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ABI/INFORM--Bell & Howell Information and Learning

Covers nearly every aspect of business, including company histories and new product development. Citations include abstracts and indexes of significant articles from nearly 1,800 current business and management periodicals. Provides access to the ASCII full text of articles from more than 700 journals.

Acxiom Directories-Biz--Acxiom Corporation  

Contains approximately 17 million records of white page listings for businesses. The data is compiled from current white page listings from U.S. telephone directories that are updated annually.

Acxiom Directories-Home--Acxiom Corporation   

Contains approximately 88 million records of white page listings for residences. The data is compiled from current white page listings from U.S. telephone directories that are updated annually.

AGRICOLA--National Agriculture Library   

Covers every major agricultural subject, including agricultural engineering and marketing, animal breeding, entomology, environmental pollution, farm management, foods and feeds, pesticides, rural sociology, veterinary medicine, and water resources. Citations consist of journal articles, book chapters, monographs, conference proceedings, serials, technical reports, and other materials on a range of agricultural topics. More than 5,000 journal titles are covered.

AIDS and Cancer Research--Cambridge Scientific Abstracts   

Provides access to cancer and AIDS research that is gathered from worldwide scientific literature as summarized and indexed in Virology & AIDS Abstracts, Oncogenes & Growth Factors Abstracts, and Immunology Abstracts. More than 2,440 journal titles are covered.

AIDS and Cancer Research (with abstracts)--Cambridge Scientific Abstracts   

Provides the same information as AIDS and Cancer Research and includes abstracts.

Alt-HealthWatch--SoftLine Information, Inc.

A full-text database of more than 140 publications in complementary and alternative approaches to health. Covers areas such as acupuncture, mind-body medicine, Chinese medicine, homeopathy, herbalism, aromatherapy, nutrition, and veterinary medicine. Includes peer-reviewed journals, reports, and proceedings; association and issue-oriented newsletters; professional publications; consumer magazines; and reference materials.

Applied Science & Technology Abstracts--H. W. Wilson Company   

Leads users to the latest findings in every area of science, engineering, and technology. Covers more than 600 periodicals, including   trade and industrial publications, journals issued by professional and technical societies, and specialized subject periodicals.

Art Abstracts--H. W. Wilson Company   

A dependable, comprehensive, and authoritative information source about the world of the arts from architecture to video. Covers more than 400 leading art publications from around the world and serves as a comprehensive record of art reproductions that appear in the indexed publications.

ArticleFirst® Database--OCLC   

Contains bibliographic citations that describe items listed on the table of contents pages of approximately 12,600 journals in science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture. Each record describes one article, news story, letter, or other item.

Arts & Humanities Search--Institute for Scientific Information   

The online equivalent of ISI's Arts & Humanities Citation Index. Provides complete indexing for more than 1,150 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals in a broad range of disciplines. Also includes individually selected, relevant items from over 7,000 of the world's leading science and social sciences journals.

ATLA Religion--American Theological Library Association  

A comprehensive reference database designed to support religious and theological scholarship in graduate education and faculty research. Contains over 910,000 citations from more than 1,400 international titles and 14,000 multi-author works related to the field of religion. Includes a full range of index citations to journal articles, essays in multi-author works, and book reviews from ATLA print indexes. Covers 1949 to the present.

BasicBIOSIS--BIOSIS  

A subset by journal title and year, of BIOSIS Previews, designed specifically for undergraduate students taking introductory biology courses. A four-year rolling file, the database provides information on recent developments in virtually every life science discipline. Now includes an expanded journal list covering approximately 360 basic life science journals found in college and university libraries, and new indexing information that facilitates searching and accurate record retrieval.

Biography Index--H. W. Wilson Company  

Cites more than 2,700 periodicals and 1,800 books, including individual and collective biographies, as well as juvenile literature. Answers questions such as: What are Stephen King's roots in horror and the supernatural? What is the political history of Nelson Mandela?

Biological & Agricultural Index--H. W. Wilson Company  

Provides information from groundwater pollution to genetic engineering and covers the entire range of sciences related to biology and agriculture. Indexes 335 key periodicals in the life sciences and agriculture. Includes current book reviews.

Biology Digest--Plexus Publishing  

Covers all of the life sciences. Specially created to meet the needs of college undergraduates and high school students. Gives easy access to new scientific developments, with comprehensive abstracts of articles in over 205 journals.

