Library Databases by Name
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Academic Search Complete
A multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals.
Academic Videos Online, (Proquest):
Makes video materials available with curricular relevance: documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs and newsreels, and more.
Advanced Technologies & Aerospace
Provides coverage of advanced technology literature, with full-text access. It features over 2,250 full-text titles that date back to 1962.
AGRICOLA
Citations of journal articles, monographs, theses, patents, software, audiovisual materials, and technical reports related to agriculture from 1970 to the present. Some links to full text.
Agricultural & Environmental Science
Provides resources available in environmental science and related fields. Much of the content is full-text.
AHFS Consumer Medication Information
Description: A trusted source & recognized standard for patient drug information, available in both English & Spanish. Updated monthly.
Alt Health Watch
Alternative medicine pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research, book excerpts, and full-text articles from nearly 180 international journals.
American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 1
Presents an over of 500 titles from 1691 through 1820. Representing over two centuries of print culture from early colonial imports to titles published on American soil during the Revolution and early republic, Series 1 is first of the five series created from periodical holdings from one of the premier repositories in the United States, the American Antiquarian Society. The entire AAS collection features over 7500 titles from the seventeenth through the late nineteenth century.
American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 2
Presents over 1000 titles dating from 1821 through 1837. The series two is second of the five series created from serials holdings belonging to the American Antiquarian Society and featuring about 6500 titles from the seventeenth through the late nineteenth century. The subject matter covers the Jacksonian Democracy era & includes agriculture, entertainment, history, literary criticism, and politics.
American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 3
Presents over 1,800 titles dating from 1838 through 1852. Series 3 of the American Antiquarian Society present a rapidly growing young nation, where industrialization, the railroads, regional political differences, and life on the western frontier were daily realities.
American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 4
Presents over 1,100 titles dating from 1853 through 1865. Series 4 of the American Antiquarian Society focuses on the Civil War. There is also a diverse record of the continuance of daily life for many Americans—both leading up to & during the war.
American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 5
Presents over 2,500 titles dating from 1866 through 1877. Series 5 of the American Antiquarian Society, presents a nation that persevered through a most difficult set of circumstances: a bloody civil war; the incorporation of the recently-freed African Americans into American life; & a population that rapidly expanded into the Western territories.
American Chemical Society Journals
Search journals in chemical & related sciences, published by the American Chemical Society.
American Religion Data Archive
Data sets from surveys and polls. Includes religious profiles for countries and states, denomination statistics, international reports.
American Theological Library Association (ATLA) Historical Monographs Collection: Series 1
Presents more than 15,000 titles from 13th Century through the 1893 World Parliament of Religions. The collection includes many volumes in Aramaic, Arabic, Greek, Hebrew & other languages besides English, documenting the recovery of languages used during the biblical era and provides an in-depth view of the way that interest in, and knowledge of, biblical languages emerged during the nineteenth century.
American Theological Library Association (ATLA) Historical Monographs Collection: Series 2
Consists of nearly 15,000 titles published from 1894 through 1923. It presents a comprehensive picture of religion in America at the turn of the century.
APA PsycArticles
Updated bi-weekly, this database connects to the latest articles in psychological findings. Provides access to 119 journals and journal coverage dating back to 1894.
ATLA Religion
ATLA Religion Database® with ATLASerials® (ATLAS®)
The premier index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion with ATLA’s online collection of major religion and theology journals. In ATLASerials, full text is provided for more than 380,000 electronic articles & book reviews.
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Background Notes (U.S. Department of State)
Country Fact Sheets and Background Notes, including status of U.S. relations, travel and business information, human rights reports, foreign assistance dashboard, trade statistics.
Behavioral & Mental Health Online
Provides a comprehensive, & diverse collection of video & text for anyone studying or teaching in the area of mental health.
Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North America
A bibliographic database covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life. BNNA contains more than 141,000 citations from books, essays, journal articles, & government documents of the United States and Canada. Content range from the sixteenth century to the present.
