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Databases and Resources

Please Note: Databases and External Resources is a centralized point of access to important websites. Many resources which were previously available only within the WVU network, such as the WVU Intranet, HSC Intranet, Lexis-Nexis, Ebsco databases, and Clinical Pharmacology are now accessible from ANY location via SOLE. Databases and Resources can be found under the "Links/SOLE Links" panel on the SOLE Portal Homepage.

There are a total of 151 Databases and 9 External Resources available through SOLE.

The following list presents all of the Databases and External Resources and their descriptions (if available).

Databases in SOLE

Name	Description (if available)
19th Century Masterfile	An index to nineteenth century periodicals, newspapers and government documents, including British Parliamentary debates. Nearly every periodical of the Nineteenth Century is covered.
ABI/Inform	Contains abstracts of articles from international journals covering business, management and related topics. The database is divided into five major areas or classification codes: business environment, management function, industries and markets, article treatment, organization codes.
Abstracts in Anthropology	Abstracts in Anthropology is an eclectic overview of the many-faceted realms of anthropology. The abstracts cover a broad spectrum of significant, current anthropological topics from several hundred periodicals.
Academic Search Premier	A scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database covering nearly all areas of academic study and containing full text for 4,650 periodicals, including 3,600 peer-reviewed publications. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 8,200 journals.in the collection.
Access Science: McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Scienc	A science and technology database containing more than 8,000 articles written by the leading figures in their fields, including 30 Nobel Prize winners, and edited and illustrated with the non-specialist in mind. Find late breaking news, biographies of famous scientists, a Student Center, and much more all brought to life by 13,000 high-quality illustrations.
ACM Digital Library	The ACM DL is a vast collection of citations and full text from ACM journal and newsletter articles and conference proceedings. This includes an archive from the 1950's forward (where available).
AgEcon Search	AgEcon Search collects, indexes, and electronically distributes full text copies of scholarly research in the broadly defined field of agricultural economics including sub disciplines such as agribusiness, food supply, natural resource economics, environmental economics, policy issues, agricultural trade, and economic development. AgEcon Search will serve as the permanent archive for this literature and encourages authors and organizations to use this electronic library as the storehouse for add
AgeLine	AgeLine is a bibliographic database covering social gerontology and aging-related research. It abstracts 600 journal titles as well as books, chapters, research reports, and videos from 1978 to the present. AgeLine can be searched by four audience types: research, public policy, professional/provider, and general/consumer. "Research to Go" and "Searches to Go" are quick-search browsing features.
Agricola	AGRICOLA (AGRICultural OnLine Access) is a bibliographic database of citations to the agricultural literature created by the National Agricultural Library and its cooperators. Production of these records in electronic form began in 1970, but the database covers materials in all formats, including printed works from the 15th century.
Agricola (Ebscohost)	AGRICOLA (AGRICultural OnLine Access) is a bibliographic database of citations to the agricultural literature created by the National Agricultural Library and its cooperators. Production of these records in electronic form began in 1970, but the database covers materials in all formats, including printed works from the 15th century. The records describe publications and resources encompassing all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines, including animal and veterinary sciences, entomology,
Agris	AGRIS is the international information system for the agricultural sciences and technology. It was created by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 1974, to facilitate information exchange and to bring together world literature dealing with all aspects of agriculture. AGRIS is a cooperative system in which participating countries input references to the literature produced within their boundaries.
AHFS Drug Information	AHFS Drug Information® is widely used as a source of complete drug information by physicians, pharmacists, dentists, nurses, and other health-care professionals and by schools of pharmacy, nursing, and medicine and is available in a variety of formats.
Alt HealthWatch (Ebscohost)	Alt HealthWatch focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. This database provides full text for articles from more than 140 international and often peer-reviewed reports and proceedings, as well as association and consumer newsletters. In addition, Alt HealthWatch includes hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts.
America: History and Life	Covers US and Canadian history from prehistory to the present, providing references to journal articles, books, dissertations and reviews. America: History and Life covers over 2,000 journals published worldwide, including all key English-language historical journals and selected historical journals from major countries, state and local history journals. Although full text is not included in this database, the Article Linker service provides links to full text from other databases.
Ancestry Library Edition	A new genealogy research tool created for the library market. It provides patrons with instant access to a wide range of unique resources for genealogical and historical research. With more than 1.5 billion names in over 4,000 databases, Ancestry Library Edition includes records from the United States Census; military records; court, land and probate records; vital and church records; directories; passenger lists and more! These collections are continuously expanding, with new content added ever
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts	Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts offers more than 800,000 citations and abstracts from the world's published research in aquatic sciences. Input to ASFA is provided by a growing international network of information centers monitoring over 5,000 serial publications, books, reports, conference proceedings, translations and limited distribution literature.
ArchivesUSA	A current directory of 5,400 archives and 124,400 collections of primary source material across the United States. Using ArchivesUSA, researchers are able to read descriptions of a repository's holdings to determine whether a collection contains material useful to their work as well as find the information they need to contact the repository directly. ArchivesUSA includes the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC)-- information gathered and indexed by the Library of Congres
Art Abstracts (Ebscohost)	Art Abstracts provides comprehensive indexing and abstracts for 378 leading international art publications, including periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins. This database covers a broad range of art topics such as advertising, archaeology, crafts, folk art, graphic arts, interior design, video, film, architecture and art history. Coverage for this database spans from 1984 to the present. Examples of publications indexed in Art Abstracts include: American Art, American Artist, Archaeology,
ArticleFirst	An index of articles from the contents pages of 15,000 journals covering humanities, business, popular culture, science, social science, technology and medicine. Although full text is not included in this database, the Article Linker service provides links to full text from other databases when available.
