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Index of journals and trade magazines covering business. Especially strong coverage of management. Includes some full text.

Index of journal articles, books, book chapters, book reviews, dissertations, and selected government publications on East-Central Europe and the former Soviet Union published in the United States and Canada. The online version of the American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies.

Index of basic journals across the disciplines and general interest magazines. Includes full text for many publications. Coverage varies but for some titles goes back to the early 1980s.

Full text of African American newspapers from the 19th century.

Selected journals, magazines, and transactions from the Association for Computing Machinery. Index and tables of contents go back to 1954; full-text coverage varies.

Audio collection documenting the history of African American music. Covers jazz, blues, gospel, ragtime, folk songs, narratives and other genres. Streaming audio is freely available to Lafayette users. Register to create and store personal playlists or download music for a fee.

The premier index for agricultural literature. Produced by the National Agricultural Library.

Index of alternative, radical, and left periodicals covering cultural, economic, political, and social change. Covers articles published from 1991 to the present; for articles published from 1969 to 1990, use the Alternative Press Index Archive.

Indexes journal articles, book reviews, and dissertations on the history and culture of the United States and Canada. Subjects include area studies, folklore, government, historiography, political science, popular culture, and urban history.

Full text of chemistry and chemical engineering journals published by the American Chemical Society from their first issue to the current issue.

Collection of primary sources relating to the history and culture of the United States from the Library of Congress.

Scholarly biographical articles on people who have influenced American history and culture. (Does not include information on people still living.)

Digitized images from American magazines and journals that originated between 1741 and 1900. Includes general interest magazines, children's publications, women's magazines, and literary and professional journals.

Database of American roots music, including country, folk, bluegrass, Western, old time, American Indian, blues, gospel, and shape note singing. Songs are categorized by historical event as well as musicians, genres, etc. Streaming audio is freely available to Lafayette users. Register to create and store personal playlists or download music for a fee.

Abstracts of literature on analytical chemistry from journals, technical reports, and books. From the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Index of books, articles, and other publications on literature in English from Anglo-Saxon times to the present. Covers more British publications than MLA International Bibliography. Includes links to some full text. From the Modern Humanities Research Association (MHRA).

Full text of comprehensive review literature in the physical, biomedical, and social sciences.

Indexes about 600 periodicals relating to anthropology. From the Museum of Mankind, London.

Index of articles and essays in the fields of anthropology and archaeology.

Full text of journals from the American Anthropological Association from their first issues through current issues.

Indexes core periodicals in engineering and other technical fields.

Full text of journals from the American Physical Society from their initial volumes through the current year.

Database for locating archival materials (manuscripts, personal papers, historical documents) available at libraries, museums, and archives.

Database on international and internal conflicts as well as terrorism. Includes analyses of current situation and historical background. Also includes data on topics such as weapons, troops, fatalities, and refugees. From the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

Index of international English-language art journals and museum publications.

Index of journal articles, books, dissertations, exhibition catalogs, and exhibition reviews. Covers all aspects of modern and contemporary art (late 19th century to the present).

Database of French literary, philosophical, scientific and technical texts, primarily from the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries.

Database of texts by French women writers from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries.

Tool that allows you to see if the full-text of an article is available in the Lafayette Libraries' print or electronic collections. Use when you already have a reference to an article.

Index covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities. Allows you to search for a topic, an author, or for articles that cite a known author or work. (Another interface for Arts & Humanities Search, covering articles published from 1980 to the present, is available via FirstSearch. Note that cited reference searching is more difficult with this interface.)

Searchable image collection covering the visual arts, including architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, and decorative arts.

Searchable archive of research papers in the fields of physics, mathematics, nonlinear sciences, and computer sciences. Hosted by Cornell University under an agreement with the National Science Foundation.

Full-text of journals and conference proceedings from the American Society of Civil Engineers. Journal coverage goes back to 1995; all ASCE conference papers published from 2003 to the present are available, with select papers available from 1999-2002. For an index of ASCE publications back to 1970 use the ASCE CE Database.

Index of Western-language publications on topics relating to Asia.

Index of articles, books, conference proceedings, dissertations, and art exhibition and dealer's catalogs covering European and American art from late antiquity to the present.

Provides extended, non-technical summaries of periodical articles in biology, ecology, and health. Can be used as an index to biology articles in both popular and scholarly publications.

Database of peer-reviewed research articles in biology and medicine.

Collection of over 70 peer-reviewed journals in the life sciences. Coverage for most journals begins in 2000. To construct more precise searches, use BioOne Abstracts and Indexes.

Database of information on in-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming books. Includes reviews for some titles.

Web version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Digital library containing some of the core primary and secondary sources for the study of medieval and modern history of the British Isles. Includes government documents, most notably the domestic Calendar of State Papers for 1547-1704 and the foreign Calendar of State Papers for 1547-1589.

