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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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Hoover's Online

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