W. Frank Steely Library

[Skip to Navigation]

Databases and Indexes

Find a database by subject:

Find a database by keywords:

[  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 Databases and Indexes 201 Results    

  Show ONLY Full-Text Databases.  

Need Help?

ABI/Inform
Search nearly 1800 worldwide business periodicals available in full-text for in-depth coverage of business and economic conditions, management techniques, theory, and practice of business, advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and more. Expanded international coverage. Access to information on 60,000+ companies with business and executive profiles.
Coverage: 1971 - present
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
ABI/Inform Tutorials:
Academic Search
[Lexis-Nexis]
Features more than 5,800 full-text sources, including foreign and U.S. newspapers (among them The New York Times), magazines and trade journals, broadcast transcripts, company financial information, industry and market news, federal and state case law, law reviews, medical news and abstracts, and state and country profiles.
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Academic Search Tutorials:
Academic Search Premier
Contains full text articles from nearly 4,500 journals, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for all 8,144 journals in the collection. PDF back files to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for 1,000 titles. The majority of full text titles are available in native (searchable) PDF, or scanned-in-color.
Provided by the KYVL
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Accessible Archives
Full-text databases contain primary sources of historical information including eyewitness accounts of historical events, vivid descriptions of daily life, editorial observations, commerce as seen through advertisements and genealogical records.
Coverage: 18th and 19th century
Accounting and Tax Index
Provides access to journals in accounting and related subjects.
Steely Library Reference Collection (print index) - Accounting and Tax Index
Coverage: 1992 - present, updated quarterly
ACLS Humanities E-books
A collection of major scholarly works from all areas of history, including online versions of printed works as well as original electronic publications.
Agricola
Consists of over 4.3 million citations to journal articles, monographs, theses, patents, software, audio-visual materials, and technical reports that have been compiled by the U.S. National Agricultural Library (NAL). The records describe publications and resources encompassing all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines including plant and animal sciences, forestry, entomology, soil and water resources, agricultural economics, agricultural engineering, agricultural products, alternative farming practices, and food and nutrition. Auxiliary subjects that support NAL's Information Center activities, such as agricultural trade and marketing, rural information, and animal welfare are also included in the database.
Provided by the KYVL
Coverage: 1970 - present
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Agripedia
Created to allow students to use resources across the country in an integrated, interactive learning resource on the Internet. As an "encyclopedia of agriculture," Agripedia presents facts, figures, demonstrations, examples, graphics, and more regarding the concepts, practices, and vocabulary of agriculture in a multimedia format using audio clips, graphics, text, and animation."
Alt-PressWatch
A full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals from alternative and independent presses.
Coverage: Varies based on journal
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Alternative Press Index
Indexes almost 300 alternative, radical, and left periodicals, newspapers, and magazines. Interdisciplinary and international in scope. Other features include selected abstracts, journal record information, and hot links to Publisher web sites.
Coverage: 1991 - present, updated quarterly
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Alternative Press Index Archive
Comprehensive index of alternative, radical, and left periodicals, newspapers, and magazines published from 1969 to 1990. Interdisciplinary and international in scope. Includes book, film, and television reviews, interviews, obituaries, and biographical information, in addition to feature articles.
Coverage: 1969 - 1990
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Aluka
An international, collaborative initiative building an online digital library of resources from and about Africa. Includes archival documents, periodicals, books, reports, manuscripts, reference works, three-dimensional models, maps, oral histories, plant specimens, photographs, and slides.
Amazing Animals of the World
Contains reference and media materials about animals around the world for grades 2 and up.
America: History and Life
A complete bibliographic reference to journal articles, books, book reviews, theses, and dissertations pertaining to the history of United States and Canada. Abstracts are provided.
Coverage: 1964 - present, updated quarterly
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
American FactFinder
Statistics and information of the Census Bureau.
American FactFinder Tutorials:
Anthropological Literature
An author and subject index to serial and edited works received by the anthropology library of Harvard University. Subjects include archaeology, biological and physical anthropology, cultural and social anthropology, linguistics, sociology, history, ethnohistory, demography, geography, international development, and human genetics.
Steely Library Reference Collection (print index) - Anthropological Literature
Steely Library Reference Collection (print index) - Anthropological Literature (previous record)
Coverage: 1979 - 1980; 1989 - present, updated quarterly
Applied Science Full Text
Features graphs, charts, diagrams, photos, and illustrations that convey data from scientific and technical articles covering engineering, mathematics, physics, and computer technology.
Coverage: Indexing 1983 - present
Abstracting 1993 - present
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Art Index
Indexing of an international array of peer-selected publications - now with expanded coverage of Latin American, Canadian, Asian and other non-Western art, new artists, contemporary art, exhibition reviews, and feminist criticism. In addition to articles, this database indexes reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals.
Coverage: 1984 - present
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Arts and Humanities Search
A citation index to international journals in the humanities. The online equivalent of ISI's Arts & Humanities Citation Index.
Coverage: 1980 - present, updated weekly
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
ARTstor
Approximately 500,000 images covering art, architecture, and archeology.
ARTstor Tutorials:
ASI
[American Statistics Index]
Indexes statistical data published by all branches and agencies of the Federal Government.
