List of All Databases A to Z

Academic Onefile: Directed primarily at academic researchers, Academic OneFile is a collection of more than 8,000 journals covering a variety of academic disciplines from science, technology and medicine to the humanities. Content is provided in both HTML and PDF formats. Gale/Library Subscription

Academic Search Complete: Provides full text for nearly 5,318 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, biological & ecological sciences, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. EBSCO/TexShare

Accounting & Tax (Proquest): The Accounting & Tax Database combines full text, indexing and abstracts of articles published in nearly 300 accounting and tax publications with official releases from the AICPA and FASB and selective indexing of tax-related information in business journals. It was previously known as the Accountants' Index and the ACCOUNTANTS database. Proquest (Library Subscription)

ACCRA Cost of Living Index: Produced by the ACCRA to provide a useful and reasonably accurate measure of living cost differences among urban areas. PDF FILES ACCRA/Library Subscription

ACM Digital Library: Full text access to the Association for Computing Machinery's core package of magazines and journals, special interest group conference proceedings and newsletters. Also includes the Online Guide to Computing Literature, a citations database to nonACM works in computing. Association for Computing Machinery/Library Subscription

Alternative Health Watch: This database focuses on complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. There are full text articles from more than 170 international peer-reviewed and professional journals, magazines, reports, proceedings, association & consumer newsletters (most from 1990 to the present), plus hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts.

America's News Magazines: Collection of full-text magazines, covering general news, business, entertainment, sports, lifestyle, science, and technology. Text only, no illustrations. 27 titles including, Time, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, People, In Style,

Annual Review of Biochemistry: The Annual Review of Biochemistry provides synthesis of the primary research literature in this area of scientific study. The editors and researchers filter the vast amount of research to guide the user to the principal contributions in the field of biochemsitry. The VC/UHV Library has access to the Annual Review of Biochemistry from 1997 to the present.Annual Reviews. Library Subscription

AIS Electronic Library (Association for Information Systems: Entry point to publications of the Association for Information Systems. Library subscription provides access to the Journal of the Association for Information Systems (JAIS) and Communications of the Association for Information Systems (CAIS). Also included is the electronic library (elibrary) - a repository of conference proceedings for the ICIS, AMCIS, ECIS, PACIS, BLED, ACIS, MCIS, and MWAIS. Please note: not all resources in the AIS electronic library may be available full-text. AIS/Library Subscription

An A-Z of Medicinal Drugs: Searchable database of "this dictionary is an ideal source of reference on the wide range of medicines available today. It covers over-the-counter, pharmacy, and prescription medicines. It contains entries for classes of drugs such as antibiotics, generic names such as ibuprofen, and proprietary names such as Prozac and Arthrotec. Comprehensive information on side effects and interactions with other medicines are given, and there are entries on conditions and the medicines used to treat them. Terms used in the prescription and supply of medicine are provided."

Bibliography of Native North Americans: Bibliographic database covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life. EBSCO/Texshare

Biography and Genealogy Master Index: Indexes current, readily available reference sources, as well as the most important retrospective works that cover individuals, both living and deceased, from every field of activity and from all areas of the world. GaleGroup

Biography Resource Center: Biography Resource Center provides thumbnail & narrative biographies on over 320,000 people from standard library reference books such as Encyclopedia of World Biography, Newsmakers, Historic World Leaders, Notable Twentieth-Century Scientists, Contemporary Black Biography, Religious Leaders of America, and Writers Directory. There are also full-text biographical articles from about 265 magazines. Gale Group (Library Subscription)

Business and Company Resource Center: An INFOTRAC database which is a blend of content types, providing full text periodical coverage for business titles, company profiles, industry rankings, investment reports, financial ratios, and stock quotes. Provides information for case study work in finance, economics and marketing. Gale Group

Business Plans Handbooks: The Business Plans Handbooks are a collection of actual business plans compiled by entrepreneurs seeking funding for small businesses. In 12 volumes, these electronic books present sample plans taken from businesses in manufacturing, retail & service industries (the company names have been changed). This link allows you to search all twelve volumes. To access them by individual volume, use the VC/UHV Library Online Catalog.

