ABSEES Online Principal record on North American research on Russia & Eastern Europe. [ more information ] |
Academic Search Premier Coverage: Coverage varies, some starting with 1975 - present, updated continuously.
This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education. The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals. [ more information ] |
Aerospace and High Tech Database Coverage: (1962-Present)- Abstracts Only
Provides bibliographic coverage of basic and applied research in aeronautics, astronautics, and space sciences. [ more information ] |
AGRICOLA Coverage: 1970 - present, updated monthly.
Search here to find citations and abstracts for articles from over 600 periodicals, as well as USDA and state experiment station and extension publications, and selected books on agriculture, animal husbandry, animal and human nutrition, forestry, plant pathology, plant science, human ecology, agricultural economics, rural sociology. [ more information ] |
Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology Abstracts Covers agricultural products involving both plants and animals, new applications across the food industry, plant genome studies ,and environmental developments. [ more information ] |
AGRIS Coverage: 1975 - present, updated quarterly.
Strong in agricultural and development economics of developing countries; AGRIS, the International System for the Agricultural
Sciences and Technology, is an international
bibliographic database. [ more information ] |
Alternative Press Index Coverage: 1991 - present, updated quarterly.
Indexes articles, editorials, reviews, interviews, obituaries, speeches, fiction, songs, recipes, regular columns from 250 publications. [ more information ] |
AMED - Allied and Complementary Medicine Coverage: 1985 - present
Subjects covered include acupuncture, terminal care, symptom control, osteopathy, Chinese medicine, homeopathy, rehabilitation, occupational therapy, chiropractic, holistic treatments, and podiatry.
The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 4 users at any one time. [ more information ] |
America: History and Life Coverage: 1964 - present
This index provides historical coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. [ more information ] |
American Film Institute Catalog Coverage: 1893-1971
This database covers American films from early cinema to 1971 (for later coverage, see Film Index International). [ more information ] |
Ancient Europe - 8000 BC to 1000 AD: An Encyclopedia of the Barbarian World |
Annual Reviews Remote access available for University of Minnesota -- Twin Cities students, staff and faculty [ more information ] |
Anthropology Plus Coverage: Late 19th century - present, updated quarterly.
Anthropology Plus brings together into one resource the highly respected Anthropological Literature from Harvard University and Anthropological Index, Royal Anthropological Institute from the UK. [ more information ] |
Applied Science and Technology Abstracts Coverage: 1983 - present, updated monthly
Indexes over 300 major English-language periodicals in a wide variety of technology subjects ranging from aeronautics, chemistry, and computers to physics, plastics, and transportation. [ more information ] |
Art Full Text Coverage: 1997 - (full text) and 1984 - (abstracts)
Art Full Text, produced by The HW Wilson Company, is a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles from periodicals published throughout the world. [ more information ] |
Art Index Retrospective Coverage: 1929 - 1984
Art Index Retrospective covers 55 years (from 1929-1984)of art journalism and research from leading English-language sources, plus others published in French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Dutch. [ more information ] |
ArtBibliographies Modern Coverage: 1974 - present
Index and abstracts of articles from periodical articles, books, exhibition catalogs, and index entries for dissertations. [ more information ] |
Arts & Humanities Citation Index Coverage: 1975 - present
AHCI covers arts and humanities, including archaeology, architecture, area studies, art, classics, dance, film, folklore, history, language and linguistics, literature and literary reviews, music, philosophy, poetry, radio and television, religion and theology, and theater.
Indexes articles, book reviews, performance reviews, fiction, poetry, editorials, letters, etc. [ more information ] |
ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution and Environmental Quality Coverage is devoted to research and policy on the contamination of oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, and estuaries. [ more information ] |
ASFA: Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Coverage: 1978-present, updated monthly
Includes comprehensive information on the science and technology of marine, freshwater, and brackishwater organisms and environments. [ more information ] |
ATLA Religion Database Coverage: 1949 - present
A limited number of periodicals are available as full text in this database, some going back as far as 1949. [ more information ] |
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals Coverage: 1930s - present, updated daily
Recognized as one of the world's leading databases of the architectural literature. [ more information ] |
Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B) Topics range from bacterial immunology and vaccinations to diseases of man and animals, including clinical findings as well as all aspects of pure bacteriology, biochemistry, and genetics. [ more information ] |
Bibliography of Native North Americans Coverage: 16th Century - present.
Bibliography of Native North Americans (BNNA) is a bibliographic database covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life. [ more information ] |
Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) Coverage: 1973 - date, updated quarterly.