Steely Library Reference Collection (print index) - ASI [American Statistics Index]
Coverage: 1974 - present, updated monthly
Atomic Learning
Provides web-based software training and support on more than 100 applications for students, faculty, and staff. Includes over 30,000 short video tutorials to give you just the training you need for a specific software task.
Provided by the Professional Organizational Development Center
Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Indexes current reference sources such as 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 amount of biographical information but give critical surveys of writer’s works; indexes, which refer the user to a body of information found elsewhere. It does not include periodical articles or books of biography about a single individual.
Coverage: Updated twice a year
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo RefWorks compatible
Biography Index
Index of biographical material appearing in periodicals, books of individual and collective biographies, incidental biographical material appearing in non-biographical books, obituaries, collections of letters, diaries, memoirs, and bibliographies.
Steely Library Reference Collection & Closed Stacks (print index) - Biography Index
Coverage: 1946 - 1999
Biography Reference Bank
Ancient times to present. With links to every article focused on any individual in nearly every WilsonWeb database, Biography Reference Bank covers over 500,000 people and includes over 36,000 images.
Coverage: Ancient times to present
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Biology Digest
Provides detailed abstracts written in a non-technical style for students and interested nonscientists. Conveys solid, factual information useful to life scientists exploring areas outside their specialties
Coverage: 1989 - present, updated 9 times per year
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
BIOSIS
Biological Abstracts includes bibliographic references (records) with abstracts derived from life sciences research journals published worldwide.
Coverage: 1989 - present
Book Review Digest
Indexes reviews of current fiction and non-fiction, and provides review excerpts and over 100,000 full text reviews. Reviews are arranged by book. Includes books for children, young adults and adults.
Steely Library Reference Collection & Closed Stacks (print index) - Book Review Digest
Coverage: 1905 - 2000
Book Review Digest Plus
Indexes reviews of current fiction and non-fiction, and provides review excerpts and over 100,000 full text reviews. Reviews are arranged by book. Includes books for children, young adults and adults.
Coverage: 1983 - present
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Book Review Index
Indexes reviews of published and forthcoming books, audio-books, and e-books.
Steely Library Reference Collection (print index) - Book Review Index
Coverage: 1965 - present, updated monthly
Books in Print
Provides complete, publisher-verified information on all U.S. books in print. Contains in-print and forthcoming books, audios, videos, and e-books. Includes books, audios, and videos declared out-of-print or out-of-stock since 1979. Also includes full-text book reviews, complete publisher information, and information about authors/contributors.
Building Permits Data
Statistics and information of the Census Bureau.
Business and Industry
Contains important facts, figures and key events for international public and private companies, industries, products, and markets for manufacturing and service industries. Covers all the primary business information sources--from leading trade magazines, newsletters, and the general business press to international business dailies.
Coverage: 1994 - present, updated daily
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Business and Management Practices
Provides real-world know-how that focuses on how organizations make and implement decision, develop and launch new strategies, and plan for change, including case studies and how-to articles. Searches for business concepts, industries, and specific departments within an organization.
Coverage: 1995 - present, updated weekly
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Business Dateline
Includes information about library resources that describe regional business activities and trends and major stories on local firms, their products, and executives. Provides online articles from regional publications, Business Wire press releases, and major newspapers.
Coverage: 1985 - present, updated weekly
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Business Organizations, Agencies, and Publications Directory
Includes abstracts in most records describing the organization’s products and services and giving other information about the organization, such as founding date, membership size, and publications. Can search by broad subject area by using section headings assigned to each organization.
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Business Periodicals Index
Indexes business periodicals by subject. Also lists citations of book reviews.
Steely Library Reference Collection & Closed Stacks (print index) - Business Periodicals Index
Coverage: 1958 - 1986, 1986 - 2000
Business Source Premier
Provides full text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Also includes country economic reports from the EIU, Global Insight, ICON Group and CountryWatch and detailed company profiles. Additional full text, non-journal content includes market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.
Provided by the KYVL
Coverage: Varies based on journal, updated daily
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Business Source Premier Tutorials:
Career and Technical Education
Indexes and provides abstracts and full text for articles. Topics include computing science, healthcare, building trades, auto mechanics, sales and retail, accounting, graphic design, and photography.
Coverage: 1975 - present
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Catalog of Government Publications
The finding tool for electronic and print publications from the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the U.S. government. These publications make up the National Bibliography of U.S. Government Publications. The CGP contains descriptive records for historical and current publications and provides direct links to those that are available online.
Coverage: July 1976 - present, updated daily
CCH Business Network
A network of online libraries with information related to business. Subjects include banking, securities, products liability, government contracts, information technology, trade regulation, and transportation law.
CCH Human Resources Network
A network of online libraries with information related to human resources. Subjects include equal employment, human resources management, payroll, personnel practices, workplace safety, and worker’s compensation.
CCH Tax Network
A network of online libraries with information related to taxes. Subjects include tax regulations, tax laws, pending tax legislation, Tax Court decisions, state taxes, and financial planning.
CenStats
Statistics and information of the Census Bureau.
Census 2000 Gateway
Statistics and information of the Census Bureau.
Census Home
Statistics and information of the Census Bureau.
