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Alphabetic List of Indexes and Databases


Here is a complete listing of the Tomlinson Library's Online Databases. These are licensed research products available to current faculty, staff, and students. Off-campus users will asked for their 408#. Report problems using the databases off-campus with this online form. General public users may access these databases from designated computers in the Library. [Alternate URLs (list without proxy wrapper)]

Title Description
Full Text?
Date
Academic Search Premier Index with abstracts to magazines and journals articles in all subject areas. More info   En Espanol
yes
1965-
ACS Publications Complete coverage for over 30 American Chemical Society journals and magazines. More info
yes
1879-

Agricola

Index to journal articles, books, theses, technical reports, software, & A-V materials in agriculture plant & animal science, forestry, soil & water resources, food, and nutrition. More info
yes
1400-

Alternative Press Index

Alternative Press Index Archive (1969-1990)

Index to alternative, radical and left-wing journals, newspapers and magazines covering cultural, economic, political & social change. Archive (1969-1990) is a separate link. More info
no
1969-
ASME Digital Library

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers' primary repository of current and archival literature featuring 22 journals and conference proceedings back to 2002. More info

yes
1985-

B

Title Description Full Text?
Date
Biography and Genealogy Master Index Index to biographical sketches in reference books covering both contemporary and historical people. All subjects. More info
no
 
Biological Sciences Index with abstracts to journals, conference proceedings, books and reports in animal behavior, bacteriology, ecology, genetics, mycology, toxicology, and some aspects of agriculture. More info
yes
1982-
Biology Digest Index with abstracts to journals in biology, botany, environmental science, health & medicine, life science, and zoology. More info
no
1989-
BioOne Index with full text to high impact bioscience research journals in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences. More info
yes
1998-
Books in Print In-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming books, audios, and videos from North American publishers, U.S. distributors and U.S. wholesalers. Updated weekly. More info
no
1979-
Business Source Premier Index to periodicals and newspapers in business, accounting, management, economics, and finance. More info   En Espanol
yes
1965-
Title Description Full Text?
Date
ChoiceReviews.online Reviews of significant current books and electronic resources of interest to those in higher education with over 6,500 published annually. More info
yes
1987-
CINAHL with Full Text Index to journals, books, and pamphlets in nursing, health education, physical therapy, sports medicine, radiology, other allied health areas, biomedical & consumer health. Library has paper index 1961-1981. More info
yes
1982-

Colorado Historical Newspaper Collection

A statewide historic newspaper database containing 44 newspapers. Includes full text indexing of all articles, graphics, letters to the editor, and advertising. The user can view articles individually or in the context of the full page of the paper. More info
yes
1859-1923
Communication & Mass
Media Complete
Citation coverage and some full text to articles in the fields of communication and mass media studies. More info
yes
1915-
Contemporary Women's Issues Index with abstracts to books, journals, newsletters and research reports related to women in sociology, psychology, health, education, human rights. More info
yes
1992-
CQ Researcher Index with full-text to in-depth studies on current or controversial issues of the day. All subjects. More info
yes
1991-

Daily Sentinel Index

Index by date, headline and subject to Grand Junction Daily Sentinel.
no
1900-2003
Denver Post Index Index to all significant articles appearing in the Denver Post. PAPER
no
1980-
Dissertation Abstracts Covers dissertations and theses from institutions in the North America and Europe with abstracts for records starting in 1980. More info
no
1861-
Drama Criticism For each play or playwright featured, a full range of critical opinion is presented, along with a biographical sketch, a chronological list of the writer’s major works and more.
yes
 
Title Description Full Text?
Date
EBSCOhost Web Search any combination of the Library´s EBSCO databases from this web site. En Espanol    
EconLit Indexes journals, books, and working papers on economics. More info
no
1969-
Education Research Complete Scholarly research and information relating to all areas of education. Includes indexing and abstracts for more than 1,730 journals, as well as full text for nearly 830 journals, 67 books and monographs, and numerous education-related conference papers. More info
yes
1881-

Encyclopedia Americana

(on-campus use only)

45,000 articles and more than 25 million words from over 6,500 specialists covering all academic fields. Also a stand-alone source of current information and a guide to the resources of the World Wide Web. Updated quarterly.
yes
current

