Indexes and Databases
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AAPG Publications

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
  1. from a public computer in the OSU Library
  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• This online subscription to the AAPG/Datapages Combined Publications Database is available through the generous contributions of Oklahoma State University alumni and friends in memory of Paul N. McDaniel (B.S., 1949).
  Contributors to endowment of Digital Products Fund for Oklahoma State University include: Herbert G. Davis, Gary W. Ford, Richard D. Fritz, Arthur J. Garden, Larry D. Gerken, Ronald L. Hart, Peggy S. Pogue, John W. Shelton, Gary F. Stewart, John D. Traut, and James L. Wilson
• AAPG Bulletin Coverage: 1917-present
• AAPG Special Volumes Coverage: 215+ volumes
• Gulf Coast package Contents:
  
  • GCAGS Transactions Coverage: 1951-2003
  • GCAGS Special Publications
  • East Texas Geological Society
  • New Orleans Geological Society
  • Lafayette Geological Society
• CSPG Bulletin (Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists) Coverage: 1953-present
• Journal of Petroleum Geology Coverage: 1978-2002
• Journal of Sedimentary Research Coverage: 1931-present
• Mid-Continent Contents:
  
  • Panhandle Geological Society
  • Ardmore Geological Society
  • Oklahoma City Geological Society
  • Fort Worth Geological Society
  • Tulsa Geological Society
• Access AAPG Publications (OSU ID required)

ABI/Inform (via Proquest)

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Indexes 1,100 business and economic publications
• Abstracts available
• Updated daily
• Coverage 1986 - present
• Great source for information about large companies, industries, and innovative management techniques
• Access ABI/Inform (via Proquest) (OSU ID required)

Academic Search Elite

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Covers topics pertaining to academics, social sciences, humanities, general science, education and multi-cultural studies
• Full text for over 1,530 journals
  • Coverage 1990 - present
• Indexing and abstracts for roughly 2,720 journals
  • Coverage 1984 - present
• Updated daily
• Access Academic Search Elite (OSU ID required)

ACM Digital Library

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
  1. from a public computer in the OSU Library
  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• 95% of all Association of Computing Machinery articles and proceedings from 1991 - present
• 9,000 full-text articles from ACM journals, magazines, and conference proceedings, from 1991 - present
• Tables of Contents from ACM journals and magazines from 1985 - present
• Tables of contents from over 400 volumes of conference proceedings from 1985 - 1996
• Access ACM Digital Library (OSU ID required)

AgeLine

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection (No ID required)
• AgeLine abstracts 600 journal titles, books and book chapters, research reports, dissertations, and educational videos.
• Full-text links are provided for many research reports and most AARP publications.
• A unique "target audience" field allows users to limit their search to research, public policy, professional/provider, or general/consumer literature.
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AGRICOLA

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Index to agriculturally-related-science publications
• Some abstracts available
• Various methods of access
• Updates vary
• Coverage varies
• Access AGRICOLA (OSU ID required)

Agricultural Statistics

• Location: Stand-alone CD-ROM database available in the OSU Library, Government Documents Reference, 5th Floor
• Reference statistics on agricultural production, supplies, consumption, facilities, costs and returns for the U.S.
• Corresponds to paper version
• Updated annually
• See also the Agricultural Statistics Website

Agriculture Factbook

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection (No ID required)
• Sourcebook from the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture that includes the following chapters: Consumers & Producers; the Structure of US Agriculture; the US Farm Sector; Rural America; USDA; Rural Development; Farm & Foreign Agricultural Services; Food Research, Education & Economics; Marketing & Regulatory Programs.
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Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  3. from an off-campus connection (No ID required)
• Also available as a stand-alone CD-ROM database available in the OSU Library, Government Documents Reference, 5th Floor
• Index to military periodicals. Produced by the Air University Library.
• Coverage: January 1990 - present.
• Updated quarterly.
• Access Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals

Alternative Press Index

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Coverage is international and interdisciplinary.
• Highly recommended comprehensive guide to alternative sources of information.
• Provides in-depth coverage in the humanities and social sciences.
• Indexes nearly 300 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines.
• Includes selected abstracts from research journals
• Coverage 1991 - present
• Updated quarterly
• Access Alternative Press Index (OSU ID required)

America: History and Life

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Bibliographic reference to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Published since 1964, the database comprises almost 400,000 bibliographic entries, covering over 2,000 US and foreign journals. Over 90% of the articles abstracted are published in English. Approximately 16,000 new entries are added each year.
• Abstracts available
• Updated monthly
• Coverage 1964 - present
• Access America: History and Life (OSU ID required)

American FactFinder

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection (No ID required)
• Key source for population, housing, economic and geographic data.
• Includes 1990 and 2000 Census of Population and Housing data.
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American State Papers, 1789-1838

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• The American State Papers is a retrospective collection of largely Congressional, but also Executive, materials originating from 1789 through 1838. This includes materials on events such as Lewis and Clark's Expedition and many other historical events. In addition, there are speeches and messages by Presidents Washington, Adams, Jefferson and Madison.
• This collection offers primary material for this time period, newly digitized.
• Fully searchable and browsable
• Companion to U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1980
• Coverage 1817-1980
• Access American State Papers, 1789-1838 (OSU ID required)

American Verse Project

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection (No ID required)
• Full-text electronic archive of selected volumes of American poetry prior to 1920. Most of the archive is made up of 19th century poetry, although a few 18th century and early 20th century texts are included.
• Access American Verse Project

Analytical Abstracts

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• Coverage begins in 1980
• Provides comprehensive coverage of new techniques and applications in:
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Chromatography and electrophoresis
  • Spectrometry and radiochemical methods
  • Inorganic, organic and organometallic analysis
  • Applied and industrial analysis
  • Clinical and biochemical analysis
  • Environmental analysis
  • Agricultural analysis
  • Food analysis
• Updated monthly
• More than 250 international journals are scanned for items for inclusion
• Approximately 1,400 abstracts are added each month
• Access Analytical Abstracts (OSU ID required)

Annual Reviews

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Provides comprehensive, timely collections of critical reviews written by leading scientists. Annual Reviews volumes are published each year for 29 focused disciplines within the Biomedical, Physical, and Social Sciences. Annual Reviews publications are among the most highly cited in scientific literature. All Annual Reviews series are ranked within the top ten publications for their respective disciplines.
• Full text from mid 1996 - present
• Tables of Contents only from 1984-1995
• Access Annual Reviews (OSU ID required)

AP Photo Archive

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• The AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive provides a sensory journey of photographs, audio sound bites, graphics and text spanning over 160 years of history.
• Searching methods include keyword as well as more complex searches such as concept, color, and category.
• Contains over one million photographs dating back to 1826, tens of thousands of graphics, audio files dating from the 1920's, and news stories dating from 1997.
• Updates daily.
• Coverage varies.
• Access AP Photo Archive (OSU ID required)

APS Online (1740-1900)

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Over 1,000 American magazines and journals published from colonial days to the dawn of the 20th century
• Full-text available
• Coverage varies by title. Date range of the overall collection is 1740 to 1900
• Access APS Online (OSU ID required)

Architectural Index

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Provides access to articles in eleven key journals in the fields of architecture, construction, landscape architecture, historic preservation, planning and urban design.
• Search by building type, location, name of architect/designer or architectural firm or a combination of these as well as by subject.
• News, book reviews and new products are NOT indexed.
• Updated annually.
• Indexing from 1982 - end of previous year.
• Access Architectural Index (OSU ID required)

Arts & Humanities Citation Index (via Web of Science)

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Coverage includes Jan. 1975 - present
• A citation index is a bibliographic tool in print or electronic format that lists all referenced or cited source items published in a given time span. The tool is a useful method for tracking the historical development -- backwards and forwards in time -- of an idea or given topic within the literature published in a wide selection of journal titles. What distinguishes it from other indexes is that it includes all the cited references (footnotes or bibliographies) published with each article it covers.
• The Institute for Scientific Information® (ISI®) publishes the Art & Humanities Citation Index, which provides access to current bibliographic information and cited references, covering nearly 1,130 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals in a broad range of disciplines. It also covers individually selected, relevant items from approximately 7,000 of the world's leading science and social sciences journals. Both formats provide complete bibliographic data and additional features such as cited reference searching, keywords, and author and publisher addresses.
• Abstracts are not included
• Print equivalent is available (Annex call number 016.0013 A792) for 1977 - 1981
• Access Arts & Humanities Citation Index (via Web of Science) (OSU ID required)

Art Abstracts

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Includes periodicals, yearbooks, museum bulletins, competition and award notices, exhibition listings, interviews, films, reviews and more.
• Indexing 1984 - present
• Access Art Abstracts (OSU ID required)

ARTstor

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• ARTstor's software will allow faculty to teach with digital images and students to review images related to a course. ARTstor users will be able to create and save image groups, and they will have tools that allow them to zoom in on details of images, as well as to use their own images along with those in the ARTstor collections. The software enables faculty users to deliver presentations (both on- and off-line) in a lecture hall or a seminar.
• Initially comprised of approximately 300,000 digital images and associated catalog data, growing to 500,000 images by 2006.
• There are some specific technical requirements for ARTstor that can be found at http://www.artstor.org/info/using_artstor/techspecs.jsp
• Access ARTstor (OSU ID required)

ASABE Technical Library (American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers)

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Contains the complete collection of ASABE journals, meeting papers, conferences, standards, and reference book material from 2001 forward.
• Retrospective items added as funds allow.
• Approximately 20,000 pages of content added each year.
• Access ASABE Technical Library (American Society of Agricultural & Biological Engineers) (OSU ID required)

ASM Metals Handbook Online

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• The ASM Handbook Series contains peer-reviewed, trusted information in every area of materials specialization. Industry's best known and most comprehensive source of information on ferrous and non-ferrous metals and materials technology. Packed with articles, illustrations, tables, graphs, specifications and practical examples for today's engineer. Everything you need to know about:
  • Materials Processes
  • Materials Properties
  • Materials Performance
  • Materials Selection
• Covers: Properties and Selection: Irons, Steels, and High-Performance Alloys; Properties and Selection: Nonferrous Alloys and Special-Purpose Materials; Alloy Phase Diagrams; Heat Treating; Surface Engineering; Welding, Brazing, and Soldering; Powder Metal Technologies and Applications; Mechanical Testing and Evaluation; Metallography and Microstructures; Materials Characterization; Failure Analysis and Prevention; Fractography; Corrosion; Forming and Forging; Casting; Machining; Nondestructive Evaluation and Quality Control; Friction, Lubrication, and Wear Technology; Fatigue And Fracture; Materials Selection and Design; Composites
• Access ASM Metals Handbook Online (OSU ID required)

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• United States' most comprehensive listing of the current literature of architecture and design
• Provides cumulative, comprehensive access to more than 2,500 U.S. and foreign journals
• Contains approximately 13,000 citation records for architects' obituaries; an excellent source of biographical information, and often the only one for less-published architects
• Coverage: 1930's - present; with selective coverage from 1860's - present
• Access Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (OSU ID required)

Background Notes

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Information on geographic entities and international organizations via US Department of State
• Notes for some countries currently unavailable
• Updated periodically
• Access Background Notes

Bibliography of Native North Americans

• Location: Stand-alone CD-ROM database available in the OSU Library Reference Area, 1st Floor
• Provides cumulative indexing to citations from the Ethnographic Bibliography of North America
• Groups covered include: Inuit, Aleuts, Eskimos, and Natve Americans of Canada, United States and Mexico
• Indexes books, articles, essays, conference papers, dissertations and government documents
• Over 60,000 citations from 1500 - 2002
• Updated annually

Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI)

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Will enable you to quickly determine which publication to consult for biographical information.
• Sources indexed include:
  • 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 a writer's works.
• Includes over 13.3 million biographical sketches.
• Updated twice yearly
• Coverage: 1917 - present
• Access Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI) (OSU ID required)

