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Containing 1270 titles and almost 1 million pages this collection represents the largest and most comprehensive collection of early English news media.  The Topic Guide contains more information about this collection.

Index to nineteenth century periodical articles, information about books, newspaper articles, and government publications.  The core sources of this database are Poole's Index to Periodical Literature (1802-1906) and Stead's Index to Periodicals (1890-1902).  The Index to the New York Daily Tribune 1875-1906 is also available. Patent and government document indices include subject matter index of patents issued by the U.S. (1790-1873); descriptive catalog of the government publications of the U.S. (1774-1881); compilation of the message and papers of the presidents (1789-1897); Hansard's Index to debates, House of Commons only (1803-1830); and Cobett's Parliamentary history of England (1066-1803).  Dates of coverage varies but primarily 1802-1906.

This resource is available to all residents of Milwaukee, including Marquette students who reside on or near campus.  You must have a valid Milwaukee Public Library card and personal identification number (PIN) to gain free access to this subscription database.

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Abbreviationes, the first database of medieval Latin abbreviations, is designed for use in both learning and teaching of medieval Latin paleography.  It is also a useful reference and reference tool for scholars using medieval Latin manuscripts or early printed books.  Abbreviationes consists of a database (Main Dictionary) and a database application (Abbreviationes) suitable for everyone from the novice to the expert.  Furthermore, the database currently comprises over 70,000 entries, nearly five times as many as you would find in the printed dictionaries by Walther, Chassant, De la Brana, Cappelli, and Pelzer combined.  The Main Dictionary will continue to grow steadily since it includes annual updates and enhancements.  Internet Explorer is the recommended Web browser for use with this database.

Provides in-depth coverage of business conditions, trends, corporate strategies and tactics, management techniques, competitive and product information, and a wide variety of other topics.  Full text is provided for more than 600 of the business and management publications included in ABI-INFORM.  1971 to present.

This database covers more than 700 publications, mostly trade journals.  It's designed to help researchers study and compare specific trades and industries, including telecommunications, computing, transportation, construction, petrochemicals, and many others.  Mostly 1990's to present, though there are some journal titles for which coverage goes back to the 1980's and a very few going back to the 1970's.

Covers North American scholarship on Eastern Europe, Russia, and the former Soviet Union and includes bibliographic records for journal articles, books, book chapters, book reviews, dissertations, and selected government publications.  1956 to present.

Guide to networked open access data relevant to the study and public presentation of the Ancient Near East and the Ancient Mediterranean world.

Provides full text for over 2,000 journals covering the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education and much more.  Coverage varies by publication.  Some full-text PDFs from 1985 to present.

Provides historical coverage for over 2,000 newspaper titles.  Fully searchable are tens of millions of newspaper pages (in PDF) from the U.S., Canada, Denmark, Ireland, Jamaica, Japan, Germany, South Africa and the United Kingdom.  There are over 700 Wisconsin newspapers represented. Access NewspaperARCHIVE is a subset of NewspaperArchive.com. Coverage varies by title, however, some go back to the 1700’s.  Many of the titles cover the 1800’s and 1900’s.  Access to this database is funded by the State of Wisconsin and it is available only in Wisconsin.

AccessScience is the online version of the latest edition of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology with access to all the articles, fully illustrated.  In addition, it includes new trends and developments in science and technology from the McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology volumes, and definitions from the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms.  AccessScience also includes biographies of scientists, Nobel Prize winners in all fields for all years, headlines from the journal Science News, and links to related web sites.

Features cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts to 300 key publications in accounting, auditing, and financial management from the U.S. and overseas, including AICPA and FASB publications.  Also included are citations to relevant articles from over 800 newspapers, business journals, dissertations, and news magazines,making this database an authoritative resource for accounting and financial information.  There is only limited full-text (~200 titles).  Coverage is 1990 to the present for all publications, but a few publications are indexed as far back as 1971.

FASB (Financial Accounting Standards Board) — Statements and interpretations, staff positions, technical bulletins, special reports, implementation guides and related proposal-stage literature.  Plus, Accounting Research Bulletins and APB Opinions. AICPA (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants) — Statements of Position, Audit and Accounting Guides, Practice Bulletins, Accounting Interpretations, Issues Papers and related proposal-stage literature. SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) — SEC background and interpretive materials, hot topics, and literature updates.  Rules, regulations and releases of the 1933 and 1934 Acts, Financial Reporting Releases, Accounting and Auditing Enforcement Releases, Staff Accounting Bulletins, Staff Legal Bulletins, Staff speeches, SEC releases of final and proposed rule changes and much more. EITF (Emerging Issues Task Force) — Abstracts, Minutes and Issues Summaries. PCAOB (Public Company Accounting Oversight Board) — Rules and regulations (proposed and final). IASB (International Accounting Standards Board) — Accounting standards and related proposal-stage literature.  Current data only.

Complete Acta Sanctorum published over a period of 300 years, including prefatory material, original texts, critical apparatus, indexes, Biblioteca Hagiographica Latina reference numbers.  Covers 1643-1940.

This archival site contains images of major print advertisements for a variety of commercial products.  Print ads are in digital format and can be searched by category, decade, year, brand name and title of magazines in which the print ads appeared.  Covers 1940 to present.

Numeric data only.  Produced by TNS-Media Intelligence (formerly called CMR or Competitive Media Reporting), Ad$pender provides advertising expenditure data for consumer products/services advertised within a universe of 11 consumer media formats.  The media formats covered are: ~200 consumer magazines, ~250 newspapers (national and smaller, also Sunday magazines), outdoor advertising, TV broadcasting (network, spot, and syndicated), and radio broadcasting (network and national spot radio).  Data can be retrieved by brand, product class/category, company name, etc.  The data are available monthly, quarterly and annually, for the period 1998 forward.