Covers art of Europe and the Americas (4th century to modern), painting, sculpture, drawings, prints, decorative and applied arts, architecture and industrial design, popular and folk art. [ more information ] |
Biological Abstracts Coverage: 1980-2003
Biological Abstracts (part of BIOSIS Previews) is one of the foremost sources of bibliographic references to the life science journal literature. [ more information ] |
BioMed Central BioMed Central is an independent publishing house committed to providing immediate free access to peer-reviewed biomedical research. [ more information ] |
BioMed Central Feeds Direct Link to BioMed Central Web Feed Directory [ more information ] |
BioMed Central Feeds: Bioinformatics BMC Bioinformatics is an Open Access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of computational methods used in the analysis and annotation of sequences and structures, as well as all other areas of computational biology. [ more information ] |
BioMed Central Feeds: Public Health BMC Public Health is an Open Access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of epidemiology and public health medicine. [ more information ] |
BIOSIS Previews Coverage: 1996 - present, updated monthly.
Covers the biological and medical sciences, including biochemistry, biophysics, biotechnology, botany, environment, microbiology, and zoology.
Provides citations and abstracts to articles, conference papers, technical reports and chapters of books from over 5000 publications. [ more information ] |
Business Source Premier Coverage: Varies By Title
This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education.
Business Source Premier database includes both scholarly journals and periodicals for practitioners. [ more information ] |
Business Source Premier Enhanced This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education.
This enhanced interface of Business Source Premier provides easy access to specialized reports such as company profiles, industry profiles, country reports, market research reports. [ more information ] |
CAB Abstracts Plus Full Text Select Coverage: 1910 - present
CAB Abstracts covers agriculture in its broadest sense, including crop production, forestry, environment, animal health and nutrition, veterinary science, agricultural engineering, biotechnology, soil and water, agricultural economics, recreation and tourism, rural sociology, and human nutrition and health. [ more information ] |
Catholic Periodical and Literature Index Coverage: 1981-Present
Selective Full-Text
Covers all aspects of the Catholic faith and lifestyle, and includes over 380,000 index citations of articles and reviews published in Roman Catholic periodicals, Papal documents, church promulgations, and books about the Catholic faith that are authored by Catholics and/or produced by Catholic publishers. [ more information ] |
Chemical Market Reporter Weekly newspaper of the chemical process industries, for buyers & sellers of chemicals with limited current pricing information (via the "Miscellaneous Ejournals" option). [ more information ] |
Chicano Database Coverage: 1967 - present
Subjects include Mexican-American and Chicano studies topics. [ more information ] |
Child Abuse, Child Welfare and Adoption Coverage: 1965 - present, updated annually. (formerly Child Abuse and Neglect)
Child Abuse, Child Welfare & Adoption is intended for researchers,
practitioners, policymakers, and administrators working to prevent and
treat child abuse and neglect. [ more information ] |
CINAHL Coverage: 1982 - present, updated monthly.
CINAHL, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health, has a multidisciplinary scope covering nursing, 17 allied health disciplines, biomedicine, consumer health, health sciences librarianship and selected standards of professional practice.
The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 35 users at any one time. [ more information ] |
ComAbstracts Coverage: Varies by title, but generally 1982 - present
This index provides abstracts to articles from the major journals in the field of communication. [ more information ] |
Communication and Mass Media Complete A comprehensive resource for articles relating to various forms of communication, Communication and Mass Media Complete provides journal articles on topics such as mass media, film, television, marketing, business communication, health communication, and more. [ more information ] |
Compendex®/Engineering Index Coverage: 1884 - present, updated monthly
Provides extensive indexing of scholarly and technical periodicals, conference proceedings, and
report literature in all engineering disciplines including applied physics, electronics, materials science, and related fields in science and management. [ more information ] |
Computing Reviews Coverage: 1974 - Present
Computing Reviews selectively reviews articles, books, and proceedings to the current research, theory and applications in computer science and related fields. [ more information ] |
Contemporary Women's Issues Coverage: 1992 - present, updated weekly
Covers subjects such as as sociology, psychology, health, lesbian concerns, education, political science, reproductive and human rights. [ more information ] |
Criminal Justice Abstracts Coverage: 1968 - present, updated quarterly
Covers crime trends, crime prevention and deterrence, drugs, government, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, law, police, political science, public administration, courts, punishment and sentencing. [ more information ] |
Current Contents Coverage: 1994 - present, updated weekly
FYI: Current Contents Database to be Replaced on January 1, 2006!