Biological Abstracts

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Index to biology, botany, zoology, microbiology, clinical and experimental medicine and biochemistry
• Abstracts available
• Updated quarterly
• Coverage 1969 - present
• Direct links to full-text articles available for hundreds of journals
• Access Biological Abstracts (OSU ID required)

Biological & Agricultural Index

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Nearly 250 English-language periodicals in life sciences and agricultural subjects, published in the U.S. and elsewhere.
• Includes book reviews.
• Coverage July 1983 - present.
• Updated daily.
• Print version (Call Number: 620.5 A277851) covers up to 1992.
• Access Biological & Agricultural Index (OSU ID required)

BioOne Abstracts and Indexes

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Indexed and fully-searchable collection of abstracts that link to the fulltext articles available from the BioOne 65+ high-impact bioscience research journals.
• Some journals are covered back to 1998, with the majority being covered from 2000.
• Updated monthly.
• Access BioOne Abstracts and Indexes (OSU ID required)

Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Approximately 1800 articles on sociology and related disciplines, written by scholars in the field
• Searchable by topic, author, geographic location, or time period
• Source for information about definitions, concepts, social movements, biographies of historical leaders in the discipline.
• Links to selected, quality Websites
• Updated 3 times per year
• Access Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (OSU ID required)

blinkx.tv

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  3. from an off-campus connection (No ID required)
• Search engine for TV video and audio. Includes Reuters, CNN, MSNBC, CSpan, Fox News, Bloomberg, ESPN, ABC, CBS, Discovery, History, A&E, Biography, NPR, VoA, BBC Radio.
• blinkx.tv allows you to search the web for video and audio clips. You can search blinkx.tv using standard keyword, Boolean queries, and conceptual searching. Conceptual searching allows you to enter normal text and return results whose content is conceptually similar to your search text.
• More information about blinkx.tv and its capabilities can be found at http://www.blinkx.tv/about.php
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Books In Print

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Includes approximately 5 million bindings for books that are in print, forthcoming, or declared out-of-print or out-of-stock indefinitely since 1979, as well as more than 500,000 full text reviews.
• Also includes Books Out of Print.
• Search and browse by award, best-seller, and other criteria.
• Access Books in Print (OSU ID required)

Budget of the U.S. Government (Most Recent Fiscal Year)

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  3. from an off-campus connection (No ID required)
• Budget of the United States government, analytical perspectives, historical tables, appendices and Citizen's Guide to the Federal Budget
• Corresponds to text version
• Access the Budget of the U.S. Government

Business Source Elite

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Addresses issues in business and related topics such as management, economics, banking, finance, and accounting
• Full-text from nearly 1,040 popular and scholarly journals
  • Coverage 1990 - present
• Indexes and abstracts for nearly 1,570 journals
  • Coverage 1984 - present
• Updated daily
• Access Business Source Elite (OSU ID required)

CAB Abstracts (1900-present)

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Index to agriculture, food sciences & nutrition, and veterinary medicine publications
• Abstracts available
• Updated weekly
• Coverage 1973 - present
• Prior to 1973, use paper version in the OSU Library Reference Area, 1st Floor
• Access CAB Abstracts (1900-present) (OSU ID required)

Cambridge University Press Online Journals

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Access to tables of contents, abstracts, full-text, search facilities, and alerting services for selected Cambridge University Press research journals in all disciplines
• 1997 - present
• Updated weekly
• May be searched by journal title and issue in which case the complete table of contents is displayed or by keyword, regardless of the journal title and issue
• Access Cambridge University Press Online Journals (OSU ID required)

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  3. from an off-campus connection (No ID required)
• General topic index to books, reports, studies, serials and maps published by federal government agencies
• Updated quarterly
• Coverage 1994 - present
• Prior to 1994, use Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications in paper (Government Documents Reference collection, 5th floor)
• Access Catalog of U.S. Government Publications

CCH Tax Research NetWork

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Annotated explanations of the US Federal Tax Code, state tax codes, estate and gift tax law
• Includes Federal and State tax forms
• Updated daily
• Access CCH Tax Research NetWork (OSU ID required)

Center for Research Libraries (CRL)

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• A consortium of university and independent research libraries in North America
• CRL holds over 4 million newspapers, journals and other traditional and digital resources for research and teaching, with an emphasis outside the United States.
• Materials found at this site are requested through OSU's Interlibrary Services and may be kept for extended periods of time
• Access Center for Research Libraries (CRL)

Certification Examinations for Oklahoma Educators

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Information about the CEOE and CEOE services
• CEOE Study Guides are available in PDF
• The site includes the CEOE Registration Bulletin as well as information about registering for the CEOE via the Internet, changing or withdrawing your CEOE registration, and communicating with the CEOE program by e-mail
• Access Certification Examinations for Oklahoma Educators

Child Abuse, Child Welfare & Adoption Database

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Foremost bibliographic resource on the maltreatment of children
• Dates of Coverage: 1965 - present
• Citations and abstracts are to books, journal articles, final reports from federally-funded grants, conference papers, unpublished papers, reports on completed on continuing research, as well as descriptions of service programs and prevention and treatment strategies. Materials cited are primarily English-language, originating from U.S. research and service programs
• Access Child Abuse, Child Welfare & Adoption Database (OSU ID required)

Children's Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD)

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• CLCD is a research, reference, and acquisition service that contains:
  
  • Records for over a million children's and young adult books;
  • Several hundred thousand full-text reviews from 33 sources;
  • Over 30,000 book jacket images;
  • State-level, national, and international awards lists, as well as children's and young adult choice awards;
  • Over a hundred best books lists;
  • All State reading lists;
  • "Curriculum Tools" -- links to lesson plans and teaching guides associated with individual titles of children's/young adult books;
  • Information provided by various Reading Measurement Programs such as Accelerated Reader, Degrees of Reading Power, Lexile and Reading Counts;
  • More than 60,000 links to web pages featuring individual authors or illustrators.
• Updated: Monthly
• Access Children's Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD) (OSU ID required)

Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
  1. from a public computer in the OSU Library
  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• The premier source for reviews of academic books, electronic media, and Internet resources of interest to those in higher education.
• Contents: more than 115,000 searchable reviews, feature articles, forthcoming titles lists, and Web exclusives for books
• Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries offers an assortment of personalized utilities, such as personal lists of reviews. To take advantage of these utilites, you need to create an account on the Choice site.
• Coverage: 1988 - present
• Updated: Monthly
• Access Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries (OSU ID required)

Choices 3

• Location: Stand-alone CD-ROM database available in the OSU Library Reference Area, 1st Floor
• From Simmons Market Research Bureau, contains marketing data collected from a comprehensive survey of about 30,000 American adults.
• Includes the Simmons National Consumer Study (NCS), an annual survey of consumer buying habits and preferences.
• Demographic characteristics and media usage and audience also available.
• About 5,000 questions with 50,000 possible answers.

Chronic Disease Prevention File

• Location: Stand-alone CD-ROM database available in the OSU Library, Government Documents Reference, 5th Floor
• Cancer prevention and control, health promotion and education, AIDS school health education, and chronic disease prevention directory
• Index and full text
• Updated semi-annually

Chronicle of Higher Education

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
  1. from a public computer in the OSU Library
  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• No. 1 source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators.
• Online, The Chronicle is published every weekday and is the top destination for news, advice, and jobs for people in academe. The Chronicle's Web site features the complete contents of the latest issue; daily news and advice columns; thousands of current job listings; articles published since September 1989; vibrant discussion forums; and career-building tools such as an online CV's, salary databases, and more.
• Access Chronicle of Higher Education (OSU ID required)

Chronicle of Philanthropy Guide to Grants Database

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Electronic data base of all foundation and corporate grants listed in The Chronicle of Philanthropy since 1995.
• Access Chronicle of Philanthropy Guide to Grants Database (OSU ID required)

Classical Music Library

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• A fully searchable classical music resource containing tens of thousands of licensed recordings that can be listened to over the Internet, as well as supplementary reference sources.
• Recordings come from labels such as EMI and the London Symphony Orchestra and performers such as Itzhak Perlman, Placido Domingo, and many others of this caliber.
• Works are selected to offer the widest selection of fine performances by great artists and to provide unusual selections required for teaching.
• The powerful search allows you to search by artist, composer, key, and many more fields.
• Course folders and custom playlists can be created.
• Access Classical Music Library (OSU ID required)

Classical Scores Library

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Classical Scores Library is a searchable database of classical music scores from Boosey and Hawkes, University Music Editions, as well as other publishers.
• Contains classical scores from both in-copyright and public domain editions.
• Current release includes 800 scores (approx. 25,000 pages).
• Future plans will expand the collection to over 10,000 scores (approx. 400,000 pages)
• The collection includes works spanning time periods from the Renaissance to the 21st century.
• Coverage of score types is comprehensive, with full scores, study scores, piano and vocal scores, and piano reductions.
• The powerful search allows you to search by work/opus number, composer, key, and many more fields.
• Many items have associated audio tracks in Classical Music Library.
• Scores are available in PDF format.
• Access Classical Scores Library (OSU ID required)

Clinical Pharmacology

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Written in lay language for the patient and consumer
• Full-text drug information
• Includes a pronunciation guide, a description of the drug, information on proper usage, side effects and possible interactions
• Access Clinical Pharmacology (OSU ID required)

Community of Science

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Network of scientists and research organizations on the World Wide Web whose mission is to help scientists find funding, collaborate with colleagues, and promote research
• COS Funding Opportunities is the largest database of grants on the Web, updated daily
• COS is a search engine created by scientists, for scientists. Scientists contribute basic information about their work and expertise. COS publishes the information as a standardized, searchable profile with relevant links to research, including publications, patents, awards, and personal Web page. The benefit of COS is easy discovery by peers, and other people.
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Compendex (via Engineering Village)

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Index to engineering and technical literature
• Abstracts available
• Updated quarterly
• Coverage 1970 - present
• Users can only search one decade at a time
• Print backfile version available: Engineering Index (Call Number: 620.0016 E568)
• Access Compendex (via Engineering Village) (OSU ID required)

CompPile

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection (No ID required)
• An ongoing inventory of publications in post-secondary composition and rhetoric located at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
• The database is an on-line, keyworded, searchable index that integrates journal articles, review-essays, notes and comments, books, and volumes of collected essays.
• Coverage: 1939 - 1999
• Access CompPile

Comprehensive Toxicology

• Location: Stand-alone CD-ROM database available in Veterinary Medicine Library
• Features the full text of the book series Comprehensive Toxicology;
• Includes EMBASE abstracts for the majority of references, full keyword and author indexes and an extensive search index.
• The print version of Comprehensive Toxicology is available in the General Reference Area in the Main Library (Call Number: 615.9 C737).

