The AARP website has many resources on interest for research in aging, especially in the United States. The "Office of Academic Affairs " links to many full text articles and position papers. Under Research Databases, "Internet Sources on Aging" links to nearly 1,000 websites and AgeSource/AgeStats provides worldwide data.

A free electronic newsletter providing updates is available. Subscription information is under the heading Newsletters on the main page.

This is a growing collection of reference books in business, sociology, history, religion and psychology. Many of the titles are surveys or handbooks covering their topics.

For assistance in using this collection follow this link to the help screens.

Academic OneFile (Gale)

Academic OneFile is a major source of  full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources, with extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times 1985-date. Updated daily.

This comprehensive electronic collection gives researchers immediate, Web-based access to 1,279 works by 274 writers from the Reformation and post-Reformation eras. These works include the theological writings of more than 300 Protestant authors, as well as a wide range of confessional documents, biblical commentaries, polemical treatises, and Bible translations. From the followers of Luther and Calvin to the leading figures of the Anabaptist movement, the writers represented in the Digital Library of Classic Protestant Texts can now be studied and compared in ways that will open new avenues of research for the next generation of scholars.

When complete, this collection will give scholars access to over 1500 works, all primary source material from the 16th and 17th centuries. Into one extensive, fully searchable collection we have gathered all the key catechisms, scholarly treatises, papal documents, devotional works, and theological volumes that sparked and sustained the reform from within the Catholic Church in the heady years before, during, and after the landmark decrees of the Council of Trent. The collection currently includes 845 titles by 277 authors.

This site, managed by the American Educational Research Association Special Interest Group for Communication of Research  includes only links to electronic journals that are scholarly, peer-reviewed, full text and accessible without cost. The organization excludes professional magazines that are largely not refereed, and commercial journals that may only allow access to a very limited number of articles as an enticement to buy. By restricting inclusion in this way on the list that follows, the AERA SIG hopes to promote free access world wide to scholarship in education.

AGRICOLA (AGRICultural OnLine Access) is a bibliographic database  created by the National Agricultural Library (NAL) and its cooperators. Production of these records in electronic form began in 1970, but the database covers materials in all formats, including printed works from the 15th century. The records describe publications and resources encompassing all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines, including animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, plant sciences, forestry, aquaculture and fisheries, farming and farming systems, agricultural economics, extension and education, food and human nutrition, and earth and environmental sciences. The AGRICOLA database does not contain full text articles, but thousands of AGRICOLA records are linked to full-text documents online; new links are added daily. AGRICOLA includes the NAL Catalog, containing citations to books, audiovisual materials, serial publications, and other materials in the NAL collection and NAL's Article Citation Database, containing citations, many with abstracts, to journal articles, book chapters, reports, and reprints, selected primarily from the materials found in the NAL Catalog. The database is updated daily.

This is a full-text collection of 10 large circulation popular news magazines, covering fields of business, entertainment, lifestyle, news, science & technology, and sports. Coverage goes back to at least 2002, and in some titles as early as 1985. Titles include: Newsweek (1991-date), Slate (1996-date), and US News and World Report (1993-date). Articles are TEXT ONLY; accompanying illustrations are not displayed.

Contains the full text of all core American Chemical Society journals from the beginning of each journal, the earliest issue being from 1879. The entire collection can be searched directly from the initial screen; all journals can be browsed from this screen as well.

ArticleFirst (OCLC FirstSearch))

Contains bibliographic citations describing items listed on the table of contents pages of over 16,000 journals in science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture. The database contains over 23,000,000 records, from 1990-date. Although this database does not contain any full text articles, it does link to full text articles in Wilson Select Plus.

Published by the American Theological Library Association, ATLAReligion is a comprehensive database of religious and theological scholarship. It includes a full range of index citations to journal articles, essays in multi-author works, and book reviews from ATLA print indexes. Over 1650 journals are indexed and abstracted; 130 are available in full text. The database contains more than 1,300,000 records.

The Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals offers a comprehensive listing of journal articles published worldwide on architecture and design, archaeology, city planning, interior design, and historic preservation. There are no full text articles, but many citations contain notes or summaries. The index links to full text areticles in Wilson Select Plus. Avery indexes not only the international scholarly and popular periodical literature, but also the publications of professional associations, US state and regional periodicals, and the major serial publications on architecture and design of Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Australia. Expanded coverage includes obituary citations providing an excellent source of biographical data, often the only information available for less-published architects. Coverage is from the 1930s (with selective coverage dating back to the 1860s) to the present. The Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals is updated weekly. Currently more than  2,800 journals are indexed, with over 600,000 records in the database.

