A-Z List of e-resources

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Alphabetical list of database titles

A | B |C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | All titles
 
All Databases 
 

 A-D | E-G | H-K | L-O | P-Z

A-D

  • ABC-Clio eBooks
    • A collection of reference ebooks through ABC-Clio.
  • ABI/INFORM
    • A leading business database with full-text available for many titles including the Wall Street Journal. Includes ABI/INFORM Dateline, ABI/INFORM Global, and ABI/INFORM Trade and Industry.
  • ACLS Humanities E-Book Project
    • Over 1500 full-text ebooks from the American Council of Learned Societies covering most humanities disciplines and area studies. 
  • Academic OneFile 
    • Academic OneFile is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily.
  • Annual Reviews
  • Art Abstracts
    • Leading publications in the world of the arts.
  • ArticleFirst
    • OCLC index of articles from the contents pages of journals.
  • ASTA
    • Applied Science and Technology Abstracts
  • ATLA Religion
    • A FirstSearch database of articles in Religion, Bible, Theology, Philosophy, Ministry, etc., from over 1550 journals, including 60 leading theology journals that provide full-text articles. This database includes information from Religion Index One (RIO), Religion Index Two (RIT), and Index to Book Reviews in Religion (IBRR). Produced by the American Theological Library Association. See Journal Titles indexed in ATLA.
  • Biography and Genealogy Master Index
    • A database that enables users to locate biographical entries of people, living and deceased, from all time periods, geographical locations, and fields of endeavor.
  • Biography Index
    • Index to a wide range of biographical material
  • Biological & Agricultural Index
    • Leading publications in agriculture, biology, forestry, and ecology.
  • Blackwell Titles are now called Wiley Interscience (see below). We are currently experience some problems with this new database so please let us know if we can help you find something.
  • Book Review Digest
    • Reviews of current English-language fiction and nonfiction books.
  • Business and Company ASAP
    • Providing researchers with information on companies, markets and industries. From market trends, mergers and acquisitions to current management theory and company overviews. Access business and trade journals, newspapers and company directory profiles with full text and images.
  • Business and Company Resource Center
    • Business and Company Resource Center is a fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information.
  • Cambridge Companions to Philosophy, Religion and Culture
    • The Cambridge Companions series offers specially-commissioned collections of essays which are intended to serve as reference works for an inter-disciplinary audience of students and non-specialists. Addressing topics and figures ranging from Plato through Kant to Habermas, and philosophical movements such as the Scottish Enlightenment and German Idealism, this online collection contains over 1100 downloadable essays taken from the Cambridge Companions to Philosophy, Religion and Culture (more than 100 volumes).
  • Cambridge Histories Online
    • This unique historical reference compendium allows instant access to the renowned texts of the Cambridge Histories series. With access to the most up to date and authoritative scholarly content, Cambridge Histories Online is an invaluable resource, for undergraduates, graduates, lecturers and researchers alike.  All the available volumes are grouped into topics, making it quick and easy to search and browse through an array of historical subject areas. The extensive bibliographic referencing and other leading functionality, enhances usability and makes this resource ideal for any type of historical research.
  • CAMIO
    • Catalog of Art Museum Images Online
  • Chilton Library
    • ChiltonLibrary.com represents the most authoritative automotive repair information available to car owners. There are thousands of year, make and model combinations covering the most popular vehicles of the past 30 years, plus additional coverage of specialty models. ChiltonLibrary.com gives you the confidence to service or repair virtually any system on your vehicle.
  • Christian Periodical Index (CPI)
    • Christian Periodical Index is an index to articles (not full-text) from an evangelical perspective. About 150 journals and popular evangelical magazines are indexed. See Journal Titles. Some of these titles are available full-text online.
  • CINAHL Basic
    • CINAHL is the authoritative resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers. This database provides indexing for 2,857 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health. The database contains more than 1,000,000 records dating back to 1982. 
  • ComAbstracts
    • A database that provides abstracts of articles published in the primary professional literature of the communication(s) field. Miller Library subscribes to 17 journals indexed by this database, and provides some full text online access to another 14 titles.
  • Computer Database
    • An Infotrac database giving access to computer-related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications, and the application of technology.
  • CQ Researcher
    • CQ Researcher offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of today's most important issues. Each report is on a single topic—more than 12,000 words of text and extensive bibliographies.
  • CSA
    • Large collection of databases including the SAGE full-text collections, ERIC, Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts, MLA, PILOTS, PsycINFO, Social Services Abstracts, and Sociological Abstracts.
  • Dissertation Abstracts
    • Dissertations and theses from institutions in North America and Europe.
  • Duke University Press Journals
    • full-text access to over twenty journals in the humanities and social sciences. Click here to search the journals from off campus. You will not be able to export directly to Refworks using this link.