Arts & Humanities Citation Index	The Web of Science includes Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index, and is made available with funding from the WVU Research Corp. Web of Science provides seamless access to current and retrospective multidisciplinary information from approximately 8,700 of the most prestigious, high impact research journals in the world. It also provides a unique search method, cited reference searching. With it, users can navigate forward, backwa
ATLA Religion Database (Ebscohost)	Compiled by the American Theological Library Association, ATLA Religion Database covers Biblical studies, world religions, church history, and religious perspectives on social issues. This database is an essential resource for theology students and researchers seeking information pertaining to social sciences, history and humanities. With coverage dating as far back as 1949, this database contains over one million bibliographic records.
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals	The Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals database offers a comprehensive listing of journal articles on architecture and design, including bibliographic descriptions on subjects such as the history and practice of architecture, landscape architecture, city planning, historic preservation, and interior design and decoration. It contains more than 440,000 thousand entries surveying over seven hundred American and international journals. These include not only scholarly and popular periodical l
Biography and Genealogy Master Index	An index to printed reference sources that contain biographical information. Biography and Genealogy Master Index covers individuals, both living and deceased, from every field of activity and from all areas of the world. Sources indexed in BGMI are of several types: biographical dictionaries and who's whos, which supply information on a number of individuals.; subject encyclopedias, which include some biographical entries; volumes of literary criticism, which may contain only a limited amou
Biography Reference Bank	Biography Reference Bank contains biographical information on approximately half a million people, from antiquity to the present, along with thousands of images. It contains the full text of the articles from more than 100 volumes of biographical reference books published by H. W. Wilson, 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 musici
Biological Abstracts	Biological Abstracts provides abstracts for approximately 6000 life science journals, about 275,000 articles per year in biology, botany, zoology, microbiology, ecology, clinical and experimental medicine, biochemistry, biophysics, instrumentation, and methods. Biological Abstracts is one of the foremost sources of bibliographic references to the life science journal literature. This database enables researchers and students to retrieve references to vital biological and medical research finding
BioOne	BioOne brings to the Web a uniquely valuable aggregation of the full-texts of high-impact bioscience research journals. Most of BioOne's titles are published by small societies and non-commercial publishers, and, until now, have been available only in printed form. BioOne provides integrated, cost-effective access to a thoroughly linked information resource of interrelated journals focused on the biological, ecological and environmental sciences.
BioOne (CSA)	A sophisticated search engine for articles in BioOne, an aggregation of high-impact bioscience research journals. Focus is on the biological, ecological and environmental sciences. Full text is available through Article Linker.
Biopolymers Online	Biopolymers Online provides a comprehensive overview of the occurrence, metabolism, and applications of all important biopolymer classes. This reference work treats processes for biotechnological production, isolation from organisms and modification, material properties and technical uses in areas such as chemical and food industries, medicine, pharmacy, and materials science. Covers the whole field of biopolymers from an application-oriented and biotechnological point of view Comprises app
BMJ Journals	BMJ Journals Online - essential reading for medical specialists.
Books in Print	A comprehensive database of over 5 million book, audio book, and video titles currently in print. It includes book reviews for many titles, a directory of publishers, author biographies, and lists of prize-winning books.
Buckmaster Annual Reports	A collection of annual reports and 10-Ks from the top 500 corporations in America. The annual reports are scanned images of every page in the official printed annual report of the company. Also included are: company name, stock ticker symbol, and Fortune 500 rank; corporate mailing address and phone number; yearly SEC 10-K reports for the public companies, most going back to 1993; link to the company's home page; links to up-to-the-minute stock and newswire reports for the corporation; compl
Business & Industry	A business information database that focuses on facts, figures, events and market information about companies, industries, products and markets. It covers all industries and is international in scope. B&I draws content from over 1000 trade and industry publications, regional, national and international newspapers, business dailies and newsletters. It is part of the RDS Business Reference Suite (BizSuite).
Business & Management Practices	Full text articles focusing on practical approaches to management processes and methods. BaMP provides real-world know-how about business planning, decision making, how businesses adopt and implement new technologies and techniques, and plan for change or expansion. BaMP includes real-life applications, case studies, and explicit "how-to" guidelines. BaMP covers professional and trade journals containing information relevant to the fields of management, planning, production, finance, marketing,
Business Source Premier (Ebscohost)	Business research database, providing full text for 8,800 periodicals, including 1,100 peer-reviewed publications. Subjects covered include marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics.
CAB Abstracts (Ebscohost)	CAB Abstracts is the largest professionally-produced database covering international issues in agriculture, forestry, and allied disciplines in the life sciences. The database contains over 3.5 million records from over 11,000 journals, books, conferences, reports, and other kinds of literature published internationally. CAB abstracts covers the subject of agriculture in the broadest sense. It includes: agronomy, biotechnology, crop protection, dairy science, economics, environmental degradation
ChemIDplus	ChemIDplus is a free, web-based search system that provides access to structure and nomenclature authority files used for the identification of chemical substances cited in National Library of Medicine (NLM) databases. ChemIDplus also provides structure searching and direct links to many biomedical resources at NLM and on the Internet for chemicals of interest. The database contains over 367,000 chemical records, of which over 142,000 include chemical structures. ChemIDplus is searchable by N
CINAHL with Full Text (Ebscohost)	CINAHL with Full Text provides indexing for 2,737 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health. The database contains more than 1,000,000 records dating back to 1982. Offering complete coverage of English-language nursing journals and publications from the National League for Nursing and the American Nurses' Association, CINAHL with Full Text covers nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines.
