• Home
•   >  Library Materials
•   >  Articles, Databases & Journals
•   >  Databases, A to Z

Best Resources by Subject

Your Subject:

(change)

Select a Subject Aging Agriculture Anthropology Art Basque Studies Biochemistry Biology Business Chemistry Communication Computer Science Countries Criminal Justice Economics Education Engineering English Literature Environment Foreign Languages Gender, Race and Identity Geography Geological Sciences Government Information History Honors Intellectual Property Journalism Library Science Mathematics Mining Music Nevada Nursing Nutrition Philosophy/Religion Physics Political Science Psychology Public Health Social Work Sociology Theatre & Dance

Subject Specialists

Remember Subject

 

New Databases

A

• 19th Century Masterfile
  • Series I: Index for 19th century USA and British periodicals.
    Series III: Indices for the New York Times Index, 1863-1905 (full-text available from ProQuest); New York Daily Tribune Index, 1875-1906; Palmer's Index to the Times (London), 1880-1890; Index to the Oregon Spectator, 1846-1854.
• 19th Century US Newspapers
  • With digital facsimile images of both full pages and clipped articles for hundreds of 19th century U.S. newspapers and advanced searching capabilities, researchers will be able to research history in ways previously unavailable. For each issue, the newspaper is captured from cover-to-cover, providing access to every article, advertisement and illustration.
• Academic Knovel
  • Knovel is a web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools to drive innovation and deliver answers engineers can trust. It provides access to a large e-bookshelf of engineering titles providing researched data for real-world applications.
• Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)
  • Indexes 7,800+ scholarly journals, with full text for 4,000 titles. Covers social sciences, humanities, education, computer science and engineering, general science, medicine, ethnic studies, and more. 1965- present for selected titles. (To search multiple EBSCOhost databases, click the "Select Databases" tab.)
• Access World News
  • Search current and archived state, national and international full-text articles on issues, events, business, government and more with over 3,000 newspapers, newswires, transcripts and other news sources including the Las Vegas Review-Journal (9/29/96-Current).
• AccessMedicine
  • A repository of medical knowledge from internal medicine, cardiology, genetics, pharmacy, diagnosis and management, basic sciences, patient care, and more. Continuously expanding, all databases in the repository contain the latest editions of selected medical titles.
• ACM Digital Library
  • Abstracts, reviews, and full-text for articles published in ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) journals and magazines. Full-text for SIG Proceedings and Newsletters. Part of the ACM Portal to Computing Literature. 1985- present.
• ACM Online Guide to Computing Literature
  • Search or browse books, journals, proceedings, theses, and reports in computer science. Over 750,000 citations. Part of the ACM Portal to Computing Literature.
• African-American Poetry (1750-1900)
  • Nearly 3,000 poems written by African-American poets. Searchable by title, first line, poet, gender, and time period.
• AgEcon Search
  • Full-text library of Agricultural and applied economics scholarly literature. Search by institution or journal. University of Minnesota.
• AgeLine
  • Index to materials on social gerontology, including health care and other aging issues. Produced by AARP. 1978 - present.
• AGRICOLA
  • Index to agricultural and plant science journals, USDA documents, and state extension service publications primarily from North America. 1970- present.
• Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology Abstracts
  • Index to the literature about biotechnological techniques and products used in agriculture and the food industry. Includes plant genome studies and environmental developments. 1993- present.
• AGRIS
  • Index to international agricultural literature. Includes articles, technical reports, proceedings, theses, and documents primarily from, or related to, the developing world. 1975- present.
• AICPA online professional library
  • New users must create an account with CPA2Biz. Library's access includes two subscriptions: AICPA audit & accounting literature (Audit risk alerts, Audit and accounting guides); AICPA professional literature bundle (PCAOB standards and related rules, Professional standards, Technical practice aids)
• Alt-HealthWatch (EBSCOhost)
  • Index to alternative and complimentary health therapies, including full text from journals, newsletters, newspapers and pamphlets. 1978- present. (To search multiple EBSCOhost databases, click the "Select Databases" tab.).
• Alt-Press Watch
  • Indexes newspapers, magazines and journals of the alternative and independent press. Covers a broad range of critical issues confronting contemporary society. 1994- present.
• Aluminium Industry Abstracts
  • The world's technical literature on aluminum, ranging from ore processing through applications. 1972- present.
• America History & Life
  • Index of journal articles, dissertations and book reviews on all aspects of North American history (United States and Canada). 1964- present. (To search multiple EBSCOhost databases, click the "Select Databases" tab.)
• American Drama (1714-1915)
  • Over 1,500 plays by American dramatists that chronicle the history and culture of America through its dramatic writing. Searchable by playwright, genre, date and place of first performance.
• American History & Culture Online: Sabin Americana, 1500-1926
  • 29,000 works about the Americas published from 1500 to the early 1900's. Includes books, pamphlets, serials and documents that provide original accounts of exploration, trade, colonialism, slavery and abolition, the western movement, Native Americans, military actions and more. Based on Joseph Sabin's landmark bibliography.
• American History in Video
  • American History in Video provides the largest and richest collection of video available online for the study of American history, with 2,000 hours and more than 5,000 titles on completion. The collection allows students and researchers to analyze historical events, and the presentation of historical events over time, through commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries.
• The American Indian Movement and Native American Radicalism
  • Formed in 1968, the American Indian Movement (AIM) expanded from its roots in Minnesota and broadened its political agenda to include a searching analysis of the nature of social injustice in America. These FBI files provide detailed information on the evolution of AIM as an organization of social protest and the development of Native American radicalism.
• American Periodicals Series (1741- circa 1900)
  • Growing collection of magazines & journals published in late colonial Anglo-America and the U.S., valuable for research in History, Literature, Journalism, and other disciplines. Microform edition also available.
• American Poetry (1600-1900)
  • Over 40,000 poems by more than 200 poets from the Colonial Period to the early twentieth century. Searchable by title, first line, poet, gender, and time period.
• American State Papers, 1789-1838
  • Legislative and executive documents of the first fourteen U.S. Congresses, plus other historical materials such as speeches and messages of U.S. Presidents, and papers on historical events such as Lewis and Clark's Expedition, Aaron Burr's conspiracy and arrest, and early treaties with American Indian nations. See also the U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1980.
• Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (1920- present)
  • Over 900,000 searchable records of monographs, scholarly articles, critical editions of literary works, book reviews, and collections of essays and dissertations.
• Anthropological papers of the American Museum of Natural History
  • The Anthropological Papers include some of the great ethnographies of the 20th century, particularly on North American Indians. Illustrious anthropologists as well as many past and present curators of the American Museum of Natural History's Division of Anthropology published their work in the Papers. 1907- present
• Anthropology Plus
  • As a compilation of the Anthropological Index and Anthropological Literature databases, Anthropology Plus is the world's most comprehensive index of bibliographic materials covering the fields of anthropology, archaeology, and related interdisciplinary research. This database offers worldwide indexing of all core periodical and lesser-known journals from the early 19th century to today, providing extensive indexing of journal articles, reports, commentaries, edited works and obituaries in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture, interdisciplinary studies, etc. Anthropology Plus is a broad and rich resource for education and research in anthropology and related fields.
    
• AnthroSource
  • Searchable archive of all American Anthropological Association journals through 2003, with current issues of 15 peer-reviewed AAA titles.
• AP Images
  • AP Images is one of the world's largest collections of historical and contemporary imagery, with a 50 million-image print and negative archive. 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.
• AQUASTAT
  • Comprehensive statistics and other information on the state of agricultural water management worldwide, with emphasis on developing countries and countries in transition. Includes tools for estimating and mapping climate, water availability and irrigation use. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
• ARBA Online
  • American Reference Books Annual. Quality reviews of print and electronic reference works. 1997- present.
• Archive Finder
  • Directory of 5,500 repositories and 141,178 collections of primary source material in the United States. Search 58,000 finding aids, indexed by subject. Links to 5,000 online finding aids. Formerly Archive USA.
• ARD, the Anthropology Review Database
  • Searchable database of reviews covering anthropological publications, including books, audiovisual materials, software & multimedia, exhibits, tourist sites, conferences, and on-line resources.
• Art Full Text
  • This database offers full-text, plus abstracts and indexing, of an international array of peer-selected publications—now with expanded coverage of Latin American, Canadian, Asian and other non-Western art, new artists, contemporary art, exhibition reviews, and feminist criticism. Full-text coverage for selected periodicals is also included. In addition to articles, Art Full Text indexes reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals.
• Article1st
  • Index to 12,600 + journals pertaining to science, medicine, technology, social science, business, humanities, and popular culture. Now includes journal Tables of Contents (formerly in Contents1st). 1990 - present.
• Arts and Humanities Citation Index
  • Part of Web of Science. Search over 1,130 leading journals by subject, author, or cited reference. On the search screen, clear the checkboxes for Science Citation Index and Social Sciences Citation Index if you do not want to search all 3 databases simultaneously (the default). An excellent current awareness and bibliography-building tool. 1991- present. You can now save citations to EndNote Web — recorded training sessions are available.
• ARTstor
  • ARTstor is a digital library of more than one million images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes.
• ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution and Environmental Quality
  • Abstracting journal covering research and policy on the contamination of oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, and estuaries. 1990- present.
• Asia-Studies
  • Reports on 53 countries in Asia, Australia/New Zealand, the Americas Pacific Rim countries, and Pacific Islands about finance, trade, environment, human resources development, government, fisheries, tourism, education and women's studies. The average 50-page study contains statistics, research, analysis, and forecasts. Browse by country to find annual statistical overviews. Includes Asia-Studies Humanities, a database focused on Asian languages, arts, culture, history, and religion.
• ASTM Standards Online
  • The ASTM Standards and Engineering Digital Library (SEDL) is a vast collection of industry-leading standards and technical engineering information. The Library covers a broad range of engineering disciplines, including aerospace, biomedical, chemical, civil, environmental, geological, health and safety, industrial, materials science, mechanical, nuclear, petroleum, soil science, and solar engineering.