Biography and Genealogy Master Index (Gale)

Biography and Genealogy Master Index enables users to locate biographical entries contained in more than 2,000 volumes and editions of important current and retrospective biographical reference sources. This index contains citations that point to over 17 million biographies on nearly 5 million people, living and deceased, from all time periods, geographical locations, and fields of endeavor.

Blackwell Synergy titles are now included in the Wiley Interscience database. Blackwell Synergy contains the online versions of more than 870 scholarly journals published by Blackwell. As of July, 2008, nearly 885,000 full text Blackwell articles are included. Full text is available for all of these journals from at least 2001 (except for new journals) and coverage for some goes back to the 1970s. Listings and indexing on InterScience include ALL Wiley journals as well as the former Blackwell Synergy titles, but with few exceptions, only the Blackwell titles are availaible in full text.

Business and Company ASAP (Gale)

Provides information on companies, markets and industries, market trends, mergers and acquisitions, current management theory and company overviews. The database provides access to business and trade journals, newspapers and company directory profiles with full text and images.

Business and Company Resource Center (Gale)

The Business & Company Resource Center provides business, company, and industry content in the following areas:

• Periodical articles, news articles, and press releases
• Detailed information for domestic and international companies and associations, including information on corporate hierarchical structures
• Company financials and earning estimates
• Investment reports
• Corporate chronologies and company histories
• Brands and product information
• Industry and company rankings
• Market Share data
• Industry Overviews
• HR Law Case Digests

Business Source Premier is a powereful business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost. The database includes thousands of  company profiles, country reports, industry and marketing reports and SWOT analyses.

To use the Enhanced Business Searching Interface, which incorporates additional search options, follow this link: search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx

CAMIO: Catalog of Art Museum Images Online (OCLC)

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. Currently the collection includes over 95,000 images.

CAMIO is licensed for use by students, faculty, and researchers at subscribing institutions. Works of art may be used for educational and research purposes during the term of the subscription, if they are properly credited. Images may not be published or otherwise distributed.

This is the official U.S. Census Bureau website, providing information about the upcoming 2010 census and access to the 2000 census data. In addition to the standard census tables in the general categories of people and households, business and industry, and geography, the site also provides access to survey and sample data. Information includes anonymous data from many social, financial and medical studies that are conducted by the Bureau of the Census. Population clocks show U.S. and World population estimates updated minute-to-minute.

CCRIS is a toxicology data file of the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) Toxicology Data Network (TOXNET®). It is a scientifically evaluated and fully referenced data bank, developed and maintained by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). It contains over 9,000 chemical records with carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, tumor promotion, and tumor inhibition test results. Data are derived from studies cited in primary journals, current awareness tools, NCI reports, and other special sources. Test results have been reviewed by experts in carcinogenesis and mutagenesis.

ChemIDplus is a free, web-based search system that provides access to structure and nomenclature authority files used for the identification of chemical substances cited in National Library of Medicine (NLM) databases, including the TOXNET® system. ChemIDplus also provides structure searching and direct links to many biomedical resources at NLM and on the Internet for chemicals of interest. The database contains over 380,000 chemical records, of which over 289,000 include chemical structures, and is searchable by Name, Synonym, CAS Registry Number, Molecular Formula, Classification Code, Locator Code, Structure, Toxicity, and/or Physical properties.

Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD) is an ever growing online database with over 300,000 reviews and related information on children’s literature and literature for professional educators. CLCD contains reviews from over 36 quality reviewers including:

• The ALAN Review
• BookList
• The Horn Book Guide
• KIRKUS

Included is information on reading level, lesson plans, and extensive linke to author pages.

To access the collection from the CLCD homepage, click on the "Subscriber Login" button.

ChiltonLibrary.com (Gale)

ChiltonLibrary.com represents the most authoritative automotive repair information available to car owners. There are thousands of year, make and model combinations covering the most popular vehicles of the past 30 years, plus additional coverage of specialty models. ChiltonLibrary.com gives you the confidence to service or repair virtually any system on your vehicle.

Includes abstracts of nursing and allied health articles from worldwide, scientific literature presented for the needs of health professionals. Includes abstracts of articles from nursing, allied health, biomedical, consumer health journals, and publications of the American Nurses Association and the National League for Nursing. Covers health care books, nursing dissertations, standards of professional practice, nurse practice acts and educational software. Although a bibliographic database, the CINAHL database continues to include selected original and full-text material. Full text is included for selected state nursing journals and some newsletters, standards of practice, practice acts, government publications, research instruments and patient education material. Coverage begins in 1982; currently over 1170 sources are included. The database contains over 4 million records. LINKS TO FULL TEXT MATERIALS IN OTHER SUBSCRIBED EBSCO DATABASES.