Chemical Abstracts
Steely Library Closed Stacks (print index) - Chemical Abstracts
Coverage: 1907 - 1993
Child Welfare Information Gateway
Child Welfare Information Gateway promotes the safety, permanency, and well-being of children and families by connecting child welfare, adoption and related professionals as well as concerned citizens to timely, essential information. A service of the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, we provide access to print and electronic publications, websites, and online databases covering a wide range of topics from prevention to permanency, including child welfare, child abuse and neglect, adoption, search and reunion, and much more.
Coverage: 1965 - present
CINAHL with Full-Text
Provides full text for more 520 journals indexed in CINAHL. Includes nursing and allied health journals.
Provided by the KYVL
Coverage: 1982 - present
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
CINAHL with Full-Text Tutorials:
CIS Index
[Congressional Information Service]
Provides abstracts and indexes for all publications of Congress except the Congressional Record.
Steely Library Reference Collection (print index) - CIS Index
Coverage: 1970 - 2005
CIS Publications
[Congressional Information Service]
Index to U.S. Congressional publications, including committee hearings, reports, and other documents. Legislative histories lead to primary documents that are related to a particular law.
Coverage: 1970 - present
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Civil War Era
Provides full text from eight regionally balanced cover-to-cover newspapers and nearly 2,000 pamphlets. Primary sources covering cultural, regional, ethical, and economic viewpoints from the American Civil War period.
Coverage: 1840 - 1865
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Classical Music Library
Includes recordings of music written from the earliest times (e.g. Gregorian Chant) to the present, including many contemporary composers. Repertoire ranges from vocal and choral music, to chamber, orchestral, solo instrumental, and opera.
Cochrane Library (Trial)
Trial ends on 2008-11-25
The Cochrane Library contains evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. It includes evidence from Cochrane and other systematic reviews, clinical trials, and more.
College Source Online
Provides full text (in PDF format) of 38,500 college catalogs, including 2-year, 4-year, graduate, and professional schools. Searchable by major, geographic location, tuition, enrollment, affiliation, and other criteria. Also includes course descriptions.
Communication Abstracts
Provides abstracts for major communication-related articles, reports, and books. Subjects include general communication, mass communication, advertising and marketing, broadcasting, communication theory, interpersonal and intrapersonal communication, small-group communication, organizational communication, journalism, public relations, radio, public opinion, speech, and television.
Steely Library Reference Collection (print index) - Communication Abstracts
Coverage: 1999 - present, updated every two months
Communication Abstracts
Provides abstracts for major communication-related articles, reports, and books. Subjects include general communication, mass communication, advertising and marketing, broadcasting, communication theory, interpersonal and intrapersonal communication, small-group communication, organizational communication, journalism, public relations, radio, public opinion, speech, and television.
Coverage: 1977 - present, updated bimonthly
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Communication Abstracts Tutorials:
Communication and Mass Media Complete
Includes indexing, abstracts, and some full text for journals on communication, mass media and other closely-related fields.
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Statistics and information of the Census Bureau.
Contemporary Women's Issues
Indexes books, journals, newsletters, research reports form non-profit groups, government and international agencies, and fact sheets about women’s issues in over 150 countries. Includes links to full-text articles.
Coverage: 1992 - present
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
County Business Patterns Data
(North American Industry Classification System)
Statistics and information of the Census Bureau.
Coverage: 1998 - present
CQ Researcher
Provides reporting and analysis on issues in the news, including health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. Reports are published online 44 times a year.
Coverage: 1991 - present
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
CQ Researcher Plus Archive Tutorials:
CQ Weekly
Published weekly in print and archived on the web. Gives in-depth reports on issues looming on the Congressional horizon, plus a wrap up of the previous week’s news, including the status of bills in play, behind-the-scenes maneuvering, committee and floor activity, debates and all roll-call votes.
Coverage: 1983 - present
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Credo Reference E-books
A complete reference collection from over 50 publishers, powered by a network of cross-references that cut across topics, titles and publishers to provide answers - and new connections - in context.
Criminal Justice Abstracts
Contains abstracts of current books, journal articles, and reports published worldwide. Many issues also include a review that synthesizes the research on a subject of current importance.
Steely Library Closed Stacks (print index) - Criminal Justice Abstracts
Coverage: 1988 - 1998
Criminal Justice Periodical Index
Index to journals in criminal justice and police science.
Steely Library Closed Stacks (print index) - Criminal Justice Periodical Index
Coverage: 1975 - 1998
Criminal Justice Periodicals
Includes abstracting, indexing, and some full text. Includes topics such as criminal justice, law enforcement, corrections administration, drug enforcement, rehabilitation, family law, and industrial security.
Coverage: 1981 - present
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Disclosure Corporate Snapshots
Contains information about all public company filing including annual reports, company summary information, and shareholder reports. Includes information from public documents maintained by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Coverage: Updated weekly
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Dissertations and Theses
ProQuest’s UMI Dissertation Publishing group publishes more than 65,000 new dissertations and theses each year.
Coverage: 1637 - present, updated weekly
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Dissertations and Theses Tutorials:
Doody's Core Titles
Presents a comprehensive list of core titles in 121 specialties in clinical medicines, basic science, nursing, allied health, and other health-related disciplines. A completely new edition is published each year.
E-Books
Contains all the online electronic books cataloged by OCLC member libraries.
Coverage: Updated daily
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
EBSCO Animals
Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. Consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals.
Provided by the KYVL
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
EBSCOhost - All Databases
A collection of databases, some full text, covering most areas of the curriculum.
