ABI_INFORM*

U.S. and international articles in business and management sciences. (Some full-text)

Full-text of Abilene's local paper from 1998 to present. (Free registration required.)

Academic Databases*

Search more than one EBSCO Academic database at a time.

Academic Search Complete*

Full text database of peer-reviewed academic journals. Contains full text articles from over 4,500 scholarly publications, and abstracts and indexing for nearly 8,000 scholarly journals. Areas covered include social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, etc.

Accounting Literature Database*

From econLibrary. Search over 300,000 bibliographic references from more than 500 leading journals of accounting, economics and finance available through a fast keyword search engine.

Agricola*

AHSearch*

Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science Database

A comprehensive database containg references to alcohol abuse and alcoholism. Contains research literature from the 1960s to the present.

ALCON Library Catalog

Catalog of books, periodical titles, audio-visual materials, and government documents located in the Abilene Library Consortium (ACU, Abilene Public Library, Hardin-Simmons, McMurry, Howard Payne). (Some ebooks available from netLibrary)

Alternative Health Watch*

This alternative health database provides full text for 180 publications in the collection, including many peer-reviewed journals. Provides in-depth coverage across many subject areas covered by complementary and alternative medicine dating back to 1990.

Indexes nearly 300 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines covering cultural, economic, political & social change. (Some full-text)

Multimedia collections of digitized documents, photographs, recorded sound, moving pictures, and text from the Library's Americana collections.

American National Biography

Contains full text articles of more than 17,000 men and women who are important in American history.

ArticleFirst*

An OCLC index of articles from nearly 12,500 journals. (Some full-text)

An abstract service provided by NASA in the areas of Astrophysics, Planetary Sciences, and Solar Physics.

ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials*

A collection of major religion and theology journals selected by some of the major religion scholars in the United States. Full text version of the ATLA Religion Database.

BasicBIOSIS*

Easy to understand information from core biology and life science journals. (Some full-text)

Bibliography of Native North Americans*

Covers all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life. Includes topics such as archaeology, multicultural relations, gaming, governance, legend, and literacy. Contains more than 80,000 citations for books, essays, journal articles, and government documents of the United States and Canada. Coverage ranges from the sixteenth century to the present.

BioDigest*

Life science information written in a nontechnical style.

BooksInPrint*

In-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming books, audios and videos, now with optional reviews.

Britannica*

Full text includes complete encyclopedia, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and the Britannica Book of the Year. Also includes a searchable Internet directory.

BusDateline*

Regional information vital to business. (Some full-text)

BusIndustry*

Facts, figures and key events in business and industry.

Business & Company Resource Center*

Fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this full text database to find detailed company and industry news and information.

BusinessOrgs*

Organizations that serve business and industry.

Business Source Complete*

Contains full text of more active, peer-reviewed, business related journals than any other database currently available. Indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals date back to 1886.

BusManagement*

Practical aspects and approaches to business management. (Some full-text)

CANCERLIT

Search for citations or abstracts on cancer related articles from journals, proceedings, books, reports, and doctoral theses. Provided by the National Cancer Institute's International Cancer Information Center.

Child Abuse and Neglect*

Access to the foremost bibliographic resource on the maltreatment of children.

Choice Reviews Online*

CHOICE reviews significant current books and electronic resources of interest to those in higher education. Each year CHOICE publishes more than 6,500 reviews by subject experts. Access is ful text to the entire database of CHOICE reviews published since September 1988.

CINAHL with Full Text*

Provides indexing for 1,835 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health. Contains searchable cited references for more than 930 journals and provides full text for hundreds of journals, plus legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, and more. PDF backfiles to 1982 are also included.

ClasePeriodica*

CIS Universe*

Includes full text of congressional publications, legislative histories, testimonies, bill tracking, Congressional Record and Federal Register, and information on members of the U.S. Congress.

CIS Statistical Universe*

Search for summaries of statistical publications with links to selected full text articles on government web sites.

Explains how to cite resources using different citation formats including Chicago, AMA, APA, MLA and Turabian giving a few examples for each.

Clinical Pharmacology*

Provides full text access up-to-date, concise and clinically-relevant drug monographs for all U.S. prescription drugs, hard-to-find herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products and new and investigational drugs.