Journals@Ovid Full Text. To access Clinical Nurse Specialist 1996-date,  click on "Your Journals@Ovid" then on "Browse Journals", then on the next page "Browse Journals (A-Z)". The site includes access to over 100 other health sciences related journals.

Contains articles and cbstracts/citations from the following evidence- based medicine databases:

• The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (Cochrane Reviews) Includes Complete Reviews and Protocols. [FULL TEXT]
• Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)
• The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)
• The Cochrane Database of Methodology Reviews (Methodology Reviews)
• Health Technology Assessment Database (HTA)

Computer Database (Gale)

Computer Database provides full-text and image articles for a wide variety or research applications, including competitive analysis of high tech companies and their products; research on industry trends in telecommunications, electronics and robotics; research on software, hardware, the Internet and LAN and WAN technology; research into multimedia, virtual reality and interactive TV; reviews of consumer products; background research for job hunting. Coverage is 1980-date. Of 1046 indexed and abstracted journals, over 500 are currently indexed; 181 are available in full text.

COS Funding Opportunities is the largest, most comprehensive database of available funding.

    * More than 25,000 records representing over $33 billion in funding.
    * Opportunities by sponsors throughout the world for recipients throughout the world.
    * Sponsors include private foundations, public agencies, national and local governments, corporations and more.
    * Monies available for work in all disciplines physical sciences, social sciences, life sciences, health & medicine, arts & humanities.
    * Funding for many purposes, such as research, collaborations, travel, curriculum development, conferences, fellowships, postdoctoral positions, equipment acquisitions, capital or operating expenses.
    * Updated daily, all information verified with sponsor, edited for consistency and optimized for accurate searching.

Each COS Funding Opportunities record includes key information:

    * Title, Abstract, Amount
    * Sponsor, Contact Information
    * Deadline, Eligibility Requirements
    * COS Keyword (a standardized list, applied consistently through   all records)

Dentistry & Oral Science Source covers all facets relating to the areas of dentistry including dental public health, endodontics, facial pain & surgery, odontology, oral & maxillofacial pathology/surgery/radiology, orthodontology, pediatric dentistry, periodontology, and prosthodontics. The database is updated weekly on EBSCOhost.

The Detroit Free Press, 2000-July 21, 2008, is available in Gale's Custom Newspapers database. To search the this newspaper, type Detroit Free Press in the Browse box on either the basic or advanced search screen and click the Browse button. To see other available newspapers, just click of the Browse button for a complete list; you may search up to 10 newspapers simultaneously.

This is the online version of the Free Press, 2006-current.

The Dietary Supplements Labels Database offers information about ingredients in more than two thousand selected brands of dietary supplements. It enables users to determine what ingredients are in specific brands and to compare ingredients in different brands. Information is also provided on the health benefits claimed by manufacturers. These claims by manufacturers have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Companies may not market as dietary supplements any products that are intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

Ingredients of dietary supplements in this database are linked to other National Library of Medicine databases such as MedlinePlus® and PubMed® to allow users to understand the characteristics of ingredients and view the results of research pertaining to them, including the following characteristics:

• Uses in humans
• Adverse effects
• Mechanism of action

The Database can be searched by brand names, uses noted on product labels, specific active ingredients, and manufacturers.

Warnings and Recalls from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), related to specific ingredients and supplement brands have also been provided.

A full text database of over 45,000 books, ebrary Academic Complete has books in all disciplines.  You can search by key word, full-text, publisher or author, and can create your own personal bookshelf of materials you wish to save.

This page provides links to the Ebsco databases available through UDM:CINAHL, Pre-CINAHL, Health Business Fulltext Elite, Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition, Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection, PsycARTICLES, PsycINFO, Busines Source Premier, and Regional Business News.

Education: A SAGE Full-Text Collection includes the full text of 36 peer-reviewed journals published by SAGE and participating societies distinguished by more than 40 years of backfiles for some titles.

It covers such subject areas as: Adult and Continuing Education, Educational Administration, Educational Policy, Elementary and Primary Education, High School and Secondary Education, Higher Education, International Education, Leadership, Measurement and Testing, Multicultural Education and Diversity, Professional Development, Teaching and Instruction, Teaching Methods.

