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  • Academic Search Premier
    Index to over 8,000 titles, with full text for nearly 4,600. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals.
    info Tutorial available
  • AccessScience
    The online version of the McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of science technology
  • ACS Journals
    Full text access to all American Chemical Society publications from the beginning to the current issues.
  • Alt HealthWatch
    Covering complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. Full-text articles for more than 180 international, and often peer-reviewed journals and reports.
  • America: History and Life
    This index covers all areas related to the history and development of American life and culture from pre-colonial times to the present. Citations with abstracts are included for journal articles, book reviews, and dissertations.
    Old URL
  • American History in Video
    Will provide 2,000 hours of video and more than 5,000 titles on completion. Includes commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries, all covering U.S. history.
  • Ancestry Library Edition
    A genealogy research tool containing over 4,000 databases including: U.S. Census images; military records; court, land and probate records; directories; passenger lists; and more.
    See also: HeritageQuest
  • Annual Reviews
    This publication include full-text review articles in a wide variety of disciplines such as Biomedical Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Social Sciences.
  • AP Images (Associated Press)
    AP Images contains over 3 million news photographs from the 1840's through today, with 3,000 photos added daily. All content from AP Images may be downloaded and used for educational purposes. A User Guide is available.
  • Applied Science and Technology Index
    This index contains abstracts on a variety of items including conference proceedings, journal articles, and book reviews. Subjects covered include chemistry, computer technology, engineering, mathematics, and physics.
    • Location(s): Alcuin Basement Index Area
  • Applied Social Science Index and Abstracts (ASSIA)
    Covers health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations and education. Provides a comprehensive source of social science and health information for the practical and academic professional.
    info Tutorial available
  • Art Full Text
    Abstracts and indexing for art periodicals from 1984-present. Full text of selected titles.
  • ArticleFirst
    A general database indexing most major journals from 1990 to present.
  • Arts and Humanities Search
    This database indexes arts and humanities journals and selected articles from social science and science journals. Articles, bibliographies, editorials, letters, reviews, and more are indexed.
  • ARTstor
    The mission of ARTstor is to be a repository of hundreds of thousands of digital images and related data; make available through the database the tools to actively use those images; and to create a restricted usage environment that seeks to balance the rights of content providers with the needs and interests of content users. (from the ARTstor site)
  • arXiv.org
    Open access to e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science and Quantitative Biology.

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  • BIOSIS Previews
    Life sciences and biomedical research covering pre-clinical and experimental research, methods and instrumentation, animal studies, and more.
  • Books In Print
    Database of books in print, out of print, and forthcoming. Also contains other media such as CDs, DVDs, and others.
  • Britannica Online
    Vast knowledge base contains more than 65,000 articles and includes the latest editions of the Book of the Year and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. Many articles also include links to related Internet sites.
  • Business Source Premier
    Provides full text for business publications, including over 900 peer-reviewed journals. This database provides full text (PDF) for more than 300 of the top scholarly journals dating as far back as 1922.
    info Tutorial available