E-G

  • Ebooks
    • OCLC catalog of online electronic books available through libraries worldwide
  • Ebrary
    • A large collection of religious titles in an electronic format. You will need to download the Ebrary Reader before using this site.
  • Education Abstracts
    • Leading publications in the field of education
  • Educator's Reference Complete
    • Educator's Reference Complete is a selection of more than 450 full-text academic journals, hundreds of full-text reports, and many premier reference sources. Included content focuses on educational principles, child development and psychology, and best practices in education. Majority of the full-text titles included are also found in the ERIC database. The database is updated daily and provides 24-hour access from school or home.
  • Electronic Collections Online (ECO)
    • An OCLC collection of scholarly journals
  • eLibrary Elementary
    • Easily searchable reference sources, especially suited to K-12, including 35 popular magazines, 37 reference books, 11 newspapers, TV & radio transcripts, and a rich archive of photos and maps.
  • Emerald Fulltext Journals
    • a journal collection from Emerald of over 100 fulltext journals covering subjects including management, HRM, international business, library science, and engineering.
  • Encyclopaedia Britannica
    • Includes the encyclopedia, the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, a world atlas, the year in review, and a link to Britannica's Internet Guide to "best web sites."
  • Encyclopaedia Judaica
    • Updated edition of this lauded work on Judaism features more than 21,000 entries on Jewish life, culture, history, and religion, written by Israeli, American and European subject specialists.
  • ERIC
    • Accessible through CSA, FirstSearch, or the government site the ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) database is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education to provide extensive access to educational-related literature. In addition, ERIC provides coverage of conferences, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, books and monographs.
  • Essay and General Literature Index
    • Find contents in collected works focusing on humanities and social sciences
  • Expanded Academic ASAP
    • A subset of Academic OneFile filled with full text and images for a broad collection of academic disciplines.
  • Facts on File Issues and Controversies
    •  Explores more than 800 hot topics in business, politics, government, education, and popular culture.
  • Facts On File World News Digest
    •  Brings together and enhances nearly seven decades of news from the renowned Facts On File World News Digest in print.
  • FirstSearch
    • Large collection of databases, some are full text. Search by journal title to see which database indexes your specific title.
  • Gale Literary Database
    • Full-text access to Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, and Dictionary of Literary Biography.
  • Gale Powersearch
    • Includes Ancestry Plus, Computer Database, Expanded Academic ASAP, General BusinessFile ASAP, General Reference Center Gold, Health & Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module, Health Reference Center Academic, Infotrac 150 Full Text Custom Newspapers (including the Grand Rapids Press), Infotrac OneFile, Junior Edition, Kids InfoBits, Kid's Edition - K-12, LegalTrac, Michigan Newspapers, New York Times, Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center, Professional Collection, and Student Edition.
  • Gale's Virtual Reference Library
    • A collection of reference e-books.
  • General Business File ASAP
    • An Infotrac database providing access to business information such as company performance and activity, industry events and trends, as well as the latest in management, economics, and politics.
  • General OneFile
    • A broad database covering a wide range of topics with millions of full text articles.
  • General Reference Center Gold
    • A subset of General OneFile filled with full-text of more general magazines. (See Journal Titles list)
  • General Science Abstracts
    • General science literature from the U.S. and Europe
  • GPO Monthly Catalog
    • U.S. government publications
  • GreenFile
    • Indexes scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports. This resource offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the environment. Drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, GreenFILE serves as an informative resource for anyone concerned about the issues facing our planet.
  • Guide to Social Science and Religion 
    • An index of social science and religion titles.