[ more information ] |
Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press (online) Coverage: 2000-present
The CDPSP systematically surveys some 90 Russian national and regional newspapers and specialized economic, political, social, and other journals. [ more information ] |
Current Issues: Reference Shelf Plus A carefully-selected database of full-text articles from key publications covering a variety of current social, scientific, health, political, and global issues (~ 20-30 articles per topic). [ more information ] |
dbSNP: Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Database Public-domain archive of simple genetic polymorphisms in a variety of model eukaryotes, including single-base nucleotide substitutions (SNPs) as well as small-scale multi-base deletions or insertions, and retroposable element insertions and microsatellite repeat variations. [ more information ] |
Design and Applied Arts Index Coverage: 1973 - present
DAAI is an international index to design and craft journals. [ more information ] |
Deutsche Bibliothek Database |
EBSCO Databases Remote access available for University of Minnesota -- Twin Cities students, staff and faculty. [ more information ] |
EBSCO MegaFILE Coverage: Coverage varies, some starting with 1975 - present, updated continuously
This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education
Save time and search all four EBSCO databases at once. [ more information ] |
Ecology Abstracts Focuses on how microbes, plants, and animals interact with their environments and with other organisms. [ more information ] |
EconLit Coverage: January 1969 - present, updated quarterly.
Contains bibliographic citations and selected abstracts to the professional and scholarly literature in the field of economics and allied disciplines, including journals, books, chapters in books, conference proceedings and dissertations. [ more information ] |
Education Full Text Coverage: 1983-present
United States: Education Full Text offers full-text access to about half of the 500+ education journals indexed in it. [ more information ] |
Education Index Retrospective Coverage: 1929 - 1983
Indexes nearly 600 education journals as far back as 1929. [ more information ] |
Eighteenth Century Collections Online Coverage: 1701-1800
Eighteenth Century Collections Online captures the essence of the Enlightenment in Great Britain between 1701 and 1800. [ more information ] |
EIS: Digests of Environmental Impact Statements Includes abstracts of the hundreds of environmental impact statements issued by the federal government each year, indexed for easy reference. [ more information ] |
Elsevier ScienceDirect Remote access available for University of Minnesota -- Twin Cities students, staff and faculty
Coverage 1998-present for most titles
[ more information ] |
Encyclopedia of European Social History |
Encyclopedia of Mathematical Physics The Encyclopedia of Mathematical Physics covers the interaction between physics and mathematics with over 400 authoritative articles on subjects ranging from classical mechanics to dynamical systems, quantum field theory, and differential geometry. [ more information ] |
Entrez Cross-Database Search Overviews and allows text-based searches of over 25 of the bibliographic databases and biomolecular data resources held at NCBI (the National Center for Biotechnology Information), including PubMed, OMIM, Entrez Gene, and Entrez Taxonomy; this site performs a simultaneous search of the various databases and reports back the number of hits in each -- you can then select an individual database to view detailed search results. [ more information ] |
Entrez Gene Searchable database of genes from a wide range of organisms, supplying key connections to other databases providing map, sequence, expression, structure, function, citation, and homology data; a good starting point for investigating the structure and role of a particular gene. [ more information ] |
Entrez Nucleotide Collection of nucleotide (DNA and RNA) sequences from several primary database sources, including GenBank, RefSeq, and PDB; text-searchable through Entrez Nucleotide; sequences are similarity-searchable through BLAST. [ more information ] |
Entrez Structure Provides text-based searching of records in the Molecular Modeling Database (MMDB), containing 3D macromolecular structures of proteins and polynucleotides; links to the Cn3D structure viewer program (download required). [ more information ] |
Environmental Engineering Abstracts Covers the world literature pertaining to technological and engineering aspects of air and water quality, environmental safety, and energy production. [ more information ] |
Environmental Impact Statements: Full-text and Digests Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) are documents that help the government and the general public understand the effects of developments on the environment and to decide whether developments should go ahead.Full text statements are available from 2003-present and digests (summaries) are available from 1985-present. [ more information ] |
Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management Database Coverage: 1967 - present
This database provides comprehensive, multidisciplinary coverage of the environmental sciences. [ more information ] |
ERIC Coverage: 1966 - date
Bibliographic database of journal and non-journal education literature, with more than 1.1 million citations going back to 1966. [ more information ] |
ERIC (Access via CSA) Coverage: 1966 - present
United States and Other Countries: For Education Topics use ERIC CSA for Find It access to U of MN e-journals; ERIC is the Education Resources Information Center. [ more information ] |
Essay and General Literature Index Coverage: 1985 to present
Find contents in collected works focusing on humanities and social sciences.
The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 4 users at any one time. [ more information ] |
Europe - 1450 to 1789: An Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World |
Europe - 1789 to 1914: An Encyclopedia of the Age of Industry and Empire |
Europe Since 1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of War and Reconstruction |
Evidence Based Medicine Reviews Evidence base medicine reviews provides content from two databases: Cochrane database of systematic reviews, published by Update Software for the Cochrane Collaboration, and Best evidence, a database containing all the articles from ACP journal club (a publication of the American College of Physicians--American Society of Internal Medicine) and the articles from Evidence-based medicine (a joint publication of the ACP and British Medical Journal Group). [ more information ] |
Faculty of 1000 - Biology Current literature awareness service which highlights the "most interesting papers" in biology, based on the recommendations of over 1000 leading scientists. [ more information ] |
Faculty of 1000 - Medicine Current literature awareness service which highlights the "most interesting papers" in medicine, based on the recommendations of over 1000 leading scientists. [ more information ] |
Family & Society Studies Worldwide Coverage: 1970 - present, updated monthly.