The searchable database consists of bibliographic records (indexed summaries or abstracts) as well as the complete text of each journal article. Every bibliographic record in the Collection links to the appropriate full-text in PDF format.

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Indexes and abstracts over 625 education-related journals, starting in 1983, with full text starting in 1996. Encompasses all areas of concern to today's educators, including administration, teaching methods, and curriculum. Covers every age and sector of the educational community from preschool through college. Includes selected series and supplements and book review citations.

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Educator's Reference Complete (Gale)

This collection of more than 1,100 periodicals and 200 reports is for any educator -- from the school teacher and administrator to those studying in the field at the collegiate and graduate level. Educator's Reference Complete is the perfect complement for any library that utilizes the ERIC database, because it provides full-text results for nearly half of the journal titles found in ERIC. This database covers multiple levels of education from preschool to college, and every educational specialty -- such as technology, bilingual education, health education, and testing. Educator's Reference Complete also focuses on issues in administration, funding and policy.

The ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) database is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education to provide extensive access to educational-related literature. In addition, ERIC provides coverage of conferences, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, books and monographs. Currently the ERIC database contains over 1.2 million records. Abiout 400,000 ERIC docuemnts are full text.

ERIC (FirstSearch)

The ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) database is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education to provide extensive access to educational-related literature. In addition, ERIC provides coverage of conferences, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, books and monographs. Currently the ERIC database contains over 1.2 million records. About 400,000 ERIC documents ave full text.

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Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale)

Abstracts over 4,300 journals in all academic disciplines, of which over 2,500 are full text. Coverage starts in 1980 for selected journals.

The FDLP Desktop serves as a centralized resource for the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP), which disseminates U.S. Government information to the American public through libraries across the nation.

FedStats, which has been available to the public since 1997, provides access to the full range of official statistical information produced by the Federal Government without having to know in advance which Federal agency produces which particular statistic. With convenient searching and linking capablilties to more than 100 agencies that provide data and trend information on such topics as economic and population trends, crime, education, health care, aviation safety, energy use, farm production and more, FedStats is your one location for access to the full breadth of Federal statistical information.

FirstSearch is a collection of databases in many academic disciplines. This link leads to the following databases: ArticleFirst, ATLAReligion, Avery Index,  BasicBIOSIS, Ebooks, Electronic Collections Online (ECO), ERIC, Government Printing Office (GPO), Hand Press Book Database, History of Science, Technology, and Medicine (HSTM), MEDLINE, SCIPIO, Wilson Select Plus, World Almanac, WorldCat, and WorldCat Dissertations.

The Foundation Directory is the standard source for grant information in all disciplines. Access is by password only for up to six simultaneous users.

The Gale databases include the following: Academic OneFile, Health Reference Center Academic, InfoTrac Custom Newspapers, General Reference Center Gold,  Kids InfoBits, Computer Database, Expanded Academic ASAP, General Business File ASAP, Gale Virtual Reference Library, General OneFile, LegalTrac, Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module, Educator's Reference Complete, Junior Edition, Student Edition, Informe! Nursing Resource Center, and What Do I Read Next?  Each database is separately described in the general database list.

In addition, there are 24 subject collections drawn from General OneFile in various disciplines; each is a good starting point for general research in its respective discipline. Each sub-collection is described separately in the general database list.

Gale Virtual Reference Library delivers a wealth of eBook reference content in a database format. The sources include multi-volume encyclopedias, biographical collections, business plan handbooks, company history compilations, consumer health references, and specialized reference sources. Subjects covered include Arts, Biography, Business, Education, Environment, History, Law, Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Nation and World, Religion, Science, and Social Science. UDM's titles are displayed by subject; for an alphabetical list of UDM's titles, click on the Title List link on the top toolbar.

General OneFile includes more than 6,300 full-text titles, 400 major newspapers -- a total of nearly 11,000 titles in all with more than 20 years of backfile coverage from 1980 to present for selected titles. The database contains more than 87 million records including wire services covering agriculture, general news, broadcast news, government, business press releases, industry topics, sports and current events; indexing of The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and Christian Science Monitor; and general interest magazines, refereed academic journals, business publications, technology periodicals, and specialty titles in law, health care and computers.

Provides the full text of the Grand Rapids Press 2002-date.

GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,700 records.

This is a growing collection of reference books in business, sociology, history, religion and psychology. Many of the titles are surveys or handbooks covering their topics.

For assistance in using this collection follow this link to the help screens.