Computers and Applied Sciences Complete

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Covers the research and development spectrum of the computing and applied sciences disciplines.
• Subject areas include the many engineering disciplines, computer theory & systems, new technologies, and social & professional context.
• Indexing and abstracts for more than 1,400 academic journals, professional publications, and other reference sources.
• Full text available for more than 630 periodicals
• Research is aided by the inclusion of searchable cited references for key journals
• Direct links to full-text articles available for hundreds of journals
• Selective coverage from 1970 - present
• Access Computers and Applied Sciences Complete (OSU ID required)

Contemporary Women's Issues

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
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• Covers over 1,500 sources (periodical and non-periodical) published by more than 100 organizations around the world. Focuses on timely and relevant topics and meaningful issues for women, including health, human rights, the work place, legal status, and more.
• Updated weekly
• Coverage: 1992 - present
• Access Contemporary Women's Issues (OSU ID required)

County Business Patterns

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Annual series from the U.S. Census Bureau that provides subnational economic data by industry
• Also available as a stand-alone CD-ROM database available in the OSU Library, Government Documents Reference, 5th Floor
• Access County Business Patterns

CQ Electronic Library

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Collection of Congressional Quarterly databases available to Oklahoma State University
• Access CQ Electronic Library (OSU ID required)

CQ Public Affairs Collection

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Organized by 22 key public affairs subject headings like Advocacy and Public Service, Education, Energy, the Environment, Health, and Transportation
• Features in-depth reporting on vital issues, statistical and historical analyses, historic documents and primary source materials, as well as a directory of key government, nonprofit, and private organizations in each of the major policy areas.
• Access CQ Public Affairs Collection (OSU ID required)

CQ Researcher

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• CQ Researcher explores a single "hot" issue in the news in depth each week.
• Topics range from social and teen issues to environment, health, education and science and technology.
• 44 reports are produced each year including four expanded reports, and feature comments from experts, lawmakers and citizens on all sides of every issue.
• Numerous charts, graphs and sidebar articles -- plus a pro-con feature, a chronology, lengthy bibliographies and a list of contacts -- round out each report.
• Updated weekly
• Coverage: 1923 - present.
• Access CQ Researcher (OSU ID required)

CQ Supreme Court Collection

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Historical analysis with timely updates and expert commentary of Supreme Court decisions, biographies of Supreme Court justices, Supreme Court institutional history, and the U.S. Constitution
• Summaries and analysis of more than 4,000 major decisions including all the cases in which a written opinion was issued, with links to the full text of the cases
• "Dynamics and Alignments" is a powerful and unique tool to research justices' voting records and opinion alignments. The statistics are derived in part from the Michigan State University Supreme Court Database.
• "CQ Cases-in-Context" provides a selection of contemporary and controversial topics that are of enduring interest to researchers, including topics such as the death penalty, privacy, and free speech.
• "CQ Key Cases" are cases designated by the CQ editorial staff as the most important in America constitutional and political history.
• Coverage October 1969 to the present
• Access CQ Supreme Court Collection (OSU ID required)

CQ Voting & Elections Collection

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• CQ Voting and Elections Collection integrates a wealth of data, authoritative analyses, concise explanations, and historical material to provide a powerful research and reference tool on the American voter, major and minor political parties, campaigns and elections, and historical and modern races for Congress, the presidency, and governorships. This research and reference website is organized into six categories:
  • Presidential Elections includes explanations of the presidential electoral process, analyses and data for historical and modern presidential elections, modern voting behavior, key events and issues, and biographies.
  • Congressional Elections provides explanations of the congressional electoral process, including reapportionment and redistricting; data for historical and modern congressional elections; analyses of modern congressional elections; modern voting behavior; modern district profiles; key events and issues; and biographies.
  • Gubernatorial Elections presents explanations of the gubernatorial electoral process and data for historical and modern gubernatorial elections.
  • Campaigns and Elections explores the American system of voting and elections, electoral process and reform, media, interest groups, and the impact of money.
  • Political Parties covers the party system in America, including party strength and control, and profiles Democratic, Republican, and third parties.
  • Voters and Demographics covers expansion of voting rights, voter turnout, voting behavior, modern county census data, and modern district profiles.
• Data can be accessed through a number of different research tools, including Candidate and Office Histories; Seat Status and Competition; Party Control, Split Districts, and Third Parties; and Party Switches and Special Elections.
• Other features include an Encyclopedia, Calendar, Chronology, Definitions and Sources, and Web Links.
• Access CQ Voting & Elections Collection (OSU ID required)

CQ Weekly

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Online, full-text version of CQ Weekly.
• "Your complete source for expert coverage of the U.S. Congress: status of bills, votes and amendments, floor and committee activity, and backroom maneuvering."
• Provides in-depth information on current and future issues facing Congress.
• Includes a complete wrap up 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.
• Search by topic, page number, committee, exact phrases, bill number, reporter and date.
• Updated weekly.
• Coverage: 1983 - present.
• Access CQ Weekly (OSU ID required)

Current Index to Statistics

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Indexes over 100 statistics and related publications
• Coverage in most cases from 1974 (or first issue if later) to volumes published in 1997
• Also available at CD-ROM stand-alone workstation in the OSU Library Reference Area, 1st Floor
• Great source for statistical information.
• Access Current Index to Statistics (OSU ID required)

Daily Oklahoman

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Coverage 1982 - present
• Complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded.
• Also available in the Microform/Media Room on the first floor of the Library.
• Access the Daily Oklahoman (OSU ID required)

Daily Oklahoman Archive

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Coverage 1901 - yesterday
• Complete full-text content in exact page image, including advertisments.
• Also available in the Microform/Media Room on the first floor of the Library.
• Access the Daily Oklahoman Archive (OSU ID required)

Declassified Documents

• Location: Stand-alone CD-ROM database available in the OSU Library, Government Documents Reference, 5th Floor
• Comprehensive index to complete bibliogrpahic citations and abstracts to 700,000+ declassified documents from the CIS, Department of State, National Security Council, Department of Defense, FBI and other government departments and agencies made available by the Library of Congress and the Presidential Libraries
• Produced by Primary Source Media

Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Written by Galileo Galilei
• In this resource, which is an electronic version of the classic Crew and Salvio 1914 translation, Galileo explains the first science as the resistance to fracture of solid bodies as well as the causes of cohesion. Galileo describes the second science, motion, in terms of uniform, accelerated and projectile motion.
• Includes theorems, footnotes, and original illustrations.
• An index with page numbers but no hyperlinks rounds out the work.
• All pages in PDF format.
• Access Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences (OSU ID required)

Digital Dissertations / Dissertation Abstracts

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
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• Index to U.S. dissertations (some masters theses included)
• Updated semiannually
• Coverage 1861 - present
• Abstracts available starting July 1980
• For abstracts before July 1980, use Dissertation Abstracts International (Call Number: 016.3781 D 613)
• Access to OSU dissertations in PDF format from 1961 - present
• Dissertations from other universities are available from 1997 - present, and in some cases earlier
• Access Digital Dissertations / Dissertation Abstracts (OSU ID required)

Early English Books Online

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Contains images of works by such authors as Malory, Spenser, Bacon, More, Erasmus, Boyle, Newton, and Galileo.
• Also includes musical exercises by Henry Purcell, novels by Aphra Behn, and prayer books, pamphlets, proclamations, almanacs, calendars, and many other primary resources
• Collections included will be: The Short-Title Catalogue (Pollard & Redgrave, 1475-1640); The Short-Title Catalogue II (Wing, 1641-1700); The Thomson Tracts, a compendium of broadsides on the English Civil War printed between 1640 and 1661; and The Early English Books Tract Supplements.
• Includes 125,000+ titles, growing to more than 22 million pages when complete
• Coverage 1475-1700
• Updated continuously
• Access Early English Books Online (OSU ID required)

EBSCO Animals

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• In-depth information on topics relating to animals, their habitat and nature
• Indexes, abstracts, and full-text articles with image links
• Written in an encyclopedia format
• Access EBSCO Animals (OSU ID required)

EBSCO Databases (All available EBSCO databases)

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Collection of databases with links to full-text, covering current events, business, health, and more
• General interest periodicals and scholarly journals
• Specialized databases for K-12
• Access EBSCO Databases (OSU ID required)

EBSCO K-12 Databases

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Specialized databases for K-12
• Collection of databases with links to full-text, covering current events, business, health, and more
• General interest periodicals and reference works
• Access EBSCO K-12 Databases (OSU ID required)

EconLit

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Indexing and abstracting of 400 journals plus collective works, books, dissertations and working papers
• Covers 1969 - present
• Links to full-text are available for many articles
• Access EconLit (OSU ID required)

Economy at a Glance

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection (No ID required)
• Includes labor market data, earnings & productivity, and prices via the US Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Updated monthly
• Access Economy at a Glance

EconPapers

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection (No ID required)
• EconPapers is a portal for links to on-line journal articles, working papers and software components in economics.
• This collaborative effort is maintained by volunteers from over 50 countries.
• Includes links to over 250,000 on-line resources.
• Access EconPapers

Education Statistics

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Reports the condition and progress of education via an extensive set of statistical tables, charts, and studies from the US National Center for Education Statistics
• Includes the Condition of Education, Digest of Education Statistics and Projections of Education Statistics
• Access Education Statistics Quarterly

Encyclopaedia of Islam

• Location: Stand-alone CD-ROM database available in the OSU Library Reference Area, 1st Floor
• The authoritative reference work on Islam is now available as a CD-ROM
• Contains volumes 1 - 9 of the print version of the Encyclopaedia of Islam
• Coverage includes text only of the print volumes

Encyclopedia of Life Sciences

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
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• The online version of the 20-volume 2002 print edition; the online version is actually the version of record, with the equivalent of five extra volumes of material and regular updates.
• Contains:
  • Approximately 30,000 biographic references and extensive cross-referencing;
  • Approximately 3000 articles;
  • Over 8800 illustrations;
  • Subject, thematic, alphabetical, author and cited author indexes.
• About 100 new or revised articles will be published every year
• Access Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (OSU ID required)

Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Full-text online edition of the Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology is a complete revision and update of the 2nd edition of the Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Engineering.
• It includes the state of the art in all areas of polymer science, covering nanotechnology, new imaging and analytical techniques, new methods of controlled polymer architecture, biomimetics, and more.
• Updated regularly. There are now about 300 articles.
• Access Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology (OSU ID required)

Energy InfoDisc

• Location: Stand-alone CD-ROM database available in the OSU Library, Government Documents Reference, 5th floor
• Contains energy databases, publications, directories, and software applications collected by the EIA from various U.S. industries and international sources
• The CD-ROM product offers the option of launching to a similar Internet application (only available from the CD-ROM station)
• Visit the Department of Energy website

Energy Information Administration

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  3. from an off-campus connection (No ID required)
• Contains energy databases, publications, directories, and software applications collected by the EIA from various U.S. industries and international sources
• Updates the Energy InfoDisc found in Government Documents Reference, 5th floor
• Access Energy Information Administration

Engineering Village

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Comprehensive interdisciplinary engineering database
• Over 3 million summaries of journal articles and conference proceedings
• Provides links to many services and informational sources of interest to engineers
• Gateway to Compendex
• Access Engineering Village (OSU ID required)

ERIC

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Abstracts education publications
• Includes journal articles, reports, teaching aids, classroom guides, and documents
• Updated monthly
• Coverage 1966 - present
• Prior to 1966, use Education Index (Call Number: 016.37 E325, 3rd floor stacks)
• Various methods of access
• Access ERIC (OSU ID required)

Essay & General Literature

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Covers topics pertaining to academics, social sciences, humanities, general science, education and multi-cultural studies
• Cites essays and articles contained in collections of essays and other works published in the United States, Great Britain and Canada.
• More than 300 volumes and 20 annual or serial publications indexed annually.
• Includes full bibliographic information for the titles in which the collected works are found.
• Focuses on humanities and social sciences literature.
• Coverage 1985 - present
• Updated annually
• Access Essay & General Literature Index (OSU ID required)

Essential Practices for Managing Chemical Reactivity Hazards

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Offer guidance to any facility with chemical reactivity hazards on ways to effectively address the difficult challenge of preventing loss, injury or environmental harm from uncontrolled chemical reactions
• Offer examples and recommendations for effective methods and practices for managing the hazards related to uncontrolled chemical reactions
• Great reference source for safety managers, chemists, and engineers alike
• Most of the tables are in searchable PDF format
• Access Essential Practices for Managing Chemical Reactivity Hazards (OSU ID required)

Ethnic Newswatch & ENW: A History

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.
• Designed to provide the "other side of the story," ENW titles offer additional viewpoints from those proffered by the mainstream press.
• Coverage -- ENW: A History: 1960 - 1989. Ethnic Newswatch: 1990 - present.
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Factiva

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• Provides access to major business publications, Newswire reports, and photos from Reuters and Knight-Ridder.
• Also provides full-text access to 5,500 newspapers (regional, national, and international)
• Updated daily
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FAO Corporate Document Repository

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• The Repository houses FAO documents and publications, as well as selected non-FAO publications, in electronic format. It enables users to easily access the accumulated knowledge and information produced by FAO directly on the Internet.
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FAOSTAT

