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A federated search engine for searching across the Proctor Library's electronic resources from one simple interface. 360 Search provides citations and abstracts, as well as linking opportunities to full-text articles, electronic books, and records in the Proctor Library's online catalog. All of the Proctor Library's major full-text databases are included in this search. You may also choose which resources you want it to search.
Indexes nearly 4,000 business journals, including 3,000 full-text titles covering business and economic conditions, corporate strategies, management techniques, as well as competitive and product information.
This database offers indexing for 8,175 journals, including full text for nearly 4,700 scholarly publications. Offers information in nearly every area of academic study including: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many more.
A standard source for U.S. historical biography, it includes over 17,400 biographies. The database is fully searchable and includes illustrations, cross-references, and links to external web sites. ANB Online is considered a successor to the print reference resource titled American National Biography (24 volumes ; published in 1999). The online version also includes new articles on persons omitted from the printed version or deceased since 1999.
AP Images, a division of The Associated Press, is one of the world’s largest collections of historical and contemporary imagery. As an essential source of photographs and graphics for professional image buyers, AP Images strives to meet the needs of today’s global customer through superior image quality, selection and service.
An online collection of high-quality, digital documentation of works of art from around the world. Works from major European, American, and Canadian artists in the collections of member museums are included. Cultures and time periods represented range from contemporary art, Native American and Inuit art, to ancient Greek, Roman, and Egyptian works, along with Japanese and Chinese works. The database includes numerous multimedia files. Art Museum Image Gallery documents over 90,000 works of art.
Provides the full text version of the ATLA Religion Database (ATLA). This database is a collection of major religion and theology journals selected by some of the major religion scholars in the United States. Coverage of this database dates back to 1949.
The Biblical Archaeology Society’s BAS Archive Online is searchable collection of three important, peer-reviewed journals published by the BAS – Biblical Archaeology Review, Bible Review, Archaeology Odyssey.  Users also have access to full-text electronic versions of five essential publications in the field of biblical archaeology.  In all, over 2,900 articles and over 14,250 photographs
This database combines award-winning biographies from respected Gale Group sources. Biography Resource Center also includes full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals. Search for people based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender, or combine criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search. With the Complete Marquis Who's Who, find quick reference information on an additional 900,000 people.
Provides information about current books that are in print, forthcoming books that are scheduled for release, and the availability of audiocassettes and videos. Browse by General Subject (juvenile, history, computers, self-help, sports), or by Index (author, title, publisher, performer, video). Check BIP for the latest Best Sellers and browse the homepages of publishers and authors.
Contains the complete encyclopedia, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary & the Britannica Book of the Year. Includes articles, illustrations, definitions, and links to Web sites selected, rated, and reviewed by Britannica editors.
A fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Predicast's PROMT, Newsletters ASAP and Thomson Financials' Investext Plus databases are fully integrated in this database.
Indexes and abstracts articles from business periodicals published in the United States and elsewhere, including the leading business magazines and trade and research journals, plus provides the full text of selected periodicals. Full text coverage begins in January 1995 and continues through the present.
Provides full text for more than 8,800 serials, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications. Contains full text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. This database is updated daily.
Online version of the 15th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style. Includes a Q&A, a quick guide to citation, and other writing, proofreading, and citation tools. To access this database, click the "Log In" button in the upper righthand corner. You should be automatically connected to the resource -- you will not need to log in.
Offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue. Coverage begins November 25, 1908 and ends December 31, 1991.
CQ Weekly is useful for accessing current news and analysis on Congress and major public policy issues. It is also useful for tracking votes and legislation in Congress, locating recent Congressional documents and related material in full text, and learning more about members of Congress and the legislative process.
Features over 28,000 college catalogs in complete cover to cover original page format including 2-year, 4-year, graduate, and professional schools. CollegeSource also provides profiles of colleges and links to college home pages.
Provides quality research solutions in areas related to communication and mass media. This database originated with the acquisition and subsequent merging of two popular databases in the fields of communication and mass media studies -- CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association (NCA)), and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Pennsylvania State University).