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  • Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
    Produced by the Government Printing Office, the Catalog of U.S. Government publications indexes print and electronic Government information products created by Federal agencies.
  • Catholic Periodical and Literature Index
    A partnership between ATLA and the Catholic Library Association. The database includes indexed citations to articles published in Roman Catholic periodicals, Papal documents, church promulgations, and books about the Catholic faith that are authored by Catholics and/or produced by Catholic publishers.
    info Tutorial available
    • Location(s): Clemens Reference INDEX (1967-1997); Alcuin Reference INDEX (1967-2003)
  • CEPR Discussion Papers
    Economic research papers covering seven major areas of economics. They have not yet been published in journals, but may have been presented at conferences or workshops.
  • Child Welfare Information Gateway
    From the Children's Bureau within the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services. The Gateway provides access to resources including print and electronic publications, websites, databases and more covering topics related to child safety, welfare and adoption.
  • Choice Reviews Online
    Reviews of academic books, electronic media, and Internet resources of interest to those in higher education.
  • CIAO - Columbia International Affairs Online
    A comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. This database has content from 1991 on and includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects and original case studies among other things.
  • CINAHL
    CINAHL Plus with Full Text provides indexing for 3,024 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health, with indexing back to 1937. There is the full text 337 of journals, plus legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments and clinical trials.
    The old version available for a short time is here.
    • Location(s): Clemens Reference Index Area 1956-1997
  • Cochrane Library
    The Cochrane Library contains high-quality, independent reviews and clinical trial results to inform evidence-based healthcare decisions and to inform those receiving care. Updated quarterly.
  • Columbia Granger's World of Poetry
    Poetry resource that contains 250,000 full text poems and 450,000 citations, as well as poetry commentary, poets' biographies, and literary glossary terms.
  • Communication & Mass Media Complete
    Index to research in the field of Speech Communication and Media, this database contains a substantial amount of full-text. It was started by the merger of CommSearch, and Mass Media Articles Index.
  • Consumer Health Complete
    A comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. It is designed to support the information needs of patients, and to foster an overall understanding of health-related topics.
  • Contemporary Women's Issues
    Provides full-text access to global information on women and covers journal and newsletter articles and research reports
  • Country Studies / Area Handbook Program
    From the Library of Congress. Print copies of these handbooks can be found in our online catalog by doing a title keyword search for "area handbook" and the name of a country.
  • CQ Almanac
    CQ Almanac contains over 60 years of reporting on the work of the U.S. Congress.
  • CQ Researcher
    Summarizes current and controversial issues of the day. A search option is available.
    • Location(s): Clemens and Alcuin Reference Call #: H 35 .C352
  • CQ Weekly
    A weekly publication covering legislative news and analysis from Capitol Hill. A search option is available.
    • Location(s): Alcuin Reference Call #: KF49 .C652 and Clemens Reference Call #: JK1.C15
  • CREDO Reference
    Dictionaries, encyclopedias, etc. from a variety of sources.
    Search
  • Current Contents
    A multidisciplinary current awareness Web resource providing access to complete bibliographic information from over 8,000 of the world's leading scholarly journals.

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  • Dissertation Abstracts
    Covering a variety of subject areas, this index contains information on dissertations accepted at U.S. institutions of learning. Limited coverage is given to international institutions

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  • E&E Publishing
    E&E Daily focuses on environmental and energy legislation in the US Congress, and Greenwire covers how these issues play out in the courts, states and federal agencies. Land Letter takes an in-depth look at natural resources and conservation issues.
  • Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans (1639-1800)
    More than 37,000 books, pamphlets and broadsides, digitized from the bibliography created by Charles Evans. It is the definitive resource for information about every aspect of life in 17th- and 18th-century America.
  • Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker (1801-1819)
    Full-text access to the 36,000 American books, pamphlets and broadsides published in the first nineteen years of the nineteenth century. The collection is based on the authoritative bibliography by Ralph R. Shaw and Richard H. Shoemaker and is supplemented by thousands of new items.
  • EBSCO MegaFILE
    Combines EBSCO's databases into a single product: Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, MasterFILE Premier, and Regional Business News.
  • EconLit
    This database indexes articles from over 620 journals and books, and the Cambridge University Press Abstracts of Working Papers in Economics.
    info Tutorial available
  • EDGAR: SEC Filings and Forms
    Submissions by companies and others who are required by law to file forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
  • Educator's Reference Complete
    1,100 periodicals and 200 reports , Educator's Reference Complete is the perfect complement for any library that utilizes the ERIC database, because it provides full-text results for nearly half of the journal titles found in ERIC.
  • Encyclopedia Iranica
    Freely available Internet encyclopedia covering Iranian history and civilization.
  • Encyclopaedia Islamica
    An encyclopedia currently under development, will eventually be a 16-volume encyclopedia of Shiʿi Islam, the Persian contribution to Islamic civilisation, and the spiritual dimensions of the Islamic tradition.
  • Encyclopaedia of Islam
    Click on the 'log in' button to access the encyclopedia. In order to use the encyclopedia a font needs to be installed which can be downloaded from the site. Please note that if you are using Windows XP the instructions are incorrect. The font needs to be installed to the c:windowsfonts directory.
    • Location(s): Alcuin Reference Call #: DS37 .E523 1960c
    • AccessScience
      The online version of the McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of science technology
    • Britannica Online
      Vast knowledge base contains more than 65,000 articles and includes the latest editions of the Book of the Year and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. Many articles also include links to related Internet sites.
    • CREDO Reference
      Dictionaries, encyclopedias, etc. from a variety of sources.
      Search
    • Encyclopedia Iranica
      Freely available Internet encyclopedia covering Iranian history and civilization.
    • Encyclopaedia Islamica
      An encyclopedia currently under development, will eventually be a 16-volume encyclopedia of Shiʿi Islam, the Persian contribution to Islamic civilisation, and the spiritual dimensions of the Islamic tradition.
    • Encyclopaedia of Islam
      Click on the 'log in' button to access the encyclopedia. In order to use the encyclopedia a font needs to be installed which can be downloaded from the site. Please note that if you are using Windows XP the instructions are incorrect. The font needs to be installed to the c:windowsfonts directory.
      • Location(s): Alcuin Reference Call #: DS37 .E523 1960c
  • Environment Index
    Cover-to-cover indexing and detailed abstracts for well over 1,000 international journals, with ongoing coverage for over 500 titles, providing a global perspective on important issues. The database features an in-depth thesaurus, and extensive subject area coverage ranging as far back as 1950.
  • ERIC via CSA Illumina
    Provides coverage of journals, conferences, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, books and monographs.

