Databases
Available for Limited-Time Free Trial
If you find any of the databases particularly useful
for your work, please contact
librarian Keith Stanger (keith@stanger.com)
or any other EMU librarian.
Until: June 14, 2008
Username: emichu
Password: emichu1
Compendex
Compendex is the most comprehensive bibliographic database of scientific
and technical engineering research available, covering all engineering
disciplines. It includes millions of bibliographic citations and
abstracts from thousands of engineering journals and conference proceedings.
When combined with the Engineering Index Backfile (1884-1969), Compendex
covers well over 120 years of core engineering literature.
Inspec
Inspec includes bibliographic citations and indexed abstracts from
publications in the fields of physics, electrical and electronic engineering,
communications, computer science, control engineering, information technology,
manufacturing and mechanical engineering, operations research, material
science, oceanography, engineering mathematics, nuclear engineering, environmental
science, geophysics, nanotechnology, biomedical technology and biophysics.
Until: May 18, 2008
For each country, resource provides summary information about its
climate, society/culture; business travel and trade; money and banking;
points of interest; health & medical; transportation; technical &
internet; downloadable maps etc. One stop source for all types of travel
related information.
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"Naxos is the world's leading classical music label, with a catalogue
of over 5000 cd's (80,000 individual tracks) with genres including
jazz and world music in addition to the classical core.
In addition to access to the entire catalogue (with licensed labels
being added monthly) and supporting reference materials, we provide
a suite of tools designed to provide librarians and professors with
the ability to make the most of their subscription. Static URL's to
individual tracks allow linking from online learning resources. Playlists
allow professors to create listening homework lists. Set timeouts ensure
that no one abuses the service. And live usage stats allow libraries
to track usage."
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"Nursing Reference Center (NRC) provides a user-friendly
point-of-care resource intended for staff nurses, nurse administrators, nursing
students, nurse faculty, and hospital librarians. It delivers the best available
and most recent clinical evidence and knowledge on conditions and diseases
via a nursing-specific graphical interface.
NRC is accessible from a patient’s bedside, nursing station,
kiosk, office, or home. Clinical care data included in NRC consists of:
- CINAHL Nursing Guide – Over 3,500 evidence-based
lessons on procedures, diseases and conditions, legal cases and drugs.
This includes:
- 2,200+ Care Sheets and Lessons
- 700+ Legal Cases
- 300+ Research Instruments
- 100+ Continuing Education Full Text Documents
- Patient Education – Over 4,000 Health Library
documents available in both English and Spanish.
- Health Nursing News – HealthDay News with daily
FDA, clinical, and drug updates.
Patient care planning and access to detailed drug information is simplified
via embedded HTML copies of F.A. Davis’s Laboratory & Diagnostic
Tests with Nursing Implications, F.A. Davis’s Drug Guide for
Nurses and Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary. "
Until: May 13, 2008
Password: emutrial
Four databases are on trial:
- African American Poetry, 1760-1900
African American Poetry contains nearly 3,000 poems by African
American poets of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It provides
a comprehensive survey of the early history of African American poetry,
from the earliest published African American poems to the works of
Paul Laurence Dunbar, the first African American poet to achieve national
success and recognition.
- English Poetry, Second Edition
English Poetry, Second Edition contains over 183,000 poems, essentially
comprising the complete canon of English poetry of the British Isles and
the British Empire from the 8th century to the early 20th. Drawn from nearly
4,900 printed sources, more than 2,700 poets are represented.
- Twentieth-Century African-American Poetry
Twentieth-Century African American Poetry is an unparalleled collection
of poetry written by the most important and influential African American
poets of the twentieth century. Coverage begins with the key writers
of the early decades (James Weldon Johnson, Georgia Douglas Camp Johnson,
Claude McKay), continues with major figures of the Harlem Renaissance
(Langston Hughes, Jean Toomer, Arna Bontemps and Sterling Brown) and
the Black Arts movement of the 1960s (Imamu Amiri Baraka, Etheridge Knight,
Audre Lorde, Sonia Sanchez), and concludes with a considerable body of
writing of the 1980s and 1990s, including major figures such as Ai, Rita
Dove and Yusef Komunyakaa alongside young writers who have gained recognition
through national poetry awards or inclusion within leading print anthologies.
- Twentieth-Century American Poetry
A comprehensive collection of copyrighted, American, twentieth-century
poetry, this database covers more than 316 of the most important
and studied poets and includes over 52,000 works.The database includes
the works of most major twentieth-century American poets, beginning with
the traditionalists; continuing through the modernists, represented by
such poets as Wallace Stevens; and moving on to the contemporary works
of the 1990s.