Provided by the KYVL
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
EBSCOhost - Español
A collection of databases, some full text, covering most areas of the curriculum.
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
EconLit
Provides citations for dissertations, journal articles, books, and working papers related to economics.
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
EDGAR
The Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system performs automated collection, validation, indexing, acceptance, and forwarding of submissions by companies and others who are required by law to file forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
EDGAR Tutorials:
EJS E-Journals
Provides access to electronic journals and full text of articles for journals managed through EBSCOhost Electronic Journals Service (EJS). Allows search and retrieval of citations, abstracts and full text.
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Encyclopedia Americana
Access to the Encyclopedia Americana. To access this off campus, go to the KYVL site, using the KYVL password.
Ask a Librarian for access details.
Provided by the KYVL
English Short Title Catalog
Lists early books, serials, newspapers and selected ephemera. Contains catalog entries for items issued in Britain, Ireland, overseas territories under British colonial rule, and the United States. Also included is material printed elsewhere which contains significant text in English, Welsh, Irish or Gaelic, as well as any book falsely claiming to have been printed in London.
Coverage: 1473 - 1801
ERIC
The Educational Resource Information Center provides citations, abstracts, and full text for articles in educational and education-related journals.
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo RefWorks compatible
ERIC Tutorials:
  • ERIC Help U.S. Department of Education (web)
ERIC in EBSCOhost
The Educational Resource Information Center provides citations, abstracts, and full text for articles in educational and education-related journals.
Provided by the KYVL
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
ERIC in EBSCOhost Tutorials:
ERIC in FirstSearch
The Educational Resource Information Center provides citations, abstracts, and full text for articles in educational and education-related journals.
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Essay and General Literature Index
An author and subject index to collections of essays pertaining to materials in the humanities and social sciences. Subjects include philosophy, religion, social and political science, economics, law, education, linguistics, science, the various arts, literature, and history.
Steely Library Reference Collection & Closed Stacks (print index) - Essay and General Literature Index
Coverage: 1900 - 1999
Exceptional Child Education Resources
Provides abstracts for books, journal articles and other print and non-print sources on special education, gifted education, and related disciplines.
Steely Library Closed Stacks (print index) - Exceptional Child Education Resources
Steely Library Closed Stacks (print index) - Exceptional Child Education Abstracts (previous title)
Coverage: 1974 - 1977, 1974 - 1998
F & S Index of Corporations and Industries
Covers company, product, and industry information from financial publications, business-oriented newspapers, trade magazines and special reports. Indexes contain information on corporate acquisitions and mergers, new products, technological developments, and social and political factors affecting business.
Steely Library Closed Stacks (print index) - F & S Index of Corporations and Industries
Steely Library Closed Stacks (print index) - Predicasts F & S Index United States (previous title)
Coverage: 1968 - 1978, 1979 - 1992
Facts on File: World News Digest
Brings together content from the Facts On File World News Digest and a live newsfeed from Reuters to answers question about events, people, issues, facts, and figures. Also delivers maps, photographs, historic documents, and special overviews of key issues, newsmakers, and events.
Coverage: 1940 - present, updated daily
Federal Register
The official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents.
Coverage: 1994 - present, updated daily
FirstSearch Basic, All Databases
A collection of databases including WorldCat.
Provided by the KYVL
Coverage: Varies
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
FirstSearch Specialized, All Databases
A collection of over 40 databases.
Coverage: Varies
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Provides indexing and full-text for over 25,000 records. Also contains images, brief biographies, and information in a variety of subject areas.
Provided by the KYVL
Coverage: Updated annually
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia Tutorials:
General Science Index
A subject index to science periodicals. Also includes an author listing of citations to book reviews. Subjects include astronomy, atmospheric science, biology, botany, chemistry, earth science, environment and conservation, food and nutrition, genetics, mathematics, medicine and health, microbiology, oceanography, physics, physiology, psychology, and zoology.
Steely Library Reference Collection & Closed Stacks (print index) - General Science Index
Coverage: 1978 - 1984, 1984 - 1999
General Science Index Online
Indexes articles on a variety of science-related information. Designed for students and non-specialists.
Coverage: 1984 - present, updated monthly
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
General Science Index Online Tutorials:
GEOBASE
Abstracts journals, books, monographs, conference proceedings and reports about geography, geology, and ecology.
Coverage: 1980 - present
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
GeoRef
Indexes bibliographic records from books, maps, government reports, conference papers, and theses and dissertations. Subjects include environmental and engineering geology, hydrology, economic geology, geophysics, petrology, paleontology, marine geology and oceanography, and mineralogy.
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Global Gateway: World Culture & Resources
A network of digital collections and online resources provided by the Library of Congress.
Google Scholar
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations.
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Government Periodicals Index
Index to articles published by agencies of the U.S. government.
Coverage: 1988 - present
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Government Periodicals Index Tutorials:
GPO Monthly Catalog
Covers all types of U.S. 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.).
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
GreenFILE
Offers well-researched but accessible information covering all aspects of human impact on the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles include content on the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments, and what can be done on each level to minimize negative impact. Topics covered include global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. GreenFILE is multidisciplinary by nature and draws on the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology.
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
Derived from the Academic American Encyclopedia database, an 11-million-word repository of text and images.