H-K

  • Heritage of the Printed Book 
    • Union catalog of European printing from the 15th century to the 1830's.
  • Harpweek
    • electronic access to the images and text of the Harper's Weekly 19th century issues.
  • Health & Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module
    • Health resource through Infotrac (1980- ).
  • Health Reference Center Academic
    • Health resource through Infotrac (1980- ).
  • Heritage Quest Online
    • Features searching of information related to census records, family and local history books, PERSI, Revolutionary War records, Freedman's Bank, and the U.S. Serial Set.
  • History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
    • International bibliography of history of science, technology, and medicine 
  • History Study Center
    • A rich full-text history database from Proquest.
  • Humanities Abstracts
    • Abstracts covering diverse subject areas of the humanities
  • IDEAL
    • International Digital Electronic Access Library - 174 full text journals through Science Direct.
  • Index to Legal Periodicals & Books
    • International legal information covering all areas of jurisprudence
  • Informe! en Espanol
    • Una colección de revistas hispánicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias.
  • International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences
    • A rich encyclopedia with thousands of full text articles relating to the social and behavioral sciences.
  • IPA Source
    • Online since 2003, IPA Source is the web's largest library of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions and literal translations of opera arias and art song texts. Now with over 3500 texts!
  • JSTOR
    • The Arts & Sciences I Collection includes 119 complete back runs of many of the core research and society published journals in economics, history, political science, sociology, ecology, mathematics, and statistics, as well as in other key fields in the humanities and social sciences. See the journal list.
  • Junior Edition
    • A general Infotrac database designed for students in junior high and middle school.
  • Kid's Edition
    • A periodical database designed for elementary school students, with easy access to full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
  • Kids InfoBits
    • A database developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5 and covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

L-O

  • Learning Express Library
    • A test preparation site that provides access to hundreds of online practice tests and courses including practice tests for the GRE, GMAT, LSAT and MCAT. You will need to sign up as a new user and create a user account.
  • Legal Periodical
    •   Firstsearch database that covers legal journals, yearbooks, institutes, bar association organs, law reviews, and government publications originating in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • LegalTrac
    • An Infotrac database covering a variety of legal topics such as major law reviews, law journals, specialty law and bar association journals, and legal newspapers.
  • LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe
    • Search full text newspapers, company news and financial info, International/Federal/State legal information, medical and health information (some abstracted), as well as general reference resources. (See Journal Titles list)
  • Library Literature
    • Materials on libraries and information science
  • Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
    • CSA's database that covers all aspects of the study of language insluding phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Complete coverage is also given to various fields of linguistics including descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical and geographical linguistics. (See Journal Titles list)
  • Literature Criticism Online
    • Thomson Gale database offering access from 2007 to the present to Children's Literature Review, Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Drama Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800, Nineteenth-Century Literarature Ciriticism, Short Story Criticism, and Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. 
  • LitFinder
    • vast database providing access to poetry, short stories, and essays. 
  • MEDLINE
    • All areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing
  • MEL
  • Michigan Authors and Illustrators
    • Fully searchable database provided by the History, Arts, and Libraries of Michigan.
  • NAXOS Music Library
    • An invaluable resource for music professionals with a wide range of standard and specialist repertoire, first-class performances and sound, over 18,000 CD's, 267,000 tracks of music, comprehensive liner notes, opera synopses and libretti, composer and artist biographies, and other essential information.
  • Netlibrary
    • A collection of almost 25,000 eBooks available to Michigan libraries. The state "owns" 1 copy of each book and the checkout time is 6 hours. You must create a free account before accessing the titles.  
  • Newspapers
  • NoveList
    • NoveList is a fiction database that provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more for over 135,000 fiction titles. It also includes other content of interest to fiction readers, such as Author Read-alikes, What We're Reading, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Annotated Book Lists. For school media specialists and teachers there are Picture Book Extenders and articles on Teaching with Fiction.
  • Opposing Viewpoints
    • Overviews, full-text articles, statistics, and resources on social issues.

