Databases and Indexes

Except where indicated, these databases are searchable from any computer on campus with Internet access. Off-campus access, when available, requires a login, using your campus network ID and password. Our license agreement requires that off-campus access to most of the databases be limited to current students, faculty, and staff of Georgian Court University.

By Subject

By Title

ABI/Inform 1971-
Premier source of business information for more than 30 years, this database indexes and abstracts more than 1000 journals in business -- full text articles are available for over 500 publications, including the Wall Street Journal 1984 - present.

Academic Search Premier
Indexes journals covering the social sciences, humanities, education, computer science, ethnic studies and more. Provides full-text articles from more than 3200 scholarly periodicals.

Alt-Health Watch 1990-
Full-text journals & other publications on alternative health and wellness.

America: History & Life 1954-
Bibliographic reference to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Comprises citations and abstracts to periodical articles, books and dissertations.

Art Abstracts 1984-
Indexes & abstracts journals in art and related fields, with abstracts starting in 1994. This database is more extensive than the art subset in Wilson OmniFile.

ATLAS Religion Database 1949-
Indexes journals and books in religion, theology & biblical studies. Includes some full text articles. Use the Internet Explorer browser for best full text access.

Biological Abstracts
This is an excellent database for conducting research in the life sciences, as well as providing resources for those with biomedical research needs.  Produced by BIOSIS, Biological Abstracts contains nearly 8 million citations drawn from over 4,000 foreign and domestic journals and grows by over 5% each year.

Catholic Periodicals Literature Index (CPLI) 
Indexes citations to articles published in Roman Catholic periodicals, Papal documents, and books about Catholicism and related issues. No full text.

CINAHL 1982-
Indexes journals in nursing & allied health fields. Also available is Pre-CINAHL A companion database for CINAHL subscribers. Pre-CINAHL provides current awareness of new journal articles.

CQ Researcher (CQ Press)
Offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of today's most important social, economic, political, and environmental issues. Each report is divided into specific sections to guide research. The online database covers reports back to 1991. Each weekly issue provides up-to-date information on controversial subjects written by CQ's staff of experienced reporters. Click on "full report" to see all sections; be sure to read the overview and pro/con sections. Includes a citation generator which creates a citation for use in a works cited list.

Criminal Justice Periodicals Index (Proquest)
Detailed abstracts and indexing for over 190 U.S. and international journals from 1981 to the present. Over 55 journals are full text. Covers alcoholism, drug abuse, domestic and forensic science, and law enforcement.

CSA Social Science Core    
ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts, ERIC,Sociological Abstracts,Social Services Abstracts, Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS),PAIS Archive,PAIS International,Political Science Abstracts,Physical Education Indexand more -- indexes the international literature in sociology, political science and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.

EBSCOhost Web
Use this link to search 2 or more EBSCO databases simultaneously.

Encyclopedia Britannica Online
Complete text & graphics of the familiar work; also provides access to Merriam- Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.

ERIC (EBSCO)
Indexes & abstracts journals and other publications in education. Includes links to many full-text journal articles (EJ numbers) and 80% of research reports (ED numbers) released since 1993.

Grove Art Online
The Grove dictionary of art contains 45,000 articles on every aspect of the visual arts: painting, sculpture, graphic arts, architecture, decorative arts and photography - from prehistory to the present day. Includes 35,000 images.

Grove Music Online
Grove Music Online comprises the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London, 2001), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, edited by Stanley Sadie (London, 1992), and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, second edition, edited by Barry Kernfeld (London, 2002).

Historical Abstracts 1954-
Guide to the history of the world from 1450 to the present, excluding the United States and Canada. Comprises abstracted articles to worldwide journals, and also citations to historical books.

Historical New York Times
ProQuest Historical New York Times provides the full image of articles published in the NYT from its first issue in 1851 through 2005. Includes illustrations and advertisements.
For more recent coverage use Lexis-Nexis which includes full text, but without illustrations and advertisements.

Hoover's Online
Information on over 14,000 public and private U. S. companies, including financial data, officers and gold & platinum key data.