HarpWeek presents the full text of Harper's Weekly for the period 1857-1889. One of the leading newspapers of the 19th century, Harper's contains writings of many American literary figures and many illustrations.

Health Reference Center Academic (Gale)

Health Reference Center Academic provides a collection of over 2,600 journals, including 700 specifically in nursing and allied health fields. It also provides personal health information on a wide range of topics. The database also contains more than 400 full-text pamphlets, selected health-related articles from an additional 1500 general interest magazines, newsletters, articles from the Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service, and 2,500+ topical overviews from Clinical Reference Systems.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition provides abstracts and indexing for more than 830 journals, of which 550 are availabile in full text. About 450 of the journals are peer-reviewed. This database includes Clinical Pharmacology, which provides access to up-to-date, concise and clinically relevant drug monographs for all U.S. prescription drugs, hard-to-find herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products and new drugs. The majority of full text titles are available in native (searchable) PDF, or scanned-in-color. Full text information in this database dates as far back as 1975.

Heritage of the Printed Book (OCLC)

Union catalog of European printing from the 15th century to the 1830s. This database contains over 2.7 million records from European libraries covering the period 1485-1830.

HeritageQuest Online (ProQuest)

HeritageQuest Online is a key genealogical resource, offering access to the follwing datasets:

Highwire Press is a collaborative online publishing effort that incorporates online journals from many publishers. This links directly to the publisher listing. Access to over 200 Sage journals is available through Highwire Press. There is also a substantial collection of freely accessible journals in Highwire, some of which limit access to journal issues that are 12 or more months old.

The History Cooperative is a partnership founded by The American Historical Association, The Organization of American Historians, The University of Illinois Press, and The National Academies Press. Currently 26 journals, mostly full-text, are available; several titles continue coverage in JSTOR. In addition, the site offers a small collection of conference papers, the Booker T. Washington Papers, links to a variety of historical websites, and a collection of historical maps.

History of Science, Technology, and Medicine (HSTM) (OCLC)

International bibliography of history of science, technology, and medicine, including materials from selected periodicals 1975-date. The database also includes citations to conference proceedings, books, dissertations, maps and other materials. It contains over 260,000 records and is updated quarterly.

Informe! (Gale) (Spanish-language)

Una colección de revistas hispánicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias.

Informe!, created for Spanish-speaking users, this full-text electronic reference tool is the first system to provide indexing, images and full text of popular Hispanic magazines -- not just translations. Also included is a thesaurus and interface that are uniquely designed for Spanish-speaking users. ¡Informe! thinks through every query in Spanish. Terms and thesaurus are based on the expressions Spanish-speakers commonly use, allowing users to easily navigate through the database without experiencing inaccurate search terms. ¡Informe! also features title annotations in both English and Spanish to help non-Spanish speaking staff to easily assist users. Students of Spanish, as well as non-native speakers can also easily access ¡Informe!'s resources through this bilingual approach.

InfoTrac Agriculture Collection

This is a custom collection of nearly 400 titles focused on agriculture and related fields, from practical aspects of farming to cutting edge scientific research in horticulture. Many of the titles are also indexed in the AGRICOLA database.

InfoTrac Communications and Mass Media Collection

This is a custom collection of more than 250 journals focused on all aspects of the communications field: key subjects covered include advertising and public relations, linguistics, and literature.

InfoTrac Criminal Justice Collection

This collection of 700 titles is useful for legal, pare-legal and security studies, and for a career in Homeland Security.

InfoTrac Custom Newspapers

A collection of over 100 newspapers and 275 newswires from around the country and the world. Included are the Detroit Free Press (March 28, 2000-July 30, 2008), Times (London) 1985-date and the Christian Science Monitor 1996-date. The database contains over 27 million articles.

InfoTrac Diversity Studies Collection

This collection of over 150 journals supports social science, history and liberal arts coursework, focusing on cultural differences, contributions and influences in the global community.

InfoTrac Environmental Studies and Policy Collection

A custom collection of nearly 700 journals providing coverage of environmental issues and policies, including diverse perspectives from the scientific community, governmental policy makers, and corporate interests.

InfoTrac Fine Arts & Music Collection

With more than 100 full-text magazines and journals covered in databases such as the Wilson Art Index and RILM, this collection will provide your students with resources to support research in areas such as drama, music, art history, and filmmaking.

InfoTrac Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection

This is a collection of more than 100 journals focused on key issues in gardening, landscaping, and other areas of horticulture, with the addition of over 20 subject specific reference sources from Delmar, Cengage Learning.