Business Source Complete: Indexes over 10,000 scholarly business journals and other sources, with full text for over 9,500 titles, including over 1,000 peer-reviewed business journals. Also includes industry & market research reports from Datamonitor and country reports from CountryWatch and Business Monitor. Covers all areas of business, including accounting & tax; banking, finance & insurance; computer science & MIS; economics; human resources; management; marketing; operations management; and ,public administration. EBSCO/Texshare

Business Source Complete Enhanced Interface: A new business-specific interface for BSC that enables users to exert a high level of control over the development of their search strategies. For example, since the content of the Business Source databases is gathered from a wide variety of sources including Academic Journals, SWOT Analyses, Trade Publications, Industry Profiles, Company Profiles, Market Research Reports, and Product Reviews, the new interface allows users to easily refine their searches to extract only the content from their preferred source-types. EBSCO/Texshare

Cabell's Directories: Cabell's Directories maintain current information on addresses, phone, fax, e-mail and websites for a large number of professional journals. Also, the company seeks to provide information on publication guidelines, review information and circulation data. The VC/UHV Library subscription covers the Cabell's Directories in Management, Marketing, Economics & Finance, and Accounting.

CINAHL Plus with Full Text: Comprehensive source for nursing and allied health journals. Provides full text for more than 560 journals. Coverage dates back to 1937.EBSCO/CBHIN subscription

Communication & Mass Media Complete: This database incorporates CommSearch (produced by the National Communication Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (produced by Penn State). The database provides indexing and abstracts for over 550 journals, many dating as far back as 1915. There is also full-text for over 230 journals. EBSCO. Library Subscription

Computer Source: Information and current trends in technology. Offers full text for nearly 300 publications, and indexing and abstracting for nearly 450. EBSCO/TexShare

The Concise Oxford Spanish Dictionary: This resource contains170,000 words and phrases; 240,000 translations. Completely updated to include the very latest vocabulary, the Concise Oxford Spanish Dictionary offers authoritative coverage. Brand-new features include in-text notes on life and culture in the Spanish-speaking world.

Consumer Health Complete: Comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. Designed to support patients' information needs and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. Contains digital videos on health-related topics. Provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. EBSCO/Texshare

Contemporary Authors: Contains the full text of critical biographies of literary authors from the beginning of the 20th century to the present. This database can be searched by itself or simultaneously with Contemporary Literary Criticism and Dictionary of Literary Biography. GaleGroup

Contemporary Literary Criticism: Surveys critical thought on literary authors from the beginning of the 20th century to the present. Provides excerpts of criticisms from the time an author was first writing to what present day critics are saying. This database can be searched by itself or simultaneously with Contemporary Authors and Dictionary of Literary Biography. GaleGroup

CQ Researcher: Founded in 1923 as Editorial Research Reports, CQ Researcher provides in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. CQ Press/Library Subscription

Criminal Justice Periodicals Index: Provides indexing and abstracts for about 200 U.S. and international journals in the areas of criminal justice, corrections administration, law enforcements, social work, criminal and family law. Also provides full text for about 50 of the most frequently accessed journals used by criminal justice researchers. Proquest/Library Subscription

Dictionary of Literary Biography: Critical biographies of literary authors from all time periods, genres, and national literatures. This database can be searched by itself or simultaneously with Contemporary Literary Criticism and Contemporary Authors. GaleGroup

A Dictionary of Sociology: Compiled by an expert team of sociologists under the editorship of Gordon Marshall and John Scott, this dictionary spans an international range of terms, methods, and concepts. Fully revised and up to date, the third edition includes biographies of key figures, such as Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, and entries on topics ranging from environmental determinism to orientalism. Also included are entries on related terms from psychology, economics, anthropology, philosophy, and political science, as well as real-life examples of theories in practice. Clear, in-depth descriptions make this an ideal introduction to sociology for beginners as well as an invaluable reference tool for more advanced students and teachers.

A Dictionary of the Internet: This dictionary provides thousands of terms related to the Web, software technology, jargon, e-commerce, security, and the technical and organizational infrastructure of the Internet. There are also useful links to relevant websites. Because of the fast-moving nature of the Internet, the entries will be regularly updated and supplemented.

Dictionary of the Social Sciences: This resource contains concise, clearly written definitions of important terms in anthropology, sociology, political science, economics, human geography, cultural studies, and Marxism.

