword system consisting of menus of prepared terms and search specifications." Coverage depends on the journal, but most span the late 1980's and 1990's; some start earlier, including one beginning in 1966. Updates are continuous.
CompPile (at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi) is "an ongoing inventory of publications in post-secondary composition, rhetoric, ESL, and technical writing: 1939-1999." It is free to the public for nonprofit use; use for profit, however, requires permission. Its purpose is "to allow ready reference to the published twentieth-century work in post-secondary composition and rhetoric, from the beginning of WWII to the end of the century. It does not extend before 1939 or after 1999. It is an on-line, keyworded, searchable inventory for researchers and teachers and anybody else interested." Its focus is on writing, not speaking. "It integrates journal articles, review-essays, notes and comments, books, dissertations, and edited collections. It does not systematically cover ERIC, which has its own searchable database. It does not systematically cover textbooks, how-to books, conference notices, editor's forwards, or reviews of single works."
Use for information on economic theory and history, monetary theory and financial institutions, labor economics, international, regional and urban economics. Includes subject indexing and abstracts of articles, books, and working papers, and subject indexing of dissertation titles.
Educational Testing Services develops, administers and scores more than 50 million tests annually, including the Tests in Microfiche (TIM) held by GVSU on the 4th floor of Zumberge Library, Allendale. TIM includes research and unpublished instruments.
Created by the American Geological Institute, GeoRef has over 3 million references to books, journal articles, reports, theses, maps, and more. Materials cover North America from 1669 to the present, and the rest of the world from 1933 to the present.
Journal and magazine articles, reviews, book citations, documents, original literary works, and other materials focused on Central and South America, Mexico, Brazil, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics/Latinos in the United States.
The International Bibliography of Art (IBA) is the successor to the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA). It includes the subject areas of fine arts, archeology, museum studies, classical studies, and architecture. This resource has an international scope with over 60% of content from non-English publications. Date coverage: 2008-present.
LLBA: Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts contains abstracts and indexing for articles, books, and other scholarly materials related to linguistics and its sub-disciplines. Coverage is from 1973 to the present.
MEDLINE is the premier database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. It contains over 12 million records of journal articles in all areas of the life sciences.
OT SEARCH makes it possible to search the contents of the Wilma L. West Library for the American Occupational Therapy Association and the American Occupational Therapy Foundation, thus operating as a national clearing house of occupational therapy information.
OTseeker is a database of evidence-based systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials relevant to occupational therapy. Trials have been critically appraised and rated to assist in evaluating their validity and interpretability. In order to find full-text of the trail, links or information is provided.
One of the library's top international relations and foreign affairs databases. This database covers scholarly and trade journals, books and publications from governments and NGOs.
PEDro is a database of evidence-based randomized controlled trials and systematic reviews in the field of physiotherapy. Most trials on the database have been rated using a scale for those trials which are the most valid and those which are not. In order to find full-text of the trial, links or information is provided.
Subjects covered include: coaching and training, dance, fitness tests, health education, kinesiology, motor learning, physical education curricula, physical therapy, recreation, sports equipment, sports law, sports medicine, and sport sociology/psychology. Although not a full-text database, the Get it a GVSU button links smoothly to other databases when full text is available. Coverage ranges from 1970 to present and includes peer-reviewed journals, popular and trade magazines, reports, and conference proceedings.
Published by Rpertoire International de Littrature Musicale, New York, RILM "contains records in over 200 languages; entries include original-language titles, title translations in English, full bibliographic information, and abstracts in English, as well as author, journal, and in-depth subject indexes." RILM covers music and other subjects as they relate to music, including: acoustics; liturgy; aesthetics; mathematics; anthropology; music therapy; criticism; pedagogy; dance; performance practice and notation; dramatic arts; philosophy; ethnomusicology; physics; historical musicology; physiology; instruments and voice; psychology; librarianship; sociology; linguistics and semiotics; theory and analysis; literature; and visual arts. Materials indexed include "articles, books, bibliographies, catalogues, conference proceedings, discographies, dissertations, ethnographic recordings, Festschriften, films, iconographies, and videos. . . . Concert reviews, recording notes, and pedagogical manuals are indexed if they are of scholarly interest." Coverage dates from 1969. Updated monthly.
Find journal articles in the sciences. Over 150 different subject areas covered including: astronomy, chemistry, biology, biotechnology, medicine, physics, mathematics, and zoology. Use the citation maps feature to find out who has been citing an article. 1900-present.