Biographies of thousands of African Americans, many not to be found in any other reference source. This collection contains extended narratives of African American activists, business people, former slaves, performing artists, educators, lawyers, physicians, writers, church leaders, homemakers, religious workers, government workers, athletes, farmers, scientists, factory workers, and more--both the famous and the everyday person.

This resource is available to all residents of Milwaukee, including Marquette students who reside on or near campus.  You must have a valid Milwaukee Public Library card and personal identification number (PIN) to gain free access to this subscription database.

Provides information for researchers, care providers, consumers and policymakers on health-related, psychological, social, demographic and economic aspects of older adults and aging. Includes material from 1978 on, with selective coverage from 1966 - 1977.

Indexes research and professional materials on alcohol, its use, and related consequences.  Includes bibliographic citations to over 70,000 journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, conference papers and audiovisual materials compiled by the Rutgers University Center of Alcohol Studies.  1987 to present.

10,000 citations and abstracts from journal articles, books and book chapters, dissertations, conference proceedings and reports covering all aspects of alcohol abuse and alcoholism.  Late 1960's to present.

Categorized registry of Web resources that list or provide access to the full title of journal abbreviations or other types of abbreviated publication titles (e.g., conference proceedings titles).

Provides access to professional and consumer publications focused on alternative approaches to health and medicine.  Full text of periodicals, peer-reviewed journals, academic and professional publications, magazines, consumer newsletters and newspapers, research reports, and association newsletters.  Coverage varies by title.  Good coverage from early 1990s to present; some coverage of earlier years.

Database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the alternative and independent press.  This interdisciplinary resource contains over 170 titles providing a source of viewpoints and perspectives to complement and challenge the coverage of the mainstream media.  1995 to present.

Research on American and Canadian history and culture.  Includes bibliographic citations and abstracts of periodical articles, book and media reviews, and dissertations.   1964 to present. 

Research on American and Canadian history and culture.  Includes bibliographic citations and abstracts of periodical articles, book and media reviews, and dissertations.   1964 to present. 

Comprehensive biographical dictionary focused on American history offering portraits of more than 17,400 men and women whose lives have shaped the nation.  Covering the diversity of American social political, cultural, religious, economic, scientific, and popular life the online edition is updated quarterly, with hundreds of new entries each year and revisions of previously published entries to enhance their accuracy and currency.  The ANB Online features thousands of illustrations, more than 80,000 hyperlinked cross-references, and links to selected web sites.

American periodicals from 1700 to 1900.  After connecting to this ProQuest database change the "Date Range" to indicate "Deep Backfile (prior to 1986)" to begin searching.  Coverage varies by title.

Mobilization for war and how wars themselves have altered the fabric of everyday life.  The encyclopedia places major American conflicts -- from the Colonial Wars through the War on Terrorism -- in the context of cultural and social events and conditions on the homefront.  Articles include biographies and topics such as civil liberties, media, politics, popular culture, religion, memory and national identity, civic celebrations and monumental art, literature, the roles of women and minorities, veterans, science and technology, humor, and music.

This resource is available to all residents of Milwaukee, including Marquette students who reside on or near campus.  You must have a valid Milwaukee Public Library card and personal identification number (PIN) to gain free access to this subscription database.

Searchable American newspapers enable exploration of America's past. Available here: Early American Newspapers, Series 1, 1690-1876 and Series 3, 1829-1922.

This resource is available to all residents of Milwaukee, including Marquette students who reside on or near campus.  You must have a valid Milwaukee Public Library card and personal identification number (PIN) to gain free access to this subscription database.

Comprehensive coverage of biblical subjects including extensive articles on books of the Bible, biblical persons, places, and events. Many articles include bibliographies.  Also available in printed form in Raynor Reference, BS440 .A54 1992.

Subject areas covered by ABELL include: English language: syntax, phonology, lexicology, semantics, stylistics, and dialectology; English literature: prose, poetry, fiction, film, biography, travel writing, literary theory, reviews, and studies of individual authors; Bibliography, including manuscript studies, textual studies, and the history of publishing; Traditional culture of the English-speaking world, including custom, belief narrative, song, dance, and material culture.  ABELL is a component database of Literature Online (LION).  To search ABELL, select "Criticism and Reference" from LION's main screen, then "Criticism" at the top center.  The resulting search screen offers a combined MLAIB/ABELL search, or the user may select either of the critical databases independently.  Primary coverage is 1920 to present; some items published between 1892 and 1919 have been indexed retrospectively.

The Anthropological Index Online is based on the journal holdings of The Anthropology Library at The British Museum (Museum of Mankind) which receives periodicals in all branches of anthropology, from academic institutions and publishers around the world.  1957 to present.

Combines two resources - Anthropological Literature and Anthropological Index.  Indexes journal articles (over 3,000 journals), reports, commentaries, edited works, and obituaries in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture, and interdisciplinary studies.  Late 19th century to present.

Full-text of American Anthropological Association Journals through 2003.  Older content is provided by JSTOR.  Current issues for the following journals: American Anthropologist, American Ethnologist, Anthropology and Education Quarterly, Anthropology and Humanism, Archaeological Publications of the American Anthropological Association, Cultural Anthropology, Ethos, Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Medical Anthropology Quarterly, NAPA Bulletin and PoLAR: The Political and Legal Anthropology Review.  Coverage is up through 2003 for most journals.  Current issues of those titles listed above.