    See also Official ERIC Site [free]
    See also the ERIC Thesaurus
    info Tutorial available

  • Ethnic NewsWatch
    A comprehensive full-text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.
    info Tutorial available
  • Expanded Academic ASAP
    Comprised of more than 3,500 indexed and full-text titles — of which 2,100 are peer-reviewed.

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  • Find It (SFX)

    is the library's full-text linking system. If the database you're searching doesn't have the full text of an article you want, can often find it for you.


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  • Gallup
    Gallup has a record of 70 years of public opinion. Inside, you'll find answers to more than 136,000 questions, and responses from more than 3.5 million people interviewed by The Gallup Poll since 1935.

    See also Gallup Brain.
  • Gartner Group Research Portal
    Research & industry analysis by Gartner. ** You need to use your CSB/SJU email username/password to get into this database. **
  • Gender Studies Database
    Gender Studies Database, produced by NISC, combines NISC’s popular Women’s Studies International and Men’s Studies databases with the coverage of sexual diversity issues. GSD covers the full spectrum of gender-engaged scholarship inside and outside academia.
  • GenderWatch
    A full text database of unique and diverse publications that focus on how gender intersects a broad spectrum of subject areas. Publications include academic and scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, and other sources.
    info Tutorial available
  • Google Scholar
    Searches through a wide array of articles from various publishers, as well as institutional archives and other material. Includes a lot of licensed materials not available at CSB/SJU. However, if you find something that you want, please remember you may submit an ILL request for it.
  • GPO Access
    GPO Access is the homepage of the Government Printing Office. It contains links to all three branches of the federal government, as well as publications by the three branches.
  • GreenFILE
    From the source: "GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more."

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  • HAPI
    HAPI indexes about 500 periodicals from 1970 to the present, covering Central and South America, Mexico, Brazil, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics/Latinos in the United States.
  • HealthSource: Consumer Edition
    Nearly 80 full-text, consumer health magazines, including American Fitness, Better Nutrition, Fit Pregnancy, Harvard Health Letter, HealthFacts, Men's Health, Muscle & Fitness, Prevention, Vegetarian Times, and many others. This database also includes searchable full text for current, health-related pamphlets and more than 130 health reference books, including books published by the People's Medical Society.
  • HealthSource: Nursing/Academic Edition
    Contains nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong. In addition, this database includes the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names.
  • HeritageQuest
    A genealogy resource including: census data, family records, and local histories, tax lists, city directories, land and probate records, birth, marriage and death records, genealogical and local history serials, and more. It will grow to encompass the Periodical Source Index (PERSI), Freedman’s Bank Records, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Index, and additional materials.
    See also: Ancestry Library Edition
  • Historical Abstracts
    This index provides citations and abstracts of articles from 2,100 journals published in over 90 countries. It covers all branches of world history from 1450 to the present except American and Canadian history. Old URL
  • Hoovers.com
    A database of 12 million companies forms the basis of this company and market intelligence service. CSB/SJU subscribe at the Pro level.
    info Tutorial available

