Research Databases

Digital texts in the areas of history, literature, religion, law, fine arts, science, biography, etc. Coverage from a variety of materials including books and broadsides, Bibles, tract books and sermons to printed ephemera with works by many wellknown and lesserknown authors, women, and collections from the French Revolution.

Includes papers originating in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, carefully selected by an editorial board from the British Library and providing a broad yet detailed view of British life in the 19th century.

Provides researchers with an immensely rich and coherent corpus of primary sources with which to study the sociopolitical and economic landscape of 19th century Britain.

Encompasses the entire 19th century, with an emphasis on such topics as the American Civil War, AfricanAmerican culture and history, Western migration and Antebellumera life, among other subjects.

Contains millions of well-indexed articles in over 1800 different sources.

A comprehensive scholarly, multidisciplinary resource containing a large number of peerreviewed journals. Information is included from many areas of academic study. This is good place to start for most topics, including all sciences, religion, law, history, psychology, political science, criminal justice, literature, current events, sociology and communications.

Provides full search capabilities of the most recent McGrawHill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology . Includes all definitions from the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms , news articles from Science News , research updates from the Yearbook of Science and Technology , and biographies from Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography .

Primarily American newspapers from the 18th and 19th century, including important AfricanAmerican newspapers. Includes the Pennsylvania Gazette and Godey's Lady's Book .

Accounting and tax publications with official releases from the AICPA and FASB and selective indexing of tax-related information in business journals

Locate and search across authoritative, proposalstage, and nonauthoritative accounting and auditing standards from the AICPA, SEC, PCAOB, GAO, OBM and IASB, as well as secondary analysis from the Big Four and the Miller Guides. All the content is crossreferenced, including cites to FASB pronouncements.

Full-text collection of scholarly books in many areas of the humanities.

Provides access to the core works on computing from the Association for Computing Machinery.

Provides definitions of a wide variety of acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations and similar contractions, translating them into their full names or meanings. Terms from subject areas such as associations, education, the Internet, medicine and others are included.

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Part of the America's Historical Newspapers collection, this resource features papers from more than 35 states ¿ including many rare and historically significant 19th century titles. Offers researchers valuable primary sources for such diverse disciplines as cultural, literary and social history; ethnic studies and more. Users can compare and contrast African American views on practically every major theme of the American past.

Offers articles from nearly 200 international journals (some peerreviewed) and reports on complementary, holistic and alternative medicine. Includes pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts.

Comprised of articles from newspapers, magazines and journals of the alternative and independent press.

Search a single newspaper, a select group of titles, or the entire collection. Use the map-based interface to search publications within a region.

Comprehensive index to journal articles and book reviews for United States and Canada history. Historical coverage from America's Pre-Columbian period to the present.

Information about American firms with substatial investment in overseas operations wholly or partially owned subsidaries, affilate, or branch.

The database will total 2,000 hours of video / 5,000 total videos at completion (currently it's at about 420 hours). The technical features make it easy to zoom in on exact moments of footage, make clips, create playlists (of clips by theme, entire films, and anything else anywhere on the web) and share them with a class, for example. There are synchronized scrolling transcripts for every video (and those are searchable, too).

Biographies of people significant in U.S. history who died before 1996.

The database contains digitized images of periodical pages, allowing researchers to see all of the original typography, drawings, graphic elements, and article layouts exactly as they were originally published.

Over 40,000 poems by American poets

Streaming access to over 18,000 tracks of historical American music in a variety of genres.

U.S. and British census and immigration records; historical maps and photographs. Based on the Ancestry.Com genealogy database.

Literature reviews prepared annually providing an overview of primary research material in 29 focused disciplines within the Biological, Medical, Physical, and Social Sciences.

Provides extensive international coverage of all fields related to anthropology.

Current issues of 15 peer-reviewed AAA journals, as well as full archival access to all AAA publications through JSTOR.

Excellent resource for illustrations, copyright free for educational use. Can search by concept (hostages) as well as specific people or events (Einstein).

Provides a single resource for seven decades of articles on events, issues and trends in the history of business and industry (including the complete file of Industrial Arts Index (19131957), plus historical sources in the applied science and technology field for the 20th Century. It provides cover-to-cover indexing for more than 2,000 periodicals that include more than 4.5 million articles. Useful resource for tracking down important studies, exploring historical controversies, finding papers by innovators, or researching the development of a particular technology.

Includes nearly a million collection descriptions of historical documents, personal papers, and family histories held in archives from thousands of libraries, museums, and archives from around the world.

Contains complete indexing and abstracts for academic journals, magazines and trade publications, and books, including some full-text coverage and an image collection provided by Picture Desk and others. The database has been designed for use by a diverse audience that includes art scholars, artists, designers, college students, and general viewers.

International collection of peer-selected publications - with coverage of Latin American, Canadian, Asian and other non-Western art, new artists, contemporary art, exhibition reviews, and feminist criticism. Full-text coverage for selected periodicals is included. In addition to articles, Art Full Text indexes reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals.

Texts from 12th through 20th centuries. Resources for ARTFL subscribers, including the Main ARTFL Database, French Women Writers, Provençal poetry, Journal de Trévoux, fulltext dictionary searching and the Opera del Vocabolario Italiano (OVI) Database.

Index of the items listed on table of contents pages of over 12,000 journals. Coverage includes articles, news stories, and letters on topics including business, humanities, medicine, popular culture, sciences, social sciences, and technology.