Hospitality & Tourism Index
A bibliographic database covering scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism. This comprehensive database contains more than 700,000 records from more than 650 titles, with coverage dating as far back as 1965. Click Find Full Text links to connect to full text articles in select databases.

JSTOR 
Full-image archival database of scholarly journals. The most current issues, 2-5 years, are not included due to publishers' restrictions.

Kraus Curriculum Development Library        KCDL Tutorial
Database of curricula, frameworks, and standards bringing together educational objectives, content, instructional strategies, and evaluative techniques for all subjects covered in PreK-12 and Adult Basic Education.

LEXIS/NEXIS Academic Universe        Lexis/Nexis Tutorial
Access to information on business, political, legal & other topics; many full-text articles; years of coverage vary by title. Includes non-English languages news under Guided News Search. Full-text of the New York Times from 1980.

Literature Resource Center
Provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and excerpts of critical studies of authors from every age & literary discipline.

MEDLINE   
The worlds most comprehensive source of life sciences, medicine and biomedical bibliographic information. It contains nearly 11 million records from more than 7,300 different publications dating from 1965-present. Updated weekly.

Mental Measurements Yearbook  
Mental Measurements Yearbook, produced by the Buros Institute at the University of Nebraska, provides users with a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments. Designed for an audience ranging from novice test consumers to experienced professionals, the MMY series contains information essential for a complete evaluation of test products within such diverse areas as psychology, education, business, and leadership. First published by Oscar K. Buros, the MMY series allows users to make knowledgeable judgments and informed selection decisions about the increasingly complex world of testing. MMY provides coverage from Volume 9 to the present.

MLA International Bibliography 1963-
Indexes journals & other publications in language and literature.

Monthly Catalog of U. S. Government Publications 1994-
Indexes a wide variety of publications produced by the federal government, with some documents available in full-text.

NetAdvantage (Standard & Poors)
NetAdvantage is the online version of the Standard & Poors suite of business publications. Provides in-depth economic and business information on 52 major US industries in Industry Surveys, analysis of stock market trends in the Outlook, directory listings in the Register, and Stock Reports that track key ratios for the past 10 years, plus mutual fund and bond reports. Search under company name for an in-depth profile including financial data and competitors.

Project Muse
Online collection of scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. MUSE covers many different subject areas including literature, history, political science, economics, education, film, philosophy, religion, and womens studies.

PsycARTICLES        Full-text database with articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association and selected journals from the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe & Huber.

PsycINFO
Indexes & abstracts journals and other publications in psychology.

Pub Med        PubMed Tutorial
A service of the National Library of Medicine, this database indexes articles in medicine and psychology.

RefUSA    (NJKI)
Contains detailed information on more than 12 million U.S. businesses; 102 million U.S. residents; 683,000 U.S. health care providers; 1 million Canadian businesses; and 11 million Canadian residents.

ScienceDirect 1996-
Full-text of 300+ journals in the sciences, social sciences, psychology & business from Elsevier Science, with indexing and abstracts of more than 700 additional journals.

Social Science Journals (Proquest) 1994-
Provides access to full text journal articles in social science.

Social Work Abstracts 1977-
Produced by the National Association of Social Workers, this database contains abstracts from journals in social work and related areas, such as homelessness, child and family welfare, aging and similar subjects.

Star-Ledger 1989-
Use the "Free Archive" for articles published within the past 7 days, from on and off-campus. Access to the entire archive of articles, from 1989 to the present, is available in the library reference area and requires a password. Please ask the librarian at the reference desk for assistance.

Value Line 
Investment information service which provides in-depth financial ratios for 1700 stocks in 94 industries. Includes full-page individual stock reports (including income statements) and industry reviews. Use tabs at left to "lookup company" and "lookup industry". Be sure to read the "Industry Commentary". The HTML files may include more up-to-date information than the PDF files which are updated quarterly. Compare both versions (PDF and HTML) for complete ratio coverage.

WestLaw Campus
Legal database containing the full-text of cases, statutes, federal regulations and American Jurisprudence, 2nd ed. (AmJur 2d)

Wilson OmniFile 1982-
Abstracts and indexing for over 4,000 periodicals in many subjects. Full-text for over 2,000 periodicals.