Digital collection of early English news media from the 17th and 18th centuries. Includes pamphlets, broadsides, periodicals, and an extensive collection of London newspapers.

Index of business news from business magazines and trade publications.

Index of articles on "practical aspects and approaches to business management."

Indexes articles on regional businesses from regional newspapers and business publications.

Database of images of fine and decorative art from museums around the world.

A guide to styles for writing, editing, and publishing.

Electronic backfile of the Chicago Tribune from the first issue through 1986.

Brief reviews of books and electronic resources for academic libraries. Also includes all editorial content from Choice magazine.

A combination of two databases indexing articles from Latin American journals. Clase covers humanities and social science journals from 1975 to the present; indexing is in Spanish only. Periódica covers science and technology journals from 1978 to the present; indexing is in English and Spanish.

Database of classical music plus biographical information on composers. Streaming audio is freely available to Lafayette users. Register to create and store personal playlists or download music for a fee.

Index of papers from conferences, meetings, symposia, etc. in the sciences and social sciences. Includes a feature allowing you to search for publications that cite a known paper.

Indexes journals, newsletters, and research reports on women and women's issues.

Audio collection of music from around the world. Includes reggae, worldbeat, Indian classical, flamenco, klezmer, zydeco, gospel, and more. Streaming audio is freely available to Lafayette users. Register to create and store personal playlists or download music for a fee.

Legislative information and analysis of "key votes" in the U.S. Congress. Biographical, political, and electoral data about members of Congress, plus information and data on the structure of the legislative branch.

Weekly reports on "hot" topics. Each report focuses on one topic and includes an explanation of the issues, a "pro and con" debate feature, a chronology, and a bibliography that can lead to additional resources. Especially useful for political and social issues.

Summaries and analysis of major U.S. Supreme Court decisions with links to full text of cases. Also includes biographies of justices plus tools for analyzing voting records and opinion alignments.

Data and analysis on U.S. presidential, congressional, and gubernatorial elections, plus information on voter demographics and political parties. Includes biographical information on candidates and some election speeches.

News and analysis of the U.S. Congress. Includes status of major legislation and a record of votes.

Database of information on international patents in chemical, electrical and electronic, and mechanical engineering. Allows for patent citation searching.

Online edition of Huguet's dictionary of Renaissance French.

Index of dissertations and theses from institutions in the United States, and more selectively, Canada, Britain, and other European countries. Abstracts are included for dissertations from 1980 to the present.

Searchable, cover-to-cover reproductions of hundreds of U.S. historic newspapers. The publisher's web site includes a description of some of the key titles within this database.

Collection of texts printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473 to 1700. Includes literary texts, sermons, legal documents, scientific treatises, and many other types of works.

Indexes articles in more than 600 economics journals as well as working papers, books, and dissertations.

Digital collection of 180,000 English language books, pamphlets, essays, and broadsides published from 1701 to 1800. Titles cover history, fine arts, medicine, science, literature, law, philosophy, and religion.

List of electronic journals available via the Lafayette College Libraries. This information is also available in the Library Catalog.

Second edition (2007) of a scholarly encyclopedia covering Jewish history and culture.

Reference database with peer-reviewed articles covering all basic and many applied aspects of the life sciences, with an emphasis on cell and molecular biology.

Authoritative encyclopedia covering polymer properties, processes, and uses.

The most comprehensive index to books, articles, conference papers, posters, pamphlets, etc. in the field of education.

From the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, this database indexes a selection of journal articles, book chapters, bills, laws, court decisions, reports, books, audiovisuals, and news articles relating to bioethics and professional ethics.

Up-to-date profiles of countries of the world. Includes political histories, economic statistics, and directory-style information on politics, media, and business. A "comparative statistics" section can be used to generate tables of comparative data on countries in formats suitable for exporting into Excel or SPSS.

From Vanderbilt University, the site includes a First Amendment Library, glossary of terms, current and archived news of First Amendment related stories, and a small collection of Congressional Research Service reports regarding First Amendment issues.

Bibliothèque nationale de France digital library of texts and images from the Middle Ages to the early 20th century. Although the emphasis is on Francophone culture, classic works from other countries are also available, in their original language or in translation. Choose the Recherche button to search the collection by title, author, subject or keyword.

Searchable database of results from Gallup polls.

Indexes the literature of geology, including journals, books, conference proceedings, maps, and USGS reports.

Search engine for scholarly materials including journal articles. Be sure to use WebBridge to link to Lafayette's resources. Note: Off-campus users should set their scholar preferences to "Lafayette".

Gateway to U.S. federal government publications: executive, judicial, legislative, and regulatory. Includes quick links to the Federal Register, Congressional Record, U.S. Code, and Code of Federal Regulations.