Book Review Digest--H. W. Wilson Company  

Provides instant access to book reviews from 100 American and Canadian periodicals. Some 7,000 adult and children's books are reviewed and added to the list every year. Concise critical evaluations are culled from 115 selected journals in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences, as well as library review media.

Books In Print--R.R. Bowker  

Provides complete, publisher­verified information on all U.S. books in print. Includes more than 900,000 new or revised records each year and covers scholarly, technical, popular, adult, juvenile, and reprint titles. Also includes complete publisher information.

Business Dateline--Bell & Howell Information and Learning  

Provides access to and full­text articles from more than 530 newspapers, city business magazines, wire services in the United States and Canada. An essential business information tool for monitoring the latest trends in industry, health, environmental issues, education, and much more.

Business & Industry--Responsive Database Services, Inc.  

A multi­industry, international database that provides access to company, industry, market, and product information. Covers over 1,400 leading trade and business sources. ASCII full­text articles are available online for nearly 1,000 of those sources. Not available to corporations.

Business & Management Practices--Responsive Database Services, Inc.

Provides information on business and management issues such as decision making; implementing new technology; planning for the future; dealing with internal and external issues; and expanding businesses. Covers business methodology with emphasis on case studies and practical applications. About half of the records include full text. Covers 839 journals, including 607 full-text articles.

Business Organizations, Agencies, and Publications Directory--The Gale Group

A unique guide to international business information sources. Lists contact name, address, phone, and fax numbers, and a description of the organization's founding, membership, activities, and sources.

CA Student Edition--Chemical Abstracts Service  

Provides indexing and abstracting to 250 of the most widely held chemistry journals as well as to 200,000 dissertations, all dating to 1967. Designed to meet the chemical information needs in coverage, content, and, indexing for undergraduate students.

CINAHL--CINAHL Information Systems  

The online version of Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature provides access to nearly 1,180 journals. CINAHL covers nursing, allied health, biomedical and consumer health journals, publications of the American Nursing Association, and the National League for Nursing. The index is updated monthly, with citations back to 1982, and abstracts back to 1986.  

Cosumers Index--The Pierian Press, Inc.  

A subject index to the contents of over 300 periodicals. The database provides information categorized from general (the home) to more specific (automobiles), by periodical (Consumer Reports), or by a specific brand name (Coca­Cola). Intended for consumers, librarians and library users, business professionals, and educational instructors. Records include Web site addresses so that users can access free full­text for some citations.

Contemporary Women's Issues--Responsive Database Services  

Covers over 1,500 sources (periodical and nonperiodical) 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. Full text is available from all sources except The New York Times.

ContentsFirst® Database--OCLC  

Contains the table of contents pages and holdings information from more than 12,600 journals in science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture. Although most of the journals are published in English, journals in other languages are also included.

DataTimes--Bell & Howell Information and Learning  

Provides an index of articles from about 180 U.S. newspapers. Includes The Christian Science Monitor and Commerce Business Daily, plus nearly 30 international newspapers.

Disclosure Corporate Snapshots (Brief entries)--Disclosure, Inc.  

Contains directory information on approximately 11,000 U.S. companies filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Includes company name, cross references, telephone numbers, ticker symbol, Fortune and Forbes numbers, SIC Codes, and a business description. Full entries with financials are available through the full-text function.

DisclosureS Corporate Snapshots (Full Entries)--Disclosure, Inc.

Contains in-depth information on approximately 11,000 U.S. companies filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Covers all directory information in the brief entries database, as well as financials with information on shares, shareholders, number of employees, an auditor's report, segment data, a five-year summary, key annual financial information, and pricing/dividend information, and more.Contains information on approximately 11,000 U.S. companies filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Includes company name, telephone numbers, shareholders, number of employees, an auditor's report, segment data, a five-year summary, key annual financial information, and pricing/dividend information.

Dissertation Abstracts--Bell & Howell Information and Learning  

Covers every doctoral dissertation completed in the U.S. at accredited institutions for the last 150 years. Includes some master's theses and foreign language dissertations.

EBSCO MasterFILE--EBSCO Publishing Co.  

Indexes and abstracts more than 4,550 periodicals in business, the humanities, general science, social science, health, and trade/vocational subjects (since 1984). Full­text ASCII articles are available for more than 3,000 of the more than 4,550 titles (coverage since 1990).

EconLit--American Economic Association  

Contains citations, with abstracts, to articles from more than 600 economics journals. In addition, subject indexing and abstracts of books and subject indexing of dissertation titles are included. Corresponding printed sources are: Journal of Economic Literature, Index of Economic Articles, and Cambridge University Press Abstracts of Working Papers in Economics.