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  • In Principio
    Index to 1 million incipits covering Latin literature from its origins to the Renaissance.
    Click "Enter databases" and then select "In Principio" to use this resource.
  • Index Islamicus
    Indexes literature on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world. It is produced by the Islamic Bibliography Unit at Cambridge University Library. Please note that the "journal articles only" limiter does not work in this database due to a bug.
    info Tutorial available
  • Informe
    A collection of hispanic magazines with full text. Covers business, health, technology, culture, current topics and other subjects. A Spanish-language interface is also available.
  • Ingenta
    Ingenta indexes and provides tables of contents for thousands of journals.
  • INIS Online (International Nuclear Information System)
    INIS is the leading information source for scientific and technical literature published worldwide on the peaceful applications of nuclear science and technology. The INIS Database, updated weekly, currently contains 2.9 million references with English abstracts from 1970 to the present.
  • ITER
    The goal of Iter is to increase access to all published materials pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700), through the creation of online bibliographic databases

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  • Journal Finder
    Search for Journals available online or in print at CSB/SJU.
  • JSTOR
    Provides electronic access to back issues of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
    info Tutorial available

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  • LexisNexis Academic Universe
    A collection of online databases: News, Business (plus corporate news and corporate financials), Legal, Medical, and Reference. International news sources are included.
    Classic Interface still available.
    info Tutorial for classic interface available
  • Literary Market Place (LMP)
    Covers the book publishing industry. We have 1 simultaneous user, so if it is in use, please try back in a little while.
  • Literature Resource Center
    Includes Gale's Dictionary of Literary Biography, Contemporary Authors, and Contemporary Literary Criticism Select as well as the MLA International Bibliography. Contemporary Literary Criticism Select includes entries on all authors since vol. 95 of the CLC print series and profiles of the 266 most studied authors from the editions prior to vol. 95.

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  • Manuscript Women's Letters and Diaries
    Manuscript Women's Letters and Diaries from the American Antiquarian Society brings together 100,000 pages of the personal writings of women of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.
  • MAS Ultra - School Edition
    Provides full text from over 460 periodicals covering general reference, health, science, and other areas. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for over 520 magazines. This database also includes over 3,000 charts, tables and graphs converted to ASCII text; 5,000 full text Magill Book Reviews; full text of 140 Macmillan books; over 540 health and science-related pamphlets in full text; coverage of the CIA World Factbook; and Essential Documents in American History.
  • MasterFILE Premier
    Designed specifically for public libraries, MasterFILE™ Premier contains full text for 2,051 periodicals as well as various other sources.
    info Tutorial available
  • MathSciNet
    A comprehensive database covering the world's mathematical literature since 1940. A Quick Search is available from the home page, as is a link to the Full Search screen. Searches can also be done by Author, Journal, or by Mathematics Subject Classification (MSC).
    • Location(s): The print index Mathematical Reviews (1954-Feb 1979) is available in Alcuin Library, Basement Index Area (SJU)
  • MEDLINE via PubMed
    Includes over 15 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources. HINT: Use the MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) for best results. Also, The NLM provides an online self-paced PubMed Tutorial that can help you make the best use of the database.
  • Men's Studies Database
    See Gender Studies Database
  • Middle Search Plus
    Full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays.
  • Minnesota Statutes, Sessions, and Rules
    All rules and regulations governing the actions of state agencies are listed in the Minnesota Rules. The statutes that govern the state of Minnesota are called the Minnesota Statutes. We also have print copies of both titles are found at Alcuin Library, SJU, in the Reference Law Collection.
  • MLA Bibliography
    Provides access to bibliographic citations to journal articles, essays,books, and dissertations from 1925 to the present for: language, literature, folklore, linguistics, literary theory and criticism, and the dramatic arts.
    See also MLA Directory of Periodicals
    • Location(s): Clemens Reference Z7006 .M64 (1921-1962) and Alcuin Reference Z7006 .M64 (1921-1963)
  • MnLINK Gateway
    Providing access to library catalogs across Minnesota, as well as ELM databases. To login to this server, use your library barcode (on the back of your ID card) with the password being your last name (typed in ALL CAPS).
  • MnPALS Library Catalog
    Catalog of the College of Saint Benedict, Saint John's University, and Saint John's Preparatory School.
  • Monthly Catalog of United States Publications
    Produced by the Government Printing Office, the Monthly Catalog indexes print Government information products created by Federal agencies.
    • Location(s): Alcuin Government Documents, Fiche and CD-Rom GP 3.8:
  • Music Index
    This print index provides journal access to both popular and scholarly journals.
    • Location(s): Index Tables
  • Music Online
    Featuring a variety of streaming musical sources as well as musical scores and various other reference works.