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• FAOSTAT is the statistical database of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. It provides access to on-line and multilingual databases currently containing over 1 million time-series records covering international statistics in the following areas: Production, Trade, Food Balance Sheets, Fertilizer and Pesticides, Land Use and Irrigation, Forest Products, Fishery Products, Population, Agricultural Machinery, and Food Aid Shipments.
• Periodic updates
• Coverage from 1961 - present in most sections. Some dates vary.
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FCIC (Federal Citizen Information Center) National Contact Center

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• Information about Federal programs, benefits and services.
• Includes federal phone numbers and federal toll-free numbers.
• Via the Federal Consumer Information Center.
• Access FCIC (Federal Citizen Information Center) National Contact Center

Federal Tax Forms and Publications

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• Includes access to current and prior year forms and publications, also frequently asked questions, etc.
• Also available on stand-alone CD-ROM database available in the OSU Library, Government Documents Reference
• Access the Federal Tax Forms and Publications Web site: http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS3068

FEDSTATS

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• Easy access to statistics from more than 70 US Government agencies
• Search using 'A-Z or 'Search'
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Film & Television Literature Index

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• Film & Television Literature Index is a comprehensive bibliographic database covering the entire international spectrum of television and film writing.
• It has been designed for use by a diverse audience that includes film scholars, college students, and general viewers.
• Subject coverage includes film and television theory, preservation and restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews.
• Coverage 1988 - present
• Updated twice a month
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Film Literature Index Online

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• The Film Literature Index annually indexes 150 film and television periodicals from 30 countries cover-to-cover and 200 other periodicals selectively for articles on film and television.
• Browse by subject headings, person names, production titles, or corporate names and search by all of these as well as keyword, journal and article title.
• Coverage 1976 - 2001
• Access Film Literature Index Online (1976-2001)

FirstGov

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• The first-ever government Web site to provide the public with easy, one-stop access to all online U.S. Federal Government resources.
• Search by topic, keyword or branch of government.
• Access FirstGov

FirstSearch Databases

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• Databases provided in this list:
  • Alternative Press Index
  • Contemporary Women's Issues
  • GEOBASE
  • GPO Monthly Catalog
  • PapersFirst
  • Proceedings
• Access the FirstSearch Databases (OSU ID required)

Fish & Fisheries Worldwide

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• Includes more than 387,000 citations and some abstracts on all aspects of ichthyology, fisheries, and related aspects of aquaculture.
• Dates of Coverage: 1971 - present
• Major topics include culture and propagation, limnology and oceanography, genetics and behavior, natural history, parasites, diseases, habitat management, fish processing/marketing, general research, and fisheries management.
• More than 13,500 records are added per year.
• Provides thorough coverage of thousands of journal articles, books, monographs, pamphlets, conference proceedings, symposia, government reports, theses, dissertations, and scientific periodicals
• Updated quarterly
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FSTA (Food Science & Technology Abstracts)

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• Over 695,000 records on food sciences and technology, including microbiology, toxicology, hygiene, economics, statistics, engineering, packaging, dietary foods, beverages, fruits, vegetables, nuts, sugars, fats, oils, milk and dairy products, eggs, meats, spices, and additives
• Covers over 1,800 international publications including: journals, books, conference proceedings, reports, theses, patents, standards, and legislation
• Updated monthly
• Coverage 1969 - present
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Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia

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• Indexes to over 25,000 records with full-text capability available for each one
• Useful for children and adults
• Updated annually
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General Science Abstracts

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• Coverage includes anthropology, astronomy, biology, chemistry, computers, earth sciences, medicine and health, zoology, etc.
• Includes full-text results
• Indexes from 1984 - present
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GEOBASE

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• Includes citations from 2200 journals worldwide on the topics of geology, geography and ecology
• Coverage from 1980 - present
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GeoRef

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• Index to worldwide geoscience literature
• Abstracts available
• Direct links to full-text articles available for hundreds of journals
• Updated quarterly
• Coverage:
  • North America: 1785 - present
  • International: 1933 - present
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Global Explorer

• Location: Stand-alone CD-ROM database available in the OSU Library, Map Room, Basement
• General mapping of the entire earth
• Includes sites and places of interest

Global Health

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• Global Health is the definitive international public health database for academics, researchers, NGOs, policy makers, clinicians, healthcare professionals and students.
• Over 900,000 records, 95% of which contain informative abstracts.
• 50,000 records selected, abstracted and classified by subject specialists every year.
• Information from more than 3500 serials, books, book chapters, conference proceedings, patents, theses, electronic only publications and other difficult-to-obtain sources from more than 125 countries.
• Global coverage of both the developing and developed world with over 50 languages translated into English.
• Coverage from 1973 - present
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Google Scholar

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• Search for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research.
• Find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web
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Google UncleSam

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• Search engine for U.S. Government information.
• Access Google UncleSam

GPO Access

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• Full-text access to federal government publications including the US Budget, Economic Report of the President, Congressional publications (bills, calendars, documents, reports, Congressional Record), Code of Federal Regulations, US Constitution, Federal Register, Public Laws, US Code, US Government Manual, Commerce Business Daily, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
• Updated daily
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GPO Monthly Catalog

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• General topic index to books, reports, studies, serials and maps published by federal government agencies
• Updated quarterly
• Coverage July 1976 - present
• Prior to July 1976, use Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications in paper (Government Documents Reference collection, 5th floor)
• See also Catalog of U.S. Government Publications website
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Grove Art Online

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• The entire text of The Dictionary of Art (1996, 34 vols.)
• The most comprehensive online reference resource for all aspects of the visual arts worldwide from prehistory to the 1990s.
• Over 40,000 links to important art images in galleries and museums around the world.
• Sophisticated search capabilities and one-click cross-referencing.
• Annual additions of new material and updates to the text.
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Grove Music Online

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• Includes the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (second edition; 29 volumes), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera (4 volumes) and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (second edition; 3 volumes).
• The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians is considered the undisputed authority on all aspects of western and non-western music from popular to classical composers and performers.
• Sophisticated search capabilities and one-click cross-referencing.
• Over 3000 carefully selected links to musical sites around the world including sound archives and illustrations.
• Annual updates.
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Health Source: Consumer Edition

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• Authoritative information on many health-related topics
• Indexes and abstracts from over 170 consumer and professional health care publications
• Full-text of approximately 160 journals
• Searchable full-text for approximately 1,000 health-related pamphlets
• Includes titles such as the British Medical Journal and The Lancet
• Written for the general public
• Access Health Source: Consumer Edition (OSU ID required)

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition

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• Full-text articles, indexes and abstracts from over 500 scholarly journals and reference materials pertaining to the medical field
• Excellent source of information about nursing
• Access Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (OSU ID required)

Hoover's Online

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• Offers current information on more than 18,000 public and private companies
• Free information includes brief or "capsule" of the history, size, competitors and financials of each company. Industry information is also available.
• Some information only available through an online subscription. The Library does not have a subcription to this database.
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Hospitality and Tourism Index

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• Covers scholarly research to industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism, including demographics and statistics, development and investment, food and beverage management, hospitality law, hotel management and administration, leisure and business travel, market trends, technology.
• Full text for over 100 magazines, trade publications, and journals
• Coverage 1980's - present
• Indexing and abstracts for roughly 500 magazines, trade publications, and journals
• Coverage early 1960's - present
• Updated quarterly
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Humanities Abstracts

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• Indexes (and full text) of periodicals in archaeology, art, classics, film, folklore, journalism, linguistics, music, the perfoming arts, philosophy, religion, world history and world literature.
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IEL (IEEE/IEE Electronic Library)

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• IEEE conference proceedings, standards and journal articles
• IEE Conference proceedings and journal articles
• Coverage from 1988 - present
• Updated monthly
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Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties (Kappler's)

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• An historically significant, seven volume compilation of U.S. treaties, laws and executive orders pertaining to Native American Indian tribes.
• The volumes cover U.S. Government treaties with Native Americans from 1778-1883 (Volume II) and U.S. laws and executive orders concerning Native Americans from 1871-1970 (Volumes I, III-VII). The work was first published in 1903-04 by the U.S. Government Printing Office. Enhanced by the editor's use of margin notations and a comprehensive index, the information contained in Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties is in high demand by Native peoples, researchers, journalists, attorneys, legislators, teachers and others of both Native and non-Native origins.
• Volume II (Treaties) of Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler has been converted to a digital format, maintaining as much as possible the appearance and intent of the original work while allowing for enhanced access including full-text indexing. These pages include all of the pre-removal treaties of the Five Tribes: Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek and Seminole. These tribes were chosen because of their significance to the state of Oklahoma.
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Indian Question

• Location: Stand-alone CD-ROM database available in the OSU Library Reference Area, 1st Floor
• Contains original historical source materials primarily from the 19th century about native North Americans
• Includes the full text of Henry Schoolcraft's Indian Encyclopedia, full text of Indian treaties, a guide to the U.S. National Archival materials; Indian sign language; art works by McKenny-Hall, Karl Bodmer and George Catlin; myths and legends; and some modern publications and documents from 1970 to 1993.

Inspec

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• Leading bibliographic database providing abstracts and indexing to the world's scientific and technical papers in physics, electrical engineering, electronics, communications, control engineering, computing and information technology, as well as materials science, oceanography, nuclear engineering, geophysics, biomedical engineering and many more
• Contains over 8 million records, with coverage of over 3,500 journals, 2,000 conference proceedings as well as numerous books, dissertations and reports
• Links to full-text of articles in hundreds of journals
• The newly created Inspec Archive includes:
  • over 873,700 records;
  • tables, graphs and figures from the original source documents;
  • original value-added indexing and classifications;
  • enhancements in the form of the nearest equivalent current Inspec Thesaurus Terms and Inspec Classification Codes;
  • conference proceedings, books, journals, reports and dissertations;
  • longer abstracts than today varying in length from half a page to several pages including diagrams and complex mathematical proof because hard copy originals were less accessible.
• Updated weekly
• Coverage 1898 - present
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International Critical Tables of Numerical Data, Physics, Chemistry and Technology

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• Offers physical, thermodynamic, mechanical, and other key properties
• Most of the tables are in searchable PDF format
• Great reference source for those involved in chemistry, physics, and engineering
• All entries in the index are hyperlinked to their page number
• Access International Critical Tables of Numerical Data, Physics, Chemistry and Technology (OSU ID required)

International Financial Statistics

• Location: Stand-alone CD-ROM database available in the OSU Library, Government Documents Reference, 5th Floor
• Gives international financial data (balance of payments, production, prices, interest rates, etc.) for countries of the world
• Corresponds to the text version
• Updated monthly

Inter-Play

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• Index to plays in collections, anthologies and periodicals
• Sources indexed range from 19th century - present
• Updated continuously
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IRIS (Integrated Risk Information System)

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• IRIS is a Toxicology Data File on the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) TOXNET® system.
• Contains data in support of human health risk assessment.
• It is compiled by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and contains over 500 chemical records.
• IRIS data, focusing on hazard identification and dose-response assessment, is reviewed by work groups of EPA scientists and represents EPA consensus. Among the key data provided in IRIS are EPA carcinogen classifications, unit risks, slope factors, oral reference doses, and inhalation reference concentrations.
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Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism Online

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• Access Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism Online (OSU ID required)

Journal Citation Reports (JCR Web)

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• JCR is the only source of citation data on journals, and includes virtually all specialties in the areas of science, technology, and social sciences. The JCR can show you the:
  • highest impact journals
  • most frequently used journals
  • hottest journals
  • largest journals
• Coverage: 2002 edition includes impact factors for the past 5 years, as well as citing and cited journal data for 10 or more years or the life of the journal.
• Access Journal Citation Reports (JCR Web) (OSU ID required)