Multidisciplinary resource covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities.

Digital library of nearly one million images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes. ARTstor collections are comprised of contributions from museums, individual photographers, scholars, special collections at libraries, and photo archives.

Includes sources for news and current events, country information and statistics, information on people and institutions, and policy and analysis.

Combines the premier index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion with an online collection of major religion and theology journals.

Audit information for about 20,000 publicly traded firms and 1,500 accounting firms. The data includes information about: current auditors, SarbanesOxley disclosures, compliance disclosures, litigation and corporate governance. Password required - contact the Main Service Desk.

Can help users predict future market trends, monitor the rise of future competition, and pick up ideas that have worked successfully in the financial services market.

Identifies sites on business topics by subject or title -- useful for selecting business & economics research topics

Search for U.S. and Canadian life/health and property/casualty insurance companies, usually giving for each: a brief corporate overview; key fininancial indicators; assets and liabilities; Best's rating; company development and structure; ratings and analysis; current and historical credit reports. [Technical note: works best with Microsoft Internet Explorer® version 7 or higher.]

Citations cover European and American fine arts¿painting, sculpture, drawing, prints, architecture -- as well as decorative and applied arts -- crafts, graphic arts, and folk and popular art.

Contains the complete text, other than prefaces or critical apparatus, of the standard editions of classical Latin literature. Also contains important non-Christian authors from the second century through to the Carolingian Renaissance and some later material. Also includes Thesaurus Linguae Latinae, the definitive and largest Latin dictionary in the world. Words are drawn from all Latin texts from the classical period of Rome to about 700 AD/CD, and are accompanied by representative passages from the Latin authors.

A complete collection of bibliographic references covering life science and biomedical research literature published from more than 4,000 international journals. Contains more than 10 million archival records with more than 370,000 citations added each year.

An electronic aggregation of journals in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences.  Approximately 150 titles currently published by scientific societies and other nonprofit organizations.

Provides startup and small business statistics, such as annual sales and market share; failure rates; entrepreneurial activity rates; startup profit & loss detail and ratios; and detailed small business balance sheets, P&L and ratios.

Short fiction and folklore from Africa and the African Diaspora. Includes full runs of selected literary magazines.

Offers information, analysis, research, and pricing of the marketplace, as well as current and historical articles about global business and economic markets. Available only in the Business School.

Over 100,000 reviews of fiction and non-fiction books.

Updated daily, includes more than three million reviews from thousands of academic and popular publications.

Bibliographic information on books in English available in print.

Searchable cited references provided for more than 1,200 journals. Contains detailed author profiles for the 20,000 most-cited authors in the database. Additional full text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, and SWOT analyses.

Provides information on style, format, acceptance rates, and topics covered by journals in the fields of business, education, and psychology, in order to assist researchers in selecting the journal most likely to publish his or her work.

Includes extensive bibliographies.

Online collection documenting works of art from around the world, representing the collections of prominent museums. CAMIO highlights the creative output of cultures around the world, from prehistoric to contemporary times, and covering the complete range of expressive forms.

Catalog of all US federal government information published since 1976.

Contains citations articles and reports about human resources, employment, healthcare, payroll and pension, welfare, safety, OSHA and worker's compensation, and more.

Comprehensive federal, state, and international tax database which includes primary source literature, journals. Treaties, commentaries, topical indexes, practice aids and tools.

Primary subject areas include Life Science, Natural Science, Social Science, Engineering and Technology, History, Geography, Philosophy and Religion, Humanity and Arts, and Sports and Recreation.

Research from scholars, research institutes, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) & think-tanks. Includes information from journals, books, policy briefs & case studies.

Access is limited to 5 simultaneous users.

Content in the database includes in-copyright material from Boosey and Hawkes and selected material from the University Music Editions microfilm series.

Over 44,000 college catalogs for 2-year, 4-year, graduate, professional and international schools.

The Collegian is the University's student newspaper that has been in publication since 1914. It consists of over 90 volumes and is full text searchable, with the ability to view the article or complete newspaper page. Note: Recent Collegian archives are available at the Collegian website .

Thorough resource for research in the media studies and communication studies fields.

Contains fundamental financial, statistical, and market data of active and inactive U.S. and Canadian public companies, specifically those trading in the NYSE, ASE, NASDAQ, OTC, Toronto Stock Exchange, Quebec Stock Exchange, and Montreal Stock Exchange. The database also provides industry composites, aggregates, and indexes, including six S&P indexes. Available only in the Business School.

Provides access to academic and professional publications on computer theory and systems, new technologies, engineering disciplines, and social & professional context of the computing and applied sciences disciplines.

Provides access to current research, theory, and applications in all subdisciplines of computing through critical review of core publications in computing.

Contains entries on theatrical styles, dramatists, performers, directors, theatres, festivals, and technical topics.

The Conference Board is a non-profit business research organization. They conduct research, convene conferences, make forecasts, assess trends, and publish information and analysis about topics related to business.

Authoritative resource on Congress including articles, legislative summaries, statistics and reports.

Index of Congressional hearings, reports, testimony, bills, laws & regulations from the first Congress to the current Congress.

Comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. Designed to support the information needs of patients, and to foster an overall understanding of health-related topics.

Provides primary source documents which shape the region and analysis of the significance of these resources in Middle East policies.

Extensive international coverage of women's issues in 190 countries.