Back to top

B

• Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B)
  • Index to articles on bacteriology and immunology. 1982- present.
• BHA and RILA
  • The Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) is the world's most comprehensive bibliography of scholarly writing about the history of western art. Available through the Getty, the BHA indexes and abstracts art-related books, journal articles, exhibition catalogs, conference proceedings, and more.
• Bible - King James
  • The 1611 King James or 'Authorized' Version became the standard edition of the Bible for nearly three centuries, significantly influencing later versions and English literature.
• Bibliography of American Literature
  • Detailed descriptions of the works of America's most important literary writers from the time of the Revolution to 1930. More than 37,000 works are listed, essentially the complete printed record of American literature from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
• Bibliography of Native North Americans (EBSCOHost)
  • Indexes books, articles, essays, conference papers, and U.S. and Canadian government publications about: Aleuts; Eskimos or Inuit of Greenland, northern Canada, Alaska, and eastern Siberia; and other native peoples of Alaska, Canada, the U. S., and Mexico. 16th Century- present. (To search multiple EBSCOhost databases, click the "Select Databases" tab.)
• BioOne
  • Unique collection of full-text bioscience journals published by scholarly societies. Most titles available from 2000-present, except for The American Midland Naturalist (1998-present).
• Biosis Previews
  • Online version of Biological Abstracts® and Biological Abstracts/RRM® (Reports, Reviews, and Meetings). References and abstracts of the literature from all areas of biology, including biochemical, cellular, molecular, ecological and environmental. 1969 - present.
• Birds of North America Online
  • Detailed scientific information for each of the 716 species of birds nesting in the USA and Canada. Includes extensive references and an expanding collection of media resources for each species. Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
• BizMiner
  • Offers industry financial analysis benchmarks for over 5,000 lines of business and industry market trends on thousands more.
• Black Freedom Collections I & II
  • ProQuest History Vault features the Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century Collections, documenting one of the most inspiring social movements in American history. The first premier modules of the ProQuest History Vault offer all levels of researchers the opportunity to study the most well-known and also unheralded events from the perspective of the men, women, and sometimes even children. The collection spans from the founding of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs in the last decade of the 19th Century to the riots that followed the verdict in the Rodney King police brutality case in the last decade of the 20th century. The first module consists of 37 collections from the records of federal government agencies. The second module consists of personal papers of African Americans and records of civil rights organizations.
• Book Review Index Online Plus
  • Over 5 million book review citations from magazines and scholarly journals, with links to full-text for over 630,000 reviews.
• Business Source Complete (EBSCOHost)
  • Full-text journals in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Additional full-text content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses, faculty seminars (videos), and more. In addition to the searchable cited references provided for more than 1,300 journals, Business Source Complete contains detailed author profiles for the 40,000 most-cited authors in the database.