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Tutorials:
Grolier Online
Access to reference resources from Grolier. To access this off campus, go to the KYVL site and use the KYVL password.
Ask a Librarian for access details.
Provided by the KYVL
Grolier Online Tutorials:
Health Information
Provides access to a variety of health-related resources, with information about medical treatment, clinical trials, senior health care, genetic conditions, health issues related to household products, environmental concerns, and a variety of additional topics. [From the National Library of Medicine]
Health Source: Consumer Edition
Provides full text for consumer health magazines, health-related pamphlets, and health reference books. Contains Clinical Reference Systems reports (in English and Spanish) and drug monographs.
Provided by the KYVL
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Hein Online
Provides access to law journals, the Federal Register, U.S. Treaties and Agreements, U.S. Attorney General Opinions, and U.S. Supreme Court information. The online documents are image based or high resolution reproductions of the original hardcopy. Covers both historic and current information.
Hein Online Tutorials:
Historical Abstracts
Covers the history of the world, including world history, military history, women’s history, and history of education. Provides indexing for academic historical journals in over 40 languages.
Coverage: 1450 - present
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Historical New York Times
Offers full page and article images with searchable full text. Includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.
Coverage: September 18, 1851 - December 31, 2004
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Historical New York Times Tutorials:
Hospital and Health Administration Index
Includes citations to English-language articles, focusing on the health systems of industrialized countries. Subjects include the organization and administration of hospitals and other health care providers, the financing and delivery of health care, the development and implementation of health policy and reform, and health planning and research.
Steely Library Closed Stacks (print index) - Hospital and Health Administration Index
Steely Library Closed Stacks (print index) - Hospital Literature Index (previous title)
Coverage: 1978 - 1994, 1995 -1999
Humanities Index
Index of author and subject entries to periodical articles and author listing of citations to book reviews. Subjects include archaeology and classical studies, area studies, folklore, history, language and literature, literary and political criticism, performing arts, philosophy, religion and theology, and related subjects.
Steely Library Reference Collection & Closed Stacks (print index) - Humanities Index
Steely Library Reference Collection (print index) - Social Sciences & Humanities Index (previous title)
Coverage: 1965 - 1974, 1975 - 1999
Humanities Index Online
Provides bibliographic indexing of sources in the humanities. Features articles, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, original works of fiction, drama, and poetry, book reviews, and reviews of ballets, dance programs, motion pictures, musicals, operas, plays, and radio and television programs.
Coverage: 1984 - present
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Humanities Index Online Tutorials:
Index Islamicus
Indexes literature on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world. Includes journals, conference proceedings, monographs, multi-authored works and book reviews.
Coverage: 1906 - present
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Index Islamicus Tutorials:
Index to Journals in Communication Studies
Indexes about 20 core journals in speech communication, journalism and mass media, and related fields.
Steely Library Reference Collection & Closed Stacks (print index) - Index to Journals in Communication Studies
Coverage: 1974 - present, updated every 5 years
Index to the Times
Index to the Times London.
Steely Library Reference Collection (print index) - Index to the Times
Steely Library Reference Collection (print index) - Official Index to the Times (previous title)
Steely Library Reference Collection (print index) - Annual Index to the Times (previous title)
Coverage: 1906 - 1973
Ingenta
Online document delivery service. Ingenta offers NKU faculty access to articles from over 27,000 journals and scholarly publications.
Ingenta Tutorials:
International Index to Music Periodicals
[IIMP]
International Index to Music Periodicals is a music journal resource with more than half a million indexed articles, plus detailed abstracts and full text from 1874 to the present, covering the scholarly to the popular.
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
International Index to Music Periodicals Tutorials:
  • Help ProQuest (web)
International Trade Statistics
Statistics and information of the Census Bureau.
Iter : Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Includes bibliographic records for articles, essays, books, dissertation abstracts, encyclopedia entries and reviews.
Coverage: 400 - 1700 (Middle Ages and Renaissance), updated daily
Johns Hopkins Online Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism
A historical survey of the field’s most important figures, schools, and movements. Includes alphabetically arranged entries on critics and theorists, critical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods.
Johns Hopkins Online Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism Tutorials:
JSTOR : the Scholarly Journal Archive
An archive of journals that spans many disciplines. Provides high-resolution, scanned images of journal issues and pages as they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated.
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
JSTOR : the Scholarly Journal Archive Tutorials:
Kentuckiana Digital Library
Provides access to rare and unique digitized collections housed in Kentucky archives. Includes finding aids, newspapers, electronic texts, images, maps, and oral histories.
Provided by the KYVL
Kentucky Encyclopedia
The web edition of The Kentucky Encyclopedia contains all of the entries in the print and CD-ROM editions along with selected front and back matter. Entries have been enhanced with descriptive markup using the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI), a widely recognized standard for the encoding of electronic scholarly editions, which allows for additional search and display capabilities in the web environment.
Kentucky Encyclopedia Tutorials:
Kentucky Virtual Library Databases
Provides a link to catalogs and databases offered through KYVL.
LegalTrac
Provides indexing for major law review, legal newspapers, bar association journals, and international legal journals. Also contains law-related articles from business and general interest titles.
Library Literature
An author and subject index to materials on library and information science. Includes citations for periodicals, books, pamphlets, films, filmstrips, microcards, microfilms, and library school theses and research papers.
