Database Information Guide

Electronic Journals, Newspapers, and Magazines

General Databases

Use the drop box to select an article database to search. Further details about each database are provided below.

EbscoHost - is a rich collection of general and specialized databases, all including at least some full text. Specialized databases focus on medicine, business, art, psychology and education.

Elsevier ScienceDirect Journal Collection - provides access to the full-text of a selection of Elsevier's premier journals back to 1995 in the areas of life sciences, medicine, social sciences, business and management, computer and information science, linguistics, and urban planning. Citation and abstracts are available for earlier issues.

FirstSearch - is a collection of databases covering a range of subjects. It includes both general databases and special databases focused on education and medicine and those that catalog special types of materials like government documents and conference papers.

Lexis-Nexis Academic - is a news-oriented full-text database that also includes special subject areas of business and law as well as general reference resources. Among its special features are transcripts of broadcast news programming and foreign newspaper stories. The legal database provides quick access to both federal and state statuatory law, case law and patent searching.

Liebert E-Journals Online - this collection contains more than 60 different electronic journals, primarily in health-related fields. DACC no longer subscribes to the journals in this collection but retains access to older issues.

Opposing Viewpoints in Context - takes Greenhaven Press's social issues series Opposing Viewpoints, At Issue and Current Controversies and supplements them in an online form by adding primary sources, statistics, related articles, multimedia and web links.

Sage Journals Online - provides access to the full text of many of Sage's journals in business, the humanities, social sciences, science, technology and medicine.

Science in Context - More than 200 magazines and academic journals, as well as special encyclopedia articles, experiments, biographies, illustrations and web links are gathered together in this database.

Electronic Newspapers, Magazines and Journals

Chicago Tribune Historical Archive - The Chicago Tribune's front page coverage goes back through 1900. Major stories coverage dates back to the 1920s.

Chronicle of Higher Education - The key news leader of record for higher education in the United States.

CQ Researcher - Issued by Congressional Quarterly, CQ Researcher offers balanced examinations of a single controversial topic in each weekly issue. Topics can include anything from government secrecy to teen sex.

Historical New York Times - The New York Times database provides users with access to the United States unofficial newspaper of record from 2006 back to 1851 in a fully searchable format.

Illinois Periodicals Online - Online access to nine magazines about Illinois: Illinois Country Living, Illinois Heritage, Illinois History, Illinois History Teacher, Illinois Issues, Illinois Libraries, Illinois Municipal Review, Illinois Parks & Recreation, OutdoorIllinois

Electronic Books and Reference Resources

AccessScience Encyclopedia - AccessScience is the McGraw-Hill online Encyclopedia of Science & Technology. It includes detailed encyclopedia entries on scientific topics as well as biographical information about famous scientists and mathematicians, study guides, science news, and links to science sites on the web.

American Decades Primary Sources - This reference series provides access to primary sources relevent to significant political, social, economic and cultural events from the twentieth century. The types of source included range from diaries and editorials to public documents, photographs, songs and advertisements.

The ABC-CLIO full-text collections contain databases dedicated to cultural, historical and other social studies topics. They provide detailed information as well as critical analysis on special questions related to the topics. Individual databases in the set include American Government, American History, American Mosaic (a cultural database with divisions devoted to African-American, American Indian, and Latino experience), Pop Culture Universe, World History: Modern, World at War and World History: Ancient and Medieval , World Geography.

American Women's History Online - A Facts on File database that provides full-text access to a wealth of resources on American women's history. A wide cross-section of primary sources are included, ranging from government documents to memoirs and journals, as well as images and videos.

Bloom's Literary Reference Online - A Facts on File database that provides full-text access to the library of Harold Bloom literary criticism resources as well as a number of other full-text critical and biographical sources about authors from the complete canon of world writers. Video clips and images illustrate many concepts.

Books in Print - Books-in-Print is the electronic version of the standard reference source for determining what books are currently available from publishers. In addition, the electronic version features book reviews, biographical information on authors, contact information about publishers, bestseller and award lists, and essays about literature that appeared in different years.

CARLI Digital Collections - Several digitized image collections, including the Saskia Digital Image Archive (see below), provided by or to CARLI library consortia members. These collections vary widely in content, including everything from images of the Chicago's Century of Progress World's Fair in 1933-34 to a Pueblo pottery collection and a collection of 20th century popular public-domain songs, Pullman car drawings, and a Broadway designer's work.

Consumer Health Source Complete - A comprehensive full-text resource providing access to a full range of consumer-oriented medical information, including more than 200 reference works, more than 1000 animations and videos, more than 500 health periodicals, more than 1800 health pamphlets and drug education sheets, and thousands of health reports. .

Credo Reference Center - 100 online reference resources from leading publishers providing information in fields ranging from business to art to science.

eBrary - An ebook collection with more than 20,000 titles across a range of fields. The collection is especially strong in the areas of computers and networking, criminal justice, nursing and emergency medicine, and basic business fields.

