Database Descriptions

The databases listed here contain thousands of resources in a variety of formats. For details on getting access to these resources, please click on Off-Campus Access. For tips on searching the databases, see our "Database of the Week" Archive page.

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ABI/INFORM Dateline - Business articles from local, state, and regional sources.
ABI/INFORM Global - Worldwide business periodicals and information on 60,000+ companies. Primarily full text.
ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry - Articles about marketing tendencies, products, construction, finance, transportation, insurance, etc.
Academic Search Premier - Over 4,450 full text titles. "Coverage in biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, psychology, religion & theology, etc." – EBSCO Publishing more info
American Medical Association - Index to medical periodicals. Not full text.
ARTstor - Nearly 300,000 art, archeology and architecture pictures and descriptions.

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Books 24x7 - Reference books, research reports, documentation and articles on business topics, computers, and other technical subjects.
Britannica Online - Features "over 75,000 articles from the Encyclopædia Britannica, including 23,000 biographies; 166,000 Web sites selected by Britannica editors for additional quality information; over 27,000 images and maps, plus 3,300 animations, videos, and audio files; and an extensive world atlas." – Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Business and Company ASAP - “Providing researchers with information on companies, markets and industries. From market trends, mergers and acquisitions to current management theory and company overviews. Access business and trade journals, newspapers and company directory profiles with full text and images.” – Gale
Business & Company Resource Center - "Brings together a wide variety of global business information, enabling users to efficiently research business case studies, competitive intelligence, and career and investment opportunities." – Gale
Business Source Premier - "Full text for more than 8,800 serials.... All disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics.... Market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses." – EBSCO Publishing more info

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CINAHL Plus with Full Text - "Full text for more than 560 journals indexed in CINAHL.... All areas of nursing and allied health literature." – EBSCO Publishing more info
Contemporary Authors - "Provides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors." – Gale
CQ Researcher - Detailed, impartial articles about public policy topics, including technology, medicine, education, international matters, the environment and the United States economy.
Custom Newspapers - 150 newspapers, both national & international.

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Digital Repository, SUNY - "Contains (or will likely contain) article pre-prints, article post-prints, other working papers, electronic journals, visual resources, theses, dissertations, resources in other data formats, etc." – SUNYConnect more info

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Education Research Complete - Covers "all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing.... Also covers areas of curriculum instruction as well as administration, policy, funding, and related social issues.... Full [text] for more than 750 journals." – EBSCO Publishing
ERIC - Index to journal articles and documents on education research and practice. ERIC Digests are available in full text. Retrieves full text articles from other EBSCO databases. more info

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Gale Virtual Reference Library - Features over fifty encyclopedias, covering business, education, humanities, nursing and health, sciences, and social sciences.
General Science Collection - This database offers full text coverage for more than 60 of the most popular science publications. Providing information on all aspects of the scientific world, the General Science Collection offers full text information dating back as far as 1992.
GreenFILE - "Offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment…. Topics covered include global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more." more info

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HarpWeek - The periodical, Harper's Weekly, from the Civil War era (1857-1865).
Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module - Articles concerning alcoholism, complementary treatments, diseases, drug abuse, fitness, herbal remedies, medicine, nutrition, occupational health and safety, pregnancy, prescription drugs, public health, and more.
Health Reference Center Academic - Health information from periodicals, books, & pamphlets. Primarily full text.

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Informe! - Indexing, images and full text of popular Hispanic magazines -- not just translations. Includes a thesaurus and interface that are uniquely designed for Spanish-speaking users.
InfoTrac Junior Edition: K-12 - Magazines, newspapers and reference books designed for students in junior high and middle school. Primarily full text.
Internet Public Library Newspaper Page - “Online newspapers from around the world.”
Investext Plus - "Investext Plus is the premier financial research database available today. With a rich backfile to 1982, search this database to find investment, company and industry reports from over 500 brokers in North America, Europe, Asia/Pacific, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. All company and industry reports are provided in full page PDF image." – Gale

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Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts - "Indexes more than 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more." – EBSCO Publishing more info
Literature Resource Center - Full text biographical & critical analysis of authors from books & periodicals. Includes the following databases: Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism - Select, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Full-Text Journals, Literature Resource Center, Scribner Writers Series, Twayne's English Authors, Twayne's US Authors, Twayne's World Authors. more info (pdf)

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MasterFILE Premier - "Full text for nearly 1,950 general reference publications.... Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also includes nearly 500 full text reference books, 84,011 biographies, 83,472 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 192,999 photos, maps and flags." – EBSCO Publishing
MEDLINE - Indexes "information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more.... Citations from over 4,800 current biomedical journals." Retrieves full text articles from other EBSCO databases. – EBSCO Publishing more info
Military & Government Collection - "Current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government.... Full text for nearly 400 publications." – EBSCO Publishing

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National Newspaper Index - Index to America's top five newspapers: The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Christian Science Monitor, the Los Angeles Times, and the Washington Post. 1977-present. Index only - no full text.
Naxos Music Library - Includes more than 297,000 recordings in the following genres: Classical Music, Contemporary Jazz, Jazz / Folk / Blues Legends, Nostalgia, World / Folk, Contemporary Instrumental, Chinese Music, Pop and Rock.
Naxos Music Library, Jazz - This database includes recordings from more than 500 artists. Genres include blues, swing, bebop and much more.
NetLibrary - Includes over 4,000 eBooks on a wide variety of subjects.
New York State Newspapers - Full text articles from ten major newspapers published in the state of New York, including The New York Times and the New York Post.
Northern New York Historical Newspapers - Selected historical newspapers from Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego and St. Lawrence counties.

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Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center - Information on social issues from a variety of sources including periodicals and primary documents.

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Primary Search - Elementary school magazines, primarily full text.
Professional Development Collection - "Information especially for professional educators, professional librarians and education researchers.... Includes full text for ... nearly 550 high quality education journals." – EBSCO Publishing more info
ProQuest Health Management - "Complete, full-text information from leading publications covering all aspects of health administration, including public health and safety, hospitals, finance, personnel management, insurance, population studies, labor relations and law." – ProQuest
ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851 - 2005) - "Covers The New York Times from its first issue in 1851 through 2005." – ProQuest
ProQuest Newspapers - All of the Proquest newspaper databases.
PsycARTICLES - Full text, peer-reviewed psychology journals.
PsycINFO - References to psychology resources going back to 1872, most with summaries. Not full text.

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Regional Business News - "Regional business publications.... full text for more than 50 sources." – EBSCO Publishing more info
Research Library - Popular and scholarly periodicals. Primarily full text.

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ScienceDirect - Scholarly scientific journals. Primarily full text.
Science Reference Center - "A comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full text science-oriented content." Includes video. – EBSCO Publishing more info

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TOPICsearch - Current events and popular topics from newspapers, periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information. Primarily full text.
Twayne's Author Series - “Twayne's Authors Series of literary criticism offers in-depth introductions to the lives and works of writers, the history and influence of literary movements and to the development of literary genres." – Gale more info (pdf)

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Wilson Omnifile: Full Text Select - A multidisciplinary, 100% full text database providing articles with their accompanying indexing and abstracts. Coverage begins in 1994.

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