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  • National Journal.com
    A weekly publication covering politics, policy and government. See also Hotline, a daily news briefing on politics and campaigns, and advanced search for best access to the content of the site. Please note that we do not have access to Congress Daily, Technology Daily, and American Health Line.
  • Naxos Music Library
    Classical music listening service providing over 130,000 tracks of music. [note: you will need to enable popup windows for this to work properly]
  • NBER Working Papers
    Founded in 1920, the National Bureau of Economic Research is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to promoting a greater understanding of how the economy works. The NBER is committed to undertaking and disseminating unbiased economic research among public policymakers, business professionals, and the academic community.
  • NetLibrary
    More than 11,000 books are online through netLibrary. If you establish a free account you can keep a list of titles of interest and save notes on your reading. NOTE: MnPALS contains records for most netLibrary titles.
    info Tutorial available
  • NetLibrary eAudiobooks
    295 downloadable eAudiobooks, digital versions of audiobooks available through the Internet for listening with Windows Media Player version 9.0 and above.
  • New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
    See Grove Music Online
  • New Testament Abstracts
    New Testament Abstracts is a product of a partnership between ATLA and the Weston Jesuit School of Theology. For students of the New Testament and its historical milieu. Abstracts 500 periodicals as well as about 800 books annually.
  • NewsBank
    Special reports and various other databases are available at NewsBank.
  • Nutrition and Food Sciences Database via CAB Direct
    The Nutrition and Food Sciences Database covers human nutrition, food science/food technology, and the interactions between diet and health. It covers the whole food chain from primary production of food species, both plant and animal, to the dietary effects of food.
    Old URL

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  • Old Testament Abstracts
    Old Testament Abstracts is the product of a partnership between ATLA and the Catholic Biblical Association. The database features indexing and abstracts for journal articles, monographs, multi-author works, and software related to Old Testament studies.
  • Oxford Art Online
    Grove Art Online comprises the full text of The Dictionary of Art, edited by Jane Turner (1996, 34 vols) and The Oxford Companion to Western Art, edited by Hugh Brigstocke (2001). Also a few other art reference titles.
  • Oxford Biblical Studies Online
    Contains digital editions of six Oxford bibles and other bible texts as well as over 5,000 entries from Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Oxford Companion to the Bible, and a wealth of other Oxford references. Read more to see what is included in the database.
  • Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
    Calling itself "the definitive record of the English language", the OED is the largest and most comprehensive etymological dictionary in English. Provides a rich history of most words through examples of usage in written works of literature.
    • Location(s): Print version: Clemens Reference PE 1625 .O87 1989
  • Oxford Music Online
    The full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (second edition), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (second edition) are searchable from this site.