Search here to find citations and abstracts to articles and book chapters on family dynamics, marriage and family therapy, the family in society, and child development. [ more information ] |
FIAF International Film Archive Database Coverage: 1972 - present
Use to find articles from over 300 film-related periodicals (journals indexed). [ more information ] |
Film and Television Literature Index This database can be used to find articles on film studies' topics. [ more information ] |
Film Index International Coverage: 1900 - Present
Use to find thoroughly researched information for over 100,000 films, including biographical information, plot summaries, full cast and crew lists, and film awards. [ more information ] |
Fish & Fisheries Worldwide Coverage: 1971 - present, updated quarterly.
A working biologist's index to all aspects of ichthyology, fisheries and aquaculture, including fish management, natural history, and fish health, plus environmental, habitat, and commercial information. [ more information ] |
Food Science & Technology Abstracts (FSTA) Coverage: 1969 - present
Search here to find citations and abstracts for journal articles, conference papers, technical reports and international patents in food processing, storage, and safety, food additives, food chemistry and properties. [ more information ] |
Forestry Abstracts Coverage: 1939 - present (Access 1973 - present via CAB Abstracts : Access 1939 - 1972 via CAB Archive)
Covers all aspects of forest management, tree biology and forest ecology, including silviculture, provenance studies, inventories, economics, agroforestry, husbandry of non-wood forest products, tree anatomy and physiology, climate, soils, forest ecology, tree breeding, fire, forest pests and protection, forest conservation and arboriculture. [ more information ] |
FRANCIS Coverage: 1984 - present, updated monthly.
Emphasis on French research covering a wide range of multilingual, multidisciplinary articles, books, etc. [ more information ] |
Full Text Resources for English and American Literary Studies The collections of literary texts owned or leased by the University Libraries provide online access to thousands of literary texts. [ more information ] |
Gale Databases (Thomson Gale Infotrac) Remote access available for University of Minnesota -- Twin Cities students, staff and faculty. [ more information ] |
Gale Professional Collection Coverage: Dates vary
A custom selection of more than 300 full-text journals for educators that is updated daily. [ more information ] |
Geobase Coverage: 1980 - present, updated monthly.
Index to worldwide literature on geology, geography, and
ecology. [ more information ] |
GeoRef Coverage: 1785 - present
Index to the worldwide literature of geology, geophysics, geochemistry, paleontology, hydrogeology , hydrology, and mineralogy. [ more information ] |
Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS) Coverage: 1936 - present; 1936 - 1994 available in CD-ROM in Wilson 180E (ask at Ref. Desk)
A bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars. [ more information ] |
Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI) Coverage: 1983 - present, updated quarterly.
Describes instruments used to assess health and behavior of infants, children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly. [ more information ] |
Health and Safety Science Abstracts Published in association with the University of Southern California's Institute of Safety and Systems Management, this database provides a comprehensive, timely survey of recent work relating to public health, safety, and industrial hygiene. [ more information ] |
Historical Abstracts Coverage: 1954 - present.
Covers the world's scholarship in history from 1450 to the present. [ more information ] |
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine Coverage: Science, 1976 - present; Technology, 1987 - present; updated annually.
Indexes articles, books, proceedings, reviews, and dissertations on the history of science and technology. [ more information ] |
How to Use Tests in Print Illustrated step by step guide to the print resource Tests in Print. [ more information ] |
Human Population and Natural Resource Management This database explores human population and demography topics, as well as societal issues involving natural resource management. [ more information ] |
HW Wilson Coverage: Dates vary
Access to Art Full Text, Biography Reference Bank, Education Full Text, Humanities and Social Science Retrospective, Library Literature, and Reader's Guide Retrospective. [ more information ] |
IIMP: International Index to Music Periodicals Coverage: 1996 - present, updated daily.
Covers all aspects of the world of music, from the most scholarly studies to the latest crazes.