Covers historical, economic, environmental, political, investment, news, statistical and background information on each of the world's countries.

Find information on Congress by topic, policy, laws and voting records.

Provides introductory overview information including background, pro/con statements, chronologies, maps and graphs on international topics.

Provides legislative histories and congressional profiles by integrating major CQ Press reference titles.

In-depth, unbiased coverage of major current topics and policy decisions within the United States. Covering such topics as: social programs, health, social trends, criminal justice, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. Complete summaries, pros and cons, bibliographies and background information are included in each report.

Weekly magazine or legislative news and analysis covering events in the US Congress.

Extensive coverage of data on properties of inorganic and organic substances.  Data presented in tables.  Includes structure searching.

Prepared in co-operation with the Don M. Gottfredson Library of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University Law Library, this database covers crime trends, crime prevention and deterrence, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, police, courts, punishment and sentencing.

Provides citations on statistical & probability research methods used by scholars in their research.

Selections cover ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance, as well as forerunners of the forms and the pioneers of modern concert dance. [System Requirements]

Find profiles of companies, industries and countries. Company profiles include SWOT analysis for the top 1000 companies. Industry profiles include 5 forces analysis (global and US profiles). Country profiles, based on the PESTLE framework, provide analysis of the country's political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental structure.

Contemporary and historical financial numerical database, covering major financial instruments, company fundamentals, equity and fixed income securities and macroeconomic data for 177 countries and 60 markets worldwide. On specific computers in Boatwright Main Library.

Remarkable people in any walk of life who were connected to the British Isles. Covers numerous historical periods.

Includes over a million full-text doctoral dissertations and masters theses from institutions around the world

Streaming access to nearly 2,300 albums from New World, CRI, and other labels of scholarly interest.

More than 30,000 books on history, culture, religion, commerce, education, literature, poetry, music, politics, travel etc. from the Colonial period through the early 19th century.

More than 35,000 books on history, culture, religion, commerce, education, literature, poetry, music, politics, travel etc.

Newspaper articles on history, culture, religion, commerce, education, politics, etc. The database will eventually include more than 1 million pages from newspapers.

Books on history, culture, religion, commerce, education, literature, poetry, music, politics, travel etc. from the first book printed in English through the through the end of the 17th century. Also includes foreign language books published in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and English North America from 1473-1700.

Users can search for individual ebook titles, or perform full-text searches of one or across multiple titles. Limited printing and downloading is available. [iOS users will need Bluefire Reader, and Mac users will need a PDF viewer plugin in Safari & Firefox.]

Contains citations and abstracts for articles, books, and papers on topics in economics such as accounting, capital markets, econometrics, economic forecasting, federal regulations, labor, monetary theory, and more.

Spanish and Portuguese-language periodicals published in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Spain, the United States and elsewhere

Well-indexed collection of scholarly research and information related to all levels and areas of education. Content primarily consists of articles, but also includes some books and annuals.

Indexes more than 1,730 journals, with full text for nearly 830.Broad and current coverage of scholarly research and information related to all levels and areas of education. Content primarily consists of articles, but also includes some books and conference papers.

A comprehensive source, with entries covering all aspects of Islam and the Muslim world, including religious, historical, cultural, social, political, and artistic.

Explores leadership theories and leadership practice through articles, biographical essays, and case studies focused on leaders (and their followers). Articles and sidebars show leadership in action in corporations and state houses, schools, churches, small businesses, and nonprofit organizations.

Presents a cross-cultural approach that emphasizes religion's role within everyday life and as an experience from culture to culture. Over 3,300 entries are included, written by an international team of scholars and contributors.

Includes the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, Britannica Student Encyclopedia, and the Britannica Book of the Year.

Over 165,000 English poems written and published from 600 to 1900.

Over 2,200 English dramas in verse  written and published from the late late 13th to the 19th century.

Delivers a diverse collection of resources including video clips, "how to" books, templates, forms and sample business plans as well as journal articles and the latest scholarly research.

Provides access to environmental journal articles and abstracts, newspapers, magazines, federal and state case law documents, agency regulations, and hazardous materials information and data sheets.

Provides access to environmental science journals and books in agriculture, ecology, energy, natural resources, marine and freshwater science, geography, pollution and waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, and urban planning.  Provides full-text for more than 680 journals and 120 books.

Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, includes both journal articles and documents (research reports, teaching guides, etc.) related to education research and resources.

Subjects covered includes the entire range of the humanities and social sciences, including literary works, art history, drama, and film. Library holdings indicator, linked to catalog, shows whether collections/anthologies indexed are available at UR.

An interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full-text database of newspapers, magazines and journals from ethnic, minority and native presses.

Enhanced comparative statistics analysis tool covering political, demographic and economic statistics.

Based on the European Americana: A Chronological Guide to Works Printed In Europe Relating to the Americas, 1493-1750, co-developed by John Alden and Dennis Landis, Curator of European Books at The John Carter Brown Library.

Includes content from local newspapers, same-day newswires, company reports, and media programs. This is a joint venture between Dow Jones and Reuters business database companies.

Follows the events and trends that affect the computer and telecommunications marketplaces.

Selected non-U.S. media broadcasts, newspapers, news releases and speeches translated into English by the CIA covering the Americas, Caribbean, Europe, Africa, Middle East, Eurasia, Asia and Australia/Oceania. After 1996, the resource World News Connection took over this service.