SciFinder provides access to 5 CAS (Chemical Abstracts Service) databases and MEDLINE. Search for chemical structures, molecular formula, chemical reactions, in addition to searching for research topics. SciFinder includes access to full-text articles in scientific journals, more than 16 million reactions, more than a billion predicted and experimental properties, patent information, technical reports, clinical trials, dissertations, and book reviews. Users must set up a free account. Limited to 2 concurrent users.
Find journal articles in the social sciences. Over 50 different subject areas covered including: anthropology, history, law, philosophy, political science, psychology, and social work. Use the citation maps feature to find out who has been citing an article. 1956-present.
Features research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. Includes records for journal articles, dissertations, and citations to book reviews from 1980 to present.
Provides access to the latest findings in theoretical and applied sociology, social science, and political science. Includes references to journal articles; dissertations; book , chapter, and association paper abstracts as well as citations from books, films, and software. Coverage dates back to 1963.
Web of Knowledge is a multidisciplinary resource that allows you to search 5 different databases at once: Web of Science, Current Contents Connect, BIOSIS Previews, MEDLINE, and Journal Citation Reports. Find journal articles, books, conference proceedings, reports, and tables of contents.
This database searches for journal articles, books, reports, and conference proceedings in the sciences, social sciences, and art & humanities. Use the citation maps feature to find out who has been citing an article. 1898-present.
Alexander Street Video consists of thousands of streaming videos from a large number of produces and distributors across a wide range of subject areas, including art, architecture, business, counseling and therapy, dance, economics, education, ethnic studies, ethnography, gay and lesbian studies, health, history, humanities, law and public safety, literature, opera, philosophy, political science, psychology, religion, science, theatre, women’s studies, and more.
Anatomy TV enables you to rotate a 360 degree view of the human body in 15 layers. Anatomy is labeled making this an excellent tool for studying anatomy. There is one concurrent user for this database.
ARTstor is a digital library of nearly one million images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes.
Books and Authors Is a pleasure-reading discovery tool. In addition to the usual fields like author and title, books can be searched by genre, theme, series, time-period, geographical setting and character.
The Children's Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD) contains "information about children's books, video and audio recordings, film strips, and other children-focused media." As of June 3, 2005, CLCD has "more than 900,000 [detailed] catalog records" and "more than 130,000 critical reviews of thousands of children's books, ranging from the earliest baby board books to novels and nonfiction for young adults, and an average of more than 1500 new reviews are added to the database monthly. . . . National, state and international awards back to the first Newbery in 1922 and hundreds of others . . . are included. . . . there are over sixty best books lists such as School Library Journal Best Children's Books . . . All state reading lists are included and updated annually." Appropriate reading levels are also identified in each book record.
Provides concise cultural and statistical snapshots of every country recognized by the United Nations. Local experts document the unique, intimate details of each country's customs, traditions and daily life.
Dance in Video will contain 250 dance productions and documentaries by the most influential performers and companies of the 20th century. Selections cover ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance, as well as forerunners of the forms and the pioneers of modern concert dance.
Education in Video is an online collection of streaming video developed specifically for training and developing teachers. This growing collection of videos will eventually contain more than 1,000 video titles totaling 750 hours of teaching demonstrations, lectures, documentaries, and primary-source footage of students and teachers in actual classrooms.
The GVSU Visual Resources Library is the Art and Design Department Collection consisting of more than 260,000 digital images to support teaching and learning in art and design. To access the collection from off-campus, please contact the Visual Resources Library at vrlib@gvsu.edu or (616)331-3644 for username and password.
HAPI (Health and Psychosocial Instruments) includes information on tools for clinicians and where to find them. It covers such tools as questionnaires, interview schedules, tests, checklists, rating and other scales, coding schemes, and projective techniques in the areas of health sciences, psychology and social sciences. There are ten concurrent users for this database.
The ICPSR provides access to hundreds of thousands of data files from more than 6,800 studies in a wide variety fields, including anthropology, criminal justice, economics, education, foreign policy, gerontology, health and medical policy, law, political science, psychology, public policy and sociology. Users should note that most data from ICPSR must be downloaded into statistical software such as SAS or SPSS to be viewed and manipulated.
IBSS includes over two million bibliographic references to journal articles and to books, reviews and selected chapters dating back to 1951. It is unique in its broad coverage of international material and incorporates over 100 languages and countries.
iPoll is One-stop shopping for academic, commercial, and media polls in the US with search tools designed specifically for survey questions. Users can View various questions to better understand Americans’ views. Please click to view the Responsible Use Statement
This resource compares individual journals in the sciences. Users can use this database to identify the most frequently cited journals, journals with the highest impact factor in their field and the largest journals in a field. This database does NOT search for journal articles.
