Databases added in 2009:

Research Starters - Sociology
This database provides provides students with a solid foundation for their research and assignments, as well as overview information on topics relevant to their studies. Comprehensive summaries of discipline-specific topics help students to grasp the broad outlines of a subject, realize its real world applications, critically engage it, and locate sources for advanced research. [added July 2009]

ArchiveGrid
ArchiveGrid provides access to detailed archival collection descriptions. ArchiveGrid is an important destination for searching for historical documents, personal papers and family histories held in archives throughout the world. [added July 2009]

CAMIO
CAMIO® — OCLC's Catalog of Art Museum Images Online — is a growing 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. [added July 2009]

ACP PIER & AHFS DI Essentials
PIER is a collection of evidence summaries published by the American College of Physicians. Each module provides authoritative guidance to improve the quality of care. [added May 2009]

RIA Checkpoint
This database provides primary tax documents and secondary analysis for federal, state, and local taxation, estate planning, pensions and benefits, international taxation, and payroll taxation. [added May 2009]

Guide To Reference
Guide to Reference is a cornerstone of the literature of librarianship. It is used internationally as the “source of first resort” for identifying local materials that answer users’ questions, training reference staff, inventorying and developing reference collections, assisting interlibrary loan staff, and serving as a gateway to the wider repertory of the reference literature. [added April 2009]

OAIster
A union catalog of digital resources from organizations developed by the University of Michigan and harvested using OAI-PHM (the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting). [added March 2009]

Research Starters - Education
This database provides students with a solid foundation for their research and assignments, as well as overview information on topics relevant to their studies. Comprehensive summaries of discipline-specific topics help students to grasp the broad outlines of a subject, realize its real world applications, critically engage it, and locate sources for advanced research. [added January 2009]

Databases added in 2008:

SocINDEX with Full Text
Offers comprehensive coverage of sociology, encompassing all sub-disciplines and closely related areas of study. These include criminology & criminal justice, demography, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, political sociology, religion, rural & urban sociology, social development, social psychology, social structure, social work, socio-cultural anthropology, sociological history, sociological research, sociological theory, substance abuse & other addictions, violence and many others. [added December 2008]

OregonPDF in Health & Performance
The intellectual focus of this collection is physical activity. Academic areas of interest include biochemistry, biomechanics, dance, exercise physiology, history or philosophy of physical education, kinesiology, motor control, obesity, recreation, sports marketing, sports medicine, sports pedagogy, sports psychology, and tests and measurements. [added in October 2008]

PsycARTICLES
PsycARTICLES, from the American Psychological Association (APA), is a definitive source of full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology. The database contains more than 45,000 articles from 57 journals - 46 published by the American Psychological Association (APA) and 11 from allied organizations. It includes all journal articles, letters to the editor and errata from each journal. Coverage spans 1985 to present.
[added in October 2008]

Research Starters - Business
This database provides business students with a solid foundation for their research and assignments, as well as overview information on topics relevant to their studies. Comprehensive summaries of discipline-specific topics help 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. [added in October 2008]

CCH Internet Tax Research NetWork
The CCH Internet Tax Research NetWork provides tax news as well as federal and state tax information. Included are tax codes, regulations, court cases, rulings, legislative documents, treaties, IRS publications, as well as CCH explanation and analysis. Federal Tax Archives are available for all years since 1978; State Tax Archives are available for all years since 1994. [added in June 2008]

Dance in Video
Dance in Video contains 250 dance productions and documentaries by the most influential performers and companies of the 20th century. Selections cover ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance, as well as forerunners of the forms and the pioneers of modern concert dance. Included are classic performances from top ballet companies; experimental works from up-and-coming dance troupes; documentaries by and about leading choreographers; videos on dance training; and other items covering a wide range of 20th century dance styles. [added in June 2008]

Children's Literature Comprehensive Database
The Children's Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD) is an acquisition, research, and reference service that offers more than 1,800,000 MARC records and more than 315,000 reviews of children's books--all full text searchable from 37 review sources. [added in March 2008]

Encyclopedia of Popular Music Online
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, 4th Ed., edited by Colin Larkin, is the most comprehensive reference work devoted exclusively to popular music available. The 4th Edition, published in 2006, has received rave reviews and its content covers popular music of all genres and all times, including rock and roll, jazz, blues, country, folk, rap, musicals, world music, and more. At launch over 27,000 entries will be available with regular updating by the editor. EPM is cross-searchable with Grove Music Online and other Oxford Music Online products. [added in January 2008]

Databases added in 2007:

Classical Music Reference Library
Classical Music Reference Library brings together more than 30,000 pages of essential reference materials, spanning the entire history of Western classical music, in a unified online database. Included are the authoritative reference titles Baker's Dictionary of Music, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, and Baker's Student Encyclopedia of Music, which have never before been available in electronic form. The Baker's titles, edited by the late Nicholas Slonimsky, offer a comprehensive and highly accessible set of musical reference texts that are essential to music study. [added in December 2007]

*Anatomy.tv   (10 simultaneous users)
Anatomy.tv is the world's most detailed 3D model of the Human Anatomy. Models can be rotated and layers of anatomy added or removed. [added in September 2007]

PAIS Archive
he PAIS International with Archive database contains references to more than 553,300 journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports, publications of international agencies, microfiche, Internet material, and more. Newspapers and newsletters are not indexed. [added in July 2007]

Sociological Abstracts and Full-Text
Sociological Abstracts and Full-Text abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,800+ serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. This database currently provides full-text access to 140 full-text titles and is updated weekly. [added in July 2007]

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts and Full-Text
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts and Full-Text provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration / policy. This database currently provides full-text access to 120 full-text titles and is updated weekly. [added in July 2007]

Literary Encyclopedia
The Literary Encyclopedia is a literary reference work which provides biographies of writers and other prominent figures whose lives are of interest to literary readers. It provides descriptive profiles of literary works and other cultural texts, and articles on literary topics and historical events. [added in June 2007]

Best of Biz
Theatre in Video contains more than 250 of the world's most important plays, together with more than 100 video documentaries, online in streaming video. [added in June 2007]

Theatre in Video
Theatre in Video contains more than 250 of the world's most important plays, together with more than 100 video documentaries, online in streaming video. [added in June 2007]

Online Sheet Music (Ebrary)
Online Sheet Music provides 9,000 sheet music titles for bands, orchestras, instrumentalists and vocalists of all levels. [added in January 2007]

Dallas Morning News Historical Archive, 1885-1977
A unique historical digital image collection accessible by keyword and date searching. It documents major events in Texas, the United States, and the world, providing valuable primary source information. Classified and display advertising, photos and graphics are also included. [added in January 2007]