JSTOR

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Full text access for over 720 scholarly journals, in multiple collections.
• Included journals cover many disciplines, including African American Studies, Anthropology, Asian Studies, Botany, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance, General Science, History, Language & Literature, Latin American Studies, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Slavic Studies, Sociology, and Statistics.
• Coverage generally ranges from 1900 to early 2000's
• Most journals have a "moving wall" (the time period between the last issue available in JSTOR and the most recently published issue of a journal) of 3-5 years.
• Fully searchable, browsable and retrievable
• Access JSTOR (OSU ID required)

Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Full-text online edition of the Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology contains information covering the entire chemical industry and allied fields.
• Includes facts on the properties, manufacturing, and uses of chemicals and materials, processes, and engineering principles, insights into current research, emerging technologies and economic aspects. Environmental and health concerns are also addressed.
• Updated monthly; both new and revised articles. Older versions of updated articles may still be accessed in an archived form.
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Knovel

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• Knovel is a database containing the full-text content of over 700 handbooks covering all fields of engineering, as well as coverage for industrial safety, biochemistry, microbiology, pharmaceuticals and food science/nutrition, with new sources added continuously.
• A search retrieves results from numerous handbooks in a single pass, providing an efficiency which is unmatched by a search of the print handbooks. Basic keyword searching and advanced searching for material and chemical properties, constants, and coefficients over a numeric range is possible.
• Also, a package of productivity tools includes the ability to export selected items from a vast range of tabular data to MS Excel for further manipulation.
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Knovel Critical Tables

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• Featuring critical physical properties of more than 13,000 chemical compounds
• Most of the tables are in searchable PDF format
• Updated on a regular basis
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LexisNexis Academic (formerly Academic Universe)

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• Search the full text of today's news or search back more than 20 years, full text company news & financial information; full text federal, state & international legal materials; full text & abstracted medical & health information and general reference sources.
• Produced by LexisNexis, the leading international publisher of reference, research, and current awareness information products based on information produced by the U.S. government and related information.
• Updated daily
• Coverage: 1989 - present
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LexisNexis Congressional (formerly Congressional Universe)

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• Produced by LexisNexis, the leading international publisher of reference, research, and current awareness information products based on information produced by the U.S. government and related information
• Includes full text of laws, bills, publications, hearings, voting records, etc.
• Updated daily
• Coverage: 1989 - present
• Older materials available in Government Documents microfiche collection, 5th Floor
• Access LexisNexis Congressional (formerly Congressional Universe) (OSU ID required)

LexisNexis Environment (formerly Environmental Universe)

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Search abstracts from 6,000 environmental journals, conference papers, and Federal government reports
• Get environmental news with links to full-text articles from the relevant portions of major daily newspapers and consumer magazines, plus complete coverage of trade magazines, newsletters, and more than 40 law reviews.
• Abstracts available with some links to Full-Text
• Many journals available on microfiche in the Government Documents Department, 5th floor
• Updated daily
• Coverage: 1975 - present (journal abstracts)
• Access LexisNexis Environment (formerly Environmental Universe) (OSU ID required)

LexisNexis Statistical (formerly Statistical Universe)

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Index to statistical reports of the U.S. and state governments, international organizations, professional, trade and business associations, some commericial publishers, and university and research organizations.
• Includes access to the Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
• Abstracts and full-text available.
• Coverage depends on the index from which material was taken, see Print equivalents below.
• Print equivalents:
  • American Statistics Index, 1973 - present
  • Index to International Statistics, 1983 - present
  • Statistical Reference Index, 1980 - present
• Access LexisNexis Statistical (formerly Statistical Universe) (OSU ID required)

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• LLBA assists both generalists and specialists in keeping abreast of cutting-edge developments in disciplines concerned with the nature and use of language.
• Covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics.
• Complete coverage is also given to various fields of linguistics including descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical and geographical linguistics
• Indexing covers 1246 serials, with links to full-text of articles in hundreds of journals
• Coverage 1973 - present
• Updated Monthly
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LISTA

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  3. from an off-campus connection (No ID required)
• This world-class bibliographic database provides coverage on subjects such as librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more.
• Delivered via the EBSCOhost platform, LISTA indexes more than 600 periodicals plus books, research reports, and proceedings.
• With coverage dating back to the mid-1960s, it is the oldest continuously produced database covering the field of information science.
• Access LISTA (Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts) (OSU ID required)

Literary Index

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Indexes the Gale literature series, including Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography, and all of the literary criticism series. NO FULL TEXT.
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MAD CAD

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• MAD CAD is an online database containing more than 200 codebooks and standards, containing both building codes and guidelines to meet the codes.
• It provides easy access to cross-referenced collections of building, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, fire, and maintenance codes from BOCA, SBCCI, ICBO, ICC, and NFPA.
• It goes beyond compiling national standards, and gives you immediate access to comprehensive state and local codes to meet your unique architectural, engineering and educational solutions.
• A list of the sources contained in Mad Cad can be found on the Mad Cad site.
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MapExpert

• Location: Stand-alone CD-ROM database available in the OSU Library Map Room, Basement
• Street level mapping for the entire United States
• Excellent for place name searching
• Ability to personalize maps by adding map symbols
• Prints in color on letter size paper

MAS FullTEXT Ultra

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Covers general reference topics including health and science
• Access to charts, tables and graphs, full-text book reviews, Macmillan Press monographs, health and science-related pamphlets, the CIA World Factbook and Essential Documents in American History
• Full-text from approximately 460 periodicals
  • Coverage 1990 - present
• Indexing and abstracts
  • Coverage 1984 - present
• Updated daily
• Access MAS Ultra - School Edition (OSU ID required)

MasterFILE Premier

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Covers areas of general reference, business, consumer information on health, general science and multi-cultural issues
• Full-text for approximately 1,860 periodicals
  • Coverage 1990 - present
• Indexing and abstracts cover nearly 2,780 periodicals
  • Coverage 1984 - present
• Updated daily
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MathSciNet

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Searchable web database providing access to over 55 years of Mathematical Reviews and Current Mathematical Publications from 1940 - present
• Current Mathematical Publications updated daily
• Mathematical Reviews updated monthly
• Access MathSciNet (OSU ID required)

Mediamark Reporter with MRI+

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• To access MRI+, users must register with an Oklahoma State University email address! Registration is free.
• Mediamark Reporter, part of MRI+, provides information on demographics, lifestyles, product and brand usage and advertising media preferences. MRI+ also allows users to create magazine lists with audience and circulation rates.
• Represents national probability sample of 27,000 households
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MEDLINE & PubMed

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• The National Library of Medicine (NLM) produces a variety of information resources. MEDLINE includes information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and pre-clinical sciences and combines the information from a variety of print resources into a comprehensive database of medical literature.
• The majority of entries include abstracts.
• MEDLINE includes information from Index Medicus (overall medical subjects), International Nursing Index, Index to Dental Literature, and PREMEDLINE (very new, incomplete entries).
• This information is categorized with a specialized medical subject headings called MeSH.
• Older print versions available at the Library Annex and in the Government Documents department, 5th Floor (Call No: EHE106 NA13 C971)
• Various methods of access
• Access MEDLINE (OSU ID required)
• Access PubMed

Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism Databases

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Terrorism Knowledge Base contains 20,000+ global terrorist incidents (1968 to present), organizations, and legal data related to terrorism.
• Responder Knowledge Base is a national knowledge base of equipment-related information serving the emergency responder community.
• Lessons Learned Information Sharing system is a national knowledge base of lessons learned and best practices serving the emergency responder community.
• Access Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism Databases

Mental Measurements Yearbook

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• The Mental Measurements Yearbook is a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments, within such diverse areas as psychology, education, business, and leadership.
• Each entry contains information essential for a complete evaluation of test products including descriptive information (e.g., test purpose, publisher, pricing) and edited review(s).
• Tests must be commercially available, be published in the English language, and be new or revised since it last appeared in the series.
• Coverage: Volume 9 (1985) to the present
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Mergent Online

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Provides fully searchable database of over 10,000 U.S. public companies and company archives data
• In addition, data covers over 8,000 "dead stocks."
• Includes factsheets, institutional holdings, equity research reports and U.S. executive biographies.
• Industry reports provide in-depth analysis of key industries worldwide.
• Coverage: 1995 - present
• Updated twice a year
• Access Mergent Online (OSU ID required)

Middle Search Plus

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Geared toward middle and junior high school students
• Full-text for approximately 120 general reference, health and science periodicals
  • Coverage 1990 - present
• Indexes and abstracts for 150 magazines
  • Coverage back to 1984
• Included are data on charts, tables and graphs, reference books, pamphlets, Magill Book Reviews, Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia, the CIA World Factbook, Essential Documents in American History, and The Encyclopedia of Animals
• Access Middle Search Plus (OSU ID required)

Military Library Fulltext

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Search military titles, trade publications and news weeklies
• Searchable full text for nearly 240 periodicals and abstracts and indexing for over 430 periodicals
• Access Military & Government Collection (OSU ID required)

MLA International Bibliography

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Covers literature, languages, linguistics and folklore
• Indexes over 4,000 journals and series published worldwide
• Direct links to full-text articles available for hundreds of journals
• Coverage 1926 - present
• Updated 10 times per year
• Access MLA International Bibliography (OSU ID required)

National Center for Health Statistics Publications

• Location: Stand-alone CD-ROM database available in the OSU Library, Government Documents Reference, 5th Floor
• Contains the full-text of Health, United States and other recent publications of the National Center for Health Statistics.
• Annual
• Also available on the Web: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products.htm

Native American Collection

• Location: Stand-alone CD-ROM database available in the OSU Library, Reference Area, 1st Floor
• Produced by the Oklahoma Historical Society
• Contains the full text of a number of rare books and historical photographs
• Information and forms for ordering materials from the U.S. National Archives and other information
• Searchable databases of
  • The Chilocco Indian School Alumni records
  • Applications for Enrollment from 1896-1987
  • The Final Dawes Rolls for the five tribes, (Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek and Seminole).

NBER Working Papers

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• The National Bureau of Economic Research is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to promoting a greater understanding of how the economy works. Nearly 700 NBER Working Papers are published each year by NBER researchers aimed at other professional economists.
• Full-text: 1973-present
• Access NBER Working Papers (OSU ID required)

NCJRS (National Criminal Justice Reference Service)

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Published by the Office of Justice Programs, the database is an information clearinghouse for people around the U.S. and the world involved with research, policy, and practice related to criminal and juvenile justice, and drug control.
• Contains summaries of over 189,000 U.S. and international publications, including federal, state, and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, audiovisual presentations, and unpublished research.
• Excludes most legal decisions, opinions, and statutes
• Updated monthly
• Coverage 1970 - present
• Access NCJRS (National Criminal Justice Reference Service)

NetLibrary

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• NetLibrary provides access to over 14,000 ebooks; 10,000+ in-copyright books and another 3,500+ public domain titles.
• This collection covers a wide range of subjects and offers 24/7 access to these ebooks.
• Access NetLibrary (OSU ID required)

New York Times (1851-present)

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Covers topics pertaining to academics, social sciences, humanities, general science, education and multi-cultural studies.
• Full text: 1851 - present
• Updated daily
• Access New York Times (1995-present) (OSU ID required)
• Access New York Times Historical (1851-2001) (OSU ID required)

NewsBank NewsFile Collection

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Coverage 1991 - present
• Full-Text news articles covering social, economic, environmental, government, sports, the arts, people, health and science issues and events from more than 500 U.S. regional and national newspapers, wire services, and broadcasts.
• Access NewsBank NewsFile Collection (OSU ID required)

Newspaper Source

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Access to full-text articles from 174 newspapers, newswires, and columns
• Titles include the Christian Science Monitor and the Los Angeles Times
• Indexes and abstracts of four national newspapers
• Access Newspaper Source (OSU ID required)

North American Women's Letters and Diaries

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Includes letters, diaries, journal articles, pamphlets, newsletters, monographs, and conference proceedings
• Full text for approximately 150,000 pages of letters and diaries
• Contains associated bibliographies, biographical notes and photographs, detailed chronologies and selected facsimile manuscripts
• Coverage: Colonial times to 1950
• Additions made periodically
• Access North American Women's Letters and Diaries (OSU ID required)