Provides indexing, abstracts and some full text articles for more than 390 periodicals.  Includes aeronautics and space sciences; atmospheric sciences; chemistry; computer technology and applications; construction industry; energy; engineering; food and food industry; geology; mathematics; metallurgy; meteorology; mineralogy; oceanography; physics; textiles; transportation; and other industrial and mechanical arts.  Indexing 1983 to present; abstracts beginning in March 1993; some full text beginning in 1997.

Useful for locating the unpublished papers of individuals and organizations in the archives of libraries, museums, and historical societies.  It searches over a million collection descriptions from over 2,500 repositories around the world and then provides detailed information about the holdings of each pertinent to your search.  You may also find out how to contact a particular archive, arrange a visit, or order a copy.

Provides access to the complete corpus of medieval Greek-Latin translations of the works of Aristotle which includes the texts that have been critically edited in the print series Aristoteles Latinus.  Other corpuses, both published and unpublished (future) editions, will be added to those of the Aristoteles Latinus series.  However, the electronic database will not be identical to the printed editions, as it will not contain the prefaces in which the manuscript tradition is described, nor will it include its apparatus of variant readings, their Greek-Latin comparative apparatus, or its bilingual indexes.  The ALD provides an integrated database of medieval translations of Aristotle's works.  The electronic and the printed editions are thus intended to be complementary.

The most complete database on Aristotelian scholarship available in either print or digital form.  Includes over 45,000 entries (four times more than the listings in Philosopher's Index), covers over 35,000 academic articles and book reviews, 6200 books, and over 1500 Ph.D. dissertations in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and other European languages.  1900 to present.

1984+ Cumulates Art Index Volume 33-to present.  Subjects covered:  advertising, art, antiques, archaeology, architecture and architectural history, art history, computers in art, crafts, decorative arts, fashion design, folk art, graphic arts, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture, motion pictures, museology, non-western art, painting, photography, pottery, sculpture, television, textiles, and video.  Indexing from 1984, abstracting from 1994.

Art Index Retrospective cumulates citations to volumes 1-32 of the Art Index.   Includes citations to articles in more than 420 periodicals published throughout the world, as well as yearbooks and museum bulletins. Also included are works of art reproduced in indexed articles.  1929-1984.

Web of Science combines Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index in one source.  Indexes can be searched individually or combined.  Search by words in author, title, keyword, abstract, journal title and author affiliation fields.  A unique Cited Reference Search feature allows ‘forward’ searching by locating articles that have cited an older document.  1980 to present.

This resource is available to all residents of Milwaukee, including Marquette students who reside on or near campus.  You must have a valid Milwaukee Public Library card and personal identification number (PIN) to gain free access to this subscription database.

Provides basic data, cross-identifications and bibliography for astronomical objects outside the solar system.  Search for stars, clusters, and nebulae in the Milky Way.

Covers the research literature of religion in over 30 languages from 1,400 international journals.  Full text access is available for 100+ journals.  Topics include: Biblical studies, world religions, Church history, and religious perspectives on social issues.  1949 to present.

The ATLASerials (ATLAS) project provides full-text, searchable access to more than 60 journals.  Printing articles is available by using the print function on the web browser. Coverage varies by title.  VPN required for off-campus access.

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BadgerCat is a project of Wisconsin Library Services (WiLS) and was created and funded by a subset of Wisconsin libraries.  Only authorized users from these libraries can search the database.  Marquette University is a particpant in this project.  BadgerCat contains the holdings of 500+ Wisconsin libraries and is a subset of the WorldCat database.

BadgerLink is a state government project that provides access to databases from five vendors (EBSCO, ProQuest, Thomson Gale, NewspaperARCHIVE, and TeachingBooks); links to individual databases are provided within the Libraries’ listings.  A new BadgerLink feature allows searching across multiple databases in a single search.  Use the Advanced Search mode and check the databases to include.  Results will show the number of hits for each database and may be re-sorted by title, author, and date.

Provides information about the financial services industry, banking trends, topics, issues, and operations with comprehensive coverage of important industry sources.  Complete bibliographic information--including abstracts--is available for more than 220 industry publications, newsletters, Bank Marketing Association's Golden Coin Awards competition entries, Stonier Theses, and School of Bank Marketing papers--plus citations to banking-related articles from American Banker, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times.  Full-text articles are included for selected high-demand titles.  Citations are 1981 to present.  Limited full-text coverage beginning with 1994 material.

Covering fields in life sciences, BasicBIOSIS is designed for undergraduates, including non-biology majors.  It is a subset of BIOSIS Previews.  Bibliographic citations and abstracts of articles from 370 publications, including scholarly journals, science & popular magazines, and a few newspapers.  Coverage is only the latest four years.

Contains twenty versions of the Bible, including the King James Bible, William Tyndale's New Testament, Pentateuch and Jonah translations, the Coverdale, Bishops' and Geneva Bibles.  Texts from all eras are included, and texts from the Protestant, Roman Catholic and non-conformist traditions are represented.

BibleWorks is an original languages Bible software program.  It includes 90 Bible translations in 28 languages, 9 original language texts with 7 morphology databases, 6 Greek lexicons and dictionaries, 4 Hebrew lexicons and dictionaries, and 11 practical reference works.  New modules feature The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, 4th edition, and A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 3rd edition.

Bibliographic information on monographs, periodical articles, critical editions of literary works, book reviews, bibliographies, proceedings, etc. dealing with Spanish literature including: literary theory, literary genres, popular culture, authors, etc.  Searchable by keyword, title, subject, author or reviewer, publication details, journal and publication year, or any combination of these terms.  1980 to present.