Steely Library Reference Collection & Closed Stacks (print index) - Library Literature
Coverage: 1921-1997
Library Literature Online
Indexes articles and book reviews in library and information science periodicals. Also includes books, chapters in collected works such as conference proceedings, library school theses, and pamphlets. Some full text available beginning in 1994.
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Library Literature Online Tutorials:
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
[LISTA]
Indexes periodicals, books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information and retrieval, and information management.
Coverage: 1960's - present
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
LINCS National Institute for Literacy
Provides information on a wide variety of literacy relevant topics, issues, and resources.
Provided by the KYVL
Literature Resource Center
Full-text journal articles, literary criticism, reviews, biographical information, and overviews on over 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods from around the world.
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo RefWorks compatible
Literature Resource Center Tutorials:
LLMCDigital: Law Library Microform Consortium
[Law Library Microform Consortium]
Updated monthly. A cooperative effort to preserve titles of interest to researchers in the areas of law and history. The historic collection includes legal treatises and primary resources for both federal and state governments.
Coverage: 1976 - present, updated monthly
LLMC Digital Tutorials:
Marcive
This is an index to selected U.S. government publications. Provides direct links to government documents available on the web.
Coverage: 1976 - present, updated monthly
MAS Ultra - School Edition
Provides full text for articles, biographies, and primary source documents for high school students. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Also contains reference books, photos, maps, and flags.
Provided by the KYVL
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
MasterFile Premier
Provides full text for general readership periodicals covering a broad range of disciplines including general reference, business, education, health, general science, multi-cultural issues. Also provides indexing and abstracts, primary source documents, photos, maps, and flags.
Provided by the KYVL
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
MEDLINE in EBSCO
Indexes biomedical journals using MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Topics include medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and per-clinical sciences.
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
MEDLINE in FirstSearch
Indexes biomedical journals using MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Topics include medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and per-clinical sciences.
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
MEDLINE Plus
Provides information from the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. Also includes medical journal articles, information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and health news.
Mergent Online
Provides access to U.S. Company Data, International Company Data, U.S. Annual Reports, International Annual Reports, and Corporate Visibility.
Middle Search Plus
Provides full text for middle school magazines, biographies, and historical essays. Also contains primary source documents, reference books, photos, maps, and flags. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles).
Provided by the KYVL
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
MLA International Bibliography
Contains classified listing and subject index for books and articles published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics.
Coverage: 1926 - present, updated annually
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
MLA International Bibliography Tutorials:
National Trade Data Bank
(CD-ROM)
Provides access to information on world trade and commerce from various U.S. government departments and agencies. It provides trade and commerce statistics, economic trends, market information, regulations, and other information relating to global economic competition. Export and import information, trade agreements, country reports, and market profiles are included, as well as economic information.
Steely Library Government Documents Collection - National Trade Data Bank
Coverage: Current, updated monthly
Naxos Music Library
Naxos Music Library includes the complete Naxos, Marco Polo, and Dacapo catalogues of over 258,000 tracks, including Classical music, Jazz, World, Folk, and Chinese music. While listening, users can read notes on the works being played as well as biographical information on composers or artists in Naxos's extensive database.
NetLibrary E-books
A collection of electronic books.
NetLibrary E-books Tutorials:
New Book of Knowledge
New Book of Knowledge provides online access to this popular resource from Grolier, a standard in school, public, and academic libraries.
New York Times Index
Index to The New York Times newspaper.
Steely Library Reference Collection (print index) - New York Times Index
Steely Library Reference Collection (print index) - New York Times Index "Prior Series"
Coverage: 1851 - 2005
NewsBank NewsFile
Index to full-text newspaper articles, from U.S. regional and national papers, newswires and broadcasts.
Coverage: 1992 - present
Newsdex
Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County's index to local newspaper articles.
Newspaper Abstracts
Indexes and abstracts more than 50 U.S. and regional newspapers, including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal.
Coverage: 1989 - present
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Newspaper Source
Newspaper Source provides selected full-text coverage for more than 260 regional, national and international newspapers. This database also contains full text television & radio news transcripts.
Provided by the KYVL
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
NKUIRE
All books, journal titles, and government documents held by the libraries at Northern Kentucky University.
NLM Gateway
The NLM Gateway is a Web-based system that lets users search simultaneously in multiple retrieval systems at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM). It allows users of NLM services to initiate searches from one Web interface, providing "one-stop searching" for many of NLM's information resources or databases.
Northern Kentucky Newspaper Index
Kenton County Public Library's index to local newspaper articles.
NoveList
NoveList is a fiction database that provides reviews and annotations for more than 135,000 fiction titles. It assists fiction readers in finding new authors and titles. It is searchable by title, author, or keyword.
Provided by the KYVL
NoveList Tutorials:
Occupation Data
Statistics and information of the Census Bureau.
Oxford English Dictionary
Like the print version but online.
Oxford English Dictionary Tutorials:
Oxford Music Online
Oxford Music Online is a new gateway that offers users the ability, for the first time ever, to access and cross-search the vast resources of Oxford's music reference in one location. The cornerstone of Oxford Music Online, Grove Music Online, has been completely redesigned with a number of functional enhancements and new content.