Back to top

C

• CAB Direct
  • Indexes 4 million+ articles, books, reports, and proceedings in animal & plant sciences, human health, ecology & environmental sciences, agricultural economics & rural studies, and leisure/tourism. Links to full-text provide article access if UNR subscribes to the source journal. 1900- present.
• Cabell's directory of publishing opportunities. Educational directories
  • The Educational Set includes the Cabell's Directories of Educational Curriculum and Methods, Educational technology & library science, and Education Psychology and Administration
• Cambridge Structural Database System : CSDS
  • The world repository of small molecule crystal structures containing published crystallographic data on organic, organometallic, and metal complex structures.
• 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.
• Canadian Poetry
  • Over 12,000 poems by 142 poets. Forthcoming: a comprehensive survey of Canadian poetry from the 17th century to the early 20th century.
• Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
  • Index to U.S. Government information resources providing policy & background information on U.S. foreign relations, health, and much more from 1994 to present.
• Center for Research in Security Prices: CRSP – Registered Access
  • The Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP) maintains the most comprehensive collection of security price, return, and volume data for the NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ stock markets. Additional CRSP files provide stock indices, beta- and cap-based portfolios, treasury bond and risk-free rates, and mutual fund databases. You may also access CRSP via WRDS with a day pass.
• Ceramic Abstracts/World Ceramics Abstracts
  • Online equivalent of Ceramic Abstracts and World Ceramics Abstracts, indexing the literature on all aspects of ceramics (1975 to present).
• Chemical Abstracts (SciFinder Scholar)
  • Chemical Abstracts and Registry File online from 1907. The premier database for searching chemicals and chemistry-related issues. New users are required to register, using a valid e-mail address. After you register, you will immediately receive an e-mail from Scifinder with login instructions.
• Child Welfare Information Gateway
  • Formerly the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information and the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse, Child Welfare Information Gateway provides essential information and resources related to the safety, permanency, and well-being of children and families.
• The Chinese Civil War and US - China Relations: Records of the State Department’s Office of Chinese Affairs, 1945-1955
  • The Records of the Office of Chinese Affairs, 1945-1955, provide valuable insight into numerous domestic issues in Communist and Nationalist China, U.S. containment policy as it was extended to Asia, and Sino-American relations during the post-war period. This product comprises all 41 reels of the former Scholarly Resources microfilm product entitled Records of the Office of Chinese Affairs, 1945-1955.
• Choice Reviews Online
  • CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries reviews significant current books and electronic media of interest to those in higher education and is the leading review source for academic and research libraries.
• Chronicle of Higher Education
  • Features the complete contents of the latest issue; daily news and advice columns; thousands of current job listings; articles published since September 1989; vibrant discussion forums; and career-building tools such as online CV management, salary databases, and more.
• Chronicle of Philanthropy
  • Provides news and information for executives of tax-exempt organizations in health, education, religion, the arts, social services, and other fields, as well as fund raisers, professional employees of foundations, institutional investors, corporate grant makers, and charity donors. Along with news, it offers such service features as lists of grants, fundraising ideas and techniques, statistics, reports on tax and court rulings, summaries of books, and a calendar of events.
• CINAHL (EBSCOHost)
  • Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature is the most comprehensive index available for nursing and related fields. 1982 - present. Pre-CINAHL is a companion database that provides current awareness of new journal articles. (To search multiple EBSCOhost databases, click the "Select Databases" tab.)
• CiteSeer
  • Largest free full-text index of scientific research papers; 730,000+ titles. Search by keyword or citation. More information.
• Civil Engineering Database
  • Indexes publications of the American Society of Civil Engineers, including journals, conference proceedings, books, standards, manuals, magazines, and newspapers. Journal records from 1958- present, with abstracts back to 1970. Book records, early 1900s- present.
• The Civil War in Words and Deeds
  • Nothing in the history of America compares with the Civil War. The very nature of the Civil War lends itself to perpetual fascination. There is an ongoing interest in the Civil War as evidenced by the multitude of publications, exhibits, reenactments, research organizations, internet and multimedia resources, historic parks, and preservation associations focused on the Civil War. Individually and collectively, the publication of these regimental histories and personal narratives constitute a source of great historical value. These first-person accounts, compiled in the postwar period and early 20th century period, chronicle the highs and lows of army life from 1861 through 1865.
• CLAN Cooperative Libraries Automated Network of Nevada
  • Gateway to Nevada Department of Museums, Libraries, and Arts Website, and access to the library catalogs of the State Library and many Nevada Public libraries.
• Classical Music Navigator
  • Information about important classical music composers and their works. The presentation makes it easy to identify additional materials that relate to existing "points of familiarity." Browse composers, notable works, geographical locations, styles and forms of music, or a glossary.
• Cochrane Library
  • Consists chiefly of 7 databases: Cochrane database of systematic reviews; Database of abstracts of reviews of effectiveness (DARE); Cochrane central register of controlled trials (CENTRAL); Cochrane database of methodology reviews; Cochrane methodology register; Health technology assessment database (HTA); and NHS Economic evaluation database (NHS EED).
• College Board Connection
  • The College Board's mission is to connect students to college success and opportunity. This website contains specific content for the major regions covered by the College Board, as well as general information about education advocacy, listings of programs and services, and relevant news reports.
• CollegeSource Online
  • A database of 11,300 current college catalogs. Includes previous years' catalogs, profiles, and links to college Web sites. Anyone may access The University of Nevada, Reno Catalog
• ComAbstracts
  • Indexes journal articles and books in the professional literature of communications. Coverage varies for each journal, but is listed on the About ComAbstracts page.
• Communication & Mass Media Complete
  • Offers information from over 600 journals in communication, mass media and related fields; includes abstracts, indexing, bibliographical citations and author profiles, as well as full text from more 240 titles.
• Communication Abstracts Online
  • Comprehensively covers communication-related articles, reports, papers, and books from a variety of publishers, research institutions, and information sources on a world-wide scale. Coverage includes not only communication literature but also literature in other disciplines that is relevant to communication researchers, such as international literature in film studies, the role of technology in human communications, risk communication, crisis communication and public opinions.
• Compendex Web
  • Online equivalent of Engineering Index, within an organized space for engineering Web resources. 1970- present.
• COMPUSTAT – Registered Access
  • Financial, statistical and marketing information on publicly held companies. Provides over 300 annual and 100 quarterly Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Statement of Cash Flows, and supplemental data items on more than 24,000 publicly held companies. Coverage is international. You may also access COMPUSTAT via WRDS with a day pass.
• Computing Reviews
  • Critical peer reviews for literature in computer science and the mathematics of computing. Links to full text articles from the reviews are available for resources to which we subscribe. 1985- present.
• Conference Board Research Online Collection
  • Contains more than 1,000 strategy-focused proprietary research reports and articles from our magazine on topical business issues. Research reports include surveys and case studies of the world's most influential companies.
• Conference Papers Index
  • Citations to papers and poster sessions presented at major scientific meetings around the world. Subject emphasis since 1995 on life sciences, environmental sciences and aquatic sciences. 1982- present.
• Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Dictionary of Literary Biography
  • In-depth information on the lives and writings of nearly 100,000 authors along with critical assessment of their works.
• Contemporary Women's Issues
  • Contemporary Women's Issues (CWI), a multidisciplinary, full-text database that brings together relevant content from mainstream periodicals, "gray" literature, and the alternative press -- with a focus on the critical issues and events that influence women's lives in more than 190 countries. Contemporary Women's Issues includes English-language titles from East and West Africa, Asia, and South and Central America, the Caribbean, North America and Europe.
• Copper Technical Reference Library (formerly Copper Data Center)
  • Indexes the world's literature on copper, copper alloys, and copper technology (1965 to present).
• Corrosion Abstracts
  • Indexes the world's literature on corrosion science and technology (1980 to present).
• Counseling and Psychotherapy Transcripts, Client Narratives, and Reference Works
  • Search or browse transcripts of therapy and counseling sessions and first-person narratives that shed light on the experience of mental illness and its treatment, as well as reference works that contextualize the primary material.
• Counseling and Therapy in Video
  • Counseling and Therapy in Video provides the largest and richest online collection of video available for the study of social work, psychotherapy, psychology, and psychiatric counseling—400 hours and more than 330 videos on completion. The collection's wealth of video and multiplicity of perspectives allow students and scholars to see, experience, and study counseling in ways never before possible. This current release includes 276 videos totaling roughly 300 hours.
• CQ Electronic Library
  • Full text of Congressional Quarterly's premier print publication CQ Researcher (from November 1991).
• CQ Moneyline
  • Comprehensive campaign finance and lobbying data. Limit of four concurrent users. After the site homepage opens, use one of the logins designated for UNR users to access content!
• CQ Researcher
  • Full text overviews providing the pros and cons on current controversial issues with complete summaries, bibliographies and time-lines.
• CQ Voting and Elections Collection
  • Voting data, analysis, and historical material on presidential, congressional and gubernatorial elections in the United States.
• CQ.Com
  • Comprehensive legislative tracking service for U.S. Congressional news, bills, committees, and members, with full-text CQ reports, federal documents, and transcripts. Users may customize reports and alerts. Includes CQ Budget Tracker, continuously updated information on the Congressional appropriations process, with full text reports and federal documents.
• Criminal Justice Abstracts
  • Citations and summaries of international journal articles, books, reports, dissertations, and unpublished papers on criminal justice topics. 1968 - present.
• Criminal Justice Periodical Index
  • Coverage of international journals on a wide range of criminal justice issues. 1981 - present.
• CSA Materials Research Database with METADEX
  • Combined index to Aluminium Industry Abstracts, Ceramic Abstracts, Copper Data Center Database, Corrosion Abstracts, Engineered Materials Abstracts, Materials Business File, METADEX, and WELDASEARCH. Indexes journals, patents, conference proceedings, books and reports. When searching any of these databases, three additional databases are searched simultaneously: MicroPatent Materials Patents (abstracts of U.S., European, and Patent Cooperation Treaty patents relating to materials science), Web Resources Database (indexed Web sites in materials science), and Recent References (current citations).1966- present.
• CultureGrams
  • Cultural information for 175+ countries of the world, including history, customs, lifestyle, and government.
• Current Biography Illustrated
  • Contains accurate, up-to-date biographies of the men and women who make today’s headlines and tomorrow’s history. Draws information from newspaper and magazine articles, books, and occasionally personal interviews or questionnaires completed by the subjects.
• Current Index to Statistics
  • Indexes 162 core journals in statistics and related publications. 1975- present.
• Curtis's Botanical Magazine
  • Browse or search for images in the first 26 volumes of this illustrated gardening and botanical journal, published from 1787 to 1807. Taxononomies are included in image descriptions. Contains 1050 records, with 1048 color plates. Provided by the National Agricultural Library.
• Cyber Bullying
  • To help parents, educators, and others better understand, prevent, and take action against this growing concern, ebrary is subsidizing a collection of e-books on cyberbullying. Additionally, ebrary employees have uploaded a number of government documents from the Pew Internet & American Life Project, U.S. Department of Justice, and other organizations.

Back to top

D

• Dance in Video
  • Searchable database containing streaming video files of dance productions and documentaries by influential performers and companies of the 20th century. Selections cover ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance, as well as forerunners of the forms and the pioneers of modern concert dance. Videos can be browsed by people, role, ensemble, genre, and venue. Material types include documentaries, editorials, instructional, interviews, and performances. Database users may create their own custom playlists and video clips.
• Data
  • Recognizing that transparency and accountability are essential to development, the World Bank Group provides free access to its comprehensive set of data on living standards around the globe--some 2,000 indicators, including hundreds that go back 50 years. The data is available in Arabic, French, and Spanish in addition to English.
• DataWorks
  • Web access to advanced scientific visualization, data analysis, and modeling software. Links to scientific information databases.
• Dictionary of Irish Biography
  • The Dictionary of Irish Biography, a collaborative project between Cambridge University Press and the Royal Irish Academy, is the most comprehensive and authoritative biographical dictionary yet published for Ireland. It contains over 9,000 signed biographical articles which describe and assess the careers of subjects in all fields of endeavour, including politics, law, religion, literature, journalism, architecture, painting, music, the stage, science, medicine, engineering, entertainment and sport.
• Digital National Security Archive
  • 63,000 of the most important declassified documents on U.S. foreign and military policy since 1945. Search the documents or explore collections of primary resources organized by top scholars.
• Digital Sanborn Maps: Nevada Collection
  • Large-scale Sanborn fire insurance maps (1867-1970) provide information about the history, growth, and development of cities, towns, and neighborhoods.
• Directory of publishing opportunities in educational curriculum and methods
  • See Cabell's directory of publishing opportunities. Educational directories
• Directory of publishing opportunities in educational psychology and administration
  • See Cabell's directory of publishing opportunities. Educational directories
• Dissertations and Theses
  • See ProQuest Dissertations & Theses.
• Dolley Madison Digital Edition
  • Dolley Payne Madison was the most important First Lady of the nineteenth century. This is the first complete edition of her known correspondence. Browse letters by time period. Search by text, names, dates, topics, or places. Select Contents for a list of letters sorted by date, author, or recipient. 1788 to June 1836.