Clinical Pharmacology	Clinical Pharmacology is an electronic drug information and medication management resource. This database provides up-to-date, peer-reviewed, clinically-relevant information on all U.S. prescription drugs, as well as off-label uses and dosage, herbal supplements, nutritional and over-the-counter products, and new and investigational drugs. The database is accessible from both the HSL's website and SOLE
Clinical Pharmacology OnHand (download for PDA)	PDA Download: Clinical Pharmacology is an electronic drug information and medication management resource. This database provides up-to-date, peer-reviewed, clinically-relevant information on all U.S. prescription drugs, as well as off-label uses and dosage, herbal supplements, nutritional and over-the-counter products, and new and investigational drugs. The database is accessible from both the HSL's website and SOLE
Cochrane Library	The Cochrane Library is a unique source of reliable and up-to-date information on the effects of interventions in health care. Published on a quarterly basis, The Cochrane Library is designed to provide information and evidence to support decisions taken in health care and to inform those receiving care. The Cochrane Library consists of a regularly updated collection of evidence-based medicine databases, including the Database of Systematic Reviews, the Database of Reviews of Effectivness, an
College Source	A library of 27,344 college catalogs in full cover-to-cover, original page format with 2-year, 4-year, graduate, professional and international schools. College Source Online is searchable by major, tuition, geographic location, enrollment, and affiliation. It includes a profile of every accredited college in the U.S., along with links to home pages, career information and financial aid information.
Communication and Mass Media Complete (Ebscohost)	Provides references to journal articles, handbooks, and encyclopedias related to communication and mass media. This database was created by merging CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association (NCA)), and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Pennsylvania State University). Communication & Mass Media Complete offers full text for over 200 titles and contains citation coverage for additional sources
Contemporary Women's Issues	Covers a wide range of women's issues, providing global information on women in over 150 countries. Indexes books, journals, newsletters, research reports and government information. Useful for information related to sociology, psychology, health education and human rights. Although full text is not included in this database, the Article Linker service provides links to full text from other databases when available.
Corbis Images for Education	Thomson Gale and Corbis have entered into a partnership in order to provide libraries with access to over 400,000 of Corbis' most popular historical, fine art, nature and science images. Library patrons, faculty, staff, and students can use these images in learning-related applications such as class projects and assignments, presentations, lesson plans, Web coursework, classroom materials, research projects, and much more
CQ Public Affairs Collection	The CQ Public Affairs Collection features in-depth reports on vital issues, statistical and historical analyses, historic documents and primary source materials, as well as a directory of key government, nonprofit, and private organizations in each of the major policy areas. Organized by 22 key public affairs subject headingsâ€”including Advocacy and Public Service, Education, Energy, the Environment, Health, and Transportationâ€”the CQ Public Affairs Collection is useful for researchers and stu
CQ Researcher	The CQ Researcher publishes original reports and analysis on issues in the news. Published in print and online 44 times a year, each issue covers a single theme, providing in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy. Each 13,000-word CQ Researcher report is a unique work, investigated and written by a seasoned journalist
CQ Supreme Court Collection	CQ Supreme Court Collection blends historical analysis with timely updates and expert commentary of Supreme Court decisions, biographies of Supreme Court justices, Supreme Court institutional history, and the U.S. Constitution.
CQ Weekly	The CQ Weekly is known as the pre-eminent resource for Congress-watchers who need non-partisan information on Capitol Hill. The award-winning magazine's legislative news and analysis is consistently hailed for its accuracy and comprehensiveness. The CQ Weekly on the Web includes access to the full text of all articles published since 1983. A user may browse through articles in the current issue or search for past articles by words, dates, subjects or other criteria. The Web service also provides
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics	Online version of the standard reference book for chemistry and physics. Search by substance or property or browse by table of contents. The online handbook also provides interactive tables
Dekker Encyclopedia of Animal Science	username=wvuniv; password=wvuniv Encyclopedia of Animal Science encompasses animal physiology, animal growth and development, animal behavior, animal reproduction and breeding, alternative approaches to animal maintenance, meat science and muscle biology, farmed animal welfare and bioethics, and food safety.
Dekker Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnol	This reference identifies current challenges and development paths for fields ranging from materials and surface science, chemistry, and biomedicine to computer technology, information processing, and mechanical, optical, and electrical engineering, examining the design, application, and utilization of devices, techniques, and technologies critical to research at atomic, molecular, and macromolecular levels ranging from 1-100 nanometers.
Dissertation Abstracts Online	Comprehensive database listing dissertations from institutions in North America. It includes abstracts for those written from 1980 to the present and covers all subject areas for which PhD research is conducted. Dissertations identified through this database may be borrowed through the WVU Libraries Interlibrary Loan Service, Illiad, or they may be ordered directly from Dissertation Express at http://wwwlib.umi.com/dxweb/gateway.
Early English Books Online	Full image reproductions of early English texts. EEBO includes the titles listed in Pollard & Redgrave’s Short-Title Catalogue (STC I) and Wing’s Short-title Catalogue (STCII). In addition to early copies of great literary works, the collection includes historical materials such as royal statutes and proclamations, almanacs, broadsides and works on religion and science. Primary documents provide information for the study of English literature, history, philosophy, linguistics, theology, music, f
EbscoHost	A collection of online databases, providing coverage for journal articles and other information in academic disciplines. Databases included are described on the database selection page. Many include links to full text of the articles indexed.