Information about Foreign firms with substatial investment in American operations wholly or partially owned subsidaries, affilate, or branch.

More than 38,000 articles; 25,000 media items; a world atlas with over 1400 maps; an integrated dictionary with 120,000 entries.

Over 450 scholarly journals covering all major subject areas in humanities, social sciences, sciences, and law.

Over 50 multidisciplinary encyclopedias and dictionaries. New titles added regularly.

The most complete body of work focused on world music, including over 1,200 scholarly essays and hundreds of audio examples.

Reports on trends in the information technology industry, available technologies, and analysis of products on the market, including reception by customers of the products.

A full-text database that focuses on how gender impacts a broad spectrum of subject areas. With archival material dating back to 1970, GenderWatch is a repository of an important historical perspectives.

Indexes journals from the U.S. and Great Britain, covering anthropology, astronomy, biology, computers, earth sciences, medicine and health.

Provides access to more than 2,000 international journals for earth sciences, geography, and ecology.  Includes peer-reviewed titles and trade publications.

Global coverage of art, geography, history, politics, science, sports, technology, and more.

Includes lesson plans, articles about teaching practices, curriculum resources and professional development tools. Searchable by resource type, subject and grade level.

Provides access to journals, government publications, and magazines.  Content includes global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.

Pulling together resources from multiple disciplines and publication arenas, GREENR offers coverage in the areas of sustainability, policy and environmental studies. In addition to background and primary source information, academic and web resources are accessible through this topically-organized database.

Reference coverage for all aspects of the visual arts worldwide from prehistory to the present day. Content expanded from print sources of Grove Art Online and Oxford art reference.

Offers full-texts of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Dictionary of Opera, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, with updates and emendations.

Pronounced "Chimmix," this online portal is based on the 17-volume Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. Covers more than 4,000 species with comprehensive, peer-reviewed essays on evolution, habitat, behavior, taxonomy, and conservation status. Interactive 3-D range maps, more than 11,000 photos, illustrations and maps, and video & audio clips.

Produced by a partnership between the authors and the electronic publishing staff of Columbia University Press.

Latin American arts, and current political, economic, and social issues for the countries of Latin America and Hispanics in the United States. There are some links to full-text in JSTOR and on journal web sites.

Covers the the pre-Civil War through pre-World War I periods in American history, 1857-1912. Excellent source for information on persons, places, and events before, during, and following the Civil War and up to the start of WWI.

Provides access to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines.  Also includes pamphlets, definitions, and more than 130 health reference books.

Provides full text access to nearly 550 scholarly health science journals, focusing especially on nursing and allied health.  Includes the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide providing patient education sheets.

Index to journal articles, dissertations, and reviews of historical literature on world history, from 1450 to the present, exluding the U.S. and Canada, which are included in the American History & Life database.

Archives of Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Atlanta Constitution, Chicago Defender, New York Amsterdam News, Pittsburgh Courier, Atlanta Daily World, and Los Angeles Sentinel

Revised five-volume electronic reference work. Topics range from American Indians, slavery, poverty, race, ethnicity, migration and health to crime and the Confederate States of America are each placed in historical context by a recognized expert in the field.

Access is limited to on-campus and VPN computers. Information about obtaining an individual account may be found here.

Uses Company Capsules or Company Profiles for in-depth company and industry information and financials. Also features links to news, lists, stock quotes, and other products such as Hoover's Industry Snapshots (global industry overviews).

Reviews of books for young people. Includes fiction and non-fiction (all subjects areas). New reviews added each fall and spring.

Sources are both domestic and international in range and scope, with material collected from countries and regions such as Canada, Australia, Europe, and Asia. Subject areas covered include the culinary arts, demographics & statistics, development & investment, food & beverage management, hospitality law, hotel management & administrative practices, leisure & business travel, market trends, technology, and more.

Database includes scholarly sources in the humanities, as well as numerous lesser-known but important specialized magazines. Subjects covered include Archaeology, Area Studies, Art, Classical Studies, Communications, Dance, Film, Folklore, Gender Studies, History, Journalism, Linguistics, Literary & Social Criticism Literature, Music, Performing Arts, Philosophy, Religion and Theology.

Index of journals, books and other published sources within the general humanities, including worldwide content pertaining to literary, scholarly and creative thought.

Research reports contain trends, statistics and analysis on market size, market share of competitors, and industry growth rates. Performance analysis includes emerging industry trends as well as recent production performance and 5-year forecasts.

English language personal narratives, including letters, diaries, memoirs, autobiographies, and oral histories from around the world.

Coverage in the database is international in scope, citing publications published in the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand, and dating as far back as 1981. Subjects covered include administrative law, antitrust legislation, banking, constitutional law, domestic relations, environmental protection, estate planning, food, drug & cosmetic law, international law, labor law, landlord/tenant decisions, malpractice suits, minorities, multinational corporations, negligence, non-profit corporations, occupational health & safety, politics, probate, products liability, public law, real property, securities, tax law, and trade regulation.

Includes these regions: Asia & Pacific, China, East Asia, Latin America, Middle East & Africa, Near East & South Asia & Western Europe. The actual reports are in microfiche format.

Deposited data covers such topics as: consumer behavior, the environment, social behavior, political behavior, government, conflict/war, education, healthcare, etc. To download files, you will need to create a "new user" account.  The University of Richmond is an ICPSR member, so all datasets are fully available to UR students, faculty and staff.