Back to top

E

• Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans 1639-1800
  • From the index page, click the link that reads, "America's Historical Imprints"
    Books, pamphlets, broadsides, newspapers, government documents and ephemera represented in the American Bibliography by Charles Evans. 40,000 works trace the history of the American colonies that would eventually become the United States, and include such diverse topics as temperance, witchcraft, slavery, diplomacy and music.
• Early English Books Online
  • Early English Books Online (EEBO) contains digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700 - from the first book printed in English by William Caxton, through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare and the tumult of the English Civil War.
• Early English Prose Fiction (1500-1700)
  • Over 200 complete works in fictional prose from the period 1500-1700, with keyword searching.
• Earthquake Engineering Abstracts
  • Search the world's literature in earthquake engineering, for technical reports, conferences, books, and journal articles. Over 100,000 abstracts, 1971 - present.
• EBSCO eBook Collection
  • Formerly NetLibrary. Provides the full-text of thousands recently-published books from selected academic and commercial publishers, as well as the full-text of a large number of older works in the public domain.
• EBSCO Online
  • Provides the full text of articles in almost 500 journals, and tables of contents and abstracts for many more.
• ECO - Electronic Collections Online (Electronic Journals)
  • Indexes 5,400+ scholarly journals in a wide range of subjects. Abstracts and full-text are available for approximately 400 journals to which UNR subscribes. To limit results to these journals, check the "full-text" box. 1995- present.
• Ecology Abstracts
  • Indexes articles on evolutionary biology, economics, and systems analysis as they relate to ecosystems or the environment. 1982- current.
• EconLit
  • Index to articles in journals, books, dissertations, and working papers in economics.1969 - present.
• The Economy and War in the Third Reich, 1933-1944
  • This official statistical source provides rare, detailed data on the German economic situation during the Third Reich up to and throughout World War II. Consisting of Monatliche Nachweise-ber den Auswartigen Handel Deutschlands (January 1933-June 1939); Der Aussenhandel Deutschlands Monatliche Nachweise (July 1939); and Sondernachweis der Aussenhandel Deutschlands (August 1939-1944).
• Education Full Text
  • Provides full text of articles from over 350 journals as far back as 1996, in addition to indexing of more than 770 periodicals dating back to 1983. Content includes in-depth coverage of special education and more than 100,000 controlled and cross-referenced names of educational tests. Subject coverage includes adult education, multicultural/ethnic education, teaching methods and much more.
• Education in Video
  • An online collection of streaming video developed specifically for training and developing teachers. Contains hundreds of hours of teaching demonstrations, lectures, documentaries, and primary-source footage of students and teachers in actual classrooms.
• Education Research Complete (EBSCOhost)
  • Scholarly research and information relating to all areas of education. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as literacy education. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,500 journals, full text for more than 750 journals and full text for numerous education-related conference papers.
• EduMine
  • Online continuing education courses and technical reference for mining and the geological sciences (part of InfoMine.) Course access requires Internet Explorer 6+. Access is via username and password — UNR students, faculty or staff members must register using their UNR e-mail address to use the site for the first time. If you have an existing username and password, for our recent trial of the full InfoMine site, it should continue to work. Contact Tod Colegrove at 682-5644 for further assistance.
• e-EROS Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis
  • Contains a database of approximately 70,000 reactions and 4000 of the most frequently consulted reagents. Fully searchable by structure and sub-structure, reagent, reaction type, experimental conditions, and keyword. Also includes a searchable interface: Acronym finder (an interface for Scientific and technical acronyms, symbols, and abbreviations).
• eHRAF World Cultures
  • A web-based collection of ethnographic and other texts indexed by culture and subject. Formerly known as eHRAF Collection of Ethnography. Produced by Human Relations Area Files, Inc. at Yale University.
• Eighteenth Century Collection Online (Part 1 & 2)
  • Use Eighteenth Century Collections Online to access the digital images of every page of books published during the 18th Century. With full-text searching of millions of pages, the product allows researchers new methods of access to critical information in the fields of history, literature, religion, law, fine arts, science and more.
• Eighteenth Century Fiction (1700-1780)
  • 96 complete works of prose by British writers. Includes Tristram Shandy, Clarissa, Pamela, and Gulliver's Travels, with keyword searching.
• EIS: Digests of Environmental Impact Statements
  • Abstracts of Environmental Impact Statements issued by the U.S. federal government. 1985- present.
• Elsevier ScienceDirect (Electronic Journals)
  • Full text of articles from more than 2200 electronic journals, primarily in the Sciences with some titles in the Social Sciences. 1995 - present for most journals. More information
• Emerald Management Xtra
  • Articles from 140 management journals, covering strategy, leadership, library and information management, marketing, and human resource management. 1967-to present. More information
• Encyclopedia Britannica
  • Online version of the complete encyclopedia with more than 75,000 entries, links to related Internet sites, and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.
• Energy Citations Database
  • Indexes energy and energy-related scientific and technical information from the Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessor agencies, with citations for report literature, conference papers, journal articles, books, dissertations, and patents. 1948- present
• Engineered Materials Abstracts
  • Indexes the world's literature on ceramics, composites, and polymers (1986 to present).
• Engineering Village 2 (Compendex Web)
  • Online equivalent of Engineering Index, within an organized space for engineering Web resources. 1970 - present.
• English Drama (1280-1915)
  • 4,000 English verse and prose plays by 1,200 authors from the late 13th century to the early 20th century. Searchable by author, genre, time period, and keyword.
• English Poetry (600-1900)
  • The English poetic canon from the 8th century to the early 20th. Over 160,000 poems by more than 1,250 poets drawn from nearly 4,500 printed sources.
• English Poetry, Second Edition
  • The English poetic canon for the 21st century, with over 20,000 poems in new categories, covering the literary heritages of the Commonwealth.
• Environment & Energy Publishing
  • Comprehensive, daily coverage of environmental and energy politics and policy. Includes articles, webcast video, and transcripts from the following E & E services: Environment and Energy Daily, Greenwire, E&ENews PM, E&ETV News, and Land letter.
• Environment Complete
  • Contains more than 2.4 million records from more than 2,200 domestic and international titles going back to 1888 (including over 1,350 active core titles) as well as more than 190 monographs. The database also contains full text for more than 920 journals.
• Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management
  • Interdisciplinary coverage of journal articles and documents in the environmental sciences. 1981- present.
• ERIC (EbscoHost)
  • ERIC®, the Education Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and resources. The database provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. ERIC contains more than 1.4 million records and links to more than 337,000 full-text documents from ERIC back to 1966.
• Ethnic NewsWatch
  • Articles, editorials, reviews, etc. from newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic, minority, and native press. Search in English or Spanish. 1990- present.
• Ethnographic Video Online
  • Ethnographic Video Online provides the largest, most comprehensive resource for the study of human culture and behavior – more than 750 hours and 1,000 films at completion. The collection covers every region of the world and features the work of many of the most influential documentary filmmakers of the 20th century, including interviews, previously unreleased raw footage, field notes, study guides, and more. This first release includes 594 videos totaling roughly 395 hours.
• Europa World
  • The Europa World Year Book online, with political and economic information in over 250 countries and territories, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.

Back to top

F

• Faber Poetry Library
  • 140 volumes by 50 of the most influential poets of the twentieth century.
• FAOSTAT
  • Over 1 million time-series records with statistics on agriculture, nutrition, fisheries, forestry, food aid, land use and population from 210 countries and territories. Multilingual database produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
• FASB Accounting Standards Codification
  • The single source of authoritative, nongovernmental U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). Available only to UNR students enrolled in Accounting courses and faculty and staff in the Accounting department. Contact the UNR Accounting Department at 682-9124 for log-in information.
• Federal Response to Radicalism in the 1960’s
  • Organized alphabetically by organization, this collection covers a wide range of viewpoints on political, social, cultural, and economic issues. It sheds light on internal organization, personnel, and activities of some of the most prominent American radical groups and their movements to change American government and society.
• Federal Surveillance of African Americans 1920-1984
  • Contains reproductions of hundreds of FBI files documenting the federal scrutiny, harassment, and prosecution to which black Americans of all political persuasions were subjected.
• Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text
  • Subject coverage includes film & television theory, preservation & restoration, screenwriting, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews. The database provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 380 publications (and selected coverage of 300), as well as full text for more than 120 journals, and 100 books. In addition, Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text includes Variety movie reviews from 1914 to the present and over 36,300 images from the MPTV Image Archive.
• Filmakers Library Online
  • Provides award-winning documentaries with relevance across the curriculum--race and gender studies, human rights, globalization and global studies, multiculturalism, international relations, criminal justice, the environment, bioethics, health, political science and current events, psychology, arts, literature, and more. It presents points of view and historical and current experiences from diverse cultures and traditions world-wide.
• Films on Demand
  • Films On Demand is a state-of-the-art streaming video platform that makes it easier than ever to incorporate outstanding educational programs from Films Media Group into your content management systems, online lesson plans, distance learning courseware, or electronic card catalog system.
• FirstSearch
  • A composite of 50 full-text and citation databases from all subject areas. Search libraries worldwide, thousands of journals, and selected websites.
• Fisheries Infobase
  • Search or browse online journals of the American Fisheries Society: Fisheries (1976- ); J. of Aquatic Animal Health (1989- ); North American J. of Aquaculture (1999- ); North American J. of Fisheries Management (1981- ); Progressive Fish-Culturist (1984- ); Transactions (1970- ).
• Foreign Broadcast Information Service Electronic Index (1975-1996)
  • Indexes FBIS Daily Reports issued by the U.S. Government on worldwide political, economic, scientific, and cultural issues or events. The reports are translations of foreign news or government sources.