Articles in over 350 international music journals, The New York Times, and The Washington Post. [ more information ] |
IMB: International Medieval Bibliography Coverage: 1967-present
This guide to what has been published about the Middle Ages is interdisciplinary, including conference proceedings, collected essays, and journal articles on philosophy, literature, the arts, etc. [ more information ] |
Index Islamicus Coverage: 1906 - present
Index Islamicus indexes worldwide literature in European languages on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world. [ more information ] |
Index to Jewish Periodicals Coverage: 1988-Present
Selective Full-Text
An index on Jewish history, activity and thought. [ more information ] |
Index to Nineteenth-Century American Art Periodicals Coverage: Varies by title
The Index to Nineteenth-Century American Art Periodicals (AAI) is the only online
index to art periodicals that were published in the United States during the 19th
century. [ more information ] |
Industrial and Applied Microbiology Abstracts (Microbiology A) Includes significant findings and practical applications in agricultural, food and beverage, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries. [ more information ] |
Informe Coverage: 1994 - present
A collection of hispanic magazines with full text; This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education. Covers business, health, technology, culture, current topics and other subjects. [ more information ] |
Informe Design Coverage: 1997 - present
InformeDesign (www.informedesign.umn.edu) is a research and communication tool for designers of the built environment, such as interior designers, architects, landscape architects, and graphic designers. [ more information ] |
InfoTrac Junior Edition Coverage: 1997 - date
Database for junior high and middle school students; This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education.
In addition to material from periodicals, the database also includes newspaper articles, an encyclopedia, and a variety of other reference material. [ more information ] |
InfoTrac Kid's Edition (Super Tom) Coverage: 1997 - date
Database for primary school students; This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education. In addition to material from periodicals, the database also includes newspaper articles, reference material and maps.
Fact sheet at http://www.galegroup.com/pdf/facts/itkid.pdf
Coverage: Current year to date + the previous three years
Updated: Daily
[ more information ] |
InfoTrac Student Edition Coverage: 1985 - date
Database for secondary school students; This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education. In addition to material from periodicals, the database also includes newspaper articles, two encyclopedias, and a variety of reference material. [ more information ] |
Ingenta This index provides bibliographic citations derived from tables of contents pages of over 26,000 journals. Remote access available for University of Minnesota -- Twin Cities students, staff and faculty [ more information ] |
IngentaConnect Coverage: October 1988 - present, updated daily
This index provides bibliographic citations for academic and professional research articles online - some 20 million articles from 30,000 publications. [ more information ] |
IngentaConnect Medicine (RSS Enabled) Browse or search for a wide variety of health sciences related journals and subscribe to the RSS feeds contained therein. [ more information ] |
IngentaConnect Public Health (RSS Enabled) Browse or search for a wide variety of public health related journals and subscribe to the RSS feeds contained therein. [ more information ] |
INSPEC ® Coverage: 1896 - present, updated monthly
Provides comprehensive coverage of scholarly literature in the fields of physics and astrophysics, electrical engineering, electronics, computing and control, and information technology. [ more information ] |
International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance with Full Text Coverage: 1984 - Present
Contains all of the content available in International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance as well as full text for 100 titles, including Canadian Theatre Review, Dance Chronicle, Dance Teacher, Modern Drama, PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art, Research in Dance Education, Research in Drama Education, Studies in Theatre and Performance, TDR: The Drama Review, Theater, and many more. [ more information ] |
International Pharmaceutical Abstracts Coverage: 1970 - present, updated monthly.
Provides information on all phases of the development and use of drugs and on professional pharmaceutical practice.
The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 3 users at any one time. [ more information ] |
Investext Plus Coverage: Dates vary
Investext Plus contains research/analyst reports on companies and industries as well as annual statistical reports of industry trade associations. [ more information ] |
IOP (Institute of Physics) Remote access available for University of Minnesota -- Twin Cities students, staff, and faculty [ more information ] |
ISI Web of Knowledge The ISI Web of Knowledge provides the Web of Science interface for institutional sitewide access to the ISI Citation products which cover over 8,000 international journals in the sciences, social sciences, and the arts and humanities. [ more information ] |
Latinobarometro Informes de Prensa Latinobarometro posts its Informes de Prensa in this site. [ more information ] |
Left Index Coverage: 1990-present
Provides access to the diversity of literature on the left, with a primary emphasis on politically and culturally engaged scholarship inside and outside the academy and a secondary emphasis on significant but little known sources of news and ideas. [ more information ] |
LegalTrac Coverage: Coverage for some publications begins as early as 1980.
Indexes 800+ legal publications, law reviews, bar
association journals and legal newspapers. [ more information ] |
LGBT Life Full-Text Coverage: 1970-Present
LGBT Life Full-text contains indexing and abstracts for more than 80 GLBT-specific core periodicals; additionally, books as well as newsletters, case studies, dissertations, etc. [ more information ] |
Libraries OneSearch Libraries OneSearch is a powerful new tool for searching across multiple library databases simultaneously. [ more information ] |
Library Information Science & Technology Abstracts Library Information Science & Technology Abstracts,(LISTA) was formerly Information Science & Technology Abstracts (ISTA). [ more information ] |
Library Literature and Information Science Full Text Coverage: December 1984 - present, updated monthly.