The Cochrane Library*

The Cochrane Library is a unique source of reliable and up-to-date full text information on the effects of interventions in health care. Published on a quarterly basis, The Cochrane Library is designed to provide information and evidence to support decisions taken in health care and to inform those receiving care. Includes Cochrane Reviews, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE), Health Technology Assessment Database (HTA), and more.

Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)*

Comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. Includes working papers from university research institutes, foundation-funded research projects, and conference proceedings.

Communication & Mass Media Complete*

Includes CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association), and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Pennsylvania State University). (Some full-text)

Computer Source*

Provides researchers with the latest information and current trends in high technology. This database offers full text for nearly 300 publications and indexing and abstracts for nearly 450 publications.

Congressional Quarterly Weekly* (Requires ACU ID Barcode #)

Online full text version of CQ Weekly, which reports nonpartisan news and delivers analysis on all aspects of Congress.

Contemporary Authors*

Full text biographical information on over 120,000 U.S. and international modern novelists, playwrights, nonfiction writers, journalists and scriptwriters.

Contemporary Literary Criticism*

Full text access to more than 35,000 critical essays of key literary works in a comprehensive and convenient online format.

CQ Public Affairs Collection*

Contains full text of statistical and historical analyses, historic documents and primary source materials on Advocacy and Public Service, Education, Energy, the Environment, Health, and Transportation.

CQ Researcher*
(Requires ACU ID Barcode #)

CWI*

Contemporary Women's Issues on health and human rights.

The Dallas Morning News 1984-Current*

Full text of The Dallas Morning News from 1984 up until the current issue. Includes a death notice search starting 12/29/2002.

Dictionary of Literary Biography*

Includes nearly 10,000 biographical and critical full text essays on many of the world's most influential literary figures.

Disclosure*

Directory information on companies publicly traded on U.S. exchanges.

Dissertations*

Index to dissertations and thesis from institutions in North America and Europe.

Digital Dissertations*

Online access to citations and abstracts for every title in Dissertation Abstracts Subset A (Humanities and Social Sciences) plus all dissertations with a degree date of 2000 or 2001. Full text is available for some dissertations.

EBSCO Animals*

Encyclopedia of Animals offers 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. Images are accessed by double-clicking any image graphic.

EBSCOhost Web*

Search all EBSCO databases at one time. Includes: Academic Search Premier, ATLAS, Business Source Premier, CINAHL & CINAHL with Full Text, Clinical Pharmacology, Communication & Mass Media Complete, Family & Society Studies Worldwide, MasterFILE Premier, Medline, MLA, PsycArticles, PsycInfo, and Regional Business News

ECO*

Electronic Collections Online. Some full-text of scholarly journals. (Some full-text)

EconLit*

Journals, books, and working papers on economics. (Some full-text)

Economia y Negocios*

This continuously updated bibliographic database is an indispensable tool for research conducted in the areas of business and economics. Search functionality is enhanced through the incorporation of author keywords supplied in Spanish and English. Coverage of over 200 Spanish and Portuguese-language periodicals published in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Spain, the United States and elsewhere. Active titles include Revista de la CEPAL, Revista de Administraçao, Estudios Empresariales, and Agroeconómico.

Electronic Journals*

Online journals subscribed to by ACU currently numbers over 250 and covers almost every discipline. Full-text of last two years is usually available, some going back even farther. Some of the largest providers of academic journals are Elsevier Science Direct (formerly Academic Press IDEAL Library), American Chemical Society, EBSCO Online Journals, Wiley Interscience Journals Online, and Johns Hopkins University Press (Project Muse).

eLibrary Curriculum Edition*

General database that includes more than 2,000 full-text magazines, newspapers, books, and transcripts--plus thousands of maps, pictures, educator-approved websites from Homework Central®, and audio/video files.

ERIC* (FirstSearch)
OR

ERIC* (EBSCO)
OR

ERIC (Gov't)

Over 700,000 citations on research documents, journal articles, program descriptions and evaluations, curricular materials and technical reports in education. Government site has more than 1.1 million citations going back to 1966 and more than 107,000 full text non journal documents. Moving forward with modernization program to bring you more free materials in the education field. (Some full-text)

Family and Society Studies Worldwide*

A core resource providing the most comprehensive coverage of research, policy, and practice literature in the fields of Family Science, Human Ecology, Human Development, and Social Welfare. FSSW is an anthology of 4 database files providing access to over 719,600 records. Coverage spans from 1970 to the present.