Energy Citations Database

Over 2.3 million citations and over 150,000 documents on energy-related scientific and technical information from report literature, conference papers, journal articles, books, dissertations, and patents made publicly available by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). More info
yes
1948-
ERIC Index with abstracts to journals, reports, research documents, papers, speeches, dissertations, classroom guides, and some books in all aspects of education. www.eric.ed.gov - open access version . More info
yes
1966-
Essay & General Literature Index Index to essays and articles published in books in the humanities & social sciences, especially literature, art, music, history, political science, economics. PAPER (Ref AI3 .E752)
no
1990-
FirstSearch (All databases) Access all FirstSearch databases from one search screen.    
Fuente Academica Index with full-text for scholarly Spanish language journals from Latin America, South America, and Spanish publishers. More info
yes
1996-
GEOBASE Index with abstracts to journals, books, conference proceedings & reports in geography, geology, and ecology. More info
no
1980-
GEORef Index to journals, books, reports, conference papers, maps, and theses in geology & earth science. More info
yes
1785-

GPO Access

A service of the U.S. Government Printing Office that provides free electronic access to a wealth of important information products produced by the Federal Government. More info
no
1776-
GreenFILE Indexing and abstracts covering all aspects of human impact to the environment in scholarly, government and general-interest publications. Contains over 295,000 citations with more than 4,600 full-text records. More info
yes
1950-
Title Description Full Text?
Date
Helminthological Abstracts(on-campus use only) Index with abstracts to journals, conference proceedings and papers, books, reports, and theses on parasitic helminths. Also have paper index 1979-2005. More info
no
Current
+ 10 yrs
History Resource Center: U.S. Over 4,000 historical (primary) documents, articles from more than 30 reference titles, and 110+ full-text journals covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present.
yes
1600-

Homeland Security Digital Library

Documents related to homeland security policy, strategy, and organizational management collected from federal, state, tribal, and local government agencies, professional organizations, think tanks, academic institutions, and international governing bodies.
yes
1776-
Humanities International Index Cover-to-cover indexing and abstracting for over 1,700 journals, contains more than 1.6 million records to articles, books, reference works, poems, fiction, photographs, paintings and illustrations. More info
yes
1925-

Ingenta

Table-of-contents keyword index to periodicals received at major university and public libraries. All subjects. More info
no
1988-

In the First Person

Indexing of more than 2,500 collections of oral history in English from around the world. More info
yes
1600-
JSTOR Scholarly journal archive with a "moving wall" (generally 3 to 5 years) of back-issue coverage. More info
yes
1831-
Lexis-Nexis Index with full-text to major US and international newspapers, periodicals, legal materials, and business information in all subjects. More info
yes
1770-
Library/Information Sciences & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) Indexes more than 600 periodicals plus books, research reports, and proceedings on librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management, and the information industry. More information
yes
1960-
Literature Online(LION) Index to literary criticism in journals, major literary reference works, and quality web sites plus a collection of works of poetry, prose, drama, author biographies, and bibliographies. Literature. More info
yes
700-

M

Title Description Full Text?
Date
MasterFILE Elite Full text from over 1,050 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and more.
yes
1984
MathSciNet Index with abstracts to journals, conference proceedings, and books in mathematics. More info
no
1940-
MEDLINE Index to English and foreign language journals in medicine, nursing, health care system, dentistry, pre-clinical sciences, and veterinary medicine. More info
PubMed version - citations back to the mid-1960's
yes
1994-
Mergent's (formerly Moody's)
    News Reports
    Dividend Reports
Full-text updates on news and financial information for publicly traded companies, municipal and governmental entities covered in the annual Mergent Manuals. More info
yes
Current
MICROMEDEX A database for medical clinicians who need information about drugs, disease, acute care, toxicology, and alternative medicine. Also includes the CareNotes System, a patient educational tool. More info
yes
Current
Military and Government Collection Index with abstracts for magazines, academic journals, and pamphlets in all subjects. Designed as a current news and research source for all branches of the military. more info
yes
1984-
MLA International Bibliography Index to journal articles, books, and dissertations in literature, folklore, dramatic arts, literary criticism, literary theory, and modern languages and linguistics. Also have paper index 1971-1997. More info
yes
1963-
Title Description Full Text?
Date