Index of U.S. government documents published by the Government Printing Office.

Important French encyclopedia published from 1865-1890. Combines features of a dictionary and encyclopedia, with a substantial number of entries on literature and biography.

Database of scholarly, governmental, and general-interest articles and books covering all aspects of human impact on the environment.

Database describing a wide variety of print and online reference sources. From the American Library Association.

A searchable annotated bibliography of articles, books and reports on Latin America. Produced by the Library of Congress.

Full text of Harper's Weekly with extensive indexing of articles, illustrations, and advertisements.

A monthly abstract journal, covering the literature on all parasitic helminths.

Searchable collection of more than 1200 journals, many covering the biomedical sciences. Abstracts are provided for most journals; full-text is available for some, including all titles from Duke University Press.

Indexes journal articles, book reviews, and dissertations on the history of the world, except the United States and Canada. Subjects include diplomatic history, economics, international relations, and political science.

Demographic, economic, and social statistics of the United States from colonial times to the end of the 20th century. Data can be searched, downloaded, and graphed.

Profiles of public and private companies in the U.S. and other countries. Also includes financial and corporate directory information, business news, and stock quotes.

Social science datasets available for download and analysis in statistical software. Datasets are made available through the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research. Note: ICPSR data downloads from off-campus are currently not possible. If you would like to access ICPSR from off-campus for searching only, use this link instead of the one above.

Database of all IEEE journals, transactions, conference proceedings, and standards, as well as journals of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). Complete backfile to 1988 with select content back to 1913.

Index to law journals and other legal periodicals published from 1908-1981. (For access to more recent legal periodicals use LexisNexis Academic.)

Database of the tables of contents of over 25,000 journals. Useful for locating information on recent articles that have not yet been added to other indexes. Includes the full-text of some articles. (Look for the"S" in an orange box to identify full text.)

Full text of journals published by the Institute of Physics. Includes current issues, a ten-year backfile, and an archive with older issues.

Revision (c.2008) of the classic first edition. Features new articles and biographies contributed by scholars from around the world on a wide array of global topics in the social sciences.

Time series data on the financial and monetary conditions of countries around the world. From the International Monetary Fund.

Collection of databases, including Iter Bibliography, a bibliography and index of articles, books, essays, and book reviews on the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700). Includes coverage of art and literature.

Audio collection covering all types of jazz. Streaming audio is freely available to Lafayette users. Register to create and store personal playlists or download music for a fee.

Searchable archive of the back issues of major scholarly journals. The most recent 3-5 years of most journals are not included in JSTOR.

Authoritative, comprehensive encyclopedia on chemical engineering.

Lafayette College's institutional repository, an online archive designed to make accessible materials from the College, including administrative publications and the scholarly work of Lafayette faculty.

Database of books, periodicals, films, and other materials in Skillman and Kirby Libraries.

Full text of newspapers, business and popular magazines, law reviews and legislative sources.

Provides abstracts and indexes of statistical information from U.S. government publications from 1973, state and private sources from 1980, and documents from international organizations from 1983.

Links to catalogs of area libraries and some major research libraries (e.g. Lehigh, Muhlenberg, Princeton).

Searchable archive of literary texts and complementary reference resources.

Database containing extensive biographical information on authors as well as literary criticism, book reviews, and plot summaries.

Electronic edition of The Times of London.

Electronic version of Mathematical Reviews, which indexes and abstracts books and journals covering pure and applied mathematics. Includes indexing of some computer science journals.

The premier index to medical literature for health researchers and professionals. Subject searchers may wish to consult the directory of Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), available at the National Library of Medicine's website. A free search interface for MEDLINE, PubMed, with links to select full-text articles is also available.

Index of scholarly articles, edited books, and dissertations on literature, languages, film studies and folklore.

The full text of the Morning Call, Allentown's local daily newspaper.

Interface for simultaneously searching four of Skillman's music listening databases: American Song, Classical Music Library, Contemporary World Music, and Jazz Music Library.

Searchable, full-text database of working papers from the National Bureau of Economic Research.

From GeoLytics, the NCDB offers normalized Census Tract data from 1970 - 2000 for all urban areas of the country. One can generate custom reports and maps within the NCDB. Files are easily imported into GIS software or other statistical packages for analysis. Note: At present, this resource may only be accessed using Internet Explorer.

Cover-to-cover, full image backfile of the New York Times from the first issue through 2006. (For an electronic version of articles from 2007 forward, use LexisNexis Academic.)

Extensive macroeconomic time series data for OECD countries and non-OECD zones. Includes historical statistics as well as projections extending two years beyond the current date.

Reviews of a country's economic performance, with a focus on recent trends and changes in policies. Print copies of many of these reviews may be borrowed from Skillman's collection.
Note: use of this resource from off-campus is problematic. You must use this link (not the one above), and Internet Explorer (not Firefox).