NTRS: NASA Technical Reports Server

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• "The NASA Scientific and Technical Information (STI) Program's mission is to collect, archive, and disseminate NASA aerospace information, and locate domestic and international STI pertinent to NASA's missions and Strategic Enterprises."
• NTRS includes more than 15 NASA and external information servers, including the NASA Technical Reports:
  • NASA Technical Reports: bibliographic citations and abstracts to unclassified documents announced in the published Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports (STAR). The file includes NASA, NASA contractor, and NASA grantee reports; reports issued by other government agencies, domestic and foreign institutions, universities, and private firms; translations in report form; NASA-owned, other government agency, and foreign patents and patent applications; and dissertations and theses emphasizing aeronautics, space science, and supporting disciplines.
    • Coverage: 1962 - present
    • Frequency of Update: Weekly
• Access NTRS: NASA Technical Reports Server

Occupational Outlook Handbook

• Location: Stand-alone CD-ROM database available in the OSU Library, Government Documents Reference, 5th Floor
• Describes over 250 occupations in detail
• Corresponds to the text version
• Updated annually
• Also available on the Web: http://www.bls.gov/oco/

Oklahoma Periodicals Index

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• The Index is a small, but developing database(s) of four key Oklahoma periodicals: Chronicles of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Today,Outdoor Oklahoma and Persimmon Hill.
• Articles about the people, places, history, culture, wildlife, and natural history in the state of Oklahoma with some coverage outside the state.
• Issues for 2000 - present are fully indexed.
• Issues for 1990 - 1999 are being added as part of a retrospective project. Search these issues primarily by title. Keywords and subject headings are being added gradually.
• Available under the following call numbers at the OSU Library:
  • Chronicles of Oklahoma (976.605 C557, 4th floor)
  • Oklahoma Today (M394 T37 O415 TO35, Gov. Docs, 5th floor)
  • Outdoor Oklahoma (M394 W81 O945, Gov. Docs, 5th floor)
  • Persimmon Hill (978.085 P466, 4th floor)
• Access Oklahoma Periodicals Index

Oklahoma Inventors Database

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• The Database is an index of United States patents issued to individuals residing in Indian and Oklahoma territory 1880 - 1907
• Each record is linked to the full-text of the patent via the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) web site.
• Search for patents by inventors, city, patent number, or browse by last name.
• For patents from 1907 forward search the USPTO web site at http://www.uspto.gov/
• Access Oklahoma Inventors Database

Oklahoma Sanborn Maps

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Digital Sanborn Maps is a collection of large-scale landbook maps which includes information such as the outline of each building, the size and shape and construction materials, heights, and function of structures, location of windows and doors. The maps also give street names, street and sidewalk widths, property boundaries, building use, and house and block numbers. Textual information includes construction details, ownership and building use.
• Includes most of the fire insurance maps of Oklahoma produced by the Sanborn Map Company from the mid-1880s to around 1950. The black and white digital images were produced from microform of the Sanborn maps in the Library of Congress collection. Digital collection is searchable by city and date.
• Access Oklahoma Sanborn Maps (OSU ID required)

Online Books Page

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Website that facilitates access to books that are freely readable over the Internet. It also aims to encourage the development of such online books, for the benefit and edification of all.
• Major parts of the site include:
  • An index of thousands of online books freely readable on the Internet
  • Pointers to significant directories and archives of online texts
  • Special exhibits of particularly interesting classes of online books
  • Information on how readers can help support the growth of online books
• Access Online Books Page

Open CRS

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• The Congressional Research Service is an arm of the Library of Congress devoted to providing research and analysis on legislative issues for the U.S. Congress. Open CRS provides online access to those full-text CRS reports made available to the public. Reports are organized by Collection and current issue. A search tool is also provided. See also the index Major Studies and Issue Briefs of the CRS, (1916 - present) plus accompanying film and fiche available in the Government Documents Reference collection, 5th floor.
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OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)

• Location: Stand-alone CD-ROM database available in the OSU Library, Government Documents Reference, 5th Floor
• Contains the text of all OSHA regulations (standards), selected documents, etc.
• Technical information on 1,200 chemicals is provided
• Updated monthly
• See the OSHA website (http://www.osha.gov/index.html) for related information

Oxford English Dictionary Online

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• OED Online contains:
  • the complete text of the 20-volume Second Edition, first published in 1989
  • the 3-volume Additions Series, published in 1993 (volumes 1 and 2) and 1997 (volume 3).
• Updated quarterly
• Access Oxford English Dictionary Online (OSU ID required)

Oxford Reference Online

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Desktop access to Full-text from more than 170 key Oxford dictionaries and reference works
• Contains over 1.5 million dictionary definitions, facts, figures, people, places, dates, and quotations
• Search one reference book at time, or search across all titles simultaneously
• Updated continuously
• Access Oxford Reference Online (OSU ID required)

Oxford University Press Online Journals

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Access to tables of contents, abstracts, full-text, and alerting services for selected Oxford University Press research journals in all disciplines
• May be searched by journal title and issue in which case the complete table of contents is displayed or by keyword, regardless of the journal title and issue
• Updated weekly
• 1999 - present
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PapersFirst

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Over 580,000 papers included in every congress, conference, exposition, workshop, symposium, and meeting received at The British Library
• Coverage October 1993 - present
• Updated monthly
• Access PapersFirst (OSU ID required)

Philosopher's Index

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Indexes and abstracts of books, book chapters, book reviews and articles from over 550 journals of philosophy and related disciplines from over 40 countries
• Subjects covered include: aesthetics, epistemology, ethics, logic and metaphysics, plus philosophy of various disciplines such as education, history, law, religion and science.
• Coverage: 1940 - present
• Updated: quarterly
• Access Philosopher's Index (OSU ID required)

PILOTS (Published International Literature on Traumatic Stress)

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• With the PILOTS database, the goal of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is to include citations to all literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health effects of traumatic events, both in current and retrospective coverage.
• Subject coverage includes:
  • post-traumatic stress disorder or acute stress disorder
  • the assessment, description, prevention, or treatment of any psychiatric disorder associated etiologically or epidemiologically with exposure to a traumatic event
  • the preparation or provision of mental health services to a traumatized population or a population at risk of experiencing traumatic events
  • issues of professional ethics, scientific methodology, or public policy relating to traumatized populations.
• Coverage: 1871 - present
• Updated: monthly
• Access PILOTS (Published International Literature on Traumatic Stress) (OSU ID required)

PMN Image Collections

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Contains over 2,800 full color images that fall into the following categories: field crops, vegetables, ornamentals, turf grass, trees, fruits, and tropical plants.
• Contains graphical images such as tables and bar graphs as well as photographs.
• Sponsored by the Plant Management Network.
• Access PMN Image Collections (OSU ID required)

PMN Plant Science Database

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Multidisciplinary database with full-text links to web sites and journals that discuss, plant diseases, applied plant science, scientifically enabled agriculture, the environment, and entomology.
• Sponsored by the Plant Management Network.
• These journals and sites are developed by PMN's partner institutions: universities, companies, and associations.
• Contains graphical images such as tables and bar graphs.
• Various methods of access
• Access PMN Plant Science Database (OSU ID required)

Preprint Archive

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  3. from an off-campus connection (No ID required)
• Coverage begins in May 2001
• Free, downloadable (PDF format) research papers and progress reports submitted by researchers in the math, chemistry, and computer science communities
• Browseable by various topic, articles, or by most viewed, most discussed, highest ranked, or most recent
• Content addition ceased May 24, 2004
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Primary Search

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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Designed for the elementary school student
• Full-text for approximately 50 children's magazines
• Indexes and abstracts of approximately 80 magazines
• Titles include the World Almanac of the U.S.A., The World Almanac for Kids, The Encyclopedia of Animals, Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia, and over 100 pamphlets
• Updated weekly
• Access Primary Search (OSU ID required)

PrimateLit

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
  1. from a public computer in the OSU Library
  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection (No ID required)
• PrimateLit includes citations from across all publication categories (articles, books, abstracts, technical reports, dissertations, book chapters, etc.)
• Subject coverage for nonhuman primates includes behavior, colony management, ecology, reproduction, field studies, disease models, veterinary science, psychology, physiology, pharmacology, evolution, taxonomy, developmental and molecular biology, genetics and zoogeography
• To search most effectively you will probably want to review the help
• PrimateLit is a component of Primate Info Network including a wide variety of nonhuman primate information and is a collaborative project of the Wisconsin Primate Research Center, the Washington National Primate Research Center, and The University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries.
• Coverage 1940-present
• Access PrimateLit

Proceedings

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
  1. from a public computer in the OSU Library
  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Over 19,000 citations of every congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received at The British Library
• Coverage October 1993 - present
• Updated monthly
• Access Proceedings (OSU ID required)

Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection (No ID required)
• Yearly publication focusing on scientific research in Oklahoma
• OSU Library's Electronic Publishing Center has converted volumes back to 1976 (vol. 56); each new volume will appear as it is published.
• Coverage from 1976 - present
• Print version available at 506 O41p, Basement.
• Access Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science

Professional Development Collection

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
  1. from a public computer in the OSU Library
  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Covers information on all aspects of the field of education
• Abstracts and indexes for nearly 530 professional titles
• Full-text coverage of approximately 440 journals
• Designed especially for the professional educator
• Access Professional Development Collection (OSU ID required)

Project Muse

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Full text access for about scholarly journals published by Johns Hopkins University Press (43 titles)
• Coverage generally ranges from 1993 - present
• Fully searchable, browsable and retrievable
• Access Project Muse (OSU ID required)

Proquest

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
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• General topic index
• Abstracts available
• Updated daily
• Coverage 1970 - present
• Access Proquest (OSU ID required)

PsycArticles

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Covers general psychology and specialized, basic, applied, clinical and theoretical research in psychology
• Contains more than 25,000 searchable full text articles from 38 journals published by the American Psychological Association and 4 from allied organizations
• Contains all journal articles, letters to the editor and errata from each of the 42 journals
• Updated continuously
• Coverage: 1987 - present
• Access PsycARTICLES (OSU ID required)

PsycCRITIQUES

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• PsycCRITIQUES, produced by the American Psychological Association (APA), is an electronic serial of book reviews featuring full text reviews of current scholarly and professional books in psychology. It also publishes reviews from a psychological perspective of popular films and trade books.
• Includes a searchable backfile of more than 5,400 reviews dating back to 1995.
• Replaces the print journal Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, providing many enhancements, including more current reviews and much more content.
• Access PsycCRITIQUES (OSU ID required)

PsycINFO

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• An index to psychology, behavior, personality, child development, family relations, homelessness, criminology and prisons
• Abstracts available with many links to full-text
• Updated quarterly
• Coverage: 1872 - present
• Access PsycINFO (OSU ID required)

Regional Business News

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Incorporates 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
• The database includes indexing, abstracts, and full text
• Coverage varies by title, many from 1993 - present.
• Access Regional Business News (OSU ID required)

REIS (Regional Economic Information System)

• Location: Stand-alone CD-ROM database available in the OSU Library, Government Documents Reference, 5th Floor
• Contains personal income estimates for the years 1969 - 1996 for all countries, metropolitan areas, States, BEA Economic Areas and the United States.
• Updated annually
• See http://www.bea.doc.gov/ for related information.