Ecology Abstracts	Ecologists will find in this journal the essence of current ecology research across a wide range of disciplines, reflecting recent advances in light of growing evidence regarding global environmental change and destruction. Ecology Abstracts focuses on how organisms of all kinds - microbes, plants, and animals - interact with their environments and with other organisms. Included are relevant papers on evolutionary biology, economics, and systems analysis as they relate to ecosystems or the envir
EconLit	Indexing for journal articles, books, dissertations, and working papers in economics. Contains more than 362,000 citations. Includes selected abstracts from 1984 to 1989 and abstracts to all articles from 1989 to the present. Although full text is not included in this database, the Article Linker service provides links to full text from other databases when available.
Ei Compendex	Provides comprehensive coverage of the world's significant engineering and technical literature. Includes records with abstracts for journal articles, technical reports and conference papers.
Encyclopedia Britannica	Includes the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, Britannica Student Encyclopedia and the Britannica Book of the Year. Use Encyclopædia Britannica Online to search an Internet directory that includes more than 300,000 links to Web sites selected, rated, and reviewed by Britannica editors. Also includes a world atlas - covering the geography, economies, and cultures of more than 215 countries and multimedia - thousands of images, tables, and aud
Engineering Village 2	Engineering Village 2 provides an easy to use, integrated interface for finding the engineering information you need. Engineering Village 2 includes 5 independently searchable databases with journal citations, indexed and evaluated web-sites, up to date patent information, and technical engineering information including product information.
EngNetBase	EngNetBase is a collection of engineering handbooks that are full-text searchable. Coverage includes biomedical engineering, digital signal processing, electric power engineering, electrical engineering, environmental engineering, mechanical engineering, mobile communications, structural engineering, telecommunications, and vibration.
Entomology Abstracts	Entomology Abstracts provides bibliographic information and abstracts for recent research reports of direct relevance to entomology, with coverage including insects, arachnids, myriapods, onychophorans, and terrestrial isopods. Entomology Abstracts gathers and summarizes all the latest information on millions of insects and insect-like species.
ERIC (CSA)	ERIC is sponsored by the US Department of Education to provide extensive access to educational-related literature. The ERIC database corresponds to two printed journals: Resources in Education (RIE) and Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE). Both journals provide access to some 14,000 documents and over 20,000 journal articles per year. In addition, ERIC provides coverage of conferences, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, di
ERIC (EbscoHost)	ERIC is sponsored by the US Department of Education to provide extensive access to educational-related literature. The ERIC database corresponds to two printed journals: Resources in Education (RIE) and Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE). Both journals provide access to some 14,000 documents and over 20,000 journal articles per year. In addition, ERIC provides coverage of conferences, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, di
FirstSearch	A collection of online databases, providing coverage of much of the journal literature for academic disciplines. Databases included are described on the database selection page. Although full text is not included in databases from FirstSearch, the Article Linker service provides links to full text from other databases when available.
FREIDA (Fellowship & Residency Electronic Interact	FREIDA Online is a database with over 7,800 graduate medical education programs accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, as well as over 200 combined specialty programs. Besides searching for specialty and subspecialty programs, you can also search for training institutions, medical schools, aggregate training statistics by specialty, and career plans of recent graduates. A new feature called “Search Plus” allows you to compare key aspects of programs side b
GeoBase	Worldwide literature of geography, geology, and ecology published in journals, books, monographs, conference proceedings, and reports. Subjects include: cartography, climatology, energy, hydrology, paleontology, sedimentology, and volcanology. Although full text is not included in GeoBase, the Article Linker service provides links to full text from other databases when available.
GeoRef	Subject access to geoscience journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports, and theses, covering the geology of North America from 1785 to the present and the geology of the rest of the world from 1933 to the present. The database includes references to all publications of the U.S. Geological Survey. Masters' theses and doctoral dissertations from US and Canadian universities are also covered. Although full text is not included in GeoRef, the Article Linker service provides links
Google Scholar	Search for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. Use Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web. Links to library electronic resources are available to WVU students and faculty.
GPO Monthly Catalog	Covers all types of US government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by executive departments (Defense, State, Labor, Office of the President, etc.).
Grove Art Online	Grove Art Online provides access to the entire text of The Dictionary of Art (Grove, 1996, 34 vols.) with quarterly additions of new material and updates to the text. Covers both the fine arts (painting, sculpture, and architecture) and the decorative arts (ceramics, textiles, jewelry, interior design, furniture, glass, metalwork, and more). Also includes 30,000+ links to color images from high-quality museum and other art sites, and 100,000+ images from the Bridgeman Art Library, as well as bio
HAPI (Health & Psychosocial Instruments)	Health and Psychosocial Instruments consists of 63,000 records and provides ready access to information on measurement instruments (i.e. questionnaires, interview schedules, checklists, index measures, coding schemes/manuals, rating scales) in the health fields, psychosocial sciences, organizational behavior, and library and information sciences. It assists researchers, practitioners, students and others in identifying measures needed for research studies, grant proposals, client/patient ass
Health Source: Consumer Edition (Ebscohost)	This database provides access to nearly 300 full-text, consumer health periodicals covering topics such as AIDS, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, aging, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, children's health, and women's health. Many full text titles are available in native (searchable) PDF, or scanned-in-color. In addition to full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for nearly 300 periodicals. Searchable full-text is also included for nearly 1,200 health-related pamphlets; 20 health refe
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (Ebscohost	Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition provides nearly 600 scholarly full text journals, including nearly 450 peer-reviewed journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also featured are abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals. Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong, including full text from Creative Nursing, Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing, Issues in Mental Health Nursing, Journal of Advanced Nursing, Journal of Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing
HeritageQuest Online - ACCESSIBLE AT WEST VIRGINIA	HeritageQuest Online can be accessed at the West Virginia Collection in the Downtown Campus Library; it combines digital, searchable images of U S federal census records with the digitized version of the popular UMI® Genealogy and Local History collection. This online database is a collection of unique material for both genealogical hobbyists and professionals.