Covers the history, life and culture of native North Americans.  Compiled by Human Relations Area Files, it contains citations to works published from the sixteenth century to the present, including monographs, essays, journal articles, US and Canadian government documents and other publications.  Contains over 70,000 records.  1500's to present.

Comprehensive bibliography of scholarly writing about the history of Western art from late antiquity to the present.  BHA is the successor to RILA (International Repertory of the Literature of Art, and RAA (Repertoire d' Art et d' Archeologie).   It is produced by the Getty Research Institute and the Institut de l’Information Scientifique et Technique in France.  RILA is not available via FRANCIS, but a portion of RAA is.  BHA indexes and abstracts books, conference proceedings, dissertations, exhibition and dealers' catalogs and articles on fine arts—painting, sculpture, drawing, prints, and architecture—as well as decorative and applied arts.  Foreign publications are included.  1900 to present.

A Microsoft Windows program for reading, studying and searching the Bible.  Includes Greek, Hebrew, Latin, and English language versions as well as Greek and Hebrew language reference dictionaries.  The Greek and Hebrew texts include full grammatical tags and dictionary forms coded in the text.  Also provides links to some related Internet resources.

Thumbnail biographies of everyone who has served in the House or Senate from 1774-1989.  Post 1989 only lists are provided.  Sketches include name, state represented, birth/death information, education, public service positions held, etc.

Contains more than 46,000 biographies and obituaries and more than 20,000 photographs of famous persons (including historical and contemporary figures.)  The biographies are searchable by name, profession, title, place of origin, gender, race/ethnicity, titles of works, date of birth, date of death, keyword, and presence of images.  Includes full-text biographical articles from more than 100 volumes of biographical reference books including all the articles from all volumes of Current Biography, the World Author Series, Nobel Prize Winners, World Artists, World Film Directors, American Reformers, and numerous biographical books on musicians and composers from throughout history.

Full-text biographical information on more than 250,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.  Biographies can be located by subject name or by one or more personal facts such as birth and death years, places, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender.

Indexes more than 700 current and retrospective biographical sources.  Does not include biographical information, but refers the user to biographical information in other sources.  Includes over four million contemporary and historical figures from around the world.

Index to the Black Literature microfiche collection.  This index allows users to search over 70,000 bibliographic citations for fiction, poetry and literary reviews published in 110 black periodicals and newspapers between 1827-1940.

The Black Studies Center is comprised of several databases including the Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, International Index to Black Periodicals, the full text of the Chicago Defender 1910-1975 an influential black newspaper, and Black Literature Index.  Ultimately, Black Studies Center will also include ProQuest Dissertations for Black Studies.

Contains citations for over 5,000,000 reviews published in academic and popular journals from 1965 to the present in thousands of academic and popular journals.  The academic publications are mainly in the humanities and social sciences.  One can search for reviews by book title, journal, date, and author of either the book or the review.  1965 to present.

Lists in-print, and forthcoming books published or distributed in the U.S. which are available to the general public or trade.  The database contains over 1.2 million bibliographic citations with prices and ISBN's.  Current edition only.

Der neue Pauly and its English edition, Brill’s New Pauly, are offered together online.  New Pauly, as the electronic version is called, covers the ancient world from the prehistory of the Aegean to Late Antiquity and represents the most complete database on the subject.  It includes the entire texts of Metzler’s Der neue Pauly, which was published 1996-2003 in 18 volumes (13 on Antiquity; 5 on the Classical Tradition; 1 index volume) and all volumes of Brill’s New Pauly currently in print (as of Summer 2007, vols. 1-10 [A-Phe] Antiquity and vols. I & II [A-Ius] Classical Tradition).  Features: more than 27,000 entries; fully searchable; fully cross-referenced; allows for Basic and Advanced searches; browsable alphabetical index in both German and English; includes maps and illustrations; Greek text searches.

Searchable and browsable collection of authoritative references, including the latest article database from the print Encyclopædia Britannica, articles specially written for Britannica Online, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, the Britannica Book of the Year, and links to other World Wide Web sites selected by Britannica editors.  1997 edition.

Business, company and industry information in journal and newspaper articles; financial analysts’ reports; encyclopedias, directories and other reference books.  For industry information, it allows searching by both SIC and NAICS codes.  Indexing of articles 1980 to present.  Full-text starts mostly in the 1990s.  Financial analysts’ reports: a rolling 3 years, embargoed 3-4 weeks. Reference books: current editions.

Index to local and regional business magazines, newspapers, and newswires focused on business.  Especially good for researching smaller, local, and private companies.  1985 to present.

All business databases available through ProQuest. Find information on accounting, taxes, banking, business in Europe and Asia, and more. Search in The Wall Street Journal and ABI-INFORM.  Coverage varies by database.

Provides full text from nearly 1,040 journals covering business, management, economics, banking, finance, accounting and much more.  In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 1,570 journals.  This database contains popular business publications such as Business Week, Forbes, and Harvard Business Review, and hundreds of scholarly, peer-reviewed journals.  Also included is Wall Street Words, a dictionary of financial terms, linked directly to words within the citations and full text.  Full text backfiles go as far back as January of 1990, while indexing and abstract backfiles go as far back as January of 1984.

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Contains 1500+ comprehensive essays on major authors, periods and genres.  For the author Companions each writer is placed in literary and historical context; their major works are analysed, either in separate chapters or grouped according to theme, and their influence on later writers assessed.  The generic and topical Companions cover periods of English literature such as Old English or the Victorian Novel, and literary genres such as Modernism or Greek Tragedy.  The Companions to Classical Civilisation examine key periods and aspects of the civilisations of ancient Greece and Rome.