Effective July 1, 2004, this database is now available via the HW Wilson Company interface Covers library and information science, including automation, censorship, public relations, government funding, preservation, cataloging, classification, copyright legislation, personnel management, information brokers, online searching, publishing, education for librarianship, and rare books. [ more information ] |
Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) Coverage: 1973-present
Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) assists both generalists and specialists in keeping abreast of cutting-edge developments in disciplines
concerned with the nature and use of language. [ more information ] |
MasterFile Premier This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education. MasterFILE Premier, designed specifically for public libraries, provides full text for more than 2,000 general periodicals covering a broad range of disciplines including general reference, business, education, health, general science, multi-cultural issues and much more. [ more information ] |
Materials Research Database with Metadex Coverage: (1966-Current)
An excellent source for information on materials science, metallurgy, ceramics, polymers, and composites used in engineering application. [ more information ] |
MathSciNet Coverage: Mathematical Reviews(MR): 1940 - present, updated monthly; Current Mathematical Publications (CMP): 1985 - present, updated daily.
A comprehensive index, with abstracts, to the research literature of mathematics. [ more information ] |
MEDLINE (OVID) Coverage: 1966 - present, updated weekly.
MEDLINE covers the fields of medicine, public health, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and the basic biomedical sciences.
The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 40 users at any one time. [ more information ] |
MLA International Bibliography Coverage: 1926 - present
Indexes scholarship on English and American Literature, folklore, language and linguistics, and dramatic arts. [ more information ] |
NCBI Bookshelf Growing collection of online, open access biomedical books; full text can be searched directly from this interface. [ more information ] |
NCBI Journals Database Useful tool for finding the full title of a journal in biomedicine, if you only have an abbreviation, or for determining from the full title what the official NLM and ISO abbreviations of the title are (e.g., for preparing a reference list). [ more information ] |
New Testament Abstracts Coverage: 1985-Present
Selective Full-Text
The product of a partnership between ATLA and the Weston Jesuit School of Theology, this database is a research and bibliographic aid for scholars, librarians, clergy and students of the New Testament and its historical milieu. [ more information ] |
NTIS National Technical Information Service Coverage: 1964 - present
NTIS indexes government-sponsored U.S. [ more information ] |
Oceanic Abstracts Coverage: 1981 - current
Abstracts of technical literature pertaining to the marine and brackish-water environment. [ more information ] |
Old Testament Abstracts Coverage: 1978-Present
Selective Full-Text
The product of a partnership between ATLA and the Catholic Biblical Association, this database features indexing and abstracts for journal articles, monographs, multi-author works, and software related to Old Testament studies. [ more information ] |
OMIM (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man) Extensive online catalog of human genes and genetic disorders, with detailed monographs on mechanistic and clinical aspects of the genes, disease states, and variations. [ more information ] |
Oxford University Press Remote access available for University of Minnesota -- Twin Cities students, staff and faculty [ more information ] |
Oxford University Press Journals (RSS Enabled) Represents a wide variety of journals in various disciplines. [ more information ] |
OxResearch Created by Oxford Analytica, OxResearch provides help to research and analyze the impact of world and regional economic and political developments of major significance. [ more information ] |
PAIS Archive 1915-1976 Coverage: 1915 - 1976
Since its establishment in 1914, PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) has chronicled issues in the public debate through highly selective coverage of a wide variety of sources, including references to monographs, periodical articles, notes and announcements, government documents, policy reports and analytics. [ more information ] |
PAIS International Coverage: Coverage dates 1972 - present (abstracts from 1985 - present)
Use this index for broad coverage of social science issues worldwide. [ more information ] |
PCI: Periodicals Contents Index Coverage: 18th Century - early 1990s
This title has changed its name to Periodicals Index Online. [ more information ] |
Periodicals Index Online Coverage: 1665 - 1995
PIO is an electronic index to the tables of contents of thousands of periodicals in the humanities and social sciences, from their first issues to 1995. [ more information ] |
Philosopher's Index Coverage: 1940 - present
Provides indexing and abstracts from books and over 270 journals on philosophy and related interdisciplinary fields published in the U.S. [ more information ] |
Physical Education Index Coverage: 1970-present
Search PEI for a wide range of Physical Education & Kinesiology topics including physical education curricula, sports medicine, dance, sport law, motor learning, recreation, standardized fitness tests, sports equipment, business and marketing, coaching and training, and sports psychology & sociology. [ more information ] |
Pollution Abstracts Coverage: May 1981- present
Combines information on scientific research and government policies in a single resource. [ more information ] |