Historical Abstracts	Indexes and abstracts journal articles, book reviews, and dissertations covering world history. Subject coverage is from 1450 to the present and excludes material pertaining to North America. Use the companion database, America: History & Life, for American History topics. Although full text is not included in this database, the Article Linker service provides links to full text from other databases when available.
Hoover's Pro Access for Academic Libraries	Indexes and abstracts journal articles, book reviews, and dissertations covering world history. Subject coverage is from 1450 to the present and excludes material pertaining to North America. Use the companion database, America: History & Life, for American History topics. Although full text is not included in this database, the Article Linker service provides links to full text from other databases when available.
Household Products Health & Safety Information	This database links over 6,000 consumer brand name items to information on their health effects and allows scientists and consumers to research products based on chemical ingredients. Categories of products include household cleaners, automotive products, personal care items, pesticides, yard and home maintenance supplies, and materials used for hobbies and crafts.
IEEE/IEE Electronic Library (IEL) Online	IEEE/IEE Electronic Library (IEL) Online - delivering full text access to the world's highest quality technical literature in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics.
IndexCat	This is the online version of the print Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office, U.S. Army (61 volumes in 5 series). It is a valuable resource, especially for pamphlets, dissertations, and journal articles regarding the history of medicine from the 19th and early 20th centuries.
INSPEC	INSPEC is a leading bibliographic information database covering the fields of physics, electronics, computing, control engineering and information technology with more than seven million records taken from 3,500 technical and scientific journals and 1,500 conference proceedings. Coverage is from 1969 to present. The database is updated weekly.INSPEC is produced and maintained by the Institution of Electrical Engineers. It indexes journal articles, conference papers, books, technical reports, and
International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (IPA) (Ebsc	Provides indexing and abstracts for over 750 pharmaceutical, medical, and health-related journals that cover the entire spectrum of drug therapy and pharmaceutical information. Topics covered include information on biopharmaceutics & pharmacokinetics, new drug delivery systems, pharmacist liability, legal, political & ethical issues, and many others. Examples of titles covered in IPA include: America's Pharmacist (USA), American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy (USA), British Medical Jou
JSTOR	JSTOR is a full text scholarly journal archive covering many academic disciplines. The Arts & Sciences I Collection includes the complete back runs of 117 titles in 15 disciplines and includes many of the core research and society published journals in economics, history, political science, and sociology, as well as in other key fields in the humanities and social sciences. This collection also includes a selection of titles in the more science-oriented fields of ecology, mathematics, and statis
Knovel	Knovel is a database which includes some of the leading science and engineering reference handbooks, databases, and conference proceedings. Knovel is the only provider of aggregated engineering and applied science data that can be accessed globally utilizing proprietary tabular analysis tools. Corporations and academic institutions around the world are accessing Knovel's database to improve productivity and cost effectiveness. The unique combination of aggregated information, proprietary analysi
Lexis-Nexis	Provides full-text documents from over 5,900 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications including national and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and non-English language sources. Legal information includes U.S. Federal and state case law, codes, regulations, legal news, law reviews, and international legal information, and Shepard's® Citations for all U.S. Supreme Court cases back to 1789. Business information includes news journal
Library Literature	Materials on libraries and information science. It includes records from 1980 to the present for selected library journals, books (more than 600 a year), conference proceedings, library school theses, pamphlets, and book reviews. \n Although full text is not included in Library Literature, the Article Linker service provides links to full text from other databases when available.
LISA: Library and Information Science Abstracts	LISA: Library and Information Science Abstracts is an international abstracting and indexing tool designed for library professionals and other information specialists. LISA currently abstracts over 440 periodicals from more than 68 countries and in more than 20 different languages.
Literature Resource Center	The Literature Resource Center is an extensive collection of biographies, bibliographies, critical essays, work overviews, author-related websites, and timeline events. Key content elements of LRC as of October, 2005: Contemporary Authors through the current volume, featuring biographies on more than 122,000 authors Contemporary Authors New Revision Series through the current volume, featuring updated biographies on prominent contemporary authors Contemporary Literary Criticism Select
MagillOnLiterature (Ebscohost)	Provides plot summaries, author biographies, book reviews and critical analyses of frequently studied works of literature. The database provides electronic access to the complete contents of 31 sets of reference books, including nearly 20 Masterplots and Masterplots II titles, the Cyclopedia of World Authors, the Cyclopedia of Literary Characters, as well as 10 years of Magill's Literary Annuals and Magill Book Reviews.
MarciveWeb DOCS	Covers all types of US government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by executive departments (Defense, State, Labor, Office of the President, etc.). Also called GPO Monthly Catalog or Catalog of U.S. Government Publications.
MathSciNet	MathSciNet is a comprehensive database covering the world's mathematical literature since 1940. Produced by the American Mathematical Society. 1799 journals covered; links to 360886 original articles; 10843 active reviewers; 403179 authors indexed
MedEdPortal (AAMC)	MedEdPORTAL is a new publishing venue through which faculty may disseminate their educational works. It was designed to promote collaboration and educational scholarship by facilitating the exchange of peer reviewed teaching resources such as tutorials, cases, lab manuals, assessment instruments, faculty development materials, etc.