Searchable version of the Oxford English Dictionary, which traces the origins and usage of English words.

Scholarly, biographical articles on noteworthy people who inhabited or were connected with the British Isles. (Does not include information on people still living.)

Collection of works on Islam and the Islamic world. Includes scholarly encyclopedia articles, Qur'anic materials, and primary sources.

Full-text of journals from Oxford University Press. Years covered vary by journal.

Authoritative reference works on music, including Grove Music Online.

Electronic versions of Oxford dictionaries and other reference works covering many disciplines.

Index of papers presented at conferences worldwide.

Index of magazines and journals from a variety of disciplines.

Index of books and journals in philosophy and related fields. Includes records for book reviews.

Index of published conference proceedings. For an index of individual papers presented at conferences, see PapersFirst

Searchable collection of full-text articles from journals published by academic and scholarly presses.

Database of full-text articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe Publishing Group.

Major database of psychological literature, including scholarly articles, book reviews, book chapters, and theses. Produced by the American Psychological Association. (Quick reference guide to PsycInfo)

Database of biomedical and life sciences journal articles. From the National Institutes of Health.

Web-based application that enables you to create a database of bibliographic references and automatically format the references into a bibliography. References can be imported from many online databases, including all FirstSearch databases (PsycInfo, EconLit, MLA Bibliography, etc.).

Indexes general-interest and scholarly articles, book reviews, book chapters, and theses relating to religious concepts. Emphasis is on Christianity.

Indexes the scholarly literature of music from Amadeus to Zevon.

Core reference work covers Anglo-American, ethical and political, cross-cultural, interdisciplinary, continental and contemporary philosophy.

Maps of towns or cities in Pennsylvania originally created for use by fire insurance companies. Maps are drawn to a scale of 50 feet to an inch, list street blocks and building numbers, and are coded for building materials used.

Electronic version of Chemical Abstracts, an index of articles, patents, technical reports, and other materials covering chemistry, biochemistry, and chemical engineering. Includes feature that allows users to search by drawing chemical structures.

Music from the Smithsonian Folkways collection and from other music archives around the world. Strong in American folk and other "roots" music. Includes spoken word recordings, such as poets reading their works. Streaming audio is freely available to Lafayette users. Register to create and store personal playlists or download music for a fee.

Index of articles on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development.

Indexes journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers in sociology.

Database of abstracts from physics journals and conference proceedings. Some links to full text included.

Database of business and investment information: company profiles and financial data; stock, bond, and mutual fund reports. Includes S&P's Industry Surveys and Register of Corporations.

Searchable full-text database of Lafayette's college newspaper.

Index and full text of the Times Literary Supplement (London), an important source of reviews of books, plays, and films.

News from Central and Eastern Europe and countries of the former Soviet Union. Includes searchable archive back to July 1999 and annual country surveys covering politics, international relations, the economy, and social issues.

The Transportation Research Information System database contains references to books, technical reports, conference proceedings, journal articles and on-going research in the field of transportation. Sponsored by the National Transportation Library.

Authoritative source on industrial chemistry. Includes coverage of chemical substances and their production and application, process engineering, and environmental and occupational safety.

Contains information on currently published as well as discontinued periodicals. Includes searchable tables of contents for over 24,000 academic journals, plus reviews of periodicals from Magazines for Libraries and Library Journal.

Reports on 1700 stocks, including past performance, current status, and outlook. (Note that our subscription allows only two users from Lafayette to access the database simultaneously. If you see a message saying that the licensed number of users is already logged on, ignore the rest of the message and try again later.)

Full text of the Wall Street Journal. Includes limited images, charts and tables.

Cover-to-cover, full image backfile of the Washington Post from the first issue through 1993. (For an electronic version of articles from 1994 forward, use LexisNexis Academic.)

Country-level, time series data on development from the World Bank. Topics covered include demographics, the economy, and the environment. Data may be saved as Excel or ASCII files.

Index covering the journal literature of science, technology, and the social sciences. Allows you to search for a topic, an author, or for articles that cite a known author or work. (Help using Web of Science for cited reference searching)

Authoritative encyclopedia covering biomedical engineering, biomechanics, and biomaterials.

Authoritative reference work covering electrical and electronics engineering. Note that Skillman's subscription has expired so access is not available for material added after 04/30/2004.

Database of full-text articles in the sciences, humanities, education, and business.

The World Almanac and Book of Facts, plus three specialized almanacs and an encyclopedia.

Full-text translations of news items from foreign media.

Searchable bibliography with annotated entries for books, articles, reviews, and other materials related to Shakespeare.

Catalog of books, videos, manuscripts, and other materials held by libraries across the country. Includes millions of records, so searches for narrow topics work best.

Index of articles in political science and other fields, including international relations, law, and public administration and policy.