Back to top

G

• Gallup Brain
  • Searchable archive of 125,000 poll questions, with responses from 3.5 million people interviewed by The Gallup Poll. Also, Gallup Poll News Service articles feature in-depth poll analyses and replicas of related news stories and press releases. 1935- present.
• GenderWatch
  • Full text collection of articles covering women's and gender topics.
• Geobase
  • Worldwide bibliographic database on geography, geology, and ecology. 900,000 records. 1980 - present.
• GeoDirectory
  • The GeoDirectory brings to you information on the people and places of nearly 3000 geoscience organizations from around the world. As with the DGD, the strength of this system is in the US and Canadian academic geosciences departments and state geological surveys.
• GeoRef
  • Most comprehensive bibliographic database in geology, from 1785 to present. Nearly 2 million records. (Now from Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
• GeoScience World
  • Indexes 30 peer-reviewed journals in the geological sciences. These journals are also indexed and available via "Find It!" links in GeoRef. 2000- present.
• Global Market Information Database
  • See Passport GMID.
• Governmental Accounting Research System (GARS)
  • Provides access to governmental accounting literature. Updated twice a year. Important! UNR’s license for GARS allows only one user at a time. (UNR NetID required)
• GPO Access
  • Full text of U.S. federal bills, public laws, regulations and more from selected government departments and agencies.
• GreenFILE
  • Scholarly, government, and general-interest information on all aspects of human impact on the environment, as well as what can be done to minimize negative impact. Topics include global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.
• Grove Music Online
  • Includes full text, with ongoing updates of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd ed., The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd ed. Note: Grove Music Online is now a part of Oxford Music Online.

Back to top

H

• HaPI (Health and Psychosocial Instruments)
  • Descriptions of and references to more than 12,000 tests, manuals, rating systems, questionnaires, and other instruments used to assess health and behavior. 1985-present.
• HarpWeek
  • Harper's Weekly, from the Civil War and Reconstruction eras (1857-1877).
• Health & Safety Science Abstracts
  • Indexes articles, government reports and other publications on public health, safety, and industrial hygiene. 1981- present.
• Health Reference Center Academic
  • Citations, abstracts, or full-text access to 700+ general interest health and fitness magazines, medical and professional periodicals, reference books, and pamphlets. Designed for nursing and allied health students, as well as consumer health researchers. 1980- present.
• Historical Abstracts
  • Index of journal articles, dissertations and book reviews on all aspects of world history from 1450 to the present, excluding the United States and Canada. (To search multiple EBSCOhost databases, click the "Select Databases" tab.)
• History of Science, Technology and Medicine
  • Indexes over 252,000 journal articles, conference proceedings, books, book reviews, and dissertations. 1975 - present.
• HRAF (Human Relations Area Files)
  • See eHRAF World Cultures
• Human Population & Natural Resource Management
  • Indexes journal articles, conference proceedings and gray literature about human population, demography, and societal issues involving natural resource management. 1995- present.
• Human Rights Watch Reports Online
  • Includes recent publications and links to country reports and previous publications from 1984 to present.

Back to top

I

• ICPSR
  • Electronic archive for government and other survey data. To download datasets, create a MyData account on the ICPSR site.
• IEEE Xplore
  • Full-text access to IEEE transactions, journals, magazines and conference proceedings published since 1988 and all current IEEE Standards.
• IMMaGE online
  • (Information on Mining, Metallurgy and Geological Exploration) Technical research, development and operating practices for metalliferous and industrial minerals are covered in the fields of Economic Geology, Mining Technology, Mineral Processing, Extractive Metallurgy, and Non-Metals Extraction. Related topics include Minerals Industry, Health and Safety, Environment (including Waste Treatment and Reclamation), Mathematical Methods and Computing, Analysis and Instrumentation, General Engineering, Civil Engineering (including Rock Mechanics and Tunnelling), Uses, and History.
• IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library
  • IMSLP stands for International Music Score Library Project and started in February 16, 2006. It is a project for the creation of a virtual library of public domain music scores based on the wiki principle; it is also more than that. Users can exchange musical ideas through the site, submit their own compositions, or listen to other people's composition; this makes IMSLP an ever-growing musical community of music lovers for music lovers.
• In the First Person
  • Indexes English language letters, diaries, memoirs, autobiographies, oral histories and other personal narratives held in respositories worldwide or in published volumes publicly available on the Web.
• INCHEM
  • Rapid access to internationally peer reviewed information on chemicals commonly used throughout the world, which may also occur as contaminants in the environment and food. It consolidates information from a number of intergovernmental organizations whose goal it is to assist in the sound management of chemicals.
• Index to Early American Periodicals
  • References to articles from U.S. periodicals from 1700-1935. Full articles can be found in the American Periodicals Microfilm Collection in the Reference Department.(microfilm S1, S1a, S1b)
• Index to Theses
  • Abstracts of theses accepted for higher degrees by universities in Great Britain and Ireland. 1716 - present.
• Ingenta
  • Indexes more than 20,000 journals covering all subject areas, with tables of contents for the journals included.
• INSPEC (EBSCOHost)
  • Online equivalent of Computer and Control Abstracts, Electrical and Electronics Abstracts, and Physics Abstracts from 1969, with linked full-text access to many journals. (To search multiple EBSCOhost databases, click the "Select Databases" tab.)
• Intelligence Reports from the National Security Council's Vietnam Information Group, 1967-1975
  • Primarily Department of State cables and CIA intelligence information cables concerning South and North Vietnam. Topics include the Vietnam War, U.S.-South Vietnam relations, South Vietnam’s political climate, opposition groups, religious sects, ethnic groups, labor unions, corruption, press censorship, the North Vietnam’s military and economy, peace negotiations, and events in Cambodia and Laos.
• Iter
  • Indexes literature pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700), including books, journal articles, dissertations, conference proceedings, and other resources. Includes Iter Bibliography, Baptisteria Sacra, The Medici Archive Project, Aestimatio, and The Electronic Capito Project.

Back to top

J

• Japan at War and Peace, 1930-1949: U.S. State Department Records on the Internal Affairs of Japan
  • This collection consists of thousands of pages arranged topically and chronologically on crucial subjects, such as: political parties and elections, unrest and revolution, human rights, government, administration, fiscal and monetary issues, labor, housing, police and crime, public health, national defense, foreign policymaking, wars and alliances, education, religion, culture, trade, industry, foreign relations, natural resources. On these subjects and many more, the Central Classified Files offer authoritative, in-depth, and timely documentation and analysis that cannot be matched.
• Jazz Music Library
  • Jazz Music Library is a collection of jazz recordings which covers thousands of artists, ensembles, albums, and genres, from all over the world, from the beginnings of jazz to today. It's an essential resource for the study and teaching of jazz history, performance, theory, or appreciation.
• JFK's Foreign Affairs and International Crises, 1961-1963
  • Originally microfilmed as JFK and Foreign Affairs, 1961-1963, this collection provides insights into President Kennedy’s views on foreign affairs, U.S. leadership of the "West," and various worldwide crises. There are more than just documents on the Bay of Pigs, Berlin, and Cuba. There are documents that highlight American efforts to support Third World countries, balance of payments and foreign trade, Alliance for Progress and relations with Latin America, nuclear weapons and testing, NATO and the Multilateral Force in Europe, Southeast Asia and regional security, foreign aid and military assistance, and the international space race.
• Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism
  • A full-text searchable database of articles on individual critics and theorists, critical and theoretical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods. It also treats related persons and fields that have been shaped by or have themselves shaped literary theory and criticism. Each entry includes a selective primary and secondary bibliography.
• Journal Citation Reports on the Web
  • Tool for journal evaluation that quantifies the relationships among journals by using citation data from 8,400+ titles in the sciences, technology, and social sciences. Measures reported include impact factor, citation and article counts, and journal half-life. Updated annually. Off-campus access error? Please try this!
• Journal Watch
  • Journal Watch Physician Editorial Boards survey the medical literature, select the most important research and guidelines, distill them into focused summaries, and frame them in a clinical context. In addition, they cover the most important medical news, drug information, and public health alerts.
• Journalism and Mass Communications Abstracts
  • Searchable database of Ph.D. dissertation abstracts and Master's thesis abstracts on journalism and mass communication. 1996- present.
• JSTOR
  • Core academic journals in mathematics, humanities and social sciences disciplines, beginning with their first volumes (sometimes dating back to the 1800s). Issues from the most recent 3-5 years are not available electronically through JSTOR; however, they may be available through their publishers or other vendors.