Dissertation Abstracts International: Provides citations to doctoral dissertations and master's theses on all subjects written from 1861 to the present. Those from 1980 forward also contain a brief summary or abstract of 150-350 words. Tutorial

D&B Key Business Ratios: D&B Key Business Ratios provides access to 14 key business ratios covering all areas of business performance - solvency, efficiency and profitability. Compiled from the D&B Financial Information Database, consisting of financial statements of U.S. corporations. Arranged by SIC Codes, users can compare a business' operating results with the industry as a whole. Dun & Bradstreet.

Dynamed: A clinical reference tool created by physicians and other health care professionals for "point of care" use. Updated daily, Dynamed monitors over 500 medical journals and systematic evidence review databases. Each publication is reviewed cover-to-cover, and each article is evaluated for clinical relevance and scientific validity. The new evidence is then integrated with existing content, and overall conclusions are changed as appropriate representing a synthesis of the best available evidence. Weekly update podcasts, compiling 1 to 5 articles of significant interest most likely to change clinical practice, are available via RSS feed or download.

Economia y Negocios: Provides indexing and abstracts for over 200 Spanish and Portuguese-language business and economics periodicals published in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Spain, & the United States. Texshare

Education Index Full Text: Journal articles and book chapters Tutorial

eLibrary Curriculum Edition: Designed for K-12 schools and libraries. Full text of more than 2,000 magazines, newspapers, reference books, and transcripts-plus pictures and maps. Audio and video content as well. Proquest/Texshare

Encyclopedia of Animals: Offers in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals. Within some of the full text, image links are available for the Windows client. Images are accessed by double-clicking any image graphic. EBSCO

Encyclopedia of Crime & Justice: This reference resource not only discusses many different kinds of crime--from perjury to terrorism--but also looks at law enforcement, legal procedures and penalties and the social causes and wide-ranging impact of crimes on society. The articles reflect issues dominating the news and entertainment media--topics that are frequently discussed or assigned in both high school and college curricula. What is perjury? How do copyright laws pertain to the Internet? Can a juvenile be tried as an adult for murder? In 250 A-Z entries, these interdisciplinary articles deal with the sociology, psychology, history and economics of crime.

ERIC: Citations and abstracts from education journals & non-journal educational documents & reports

Expanded Academic Index: An INFOTRAC database. A periodical index for research in all academic disciplines: social sciences, humanities, science, and technology. Suitable for students, graduate researchers, and faculty. Expanded Academic Index is a subset of Infotrac Onefile which is also available to library users. GaleGroup

Food and Fitness: Searchable database covering all matters relating to diet and exercise including diet methods, food supplements, sex and exercise, sports injuries, anatomy, energy-related terms, exercises for improving strength, flexibility, stamina, weight control, training methods and principles, calorie requirements of different activities, etc.

Fuente Academica: Spanish language database containing PDF full text for nearly 260 peer-reviewed scholarly journals published in native Spanish. EBSCO/Texshare

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia: Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia database indexes over 25,000 records. Full text for each record may be easily accessed by double clicking on the topic from the display. This database is updated annually. EBSCO

Gale Virtual Reference Library: Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Once accessible only in the library, now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7. Each library creates its own eBook collection, so the content you see may vary at different libraries (your school, your public library, or your office). Library subscription

Global Road Warrior: A practical business travel guide to over 175 countries. In addition to basic geographical information such as climate and demographics, the Global Road Warrior has great information about doing business in the selected country. Information includes business ethics, how meetings are conducted, proper business attire & attitudes toward time and punctuality. Technical information about internet connections, communications, health and medical for the traveler is also included. Good for the sociology, business, medical, and geography student.Library Subscription

Handbook of Texas: Multidisciplinary encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture. The Handbook of Texas contains more than 23,000 articles on people, places, events, historical themes, and institutions. Website from the Texas State Historical Association.

Health & Wellness Resource Center: Comprehensive subscription resource that provides integrated access to medical, health, and wellness information. Delivers up-to-date reference material as well as full-text periodicals and pamphlets from a wide variety of authoritative medical sources. GaleGroup

Health Reference Center -Academic: InfoTrac database provides citations, abstracts and full text articles in the allied health disciplines. Professional journals, general interest periodicals and newspapers are all indexed. GaleGroup

Health Source: Consumer Edition: 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 160 journals, as well as abstracts and indexing for over 170 general health, nutrition and professional health care publications. EBSCO

Health Source Nursing/Academic Edition: Provides nearly 520 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also featured are abstracts and indexing for over 550 journals. EBSCO