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  • PAIS International
    "Database chronicling global public policy and social issues." -- from the PAIS site.
    info Tutorial available
  • Patrologia Latina
    An electronic version of Migne's nineteenth-century collection. It includes the works of the Latin Fathers from Tertullian at the end of the 2nd Century AD to the death of Pope Innocent III in 1216.
    • Location(s): Alcuin and HMML General Collection Call #: BR60 .M4
  • Patrologiae Graecae
    An electronic version of Migne's Patrologiae Graecae. Contains more than 160 volumes of Greek material (with Latin translations) relevant to the study of the history of the Christian Church from its beginnings through the Council of Florence in 1439.
  • PERSI
    see HeritageQuest
  • Philosopher's Index
    A bibliographic database with informative, author-written abstracts covering scholarly resarch in all areas of philosophy. The literature covered goes back to 1940 and includes journal articles, books, book chapters such as contributions to an anthology, and book reviews.
    info Tutorial available
  • Points of View Reference Center
    Provides 250 topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument),counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide.
  • Political Science Complete
    Contains full text for nearly 400 journals, and cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 800 journals, (including top-ranked scholarly journals). The database also features more than 180 full-text reference books and monographs, and over 28,000 full text conference papers, including those of the International Political Science Association. PSC includes a subject-specific thesaurus with 10,453 terms (4,041 preferred and 6,352 non-preferred terms), to provide subject searching guidance to researchers.
  • Primary Search
    70 popular elementary school magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Additionally, Primary Search includes the Encyclopedia of Animals™, and features the Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia,
  • Professional Collection
    Includes content in the following area of education: arts and humanities; child and adolescent psychology and development; drug and alcohol abuse; health/nutrition/fitness; learning disabilities; literature; school law; science and technology; social sciences; and sports/athletic training.
  • Professional Development Collection
    A highly specialized collection of electronic information especially for professional educators, professional librarians and education researchers.
  • Project Muse
    Provides online access to the full text of scholarly journals in the arts and humanities, social sciences, and mathematics.
  • ProQuest Newsstand
    Provides indexing and access to the full text of 300+ U.S. and international news sources.
    info Tutorial available
  • ProQuest Nursing Journals
    Offers full-text access to leading nursing and related publications. Note that the indexing is very general compared to that of CINAHL.
    info Tutorial available
  • ProQuest Religion
    An indispensable resource for anyone researching religious issues and perspectives, the ProQuest Religion database covers the most important journals in the field--and almost all of them are available in full-text, full-image, Text+Graphics™, or all three formats.
    info Tutorial available
  • PsycARTICLES
    This database has the full-text for journals published by the American Psychological Association and other publishers.
  • PsycINFO
    Provides bibliographic citations and abstracts to articles from journals in psychology and related fields. Also indexes books and book chapters. Producer/Publisher is the American Psychological Association.
  • PubMed (MEDLINE)
    Includes over 15 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources. HINT: Use the MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) for best results. Also, The NLM provides an online self-paced PubMed Tutorial that can help you make the best use of the database.

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  • Reader's Guide Retrospective 1890-1982
    3 million articles from 375 magazines covering almost a century.
    See Academic Search Premier for similar content from the 1970's and 80's to the present.
  • RefWorks
    A Web-based bibliography and database manager that allows one to create a personal database by importing references from online databases or manually adding records. One may insert these references into papers using Word and the Write-N-Cite plugin and automatically format the paper and the bibliography in seconds using a wide variety of styles. This resource is available to all current CSB/SJU students, faculty, and staff.
  • Regional Business News
    This database has daily updates and is comprised of full text for regional business publications.
    info Tutorial available
  • Reviews.com
    Identifies the best new books and articles across all areas of computer science. Formerly the print publication "Computer Reviews".
  • RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
    A comprehensive international guide to writings about music. Scholarly works are covered, including articles from more than journals, as well as books, conference proceedings, dissertations, Festschriften, reviews, catalogues, and more.
    info Tutorial available
  • Roll Call
    Published Monday through Thursday while congress is in session (Mondays only during recess), Roll Call covers legislative events with tenacity and balance.