Education Abstracts--H. W. Wilson Company   

Provides thorough and reliable indexing of some 580 leading periodicals for students, teachers, professors, and college administrators. Encompasses all areas of concern to today's educators, including administration, teaching methods, and curriculum. Links to full text in H.W. Wilson Select are now available for some articles.

OCLC FirstSearch® Electronic Collections Online™ Database--OCLC  

A growing collection of journals (currently more than 2,400) in a variety of subject areas, all with full-text articles online. Articles include all original content and images. The interface supports cross-journal searching and browsing within selected journals. Users can view bibliographic information for all journals and view abstracts and full-text articles from journals to which their institutions subscribe.

Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management--Cambridge Scientific Abstracts   

A database covering key areas of environmental science, including toxic hazards of chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and other substances; air, marine, and freshwater pollution as well as biochemical applications in water treatment and pollution are also covered. Covers more than 4,740 primary sources included in 11 abstracting journals.

Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management (with abstracts)--Cambridge Scientific Abstracts    

Provides the same information as Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management and includes abstracts.

ERIC--U. S. Department of Education   

Educational Resources Information Center has represented the most complete bibliography of educational materials available since 1966. The ERIC database is a guide to published and unpublished sources on thousands of educational topics, with information from RIE (Resources in Education) and CIJE (Current Index to Journals in Education). CIJE covers over 1,000 journals.

Ethnic NewsWatch--SoftLine Information, Inc.

A comprehensive collection of newspapers, magazines, and periodicals of the ethnic, minority and native press in America--now with expanded international coverage. The database has been continuously growing since 1991, with archival material back to 1985. Coverage begins in 1991, with archival materials from the early 1989s coming soon. Includes nearly 300,000 full-text articles from over 190 publications. Approximately 7,000 new articles are added each month.

EthnicNews95--SoftLine Information, Inc.

Same coverage as Ethnic Newswatch, with data from 1995 to present.

EventLine--Elsevier Science Publishing Company   

A multidisciplinary, multinational database containing information on past and coming events. Provides data related to conventions, symposia, exhibitions, trade fairs, and major sporting events. Can be used to find dates and locations of vital meetings, plan a marketing strategy, assist in travel planning, compile statistics on trends in meetings, etc. Covers all the sciences, industry and business, and major sporting events.

Facts On File--Facts On File News Services    

A full-text source of detailed news summaries from more than 75 newspapers, periodicals, journals, and government online sources. Includes biographies of major news figures; primary source documents such as transcripts and excerpts of legislation, Supreme Court decisions, and important speeches; a listing of the world's top government officials; chronologies of long-running stories; listings of the year's most important stories; statistics on sports, census findings, business, and other areas; and more.

FactSearch--The Pierian Press, Inc.   

Based on the printed publication, citation bibliographic A Matter of Fact. Each record contains a for an item, an abstract containing facts and statistics with a reference to their original source, and library holdings. The information comes from over 300 publications--including newspapers, periodicals, the congressional hearings. Additionally, FactSearch Congressional Record, and records include Web site addresses; from the FirstSearch Web, users can access free full­text information for some citations.

GenderWatch--SoftLine Information, Inc.

A full-text database that covers diverse subjects on women's issues. Includes more than 150 academic and scholarly journals, regional publications, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, booklets, and reports. Contains many archived materials, some back to 1980.

General Science Abstracts--H. W. Wilson Company   

Covers some 220 titles, including areas of astronomy, biology, botany, chemistry, earth science, environmental issues, mathematics, medicine, physics, and zoology. Links to full text in H.W. Wilson Select are now available for some articles.

GEOBASE--Elsevier Science Publishers   

Contains citations with abstracts covering worldwide literature in 2,065 on geography, geology, ecology, international development, and their related disciplines. Subject coverage includes cartography, climatology, energy, environment, geomorphology, hydrology, photogrammetry, sedimentology, geochemistry, geophysics, paleontology, petrology, volcanology, and much more.

GeoRef (Brief Records)--American Geological Institute  

Contains earth science references and the index terms that describe them, scanned from more than 25,150 journals in 40 languages. New books, maps, and reports are also scanned. References include a complete bibliographic citation. Available by per-search pricing only.

GeoRefS (Full Records)--American Geological Institute  

Same coverage as GeoRef, except references also include other descriptive index terms and abstracts. Available by subscription only.