Finance Literature Database*

From econLibrary. Search over 300,000 bibliographic references from more than 500 leading journals of accounting, economics and finance available through a fast keyword search engine.

FirstSearch (LEIAN)*

Access to over 60 Bibliographic and full text databases, both specialized and general covering all disciplines of study. Individual databases are listed in this list.

Fuente Academia*

A unique collection of scholarly academic journals from renowned Latin American and Spanish publishers. Provides full text coverage (including PDF) for nearly 200 scholarly Spanish language journals. Content is provided in Spanish from respected publishers worldwide.

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia*

Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.

Gale Group InfoTrac Menu*

Listing of databases acquired through Gale and Infotrac.

Genealogy and Local History*

Find family lineage and local histories, beginning with 13 original colonies. Contains full text of primary source materials of all 50 states plus Canada, England, and Ireland. Search by title, family name, geographic area, or subject.

GEOBASE*

Worldwide literature on geography, geology, and ecology. (Some full-text)

Government Periodicals*

Search by subject, author, title or keyword of 170 magazines and journals published by U.S. governmental agencies. Many subjects are covered.

GPO*

U.S. government publications including books and periodicals.

GrayLIT Network

Contains citations, abstracts and full text to federally funded reports and documents in the areas of biological and medical sciences, behavioral and social sciences, physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, engineering, computer and information science, renewable energy, water quality, wastewater, pesticides, ecological issues, wetlands, propulsion, deep space developments, robotic missions, aeronautical and space science.

Contains full text articles on Texas history, culture, geography, events, people, places, institutions and many other categories.

Health and Wellness Resource Center*

Instant full text access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference resources. Web sites are also included as well as over 400 health and medical journals. Search by latest news, subject, or keywords.

Health Reference Center Academic*

Provides citations and full-text for an integrated collection of general interest health and fitness magazines, medical and professional periodicals, nursing and allied health journals, reference books, pamphlets, and newspaper articles.

Health Source: Consumer Edition*

The richest collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Features searchable full text for nearly 150 journals. Updated on a daily basis.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition*

Provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Features abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals. Updated on a daily basis.

HeritageQuest Online*

Contains a full text collection of over 25,000 family and local histories which includes over 25,000 books, U.S. Census 1790-1930 records, obituaries, bank records and more.

Historic New York Times Database*
(Requires ACU ID Barcode #)

Homeland Security Digital Database*

Provides quick access to the full text of important U.S. policy documents, presidential directives, and national strategy documents as well as specialized resources such as theses and reports from various universities, organizations and local and state agencies. The resources are reviewed and selected by a team of homeland security researchers and organized in a unique homeland security taxonomy.

In The First Person 

Provides in-depth indexing of more than 2,500 collections of oral history in English from around the world. With future releases, the index will broaden to identify other first-person content, including letters, diaries, memoirs, and autobiographies, and other personal narratives.

Information Science & Technology Abstracts (ISTA)*

Leading database in the areas of information science. Indexes journal articles from more than 450 publications plus books, research reports, and conference proceedings and patents, with ongoing comprehensive coverage of the most important periodicals in this field. Coverage dates back to the mid 1960s.

InfoTrac Custom Newspapers*

Full-text coverage of 124 newspapers including the Austin-American Statesman, Dallas Morning News, El Paso Times, Houston Chronicle, New York Times, Washington Post (1/96-2/02) and The Financial Times from 1996 and The Times (London) since 1997. Search by title, headline, date, author, or section.

Ingenta (Formally Carl Uncover) 

Citations to articles and tables of contents for 17,000 multidiscplinary journals. Ordering information provided. ACU subscribes to some journals with Ingenta.

Provides easy access to the locations of printed plays in collections, anthologies and periodicals. The call numbers listed are Library of Congress classifications, while ACU uses Dewey classifications. We may or may not own all the titles in this index, so you can look up the collection, anthology or periodical by title in ALCON to find the call number for ACU.

Internet and Personl Computing Abstracts*

Formerly Microcomputer Abstracts. Provides abstracts and indexing for literature related to personal computing products and developments in business, the Internet, the home, and all other applied areas. Over 400 of the most important trade publications, mainstream computer magazines, and professional journals are covered, including those that focus on specific topics such as Macintosh and Windows platforms, programming, web development and more.

Issues & Controversies@Facts on File*
(Requires ACU ID Barcode #)

Online source of full text up-to-date, in-depth and objective information on the most prominent and hotly debated issues of the day. Chronologies, illustrations, maps, tables, sidebars, bibliographies and contact information augment the balanced, accurate coverage of current and historical events.