Coverage includes: European art from late antiquity to the present, American art from the colonial era to the present, and global art since 1945; Visual arts in all media, museum studies and conservation, archaeology, folk art and material culture, classical studies, antiques, architectural history. IBA includes international coverage of at least 500 core journals, plus detailed coverage of monographs, essay collections, conference proceedings and exhibition catalogues. For earlier access to the literature included in IBA, Getty provides access to the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) and to the Répertoire de la litterature de l'art (RILA) for no charge on its web site. The databases, searchable together, cover material published between 1975 and 2007.

Main subject areas: anthropology, economics, politics and sociology plus related subjects which reflect the interdisciplinary nature of the social sciences.

Covers the full spectrum of dance, with cultural and national overviews, entries on dance forms, music and costumes, performances, and biographies of dancers and choreographers.

8-volume encyclopedia providing an international perspective on topics in education. Also includes articles on education systems in a variety of countries.

Excellent place to begin research in sociology, political science, economics, anthropology, psychology, gender studies, and related areas.

Country level data includes bank balances, financial flows, indebtedness, exchange rates, trade volumes, employment, interest rates, inflation rates, and more. World data is available for similar topics, as well as commodity prices for major internationally traded goods. Flexible interface allows choice of countries, data items, and years of coverage. Data can be output as Excel, html, delimited text files or as a PDF version of the table from the monthly publication.

Indexes over 400 scholarly and popular music journals, many with access to full-text.

Indexes over 260 scholarly and popular performing arts journals, many with access to full-text.

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Archive of public opinion polls from the last 65 years covering such topics as: economics, education, elections, environment, foreign countries, health, immigration, politics, political figures, welfare, etc.

Arranged by country, this resource includes country profiles; macroeconomic statistics, forecasts, and analysis; reports on financial markets, companies, and industries; exchange rates; analyst reports; and business news.

Online bibliography to the study of the European Middle Ages and Renaissance periods from 400-1700. Records in the database are drawn from the Renaissance Society of America, the University of Toronto Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, and the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Arizona State University.

Over 155,000 articles from the complete Britannica International Encyclopedia and 8,500 images, illustrations and maps.

Streaming access to over 19,000 jazz tracks from the 1920s to the present.

Historical surveys of  field's most important figures, schools, and movements. Also treats figures who did not explicitly deal with, but who still deeply affected, literature, literary theory, or literary criticism, as well as figures and kinds of inquiry from other fields that have been shaped by or have themselves shaped literary theory (e.g. Marx).

Includes number of articles published in the journal for a given year, number of citations to that journal from articles published during that year; and the impact factor calculated from the year. Uses citation data drawn from scholarly and technical journals worldwide. Provides indicators for how frequently current researchers are using individual journals; information on highest impact journal in a field, most frequently cited journal, or largest journal within in a field.

Interdisciplinary journal archive of titles in the arts, botany, business, ecology, general science, history, mathematics, and the social sciences. Many journal runs go back to the 19th century and before with subject coverage going back to the medieval period and up to within 3-5 years of current (depending on journal title). Coverage is constantly expanding with the addition of more scholarly journals to the collection.  Moving wall publishes to within 3-5 years of most titles that are still in publication.

Based on the best selling business etiquette book of the same name, providing up to date and pertinent content for over 60 countries.

Citations are in English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish. Updates are published annually – 2009 will be added Sept. 2011; interim records added are included in search.

Current issues, legal studies, scholarly arguments, and trends of the legal world.

Online access to current and back issues of major newspapers, journals, newsletters, and news sources from around the world.  Full-text of legal materials (court cases, legislation, statutes, regulations, law reviews, and more). Congressional information back to 1789.

Index to over 600 periodicals providing coverage on all aspects of librarianship, information retrieval and information management.

American and Canadian book publishing industry. Information on publishers, agents, awards, etc.

Biographical sketches of over 130,000 authors and critical articles on over 2,000 authors from all times and places, and on their works. Includes essays from reference works, journals, and books. Content covers numerous centuries, mainly 20th and some 19th.

Includes the following directories: Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in American Women, Who's Who in Finance and Industry, Who's Who in American Law, Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare, Who's Who in Science and Engineering

Provides access to citations, abstracts, and reviews for much of the mathematical sciences literature.   100,000+ items are added annually and classified by the Mathematics Subject Classification.  40,000+ reviews are added each year.  Citation data is also provided.

Over 600 HD films, including concerts, operas, ballets, documentaries, master classes, and rehearsals. Also offers over 80 live broadcasts a year from leading concert halls and classical music festivals.

Medical research and investigatory journals from renowned Latin American and Spanish publishers. Includes 130 peer-reviewed medical journals in Spanish.

Provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree, tree hierarchy, subheadings and explosion capabilities to search citations from over 4,800 current biomedical journals. Also encompasses those areas of the life sciences, behavioral sciences, chemical sciences, and bioengineering needed by health professionals and others engaged in basic research and clinical care, public health, health policy development, or related educational activities. Covers life sciences vital to biomedical practitioners, researchers, and educators, including aspects of biology, environmental science, marine biology, plant and animal science as well as biophysics and chemistry.

Comprehensive coverage is provided for all companies that are actively traded on the NYSE, AMEX, and NASDAQ, with enhanced product-level detail for 3,700 companies in the Healthcare, Technology, Media, and Finance sectors. [more information and basic help]

Provides comprehensive company research, including financial statement data (current and historical), annual reports, company histories, subsidiaries, joint ventures, and more. [more information]

Provides electronic access to all Moody's/Mergent manuals ever published. Includes data and reports on over 15,000 U.S. companies.