Heritage Quest Online: Collection of genealogical material from Bell & Howell includes family histories, genealogical serials, local histories, and primary sources in full image. Chadwyck-Healey

History Study Center: Digitized collection of primary and secondary resources. Current and backfile journal articles, rare books, newspaper articles, video clips, parliamentary papers, criminal trail records, radio and television news, maps, images, student guides, and a bookshelf of reference titles. Proquest/TexShare

Horn Book Guide Online: Features short, critical reviews of hardcover trade books published in the U.S. for young people. Contains more than 57,900 reviews published between 1989 and 2004. The reviews identify strengths and weaknesses and rate books on a scale of 1 to 6 with 1 being the highest. Database is searchable by author, title, illustrator, and subjects.

The Houston Chronicle: Indexing and full text coverage for the Houston Chronicle. Full text coverage begins February 18, 1985 and continues to the present. The database is updated daily. Database provider: Proquest

Index to Texas Magazines and Documents: Emphasis is on business, education, history, and government, with magazines of general interest also included.

Information Science & Technology Abstracts: Indexes journal articles from more than 450 publications plus books, research reports, and conference proceedings in the areas of information science, online information retrieval, information management, and electronic publishing. EBSCO/Texshare

INFOTRAC: The library has several INFOTRAC databases. Link will take you to a menu to choose the INFOTRAC database that meets your needs. See also: Expanded Academic Index ASAP, Business and Company Resource Center, Health and Wellness Resource Center, Informe!, Health Resource Center, and Student Resource Center Gold.

Infotrac Diversity Studies Collection: A subset of Academic One-File, this database contains a collection of 11 eBooks and 150 journals focused on exploring cultural differences, contributions, and influences. All journals in this collection are full-text.

Internet & Personal Computing Abstracts: Provides abstracts and indexing for literature related to personal computing products and developments in business, the Internet, the home. Contains content coverage that extends back to the 1980s for over 400 of the most computer magazines, and professional journals. Formerly MicroComputer Index. EBSCO/Library Subscription

Journals@OVID: Journals@ OVID provides searchability and full-text of several important nursing journals not found in other databases. Journals include - American Journal of Nursing; CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing; JONA's Healthcare Law, Ethics, and Regulation; JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration; MCN, The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing; Nurse Educator; The Nurse Practitioner, Nursing 0X; and, Nursing Research. Users should be aware that the Library holds only 1 simultaneous user access to each journal title. OVID/Library subscription

JSTOR: The JSTOR database contains the complete archives of core scholarly journals, starting with the very first issues, many of which date from the 1800's. The VC/UHV Library's JSTOR/Libraryrary Subscription/ collection consists of journals in the liberal arts and business. JSTOR

Legal Collection: Contains full text for nearly 250 scholarly law journals. Offers information centered on the discipline of law and legal topics such as criminal justice, international law, federal law, organized crime, medical, labor & human resource law, ethics, the environment. EBSCO/Texshare

Lexis-Nexis Academic: Provides access to full-text news, business, and legal publications, using a variety of flexible search options. Search defaults to latest two years.Lexis Nexis/Library Subscription

Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts: Coverage on subjects such as librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more

Literature Criticism Online: Electronic version of several Gale literature cricitism series originally published in paper format. The VC/UHV Library has purchased the Short Story Criticism set, and all volumes of SSC are available here. The Contemporary Literature Cricitism Series is available through Literature Resource Center. Other titles in the criticism series, such as Shakespeare Criticism and Poetry Criticism are available in paper format in the Library's Reference Collection.Gale/Library Subscription

Literature Resource Center: A multi-faceted reference source containing more than 285,000 full-text journal articles from more than 133 literary journals, 38,000 critical essays, 4,329 work overviews, plot summaries and explications. There are also more than 5,000 links to authoritative related Web sites. Users can also find more than 122,000 author biographies, 2,500 author portraits. Included as well is the Merriam-Webster's® Encyclopedia of Literature, featuring 10,000 definitions of literary terms. GaleGroup/Texshare

The Los Angeles Times: Full text and index of the Los Angeles Times newspaper, the largest American metropolitan newspaper. It covers general, local, national and world news for the metro-Los Angeles Area. Full text of the LA Times begins January 1, 1985. Databases provider: Proquest

