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| Bible & Religion | Nursing/PreMed |
| Business & Economics | Sciences & Math |
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Arts & Humanities top
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1985
- present |
All
subject areas |
EBSCOhost |
Some full text |
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| American Humanities Index | 1975 - present | Humanities |
EBSCOhost
|
Citation
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| Communication
& Mass Media Complete |
1915 - present | Communications and mass media |
EBSCOhost
|
Some
full text
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1980
– present |
All
subject areas |
Gale |
Some full text |
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| HarpWeek | 1857 - 1877 | Full Text of Harper's Weekly |
(VIVA)
|
Full
text
|
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Jan.
1989 - present |
Reviews
of educational and entertainment media |
FirstSearch (VIVA) |
Citation/
Abstract
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1963
- present |
Language,
literature, linguistics |
Gale |
Citation/ Abstract |
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2nd
ed., 1989 |
All
subject areas |
UVA Library (VIVA) |
Full text |
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1994
- present |
Accounting,
advertising, auditing, banking, broadcasting, computers,
economics, engineering, finance, foreign investment,
health care, human resources, insurance, international
trade, international trends, investment analysis,
management, marketing, planning and strategy, public
administration, real estate, taxation, telecommunications,
transportation |
FirstSearch subscription |
Full text |
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1985
- present |
All
subject areas |
EBSCOhost |
Some full text |
|
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1949
- present |
Religion |
EBSCOhost |
Some full text |
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1980
– present |
All
subject areas |
Gale |
Some full text |
|
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2000
- present |
The
Mennonite |
Free |
Citation |
|
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1926
- present |
Mennonite
Quarterly Review |
Free |
Citation |
Business & Economics top
|
1985
- present |
All
subject areas |
EBSCOhost |
Some full text |
|
|
1985
- present |
Agriculture,
company profiles, corporate planning, corporate strategies,
executive profiles, financial services, health care,
high technology, human resources, manufacturing, marketing,
professional services, real estate, regional business,
research and development, retailing, service industries,
transportation |
FirstSearch subscription |
Citation |
|
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1994
- present |
Aerospace
and defense, agriculture, automotive, building products,
chemicals, computers and software, consumer products,
electronics, energy, entertainment, financial services,
forest products, information, medicine, metals, mining,
pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, transportation |
FirstSearch subscription |
Citation |
|
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1995
- present |
Management
issues and business practices including:
benchmark planning, best practices, business
plans, corporate culture, expansion, long range planning,
quality control, reengineering, resources case studies,
technology |
FirstSearch subscription |
Citation |
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Business
Organizations, Agencies, and Publications Directory |
Current
file |
Database
describing business organizations’ and trade associations’
products and services and giving other information
about the organizations, such as founding date, membership
size, and publications |
FirstSearch subscription |
Abstracts |
|
1985
- present |
Scholarly
business journals |
EBSCOhost |
Some full text |
|
| Communication
& Mass Media Complete |
1915 - present | Communications and mass media |
EBSCOhost
|
Some
full text
|
|
Current
file |
Information
about public companies whose shares are traded in
the U.S. |
FirstSearch subscription |
|
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1969
- present |
Economics |
FirstSearch (VIVA) |
Citation |
|
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1980
– present |
All
subject areas |
Gale |
Some full text |
|
|
1980
- present |
Business,
industry, and market data; newspaper and journal articles;
quick links to essential business web sites |
Dow Jones & Reuters (VIVA) |
Full text |
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| Regional Business News | Jan. 1984 - present | Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. | EBSCOhost |
Some
full text
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1994
- present |
Accounting,
advertising, auditing, banking, broadcasting, computers,
economics, engineering, finance, foreign investment,
health care, human resources, insurance, international
trade, international trends, investment analysis,
management, marketing, planning and strategy, public
administration, real estate, taxation, telecommunications,
transportation |
FirstSearch subscription |
Citation |
|
|
Current
file |
Business
descriptions, financial information, key ratios, officers
of corporations around the world |
FirstSearch (VIVA) |
|
Education top
|
1985
- present |
All
subject areas |
EBSCOhost |
Some full text |
|
|
ERIC--includes
thesaurus |
1966
- present |
Adult,
career, and vocational education, assessment and evaluation,
disabilities and gifted education, educational management,
elementary and early childhood education, higher education,
information and technology, language and linguistics,
reading and communication, teacher and teacher education,
urban education |
EBSCOhost |
Citation |
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1980
– present |
All
subject areas |
Gale |
Some full text |
|
|
1989
- present |
Reviews
of educational and entertainment media |
FirstSearch (VIVA) |
Citation |
|
|
1872
- present |
|
Ovid |
Citation/ Abstract |
General top
|
1985
- present |
All
subject areas |
EBSCOhost |
Some full text |
|
|
Jan.