PsycINFO Coverage: 1872 - present, updated monthly
Covers all areas of psychology. [ more information ] |
PubMed - U of M Students, Staff & Faculty Coverage: 1950 to present
Primary source of journal article access for the health sciences - the campus version provides full text access to all Medline e-journals subscribed to by the University of Minnesota TC Libraries. [ more information ] |
Readers Guide Retrospective Coverage: 1890 - 1982
The database allows for searching the records of a century (1890-1982) of popular magazine coverage, reflecting the history of the 20th century America and its evolving attitudes and cultures. [ more information ] |
Readers' Guide Retrospective Coverage: 1890-1982
Provides comprehensive, historic indexing of the most popular general-interest magazines and journals published in the United States during the 20th century in the following subject areas: Aeronautics, African-Americans, Aging, Archeology, Astronomy, Automobiles, Biographies, Business, Children, Education, Environment, Fashion, Film, Fine Arts, Food, Foreign Affairs, Gardening, Health, History, Hobbies, Home, Journalism, Leisure Activities, Literature, Medicine, Music, News, Nutrition, Photography, Politics, Popular Culture, Radio, Religion, Science, Sports, Technology, Television, Travel. [ more information ] |
RefWorks: Personal Citation Manager RefWorks is a web-based citation manager that allows you to create your own databases of citations by importing references from MNCAT and other databases, and then in seconds automatically generate bibliographies in all major styles (MLA, APA, Turabian, Chicago, etc.). [ more information ] |
Repertoire International De La Presse Musicale (RIPM) Coverage: 1805-1917
International Index to Nineteenth-Century Music Periodicals [ more information ] |
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature Coverage: 1969 - present (some older), updated quarterly.
Effective July 1, 2004, this database is now available via the Cambridge Scientific Abstracts interface RILM indexes scholarly writings on music and related disciplines, including historical musicology, ethnomusicology,
instruments and voice, dance, music therapy, music librarianship, the physics of music, and other fields as they relate to music. [ more information ] |
Risk Abstracts Experts define risk as a combination of the magnitude and probability of adverse effects. [ more information ] |
RISM: International Inventory of Musical Sources after 1600 Coverage: 1600 - present
RISM (the International Inventory of Music Sources) is a database of
musical sources, such as manuscripts & printed music, works of music theory, and opera libretti which are preserved in libraries, archives, monasteries, schools, and private collections around the world. [ more information ] |
RLIN Bibliographic Files Coverage: 1700s - present, with an emphasis on 20th Century materials. Library of Congress record updated weekly, other record updated continuously.
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Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Bibliography Coverage: 1986 - present
The on-line successor to the INION printed bibliographies, the RAS Bibliography provides broad coverage of the social sciences and humanities resources published not only in Russia, but throughout Europe and North America. [ more information ] |
Sage Full-Text Collection for Education Full-text access to a small core collection of education journals.
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Science Citation Index Expanded (ISI) Coverage: 1975 - present, updated weekly.
Covers the most of the sciences, including veterinary medicine and zoology. [ more information ] |
ScienceDirect (Elsevier) Search the abstracts or titles of 1800 scientific and social science journals from Elsevier Science. [ more information ] |
SciFinder Scholar Coverage: 1907-present
SciFinder Scholar is the best database for chemistry-related topics - you need to download special software to use it from your home or office computer (PC 2000/XP/Vista or Mac OS 10.3/10.4) or you can access it from a public computer in the Walter, BioMedical, or Magrath libraries by clicking on the SciFinder icon on the desktop (note: access is contractually restricted to current U of MN faculty, students and staff). [ more information ] |
SCIPIO Art and Rare Books Sales Catalogs Coverage: 1599 - present, updated daily.
The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 5 users at any one time. [ more information ] |
Siku Quanshu 四庫全書 Coverage: The Siku Quanshu was compiled between 1773 and 1782 under the edict of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, China. Containing more than 3,460 works with a total of more than 36,000 volumes, it is the most comprehensive collection of Chinese scholarship u
Please note: Requires Internet Explorer (IE) 5.0 or above. [ more information ] |
Social Sciences Citation Index (included in Web of Science) Coverage: 1975 - present, updated weekly.
Covers the social sciences, including anthropology, history, industrial relations, information science and library science, law, linguistics, philosophy, psychology, psychiatry, political science, public health, social issues, social work, sociology, substance abuse, urban studies, and women's studies.
Provides bibliographic citations, plus author abstracts "for approximately 60% of the articles in the database." Each citation also includes a list of references cited in the source article. [ more information ] |
Social Services Abstracts Coverage: 1980 - present
CSA Social Services Abstracts provides bibliographic coverage of current
research focused on social work, human services, and related areas,
including social welfare, social policy, and community development. [ more information ] |
Social Work Abstracts Coverage: 1977 - date, updated semiannually.