Back to top

K

• Knovel (see Academic Knovel)

Back to top

L

• L'Année Philologique
  • Indexes articles in journals, collections, and conference papers on classics and classical studies, including Greek and Latin linguistics and literature and Greek and Roman archaeology, history, mythology, religion, epigraphy, numismatics and palaeography.
• LexisNexis Academic
  • Coverage varies, but you can find 25-year-old articles from some sources. Some articles by free lance journalists are not included. Covers national and international newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, and news digests.
• LexisNexis Congressional
  • Now ProQuest Congressional.
• LexisNexis Statistical
  • Now ProQuest Statistical Insight.
• Library Literature & Information Science (EBSCOHost)
  • Index to the international literature of library and information science found in periodicals and books. 1984- present. (To search multiple EBSCOhost databases, click the "Select Databases" tab.)
• Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA)
  • Indexes journal articles from over 600 publications, plus books, research reports, and conference proceedings. Coverage back to 1966 for some titles.
• Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)
  • Index to literature on all aspects of the study of the nature and use of language. 1973 - present.
• LION - Literature Online
  • A searchable library of English and American literature, poetry, Shakespeare, the Bible, and literary reference sources.
• Literary Market Place
  • Literary Market Place (LMP) is the directory of America and Canadian book publishing. For more than 50 years, LMP has been the resource consulted by practically everyone looking for industry data--whether they are publishing professional, authors, industry watchers, or those seeking to gain entry into the world of publishing.
• Literature Resource Center
  • Comprehensive literary database for biographical and critical coverage of major authors, including fiction, drama, and poetry throughout history. Drawn from Contemporary Authors & Dictionary of Literary Biography and many other literary reference sources published by Thomson Gale.
• lynda.com
  • lynda.com is an online learning company that helps anyone learn software, design, and business skills to achieve their personal and professional goals. It provides unlimited access to a vast library of high quality, current, and engaging video tutorials.

Back to top

M

• Magill's Literary Annual Database
  • Evaluates 200 major examples of serious literature published during the previous calendar year. Covers works of interest to general readers.
• Making of America
  • Digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is strong in education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science & technology. Contains 8,500 books and 50,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints.
• Manchester Medieval Sources
  • Full-text documents and scholarly translations, with supplementary material and links to related resources. Organized around specific works or themes, such as Black Death, women, religion.
• Mango Languages
  • Mango is an online language-learning system that can help you learn languages like Spanish, French, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Mandarin Chinese, Greek, Italian and more.
• Market Research Library
  • The U.S. Commercial Service Market Research Library contains more than 100,000 industry and country-specific market reports, authored by specialists working in overseas posts. Some content in the Market Research Library is available to all users (e.g., Country Commercial Guides). Register as a student/researcher to access all content (click here to go to the registration page). If you need assistance to register for this, please visit the RCH desk in the Knowledge Center.
• Masterfile Premier (EBSCOhost)
  • Full text for 2,000 general publications, plus abstracts for 600+ titles. Covers business, education, health, science, multicultural issues, travel, and more. Also includes book reviews, biographies, images, World Almanac, and American Heritage Dictionary. 1975- present for selected titles. (To search multiple EBSCOhost databases, click the "Select Databases" tab.)
• Materials Business File
  • Industry news, international trade data, government regulations and management issues related to the metals and materials industries (1985 to present).
• Materials Research Database
  • See CSA Materials Research Database with METADEX.
• MathSciNet
  • Access to Mathematical Reviews from 1940 to the present; also includes Current Mathematical Publications featuring recent and forthcoming works.
• MDConsult
  • Full-text access to selected medical texts, medical journals, practice guidelines, drug information, patient handouts, and CME materials.
• Mechanical Engineering Abstracts
  • The world's literature in mechanical engineering, production engineering, and engineering management (1973 to present).
• The Medical Letter
  • Includes: The Medical letter on drugs and therapeutics; Treatment guidelines from the Medical Letter; Continuing medical education; Adverse drug interactions program; Drugs of choice; Handbook of antimicrobial therapy; and Drugs for parasitic infections.
• Medline - PubMed
  • Index to 4,800+ journals in medicine, nursing, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences. Most records are from English-language sources or have English abstracts. Produced by the National Library of Medicine.
• MELVYL
  • Catalog of over 15 million records of books and non-print materials in the nine University of California campuses.
• Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print
  • Mental Measurements Yearbook, produced by the Buros Institute at the University of Nebraska, provides users with a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments. Designed for an audience ranging from novice test consumers to experienced professionals, the MMY series contains information essential for a complete evaluation of test products within such diverse areas as psychology, education, business, and leadership. First published by Oscar K. Buros, the MMY series allows users to make knowledgeable judgments and informed selection decisions about the increasingly complex world of testing. MMY provides coverage from Volume 9 to the present. Also produced by the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements at the University of Nebraska, Tests in Print (TIP) serves as a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language. TIP provides vital information to users including test purpose, test publisher, in-print status, price, test acronym, intended test population, administration times, publication date(s), and test author(s).
• Mergent Online
  • Continues Moody's FIS/Online. Provides current and historical financial information on 15,000 U.S. public companies and 20,000 international companies. Includes ratios. View a tutorial on using this database.
• Mergent WebReports
  • Archive of corporate and industry related documents, with 180,000+ documents covering 100 countries and industries. Includes Argus Mergent Research Reports, SEC Edgar filings (1994- present), corporate reports for 30,000 companies worldwide, and industry analyses.
• METADEX
  • Online equivalent of Metals Abstracts, indexing the literature on the science and technology of metals (1966 to present).
• Meteorological & Geoastrophysics Abstracts
  • Indexes the worldwide literature of meteorology, climatology, atmospheric chemistry and physics, astrophysics, hydrology, glaciology, physical oceanography and environmental sciences. Summaries from 600+ journal titles, as well as conference proceedings, books, technical reports and other monographs. 1974- present.
• Middle English Compendium
  • Electronic versions of: The Middle English Dictionary;  HyperBibliography of Middle English prose and verse, based on the MED bibliographies; and a Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse, as well as related links.
• Mint Global
  • Contains information on over 35 million companies worldwide, including banks and insurance companies, providing descriptive information, company financials, news, market research, ratings and country reports, scanned reports, ownership and M&A data via two separate interfaces.
• Mintel Reports
  • Mintel reports analyse market sizes and trends, market segmentation, and consumer attitudes and purchasing habits. Covers USA, UK, and European markets. UNR users must create a personal profile on the Mintel site to access reports. View a tutorial on using this database.
• MLA Directory of Periodicals Online
  • Presents detailed information on more than 7,100 periodicals in the areas of literature, language, linguistics, and folklore, with 4,400 currently indexed in the MLA International Bibliography. The entries list editorial addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, e-mail addresses, frequency of publication, descriptions of the periodicals' scopes, circulation figures, subscription prices and addresses, advertising information, and submission guidelines.
• MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association)
  • Over one million citations to books, scholarly journals, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies from languages, literatures, linguistics and folklore. 1926 - present.
• Morningstar Investment Research Center
  • A comprehensive stock database that includes financial data on companies traded on the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ®, and the American Stock Exchange; in-depth research reports on companies; data on mutual, closed-end, and exchange-traded funds; analysts' reports on funds; exclusive investment tools and engaging educational features, including interactive training on basic and advanced stock, fund, and portfolio techniques.
• Music Index
  • Search 670 international music periodicals covering all aspects of classical and popular music. 1979- present.

Back to top

N

• The Nation Archive
  • The Nation Archive contains indexing, abstracting, and full text for the complete archive of The Nation, beginning with its first issue in 1865 all the way to the present. The Nation is America's oldest weekly magazine and one of its premier journals of opinion since its inception in 1865. The Nation has long been regarded as one of the country's definitive journalistic voices of writing on politics, culture, books, and the arts, and continues to stand as the independent voice in American journalism.
• National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
  • Archive of New National Bureau of Economic Research Working Papers and Books. Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization that conducts and disseminates unbiased economic research.
• National Security Archive
  • See Digital National Security Archive
• Native American Archives
  • Whether tracing your heritage or learning about Native American history, original records shed new light on the people and events of the past. Over 1.5 million images available for the first time on the Internet.
• Naxos Music Library
  • Select (by composer, artist, period, year, solo instrument, or genre) and listen to classical, jazz, world, or folk music via streaming audio from the Naxos, Marco Polo and Dacapo catalogs. Includes CD insert text and biographical information. UNR users also have access to the Naxos Music Library Jazz. Turn off your browser's popup blocker before accessing Naxos to avoid problems opening music files.
• netLibrary
  • Now EBSCO ebook collection.
• Nevada Agricultural Publications
  • This collection includes more than 400 publications of the Agricultural Experiment Station and Nevada Cooperative Extension, and will eventually include a range of materials that highlight the history of agriculture in Nevada.
• Nevada Law Library
  • Nevada Reports (Supreme Court Cases), Legislative Session Bills, Nevada Revised Statutes, Administrative Code, Constitution, Court Rules, City Charters, Gaming Regulations, Attorney General's Opinions.
• Nevada State Documents Bibliography
  • List of Nevada government publications, January 1995-September 2003. For titles received after this date, check the library catalog. This database will remain available until all holdings have been transferred into the library catalog.
• New York Times (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
  • Full page and article images with searchable full text; articles from the first issue, Sept. 18, 1851, through 2007. Some articles and photographs by freelance writers and photographers are not included.
• NewspaperArchive
  • Search or browse over 2,200 historic newspapers. 1759- present. Includes the following Nevada newspapers: Daily Nevada State Journal, Nevada State Journal, Nevada Evening Gazette, Reno Evening Gazette, Reno Evening News, Weekly Gazette And Stockman, Weekly Nevada State Journal, Weekly Reno Gazette.
• Nineteenth Century
  • Index to UNR Libraries' Nineteenth Century microfiche collection, published between 1801-1900. See our user guide to the collection.
• Nineteenth-Century Fiction (1782-1903)
  • 250 novels from 1782 to 1903, including works by all the major Victorian novelists, as well as landmarks of Gothic and other fiction from the Romantic period.
• North American Women's Letters and Diaries
  • Search or browse writings and biographies of over 1,500 women, representing various age groups, life stages, ethnicities, and geographic regions. Includes published and previously unpublished materials, from colonial times to 1950.
• NTIS
  • Index to U.S. government-sponsored research and worldwide scientific, engineering, and business-related information from 1960.
• Nursing@Ovid
  • Nursing@Ovid is a unique solution, delivering a wide range of high-quality resources for the nursing and allied health communities - in education and training, in practice, in research and in administration.