InfoTrac Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Issues Collection

This collection of journals seeks to provide balanced coverage of GLBT issues, covering such topics as gender studies, family and marital issues, health aspects, and many more.

InfoTrac General Science Collection

A custom collection of over 200 journals, providing researchers with the information needed to stay current on the latest scientific developments -- including such topics as particle physics, advanced mathematics, and nanotechnology.

InfoTrac Home Improvement Collection

This collection of more than 200 home-improvement focused titles covers such topics as architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and many more will meet the needs of hobbyists and professionals alike.

InfoTrac Information Science and Library Issues Collection

Comprised of content from nearly 100 leading industry journals, this collection provides current and accurate information for the information professional. Coverage includes such topics as data processing techniques, metadata architectures, and more.

InfoTrac Insurance and Liability Collection

This collection, comprised of nearly 40 journals, takes a broad view of the insurance and liability industry, covering such topics as labor relations, mortgage banking, legal issues, and more.

InfoTrac Nursing and Allied Health Collection

Including nearly 1,100 titles, this collectionfocuses on nursing and allied health professions and is of use for both nursing professionals and  students pursuing a nursing-focused curriculum.

InfoTrac Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Collection

A custom collection including over 100 titles covering the fields of physical therapy and sports medicine, providing researchers with access to many topics in the field, including proven treatment techniques, experimental research theses, and many more.

InfoTrac Pop Culture Collection

This collection provides useful information for any researcher in a social science, history, art or liberal arts course. This collection is made up of 100 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals.

InfoTrac Psychology Collection

This collection gives individuals a basic understanding of the study of the mind, emotions and how the human mind develops over time. Your librarys users will have access to 500 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals, many cited in PsycINFO.

InfoTrac Religion & Philosophy Collection

This custom collection provides coverage of different religions, philosophies and how they impact our daily lives. 250 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals are included.

InfoTrac Small Business Collection

Perfect for business schools and entrepreneurs, this compilation provides insights, tips, strategies and success stories. Users will find 250 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals.

InfoTrac Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure Collection

This is a collection of more than 800 journals and 29 subject specific Delmar, Cengage Learning reference titles and travel handbook's from Fodor's. It provides coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism fields. A great resource for curious travelers and serious researchers.

InfoTrac U.S. History Collection

This collection of over 40 journals provides balanced coverage of both the current thought and events in US History, as well as scholarly work being established in the field; useful both to the novice historian and to the advanced academic researcher.

InfoTrac War and Terrorism Collection

A definitive collection for students of history, social science and current events, providing insight into conflicts and their multiple causes. References include 100 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals.

InfoTrac World History Collection

This collection of over 40 journals provides balanced coverage of both the current thought and events in World History, as well as scholarly work being established in the field; useful both to the novice historian and to the advanced academic researcher.

Full text of over 1,200 core academic journals in most disciplines. Coverage starts with the first issue puiblished, and continues, ending 3-5 years before the current year. An additional year is journals published is added annually. The Libraries own current paper issues of many titles in the collections.

LearningExpress Library

LearningExpress Library is a comprehensive, interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help patrons—students and adult learners—succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. You'll get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results.

LegalTrac (Gale)

LegalTrac™ provides indexing for approximately 875 titles including major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals. Each title included in LegalTrac™ is selected on the basis of criteria provided by a special advisory committee of the American Association of Law Libraries. LegalTrac™ also contains law-related articles from over 1,000 additional business and general interest titles

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) indexes more than 500 core journals, more than 50 priority journals, and 125 selective journals; plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s.

Materials Science: A SAGE Full-Text Collection includes the full text of 15 journals published by SAGE and participating societies, some journals going back to 1994. It covers such subjects as: high performance polymers; molecular modeling characterization and evaluation of polymers, polymeric drugs and drug design; polymeric functionalization; natural polymer modification; enzyme modeling by polymers; membranes for biological use; liposome stabilization and cell modeling.

The searchable database consists of bibliographic records (indexed summaries or abstracts) as well as the complete text of each journal article. Every bibliographic record in the Collection links to the appropriate full text in PDF format.

MeL Michigana

This database contains digitized historical materials from around Michigan including photographs of people, places and objects; diaries of Civil War soldiers; unique local histories and much more.

MeL: Michigan eLibrary

Brings together all of the resources made available by the Library of Michigan, including databases and subject listings of online resources.

MeLCat

MeLCat is a growing statewide catalog of library resources. Currently the holdings of over 350 libraries statewide are listed in the catalog, with more joining throughout the year. UDM will join after the DALNET consortium catalog has been merged and can let all DALNET member libraries be included.