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xreferplus features over 250 full-text reference
titles with
over 3 million entries from 55 highly-respected publishers integrated
in
a robust search engine with many unique interactive features.
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NOTE: When you first login, you have to scroll down to the bottom of the
page and accept the license agreement.
Campus Research is an easy-to-use online research service that provides
college and university students with access to a comprehensive collection
of news and business information and law-related resources.
News and Business Content
- Newspapers. Includes current and archival newspapers
like The New York Times, USA Today, Atlanta
Journal and Constitution, Boston Globe, Financial
Times, and hundreds more!
- Magazines. Provides current and archival issues of sought-after
sources like Newsweek, the Economist, Consumer Reports, Kiplinger’s
Personal Finance, Spectator, Publishers Weekly,
and Business Week.
- Trade Journals. Offers current and archival issues for
virtually any discipline. Includes titles like U.S. Banker, Securities
Industries News, Accountancy Age, Advertising Age, PR
Week, Modern Physician, and many more.
- Company Information. Provides SEC filings and Hoover’s
company records, including profiles for thousands of private and public
U.S. corporations.
- International Publications. Includes popular international
sources like European Report, Middle East Observer and World
News Connection.
- Newswires. Get the most current news from more than
400 newswires, including the Associated Press, U.S. Newswire, and
numerous international wires.
- Newsletters. Access timely information across many specialties,
including Alternative Medicine Alert, Agriculture Chemical
News, White House press releases, Wireless News, and many
others.
- Broadcast Transcripts. Offers more than 900 television
and radio transcripts that includes national and local news content from
ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox, MSNBC, NBC, PBS, and BBC radio.
- Foreign Language Publications. Search non-English news
sources available in Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German,
Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish.
Law Content
Analytical Sources
- American Jurisprudence 2d (Am Jur 2d).
An encyclopedia that provides summary and analysis of all fields
of American state and federal law. It contains many citations to
cases, statutes, and law review articles. It also includes analysis
of the spirit and intent of the courts in construing the law, and
Legislative intent in enacting and amending the law.
- American Law Reports (ALR). ALR provides a
continually updated series of articles (annotations) on legal topics discussed
in key cases. The articles provide objective analysis of different sides
of an issue, written in a narrative style.
- More than 700 law reviews and journals. Law reviews
are scholarly journals published by most accredited law schools.
They contain thorough discussions of current issues and trends in the law,
with comprehensive analysis by scholars and legal professionals. They are
also an excellent source of citations to cases. Harvard Law Review, Yale
Law Journal, American Journal of Legal History, Stanford
Law Review, and International and Comparative Law Quarterly are
just a few of the hundreds of highly respected publications available.
Primary Law Sources
- United States Code Annotated (USCA).
USCA combines the official text of the United States Code with
relevant cases, historical notes, indexes, cross-references and other
annotations.
- All federal and state cases including U.S. Supreme Court cases.
Easily accessible through West's National Reporter System, an exclusive
system of reporting federal and state cases that’s editorially enhanced
for complete research.
- State statutes and regulations. Includes statutes from
all 50 states and D.C. and administrative codes from all 44 states.
- Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). The full
body of federal administrative regulations.
- Federal Register. Includes 50,000 pages of
current regulatory, administrative and executive materials generated by
key federal entities.
Until: June 2, 2008
Login ID: academics
Password: orbit
World Book Advanced is a reference tool that includes
encyclopedia, multimedia, e-book, and primary source databases, fully
integrated in a single search.
• Tailored for the needs and skills of students in grades
8 and up, World Book Advanced includes a customizable interface,
a streamlined design, and personalized homepage content features.
• World Book Advanced’s powerful search engine providing optimized
search results. Search refinements and relevancy weighting direct
users to their content with maximum efficiency.
• Research tools, including dictionary,
atlas, and local and country research guides, help users compile the data
and information they need to complete their assignments and background research.
• Individual accounts within the site offer users
the ability to create and save their own content features, including research
results from World Book and external sources, timelines, and citations
Alphabetical List of Databases | Databases
with Some Full-text | Multidisciplinary Databases
Databases by Subject
Arts & Humanities | Biography | Business
& Economics | Education |
Government
& Law | News | Reference | Science,
Health & Medicine |
Science,
Life | Science,
Physical | Social
Sciences
Last Updated:
May 15, 2008
Technical Contact: Keith Stanger, keith@stanger.com |