Full text journal containing scholarly articles about electronic publishing initiatives and research.

Access to full text high-resolution, scanned images of journal issues and pages as they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated. Includes back issues in discplines such as the arts, sciences, humanities, business, religion, and technology.

Legal Collection*

Contains full text for nearly 250 of the world's most respected, scholarly law journals. The Legal Collection is an authoritative source for information on current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world.

Lexis-Nexis Universe*

Provides access to hundreds of full-text newspapers, periodicals and legal papers from the U.S. and some foreign sources. Broken down into five sections: News, Business, Legal Research, Medicine and Reference.

Literature Resource Center*

Combines Gales' core literary databases into a single online service. Access full text of biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of more than 120,000 authors from every age and literary discipline. Includes Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Dictionary of Literary Biography and more.

Marcive (gov't publications)*

Catalog of material published by the U.S. government since 1976. Covers a variety of subjects such as agriculture, education, health, crime, economics, foreign policy, congressional documents, etc. Links to full-text publications when one exists.

MAS Ultra: School Edition*

General periodical database contains full text for more than 700 popular, high school magazines. Provides more than 500 full text pamphlets, more than 350 full text reference books, 84,774 biographies, 100,554 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 202,164 photos, maps and flags.

MasterFILE Premier*

Multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 1,700 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Includes nearly 500 full text reference books, 84,774 biographies, 100,554 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 202,164 photos, maps and flags.

MedicLatina*

Spanish language collection of medical research and investigative journals published by renowned Latin American medical publishers. Provides access to full text for nearly 100 peer-reviewed medical journals.

Comprehensive index to journal articles in the fields of medicine and health. Coverage begins in 1966.

MEDLINE* (EBSCO)
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MEDLINE* (FirstSearch)

Another source of medicine and health related information in journals. Includes 3,800 current biomedical journals published in the U.S. and 70 foreign countries. Includes dentistry and nursing.

Military and Govermnent Collection*

Offers current news pertaining to all branches of the military. Includes abstracts and indexing for over 400 titles with full text for over 300 and also includes full text for nearly 250 pamphlets.

MLA Directory of Periodicals*

Editorial, subscription and advertising information for periodicals indexed in MLA Bibliography.

MLA International Bibliography*

Includes journal articles, books and dissertations in criticism, drama, folklore, humanities, language, and literature.

Online full text books published by National Academy Press. Browse categories or search by title or full text.

National Archeological Database 

Bibliographic inventory of approximately 240,000 reports on archeological investigation and planning, mostly of limited circulation.

netLibrary*

Search for online full text books selected for ACU, including the public collection. Read or preview online or download to read on the free reader. Covers a wide range of subject areas.

NewsAbs*

Significant items in over 50 national and regional newspapers.

NewsBank (America's Newspapers)*

Full text access to local, regional and national U.S. newspapers. Paid ads are excluded.

Newspaper Source*

Provides selected full text for nearly 30 national (U.S.) and international newspapers. Contains full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 200 regional (U.S.) newspapers.

Global directory of newspapers with web sites. Most have full-text of most recent issues.

New Testament Abstracts*

Partnership between ATLA and the Weston Jesuit School of Theology. Contains more than 38,000 article abstracts, 1,200 review abstracts, 13,500 book abstracts, and 50 software abstracts.

The New York Public Library's digitized collections online including African American Migration, NYPL Digital Gallery, Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project, and much more full text.

Old Testament Abstracts*

Partnership between ATLA and the Catholic Biblical Association. Features indexing and abstracts for journal articles, monographs, multi-author works, and software related to Old Testament studies.

Oxford English Dictionary*

Search the full text of the Oxford English Dictionary.

PapersFirst*

An index of papers presented at conferences worldwide.

PerAbs*

Contains abstracts and indexing to articles in the areas of business, current affairs, economics, art, literature, psychology, religion, and more. (Some full-text)

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 (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990.

Proceedings*

An index of worldwide conference proceedings.

Professional Development Collection*

Designed for professional educators, provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 550 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. Contains more than 200 educational reports.

PsycArticles*

Definitive source of full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology. The database contains more than 100,000 articles from 59 journals - 48 published by the American Psychological Association (APA) and 11 from allied organizations. It includes all journal articles, letters to the editor and errata from each journal. Coverage spans 1894 to present.