Michigan Authors and Illustrators

This is a database of the works of Michigan authors--those either born in Michigan or lived in Michigan. Brief biographical information is included for most authors.

Michigan Newspapers

Full text December 2006-date of the Detroit Free Press, January 1999-date of the Detroit News, July 200-date of the Grand Rapids Press, and July 2006-date of the Michigan Chronicle.

Michigan Online Resources for Educators MORE)

MORE links to Thinkfinity, Verizon Foundation's free, comprehensive Web site containing more than 55,000 educational resources, including standards-based, grade-specific, K-12 lesson plans, student interactive tools and reference materials.

Content is provided through 11 of the nation's leading educational organizations: the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the International Reading Association, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, National Center for Family Literacy, Council for Economic Education, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Council of Teachers of English, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, National Geographic Society, ProLiteracy and the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.

Thinkfinity also offers a free, robust professional-development program for teachers and trainers. For more information on this professional development, contact Karen Hairston at hairstonk@michigan.gov.

Military and Intelligence Database

A custom colletion of over 400 journals, covering all aspects of the past and current state of military affairs. Key subjects include socioeconomic effects of war, governmental policies, the structure of armed forces, and many more.

The Newsstand edition displayed here is the edition that is sold on the streets of New York City. This replaces the microfilm version of the New York Times effective with the October 11, 2008, edition. The title link above will take you to the current newspaper. For past issues, follow this link.

NoveList (Ebsco)

NoveList is a fiction database that provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more for over 135,000 fiction titles. It also includes other content of interest to fiction readers, such as Author Read-alikes, What We're Reading, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Annotated Book Lists. For school media specialists and teachers there are Picture Book Extenders and articles on Teaching with Fiction.

Journals@Ovid Full Text. To access Clinical Nurse Specialist 1996-date,  click on "Your Journals@Ovid" then on "Browse Journals", then on the next page "Browse Journals (A-Z)". The site includes access to about 30 other health sciences related journals starting with 2003 and including thousands of earlier issues.

Oxford Reference Online Premium Collection contains nearly 200 dictionaries, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. The Collection offers detailed information across a broad subject range from titles in the Oxford Companions Series, to enhance the coverage provided by Oxford Core Collection.

PsycINFO , from the American Psychological Association (APA), contains nearly 2.3 million citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines, dating as far back as the 1800s. 97 percent of the covered material is peer-reviewed. Journal coverage, which spans 1887 to present, includes international material selected from more than 2,100 periodicals in more than 25 languages.

PubMed Central (PMC) is the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature. The PMC journal list comprises journals that deposit material in PMC on a routine basis and generally make all their published articles available here. Find out how to include your journal in PMC.

RefWorks is a web-based database and bibliography creator. RefWorks users can import references from online databases and use these references in writing their papers and automatically format the paper and the bibliography in seconds.

See the Quick Start Guides and Tutorials for assistance using RefWorks.

The Religion Case Reporter, an exclusively online electronic publication, reports and indexes U.S. federal and state judicial opinions addressing the free exercise of religion, state establishment of religion, the clergy and religious institutions. It provides complete coverage of religion as it is impacted by law.

Highwire Press is a collaborative effort that incorporates online journals from many publishers. This links directly to the publisher listing. Access to over 200 Sage journals is available through Highwire Press. There is also a substantial collection of freely accessible journals from many publishers in Highwire.

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Sanborn® fire insurance maps are detailed property and land-use records covering more than 12,000 U.S.towns and cities. Founded in 1867 by D. A. Sanborn, the Sanborn Map Company was the primary American publisher of fire maps for over 100 years, repeatedly mapping towns and cities as they changed.

The maps provide a wealth of information, such as building outline, size and shape, construction materials, height, building use, windows and doors, street and sidewalk widths, boundaries, house numbers, and more. The plans often include information and shading for steel beams or reinforced walls, plus symbols for stables, garages, warehouses, etc.

Factories are labeled with the owner's name, as well as the products manufactured there. In large industrial and commercial buildings, even individual rooms and their uses are recorded. Also depicted are pipelines, railroads, wells, water mains, dumps, and heavy machinery likely to affect the property's vulnerability to earthquake, fire, and flood.

UDM has access to Michigan maps.