Encyclopedia Britannica - This version of Britannica offer users all the depth of coverage and scholarly quality of this renowned encyclopedia in an online format. Also included are the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a library of ebooks and primary sources, a collection of magazines as well as an atlas.

Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History - The online version of this 5-volume set and supplement covers all aspects of the African-American experience from 1619 through today. More than 2,300 articles examine the history and present-day situation of African-Americans.

Encyclopedia of the Cold War - Online access to the most comprehensive resource documenting the major conflict of the latter half of the twentieth century.

Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol and Addictive Behavior - This online encyclopedia examines the social, medical, legal and political aspects of addictive behavior.

Encyclopedia of Latin American American History and Culture - a multidisciplinary reference to Latin American culture and experience that covers the range from the prehistoric to the present in areas as diverse as politics, the arts, and social development.

Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology - This reference encyclopedia provides more than 2,000 entries on various individuals, countries, controversies, cults, and practices related to the topics of occultism and parapsychology.

Encyclopedia of Philosophy - The online version of the updated edition of this standard reference contains more than 2,100 entries ranging in subject from Buddhist philosophy to the Holocaust to biomedical ethics. The second edition also features 1,000 biographical entries on major figures in philosophical thought throughout history.

Encyclopedia of Science, Technology and Ethics - A two-fold work, the ESTE looks at both the ethical questions posed to society by science and technology and the professional ethics of those in these fields.

Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine - this in-depth encyclopedia examines all kinds of non-Western, non-traditional therapies being practiced today as well as key figures in the history of the field.

Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer - Two different editions of this electronic version of the 2-volume print original cover cancer in depth, as well as both traditional and alternative treatments, drugs, diagnostic procedures and side effects.

Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine - The online version of the 3rd edition of the 5-volume encyclopedia includes information on more than 1,600 medical concepts and conditions, including causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatments, and procedures.

Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health - This online resource includes detailed information on mental health conditions as well as various therapies and affected populations.

HarpWeek--Harper's Weekly 1857-1877 Issues Online - The online version of Harper’s Weekly magazine from the years 1857-1877. This digitized version of the popular magazine provides access to original news and cultural coverage of one of the most volatile periods in U.S. history.

Historical Statistics of the United States - This online reference provides access to a wide variety of tabulated statistics related to the U.S. population over time as well as informational essays related to that statistical information. Users can search for specific types of data in relation to particular periods and then create custom tables as well.

Illinois Sanborn Maps, 1867 - 1970 - Sanborn maps are large-scale maps of cities and towns drawn at a scale of 50 feet to an inch. The maps chart the development of urban areas over time. The plans include detailed information about each building as well as street names and details, property boundaries, building use, and house and block numbers.

Issues and Controversies - This full-text Facts on File database explores controversial topics in depth, but from a neutral perspective, providing background to the issues involved, outlining the criticisms as well as the benefits and arguments of proponents.

Issues and Controversies in American History - Similar to the regular Issues and Controversies, this Facts on File database explores controversial topics in U.S. history. Users can either select topics based on the subject or can approach topics through a pro- and con- menu. There is also a chronological index. Each topic includes a detailed historical context as well as a section which outlines the explicitly controversial aspects. Related biographies, news events, primary documents, sidebar events and overviews are linked to the topic.

NetLibrary Online Book Collection - NetLibrary is a collection of electronic books on a range of subjects. These works can be browsed online and actually checked out so that the user can have short-term exclusive access to them, as they would with a regular library book.

New Encyclopedia of Africa - This reference source provides in-depth coverage of the African continent, giving both historical context back through the early pharoahinic and sub-Saharan cultures through today's complex of nations, and issues that confront the continent as a whole.

OxfordArtOnline - is the online version of the revised 38 volume Grove Dictionary of Art as well as The Oxford Companion to Western Art, The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms.. It provides articles on artists and art subjects, art news, and links to a vast array of images.

Oxford English Dictionary - The online version of the standard reference source for the development and usage of words in the English language.

OxfordMusicOnline - is the online version of the revised Grove Dictionary of Music (which includes the New Grove Dictionary of Opera) as well as The Oxford Dictionary of Music and The Oxford Companion of Music.

Sage e-Reference Center - This online reference collection includes 62 special subject encyclopedias in health and social sciences, communication and management. Several focus on aspects of criminal justice.

Saskia Digital Archive - a collection of more than 30,000 high resolution, digital images of art and architectural masterpieces as well as some archaelogical sites available for educational uses. The collection also provides descriptive information about the images from several major art history texts in which the images appear, such as Gardner's Art Through the Ages, 12th ed. and Understanding Art, 7th ed.

Science in Context - More than 200 magazines and academic journals as well as subject-specific reference encyclopedias, experiments, biographies, illustrations and web links are gathered together in this database.

Springer Medical Research Collection - More than 3,300 full-text books in the full range of medical fields available online.

St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture - This reference encyclopedia presents more than 2,500 topics related to pop culture in the U.S. in the twentieth century.

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Created January 23, 2006
Revised January 31, 2012