Contains 1000+ essays addressing topics and figures ranging from Plato through Kant to Habermas, and philosophical movements such as the Scottish Enlightenment and German Idealism

Journal literature on complementary and alternative medicine.  Includes some links to freely available full-text articles.  1966 to present.

Uses a specialized search strategy to retrieve citations from the cancer subset of PubMed.  Indexes over 4600 biomedical journals.  1960's to present.

Covers literature on philanthropy, foundations, the nonprofit sector (particularly such topics as fundraising and proposal development), and works related to charitable giving.  65% of the citations have abstracts.  Full-text access in selected journals only.  1989 to present.

Index to Roman Catholic periodicals as well as papal documents, church promulgations, and books about the Catholic faith, authored by Catholics or produced by Catholic publishers.  Covers 1981 to present.

An information service that specializes in federal and state tax information, and includes international tax treaties.  Includes all state and federal tax codes, regulations, and cases, and Commerce Clearing House annotations and explanations.  Coverage varies.  VPN required for off-campus access.

Summary File 1 contains population and housing unit data based on Census 2000 questions asked of all people and about every housing unit. A total of 286 data tables are included in this file.  Population items include: sex, age, race, Hispanic or Latino origin, household relationship, and household and family characteristics. Housing items include occupancy status and tenure (whether the unit is owner- or renter-occupied). For most subjects, data for census block groups and census blocks are also shown. (Description from www.census.gov)

Complete 1990 US census data down to census block group, projections of demographics and consumer spending, complete map boundaries for all block groups, and county statistics from 1790 to 1996.  Allows user to select, report, and map data.

Indexes the world's chemical industry.  Search commercial chemicals by name, by CAS registry number, or by empirical formula.  Find chemical companies, their addresses, phones, fax, etc.  Includes the directory information from Chem Sources-Europe, Chem Sources-International, and Chem Sources-USA.  Chem Sources is not restricted to certain classes of chemical products.  Included are agriculturals, organics, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, reagents, resins, etc.  Also included is a section of chemical trade name products and services provided by thousands of chemical manufacturers.

The Chicago Manual of Style, "the bible of the publishing and research community," was first published in 1906, and now presented online in its revised 15th edition.  The complete site contents are browsable, indexed, and fully searchable.  15th edition (2003) plus current, updated Q&As.

Complete text of the weekly edition, plus a searchable archive; commentary and essays in the weekly Chronicle Review, plus exclusive digital content, such as blogs and e-newsletters; data from special reports in database format; podcasts, slide shows, and video. Site contains a summary of available features.  September 1989 to present.

Indexing to over 500 English-language journals in nursing and allied health, as well as to ANA and NLN publications, selected healthcare books, dissertations, audiovisual materials, standards of practice and conference proceedings.  1982 to present.  VPN required if off-campus and also using RefWorks.

Scientific literature and search engine that focuses primarily on literature in computer and information science.  Includes: Algorithms, metadata, services, techniques, software, PostScript and PDF research articles on the Web.  Coverage varies by publication.

Indexes all ASCE publications including the journals, conference proceedings, books, standards, manuals, magazines, and newsletters in the following fields: Aerospace Engineering, Architectural Engineering, Bridges & Highways, Construction, Engineering Mechanics, Environmental Engineering, Forensic Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Hydrology & Hydraulics, Irrigation and Drainage Management, Materials Engineering, Structural Engineering, Transportation, Urban Planning, Water Resources.  Includes bibliographic citations and abstracts of journal articles, conference papers, books, standards, manuals, magazine articles, and newletters.  Marquette subcribes to all ASCE journals and purchases many of the other ASCE publications, check MARQCAT for call numbers.  ASCE journals from 1999- present are also available online through links in MARQCAT.  1973 to present.

Provides bibliographic citations of articles indexed in over 2,600 scholarly Latin American journals, monographs, conference proceedings, book reviews, essays, etc.  This index is made up of two separate databases:  Clase which provides referencing to articles in the social sciences and humanities and Periodica which provides indexing to articles in the area of science and technology.  Thus, ClasePeriodica provides indexing to articles for a wide range of topics:  literature, politics, history, foreign affairs, medicine, biology, education, religion, sociology, etc.  Languages of referenced materials may be in Spanish, English, Portuguese or French.  Clase portion of the database is 1975 to present.  The Periodica portion is 1978 to present.

Multimedia course created by Dr. Stephen Cohen, co-author and editor of Pathways of the Pulp.  Includes four modules: Think in 3 Dimensions, Visualize the Access Opening, Create the Access Opening, and Clean and Shape the Root Canal System.  Includes learning objectives and overview for each module

Provides information on federally and privately supported clinical trials on a wide range of conditions and diseases.  Includes: descriptions of over 12,000 trials, including purpose, who may participate, locations, and phone numbers for more information.  Current information only.

Over 7,000 college catalogs from 2-year, 4-year and graduate schools in the U. S., presented cover-to-cover in their original page format. Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.  Current information only.

Comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs.  It contains a wide range of scholarship including working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs.  CIAO also contains teaching materials including original case studies written by leading international affairs experts, course packs of background readings for history and political science classes, and special features like the analysis of a bin Laden recruitment tape with video.  1991 to present.

A major periodicals database related to communication and mass media.  Includes citation coverage of over 40,000 articles related to mass media and published in over 60 research journals, as well as major journalism reviews, recent encyclopedias, and handbooks in the area of communications studies.  Coverage varies by journal.

Includes communication-related articles, reports, papers, and books from a variety of publishers, research institutions, and information sources.  Recently expanded coverage now includes international literature in film studies, the role of technology in human communications, risk communication, crisis communication and public opinions.  1977 to present.