Provides full-text of nearly 1900 journals published by Elsevier and its subsidiaries. Beginning coverage for journals varies, but most start in 1995 or 1996 and continue to the most recent issue. For many titles, articles in press are also available. Most journals are in the fields of science, technology or medicine, but journals in the social sciences, humanities and business are also included. The title holdings listed in "Full Text Journals in UDM Databases" show the start date for journals included in the Science Direct Freedom Collection; for most dates prior to 1995, only abstracts are available.

Science Magazine is the flagship journal of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science. This listing provides access to the full text of the past ten years of the journal. Earlier issues, back to Volume 1, Issue 1, are available in the JSTOR database.

SciFinder Scholar^TM is a research discovery tool that allows college students and faculty to access a wide diversity of research from many scientific disciplines, including biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, material science, agricultural science, and more! 

With one single source, you can explore scientific information in journals and patent literature from around the world:

• references from nearly 9,500 currently published journals and patents from more than 50 active patent issuing authorities
• important scientific discoveries from the present to the mid-1800s
• the latest scientific breakthroughs almost as soon as they are published with references added daily and some patent information as recent as two days ago
• the world's largest collection of organic and inorganic substance information 

SciFinder is available on three computers in the McNichols Campus Library. Ask at the Reference Desk to  learn more about the database.

SCIPIO: Art and Rare Book Sales Catalogs (OCLC)

Art and Rare Book Sales/Auction Catalogs

Faulkner's Security Management Practices is a monthly information service devoted to establishing best practices for secure operations across an entire organization: facility security, IT and network security, employee security, and regulatory issues.

SIRS Renaissance

SIRS Renaissance 'Current Perspectives on the Arts & Humanities' is a reference database providing current, dynamic information on Architecture & Design, Culture, Literature, Multimedia, Music, Performing Arts, Philosophy & Religion and Visual Arts. Full-text articles are selected from over 700 domestic and international publications. Many articles are accompanied by full-color graphics, including art reproductions, photographs and illustrations.

CSA Social Services Abstracts provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. The database abstracts and indexes over 1,300+ serials publications and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations, and citations to book reviews 1979-date, currently the database contains over112,000 records, with about 5,500 added annually.

Subjects covered include: community and mental health services, crisis intervention. family and social welfare, gerontology, poverty and homelessness, professional issues in social work, social and health policy, social services in addiction, social work education, social work practice, support groups/networks, violence, abuse, neglect, and  welfare services

This collection of 32 journals includes titles not available in other multi-publisher aggregations. Most titles are in the health sciences and dentistry.

Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 270 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators. 

This site, managed by the Department of Commerce, provides quarterly statistics on trade both internationally and domestically. Some series of data start in 1989, others as late as 2002. Data can be presented in table and graphic forms.

The University of Detroit Mercy Libraries/Instructional Design Studio and the UDM School of Architecture present these masters theses as fulfillment of the architecture students' requirements for graduation. The theses reflect the research, analysis, creative interpretation, and writing of the respective students. The University of Detroit Mercy, School of Architecture, accepts these theses as the original work of each student without endorsement of any specific architecture structure or creative interpretation.

Urban Studies & Planning: A SAGE Full-Text Collection includes the full text of 13 journals published by SAGE and participating societies, some journals from as far back as 1965, and encompasses over 2,500 articles. It covers such subjects as Anthropology, Economic Development, Economics, Education, Environmental Science, Planning Pedagogy, Planning Practice, Planning Theory, Policy Analysis, Political Science, Public Administration, Regional Geography, Regional Science, Residential and Community Development, Social, Spatial, and Cultural Dynamics, Sociology, Urban and Regional Planning, Urban Culture, Urban Geography, Urban Policy, Urban Politics, and Welfare Economics.

The searchable database consists of bibliographic records (indexed summaries or abstracts) as well as the complete text of each journal article. Every bibliographic record in the Collection links to the appropriate full-text in PDF format.

Blackwell Synergy titles are now included in the Wiley Interscience database. Blackwell Synergy contains the online versions of more than 870 scholarly journals published by Blackwell. As of July, 2008, nearly 885,000 full text Blackwell articles are included. Full text is available for all of these journals from at least 2001 (except for new journals) and coverage for some goes back to the 1970s. Listings and indexing on InterScience include ALL Wiley journals as well as the former Blackwell Synergy titles, but with few exceptions, only the Blackwell titles are availaible in full text.

WilsonSelectPlus (FirstSearch)

Wilson SelectPlus indexes and abstracts records with accompanying full-text periodical articles, many of which are linked to citations in other FirstSearch databases. Includes US and international professional publications, academic journals, and trade magazines. Links to full-text articles. The database contains more that 1.1 million full-text articles from 2,100 journals.