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo RefWorks compatible
Oxford Music Online Tutorials:
PAIS International in Print
[Public Affairs Information Service]
Indexes literature on public policy, social policy, and the social sciences in general. Indexes journal articles, books, government documents, statistical compilations, committee reports, directories, serials, and reports of public, intergovernmental, and private organizations from all over the world.
Steely Library Reference Collection (print index) - PAIS international in print.
Steely Library Reference Collection (print index) - PAIS Bulletin (previous title)
Steely Library Reference Collection (print index) - Public Affairs Information Service Bulletin (previous title)
Steely Library Reference Collection (print index) - Bulletin of the Public Affairs Information Service (previous title)
Coverage: 1968 - 1999
Patent Information, U.S. - Databases and Search Resources
Database from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Patent Information, U.S. - Full-text Patent Database (1976 - )
Database from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Periodical Abstracts
Periodical abstracts from popular and academic journals. Included are transcripts of news-oriented television and radio shows.
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Philosopher Index
This international index covers all major fields of philosophy such as aesthetics, epistemology, ethics and logic. Philosopher’s Index searches more than 560 journals, with some links to full-text available.
Coverage: 1940 - present, updated quarterly
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Poole's Index to Periodical Literature
Index to about 150 U.S. and British periodicals.
Steely Library Reference Collection (print index) - Poole's Index to Periodical Literature
Coverage: 1802 - 1906
Population Index
International index to demographic and population studies journals.
Steely Library Microfilm Collection & Closed Stacks (print index) - Population Index
Coverage: 1962 - 1996
Primary Search
Provides full text for nearly 70 popular magazines for elementary school research. All full-text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator and full-text information dates as far back as 1990.
Provided by the KYVL
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Project Muse
Full text of over 100 scholarly journals, primarily in the humanities, arts and social sciences. A non-profit collaboration from Johns Hopkins University Press, Duke University Press, Oxford University Press, and others.
Coverage: 1995 - present
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
PsycARTICLES
A database of full-text articles from about 61 journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe Publishing Group. The database includes all substantive material from the print journals but does not include nonarticle content such as ads, covers, editorial board lists, and the like.
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection
This database provides nearly 575 full-text publications, including nearly 550 peer-reviewed titles. Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.
Provided by the KYVL
Coverage: 1965 - present
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
PsycInfo
PsycInfo, from the American Psychological Association, contains nearly 2.3 million citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books and dissertations. Journal coverage includes international material selected from more than 2,100 periodicals.
Provided by the KYVL
Coverage: 1887 - present
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
PsycInfo Tutorials:
PubMed
PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 17 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources.
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo RefWorks compatible
Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature
Indexes popular periodicals published in the U.S. and Canada. Includes current events and news, fine arts, fashion, education, business, sports, health and nutrition, consumer affairs, and others.
Steely Library Reference Collection (print index) - Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature
Coverage: 1900 - 2000
RefWorks
RefWorks is a web-based research management, writing and collaboration tool, designed to help researchers easily gather, manage, store and share all types of information, as well as generate citations and bibliographies.
Provided in part by the Office of Information Technology.
RefWorks Tutorials:
Regional Business News
This database provides comprehensive full-text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. This database is updated on a daily basis.
Provided by the KYVL
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Regional Business News Tutorials:
Research Insight
[Compustat]
Standard & Poor’s most complete and current database of U.S. and Canadian public companies and indices available today. Available on Steely Library’s LAN computers. Only one concurrent user.
Ask a Librarian for access details.
RIA Checkpoint
(anonymous login, on campus only)
Provides primary sources, legislative documents, editorial information, and news about taxes. For off campus access, you must first register for a password from on campus or via VPN. With the username and password provided at registration you will find more features available: RIA Checkpoint, Password Access.
Safari Books Online
A collection of e-reference books on information technology topics.
Sage Family Studies Abstracts
Indexes journal articles on family studies, including marriage and divorce, child care, gender studies, family economics, social problems, and other topics.
Steely Library Reference Collection (print index) - Sage Family Studies Abstracts
Coverage: 1979 - 1991; 1996 - 1998
Sage Urban Studies Abstracts
Indexes journal articles on urban architecture and planning, environmental issues, communications and transportation, and social and political aspects of urban studies.
Steely Library Reference Collection (print index) - Sage Urban Studies Abstracts
Coverage: 1973 - 1997
ScienceDirect
The three collections that comprise the College Edition of ScienceDirect are as follows: Health & Life Sciences – Consisting of over 1,100 titles, the HLS collection delivers an immense amount of peer-reviewed journal content covering nursing and allied health, biology, sports science, environmental science, veterinary sciences, and much more. Physical Sciences & Engineering – The PS&E collection brings together over 730 journals to deliver cutting edge information in the areas of chemistry, physics, computer science, mathematics, engineering, information technology, energy, and more. Social & Behavioral Sciences – Comprised of over 380 high-quality journals, the S&BS collection delivers comprehensive coverage in the fields of business administration, management, accounting, psychology, political science, education, economics, sociology, and more.
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Scientific American
Scientific American is the oldest continuously published magazine in America. Now current issues of the magazine are combined with a large backfile of this authoritative source of scientific and technical information, and are available online as a stand-alone database. Scientific American Archive Online is a comprehensive, searchable science and technology resource containing the full text and graphics of every Scientific American issue from 1993 to the present. The archive features the writings and colorful graphics that readers of Scientific American have come to depend upon and enjoy. Each of the more than 4,000 articles in the archive is available to view online or to download in color PDF, and presented exactly as originally printed in the magazine. In addition to the regular monthly issues of the magazine, users will find all of the Scientific American special issues included in the archive as well.