Credo Reference is an online reference library that provides you with access to a selection of reference books from a total of 162. It includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and books of quotations, not to mention a range of subject-specific titles covering everything from art to accountancy and literature to law.
A growing eBook collection that spans all academic subject areas.
You can search this list of eleven databases separately or collectively: Academic Search Premier, ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials, Business Source Premier, Communication & Mass Media Complete, ERIC, International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text, Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA), PsycARTICLES, PsycINFO, MLA Directory of Periodicals, MLA International Bibliography, and Regional Business News.
Offers full text access to most of Proctor Library's periodical holdings. Suggestion: Begin with the database Full Text Journals. It is a more comprehensive choice.
Indexes and abstracts articles of at least one column in length from English-language periodicals and yearbooks published in the United States and elsewhere. English-language books relating to education published in 1995 or later are also indexed. Abstracting coverage begins with January 1994. Abstracts range from 50 to 300 words and describe the content and scope of the source documents. Coverage dates:  Indexing 1983-present, Abstracting 1994-present, “select” Full Text 1996-present. To include articles published between 1929 and 1983 in your search, please use the Education Full Text and Education Index Retrospective collection, which includes indexing of over 500 publications that are the equivalent of 33 print cumulations using contemporary terms.
Includes the Education Full Text database (see above) with the inclusion of indexing from 1929-1983 in the Retrospective collection.
ERIC (Educational Resource Information Center), is a national information system supported by the U.S. Department of Education, the National Library of Education, and the Office of Educational Research and Improvement. It provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. ERIC provides full text of more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 1000 educational and education-related journals.
"With this huge list of databases, which one has the journals and newspapers I need full text?" This database answers that question, plus it will tell you if Proctor Library holds it in our print and/or microfilm collections.
This database contains fulltext online reference books on the subjects of arts, biography, education, environment, history, medicine, multicultural studies, nation and world, religion, science, and social science. View books by subject or search for articles by keyword or topic.
Indexes and abstracts articles from English-language periodicals published in the United States and Great Britain plus the full text of selected periodicals. Coverage includes The New York Times Science Section (published weekly on Tuesday). Abstracting coverage begins with periodicals published in March 1993. Full text coverage begins in January 1995.
Covers the subjects of archaeology, area studies, art, classical studies, communications, dance, film, folklore, gender studies, history, journalism, linguistics, literary & social criticism literature, music, performing arts, philosophy, religion and theology. Humanities Full Text is a bibliographic database that cites articles from English-language periodicals, plus the full text of selected periodicals. Coverage:  Indexing 1984-present, Abstracting 1984-present, “select” Full Text 1994-present. To search for abstracts of articles published between 1907 and 1984, please use the Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective Collection.
Offers the ability to search a wide range of important journals in the humanities and social sciences as far back as 1907. This collection is a retrospective of the Humanities Full Text and Social Sciences Full Text databases.
Contains all of the content available in International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance as well as full text for 100 titles, including Canadian Theatre Review, Dance Chronicle, Dance Teacher, Modern Drama, PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art, Research in Dance Education, Research in Drama Education, Studies in Theatre and Performance, TDR: The Drama Review, Theater, and many more. Additional full text available includes more than 50 books & monographs.
Provides up-to-date, in-depth and objective information on approximately 600 current topics, combining objective analysis and clear explanations of opposing points of view. Chronologies, illustrations, maps, tables, sidebars, bibliographies and contact information augment the balanced coverage of current and historical events.
Provides online access to back issues of selected scholarly journals in a variety of academic disciplines including the arts, business, demographic studies, humanities, social sciences, and science.
Provides access to thousands of news, business, legal, and medical publications and information sources, including: newspapers, newsletters, magazines, trade journals, wire services, and broadcast transcripts. The legal component of the database includes comprehensive, current legal information. This consists of federal and state case law, statues, secondary sources such as law reviews, and state legal materials.
Provides coverage on subjects such as librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Delivered via the EBSCO host platform, LISTA indexes more than 600 periodicals plus books, research reports, and proceedings. With coverage dating back to the mid-1960s, it is the oldest continuously produced database covering the field of information science.