This database includes 16 full-text titles in the area of communication studies.  Most journals are 1982 to present.

Interdisciplinary engineering database that provides citations and abstracts to journal articles, technical reports and conference proceedings.  All engineering disciplines are covered.  1970 to present.  VPN required if off-campus and also using RefWorks.

Searchable full-text of seven primary sources on the history of the American Civil War: The War of the Rebellion:  A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies.  Contains 127 books of the official government records of Army operations.  Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion.  Contains 30 books of the official government records of Navy operations.  Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies.  Includes huge color maps covering various battles and theaters of operation, with a searchable index.  The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion.  Contains six massive books of the official government medical records, including over 1,500 illustrations.  The Southern Historical Society Papers.  Includes 52 books containing the collected publications of the Southern Historical Society, focusing on the Confederacy.  Campaigns of the Civil War.  Contains 19 books covering various major campaigns.  Confederate Generals Speak.  Includes 7 biographical and autobiographical books, covering Robert E. Lee, Jubal Early, J.E.B. Stuart, John B. Gordon, James Longstreet, G. Moxley Sorrel, and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.

A subject-oriented guide to popular computing literature.  The focus is on real-world applications.  Contains references to books and to published articles in journals and magazines, computer-related trade publications, general business and management periodicals that cover computer topics, and publications of computer and management-oriented professional societies and organizations.  1996 to present.

Research on the latest issues in business management and on US and global economics, covering topics such as business outlook, leadership decisions, performance excellence, corporate governance, human resource management, productivity, economic indicators and analysis/forecasts of regional, national, and international economic conditions.  Full-text materials only, also some webcasts.  No time-series data.  Mostly 2000 to the present.  Research reports, 1996 to present; Conference Board Review, 2000 to present; Webcasts, 2004 to present; Economic Working Papers, 2000 to present; Annual surveys (compensation for top executives and outside board directors; corporate giving), 1998/9 to present; Canada publications, 1998 to present.

Congressional Masterfile 1 indexes five major categories of U.S. congressional publications: congressional reports, published and unpublished hearings, documents, committee prints, and Senate executive reports and documents.  Covers 1789-1969.

Multidisciplinary database providing full-text access to global information on women’s issues and gender studies.  Extensive international coverage from 190 countries (all material is in English) is provided from mainstream periodicals and the alternative press, including journals, newsletters, research reports, governmental agencies, non-profit groups, and pamphlets.  1992 to present.

Covers the world's literature on copper, copper alloys and copper technology from smelting and hydrometallurgy through the performance of copper and copper alloys in their end-use applications and service environments.  It references data on the properties and performance of copper and copper alloys and on applications of the copper metals.  Sources covered include over 3,000 periodicals, conference proceedings, technical reports, trade journal/newsletter items, patents, books, and press releases.  1965-present; also includes 5582 documents published between 1863 and 1964.

Provides corporate linkage information (hierarchy and ownership of corporate affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, etc.) for major private and public companies in the US and abroad.  It corresponds to the print publication Directory of Corporate Affiliations.  Current data only.

Provides independent and objective information about the corporate governance, compensation and performance of the management of publicly-traded US companies.  The data are drawn primarily from the proxy statements of publicly traded companies (and occasionally from 10-K reports), and presented in Excel spreadsheets.  Each year’s historical data are a snapshot of the current database on June 30 of that year (the current database is called Board Analyst, and is updated continuously).

Covers a broad spectrum of U.S. and international business topics and industries; scientific and medical information; regulation and policy information; and company and product information.  Includes 2000 full-text titles, 1000 abstracted titles, and 700+ pamphlets.  Covers newspapers (current 90 days only), trade and scholarly journals.  Also contains 1.6 million company directory records from Dun & Bradstreet and Disclosure, 60,000 web-links, and 10,000 images.  A few, general titles are indexed back to the mid-1980's, but most coverage begins in the 1990's.

This resource is available to all residents of Milwaukee, including Marquette students who reside on or near campus.  You must have a valid Milwaukee Public Library card and personal identification number (PIN) to gain free access to this subscription database.

Useful for analyzing the history, development, legislation, powers, and personalities of the U.S. Congress.  Includes biographical information and voting records.

Contains full text articles on controversial current events and social, political, economic, and international issues.  Each issue includes topic summaries, historical perspectives, recent developments, opposing viewpoints, and sources for additional research.  This resource is an EXCELLENT starting point for research on contemporary topics.  October 25, 1991 to present.  VPN required for off-campus access.

Contains data, analyses, explanations, and historical material related to presidential, congressional, gubernatorial, campaigns, political parties, voters and demographics.

All material in the printed CRC Handbook of chemistry and physics is accessible in this online version as interactive tables and/or pdf displays.  Includes: basic constants, units, and conversion factors; symbols, terminology, and nomenclature; physical constants of organic compounds; properties of the elements and inorganic compounds; thermochemistry, electrochemistry, and kinetics; fluid properties; biochemistry; analytical chemistry; molecular structure and spectroscopy; atomic, molecular, and optical physics; nuclear and particle physics; properties of solids; polymer properties; geophysics, astronomy, and acoustics; practical laboratory data; health and safety information; mathematical tables.  Current edition only.

Contains comprehensive coverage of international journals, books, reports, dissertations and unpublished papers on criminology, crime trends, crime prevention and deterrence, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, police, courts, punishment and sentencing and related disciplines.  1968 to present.