Coverage: 1993 - present
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Scirus
This site searches more than 450 million science-specific Web pages. Provides users with scientific, scholarly, technical and medical data on the Web. Information includes reports, peer-reviewed articles, patents and journals.
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo RefWorks compatible
SIRS Researcher
SIRS is a general database containing thousands of full-text articles exploring social, scientific, historic, economic, political, and global issues. Articles are selected from domestic and international newspapers, magazines, journals, and government publications. Brief summaries accompany all articles added to the database since 1994.
Coverage: 1988 - present
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Social Services Abstracts
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 1,300+ serials publications and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations, and citations to book reviews.
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Social Services Abstracts Tutorials:
Social Work Abstracts
Index to professional journals in social work.
Steely Library Reference Collection (print index) - Social Work Abstracts
Steely Library Reference Collection (print index) - Social Work Research & Abstracts (previous title)
Coverage: 1965 - present, updated quarterly
Social Work Abstracts
Social Work Abstracts offers extensive coverage of more than 450 social work and human services journals dating back to 1965. Produced by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), the database provides indexing and abstracts dealing with all aspects of the social work field, including theory and practice, areas of service and social issues and problems. Researchers seeking scholarly and professional perspectives on subjects such as therapy, education, human services, addictions, child and family welfare, mental health, civil and legal rights, and more will find Social Work Abstracts to be an indispensable resource.
Note: Limited to 1 simultaneous user.
Coverage: 1965 - present
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Sociological Abstracts
Provides abstract information on international literature in sociology and related disciplines. Includes abstracts for articles and book reviews from more than 18-hundred journals. It also includes abstracts for books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers.
Coverage: 1952 - present
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Sociological Abstracts Tutorials:
Sociological Abstracts
Citations and abstracts from over 1,640 journals in the social and behavioral sciences.
Steely Library Reference Collection (print index) - Sociological Abstracts
Coverage: 1953 - 2004
Sociological Collection
This database provides coverage of more than 500 full-text journals, including more than 500 peer-reviewed titles. Sociological Collection offers information in all areas of sociology, including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, culture, and social structure.
Provided by the KYVL
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Something About the Author Online (Trial)
Trial ends on 2008-12-14
Provides first-time comprehensive online access to all volumes ever printed in Gale's acclaimed and long-standing Something About the Author series, which examines the lives and works of authors and illustrators for children and young adults and is the preeminent source on authors and literature for young people. Something About the Author Online includes both the main series and Something About the Author Autobiography Series, totaling more than 217 volumes, 12,000 entries, and nearly 17,000 images - all delivered in an easy-to-use 24/7 online format that matches the exact look and feel of the print originals.
Teacher Reference Center
Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 270 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators.
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Tennessee Encyclopedia
The online edition of the Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, a reference work on Tennessee.
TOPICsearch
This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political, and economic issues, scientific discoveries, and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms. TOPICsearch contains full text for more than 139,000 articles from nearly 5,000 sources.
Provided by the KYVL
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Toxnet
A cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health and toxic releases.
Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
List of periodicals in print.
Coverage: 1932 - present
Ulrich's Periodicals Directory Tutorials:
USA Counties Data
Statistics and information of the Census Bureau.
USA.gov
The U.S. government's gateway to information on agency web sites.
Value Line Investment Survey
The Value Line Investment Survey is a comprehensive source of information and advice on approximately 1,700 stocks in 98 industries, the stock market, and the economy.
ViVa
A bibliography of women's and gender history in historical and women's studies journals. The entire database contains more than 10 thousand records describing articles published from 1975 onwards.
Coverage: 1975 - present
Wall Street Journal Index
Index to the Wall Street Journal.
Steely Library Reference Collection (print index) - Wall Street Journal Index
Coverage: 1960 - 1999
Washington Post Index
Index to the Washington Post.
Steely Library Reference Collection (print index) - Washington Post Index
Coverage: 1973 - 1999
Wilson Select Plus
Searches more than 2,000 full-text periodicals in the science, humanities, education, and business fields. Includes U.S. and international professional publications, academic journals, and trade magazines.
Coverage: 1994 - present
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
WilsonWeb
Provides access to six databases: Applied Science Full-Text, Art Index, Biography Reference Bank, Book Review Digest Plus, General Science Index, Humanities Index and Library Literature and Information Full-Text.
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
WilsonWeb Tutorials:
Women's Studies Abstracts
Indexes journal articles in women's studies, including history, politics and government, education, society, psychology, sports, literature, science, employment, and sexuality.
Steely Library Reference Collection (print index) - Women's Studies Abstracts
Coverage: 1977 - 2005, updated quarterly
WorldCat
Provides access to 62 million bibliographic records across the world, representing 400 languages. Includes holding information at libraries world-wide.
Coverage: 1000 B.C. - present
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export
Worldscope GLOBAL
Provides basic financial information on public companies worldwide. Includes information from a variety of sources, including newspapers and annual reports from corporations all over the world.
RefWorks: RefWorks Logo Direct export