Fully searchable library of more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, 168 full-text literature journals, and other key criticism and reference resources.
Provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline. Combining Gale Group's core literary databases in a single online service, the Literature Resource Center covers more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors.
Offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.
Contains all information available about the journals and series on the MLA bibliography's Master List of Periodicals. This information has been gathered by the MLA staff with the cooperation of MLA bibliographers and the editors represented in these listings. Over 7,100 titles are included; of these, over 4,400 are currently indexed.
Indexes journal articles, books, and dissertations. Produced by the Modern Language Association, this database goes back to 1963 and contains over 1.5 million citations from more than 4,400 journals and series and 1,000 book publishers. Coverage is international and subjects include literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing. Listings on rhetoric and composition and the history, theory and practice of teaching language and literature are also included.
Nature is a weekly international journal publishing the finest peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology on the basis of its originality, importance, interdisciplinary interest, timeliness, accessibility, elegance and surprising conclusions. Nature also provides rapid, authoritative, insightful and arresting news and interpretation of topical and coming trends affecting science, scientists and the wider public.
Nature Reviews Neuroscience covers the breadth and depth of modern neuroscience by providing an authoritative, accessible, topical, and engaging first port of call for scientists who are interested in all aspect of neuroscience -- from molecules to the mind.
Provides access to thousands of ebooks, the full-text of traditionally published books in electronic format. eBooks are fully searchable. If you have never used this database, please first visit with a Reference Librarian, who will be happy to assist you in setting up your netLibrary account.
Offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.
"News@nature.com's mission is to provide the best science journalism on the web." Site includes breaking news, extended features and analysis, acclaimed columnists, plus blogs and multimedia specials, as well as news stories from Nature, Nature Biotechnology, Nature Medicine, Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, and BioEntrepreneur, along with science careers news from NatureJobs.
You can search this list of twelve databases separately or collectively: ArticleFirst, ClasePeriodica, ECO, ERIC, FloridaCat, GPO, MEDLINE, PapersFirst, Proceedings, UnionLists, WorldAlmanac, and WorldCat. This database is not available off-campus.
Provides web access to the entire text of The Dictionary of Art (1996, 34 vols.) with ongoing additions of new material and updates to the text, plus extensive image links and all the sophisticated search advantages possible with an online reference resource.
Includes 50,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2002.
A historical dictionary of English, covering the language from the earliest times to the present day. It aims to show not only the current meanings of words, but also to trace their development through time. Entries contain detailed etymological analysis, and are illustrated by quotations from a wide range of English language sources from around the world, making the OED a unique historical record.
This is another version of Books in Print, the key guide to publication information for books that are in print or recently out of print. Patron Books in Print provides information such as author, exact title, publisher, price, ISBN, and whether or not the book is currently in print. Also includes information on many videos and audiobooks as well as reviews.
Contains indexing and abstracts from books and journals concerned with philosophy and its related fields: ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology, and metaphysic logic. In addition, there is also material to be found in these areas: philosophy of law, religion, science, history, education, and language.
Search the catalog for books, videos, and periodicals held at Proctor Library. You can also search for reserve items through the Course Reserve section of the catalog.
Offers current articles in nearly every academic discipline, as well as current affairs and general interest topics. Subject areas include: arts, business, children, education, general interest, health, humanities, international, law, military, multicultural, psychology, sciences, social sciences, and women's interests.
Offering complete information on hundreds of educational topics, this database covers close to 240 leading journals in the field. Most of the articles are full text, and coverage begins in 1988.
Search from approximately 140 law-related periodicals on subjects such as business law, civil law, criminal law, and much more. Many of these periodicals are available full text.
Contains The New York Times from 1999 to the present and 500 national and international newspapers, including the Wall Street Journal from 1984 to the present and 13 Florida newspapers.
Search from approximately 200 psychology-related periodicals on subjects such as human development, learning, psychiatry, and much more. Many of these periodicals are available full text.