Back to top

O

• OECD iLibrary
  • International studies of public policy issues, including commerce, industry, education and telecommunications. Produced by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). View a tutorial on using this database.
• On the Boards
  • On-campus access only. OntheBoards.tv is an on-demand website for HD-quality streaming contemporary performance films.
• OneMine
  • OneMine is a collaborative effort among multiple societies to place the world's most comprehensive collection of mining and minerals based research in one place. This aggregate includes Technical Documents, Conference Papers, Articles, Pre-prints, and Late Papers.
• Oral History Online
  • Full-text English language oral histories, such as Ellis Island narratives, Black Panther party interviews, and other oral histories. Also indexes oral histories freely available on the Web. 1930- present (some histories are undated).
• ORBIS (Bureau van Dijk)
  • Includes full searching facilities and global standard report format for in-depth international searching and analysis, integrating data from all Bureau van Dijk databases.
• ORBIS (WRDS) – Registered Access
  • Includes full searching facilities and global standard report format for in-depth international searching and analysis, integrating data from all Bureau van Dijk databases. You may also access WRDS with a day pass.
• Organic Syntheses
  • Describes checked and edited experimental procedures, spanning a broad range of synthetic methodologies, and provides chemists with a compendium of new or little known experimental procedures which lead to useful compounds or that illustrate important new developments in methodology. For every procedure, safety warnings are presented along with detailed descriptions for the preparation, purification, and identification of the compound in question. Additionally, special reaction conditions are detailed, along with the source of reagents, helpful waste disposal guidelines, discussions of results, references to the primary literature, and an appendix of nomenclature and registry numbers.
• Ornithological Worldwide Literature (OWL)
  • Citations and abstracts from the worldwide scientific literature of ornithology. Indexes periodicals, proceedings, dissertations and grey literature. Excludes domestic and pet birds.
• Overland Journeys: Travels in the West, 1800-1880
  • Comprised of title selections (printed materials) from the microfilm collections "Travels in the West and Southwest" and the "Plains & Rockies," this digital collection provides a unique window on American western history. The original title selections are based on the bibliographies, "The Plains and Rockies: a critical bibliography of exploration, adventure, and travel in the American West, 1800-1865," and "The Trail West: a bibliography-index to Western American Trails, 1841-1869
• Oxford Art Online
  • Oxford Art Online is a gateway to Grove Art Online and Oxford art reference in one location. It contains more than 23,000 subject entries, 21,000 biographies, 500,000 bibliographic citations, 40,000 image links and 5,000 images contained within Grove Art Online. Thematic timelines and learning resources also provide users with powerful tools for navigating the content, and context-sensitive help pages are available throughout the site to guide users through the features and functionality.
• Oxford English Dictionary
  • The complete text of the 20-volume Second Edition OED. Quarterly updates of the in-progress third edition. Entries include etymology, usage quotes, and date charts.
• Oxford Islamic Studies Online (One concurrent user)
  • Note: Our current license allows only one user of this database at a time. Encompassing over 5,000 A–Z reference entries, chapters from scholarly and introductory works, Qur'anic materials, primary sources, images, maps, and timelines, Oxford Islamic Studies Online offers a multi-layered reference experience designed to provide a first stop for anyone needing information and context on Islam.
• Oxford Language Dictionaries Online
  • Fully searchable, completely comprehensive bilingual dictionaries, and unique study materials that provide extra help with learning and using an expanding range of languages. Available languages include: Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish.
• Oxford Music Online
  • In addition to the Oxford Dictionary of Music and Oxford Companion to Music, the Oxford Music Online gateway now includes access to Grove Music Online, including the full text of the New Grove dictionary of music and musicians, second edition; The New Grove dictionary of Opera; and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, second edition.

Back to top

P

• PAIS International w/ Archive (Public Affairs Information Service Archive)
  • The PAIS International database from ProQuest contains references to journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports, publications of international agencies, microfiche, Internet material, and more. The PAIS Archive database comprises a retrospective conversion of the PAIS Annual Cumulated Bulletin, Volumes 1-62, published 1915-1976.
• PapersFirst
  • Index to conference papers contained in the British Library's collection of proceedings of symposia, conferences, and workshops. 1993 to present.
• Passport GMID
  • For over 200 countries, demographic and economic statistics, including consumer lifestyles, and retailing. 1977(earliest date of some tables)- present. Market analysis reports for over 350 markets for the last five years. Tables may be opened and saved in Excel. View a tutorial on using this database.
• Past Masters
  • Search or browse scholarly editions and translations of classic published and unpublished texts in the humanities, particularly Western philosophy and English letters. Includes the Oxford Classical Dictionary. More information and links to individual databases.
• Petroleum Abstracts
  • Over 800,000 abstracts from journals, conference proceedings, books, and other sources on oil and gas exploration, production, transportation and storage. Full-text is "Pay-per-View", so check the library catalog for journal titles, and use our Document Delivery service if you need an article that is not available locally.
• Philosopher's Index
  • Indexes scholarly journals, book chapters, and books from philosophy and related fields: aesthetics, ethics, metaphysic logic, political philosophy, social philosophy, and philosophy of education, history, language, law, religion, and science. 1940 - present.
• Pollution Abstracts
  • Index to articles, conference proceedings, and documents on scientific research and government policies relating to all aspects of pollution. 1981 - present.
• Poole's Plus
  • See 19th Century Masterfile
• PrimateLit
  • Scientific literature on nonhuman primates, including articles, books, abstracts, technical reports, dissertations and book chapters. Coverage 1940 to present.
• ProceedingsFirst
  • Index to the proceedings of conferences from the collection held at the British Library. Contains tables of contents for most proceedings. 1993 - present.
• Project Muse
  • 250 scholarly electronic journals in the humanities and social sciences, from Johns Hopkins University Press and other university presses, such as Duke University, MIT, and Indiana University. 1993- present for some titles.
• ProQuest Congressional
  • Index to U.S. Congressional publications; text of bills, laws, regulations, Congressional testimony and publications; legislative histories; members and committees of Congress. 1789 - present Formerly LexisNexis Congressional.
• ProQuest Dissertations & Theses: Full Text
  • ProQuest Dissertations and Theses — Full text is the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses. It includes 2.4 million dissertation and theses citations from around the world from 1861 to the present day together with 1 million full-text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format. The database offers full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997 and strong retrospective full-text coverage for older graduate works.
• ProQuest Historical Newspapers: New York Times
  • Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. Sept 18,1851-Dec 31, 2001.
• ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States
  • This is a one-volume, comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Use the Abstract as a convenient volume for statistical reference, and as a guide to sources of more information both in print and on the Web.
• ProQuest Statistical Insight
  • Abstracts and index to U.S. federal & state government publications, and to privately published & international and intergovernmental statistical sources from 1972.
• PsycARTICLES (EBSCOHost)
  • Full text articles from APA journals and selected EPF (Educational Publishing Foundation) journals, most from 1988- present. (To search multiple EBSCOhost databases, click the "Select Databases" tab.)
• PsycCRITIQUES
  • 36,000 full-text reviews of current scholarly and professional books in psychology, as well as critiques of popular films and trade books from a psychological perspective. Produced by the American Psychological Association. 1956- present.
• PsycINFO (EBSCOHost)
  • The online version of Psychological Abstracts, indexing journal articles, book chapters, and dissertations. 1887- present. (To search multiple EBSCOhost databases, click the "Select Databases" tab.)
• Public Administration Abstracts
  • Indexes articles related to public administration, including public administration research, public administration theory, and other key areas.
• PubMed - Medline
  • Index to 4,800+ journals in medicine, nursing, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences. Most records are from English-language sources or have English abstracts. Produced by the National Library of Medicine.

Back to top

R

• Readers' Guide Retrospective
  • Full-text articles from general interest periodicals. Current coverage is 1890-1982.
• ReferenceUSA
  • A directory of more than 11 Million US Businesses. Search by company name or SIC code and limit by location or company size.
• Regional Business News (EBSCOHost)
  • 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires covering U.S. metropolitan and rural areas. (To search multiple EBSCOhost databases, click the "Select Databases" tab.)
• ResearchNow
  • Now Bepress Journals.
• RIA Checkpoint
  • Attention: Occasionally, clicking on the link to RIA Checkpoint brings up a warning message. Please proceed to click through and ignore this warning to access RIA Checkpoint.
    