GPO Monthly Catalog--U. S. Government Printing Office   

Consists of records published by the GPO since July 1976. Includes references to congressional committee reports and hearings, debates, documents from executive departments, and more.

H.W. Wilson Select--H.W. Wilson Company   

Includes over 800 high-quality periodicals with complete indexing and abstracts. All records point to complete online full text. Comprised of records from Readers' Guide Abstracts, Social Sciences Abstracts, Humanities Abstracts, General Science Abstracts, and Wilson Business Abstracts.

Health Reference Center--The Gale Group   

A multi-source database for health and wellness research. Rich with full-text documents, Health Reference Center draws from medical and consumer periodicals (more than 280 fully indexed with about 240 providing full text), health newsletters, reference books, referral information, topical overviews, and pamphlets. Designed especially for lay researchers, Health Reference Center provides information in terms that the nonmedical professional can understand.

Health Reference Center-Academic--The Gale Group  

Provides the same information as Health Reference Center--plus 40 full-text nursing and allied health journals, as well as leading medical journals. Approximately 320 journal titles are fully indexed with full text available for 270 titles.

Humanities Abstracts--H. W. Wilson Company   

Long regarded as the ideal single reference for periodical information in the diverse subject area of the humanities, Humanities Abstracts is a wonderful complement to the monographic resources accessible via WorldCat (the OCLC Online Union Catalog). Covers approximately 400 journals and contains links to full text in H.W. Wilson Select for some titles.

Index to Legal Periodicals & Books--H. W. Wilson Company   

Provides thorough, reliable indexing of over 890 journals, yearbooks, law reviews, and bar association publications. Covers all areas of jurisprudence, including court decisions, legislation, and original scholarship.

INSPEC--Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE)   

The largest English­language file of bibliographic information and abstracts on the world's output of published works in physics, electrical engineering and electronics, computing, and information technology. Covers approximately 4,000 scientific and technical journals and conference proceedings. Includes some books, reports, and dissertations.

Library Literature--H. W. Wilson Company   

The definitive index in the library and information science fields. Indexes some 350 periodicals and more than 600 monographs per year.

MDX Health Digest--Medical Data Exchange   

Contains citations with abstracts of health articles, written in language suitable for the general public. Covers some 200 publications are covered, in five major categories: newsletters, magazines, and bulletins; newspapers; general interest magazines; medical journals; and medical school and hospital publications.

MEDLINE--U. S. National Library of Medicine   

Covers all areas of medicine, including clinical medicine, experimental medicine, dentistry, nursing, health services administration, nutrition, and much more. Indexes over 3,900 journals (most with abstracts). Now includes a backfile covering 1965­1984, increasing the coverage to 1965-present.

Microcomputer Abstracts--Information Today, Inc.   

The largest online database with a personal computer focus, covering the use of microcomputers in education, business, industry, and the home. Citations include thorough abstracts of feature articles, news, columns, programs, product announcements, and product reviews (of software, hardware, and books) from over 240 widely read microcomputer publications.

MLA Bibliography--Modern Language Association of America   

Indexes critical literary and language scholarship and provides access to over 6,000 journals and serials published worldwide, as well as books, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies. Nearly 45,000 records are added annually.

NetFirst® Database--OCLC   

Contains bibliographic citations--complete with summary descriptions and subject headings--describing high-quality Internet­accessible resources suitable for a wide range of interests and age groups. Records contain hot links to connect users to resources of interest.

Newspaper Abstracts--Bell & Howell Information and Learning   

A complete business and general reference resource. Indexes and abstracts more than 30 U.S. and regional newspapers, including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, and USA Today. The Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition) is indexed beginning Jan 1, 1990.

The New York Times--New York Times   

Offers full text of within published The New York Times newspaper articles. Includes all articles 90 days for delivery as ASCII full­text documents. An abstract and index database is maintained with coverage from January 1994 to the present.

OCLC Union Lists of Periodicals^TM Database--OCLC   

Includes more than 7 million listings linked to over 750,000 bibliographic records in WorldCat. The listings provide local holdings information so that users can search for locations of periodicals in their own and other libraries.

PAIS International--Public Affairs Information Service, Inc.   

Contains over 400,000 references to, and in many cases abstracts of, articles from over 2,100 journal titles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, and statistical directories. Includes: PAIS Bulletin (1976-1990), PAIS Foreign Language Index (1972-1990), PAIS International in Print (1991-), and Directory of Periodicals/Publishers (1991).