Covers the social sciences, education, and humanities relating to criminal justice.  Includes corrections administration, law enforcement, social work, industrial security, drug rehabilitation, and criminal and family law.  Includes ASCII text, image, and Text+Graphics coverage for about 50 of the titles most frequently accessed by criminal justice researchers.  CJP also includes complete indexing and abstracts for another 140 relevant U.S. and international journals.  1981 to present.

Database includes 15 full-text titles in the area of Criminology.  Most journals are 1982 to present.

Searchable database of biomedical research projects funded by the Department of Health and Human Services.  Includes: Grant number, primary investigator and address of affiliated institution, project title, initial review group, and abstract for each project.  1972 to present.

Brief information on the cultures in 181 countries.  Includes 25 categories such as Land & Climate, People, Customs & Courtesies, Lifestyle, Society, History, Religion, Family, and Economy.  Also has multimedia content such as typical greetings and the national anthem.  Current information only.

A bibliographic index to publications in statistics and related fields.  The CIS Extended Database (CIS-ED) includes bibliography for the following types of items beginning in most cases in 1974, or with the first issue of the journal if later: the entire contents of over 100 "core journals" (including pre-1974 coverage for a number of the most important journals); selected articles since 1974 from about 900 additional journals in fields related to statistics; about 8000 books in statistics published since 1974

CUTDATA is a machining database that contains over 100,000 feed and speed recommendations.  It is based on work that began with the still popular Machining Data Handbook.

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Database of primary sources dating between 1450 and 1910 copied largely from research libraries in Great Britain.  Primarily "advice literature," the sources address such themes as household management, education, leisure, shopping, sexuality, consumption, and sports.  The material is arranged thematically, along with essays by leading scholars.  The database is in five segments.  Defining Gender includes indexing that directs researchers to larger holdings of similar literature available on microform.  VPN required for off-campus access.

The 9-volume set of the Dictionary of American History is presented in a searchable e-book format.  Also included are maps and primary source documents related to specific periods in American history.  Current edition only.

A summary of most of the units of measurement to be found in use around the world together with the appropriate conversion factors needed to change them into a 'standard' unit of the SI.

A reference work that is an essential tool to make the often complex history of "what we think" accessible.  A distinguished team of international scholars explore new thinking in areas previously covered (communism, linguistics, physics) and present cross-cultural perspectives on more recent topics such as postmodernism, deconstruction and post-colonialism.  Current edition only.

Features the entire corpus of Barth’s Gesamtausgabe.  Digital version of the definitive Theologischer Verlag Zürich edition of Barth’s works in German, which currently comprises more than 40 volumes of sermons, letters, lectures, conversations, and academic writing.  Future additions to the collection will include: the 14-volume Kirchliche Dogmatik, English translations of selected works, photographs, audio files, and other archival content.

Contains all seminal works of the Reformation and post-Reformation eras (16th and 17th centuries), written by more than 300 Protestant authors: theological writings, biblical commentaries, confessional documents, and polemical treatises.

Papal and synodal decrees, catechisms and inquisitorial manuals, biblical commentaries, theological treatises and systems, liturgical writings, saints' lives, and devotional works.

Provides approximately 10,000 records with location and descriptive information for government agencies, information and referral centers, professional societies, self-help groups, and academic and research institutions in health and biomedicine.  Topics include maternal and child health, diseases and conditions, and health services research and technology assessment.  Current information only.

This database contains records for more than 2 million doctoral dissertations and master's theses.  Also included is the full text content for nearly 900,000 dissertations.  Includes extensive coverage of North American graduate schools, with coverage of some European universities beginning in 1989.  A separate database contains the subset of Marquette University doctoral dissertations in full text.

The Center for Research Libraries in Chicago has the largest collection of dissertations from foreign universities in North America.  These dissertations are readily available through Interlibrary Loan.  The Web site linked here takes you to CRL's online catalog of the dissertations.  Be sure to read the introductory information on the site, because there are special search features and because their cataloging is ongoing.  Thus all their holdings are not accessible here, though you can use other means to locate uncatalogued material.

The full text of all but the very earliest Marquette dissertations.

This resource is available to all residents of Milwaukee, including Marquette students who reside on or near campus.  You must have a valid Milwaukee Public Library card and personal identification number (PIN) to gain free access to this subscription database.

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Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals.  The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals.

Search across all of the EBSCO databases.  Coverage varies by database and journal.

Also known as the "Evans Bibliography". Full text database of publications from colonial America and the early republic (1639-1800).  Users can do a field searches—author, title, genre, place of publication, publisher —as well as keyword queries in the full text.  They can also take advantage of a sophisticated subject category system.

Digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America, and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473 - 1700.  The collection contains over 100,000 titles listed in Pollard & Redgrave's Short-Title Catalogue (1475-1640) and Wing's Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700), as well as the Thomason Tracts (1640-1661).  A wealth of subject areas includes English literature, history, philosophy, linguistics, theology, music, fine arts, education, mathematics, and science.  The Basic search mode allows searching using a combination of the following fields: keywords, author, title, subject, bibliographic number (from the short-title catalogues), or date.  More about EEBO.

World's largest environmental law database developed by combining resources of the legal libraries of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Conservation Union (IUCN), and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).  Includes information on treaties, international soft-law and other non-binding policy and technical guidance documents, national legislation, judicial decisions, and law and policy literature.  Users have direct access to the abstracts and indexing information about each document, as well as to the full text of most of the information provided.  Coverage varies, some documents are from the 1800's.

A comprehensive, indexed bibliography with selected abstracts of the world's economic literature, produced by the American Economic Association.  It includes coverage of over 400 major journals as well as articles in collective volumes (essays, proceedings, etc.), books, book reviews, dissertations, and working papers licensed from the Cambridge University Press Abstracts of Working Papers in Economics.  1969 to present.