Biological Science
Provides comprehensive coverage of biological science fields & includes access to MEDLINE®, bringing ProQuest’s search functionality & ability to cross-search with over 30 subject-specialized abstract & citation databases.
BioOne Complete
Scholarly journals in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences.
Blue Letter Bible
This website has over 680,000 pages of Bible study content, including Concordances, the Hebrew-Greek Lexicon, some Spanish language resources, and reading plans.
Book Review Digest Plus
An essential library tool that brings together book reviews on a wide range of topics, from a variety of sources. Essential for readers’ advisory and collection development.
Business Abstracts with Full Text
A comprehensive database containing the full text of articles from more than 510 publications dating back to 1995 up to the present.
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Reference Center
Cover-to-cover indexing for journals, monographs, magazines and trade publications. It features BC/DR-focused articles, selected from hundreds of leading trade & industry publications.
Business Entrepreneurship (Gale)
A comprehensive database that covers all aspects of starting and operating a business, including accounting, finance, human resources, management, marketing, tax, and more.
Business Insights Global (Gale)
A platform that offers opportunities to explore & interpret international business topics.
Business Source Complete
Offers a peer-reviewed, full-text journals & other resources that provide historical information and current trends in business.
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Catholic Encyclopedia
Information on Catholic Church doctrine & actions, produced by a laymen. Includes links to select Church documents.
Chicago Manual of Style
This database provides recommendations on editorial style & publishing practices for the digital age. Now offering the full contents of the 16th and 15th editions.
Chilton Library
Provides step-by-step service and repair procedures, wiring diagrams, maintenance and specification tables, troubleshooting guides and diagnostic trouble codes, photos, illustrations, diagrams and multimedia (videos and animations) and ASE test prep.
CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online)
The Columbia University Press international affairs collection of working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs.
CINAHL Complete
A comprehensive database offering access to 717 active full-text journals spanning various disciplines in nursing and allied health, along with evidence-based care sheets, quick lessons, and more.
Communication Source
An search experience for scholars & students in Communication and related disciplines. Indexing and abstracting is included for more than 1000 Core titles.
Computer Source
Nearly 300 full-text journals and magazines related to computers, electronics, cybernetics, programming, artificial intelligence, software, etc.
Consumer Health Complete
This resource provides content covering all key areas of health and wellness, from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary and holistic medicine.
Consumer Health Database
Covers a range of subjects in the public library context. – from sports injuries to women’s health.
Coronavirus Research Database
This database curates openly available content related to coronaviruses. It includes thousands of open-access articles from the world’s leading publishers as well as current research from pre-print repositories such as arXiv and will continue to grow and evolve as more is learned about the pandemic.
CQ Researcher
Single-themed reports on current issue topics. Each 12,000-word report is researched & written by a seasoned journalist & includes bibliographies of key sources.
Credo Reference
Gather background information on your topic from hundreds of full-text general and subject-specific reference titles, as well as 500,000+ images and audio files and over 1,000 videos.
Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text
Contains more than 400,000 records selected from the most important sources within the discipline of Criminal Justice.
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Dallas Morning News: The Historical Archives
Search or Browse the Dallas Morning News from 10-01-1885 thru 12-31-1984.
Directory of Open Access Books
A directory of more than 1400 academic, peer-reviewed books from 49 publishers.
Directory of Open Access Journals
A directory of quality scientific and scholarly full-text journals, many of which provide free access to full text articles.
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Earth, Atomospheric & Aquatic Science
This is a resource of curated A&I combined with full-text content from scholarly journals, trade journals, conference proceedings, and other sources.
Ebook Central
Provides authoritative, full-text e-books in a wide range of subject areas.
Ebook Collection (EBSCOhost)
Description: Electronic versions of reference, professional and scholarly books (e-books) in a wide variety of subjects.
EBSCO ebook Academic Collection
This package contains a large selection of eBook titles representing a broad range of academic subject matter.
Educational Administration Abstracts
This research database includes bibliographic records covering areas related to educational administration.
Encyclopedia of Social Work
Over 400 subject entries & 200 biographies of key figures in the history of social work.