PapersFirst® Database--OCLC   

Provides access to individual papers presented at conferences worldwide. A major research aid covering every congress, symposium, exposition, workshop, and meeting added to The British Library Document Supply Centre's (BLDC) vast proceedings collection since October 1993. The BDLC is a document supplier for the OCLC Interlibrary Loan service. The FirstSearch/OCLC ILL link is the best way to obtain conference papers cited in PapersFirst.

Periodical Abstracts--Bell & Howell Information and Learning   

A complete general reference resource, with indexing and abstracts for over 2,000 popular and academic periodicals. Included are transcripts of more than 80 news­oriented television and radio shows. Provides access to the ASCII full text of articles from more than 780 journals.

Periodicals Contents Index (Full File)--Chadwyck-Healey, Inc.  

Indexes the contents of older issues of periodicals in the humanities and social sciences, dating to 1770. Allows searching of back volumes of journals with the same ease and convenience as more recently published ones. Complete tables of contents are included for each issue of each journal. Includes journals in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and other Western languages. Covers more than 2,385 journals. Records for more than two million articles are added yearly.

Periodicals Contents Index (Subset File)--Chadwyck-Healey, Inc.  

A subset of the Periodical Contents Full File covering 1960/61 to 1990/91.

ProceedingsFirst® Database--OCLC   

Provides tables of contents of papers presented at conferences worldwide. Each record contains a list of the papers presented at each conference. Like its companion, PapersFirst, ProceedingsFirst provides access to The British Library Document Supply Centre's vast collection of conference proceedings.

PsycFIRST--American Psychological Association   

The most recent three years of the PsycINFO database.

PsycINFO (_1887, _1967, _1984)--American Psychological Association   

Offered in three files: 1887-present, 1967-present, and 1984-present. Rich resource for historical research in psychology and related disciplines--now with journal coverage back to 1887. Contains citations and summaries of journal articles, chapters, books, technical reports, and dissertations in psychology and related disciplines. Over 55,000 references are added monthly. Descriptors from the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms are assigned to records from 1967 to allow precise searching using the language of the discipline. Includes indexed materials from more than 1,400 journals published in 50 countries and 30 languages. Chapter and book coverage includes worldwide English-language material published from 1987 to the present.

Readers' Guide Abstracts--H. W. Wilson Company

An indispensable reference tool for all types of libraries. Indexes a key list of abstracts of about 300 popular magazines for any college, public library, or school collection. Covers business, consumer affairs, current events, education, fine arts, health, news, and more. Links to full text in H.W. Wilson Select are now available for some articles.

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature-Repertoire International de Litterature Musicale  

Offers an international bibliography of scholarly writings on music and related disciplines in 202 languages, including original language titles; title translations in English; full bibliographic information; abstracts in English; and author, journal, and subject indexes. Includes all forms of scholarly works, including coverage of more than 335 titles.

SIRS Researcher--SIRS, Inc.  

Perfect for school and public library researchers, SIRS is a general database containing thousands of full-text articles exploring social, scientific, historic, economic, political, and global issues. Articles are carefully selected from more than 1,200 domestic and international newspapers, magazines, more than 1,500 journals, and government publications. Brief summaries accompany all articles added to the database since 1994.

Social Sciences Abstracts--H. W. Wilson Company    

Covers some 415 core periodicals in the fields of anthropology, economics, geography, law and criminology, political science, social work, sociology, and international relations. Full text is now available. Links to full text in H.W. Wilson Select are now available for some articles.

SocioAbs--Cambridge Scientific Abstracts 

Contains records from more than 220 English­language journals, selected by Sociological Abstracts, Inc., on the basis of relevance to the traditional undergraduate sociology/social science curriculum. Included are journals such as AIDS and Public Policy Journal, Child Abuse and Neglect, and Social Forces.

Sociological Abstracts--Cambridge Scientific Abstracts

Contains records, with abstracts, from more than 2,700 journals covering all facets of sociology and related disciplines including anthropology, criminology, demography, education, law and penology, race relations, social psychology, and urban studies.

Wilson Business Abstracts--H. W. Wilson Company    

Provides complete, accurate access to about 400 of today's leading English­language business magazines. Topics include accounting, personnel, and small business. Abstracts are included. Links to full text in H.W. Wilson Select are now available for some articles

WorldCat™ Database (the OCLC Online Union Catalog)--OCLC

The world's most comprehensive bibliography, with 40 million bibliographic records representing 400 languages. Covers information back to the 11th Century. Includes holdings information from the world's libraries.