Records consist of market size, market share and segmentation data, along with supporting trend forecasts.

Mintel offers a series of research reports covering the US and European marketplace. Each market research report combines data & analysis of the competitive landscape, market-share analysis and consumer profiles. Complex demographic issues are broken into easy-to-understand sections, explaining consumer behavior and demonstrating the structure of the market.

Literature, language, and folklore from all regions of the world from the late Middle Ages to the present. Covers books, articles, and dissertations. Best place to start for language and literature research.

Incorporates content from American Song, Classical Music Library, Contemporary World Music, Jazz Music Library, and Smithsonian Global Sound.

NBER Working Papers have not undergone the review accorded official NBER publications; in particular, they have not been submitted for approval by the Board of directors. They are intended to make results of NBER research available to other economists in preliminary form to encourage discussion and suggestions for revision before final publication.

Provides in-depth analysis of US politics, government policy, the economy & campaigns. This service includes The Hotline, NJDaily, the Almanac of American Politics and polls of the public and political insiders.

Some 3.5 million pages are included with illustrations and graphics. Additional years will be added as they are digitized.

National & international newspapers, television & radio news transcripts

The standard used by Federal statistical agencies in classifying business establishments for the purpose of collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data related to the U.S. business economy.

Diaries and correspondence represent are all age groups and life stages, all ethnicities, many geographical regions and the famous and the not so famous.

Provides all of the research created by OECD on economics, development, environment and governance, including books, reports, statistics and databases.

Contains everything (all the indexing, abstracting, and full text) that is in  Education, General Science,  Humanities, Readers' Guide, Social Sciences, and Wilson Business databases. Also has indexing and some full text for Applied Science & Technology,  Art,  Biological & Agricultural Index Plus, Index to Legal Periodicals, and  Library Literature & Information Science databases.

174 videos of opera performances, nearly 500 hours in total. Videos can also be streamed to iPhone and Android devices.

Entries on authors include all relevant aspects of topic, including ancient texts, translations, and transmission. Citations can be saved or exported.

Provides thorough overviews of specialized topics within the field of criminology, complete with links and annotations to key literature.

Includes playwrights, plays, actors, directors, producers, songwriters, famous playhouses, dramatic movements, and much more.

Guide to Shakespeare's plays and poems, and their interpretation around the world over the last four centuries.

Offers information on musicals, performers, composers, lyricists, producers, choreographers, and much more

Offers wide coverage of dancers, choreographers, teachers, composers, technical terms, major works, important films, and organizations involved in the dance world.

Encompases the diverse historical and contemporary experiences in the United States of Latinos and Latinas from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Central America, South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.

Contains articles on world events; countries; organizations; regions; ethnic groups; and themes such as social history, demography, family life, politics, economics, religion, thought, education, science and technology, and culture. Offers coverage of standard geographic and ethnic units in the modern period.

Covers dance, opera, radio, film, television, and popular performance, including carnivals, circus, and public executions.

Over 650 biographies of influential women and over 600 topical articles covering topics such as geography and history, culture and society, organizations, movements, and gender studies are provided.

Comprehensive etymological dictionary of the English language; searchable by date, source, meaning, part of speech, cited author or work, etc.

Surveys the interdisciplinary field Peace Studies, including historical, political, theoretical and philosophical issues relating to peace and conflict. Includes entries on major figures, events, organizations, and theories.

Unabridged bilingual dictionaries for French, German, Spanish, Italian, and Russian, with contextualized language reference help.

Includes over 120 reference books covering art, the sciences, literature, history, law, the performing arts, religion, computing, economics and business, general reference, and much more.

In addition to major recent titles, the list also includes classic works of enduring influence.

Focused on political, social & public policy research published in scholarly articles, government documents, conference proceedings and books.

Resource that indexes every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received by The British Library Document Supply Centre.

Provides users with historical statistics and forecasts, analysis of consumers' lifestyles, information sources, brand and company information, plus full-text market analysis. Users are required to read and accept the Terms and Conditions in order to access this resource.

Versions of rare books, manuscripts, drawings, newspapers, and reports of buildings and people from 18th century and early 19th century Williamsburg, Virginia. Contains the complete run of the colonial newspaper, The Virginia Gazette, to 1870. [tips for users]

Contains bibliographic information from works concerning patristic and monastic thought as well as philological and theological learning, humanistic and ecclesiastical thinking.

Contains more than 160 volumes of Greek material (with Latin translations) relevant to the study of the history of the Christian Church from its beginnings through the Council of Florence in 1439.

Features author-written abstracts covering scholarly research published in journals and books, including contributions to anthologies and book reviews.

Index to plays published in collections or periodicals.  Searchable by genre, characteristics, cast, and subject, in addition to author and title.

A collection of over 90 scholarly journals, series, conference proceedings, and other titles in philosophy, religious studies, and related disciplines. Coverage for most titles is complete, from volume 1 to the present, with over 80,000 total articles, reviews and other documents available.

Analysis includes likely developments over the next 18 months and the next five years.

Includes information on political behavior, international relations, law, public administration and public policy from scholarly journals and some government & NGO reports.

Major resource for scholarly research relating to political theory, political behavior, public policy, law, international relations, comparative politics and non-governmental organizations.

