Databases and Indexes

The databases and indexes provided by the Newton Gresham Library allow users to search multiple journals, newspapers, and other periodicals to find information.

Alphabetical List of All Databases
Databases by Subject
General/Multidisciplinary Databases
Reference Databases
Trial Databases
Database access problems

General/Multidisciplinary Databases

General and multidisciplinary databases are very broad and can be used for a variety of subjects and topics. These databases are ideal for researchers choosing or beginning to research a topic. Below are some of the most popular general databases, click here to see all of the general and multidisciplinary databases.

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Academic Search Premier

(Indexing and Abstracting 1984 - current; Full Text 1990 - current) Academic Search Premier provides full text for over 1,260 academic, social sciences, humanities, general science, education and multi-cultural journals. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for over 2,880 journals. Over 700 of the over 1,260 full text journals are peer reviewed. Over 1,670 of the indexed journals are peer reviewed.

EBSCOhost (All Databases) English Version

Access the main menu of all the EBSCOhost databases SHSU subscribes to.

JSTOR

Search or browse for full-text articles in back issues of about 100 journals in the areas of African American Studies, Anthropology, Asian Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance, History, Literature, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Sociology, and Statistics. Review dates and journals included by subject and alphabetically.

LexisNexis Academic (1983 - current)

Provides access to the full-text of hundreds of newspapers, magazines, journals, law reviews, legal cases, and public laws.

Wilson OmniFile Full Text, Mega Edition

Provides indexing, abstracts, and full text from six of Wilson's full-text databases: Education Full Text, General Science Full Text, Humanities Full Text, Readers' Guide Full Text, Social Sciences Full Text, and Wilson Business Full Text. Indexing begins in 1982, abstracts in 1984, and full-text coverage in 1994. Start dates for full-text rights to individual journals vary within a database. Full-text articles from five additional periodical databases are also included when available: Applied Science & Technology Full Text, Art Full Text, Biological & Agricultural Index, Index to Legal Periodicals & Books, and Library Literature & Information Science Full Text.

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Reference Databases

XreferPlus

xreferplus is a giant online reference library that provides access to over 150 reference books including encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and books of quotations, and a range of subject-specific titles covering everything from art to accountancy and literature to law. See the titles in xreferplus.

World Almanac

Offers a fundamental reference source for students, library patrons, library reference staff, and scholars alike. Includes biographies, encyclopedia entries, facts, and statistics.

Oxford Reference Online

ORO combines quick reference coverage of the full subject spectrum with the rich resources of the Oxford Companions from ready-reference to comprehensive scholarly articles. See the titles in Oxford Reference Online.

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Encyclopedia Americana

The online Handbook offers a full-text searchable version of the complete text of the six-volume print edition, all corrections incorporated in the second printing, and approximately 400 articles not included in the print edition due to space limitations.

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Databases by Subject

To find more focused information for a topic in a specific subject area, please click on the appropriate subject below.


  
  Economics

  Education

  English

  Forensic Science

  Geology/Geography

  Health & Kinesiology

  History

  Library Science

  Mathematics
 

Trial Databases

The following databases are being evaluated by the NGL for purchase. They are only available on campus.

BioOne.org

BioOne is the product of innovative collaboration between scientific societies, libraries, academe and the private sector. BioOne brings to the Web a uniquely valuable aggregation of the full-texts of high-impact bioscience research journals. Most of BioOne’s titles are published by small societies and other not-for-profit organizational publishers, and, until now, have been available only in printed form. BioOne provides integrated, cost-effective access to a thoroughly linked information resource of interrelated journals focused on the biological, ecological and environmental sciences.

End Date: 06/09/08

Books24X7

Books24X7 currently has over 13,000 titles in their e-book database, and adds over 170 titles per month. Mainly focusing on IT, engineering, business, finance, executive, and health/well-being e-books by such publishers as Microsoft Press, McGraw-Hill, Harvard Business School Publishing, Wiley, Wrox and APress.

End Date: 05/23/08

Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online

The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online is the first comprehensive online resource devoted to music research of all the world’s peoples. More than 9,000 pages of material, combined with entries by more than 700 expert contributors from all over the world, make this the most complete body of work focused on world music.

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End Date: 04/02/08

History Reference Online

Hundreds of ABC-CLIO's history reference books, including encyclopedias, handbooks, dictionaries, and guides, provide researchers and students with a broad, cross-searchable collection of "history of" reference content.

End Date: 05/29/08

Mint Global

  • Coverage: 50,000 public companies; 40 million private companies
  • Financials: [Global format and As Reported], Full financial accounts for private companies in Europe, Asia and top 180,000 private US companies.
  • Ownership: Comprehensive shareholder and subsidiary info
  • Additional: Stock Data; Credit Ratings; Dividend Info; Board Members and Officers (bio’s, contact details, etc.); SIC code classification; Earning Estimates (5 year forecast); News; Mergers and Acquisitions; Datamonitor Reports and more…

    End Date: 04/02/08

Reference Universe

Unlike a library catalog, which generally provides data about reference works, this database searches the complete indexes of more than 10,000 reference titles. Nearly 2,000 of these titles are online editions.

End Date:05/15/08

RMA e-Statement Studies

e-Statement Studies combines both books (Financial Ratio Benchmarks and Industry Default Probabilities) plus regional breakouts. The current data as well as the historical data (4 years of historical data) can be exported into Excel document.

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SocINDEX

SocINDEX™ is the world's most comprehensive and highest quality sociology research database. Its extensive scope and content provide users with a wealth of extremely useful information encompassing the broad spectrum of sociological study. The database features more than 1,969,000 records with subject headings from a 19,300+ term sociological thesaurus designed by subject experts and expert lexicographers. This product also contains informative abstracts for more than 1,120 "core" coverage journals dating as far back as 1895. In addition, this file provides data mined from more than 420 "priority" coverage journals as well as over 2,800 "selective" coverage journals. Further, extensive indexing for books/monographs, conference papers, and other non-periodical content sources is included. Searchable cited references are also provided. SocINDEX offers comprehensive coverage of sociology, encompassing all sub-disciplines and closely related areas of study. These include abortion, criminology & criminal justice, demography, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, political sociology, religion, rural & urban sociology, social development, social psychology, social structure, social work, socio-cultural anthropology, sociological history, sociological research, sociological theory, substance abuse & other addictions, violence and many others. In addition, SocINDEX features over 10,000 Author Profiles covering the most prolific, most cited, and most frequently searched for authors in the database. Each author profile includes biographical data and bibliographic information, which together allow users to quickly ascertain an author's areas of expertise and academic/professional focus. All author profiles are updated on a routine basis as new information about each author becomes available. Moreover, profiles continue to be added for additional authors within the database on an ongoing basis.

End Date: 05/26/08