Worldscope GLOBAL (Brief entries)--Disclosure, Inc.

Comprises basic financial information on nearly 9,000 of the world's largest companies representing 32 countries. Types of companies covered include industrials, utilities, transportation, banks, insurance, and others. Includes company name, telephone number, address, ticker symbol and basic stock information, SIC codes, industry classifications, and more. Full entries, including financials, are available through the full-text function.

WorldscopeS GLOBAL (Full Records)--Disclosure, Inc. 

Comprises in-depth financial information on nearly 9,000 of the world's largest companies representing 32 countries. Types of companies covered include industrials, utilities, transportation, banks, insurance, and others. Includes all information in the brief entries file plus financials, including information on shareholders, number of employees, officers, product and geographic segment data, and key annual financial information, and more.

The World Almanac--Primedia Reference, Inc.   

Includes the full text of all of the Almanac titles: The World Almanac, providing key facts on a wide variety of subjects internationally; The World Almanac of the U.S.A. with essential facts about the United States—current and historical; The World Almanac of U.S. Politics, a guidebook to federal, state, and local governments; and The World Almanac for Kids, covering information and facts of interest to middle-school children and teachers.

World Book Encyclopedia--World Book, Inc.  

The online version of the 1998 World Book Encyclopedia, International Edition. Consists of more than 17,500 full­text articles, with images, and 6,200 cross references. The Web version includes more than 1,000 tables.

Some Suggested Databases

Academic Libraries:
ABI/INFORM; AGRICOLA; AIDS and Cancer Research; Alt-HealthWatch; Applied Science & Technology Abstracts; Art Abstracts; ArticleFirst; Arts & Humanities Search; ATLA Religion; BasicBIOSIS; Biography Index; Biological & Agricultural Index; Biology Digest; Book Review Digest; Books In Print; Business & Management Practices; CA Student Edition; CINAHL; Contemporary Women's Issues; ContentsFirst; Disclosure Corporate Snapshots;  Dissertation Abstracts; EBSCO MasterFILE; EconLit; Education Abstracts; Electronic Collections Online; Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management; ERIC; Ethnic NewsWatch; EthnicNews95; Facts On File; FactSearch; GenderWatch, GEOBASE; GeoRef;  GPO Monthly Catalog; H.W. Wilson Select; Health Reference Center-Academic; Humanities Abstracts; Index to Legal Periodicals & Books;  INSPEC; Library Literature; MEDLINE; Microcomputer Abstracts; MLA Bibliography; NetFirst; Newspaper Abstracts; The New York Times;  PAIS International;  Periodical Abstracts;  PsycFIRST; PsycINFO; RILM Abstracts of Music Literature; Social Sciences Abstracts; SocioAbs; Sociological Abstracts; WorldCat; and Worldscope GLOBAL.

Public Libraries:
ABI/INFORM; Acxiom Directories-Biz; Acxiom Directories-Home; Alt-HealthWatch; ATLA Religion; Biography Index; Biology Digest; Book Review Digest; Books In Print; Business Dateline; Business & Industry; Business & Management Practices; Business Organizations, Agencies, and Publications Directory; Consumers Index; DataTimes; Disclosure Corporate Snapshots;  EBSCO MasterFILE; Ethnic NewsWatch; EthnicNews95; Facts on File; FactSearch; General Science Abstracts;   H.W. Wilson Select; Health Reference Center; MDX Health Digest; NetFirst; Newspaper Abstracts; The New York Times; Periodicals Contents Index; Readers' Guide Abstracts; SIRS Researcher; WorldCat; Worldscope GLOBAL; The World Almanac; and World Book Encyclopedia.

School Libraries:
Biography Index; Biology Digest; Books In Print; Consumers Index; EBSCO MasterFILE; Ethnic NewsWatch; EthnicNews95; FactSearch; Facts On File; General Science Abstracts; H.W. Wilson Select; Health Reference Center; NetFirst; The New York Times; Periodical Abstracts; Readers' Guide Abstracts; SIRS Researcher; WorldCat; The World Almanac; and World Book Encyclopedia.

Librarians, Teachers, Staff:

Book Review Digest; Books In Print; Education Abstracts; ERIC; Ethnic NewsWatch; EthnicNews95; Facts On File; Library Literature; Microcomputer Abstracts; The New York Times; OCLC Union Lists of Periodicals; Periodicals Contents Index; and WorldCat.

Last updated: June 1999

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