Search from approximately 500 social sciences-related periodicals on subjects such as anthropology, culture, criminology, political science, social welfare, urban development, and much more. Many of these periodicals are available full text.
Provides full text articles on current issues in psychology from respected sources, spanning from 1988 to the present. Also includes more than 39,000 full text articles from 53 journals published by American Psychological Association and allied organizations. All journals included in this database are indexed in the database PsycINFO.
This database, from the American Psychological Association, contains over two million citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books and dissertations, all in the field of psychology, dating as far back as 1840. Journal coverage, which dates back to the 1800s, includes international material selected from nearly 2,000 periodicals in over 35 languages. More than 65,000 records are added each year.
PubMed lets you search more than 16 million bibliographic citations and abstracts in the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and preclinical sciences. It provides access to MEDLINE® and to articles in selected life sciences journals not included in MEDLINE.
Contains comprehensive indexing and abstracting of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and Canada, plus the full text of selected periodicals. Full coverage begins in January 1994.
Contains comprehensive indexing and abstracting of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflects the history of 20th century America. This retrospective database covers the years 1890 through 1982.
This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Database is an inclusive tool, designed to cover all aspects of science fiction, fantasy, horror, supernatural and weird fiction. History, criticism, commentary, fan writings and some reviews are all included, although book reviews are left to Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Review Index at this time.
Covers public filings by U.S. public companies made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Such filings include 10K, 10Q, annual, and quarterly reports.
Indexes and abstracts articles from periodicals published in the United States and elsewhere plus the full text of selected periodicals. Coverage includes a wide range of interdisciplinary fields covered in a broad array of social sciences journals. Abstracting coverage begins with periodicals published in January 1994 and full text coverage starts in January 1995. To search for abstracts of articles published between 1907 and 1984, please use The Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective Collection.
Offers market research and industry news on all aspects of sporting goods, sports equipment, participation, broadcasting, and sports marketing.
Provides full-text access to a variety of corporate and industry resources produced by Standard & Poors, including S&P Register, Industry Surveys, Investment Reviews, Stock Reports, the latest 12 months of The Outlook, and other investment analysis tools.
Provides coverage on key education topics such as Assessment, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, Science & Mathematics, and more.
Provides overall views on the economy and stock market as well as descriptive information and performance projections for 1,700 stocks. Updated each Friday. To access this database, click the "Log On" button in the upper righthand corner. You should be automatically connected to the resource -- you will not need to log in.
Vault is an online career resource library. Included in this online library are over 90 different guides on all apects of careers and jobs. Documents covering subjects such as resumes and interviewing, career topics, industry careers, employer guides, employer profiles, industry research, and career advice can be found in this database.
Offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue. Coverage begins July 8, 1889 and ends December 31, 1987.
Offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue. Coverage begins December 12, 1877 and ends December 31, 1988.
Search library catalogs from the State University System of Florida.
Westlaw
 Comprehensive online database providing current (updated every twenty-four hours) law and legal information. Over 13,000 databases are offered. "WestNews" is an excellent starting point for news and business information. You can search using "natural language" and then advance to using more formal legal-based terminologies. This database is located on a single computer in the Research Lab. A Reference Librarian will be happy to assist you in locating and using this valuable legal resource
Contains the complete content - indexing, abstracts, and full text - from six of Wilson's full-text databases: Business Full Text, Education Full Text, General Science Full Text, Humanities Full Text, Readers' Guide Full Text, and Social Sciences Full Text.
You can search this list of eight databases separately or collectively: Art Museum Image Gallery, Business Full Text, Education Full Text, Education Index Retrospective, General Science Full Text, Humanities & Social Science Retrospective, Humanities Full Text, OmniFile Full Text Mega, Readers' Guide Full Text, Readers' Guide Retrospective, and Social Sciences Full Text.
Worldwide union catalog created and maintained collectively by more than 9,000 member institutions. With millions of online records built from the bibliographic and ownership information of contributing libraries, it is the largest and most comprehensive database of its kind. This database is not available off-campus.