Magill on Literature Plus: Magill On Literature Plus provides editorially reviewed critical analyses of the most studied works of literature. This database includes Masterplots, Masterplots II, Cyclopedia of World Authors, Magill's Literary Annual, Magill's Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, Magill's Book Reviews, and the Magill's Critical Surveys. Library Subscription

MAS Ultra: School Edition: Provides full text from nearly 460 periodicals covering general reference, health, science, and other areas. Also offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 530 magazines. Includes over 3,000 charts, tables and graphs converted to ASCII text; 5,000 full text Magill Book Reviews; full text of 144 Macmillan books; over 540 health and science-related pamphlets in full text; coverage of the CIA World Factbook; and Essential Documents in American History. EBSCO

Master File Premier: MasterFILE Premier provides full text for nearly 1,860 general reference, business, consumer health, general science, and multi-cultural periodicals. Also includes indexing and abstracts for nearly 2,780 periodicals. EBSCO

Masterplots: Masterplots is now available online to all users - in the library and those at home! Please use MagillOnLiterature (new name).

MedicLatina: Spanish language database containing the complete table of contents and PDF full text for nearly 100 peer-reviewed medical journals published in native Spanish. EBSCO/Texshare

Medline with Full Text: Provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE allows users to search abstracts from over 4,000 current biomedical journals. MEDLINE with Full Text provides full text coverage for over 1,300 journals as far back as 1965. EBSCO/Texshare/LibrarySubscription

Mental Measurements Yearbook: Provides information about English-language standardized tests covering educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology, and related areas as included in the print Mental Measurements Yearbooks. EBSCO. Library subscription

Mergent Online: Mergent Online is the electronic version and successor to the Moody's Manuals. The VC/UHV Library subscribes to U.S. Company Data, a fully searchable database of 15,000 U.S. public companies listed on the NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ exchanges. Mergent's company files also provide access to EDGAR® filings back to 1993, updated daily. We also have International Company Data, where Mergent maintains data on 20,000 non-U.S. companies .Tutorial Mergent/Library Subscription

Middle Search Plus: Designed to assist middle and junior high school students in learning how to research current events. Includes full text of 120 most popular K-12 magazines. EBSCO/Texshare

Military & Government Collection: Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military. The database provides full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals. Also included is full text of over 245 pamphlets. EBSCO/Texshare

MLA International Bibliography: Bibliographic index for books and articles published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. It is compiled by the staff of the MLA Office of Bibliographic Information Services with the cooperation of more than 125 contributing bibliographers in the United States and abroad. The MLA International Bibliography annually indexes over 50,000 books and articles. Starting in Summer 2002, the MLA International Bibliography in part of our subscription to the Literature Resource Center Gale

GPO Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications: 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.) TexShare/OCLC

Natural & Alternative Treatments: Complementary and alternative medicine database designed for the consumer-health researcher. Contains articles on medical conditions and the alternative medicine therapies proposed for use in their treatment. Also contains evidence-based information on herbs, supplements, functional foods, and other alternative therapies such as acupuncture and homeopathy. EBSCO/Texshare

netLibrary: Electronic book collection. All titles are provided full-text. You must set up an account to "check out" titles, but all titles are available to browse.

The New York Times: Comprehensive digital coverage of the "official" U.S. newspaper. Each issue of the paper is indexed thoroughly, providing access to news stories as well as the arts, sports, business and popular culture. Full text coverage begins with 1999 and the database is updated daily. Issues prior to 1999 are available at the VC/UHV Library in microfilm. You may search the NYT index back to 1851 online (see next entry).Database provider: Proquest

Newspaper Source: Provides full text for 139 regional U.S. newspapers, eighteen international newspapers, six newswires, and nine newspaper columns, for a total of 174 full text newspapers and other sources. EBSCO

OneSource Global Business Browser: Provides company profiles, news, business and trade articles, research reports, executive profiles, industry reports, and financial health data on over 1.7 million public and private organizations worldwide.Reference USA

The Oxford Business Spanish Dictionary: This reference resource contains 50,000 words and phrases as well as 80,000 translations of core business vocabulary including accountancy, banking, economics, human resource management, law, sales and marketing, the stock market, management, taxation, insurance, and information technology.

The Oxford Companion to American Law: Online version includes approximately 500 entries written by over 300 expert contributors. It describes the development of positive, common and constitutional law as well as arbitration, mediation and alternative dispute resolution. It covers issues involving laws role in structuring decisions about governance, the significance of state and local law and legal institutions, and the place of American law in a comparative international perspective. It targets a broad and diverse audience, one that ranges from students studying American law to lawyers or judges actively involved in the practice of law.

