Complete List of Databases N to Z
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| Database: |
Vendor (interface): |
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| Natural & Alternative Treatments |
EBSCO |
Information on herbs and supplements, functional foods, and other alternative therapies such as acupuncture and homeopathy. Contains articles on medical conditions. |
| Newsstand |
GaleGroup (Infotrac) |
Full text newspaper database that allows searches by title, headline, date, section, author, etc. |
| Newspaper Source |
EBSCO |
Has selected full text from national and international newspapers. Also contains full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text from regional newspapers. |
| Nursing & Allied Health |
GaleGroup (Infotrac) |
Articles on all aspects of the Nursing profession from patient care to administration. |
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| OAIster |
OCLC |
Part of an open archive initive it is a database that includes audio files, movies, digitized books and articles, images and datasets. |
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| PapersFirst |
OCLC |
An index of papers presented at conferences worldwide from 1993 to the present. |
| Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine Collection |
GaleGroup (Infotrac) |
Information on proven treatment techniques, experimental research theses and more. |
| Pop Culture Collection |
GaleGroup (Infotrac) |
Full text coverage from periodicals in social science, history, and art. |
| ProceedingsFirst |
OCLC |
An index created by the British Library of worldwide conference proceedings. |
| Primary Search |
EBSCO |
Full text from popular magazines for elementary school research dating as far back as 1990. |
| Professional Development Collection |
EBSCO |
Collection of high quality education journals, including peer-reviewed titles. Also has educational reports. |
| Psychology Collection |
GaleGroup (Infotrac) |
Full text periodicals focused on how the mind develops and diminishes over time. |
| Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
EBSCO |
Full text publications, including peer-reviewed titles. |
| PubMed |
National Library of Medicine |
Citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. Includes links to full text articles and other related resources. |
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| Science & Technology Collection |
EBSCO |
Full text journals covering aeronautics, astrophysics, chemistry, computer technology, geology, aviation, physics, archaeology, and materials science. |
| Scribner Writers |
GaleGroup |
Access to original and detailed bio-critical essays on the lives and works of authors from around the world. |
| Searchasaurus |
EBSCO |
Search interface designed specifically for elementary school children. |
| Serials Directory |
EBSCO |
Most up-to-date and accurate bibliographic information as well as current pricing structures for popular serials. |
| Short Story Criticism |
GaleGroup |
The complete Short Story Criticism collection digitized and indexed by author, story and keyword search. |
| Stat!Ref |
Teton Data Systems |
Full text medical library, includes medical resources such as Mosby's Drug Consult®, and the Griffith 5 Minute Clinical Consult. |
| Student Research Center |
EBSCO |
Search interface designed specifically for secondary school students. Content sources include magazines, newspapers, biographies, country reports and film & video. |
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| TDNet Journal Locator |
TexShare |
Searchable list of ALL the journal titles available from all of the different TexShare database providers. List includes available holdings and indication if full-text is available. |
| Teacher Reference Center (TRC) |
EBSCO |
Journal information for K-12 teachers and librarians. Provides coverage on key education topics. |
| Texas Digital Sanborn Maps |
Proquest |
Find current and historic maps for various towns, counties, and regions of Texas. |
| Texas Reference Center |
EBSCO |
Full text journals and books about Texas history, ethnic & cultural diversity, gender studies, literature, public health, business as well as home & garden and sports & leisure. |
| TexShare Database List |
TexShare |
List of databases provided through TexShare Database subscription. |
| Thinkfinity |
Verizon Foundation |
Explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics. Full text from diverse sources. |
| TOPICsearch |
EBSCO |
Quick and easy access to the highest-quality teaching and learning materials, sharing resources and ideas in an on line community, at-home activities for parents and students, and professional development training. |
| Tourism, Hospitality & Leisure Collection |
GaleGroup (Infotrac) |
Industry journals providing well rounded coverage of the hospitality and tourism field. |
| Twayne's Authors Series |
GaleGroup |
Features the content of nearly 600 books that comprise three print series. |
| Twentieth-Century Poetry |
Proquest |
American and English collections. Entire text of each poem is included. |
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| War and Terrorism Collection |
GaleGroup (Infotrac) |
Articles covering the history of conflicts and their causes. |
| Westlaw (Reese only) |
Thomson West |
Requires password and ID assigned by instructor. Legal resources for paralegals. Available to legal assisting students only. |
| World Almanac |
OCLC |
Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and four almanacs. Includes biographies, facts, and statistics. |
| World History Collection |
EBSCO |
Full text, including many peer-reviewed journals. Dates as far back as 1964. |
| WorldCat |
OCLC |
Catalog of books and other materials found in libraries worldwide. |
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Definition of Database: A database is a collection of information organized and searchable so that you can easily find what you are looking for. An example of a database would be a phone book. It is organized alphabetically by last name or by subject. In libraries, databases are used to find articles and citations.
Libraries subscribe to databases that provide the same information that periodical indexes in print form provide. Databases (believe it or not) actually make research easier. In the past, researches would search for information by first selecting the multi-volume print index they wanted to use and then searching each year's volume to find what was published that year on their subject.
Now indexes can be searched online by entering keywords into a search engine. The search engine then retrieves relevant citations and often times the full text of the article. Searches can often be limited to a specific publication, a set of dates, peer reviewed publications, or a particular language.
Definition of Citation:A citation is a statement that gives researchers the information they need to locate a book, video, or an article. A citation tells you how to find the article, it does not give you the text of the article.
In the following example of a citation, Andrew DuBrock is the author, "Singing and Playing at the Same Time" is the title of the article, and Acoustic Guitar is the title of the publication the article was published in. If you wanted to read this article, you would first find out if South Plains College Library subscribed to Acoustic Guitar (we do!), then you would locate the July 2009 issue, turn to page 40 and there would be the article.
Example:
DuBrock, Andrew. "Singing and playing at the same time." Acoustic Guitar. July 2009, p 40-42.