ERIC
A large source of published and unpublished education information, supported by the U.S. Department of Education.
Essay and General Literature Index
A unique reference database that cites records contained in collections of essays and miscellaneous works published in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada.
European Views of the Americas from 1493-1750
A guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750.
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Family Studies Abstracts
This database includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to family studies.
Federal Register Online
The official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as presidential documents.
Fuente Academica
Scholarly academic journals from renowned Latin American & Spanish publishers. Content in Spanish.
Funk & Wagnall’s Encyclopedia
More than 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
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Gale Academic OneFile
Provides millions of articles from over 17,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sources.
Gale Ebooks
A database of encyclopedias and reference sources within the Gale eBooks platform.
Gale Educator’s Reference Complete
This collection is a great resource for any educator, including those studying in the field at the collegiate & graduate level.
Gale in Context: Biography
For those seeking contextual information on the world’s most influential people.
Gale in Context: College
Offers content that reinforces the development of skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, communication, collaboration, creativity, and innovation.
Gale in Context: Environmental Studies
Explore topics and events within Earth systems, global change, pollution, populations, and more.
Gale in Context: High School
Offers content that supports national and state high school curriculum standards & reinforces the development of skills.
Gale in Context: Science
An resource that provides information on hundreds of today’s most significant science topics.
Gale Legal Forms
Offers legal forms that are state-specific. Useful for filing patents and trademarks, developing leases, creating bills of sale, delegating power of attorney, and more.
Gale Literature: LitFinder
Provides access to a wealth of literary works and secondary-source materials covering world literature and authors throughout history.
Gale Literature Resource Center
Researchers can find up-to-date analysis, biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism, and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines.
Gale OneFile: Health & Medicine
Up-to-date information on the complete range of health care topics. With more than 2,500 embargo-free, full-text periodicals, reference books, pamphlets,
Gale OneFile: News
Provides access to more than 2,300 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers.
Gale OneFile: Nursing & Allied Health
Provides access to full-text titles cited in CINAHL supporting specialized care, treatment, and patient management.
Gale OneFile: Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine
Provides access to academic journals and magazines covering the fields of physical therapy, physical fitness, and sports medicine.
Gale OneFile: Psychology
Provides access to content supporting research in all fields of psychology.
GeoRef
Provides access to comprehensive geoscience literature. Master’s theses & doctoral dissertations from US & Canadian universities are also covered.
Govinfo.gov
Provides free online access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government.
Great Plains Regional Herbarium Network
This collection brings together information from herbaria in North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas.
GreenFILE Index
A research database covering all aspects of human impact to the environment.
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Handbook of Texas Online
An encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture, sponsored by the Texas State Historical Association.
HathiTrust
A collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world.
HCI (Human Computer Interaction) Bibliography
A volunteer-run index of Human Computer Interaction related websites.
Health Research Premium Collection
A broad collection of journals, evidence-based resources, and full-text dissertations, & includes the top ProQuest health and medical databases.
Health Source: Consumer Edition
Consumer health information on topics. Full text for nearly 150 journals.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic
Nearly 550 scholarly full-text journals focusing on many medical disciplines.
HeinOnline
A complete collection of decisions and official case law from the United States’ important government institutions.
HeritageQuest Online
A treasury of American genealogical sources—rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, and finding aids.
Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center
This database includes a collection of core articles covering over 140 topics.
Home Improvement Reference Center
Step-by-step instructions for thousands of projects in the areas of plumbing, outdoor, woodworking, electrical, and decorating.
Humanities Full Text
Journals in the humanities with the full text of articles from over 300 periodicals dating back to 1995, and high-quality indexing for almost 700 journals.
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Information Science & Technology Abstracts
Indexes journal articles, books, research reports, conference proceedings and patents in the area of information science.
Informe’ Academico
Meets the research needs of Spanish-speaking users with a wide range of full-text Spanish- and Portuguese-language scholarly journals and magazines.
IMSLP: The International Music Score Library Project
The ultimate goal of gathering all public domain music scores, in addition to the music scores of all contemporary composers.