The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States: The highly-acclaimed Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court was first published in 1992, since which time the Supreme Court has continued to write constitutional history. This new edition of the Companion has been fully updated and includes new entries on key cases and full treatment of crucial areas of constitutional law, such as abortion, freedom of religion, school desegregation, freedom of speech, voting rights, military tribunals, and the rights of the accused. This is an accessible and authoritative guide, essential for judges, lawyers, academics, journalists, and anyone interested in the impact of the Supreme Court's decisions on American society

Oxford English Dictionary: The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the accepted authority on the English language . It is a guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over a half a million words, present and past. The OED covers words from across the English-speaking world. The online version is updated quarterly. Library Subscription

The Oxford Guide to United States Supreme Court Decisions: This resource includes over 400 entries for Supreme Court decisions throughout U.S. history published in the Oxford companion to the Supreme Court of the United States. Additionally, 45 new entries for post-1991 decisions have been included.

Oxford Reference Online: Covering the full spectrum of subjects: from General Reference & Language to Science & Medicine, from Humanities & Social Sciences to Business and Professional, Oxford Reference Online is a full & authoritative resource of over 100 dictionaries and reference titles. Library Subscription

Philosopher's Index: Provides index and abstrats to philosophy journal articles, books, anthologies, and contributions to anthologies. Covers publications from 1940 to present in the following fields: ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, social philosophy, political philosophy, philosophy of science, philosophy of education, aesthetics, logic, philosophy of language, and many more. Please note that subscription is limited to 1 simultaneous user. Library Subscription

Middle Search Plus: Designed for elementary schools and children's reading rooms, this database includes full text of articles from over 50 of the most popular K-12 magazines. EBSCO

Professional Development Collection: Specialized collection for professional educators.

Proquest Learning: Literature: Contains more than 180,000 searchable works of literature from medieval times to the present. You can find author biographies, contemporary criticism, reviews, and multimedia resources organized into more than 3,000 Author Pages. Also features 100+ searchable full-text literary journals and magazines.

PsycARTICLES: PsycARTICLES contains more than 25,000 searchable full text articles from 49 journals published by the American Psychological Association and allied organizations. Coverage spans from 1988 to the present.

Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection: Comprehensive database with 470 full text titles covering topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. EBSCO

PsycINFO: Citations and abstracts ot journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations. Produced by the APA.

Regional Business News: This full text newswire database incorporates business wires from all over the world. Included in this database are A&G Information, Africa News Service, Inter Press Service, Resource News International, South American Business, M2 Communications, PR Newswire, Business News Wire, Canadian Corporate News, News Bytes News Network, and Phillips Business Information Highlights.

Religion & Philosophy Collection: Database covering world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. Contains 250 full text journals. EBSCO

RIA Checkpoint: RIA's tax & accounting Internet research service, Checkpoint provides acces to some of the most widely used tax products, including - U.S. Tax Reporter, a comprehensive source of federal tax law, regulations, cases, annotations, & explanations - RIA Citator - state tax materials. Also included are WG&L journals - Journal of Taxation, Corporate Taxation, and Practical Tax Strategies. Tutorial Library Subscription

Safari Tech Books: A collection of e-books covering many current topics in IT. VC/UHV Library selected collection covers topics in course curriculum - database development, web design, gaming, and software development. Users should be aware that VC/UHV Library license allows 3 simultaneous users at this time. Proquest/Library Subscription

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. Also offers indexing and abstracts for more than 1,700 publications. EBSCO/Texshare

Science Direct: Searchable, browsable database of journal and book titles published by Elsevier Publishers. The VC/UHV Library has full-text access to about 1,200 journals in the health and life sciences, and the social sciences - including business, managements, economics, accountin, finance, and psychology. Abstracts, tables of contents and some complimentary full-text may be available in other subject areas.Science Direct/Library Subscription

Scribner Writer Series: Includes 1,564 essays on authors of all nationalities and time periods. Essays include broad biocritical overviews as well as specialized treatments. Each essay includes a concise introductory preface and a biography placing the author's work within a personal and historical framework. GaleGroup

Serials Directory: Access to the most up-to-date and accurate bibliographic information as well as current pricing structures for popular magazines and journals. EBSCO/Texshare