MEDLINE (EbscoHost)	MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree numbers, tree hierarchy and explosion capabilities to search abstracts from over 4,600 current biomedical journals. Included are citations from Index Medicus, International Nursing Index, Index to Dental Literature, PREMEDLI
MEDLINE (PubMed)	MEDLINE is a National Library of Medicine bibliographic database covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine and pre-clinical sciences. MEDLINE contains bibliographic citations and author abstracts from more than 4,600 biomedical journals published in the United States and 70 other countries. Although MEDLINE contains citations published mostly from 1966 to the present, it also includes about 109,000 citations from the years 1963-1965 because of the time lapse be
MergentOnline	Extensive company information, including profiles of 10,500 companies traded on US stock exchanges, 17,000 non-US companies, fifteen years of financial statements, corporate annual reports and comprehensive market reports on over 100 countries. In addition to the as reported financials Mergent Online includes segment results, restated financials, preliminary results and historical ratios.
MICROMEDEX	Thomson Gateway for West Virginia University Hospitals-Ruby Memorial. A wide range of clinical databases, including unbiased, referenced information about drugs, toxicology, diseases, acute care, and alternative medicine.
MLA International Bibliography	Literature, language, linguistics, folklore references from the Modern Language Association. Includes references to journal articles, books, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies. Although full text is not included in the MLA Bibliography, the Article Linker service provides links to full text from other databases when available.
MountainLynx	MountainLynx is the WVU Libraries' Online Catalog. Use it to find out what books, periodicals, microforms, and audiovisual materials the WVU Libraries own. It contains holdings for all the WVU Libraries including libraries on the Downtown Campus, Evansdale Library, Law Library, Health Sciences Library, and Charleston Division Library.
Music Index Online	Covering all styles and genres of music, the Music Index cites book reviews, obituaries, new periodicals, and news and articles about music, musicians, and the music industry. Topics concerned with every aspect of the classical and popular world of music are thoroughly categorized and organized according to the framework of an internal subject list which includes both subject and geographic headings.
NCJRS	NCJRS is a federally funded resource offering justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide.
netLibrary	A collection of e-books covering a wide variety of subjects-- arts, humanities, business, education, computers, science, social science, and technology. The collection includes recent books from more than 180 publishers and many titles from public domain sources.
Netter Anatomy
New York Times (Proquest Historical Newspapers)	Full-text and full-image articles for newspapers dating back to the 19th century. For most titles, the collection includes digital reproductions of every page from every issue--cover to cover--in downloadable PDF files. The database is an ongoing project. When digitization is complete coverage will include The New York Times, 1851-1999, and The Wall Street Journal, 1889-1985.
Oceanic Abstracts	major international collection of bibliographic databases pertaining to occupational health & safety and environmental medicine, containing close to one and a half million records. The OSH-ROM databases include: CISDOC from the International Occupational Safety and Health Information Centre (CIS) of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Geneva, Switzerland. HSELINE from the Information Centre of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in the UK. MHIDAS from AEA Technology,
OSH-ROM (Occupational Safety & Health)	A major international collection of bibliographic databases pertaining to occupational health & safety and environmental medicine, containing close to one and a half million records. The OSH-ROM databases include: CISDOC from the International Occupational Safety and Health Information Centre (CIS) of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Geneva, Switzerland. HSELINE from the Information Centre of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in the UK. MHIDAS from AEA Technolog
OT Search	The Occupational Therapy Bibliographic System brings the literature of occupational therapy together in one place, and it also includes related subjects such as rehabilitation, education, psychiatry/psychology, and health care delivery/administration. The full text of the indexed resources is not in O.T. Search, just the bibliographic information to identify the material and the author's abstract when one exists.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online	Provides 50,000 specially-written signed biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of the British past, from the earliest times to the end of the year 2000. State-of-the-art search options, extensive internal cross-referencing, access to articles from the original DNB, and navigation by "themes" combine with rigorous research and scholarship to provide an important online reference site.
Oxford English Dictionary	OED -a comprehensive, unabridged dictionary that records the history and development of the English Language. The online version of the Oxford English Dictionary contains two separate texts, the complete Second Edition and the New Edition in progress.
Oxford Music Online	The standard English-language encyclopedia of music and musicians, covering most aspects of art music, folk music, world music and jazz. Coverage of popular music is more selective. Includes biographies of composers and performers, and historical and technical information. Some articles will require a working knowledge of musical terminology. Generous cross-references and bibliographies. Updated quarterly (January, April, July, October).
PAIS Archive	The PAIS Archive database comprises a retrospective conversion of the PAIS Annual Cumulated Bulletin, Volumes 1-62, published 1915-1976. Currently available on the CSA Illumina platform is Part I of this conversion project, containing over 850,000 records covering the years 1937-1976. Part II of the Archive will be available by Fall 2005 and will include records covering the years 1915-1936. When complete, the PAIS Archive will contain over 1 million records. The PAIS Archive database contains r
PAIS International	The PAIS International database from CSA contains references to more than 553,300 journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports, publications of international agencies, microfiche, Internet material, and more. Newspapers and newsletters are not indexed. PAIS International includes publications from over 120 countries throughout the world. In addition to English, some of the indexed materials are published in French,
PapersFirst	Conference papers, including all published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting papers received by The British Library Document Supply Centre. Covers a wide variety of subjects discussed at the covered meetings
Petroleum Abstracts	The Petroleum Abstracts service provides bibliographic petroleum information products and services for the global petroleum exploration and production industry. These products cover the petroleum topic areas of geosciences, drilling, reservoir and production engineering, shipping and storage and other technologies relevant to the upstream petroleum industry.