This database includes 22 full-text titles in the area of education.  Most journals are 1982 to present.

Four databases are provided: EBSCO Animals - Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals.  The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals.  Middle Search Plus - Provides full text for nearly 100 magazines covering general topics appropriate for middle and junior high school students.  Primary Search - Provides full text for over 70 children's magazines and over 300 children's pamphlets, designed for the elementary school student.  Professional Development Collection - provides a collection of more than 550 education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles.  This database also contains more than 200 educational reports.  Coverage varies by database and journal.  Teacher Reference Center - provides indexing and abstracts for 270+ popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines.

ECCO is the electronic edition of The Eighteenth Century, the world’s largest collection of microfilmed printed books.  The collection contains works and literature in seven broad categories: history and geography; social sciences and fine arts; medicine, science, and technology; literature and language; religion and philosophy; reference works; and law.  Covers more than 150,000 English and foreign-language works published in the U.K., along with thousands of important works from the Americas.  With works from both major and minor authors of the period, this digitized collection of books, broadsides, sermons, pamphlets, bibles, and other rare materials offers researchers access to over 33 millions pages of text from the British Library and 1,500 libraries worldwide.  Included in this resource are the complete works of 28 prominent eighteenth-century authors, such as Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Johnson, Thomas Paine, Alexander Pope, Adam Smith, Jonathan Swift, and John Wesley.  The database features full text searching, plus search and browsing capabilities via keyword, general subject area, title, author, language, date, and more.

A portal to eighteenth century newspapers and periodicals.  Consists of 165 journals published between 1685 and 1815.  List of titles.  These holdings supplement but do not duplicate what can be found in Early English Books Online (EEBO), Early English Newspapers and Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO).  The range of topics includes the writings of Sir Isaac Newton; the French Revolution; reviews of literature and fashion throughout Europe; political debates; coffee house gossip and discussion, literature, the theatre, origins and rise of romanticism, politics, revolution and rebellion, social issues, gender, society life, religion and the influence of the press.  VPN required for off-campus access.

Covers the history of the British Empire over five centuries by reproducing digital copies of primary documents.  Documents are organized under five themes—Cultural Contacts, c. 1492-1969; Empire Writing & the Literature of Empire; the Visible Empire; Religion & Empire; and Race, Class & Colonialism, c. 1783-1969.  VPN required for off-campus access.

Electronic version of the second edition of the 22 volume encyclopaedia covering Jewish life, history, culture and religion.  Includes more than 21,000 signed articles, 600 maps, charts, tables and illustrations and 168 photos.  Extensive cross-references, bibliographies, place-name lists, chronologies and a comprehensive fully searchable index are useful features.

Electronic version of the original 9 volume (plus 2 updates) set. Represents over 10 million words and thousands of articles dealing with the ancient, medieval, and modern peiods of Islamic studies.  Searches are possible in both Arabic transcription and English.  The search engine allows for wildcard, Boolean, and proximity searches.  Includes many hyperlinks for easy cross-referencing.

Essays treating concepts and doctrines, policymaking, commerce and science, human rights and arms control, with specific articles on topics ranging from anti-imperialism to environmental diplomacy, from refugee policies to terrorism and countermeasures.  Current edition only.

Access is provided via Business and Company Resource Center.  This resource combines three print titles: Encyclopedia of Associations:  International Organizations, Encyclopedia of Associations:  National Organizations of the U.S., and Encyclopedia of Associations:  Regional, State, and Local Organizations.  Each entry includes contact information (Association name, address, phone and fax), web site URL if available, awards given, meetings held, committees, as well as a brief description of the association or organization.  Current information only.

Social and cultural history of childhood from antiquity to the present.  Topics include: education, parenting, child labor, economics, images of childhood, children's literature, play, toys and games, health, physiology, law, the criminal justice system and social welfare.  Comparative articles include information about childhood in cultures throughout the world.  Current edition only.

Some 750 alphabetically arranged entries provide insights into the exciting cultural and political developments within Spain, including the cultures of Catalonia, Galicia and the Basque country.  Coverage spans from the end of the Civil War in 1939 to the present day, with emphasis on the changes made since the demise of the Franco distatorship in 1975.  Culture is defined in its broadest sense encompassing a wide variety of subjects.  Entries range from shorter, factual articles to longer overview essays which offer an in-depth treatment of major issues.  Users must have a NetLibrary account to view this e-book.

Spans prehistoric times to the present, and treats both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland in detail.  Current edition only.

Information on more than 1,600 medical disorders and concepts.  Each article includes in-depth discussion of causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatments, procedures, and other related topics.  Current edition only.

Cover topics in body systems and functions, conditions and common diseases, issues and theories, techniques and practices, devices and equipment and also discusses the roles of all major health professionals.  Current edition only.

The Encyclopedia of Philsophy contains more than 2,100 entries.  Among the many topics covered are African, Islamic, Jewish, Russian, Chinese, and Buddhist philosophies; bioethics and biomedical ethics; art and aesthetics; epistemology; metaphysics; peace and war; social and political philosophy; the Holocaust; feminist thought; and much more.  Also included are 1,000 biographical entries on major figures in philosophical thought throughout history.

Each entry of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy is maintained and kept up to date by an expert or group of experts in the field.  All entries and substantive updates are refereed by the members of a distinguished editorial board before they are made public.  Consequently, this dynamic reference work maintains academic standards while evolving and adapting in response to new research.  You can cite fixed editions that are created on a quarterly basis and stored in the encyclopedia’s archives.