STAT!Ref: Stat!Ref is a medical information database that is an easy to use, electronically searchable, digital medical library for healthcare professionals. Users can cross-reference and search the latest clinical information from more than 35 medical texts including the Merck Manual, Mosby's Drug Consult, Stedman's Medical Dictionary, and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV-TR). TexShare

STAT-USA: STAT-USA is an agency in the Economics and Statistics Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Economic, business and international trade information produced by the U.S. government is made available to the public through its web site. Subscription service

Student Resource Center -College Edition: Vast collection of reference works, newspaper and magazine articles, journals, pamphlets, primary sources, full-text plays and poems, and multimedia files including photographs, videos, animations, and audio files. GaleGroup

Testing & Education Center: A college search and preparation resource, providing current information on colleges and universities, available scholarships and financial aid; ebooks on test preparation; and online practice tests for a number of school and vocational exams. This is premium content from Peterson's, provided by Thomson Gale. Library Subscription

Texas Digital Sanborn Maps: Produced for over 100 years, Sanborn maps charted the growth and development of American cities. Sanborn maps are large scale plans of a city or town, at a scale of 50ft to an inch.

Texas Reference Center: Includes more than 80 full text journals and books about Texas history, ethnic & cultural diversity, literature, public health, business as well as home & garden and sports & leisure. Contains biographies portraying famous historical and contemporary Texans. Also available in the Texas Reference Center is the Spanish-language newspaper El Sol de Texas. EBSCO/Texshare

Texshare Newspapers: Custom selection of full-text newspapers, including Austin American Statesman (1/96- ), Financial Times(1/96-), Houston Chronicle (1/96- ), Knight Ridder (1/96-4/99), N.Y. Times(12 Month rolling file), The Times(London)(1/97-), Washington Post(1/96- ). GaleGroup

TOPICsearch: Designed for students, TOPICsearch can be used as both a reference resource in the school library and a curriculum support tool in the classroom. EBSCO

Twayne Author Series: Offers criticism by scholars on hundreds of years of literature--from Aristophanes to Bharati Mukherjee. Has critical introductions to the lives and works of writers, to the history and influence of literary movements, or the development of literary genres. Primarily devoted to critical interpretation and discussion of authors' works, these studies take account of major literary trends and important contributions to scholarship and criticism, and provide new critical insights and original points of view. Each treatment of an author averages from 175 to 200 pages in length. GaleGroup

Twentieth Century American Poetry: Collection includes 52,000 poems drawn from 750 volumes by over 300 poets. Chadwyck-Healey

Twentieth Century English Poetry: A collection of 594 volumes of poetry by 282 poets from 1900 to the present day. Twentieth Century English Poetry

Ulrich's: Guide to periodical publications in print. Provides subscription information, editorial offices, and other information to periodicals published worldwide.

Value Line Investment Survey: Information and advice on over 1,700 stocks, more than 90 industries, the stock market, and the economy. Value Line is one of the most widely used investment services. Value Line/Library subscription

Victoria Advocate/Newsbank Database: Full- text database of the Victoria Advocate newspaper. Find articles appearing in the Advocate beginning in 1999 to the present. Does not include paid advertising or classified sections. Newsbank. Library subscription

Vocational & Career Collection: Designed to meet a wide variety of vocational and technical research needs. The collection provides full text coverage for nearly 350 trade and industry-related periodicals. EBSCO/Texshare

The Wall Street Journal: Indexing and full text coverage of the world's leading financial newspaper (eastern edition.) Also included are abstracts up to 75 words in length which helps researchers know if the complete text will mee his or her needs. Dates of coverage are from 1984 to the present. The database is updated daily. Database provider: Proquest

The Washington Post: Full text and indexing for the Washington Post newspaper. Known for in-depth news and analysis of American politics. It is read by more that a million people worldwide. Full text coverage begines January 1, 1987 and is updated daily. Database provider: Proquest

WestLaw Campus: Westlaw Campus provides users access to legal information. Some of materials available in Westlaw Campus are: cases from the federal courts and all 50 states; state and federal statutes; federal regulations; American Law Reports; American Jurisprudence. West Group (Library Subscription)

World Cat: Worldwide bibliographic database representing the library holdings of OCLC libraries.

World History Collection: 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. EBSCO/Texshare

updated 11/3/2008