Philosopher's Index	Provides indexing and abstracts from books and journals of philosophy and related fields. It covers the areas of ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology, and metaphysic logic as well as material on the philosophy of law, religion, science, history, education, and language. Although full text is not included in this database, the Article Linker service provides links to full text from other databases when available.
Physical Education Index (CSA)	Physical Education Index provides scholarly and trade literature from 1970 to the present for physical education. CSA Physical Education Index allows all researchers and professionals in the field to acquire accurate and scholarly information in this comprehensive database. These abstracts feature a wide variety of content, ranging from physical education curricula, to sports medicine, to dance. Other coverage includes sport law, kinesiology, motor learning, recreation, standardized fitness test
Play Index	The industry-leading online reference database service has been completely designed with your library, your specialty, and your patrons in mind.
Polling the Nations	Polling the Nations is a compilation of 14,000+ surveys conducted by 700 polling organizations in the United States and 80 other countries from 1986 to the present.. Each of the nearly 350,000 records reports a question asked and the responses given. Also included in each record is the polling organization responsible for the work, the date the information was released, the sample size, and universe, i.e., the groups or areas included in the interview, such as parents with children in public sch
Pollution Abstracts	Pollution Abstracts provides fast access to the environmental information necessary to resolve day-to-day problems, ensure ongoing compliance, and handle emergency situations more effectively. Pollution Abstracts combines information on scientific research and government policies in a single resource. Topics of growing concern are extensively covered from the standpoints of atmosphere, emissions, mathematical models, effects on people and animals, and environmental action in response to global p
POPLINE (POPulation information onLINE)	POPLINE is the world's largest bibliographic reproductive health database. POPLINE provides citations with abstracts of the worldwide literature in the fields of population, family planning, and related health issues. Subjects represented include family planning, human fertility, population law and policy, demography, sexually transmitted diseases, and maternal and child health. POPLINE's 300,000 records represent: Books and book chapters Technical reports Journal articles Papers pre
ProceedingsFirst	An index of conference publications.
Project Muse	Project MUSE provides searchable, full text access to more than 100 academic journals. It covers the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, and many others.
Proquest Historical Newspapers	Full-text and full-image articles for newspapers dating back to the 19th century. For most titles, the collection includes digital reproductions of every page from every issue--cover to cover--in downloadable PDF files. The database is an ongoing project. When digitization is complete coverage will include The New York Times, 1851-1999, and The Wall Street Journal , 1889-1985.
PsycArticles (Ebscohost)	PsycARTICLES is a source of searchable full text articles on current issues in psychology. The PsycARTICLES database covers general psychology and specialized, basic, applied, clinical and theoretical research in psychology. The database contains more than 34,000 searchable full text articles from 43 journals published by the American Psychological Association and 8 from allied organizations. It contains all journal articles, letters to the editor and errata from each of the 51 journals. Example
PsycINFO (Ebscohost)	PsycINFO contains nearly two million citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books and dissertations, all in the field of psychology. Journal coverage, which spans from 1872 to the present, includes international material selected from nearly 2,000 periodicals in over 35 languages. More than 60,000 records are added each year. It also includes information about the psychological aspects of related disciplines such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharma
PubMed	MEDLINE is a National Library of Medicine bibliographic database covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine and pre-clinical sciences. MEDLINE contains bibliographic citations and author abstracts from more than 4,600 biomedical journals published in the United States and 70 other countries. Although MEDLINE contains citations published mostly from 1966 to the present, it also includes about 109,000 citations from the years 1963-1965 because of the time lapse b
RDS Business Reference Suite	Three fulltext business databases - Business & Industry, Business & Management Practices and TableBase - from a core reference collection with strong international coverage. Includes material from 1,400 source publications and more than 10,000 tables.
Regional Business News (Ebscohost)	Regional Business News incorporates 75 business journals, newspapers and news wires covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
RILM Abstracts of Musical Literature (Ebscohost)	RILM Abstracts of Music Literature, published by Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale, New York, 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. The majority of citations include abstracts. Over 500 scholarly journals are represented. Articles, books, bibliographies, catalogues, conference proceedings, dis
SAE Publications and Standards	RILM Abstracts of Music Literature, published by Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale, New York, 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. The majority of citations include abstracts. Over 500 scholarly journals are represented. Articles, books, bibliographies, catalogues, conference proceedings, dis
Science Citation Index Expanded	The Web of Science includes Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index, and is made available with funding from the WVU Research Corp. Web of Science provides seamless access to current and retrospective multidisciplinary information from approximately 8,700 of the most prestigious, high impact research journals in the world. It also provides a unique search method, cited reference searching. With it, users can navigate forward, backwa
ScienceDirect	ScienceDirect holds more than a quarter of the world's electronic collection of science, technology and medicine full-text, peer-reviewed articles. It includes abstracts for over 2,000 science, technology and medicine journals. Users can access full text from more than 700 journals from all fields of science. Most journal articles become available on ScienceDirect immediately after peer review and before the printed versions are issued. Additionally, users gain online access to features not avai
SciFinder Scholar	The most comprehensive source for citations to the literature of chemistry and related disciplines. Explores chemical substances by chemical names, structures, formulas, or CAS Registry Numbers.
Serials Directory (Ebscohost)	Directory of 150,000 periodicals with publisher information.
Social Sciences Citation Index	ISI Web of Knowledge, an integrated, versatile research platform, delivers easy access to high quality, diversified scholarly information in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities, as well as search and analysis tools that enhance this content.