NCJRS Database

Index with abstracts to government reports, books, periodicals, and unpublished research in criminal justice. More info
yes
1970-

Nematological Abstracts

(on-campus use only)

Index with abstracts to journals, conference proceedings and papers, books, reports, and theses on nematodes. Also have paper index 1990-Current. More info
no
Current
+ 10 yrs
NetLibrary Electronic books on all subjects. More info
yes
Newspaper Source Cover-to-cover full text for 35 national (U.S.) and international newspapers and selective full text for 375 regional (U.S.) newspapers. More info
yes
1985-
New York Times Index Index to articles, editorials, and special features appearing in the final late edition of the newspaper. All subjects. PAPER.
Paper is on microfilm
1955-
Novelist Plus Readers' advisory resource. All subjects. More info
yes
1800-
OmniFile Select Articles in business, the humanities, general science, education, law, and the social sciences. More info
yes
1994-
Oxford Reference Online Over 100 language and subject reference works in a single cross-searchable resource. More info
yes
Current
Title Description Full Text?
Date
Physical Education Index Index with abstracts to magazines and journals in physical education, health, kinesiology, physical therapy, recreation, sports, and sports medicine. Also have paper index 1985-2002. More info
yes
1970-
PILOTS ( Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress) Index to the worldwide literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health consequences of exposure to traumatic events. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and produced by the National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
no
1871-
Plant Science Index with abstracts research journals in plant science, pathology, symbiosis, genetics, biotechnology, and environmental biology. More info
yes
1994-
Project MUSE Index with full-text to peer reviewed electronic journals in literature and criticism, visual and performing arts, history, political science, cultural studies, and related disciplines. More info
yes
1990-
PROLA (Physical Review Online Archive)

Online access to the American Physical Society's leading international physics research journals with a 3-4 year moving wall for the most recent issues.

yes
1893-2005

Prospector

A unified catalog of 16 academic, public and special libraries in Colorado and Wyoming. More info
PsycINFO Index with abstracts to journals, book chapters, books, dissertations, and technical reports in psychology, psychiatry, and psychological aspects of medicine, nursing, sociology, education, physiology, anthropology, and business. Also have paper index (Psychological Abstracts) 1927-2003. More info
yes
1840-
RIA Checkpoint Tax research database containing the full-text of United States tax law and code (with commentary), IRS rulings and releases, tax news sources, tax court rulings and international tax treaties.. More info
yes
1860-
Title Description Full Text?
Date
Science Direct Index with abstracts to e-journals from the Elsevier publishing family in the sciences, psychology, economics, medicine, and mathematics. More info
yes
1993-

Scirus

Comprehensive science-specific Internet search engine indexing over 450 million Web pages, including preprint servers, digital archives, repositories and patent and journal databases.
yes
Current

Scitopia

Search over 3.5 million documents, plus patents and government data with this free federated search portal to the digital libraries of 21 leading science and technology societies. More info
no
1650-
SIRS Researcher Index to newspapers, magazines, journals and government publications in economics, history, political science, science, and global and social issues. More info
no
1988-
SocINDEX Over 1.6 million records from 2500+ journals, books, conference papers, and other sources on sociology, its sub-disciplines, and related areas of study. Includes over 5,000 author profiles. More info
yes
1895-
SPORTDiscus Index covering a wide variety of sport-related topics with over 1.5 million records of articles, books, book chapters, and conference proceedings. More info
no
1800-
STAT-USA Authoritative business, trade, and economic statistics from across the Federal Government. To access, you must use one of 2 designated computers in the Reference Dept. of the Library. If you have questions or need help, go to the Reference Desk. If you are on one of the designated computers, click HERE.
yes
Current
TOPICSearch Full text for over 105,000 articles from 1,622 diverse sources including international and regional newspapers, periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information. More info
yes
Toxline Index with abstracts to current five years of journals, books, technical reports, theses, and meeting abstracts and papers in toxicology. More info
yes
Current five years
World Almanac Internet version of World Almanac, Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia, World Almanac of US Politics, and several other almanacs. All subjects. More info
yes
Current
WorldCat Index to all types of materials, print and non-print, catalogued by OCLC member libraries with holdings information. More info
no
1200-