PsycFirst*

Articles, books, dissertations and reports on psychology. (Some full-text)

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection*

Provides nearly 575 full text publications, including nearly 550 peer-reviewed titles. Covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Nearly every full text title included in this database is indexed in PsycINFO.

PsycINFO*

From the APA-contains nearly 2.3 million citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines, dating as far back as the 1800s. 97 percent of the covered material is peer-reviewed. Journal coverage, which spans 1887 to present, includes international material selected from more than 2,100 periodicals in more than 25 languages. (Some full-text)

Regional Business News*

Updated daily, Regional Business News provides comprehensive full text for 75 business journals, newspapers, and newswires from metropolitan and rural areas around the U.S.

Religion and Philosophy Collection*

Comprehensive full text database covering topics such as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy with more than 300 full text journals.

Religion Databases*

Search two religion related databases at one time. Includes: Academic Search Premier and ATLAS Full Text Plus.

Index of magazines, journals and lectureships associated with the Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement.

RILM Music Abstracts*

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature.

Science & Technology Collection*

Contains over 800 leading full text journals covering relevant aspects of the scientific and technical community. Topics include aeronautics, astrophysics, chemistry, computer technology, geology, aviation, physics, archaeology, and materials science. Offers indexing and abstracts for more than 1,700 publications.

SIRSResearcher*

Social, scientific, economic and political issues worldwide.

Social Work Abstracts*

Journal articles starting from 1977 to the present covering social work and other social issues like homelessness, AIDS, child and family welfare, aging, substance abuse, legislation, community organization and more.

TDNet*

Searchable database of periodical and journal titles available to ACU users indicating which are available full text. Search by title, ISSN or publisher and limit by subject categories. Also provides Table of Contents for journal titles.

Texas Digital Sanborn Map*

Digitized maps provide detailed property and land-use records that depicts the architecture of Texas throughout the past one hundred years. Browse by city and date.

Texas Reference Center*

Includes more than 80 full text journals and books about Texas history, ethnic & cultural diversity, gender studies, literature, public health, business as well as home & garden and sports & leisure. Contains biographies portraying famous historical and contemporary Texans such as George Herbert Walker Bush, Lady Bird Johnson, Dan Moody, Susanna Dickinson and Sam Houston. Also available is the Spanish-language newspaper El Sol de Texas with Texas and national news coverage.

TexShare Library Catalogs 

Links to online catalogs throughout the state of Texas who are members of Texshare. Click here for information on how to get a Texshare card and which libraries participate.

Thesaurus Linguae Graecae*

TOPICSearch*

Current events full text database allows researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms. Contains full text for over 102,800 articles from more than 2,500 diverse sources, including more than 1,550 full text periodicals.

Twentieth Century American Poetry*

Includes full text of 52,000 poems from 750 volumes by over 300 poets.

Twentieth Century English Poetry*

Includes full text of poems from a collection of 598 volumes by 283 poets from 1900 to the present.

Value Line*

Provides full text investment information and analysis. Includes The Value Line Investment Survey which provides information and advice on approximately 1,700 stocks, more than 90 industries, the stock market, and the economy.

Vocational and Career Collection*

Designed for vocational and technical libraries servicing high schools, community colleges, trade institutions and the general public. Provides full text coverage for more than 350 trade and industry-related periodicals.

Wall Street Journal Online*

Full text of articles from 1982 to present, updated daily. (Select News -Proquest Newspapers as the database.)

WilsonSelectPlus*

Offers access to full text articles in science, humanities, education and business.

WorldAlmanac*

Funk and Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and four almanacs.

WorldCat* (FirstSearch)
OR
WorldCat(OCLC)

Catalog of books and other materials from libraries around the world. Note: If you are an ACU student, faculty or staff, please use the FirstSearch link to borrow a book through ILL if we do not have it at any of the Abilene libraries.

World Scope*

Basic financial information on public companies worldwide.

World Data Analyst Online*

Offers detailed statistical comparisons of countries around the world, using both the most recent statistics and historical figures. Highlights include: country snapshots, comparative statistics, historical statistics and ranked statistics.

World History Collection*

Offers a global look at history with content from Africa, Asia, North and South America, Europe and the Middle East. Contains cover-to-cover full text for nearly 150 titles, including many peer-reviewed journals. Full text dates as far back as 1964.