P-Z

  • PILOTS
    • The Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress, is produced at the headquarters of the National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Its goal is to include citations to all literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health sequelae of traumatic events, without disciplinary, linguistic, or geographical limitations, and to offer both current and retrospective coverage.
  • PreCINAHL 
    • A companion database to CINAHL, Pre-CINAHL is intended to provide current awareness of new journal articles, and includes a rotating file of limited bibliographic information (no subject searching), which are available to searchers only for the time when these articles are being assigned additional indexing.
  • Project Muse
    • Provides online, worldwide, institutional subscription access to the full-text of about 200 scholarly journals in the arts and humanities, social sciences, and mathematics. See Journal Titles list.
  • PsycArticles
    •  PsycARTICLES is a database of full-text articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe & Huber. The database includes all material from the print journals.
  • PsycBooks
    • A collection of full-text books and chapters published by the American Psychological Association.
  • PsycINFO
    • Psychology and related fields
  • Readers' Guide Abstracts
    • Abstracts of articles from popular magazines
  • Reference Ebooks
    • A collection of reference ebooks through ABC-Clio.
  • RefWorks
    • A personal database that allows you to download references from online databases and then formats them for use in bibliographies and research papers. You will need to create an individual account the first time you use this service. Click here for Help Using RefWorks .
  • Religious & Theological Abstracts
    • RTA provides abstracts from nearly 600 journals in Bible, religion and ministry, many titles of which are available either online or in-print through Miller Library. One of the greatest benefits of RTA is that it covers several journals that are not indexed in ATLA-Religion. 
  • Sage Fulltext Collections
    • SAGE Publications publishes over 460 journals in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine. Click here to search the journals from off campus. You will not be able to export directly to Refworks using this link.
  • SCIPIO
    • Art and Rare Book Sales/Auction Catalogs
  • SIRS Discoverer
    • Research resources for grades K-9
  • SIRS Renaissance
    • Provides information about architecture & design, culture, literature, multimedia, music, performing arts. philosophy & religion, and visual arts.
  • Social Sciences Abstracts
    • Abstracts of articles on the social sciences
  • Social Services Abstracts
    • CSA's database that provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. The database abstracts and indexes over 1,600 serials publications and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations, and citations to book reviews. See Journal Titles list.
  • Social Work Abstracts
    • Abstracts of the leading publications in the Social Work field published from 1977 to the present.
  • Sociological Abstracts
    • CSA’s database of the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,809 serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. Records added since 1973 contain in-depth and nonevaluative abstracts of journal articles.
  • Social Services Abstracts & Sociological Abstracts
    • Search both CSA databases at once
  • STAT-USA
    • A service of the U.S. Department of Commerce - U.S. business, economic, government, and trade information.
  • Student Edition
    • A general Infotrac database designed for high school students.
  • Turfgrass Information Center
    • The Turfgrass Information Center (TIC), a specialized unit at the Michigan State University Libraries (MSU), contains the most comprehensive publicly available collection of turfgrass educational materials in the world.
  • Ulrich's Periodical Directory
    • Online guide to information about periodicals. Use this to find out if a periodical is peer reviewed (called refereed in this database).
  • What Do I Read Next
    • Includes recommended titles, plot summaries and awards information all to help users uncover new reading adventures, find long-remembered favorites, and discover award-winning titles.
  • Wiley InterScience Full-text Journals (Includes Blackwell Journals) 
    • A fulltext journal collection covering a wide range of subject areas such as business, computing, economics, health sciences, humanities, law, life and physical sciences, mathematics, medicine, social and behavioral sciences, and the arts.
  • Wilson Business Abstracts
    • Leading English-language business periodicals
  • Wilson Select Plus
    • Full text articles in science, humanities, education and business
  • World Almanacs
    • Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and four almanacs
  • WorldCat
    • OCLC catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide
  • WorldCat Dissertations
    • A database of all dissertations and theses available in WorldCat.