Public opinion data from the US and 80 other countries on social issues, political controversies, international relations, politicians, religion, sports, business, etc.

Citation index of worldwide conference proceedings. Covers every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received by The British Library Document Supply Centre. Contains in each record a list of the papers presented at each conference.

Coverage of journal articles in the fields of literature and criticism, history, visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, and economics.

Contains 2,754 scholarly books, 41,396 chapters, and all 1,500 entries from the Encyclopedia of Psychology.

The majority of full-text titles in this database are available in native (searchable) PDF, or scanned-in-color. Full text information in this database dates as far back as 1965.

International index to journal articles, book chapters and books, dissertations and technical reports related to all areas of psychology and related disciplines.

Use to find video clips for presentations and other projects. Includes several of Ken Burns' series, American Experience, Scientific American Frontiers, and many others.

Find in-depth company profiles on 3 million international companies, including key executives and detailed financial information. Great for research on large companies and their foreign parents and subsidiaries.

Comprehensive coverage of more than 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

Extensive coverage of topics including world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy, and the history of philosophy.

Includes a wide variety of journal literature, including Christian, Jewish, and other World religions. English language abstracts of articles are provided in Hebrew, Afrikaans, and major European languages.

A starting point for research on education topics, each entry includes an overview, keyword list, and suggested reading. In addition to original overview articles, this database also includes selected articles from academic journals.

Helps students to grasp the broad outlines of a subject, realize its real world applications, critically engage it, and locate sources for advanced research. Articles average 3,000 words, providing concise yet more in-depth content than most textbook or encyclopedia entries.

The Richmond Daily Dispatch is the result of a National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and collaboration between the University of Richmond, Tufts University's Perseus Project, and the Virginia Center for Digital History. There are currently 1384 issues of the paper available online.

Special attention is given to Virginia's tobacco and agriculture industries, as well as numerous large companies such as the CSX Corporation, Bank of Virginia and James River Corporation. Richmond's employment base extends from chemical, food and tobacco manufacturing to biotechnology, semiconductors and high-tech fibers.

Coverage includes journal articles, dissertations, book chapters, and conference proceedings.

Includes a wide breadth of subject matter, including Anglo-American, ethical and political, cross-cultural, interdisciplinary, continental and contemporary philosophy. Great place to find explanations of a philosopher or philosophical school.

An electronic library of books published by O'Reilly, Pearson, and other IT and business publishers on computer science, information technology, emerging trends, and related fields.

Guide to literary criticism, story plots, characters, and interpretation.

Covers all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine.

Map information includes data such as the outline of each building, the size, shape and construction materials, heights, and function of structures, location of windows and doors. The maps also give street names, street and sidewalk widths, property boundaries, building use, and house and block numbers.

Data from over 3,700 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals across 100 disciplines, including agricultural, biological, and environmental sciences, engineering, technology, applied science, medical and life sciences, and physical and chemical sciences.  Provides "cited reference searching" to locate articles citing an earlier publication -- allowing you to navigate forward in time from a key article.

The electronic version of Chemical Abstracts, SciFinder Scholar allows structure, substance, and patent searching as well as citation searching in chemistry, the biomedical sciences, physics, engineering, materials science, and agricultural science.  Includes Medline. [First Time Users]

Each entry averages 15-20 pages in length and includes a concise essay, hyperlinks for cross-referencing, a citation, and biographical information that places the author's work in personal and historical context.

Criticism taken from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers and scholarly journals. Easy to reformat content for viewing and printing.

Subject access includes theme, locale, narrative technique or device (such as surprise endings, dialect stories, parodies, story-within-a-story) and genre. Also includes stories from over 150 of the periodicals indexed by Readers' Guide and Humanities Index. Library holdings indicator, linked to catalog, shows whether collections/anthologies indexed are available at UR.

A web-based mapping application that lets users quickly create professional-quality thematic maps and reports using demographic, business, and marketing data for the United States. Requires each user to create a personal workspace in order to use this resource.

Comprehensive citation index to peer reviewed scholarly journals in 50 social sciences disciplines. Excellent coverage of articles' cited references and times cited.

Covers a variety of social sciences including: Anthropology, Criminal Justice, Criminology, Economics, Environmental Studies, Ethics, Family Studies, Gender Studies, Geography, Gerontology, International Relations, Minority Studies, Policy Sciences, Political Science, Psychology, Public Welfare, Social Work, and Sociology.

Repository of working papers and submitted abstracts intended for early distribution of research results in social science disciplines. Most of the full-text papers can be downloaded for free. Those with $ signs should be checked for availability in Journal Locator.

International index of journal articles, dissertations, books, book chapters and conference papers on sociology and related topics in social and behavioral sciences.

Enciclopedia Universal en Español for adults and Enciclopedia Juvenil for ages 6-12. More than 145,00 articles and 10,500 images.

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Provides a continuously updated resource featuring market research and industry news covering all facets of the industry: sports equipment sales, sports participation, sports broadcasting, sport

International resource for physical and chemical data based on Landolt-Börnstein (New Series).  Contains data on more than 165,000 substances and 3,000 properties.  Also includes literature citations and documents on chemical safety.

Includes Stock Reports, Industry Surveys, Corporation Records, Poor's Register, the Outlook Newsletter and the Stock and Bond Guides.