Learning Express Library provides practice tests for many standard tests from 4th grade level through graduate school tests including the GRE and the MCAT, occupational tests for civil service, law enforcement, teacher certification, etc. Registration (free) is required to take practice tests. Learning Express Library will "provide immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results."
MLA International Bibliography indexes articles, books, and other scholarship related to literature, language, linguistics and folklore. Coverage is from 1926 to the present.
Naxos Music Library is for GVSU music faculty and students only. Since only 15 concurrent users are allowed, we regret that it can be used only for music study, not for pleasure listening. The most comprehensive collection of classical music available online, Naxos Music Library includes the complete Naxos, Marco Polo and Dacapo catalogues of over 85,000 tracks, including Classical music, Jazz, Blues, World, Folk and Chinese music. While listening, users can read notes on the works being played, biographical information on composers or artists, and the full CD insert text with insightful information about the works, artists and composers. The collection is continually increasing, not only from the Naxos label but from other leading independent labels, benchmarked against the collection development suggestions outlined in the Music Library Association's A Basic Music Library. You can listen to whole CDs or individual tracks. You will have CD quality sound at 128K broadband, near-cd quality at 64K broadband, and FM quality at 20K (dial-up).
Hardware and software requirements: For PC user: * MS Windows 98SE, 2000, XP with MS IE 6.0 and Media Player 9.0 * Browser Settings: Security settings of MEDIUM and lower, ActiveX controls enabled, cookies enabled For Apple user: * iMac with OS 8.6 with MS IE 5.1 and Media Player 7.1 or OS X 10.2.8 with MS IE 5.2 and Media Player 9.0 * Browser Settings: Security settings of MEDIUM and lower, cookies enabled
Your computer's Internet connection will determine the streaming rate you can choose. A higher rate means better sound quality. The minimum requirements are: Broadband for 128K streaming DSL or ISDN for 64K streaming Dial-up connection for 20K streaming
Opera in Video will contain 250 of the most important opera performances, captured on video through staged productions, interviews, and documentaries. Selections represent the world’s best performers, conductors, and opera houses and are based on a work’s importance to the operatic canon.
Play Index helps you locate a copy of a play. It indexes "30,000 plays published individually or in collections from 1949 to the present." It covers plays "written in or translated into English, including one-act plays, pageants, plays in verse, radio and television plays, and classic drama."
Each play citation includes an annotation that
* summarizes the plot;
* indicates any musical requirements: chorus, singing, dancing, etc.;
* indicates number of sets, noting whether scenery requirements are interior or exterior.
You can "search for plays by title; author; subject . . . ; style (symbolism, experimental theater); genre (comedy, melodrama, musical); cast type; and more.
ProQuest Statistical DataSets aggregates over 590 licensed and public domain datasets provided by over 50 sources and makes that data available from within a single interface. Users scan the contents of these datasets, select subjects and variables of interest, and view the data in side-by-side tables and charts.
TeachingBooks provides links to author and illustrator web sites, in-studio movies, audio excerpts of book readings, lesson plans, and guides to titles on children's and young adult literature.
Theatre in Video contains more than 250 definitive performances of the world's leading plays, together with more than 100 film documentaries, online in streaming video - more than 500 hours in all.
"Ulrich's Periodicals Directory is a bibliographic database providing detailed, comprehensive, and authoritative information on serials published throughout the world. It covers all subjects, and includes publications that are published regularly or irregularly and are circulated free of charge or by paid subscription." It provides reviews from Magazines for Libraries and Library Journal; search and browse indexes, such as language and frequency; links to related serials for alternate titles and alternate media formats; tens of thousands of URLs and e-mail addresses for links to journals and publishers; access to serials information beyond the title level, with links to tables of contents, article abstracts, journal full-text, and document delivery; the ability to create annotated lists of periodicals; and the ability to print, e-mail, or download up to 200 full records per session in either ASCII text or ASCII-delimited formats. Ulrich's online is updated weekly.
FirstGov provides "one-stop access to all online U.S. Federal Government resources." It allows users to research at the Library of Congress, track a NASA mission, apply for student loans, track Social Security benefits, compare Medicare options, e-file federal taxes, and much more. It also contains links to state and local government web sites. "On FirstGov.gov, you can search millions of web pages from federal and state governments, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories. Most of these pages are not available on commercial websites. FirstGov has the most comprehensive search of government anywhere on the Internet."