RIA Checkpoint

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Provides comprehensive annotated explanations for all facets of Federal, state, estate and gift, and tax court related information.
• Includes Federal and state tax forms.
• Updated: Daily, which allows you to follow pending tax issues from legislation through litigation
• Access RIA Checkpoint (OSU ID required)

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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• Citations and abstracts covering international music.
• Sources include articles, books, bibliographies, dissertations, film and video as well as concert reviews and recording notes of scholarly interest
• Links to full-text are available for some articles
• Coverage: 1967 - present
• Access RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (OSU ID required)

Sage E-Reference Collection

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Online collection of over 40 reference titles covering politics, sociology, psychology and more
• Users may search across all titles or browse by subject
• Articles available in pdf for printing; proper bibliographic citation for each entry is offered
• Access Sage E-Reference Collection (OSU ID required)

Science Citation Index -- via Web of Science

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Coverage includes 1900 - present
• A citation index is a bibliographic tool in print or electronic format that lists all referenced or cited source items published in a given time span. The tool is a useful method for tracking the historical development -- backwards and forwards in time -- of an idea or given topic within the literature published in a wide selection of journal titles. What distinguishes it from other indexes is that it includes all the cited references (footnotes or bibliographies) published with each article it covers.
• Provides access to current bibliographic information and cited references. The Science Citation Index covers approximately 5,900 of the world's leading scholarly science and technical journals covering more than 150 disciplines. Both formats provide complete bibliographic data and additional features such as cited reference searching, keywords, and author and publisher addresses.
• Print equivalent is available in the Main Library, call number 501.6 S416 (1955-1995)
• Access Science Citation Index via Web of Science (OSU ID required)

Science Direct

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• A scientific research index that contains the full text of more than 1,000 Elsevier Science journals in the life, physical, medical, technical, and social sciences, as well as indexing for journals from cooperating publishers
• Updated daily
• Coverage varies by journal.
• May be searched by journal title and issue in which case the complete table of contents is displayed or by keyword, regardless of the journal title and issue
• Access Science Direct (OSU ID required)

Science.Gov

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection (No ID required)
• Over one thousand government information resources about science, including technical reports, journal citations, databases, Federal web sites, and fact sheets
• Participating agencies include: the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, and Interior; the Environmental Protection Agency; the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and the National Science Foundation
• All information is freely available, no registration required
• Abstracts and some full-text available
• Updated daily
• Coverage varies by agency
• Access Science.gov

SciFinder Scholar

• Location: Internet / desktop hybrid database. Access only available on-campus. There are two ways to connect:
  1. from a public computer in the OSU Library
  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office
  3. SciFinder Scholar is not accessible from an off-campus connection via EZProxy
• Database available only after downloading an interface software provided on the Science & Engineering Department's web page. Users must download and install the Mac or PC version of the interface to their local desktop computer.
• SciFinder enables OSU faculty and students to search the Chemical Abstracts (CA) database.
• The library has an agreement with CAS to allow two simultaneous OSU logins to have access to SciFinder Scholar.
• The library pays an annual subscription fee; therefore, there are no charges to the individual user.
• SciFinder Scholar is available 24/7.
• Read the User Agreement before downloading SciFinder Scholar

Searchasaurus

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
  1. from a public computer in the OSU Library
  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• An exciting and easy way for young researchers to experience online searching, allowing users in elementary or middle schools to search Primary Search and Middle Search Plus.
• Animated interface complete with erupting volcanoes and a dinosaur guide encourages students to enhance and develop basic search methodologies.
• Offers Lexile limiters (reading level), making it easy for students to read and research only appropriately challenging materials.
• Access Searchasaurus (OSU ID required)

SEC EDGAR

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection (No ID required)
• The Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system (EDGAR), 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).
• Its primary purpose is to increase the efficiency and fairness of the securities market for the benefit of investors, corporations, and the economy by accelerating the receipt, acceptance, dissemination, and analysis of time-sensitive corporate information filed with the agency.
• Not all documents filed with the Commission by public companies will be available on EDGAR. Companies were phased in to EDGAR filing over a three-year period, ending May 6, 1996. As of that date, all public domestic companies were required to make their filings on EDGAR, except for filings made in paper because of a hardship exemption.
• Access SEC EDGAR

SIRS Discoverer Deluxe

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
  1. from a public computer in the OSU Library
  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Interactive reference tool for the young reader (K-8)
• Full-text, indexed articles and graphics from more than 1,400 magazines, newspapers and U.S. Government documents
• Also provides access to:
  • World Almanac® for Kids 2002
  • Funk & Wagnalls® New Encyclopedia
  • More than 1000 biographies, Photo Essays, Pictures, and Maps of the World
  • Facts on nearly 200 countries, including colorful maps, flags, population statistics, government information, languages spoken, economic data and history
  • Profiles and graphics on every U.S. State and Canadian province
  • Merriam Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus
• Updated daily
• Coverage: 1992 - present
• Access SIRS Discoverer Deluxe (OSU ID required)

Smithsonian Global Sound

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• The database includes more than 35,000 individual tracks of music, spoken word and natural and human-made sounds.
• Recordings come from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings and archival audio collections from Folkways Records and other labels.
• The collection encompasses many sounds besides music, including animal sounds, drama, poetry, sounds of the deep ocean, and many others.
• The powerful search allows you to search by instrument, geographic area, cultural group, and many more fields.
• Course folders and custom playlists can be created.
• Access Smithsonian Global Sound (OSU ID required)

Smithsonian Physical Tables (9th revised edition)

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• 901 tables concentrating on a broad scope of common physical and chemical data.
• Provided information of general interest to scientists and engineers
• Fully searchable PDF pages of this electronic
• All entries in the index are hyperlinked to their page
• Access Smithsonian Physical Tables (9th revised edition) (OSU ID required)

Social Sciences Citation Index (via Web of Science)

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Coverage includes Jan. 1956 - present
• A citation index is a bibliographic tool in print or electronic format that lists all referenced or cited source items published in a given time span. The tool is a useful method for tracking the historical development -- backwards and forwards in time -- of an idea or given topic within the literature published in a wide selection of journal titles. What distinguishes it from other indexes is that it includes all the cited references (footnotes or bibliographies) published with each article it covers.
• The Institute for Scientific Information® (ISI®) publishes the Social Sciences Citation Index, which provides access to current bibliographic information and cited references, covering more than 1,700 of the world's leading social sciences journals in a broad range of disciplines. It also covers individually selected, relevant items from approximately 3,300 of the world's leading science and technology journals. Both formats provide complete bibliographic data and additional features such as cited reference searching, keywords, and author and publisher addresses.
• Abstracts are not included
• Print equivalent is available in General Reference, Main Library (call number 016.3 S678) for 1969 - 1993
• Access Social Sciences Citation Index (via Web of Science) (OSU ID required)

Social Sciences Databases (via CSA Illumina)

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Search the entire Social Sciences collection available through the CSA Illumina interface -- or select subsets of these databases.
• Includes:
  • ERIC
  • Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
  • National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts
  • PILOTS Database
  • Social Services Abstracts
  • Sociological Abstracts
• Direct links to full-text articles available for hundreds of journals
• Access Social Sciences Databases (via Cambridge Scientific) (OSU ID required)

Social Services Abstracts

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Covers current research in social work, human services, social welfare, social policy, and community development. Major topic areas include the family, gerontology, mental health services, poverty and homelessness, and violence, abuse and neglect.
• Indexes and abstracts over 1,600 publications including conference papers, journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, book reviews, and film reviews.
• Cited References available for all journal articles
• Direct links to full-text articles available for hundreds of journals
• Coverage 1979 - present.
• Updated monthly
• Access Social Services Abstracts (OSU ID required)

Sociological Abstracts

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Indexes 3000 periodicals related to sociology, social work and other social sciences
• Indexing from 1952 - present; abstracts from 1963 - present
• Cited References available for all journal articles
• Direct links to full-text articles available for hundreds of journals
• Access Sociological Abstracts (OSU ID required)

SourceOECD

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• SourceOECD is the publications portal of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). OECD, based in Paris, is a forum permitting governments of industrialized democracies to study and formulate policies in all economic and social spheres.
• The database consists of three sections: Books and Reports by Theme, Periodicals, and Statistics
• Access SourceOECD (OSU ID required)

SPIE Digital Library

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Most extensive resource available on optics and photonics
• Access to nearly 200,000 technical papers from SPIE Journals and Conference Proceedings
• SPIE is currently expanding its Digital Library to include Proceedings and Journals published from 1990-1997
• Extension of the archive back to 1990 is 95% complete, and more than 15,000 new technical papers are added annually.
• Coverage 1998 - present
• Access SPIE Digital Library (OSU ID required)

SPIN Web (Searchable Physics Information Notices)

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
  1. from a public computer in the OSU Library
  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Index to major American and Russian physics and astronomy journals
• Contains the abstracts of over 80 scientific journals published by the American Institute of Physics and its Member Societies
• Updated daily
• Coverage 1975 - present
• Access SPIN Web (OSU ID required)

SPORTDiscus

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• SPORT Discus is an international database provided by SIRC. The database contains information on the following: sports medicine, exercise physiology, biomechanics, psychology, training techniques, coaching, physical education, physical fitness, active living, recreation, history, facilities and equipment
• Many articles available Full-text
• Coverage 1975 - present
• Access SPORTDiscus (OSU ID required)

Stat-USA

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• One-stop access to economic, business and international trade information produced by the U.S. Government
• Includes exchange rates, import and export statistics, trade leads and Commerce Business Daily
• Access Stat-USA (OSU ID required)

State Academies of Science Abstracts

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Authoritative reference on studies specific to the individual states and regions of the United States
• Covers 30 Science Disciplines
• Indexes and abstracts the journals of 40 of the 41 State Academies of Sciences
• More than 50 years of back journals are included for some states
• Access State Academies of Science Abstracts (OSU ID required)

State of Oklahoma

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection (No ID required)
• Includes access to state agencies, maps, Oklahoma elected officials, the Governor, etc.
• Access State of Oklahoma

State Tax Forms

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection (No ID required)
• Access to state tax forms.
• Access the State Tax Forms Web site: http://www.taxsites.com/state.html

Statistical Abstract of the United States

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
  1. from a public computer in the OSU Library
  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection (No ID required)
• Full-text statistical tables from government and private organizations
• Updated annually
• Also available via Statistical - LexisNexis (formerly Statistical Universe)
• Also available as a stand-alone CD-ROM database available in the OSU Library, Government Documents Reference, 5th Floor
• See also print version, call number C 3.134: available at Government Documents Reference, 5th Floor
• Access Statistical Abstract of the United States

"Stuff We Own"

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection (No ID required)
• This is a nickname we use in the Article Quick Search to describe the OSU Library Catalog.
• The OSU Library Catalog contains records for all of the books, journals, online journals, government documents, maps, videos, theses, and other items the OSU Libraries own -- over 2.6 million individual items.
• Updated daily
• Access "Stuff We Own"

Survey of Current Business

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection (No ID required)
• Presents current statistical data on economic activity
• Corresponds to print version
• Updated annually
• Also available as a stand-alone CD-ROM database in the OSU Library, Government Documents Reference, 5th Floor
• Access Survey of Current Business

Teacher Reference Center

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection (No ID required)
• This world-class bibliographic database provides coverage on key education topics such as Assessment, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, Science & Mathematics, and more.
• Delivered via the EBSCOhost platform, Teacher Reference Center indexes more than 270 trade journals, periodicals and books.
• Coverage: 1984 - present
• Access Teacher Reference Center (OSU ID required)

Techstreet

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection (No ID required)
• Formerly known as CSSInfo and Custom Standards Index
• Provides one-stop, easy access to the latest technical standards and specifications from over 300 standards developing organizations worldwide -- over a half million titles in all
• Search, order and download individual copies of standards in text-searchable electronic format
• No charge to search, must have a credit card to order copies online
• Access Techstreet

Tests in Print

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• A comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests currently in print in the English language.
• Information about each test includes: test purpose, test publisher, in-print status, price, test acronym, intended test population, administration times, publication date(s), and test author(s).
• A score index permits users to identify what is being measured by each test.
• Complements the Mental Measurements Yearbook
• Access Tests in Print (OSU ID required)

ThomasNet.com

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
  1. from a public computer in the OSU Library
  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection (No ID required)
• An industrial search engine featuring 650,000 distributors as well as manufacturers and service companies from over 67,000 product and service categories
• Replaces the print directory, Thomas Register, known as the "Big Green Book"
• Access ThomasNet.com