1990 - present |
Business,
humanities, medicine, popular culture, science, social
science, technology |
FirstSearch (VIVA) |
Citation |
|
|
Varies |
In-print,
out-of-print, and forthcoming books, audios and videos
from North American publishers and U.S. distributors
and wholesalers |
FirstSearch subscription |
Citation |
|
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1986
- present |
Information
about products, services, and facilities of interest
to consumers, including evaluations, tests, alerts,
warnings, and recalls of specific products. Audio equipment, automobiles and motorcycles,
boats, food and beverages, health and nutrition products,
kitchen appliances, photographic equipment, travel
destinations, vacation destinations |
FirstSearch (VIVA) |
Citation |
|
|
Current |
All
subject areas |
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
( VIVA |
Full text |
|
|
1989
- present |
Records
that describe a scheduled event in medicine, biotechnology,
and science and give the event's title, location,
date, and the sponsoring organization's name, contact
person, and address |
FirstSearch subscription |
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|
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1980
– present |
All
subject areas |
Gale |
Some full text |
|
|
1984
- present |
Specialized
database of full-text statistical statements on current
social, economic, political, health, and environmental
issues and public policy topics, excerpted from more
than 1,100 mainstream and alternative serial sources |
FirstSearch subscription |
Full text |
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1989
- present |
Reviews
of educational and entertainment media |
FirstSearch (VIVA) |
Citation |
|
|
Past
3 years |
New
York Times newspaper |
ProQuest subscription |
Full text |
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| New York Times - Historical | 1851-1999 | New York Times newspaper |
ProQuest
subscription
|
Full
text
|
|
2nd
ed., 1989 |
All
subject areas |
VIVA |
Full text |
|
|
1993
- present |
Covers
every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition,
workshop and meeting received by The British Library
Document Supply Centre |
FirstSearch (VIVA) |
Citation |
|
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Jan.
1987 - present |
Business,
current affairs, economics, literature, psychology,
religion, women’s studies |
FirstSearch subscription |
Citation/ Abstract |
|
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1993
- present |
Covers
every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition,
workshop and meeting received by The British Library
Document Supply Centre |
FirstSearch (VIVA) |
Citation |
|
|
1988
- present |
Contains
records for articles selected from domestic and international
newspapers, magazines, journals, and government publications. Economics, global issues, history, politics, science, social issues |
FirstSearch subscription |
Citation/ Abstract |
|
|
Current
file |
Descriptions
of periodicals and libraries’ holdings for these periodicals |
FirstSearch (VIVA) |
|
|
|
1998
- present |
American
life, arts and entertainment, computers, economics,
the environment, historical anniversaries, national
defense, nations of the world, people in the news,
profiles of U.S. states, science and technology, sports,
taxes, U.S. cities and states, vital statistics |
FirstSearch (VIVA) |
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WorldCat
(the OCLC Online Union Catalog)--includes thesaurus |
Approx.
2100 B.C. |
48
million+ records of books and other materials |
FirstSearch (VIVA) |
Citation |
History & Political Science top
|
1985
- present |
All
subject areas |
EBSCOhost |
Some full text |
|
|
1991
- present |
Journals covering cultural, economic, political & social
change. Includes
anarchism, democracy, ecology, feminism, gay and lesbian
issues, indigenous peoples, labor, national liberation,
socialism – theory and practice |
FirstSearch (VIVA) |
Citation |
|
|
1969
- 1990 |
Journals covering cultural, economic, political & social
change. Includes
anarchism, democracy, ecology, feminism, gay and lesbian
issues, indigenous peoples, labor, national liberation,
socialism – theory and practice |
FirstSearch subscription |
Citation |
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| Alternative Press Center's Online Directory | varies | Directory of titles indexed in Alternative Press Index. Includes links to websites when available. Some titles includes full text. |
Free
|
some full text
|
|
1984
- present |
Specialized database of full-text statistical statements
on current social, economic, political, health, and
environmental issues and public policy topics, excerpted
from more than 1,100 mainstream and alternative serial
sources |
FirstSearch subscription |
Full text |
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Current |
Federal, state, and local; international
and intergovernmental sites |
Bernan subscription |