Social Services Abstracts (CSA)	Current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development.
Social Work Abstracts Plus	Contains citations and abstracts for journal articles and dissertations. Includes the Register of Clinical Social Workers.
Sociological Abstracts (CSA)	Research in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database draws information from an international selection of over 2,600 journals and other serials publications, plus conference papers, books, and dissertations. Records added after 1974 contain in-depth and nonevaluative abstracts of journal articles.
SPE eLibrary	SPE eLibrary includes an index, full text, and images to all of the technical papers submitted to the Society of Petroleum Engineers (over 35,000 technical papers). These cover the full range of exploration and production technology. Technical papers from SPE meetings and peer-reviewed journal articles from SPE’s four technical journals are included. Includes an index, full text, and images to all of the technical papers submitted to the Society of Petroleum Engineers.
Sports Business Research Network	Focuses on the sporting goods and sports marketing industry. It's mission is to provide a continuously updated resource featuring market research and industry news covering all facets of the industry, including sports equipment sales, sports participation, sports broadcasting, sports sponsorship and sports marketing. SBRnet is designed to capitalize on the capacity of Internet and its related technology to dramatically enhance the value of information by providing a variety of information source
State Academies of Science Abstracts	The mission of State Academies of Science Abstracts is to provide a vehicle for the systematic, periodic examination of scholarly research activities of the State Academies of Science of the United States. In addition to providing complete, comprehensive abstracting/indexing of 40 of the 41 State Academy of Science journals, the database continues to add the back files for many of the titles. The journals of the State Academies of Science are generally peer reviewed and multidisciplinary in natu
StatUSA	A service of the US Department of Commerce for the US business, economic and trade community, providing authoritative information from the Federal government. It includes current and historical economic and financial releases and economic data, current and historical trade-related releases, international market research, trade opportunities, country analysis, and the National Trade Data Bank (NTDB).
TableBase	Business data in tablular format, from statistical annuals, trade associations, no profit groups, government agencies and periodicals covering all areas of business. More than 20,00 tables covering industries, demographics, brand rankings and trends.
Times Digital Archive	Business data in tablular format, from statistical annuals, trade associations, no profit groups, government agencies and periodicals covering all areas of business. More than 20,00 tables covering industries, demographics, brand rankings and trends.
TOXNET	TOXNET is a free search service from the National Library of Medicine that includes a cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas. It consists of 9 databases that can be searched individually or as a group. The 9 databases include: Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) International Toxicity Estimates for Risk (ITER) Genetic Toxicology (GENE-TOX) Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Info System (CCRIS) TOXLINE (To
TRIS - Transportation Research Information Service	TOXNET is a free search service from the National Library of Medicine that includes a cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas. It consists of 9 databases that can be searched individually or as a group. The 9 databases include: Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) International Toxicity Estimates for Risk (ITER) Genetic Toxicology (GENE-TOX) Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Info System (CCRIS) TOXLINE (To
Ulrichsweb	Online version Ulrichs Periodicals Directory, providing detailed, comprehensive information on periodicals 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
Wall Street Journal (Proquest Historical Newspaper	Proquest Historical Newspapers offers full-text and full-image articles for newspapers dating back to the 19th century. For most titles, the collection includes digital reproductions of every page from every issue--cover to cover--in downloadable PDF files. The database is an ongoing project. When digitization is complete coverage will include The New York Times, 1851-1999, and The Wall Street Journal, 1889-1985.
Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide	Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide is an index to literature on wild mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians. It contains over 589,840 bibliographic records, including many with abstracts. The databases in this collection offer a global perspective covering all aspects of wildlife and wildlife management. Approximately 18,000 records are added per year. The geographic identifiers include global and broad regional levels as well as specific localities. One can search by species in a province,
Wiley Interscience Journals	Access some of the finest full text journals, reference works, books, and databases from around the globe. It's just what you need to make some important discoveries of your own.
World Scientific Journals	World Scientific's rapidly expanding journal program has grown to include 106 international peer-reviewed journals. The program has kept pace with the latest developments in scientific research, providing prompt responses to the scientific community's demand for publication outlets in rapidly advancing fields such as nanotechnology, biomedical science and computational science. In recent years, the scope was broadened to include materials science, medical science, life sciences, banking and fina
WorldCat	Search 20,000+ library catalogs for books and other materials in libraries worldwide.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts	CSA Illumina is designed to provide a simple, more user-friendly approach to searching for novice users while maintaining powerful options for users who require them. The interface provides access to more than 100 databases published by CSA and its publishing partners.

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AccessPharmacy	AccessPharmacy is a comprehensive, online solution for pharmacy education. Includes full-text books, case studies, interactive questions and answers, and functional calculators.
ADA Nutrition Care Manual	The ADA Nutrition Care Manual (NCM) is a publication of the American Dietetic Association. It is the preeminent source of research-based nutrition information and clinical tools available to dietitians, dietetic technicians, and other health care professionals. The online manual features information about risk screening, diseases, nutrition care, conversion calculators, a formulary, materials for client education, and a link for resources.
Charting Our Path - HSC Future	Documents and articles related to academic health center organization; notes from meetings on campus; and other materials that will advance our ongoing conversations.
DGRWeb	The American Chemical Society's Directory of Graduate Research (DGRweb) is a listing of graduate programs, faculty, and research across the chemical sciences and engineering in the United States and Canada.
Facts & Comparisons	With Facts & Comparisons 4.0 a browser-based electronic version of our most popular products, you can have the most accurate, current and complete drug information available. Rx and OTC product information, drug-herb-food interactions, natural product information and patient information can be accessed quickly.
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