The Times (London) Digital Archive (1785 - 1985)

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
  1. from a public computer in the OSU Library
  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Full-text access to The Times (London) Digital Archive.
• The Digital Archive may be searched by keyword and date, pictures and advertisements may also be searched and displayed.
• Results are displayed as PDFs and may be emailed or printed.
• Coverage: 1785 - 1985
• Access The Times (London) Digital Archive (1785 - 1985) (OSU ID required)

The Times Literary Supplement (London) Digital Archive (1902 - 1990)

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Full-text access to Times Literary Supplement (London) Digital Archive.
• The Digital Archive may be searched by keyword and date, contributor information may also be searched and displayed.
• Results are displayed as PDFs and may be emailed or printed.
• Coverage: 1902 - 1990
• Access The Times Literary Supplement (London) Digital Archive (1902 - 1990) (OSU ID required)

Toxic Release Inventory

• Location: Stand-alone CD-ROM database available in the OSU Library, Government Documents Reference, 5th Floor
• An electronic inventory of reports of toxic chemical emissions from facilities that must be submitted annually to the EPA

TOXNET

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
  1. from a public computer in the OSU Library
  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection (No ID required)
• TOXNET (TOXicology Data NETwork) is a computerized system of files oriented to toxicology and related areas. It is managed by the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program (TEHIP).
• TOXNET provides a free Web-based interface that permits easy searching of the following files:
  • HSDB® (Hazardous Substances Data Bank)
  • IRIS (Integrated Risk Information System)
  • CCRIS (Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Information System)
  • GENE-TOX (Genetic Toxicology)
  • TRI (Toxic Chemical Release Inventory)
  • DART® (Development and Reproductive Toxicology)
  • ETICBACK (Environmental Teratology Information Center Backfile)
  • EMIC (Environmental Mutagen Information Center)
  • EMICBACK (Environmental Mutagen Information Center Backfile)
• Access TOXNET

Tulsa World

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
  1. from a public computer in the OSU Library
  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded.
• The Tulsa World is also available in the Microform/Media Room on the first floor of the Library.
• Coverage: 1989 - present
• Access the Tulsa World (OSU ID required)

U.S. Census Bureau

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
  1. from a public computer in the OSU Library
  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection (No ID required)
• Main source for social, demographic and economic information on the WWW
• Includes data on topics such as agriculture, construction, death, divorce, economy, housing, international trade, occupation, population, poverty, retail & wholesale trade, taxes, etc.
• Use the 'Subjects A-Z' link for access to information
• Access U.S. Census Bureau

U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1926

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
  1. from a public computer in the OSU Library
  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Indexes the U.S. Congressional Serial Set, the bound volumes of all the reports, documents and journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Constitutes an incomparably rich source of primary research material on all aspects of American history.
• Upon completion, the digital version of the Serial Set will consist of full-text and indexing for approximately 13,800 volumes and over 12 million pages.
• Updated in phases
• Current Coverage: Serial Set Vols. 1-8526 (15th - 69th Congress) (1817-1926) (10/07)
• Access U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1926 (OSU ID required)

U.S. Exports and Imports

• Location: Stand-alone CD-ROM database available in the OSU Library, Government Documents Reference, 5th Floor
• Reports U.S. export and import statistics
• Statistics are monthly with year to date cumulations
• Statistics are also available by year on historical disks: U.S. Exports and Imports History
• Updated monthly

U.S. Foreign Affairs on CD-ROM (USFAC)

• Location: Stand-alone CD-ROM database available in the OSU Library, Government Documents Reference, 5th Floor
• Provides full text access to a selection of official statements, testimony, transcripts, foreign policy fact sheets, and country information that has been printed and released electronically by the U.S. Department of State
• Coverage 1990 - present

U.S. Government Manual

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
  1. from a public computer in the OSU Library
  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection (No ID required)
• The official handbook of the Federal Government which provides comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial and executive branches, etc.
• Search by keyword
• Corresponds to text version
• Access U.S. Government Manual

U.S. House of Representatives / U.S. Senate

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
  1. from a public computer in the OSU Library
  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection (No ID required)
• Includes access to Member, Committee, Leadership Offices, schedules, roll call votes.
• Access to the U.S. House of Representatives Web site: http://www.house.gov
• Access to the Senate Web site: http://www.senate.gov

UlrichsWeb

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
  1. from a public computer in the OSU Library
  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Provides detailed, comprehensive, and authoritative information on serials published throughout the world
• Links users to related serials for alternate titles and alternate media formats, and contains tens of thousands of URLs and e-mail addresses for links to journals and publishers
• Also links to Journal Citation Reports and reviews from Magazines for Libraries and Library Journal
• Updated weekly
• Access UlrichsWeb (OSU ID required)

UN Official Document System

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
  1. from a public computer in the OSU Library
  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection (No ID required)
• Full-text access to the parliamentary documents of the United Nations in all official languages back to 1993 (with some earlier coverage), as well as to the resolutions of the major UN organs (General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council and Trusteeship Council) back to 1946
• Updated: Daily.
• Coverage: varies.
• Access UN Official Document System

USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
  1. from a public computer in the OSU Library
  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection (No ID required)
• The major source of food composition data in the United States. The database serves as the foundation for most food composition databases in the public and private sectors. SR12 contains data on 5,976 food items and up to 81 food components. SR12 supersedes the food composition data published in the 21 volumes and four supplements of Agriculture Handbook No. 8. It also includes updated data published in the Web since 1992.
• Also available as a stand-alone CD-ROM database in the OSU Library, Government Documents Reference, 5th Floor
• Access USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference

VetMed Resource

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
  1. from a public computer in the OSU Library
  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Index to veterinary medicine and animal health articles, peer-reviewed articles, conference proceedings, books, and book chapters.
• Access to over 1 million relevant records from the acclaimed CAB Abstracts database.
• Also includes Review Articles and Animal Health & Production Compendium.
• Coverage of over 3000 veterinary and animal science journals, with records gathered from over 125 countries.
• Links to full-text available.
• Updated weekly
• Coverage: 1973 - present
• Access VetMed Resource (OSU ID required)

Water Resources Abstracts

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
  1. from a public computer in the OSU Library
  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Comprehensive, multi-database compilation of essential water information.
• Coverage of topics includes: water law and rights, public utilities and policy, groundwater, water desalination, pollution and waste management, municipal water supplies and power, water resources planning and mgmt., aquaculture, fish and wildlife, zoology, biotechnology, biocycle, microbiology, public health, hygiene and biomedical, industrial water usage and treatment, meteorology, geophysics and energy, environmental and ecological data, atmospheric and oceanic technology, agriculture, irrigation and drainage, climatology, mathematical modeling, hazardous waste and effluent treatment, civil engineering and transportation, finance and economics, consulting, coastal, basin and estuary data, chemistry, toxicology, forestry, alpine, glaciology, limnology, botany and soil science research.
• Coverage: 1967 - present
• Access Water Resources Abstracts (OSU ID required)

Web of Knowledge CrossSearch

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
  1. from a public computer in the OSU Library
  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• ISI's Web of Knowledge CrossSearch allows you to search any combination of the databases available to OSU via the Web of Knowledge interface. This includes:
  • Subscribed Databases: Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, CAB Abstracts, MEDLINE, FSTA (Food Science & Technology Abstracts)
  • Current Web Contents
  • External Collections AIAA Meeting Papers American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Agricola; arXiv Computer Science; arXiv Mathematics; All arXiv ePrint Archives; arXiv Nonlinear Sciences; arXiv Physics; arXiv Quantitative Biology; Civil Engineering Database; The Educator's Reference Desk ERIC Database; NTIS Library Documents published since 1990; NASA Astrophysics Data System; Popline Reproductive Health Literature; PubMed
• Access Web of Knowledge CrossSearch (OSU ID required)

Web of Science

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Offers sitewide access to:
  • Science Citation Index Expanded 1900 - present with abstracts available from 1991 forward
  • Social Sciences Citation Index 1956 - present with abstracts available from 1992 forward
  • Arts & Humanities Citation Index 1981 - present with abstracts available from 1999 forward
• Provides over 2 million records and more than 23 million cited references per year from more than 230 disciplines
• Exclusive features:
  • Related Records, a unique feature that enhances cited reference searches by locating articles that have cited references in common
  • Times Cited, a dynamic feature that is updated weekly; provides users with a list of articles that cite the source article
  • KeyWords Plus increase the likelihood of relevant hits. Taken from the titles of cited articles, they are supplementary search terms or access points for retrieval of relevant research information
• Updated weekly
• Access Web of Science (OSU ID required)

White House

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
  1. from a public computer in the OSU Library
  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection (No ID required)
• Information about the President and Vice President including how to send them email
• Includes the Interactive Citizen's Handbook (search feature for federal web sites and browsing of information by agency or subject); the Virtual Library (access to White House information, White House documents, radio addresses, executive orders); and the Briefing Room (today's releases, hot topics, the latest federal statistics)
• Access White House

Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
  1. from a public computer in the OSU Library
  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• World's largest index to literature on wild mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians - over 381,000 full, bibliographic records.
• All aspects of wildlife and wildlife management are covered in this comprehensive resource. Approximately 15,000 records are added per year.
• Coverage: 1935 and earlier - present
• Access Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide (OSU ID required)

Windows Live Academic

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Currently indexes content related to computer science, physics, electrical engineering, and related subject areas.
• You can search for peer reviewed journal articles contained in journal publisher portals and on the web in locations like citeseer.
• Access Windows Live Academic

World Bank e-Library

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
  1. from a public computer in the OSU Library
  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Full-text collection of books, reports, and other documents produced by and for the World Bank.
• Includes over 1,600 books published by the World Bank and over 2,400 research working papers.
• Browse by region or search by keyword
• Topics in the e-Library include:
  • Agriculture and Rural Development
  • Banking, Finance, and Investment
  • Business Procurement
  • Commodities, Pricing, and Trade
  • Current Affairs
  • Data Publication
  • Development Economics
  • Economics (General)
  • Education and Training
  • Energy, Industry, and Mining
  • Environment and Pollution Prevention
  • Gender
  • Globalization
  • Governance, Civil Society, and Participation
  • Health, Nutrition, and Population
  • Infrastructure, Transport, and Urban Development
  • Labor and Income
  • Legal and Judicial Issues
  • Poverty
  • Private Sector
  • Public Policy
  • Social and Cultural Issues
  • Technology and Telecommunications
  • Water Supply and Sanitation
  • World Bank
• Each new book and working paper is added to the database as they become available.
• Access World Bank e-Library (OSU ID required)

World Factbook

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection (No ID required)
• Prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency
• Includes information and statistics on 266 countries and dependent areas
• Statistical information covers topics such as geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation and the military
• Includes maps and flags
• See also print version, call number PREX 3.15: available at Government Documents Reference, 5th Floor
• Access World Factbook

WorldCat

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
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  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Over 36 million records of any type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries.
• Includes citations of manuscripts written as early as the 11th century.
• Updated daily.
• Access WorldCat (OSU ID required)

Zoological Record

• Location: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
  1. from a public computer in the OSU Library
  2. from an OSU campus connection in your dorm, lab or office (then select the OSU Library Website)
  3. from an off-campus connection via EZProxy (OSU ID required)
• Index to the world's zoological and animal science literature, covering all research from biochemistry to veterinary medicine, including zoological behavior, ecology, reproductions, physiology, systemics and zoogeography articles
• Covers 4,500 international serial publications, plus books, meetings, reviews and other non serial literature from over 100 countries, totalling 1.5 million+ records
• Recognized as the "unofficial register" for taxonomy and systematics, but other topics are also given comprehensive treatment using indexing in both controlled- and natural-language format. An online thesaurus of around 10,000 controlled terms arranged in hierarchies makes it easy to locate appropriate search terms
• Updated monthly
• Coverage: 1978 - present
• Access Zoological Record (OSU ID required)