Abstracts of articles from social work and related journals. [ more information ] |
Sociological Abstracts Coverage: 1963 - present, updated monthly
Updated bimonthly, this core database for the field of sociology contins information on sociology and social policy worldwide. [ more information ] |
South African Studies Coverage: 1987 - present, updated quarterly.
A compilation of databases covering South African studies including the Index to South African Periodicals and South African National Bibliograpy. [ more information ] |
SPORT Discus Coverage: 1800 - present, updated monthly.
The world's most comprehensive bibliographic resources for all aspects of sport and fitness. [ more information ] |
Sustainability Abstracts Explores the management of human use and conservation of the natural resource base, ensuring the attainment and continued satisfaction of human needs in the present as well as maintaining the potential to meet the needs and aspirations of future generations. [ more information ] |
Tests in Print Produced by the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements at the University of Nebraska, Tests in Print (TIP) serves as a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language; TIP provides vital information to users including test purpose, test publisher, in-print status, price, test acronym, intended test population, administration times, publication date(s), and test author(s).
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Textile Technology Index Coverage: 1978 - present
The Textile Technology Digest (TTD) database contains bibliographic citations, with abstracts, and provides international coverage of the literature of textiles and related subjects. [ more information ] |
Toxicology Abstracts Covers social poisons and substance abuse, natural toxins, legislation and recommended standards to environmental issues; toxicology studies of industrial and agricultural chemicals, household products, pharmaceuticals, and other substances, and the in vivo effects of toxic substances; the effects of alcohol and smoking, drug abuse, hydrocarbon studies, nitrosamines, radiation and radioactive materials; and toxicity testing methodology and analytical procedures for toxic substances. [ more information ] |
TRANSPORT Database Coverage: 1968 - present, updated quarterly.
Produced by the 25-nation Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD),
headquartered in Paris, together with the United
States' Transportation Research Board (TRB) and the 31 nations of the European Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT), Transport indexes journal articles, technical reports and conference papers on surface transportation systems including marine transportation and their components including highway, traffic, transport, road safety, and economic and social aspects of transportation systems.
The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 4 users at any one time. [ more information ] |
TROPAG & RURAL Coverage: 1975 - present, updated quarterly
The two databases contain references with abstracts to the worldwide literature on agriculture and economic and social development in tropical and subtropical regions.
TROPAG covers food crops and industrial crops, animal husbandry, forage and pastures, aquculture, forestry, agroforestry, postharvest operations, farming systems and environmental management of tropical regions.
RURAL abstracts literature on economic and social development in developing countries including development strategies, international cooperation, health, income generation, education, women and development, and environmental issues.
The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 1 user at any one time. [ more information ] |
Ulrich's Periodical Directory This directory lists information for nearly a quarter-million serial records such as newspapers, popular and trade magazines, and academic and scholarly journals. [ more information ] |
VET CD Coverage: 1989-present; 1973-present
VetCD and BeastCD have been renamed AnimalScience.com. [ more information ] |
Water Resources Abstracts Coverage: 1967-present
Includes water-related topics covering the characteristics, conservation, control, pollution, treatment, use and management of water resources. [ more information ] |
Web of Science (ISI) Coverage: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)--1975-present; Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)--1975-present; Arts and Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI)--1975-present.
Web of Science is the Web interface for the ISI Citation Index products which cover over 8,000 international journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. [ more information ] |
Wildlife and Ecology Studies Worldwide Coverage: 1935 - present, updated quarterly.
A working biologists index to world literature on mammals, amphibians, reptiles, and birds; includes studies on all aspects of their life cycles and behaviors, including hunting and management research. [ more information ] |
Wiley Backfile New Directions for Evaluation |
Wiley Education Backfile Collection |
Wiley Interscience Full text collection to 1,000 journals, major reference works, online books from John Wiley, a publisher of scientific and social science literature. [ more information ] |
Wiley Physics and Astronomy Backfile |
Wiley Psychology Backfile Collection |
Women's Studies International Coverage: 1972 - present, updated semi-annually.
International coverage of feminist writings. [ more information ] |
World Textiles Coverage: 1970 - present
World Textiles provides coverage of the current textiles literature. [ more information ] |
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts Coverage: 1975 - present
CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts is building on the merged backfiles of Political Science Abstracts, published by IFI / Plenum, 1975-2000, and ABC POL SCI, published by ABC-CLIO, 1984-2000. [ more information ] |
Zoological Record Coverage: online 1978 - present, updated monthly. Printed version 1864-present, published annually.
The premiere index for the zoological sciences, this is a comprehensive index to the world's zoological literature from approximately 6000
journals. [ more information ] |