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  • Science Citation Index
    Covers the fields of chemistry, mathematics, medicine, biology, engineering and physics. The citation index allows the user to see how many times an certain author or journal article has been cited within the literature.
  • Science Reference Center
    Provides easy access to a multitude of full text science-oriented content. Science Reference Center contains full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources.
  • ScienceDirect
    Provides access to more than 600 journals published by Elsevier Science. Disciplines include biology, chemistry, language and linguistics, economics, computer science, education, and many others.
  • Science.gov
    "is a gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results."
  • SEC Filings & Forms (EDGAR)
    Submissions by companies and others who are required by law to file forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
  • Shakespeare Survey
    Each volume of Shakespeare Survey is devoted to a theme, or play, or group of plays; each also contains a section of reviews of that year's textual and critical studies, and of the year's major British performances.
  • Social Services Abstracts
    Provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas. The database abstracts and indexes serials publications and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations, and citations to book reviews.
    info Tutorial available
  • Social Sciences Citation Index
    Covers the fields of history, business, economics, management, government, psychology and sociology. The citation index allows the user to see how many times a certain author or journal article has been cited within the literature.
  • Sociological Abstracts
    Provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers for sociology and related fields.
    info Tutorial available
  • SPORTDiscus
    SPORTDiscus offers indexes the literature of sport, fitness and related disciplines.
  • St. Cloud Times
    St. Cloud's daily newspaper. Full-text available for the latest week. A searchable archive serves as an index back to 1999, but article page numbers are not given. There is also a St. Cloud Times Index, produced by the Great River Regional Library, which does include page numbers. You can use Interlibrary Loan to obtain articles once you've got a date and page number(s).
  • STAT-USA
    From the U.S. Department of Commerce. Provides authoritative data from the Federal government in the areas of business, economics, and trade. Note: Some files are password protected. Please ask for assistance at the reference desk.
  • Statistical Abstract of the United States
    The main entry point for statistical information produced by the U.S. federal government.
    • Location(s): Clemens Reference HA 202 .A2 and Alcuin Government Documents C 3.134
  • Student Resource Center Gold
    Offers a multitude of potent resources designed to aid in the study of classroom subjects within a flexible and convenient search tool that supports undergraduate, high school and middle school research. Results are pulled from thousands of full-text magazines and newspapers, vocational and technical periodicals, thousands of biographies and essays, glossary of terms, thousands of photographs, graphics, hours of audio and video files, and primary source documents.

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  • Teacher Reference Center
    It covers all aspects of teaching and education, including: Asessment, Best Practices, Continuing Education, and Curriculum Development among other things.
  • Theatre in Video
    Contains streaming video of over 250 performances of plays, over 100 film documentaries.
  • Thomas Register
    Free registration at the site. Thomas Register is a yellow pages of products and manufacturers in the U.S.

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  • U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates
    This site provided by the Library of Congress consists of a linked set of published congressional records of the United States of America from the Continental Congress through the 43rd Congress, 1774-1875.
  • United States Code
    The codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States. It is divided by broad subjects into 50 titles.
  • USA.gov
    The U.S. Government's official search portal.

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  • Value Line Research Center
    The Research Center includes on-line access to Value Line's leading publications covering stocks, mutual funds, options and convertible securities as well as special situation stocks.
  • Vanderbilt Television News Archive
    Archive of television news, including evening news broadcasts from ABC, CBS, and NBC (since 1968), an hour per day of CNN (since 1995) and Fox News (since 2004).
  • Vivarium
    The home of digitized manuscripts, art, rare books, photographs, audio, video, and other resources from two Benedictine monastic and educational communities in central Minnesota

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  • Web of Knowledge
    The premier index to scholarly articles. Includes Web of Science, Current Contents, MEDLINE, and BIOSIS.
  • Web of Science
    Provides access to Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index. Search for articles that cite other articles and books.
  • Women Writers Project
    The Brown University Women Writers Project is a long-term research project devoted to early modern women's writing and electronic text encoding.
  • Women's Studies International
    see Gender Studies Database

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  • CREDO Reference
    Dictionaries, encyclopedias, etc. from a variety of sources.
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