Issues & Controversies
In-depth articles on more than 800 hot topics in business, politics, government, education, and popular culture.
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Jewish Encyclopedia
The complete contents of the 12-volume Jewish Encyclopedia, which was originally published between 1901-1906.
Job & Career Accelerator
An online, job search system.
JSTOR
Full-text archive of scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
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Learning Express Library Plus
Practice tests, exercises, skill-building courses, eBooks, and information for a job search, graduate school admission, or professional certification and licensing.
Legal Collection
Full text for nearly 250 of the most respected, scholarly law journals.
Legal Information Reference Center
Providing exclusive online full text for many of the top consumer legal reference books.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
An index of more than 600 publications including books, research reports and proceedings, on the subjects of librarianship.
Life Magazine Archive, 1936-2000
An extensive collection of the famed photojournalism magazine, spanning its very first issue in November 1936 through December 2000 in a comprehensive cover-to-cover format.
Literary Reference Center
A rich full-text literary database covering all genres and time periods.
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MasterFILE Complete
Offers a large collection of popular full-text magazines & reference books, providing full text periodicals covering an extensive range of subject areas.
Materials Science & Engineering
An interdisciplinary resource combining full-text sources and expert indexing of global literature. Featuring content from 1962 to present.
MedicLatina
Description: Spanish language medical research and investigative journals published by renowned Latin American medical publishers. Full text for nearly 100 peer-reviewed medical journals in native Spanish.
MEDLINE with Mesh (via EBSCO)
Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree, tree hierarchy, subheadings and explosion capabilities.
Merck Manuals
A comprehensive medical source covering thousands of topics in all fields of medicine.
MetaLib
A federated search engine that searches multiple U.S. Federal government databases, retrieving reports, articles, and citations.
Military & Government Collections
Current news pertaining to all branches of the military, with full text for nearly 300 periodicals & academic journals.
Military Database
Covers topics across all government and military branches. This resource includes over 700 publications, with more than 500 available in full-text.
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National Geographic Magazine, 1888-2020
With comprehensive, relevant articles, this iconic magazine documents life on our planet and beyond, interpreting the world through the lens of personal story and experience.
Natural & Alternative Treatments
Information on health conditions & illnesses, natural remedies, herbs, vitamins and supplements, drug interactions, alternative therapies, and functional foods.
Natural Science Collection
The Natural Science Collection includes the Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, the Biological Science Database, and the Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science Database. It provides full-text titles from around the world including scholarly journals.
Naxos Music Library
The most comprehensive collection of classical music available online.
Naxos Music Library – Jazz
Offers a mix selection of jazz legends and contemporary jazz. Recordings of over 32,000 artists are represented.
Newspaper Source Plus
Provides a full-text digital collection of the world’s major news content. It includes millions of articles from newspapers, newswires and news magazines.
Newsweek Archive
Digital access to the full run of the US edition of Newsweek, from its launch in 1933 to 2012 (when the print edition originally ceased). *
Nexis Uni
Hundreds of full-text newspapers, periodicals and legal papers from the U.S. and some foreign sources.
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Open Access Digital Theological Library
A virtual library for theology, religious studies, and related disciplines.
Open Access Theses & Dissertations
A resource for finding open access graduate theses and dissertations published around the world.
Open Dissertations
An open-access database to assist in locating both historic & contemporary dissertations & theses, from the early 20th century to the present.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context
This online resource covers today’s hottest social issues. It includes pro/con viewpoints, reference articles, & more.
Oxford Music Online
The full texts of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, The Oxford Companion to Music and The Oxford Dictionary of Music.
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PDR Physician’s Desk Reference
The Physicians’ Desk Reference® suite of services provides healthcare professionals multichannel access to important drug information.
Play Index
Play Index searches over 30,000 plays written from Antiquity to the present and published from 1949 to the present.
Proceedings
Hundreds of papers presented at conferences from a multitude of societies.
Professional Development Collection
A specialized full-text of education journals, including peer-reviewed titles and educational reports.