Search results in SRDS give you a brief description of the publication, circulation figures, rates for advertising in the publication and contact information. Results will also list any regularly scheduled special issues. Results can be printed or copied into a Word document. The service does not provide an easy way to download data for comparison, however.

Provides overviews of country information, chronologies of various world events and information on intergovernmental organizations. Archives of previous years are in pdf format.

Comprehensive, easy to use resource of 14 billion datapoints covering a multitude of topics such as: finance, population, health, crime, key economic indicators, and more. Includes EASI Market Planner, China Data Center, and IMF datasets. Requires Java Virtual Machine software (available for free).

Index to statistical publications and tables from US & state governments, intergovernmental organizations, institutes and universities. Includes the full-text of some US statistical resources.

In-depth, current reports on a variety of sustainability topics, useful either as starting points for research or for keeping up with the latest developments in the field. Executive summaries are followed by brief sections specific to the individual topics, and extensive reference lists are provided.

Streaming access to more than 250 performances of the world's leading plays plus over 100 film documentaries, online in streaming video.

Designed as a searchable linguistic database, not a browsable library. Each user needs to select a username and password of their choice to access this resource. When setting up a brand new account, a second screen will ask for some further information. After that initial set up, a user need only enter their username and password.

Useful for choosing and evaluating supplier opportunities. Full product on a computer in Boatwright Main Library.

Complete archive in facsimile of the original newspaper covering general news, culture, fine arts, politics, history, and more.

Searchable by: book author, review author, book title, subject, date, issue; full text is not searchable. Subject search terms are drawn largely from the printed TLS cumulative indexes. Prior to 1974, the book reviews were published anonymously. This electronic version supplies contributor names.

Book length studies of nearly 600 authors feature a chronology, a biography, a comprehensive critical analysis, and an annotated bibliography. Comprises the contents of Twayne's Unites States Authors, Twayne's English Authors, and Twayne's World Authors.

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Directory information includes a notation as to journal type.  This is an excellent resource to use to find out if a journal is scholarly and/or peer-reviewed.

Evaluates and ranks the most investable stocks individually and by industry as well as provides investment advice on the New York Stock Exchange.

French language publications covering topics such as accounting & tax, administration, industry & manufacturing, marketing, logistics, technology and others.

Manuscripts and archives in Virginia dealing with African-American history, the Civil War, individuals in local cities, towns, and counties, and government and politics. Database includes partial archival collections from the University of Virginia, the Library of Virginia, College of William and Mary, Virginia Tech., Virginia State University, Old Dominion University, James Madison University Virginia Military Institute, and the Virginia Historical Society.

Hard copy back files are shelved with periodicals. Password required - contact the Main Service Desk.

Contains information about individual companies with the ability generate lists of companies, such as all companies within an industry in a specific state. Data includes sales, number of employees, chief officers and industry codes.

Comprehensive citation and keyword database with multidisciplinary coverage of journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities, as well as international proceedings coverage. The database covers approximately 160 disciplines ranging from Agriculture to Zoology. Includes Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index and Science Citation Index Expanded.

Includes more than 100,000 current and archival biographical entries of individuals from the UK and other countries back to 1897.

Included are many rare and fragile manuscripts containing eyewitness accounts and court records of the trials of witches, in both original manuscript and in print. Numerous dissertations and limited printed works examining theological, legal, social implications of witchcraft are reproduced in their entirety. The majority of texts are in Latin, English and German, although there are also selected items in French, Italian, Portuguese, Danish, Dutch and Spanish.

More than 48,000 pages pertaining to women and social movements, in addition to dictionaries, chronologies, and teaching tools. Includes the Women's Commission reports collection, an archive of the publications and documents of local, state, and federal Commissions on the Status of Women from 1963 to the present.

Feminist research in the areas of sociology, history, political science & economy, public policy, international relations, arts & humanities, business and education.

Includes Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia, The World Almanac and Book of Facts, The World Almanac of the U.S.A., The World Almanac of U.S. Politics, and The World Almanac for Kids.

A portal to over 4,500 World Bank documents on international and country-specific economic, development, and environmental issues. The collection consists of over 1,800 World Bank publications and over 2,700 Policy Research Working Papers.

Provides more than 550 times series covering demographic, social, economic, financial, natural resources and environmental topics for more than 200 countries and 18 country groups. There are several ways of displaying the data: index, percentage change, and graphs, and can export the result in standard formats.

Features up-to-date analysis on global economic conditions, including a daily brief and event-driven focus reports, direct access to high-frequency datasets via Quick Query, forecasts for commodity prices and main macroeconomic indicators for over 130 countries.

Provides more than 550 times series covering demographic, social, economic, financial, natural resources and environmental topics for more than 200 countries and 18 country groups. There are several ways of displaying the data: index, percentage change, and graphs, and can export the result in standard formats.

Provides in-depth coverage of non-US media broadcasts over a wide variety of current events, from 1995 to present. Only one user permitted at a time.

Includes academic journals, news, primary source documents, maps, statistics, audio and video on many subjects, including politics, economics, history, culture, international affairs, science, and technology.

Continuously updated biographical information on the world's most eminent figures.

Comprehensive catalog of libraries from around the world. Contains all the records cataloged by OCLC member libraries.  Information is included on library holdings and where items are located, included if UR owns the item. Catalog entries include information on books, films and slides, manuscripts, musical scores, digital media, and other formats.

This resource is the world's leading taxonomic reference and the unofficial registry of animal names. It also contains "cited by" links.