Project MUSE
The full text of nearly 200 humanities and social sciences journals.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The El Paso Times (1881-2009) and The El Paso Herald Post (1896-1996)*
with subscription coverage 2010 to the present
Includes the complete paper, with full-page and article images in easily downloadable PDF format.
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection
Nearly 2.3 million citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations, & technical reports.
Psychology Database (Proquest)
Provides abstracts and indexing of key psychology journals covering a broad range of psychology disciplines.
PubMED
Citations to biomedical literature, including citations from MEDLINE. Some links to full text in free online journals or publisher websites.
PubMED Central
A free digital database of full-text scientific literature in biomedical and life sciences. developed by the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM)
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Race Relations Abstracts
This resource focuses on the relationship between races. Specific areas covered include ethnic studies, discrimination, and immigration studies.
Referencia Latina
This full-text Spanish-language database offers content from a variety of sources, including reference books, general interest magazines and health reports.
Regional Business News
Full text for 75 business journals, newspapers, and newswires from metropolitan and rural areas around the U.S. Updated daily.
Religion & Philosophy Collection
Full-text database covering world religions and major world philosophies, with more than 300 full-text journals.
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Salud en Espanol
Provides comprehensive evidence-based reports & fact sheets in Spanish on all aspects of consumer health and wellness.
Science & Technology Collection
More than 800 leading full-text journals covering relevant aspects of the scientific and technical community.
Science in Context
An engaging online resource providing contextual information on hundreds of today’s most significant science topics.
SciTech Premium Collection
Includes the Natural Science Collection and the Technology Collection.
Scribner Writers Series
An e-book collection that include American Writers Collection(36 vols); British Writers Collection (26 vols); European Writers Collection (14 vols); World & Genre Writers Collection (25 vols).
Short Story Index
This product’s aim is to index all the important collections and anthologies of short stories that are published each year.
Small Business Reference Center
Small Business Reference Center™ provides up to date information on relevant topics.
Small Engine Repair Reference Center
Contains reference and instructional information about small engine machinery maintenance and repair.
SocINDEX with Full Text
The world’s most comprehensive sociology research database. Containing the full text for more than 860 journals dating back to 1908.
SPORTDiscus with Full Text
A comprehensive source of full text for sports & sports medicine journals.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Organizes scholars from around the world in philosophy and related disciplines to create and maintain an up-to-date reference work.
Sustainability Reference Center
Description: This collection offers coverage of content relevant to many integral areas of sustainability initiative management.
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Teacher Reference Center
Indexing and abstracts from popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines.
TeachingBooks.net
An easy-to-use website that adds a multimedia dimension to the reading experiences of children’s and young adult books.
Technology collection
Includes the Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database, the Materials Science & Engineering Database, and the Military Database.
Texas Reference Center
Full-text journals and books about Texas history, ethnic & cultural diversity, gender studies, literature, public health, business, home & garden and sports & leisure, and biographies of famous historical and contemporary Texans.
Time Magazine Archive, 1923-2000
Presents prominent weekly news magazine dating back to its first issue in March 1923 through December 2000, presented in a comprehensive cover-to-cover format.
TOPICsearch
Use this database to explore current events, social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics.
Twayne’s Authors Series
Contains the full text of frequently-used Twayne Literary Masters books on individual World, US, or English authors.
Twentieth-Century American Poetry
This unparalleled collection includes 50,000 poems drawn from 750 volumes by over 300 poets.
Twentieth-Century English Poetry
A collection of 598 volumes of poetry by 283 poets from 1900 to 2000.
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Very Short Introductions
Offers concise introductions to a diverse range of subject areas. Written by experts in their field
Virtual Religion Index
An index of religion-related web sites.
Vocational & Career Collection
Full text of more than 350 trade and industry-related periodicals.
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War of the Rebellion
A compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate Armies prepared under the direction of the Secretary of War by Bvt. Liet. Col. Robert N. Scott, 3rd U.S. Artillery and published pursuant to Act of Congress, approved, June 16th, 1880.
World Cat
Catalog of books and other materials from libraries around the world.
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