    Comprehensive tax and accounting research database covering tax and accounting laws and news on the international, federal, state and local levels. Provides access to a variety of primary sources, analysis, journals, news, cases, and rulings.
• RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (EBSCOhost)
  • Citations on international music corresponding to the printed RILM Abstracts of Music Literature. 1967 - present.
• Risk Abstracts
  • Index to articles on risk arising from industrial, technological, and environmental sources, with emphasis on assessment and management of risk. Covers health, social, and psychological aspects of risk. 1990- present.
• RMMLF Digital Library
  • Includes articles, books and manuals written by experts for the Foundation. Articles dealing with all aspects of natural resources law from the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation's Annual Institutes (since 1955), Special Institutes (since 1970), and Workshops. All Annual Institute articles from 1990- can be printed in original PDF format.
• Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  • Over 2,000 articles organized by theme, philosophical traditions by region, religious traditions, and historic period. Includes Anglo-American, ethical and political, cross-cultural, interdisciplinary, continental and contemporary philosophy.
• RSC Super Archive (Royal Society of Chemistry)
  • All 238,000 articles published by the RSC and its forerunner societies, from 1841 to 2004. Browse by title or click "Search RSC Journals" (under Reader Services, left of the "Available Titles" list). References in 1990-2004 articles contain links to full text and CAS abstracts, if available.

Back to top

S

• Sabin Americana
  • See American History & Culture Online: Sabin Americana, 1500 - 1926
• Safari Tech Books Online
  • Safari is a reference library containing online books in the area of information technology.
• Sage Premier
  • SAGE Premier provides access to 485+ SAGE journal titles in the social sciences, humanities, medicine, engineering, and physical and life sciences, with backfile to 1999.
    
    Also available through the Sage Premier portal, you will find Sage Premier Backfiles, encompassing extensive full-text collections in communication studies, criminology, education, political science, psychology, and sociology, some of these collections.
• Sanborn Maps: Nevada Collection
  • Large-scale Sanborn fire insurance maps (1867-1970) provide information about the history, growth, and development of cities, towns, and neighborhoods.
• Science Citation Index
  • Part of Web of Science. Search by subject, author, or cited reference. On the search screen, clear the checkboxes for Social Sciences Citation Index and Arts & Humanities Citation Index if you do not want to search all 3 databases simultaneously (the default). An excellent current awareness and bibliography-building tool. 5,700 journals, from 1965- present
    Save citations to EndNote Web — recorded training sessions are available.
• ScienceDirect (Elsevier Electronic Journals)
  • Full text of articles from 1800 electronic journals, primarily in the Sciences with some titles in the Social Sciences. 1995 - present for most journals. More information
• SciFinder Scholar (Full Access)
  • SciFinder is a research and substance discovery tool of the Chemical Abstracts databases containing literature from many scientific disciplines and the CAS registry database. New users are required to register, using an on-campus computer. After you register, you will immediately receive an e-mail from Scifinder with login instructions.
• Shock and Vibration Digest
  • Indexes articles related to shock and vibration, including noise, vibration technologies, and other key areas.
• Slavery and Anti-Slavery, Part I: Debates Over Slavery & Abolition
  • Slavery and Anti-Slavery includes documents from the United States and Europe, as well as other parts of the world. In addition to newspaper collections and books published in the antebellum era, Slavery and Anti-Slavery contains documents from several archives originally available only on microfilm.
• Social Explorer
  • Social Explorer is an online research tool designed to provide quick and easy access to historical census data and demographic information. It creates fast, intuitive, and appealing maps and reports to help users visually analyze and understand demography and social change throughout history.
• Social Sciences Citation Index
  • Part of Web of Science. Search by subject, author, or cited reference. On the search screen, clear the checkboxes for Science Citation Index and Arts & Humanities Citation Index if you do not want to search all 3 databases simultaneously (the default). An excellent current awareness and bibliography-building tool. 1,725 journals from 1965- present.
    Save citations to EndNote Web — recorded training sessions are available.
• Social Services Abstracts
  • Index and abstracts on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare and community development. 1980 - present.
• Social Work Abstracts Plus
  • Information about articles on social work and human services from more than 450 journals in all areas of the profession. Includes The Register of Clinical Social Workers.
• Sociological Abstracts
  • Indexes the international literature of sociology and related behavioral sciences from over 1,700 journals, books and book chapters, dissertations and proceedings. Since 2001, many records include references cited.
• SPORTDiscus
  • Comprehensive, bibliographic coverage of sport, fitness and related disciplines. This database contains well over 1.7 million records with journal and monograph coverage going back to 1800; over 22,000 dissertations and theses and reference to articles in 60 different languages.
• Springer Images
  • SpringerImages is a growing collection of scientific images that spans the scientific, technical and medical fields. The continually updated collection gathers photos, graphs, histograms, figures, and tables, and is available as a searchable online database. The SpringerImages interface enables users to search through captions, keywords, context and more, even jumping from the image to the source article. Users can create personalized image "sets," and can easily export images for use in their own presentations or lectures.
• Springer Materials
  • SpringerMaterials is based on the Landolt-Bornstein New Series, the unique, fully evaluated data collection in all areas of physical sciences and engineering.
• SpringerLink
  • SpringerLink offers full text of articles and chapters from thousands of peer reviewed journals and eBooks spanning a range of subjects. More eBooks are scheduled to be added each year. Access Icons for available content show up as a green square.
• Standard & Poor's Net Advantage
  • Investment and financial information on thousands of publicly owned companies; bonds and dividend listings; detailed industry analyses.
• Standard & Poor's Research Insight (Compustat)
  • See COMPUSTAT.
• STAT!Ref
  • Contains online versions of medical textbooks and reference books.

Back to top

T

• Tests in Print (EBSCOhost) Now part of new database: Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print
  • Produced by the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements at the University of Nebraska, Tests in Print (TIP) serves as a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language. TIP provides vital information to users including test purpose, test publisher, in-print status, price, test acronym, intended test population, administration times, publication date(s), and test author(s).
• Theatre in Video
  • Contains more than 250 definitive performances of the world's leading plays, together with more than 100 film documentaries, online in streaming video—more than 500 hours in all, representing hundreds of leading playwrights, actors and directors.
• THOMAS: Legislative Information from the Library of Congress
  • Full-text of U.S. congressional bills, laws, regulations, congressional testimony; bill tracking; members & committees of congress. 93rd Congress - present.
• Times Digital Archive
  • Every page as published from 200 years of The Times (London). The Times covers all major international historical events from the French Revolution to the Falkland War. Search the full-text of the newspaper, including articles, editorials, and advertising.
• Times Literary Supplement Digital Archive
  • Reviews, letters, poems and articles in more than 5,000 issues of the Times Literary Supplement. Search by author or contributor and view articles in context on the pages of the TLS, from 1902-1990.
• TOCS-IN (Tables of Contents of Journals of Interest to Classicists)
  • Indexes 185 Classics, Near Eastern Studies, and Religion journals that are included in L'annee Philologique. 1992- present, with earlier coverage for some titles. Updated 3-4 times per year.
• Toxicology Abstracts
  • Index to articles on natural toxins, social poisons and substance abuse, from legislation and recommended standards to environmental issues. 1981- present.
• TOXLINE
  • An index to articles on all aspects of toxicity. Produced by the National Library of Medicine, it covers the most recent five years of articles, books, papers, and reports.
• Trip database
  • The TRIP Database searches over 75 sites of high-quality medical information. The TRIP Database gives you direct, hyperlinked access to the largest collection of "evidence-based" material on the web as well as articles from premier on-line journals such as the BMJ, JAMA, NEJM etc.
• TRIS
  • More than 420,000 books, journal articles, and technical reports on transportation research from the 1960's to the present.
• Twentieth-Century African-American Poetry
  • 10,000 poems by around 70 of the most important African-American poets of the last century. Searchable by title, first line, poet, gender, and publisher.
• Twentieth-Century American Poetry
  • Multicultural collection of 52,000 poems from 750 volumes by over 300 poets. Searchable by title, first line, poet, gender, and publisher.
• Twentieth-Century English Poetry
  • 598 volumes of poetry by 283 British poets, including the poets in the Faber Poetry Library. searchable by title, first line, poet, gender, and publisher.

Back to top

U

• U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1980
  • Journals, reports, and documents of U.S. Congress House and Senate Committees. Through the 19th century, the Serial Set also included publications of the executive departments relating to important public issues. See also American State Papers for coverage of the first 14 Congresses (1789-1817) and additional publications from 1817-1838. Set to be completed in 2008, with full-text of 13,800 volumes.
• UlrichsWeb
  • Ulrichsweb is an easy to search source of detailed information on more than 300,000 periodicals (also called serials) of all types: academic and scholarly journals, e-journals, peer-reviewed titles, popular magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and more.
• UNBisNet
  • Catalog of UN publications and documentation, voting records, and speeches. Most Official Records are available in microform, located in the Business & Government Information Center. Ask BGIC staff for assistance in locating other UN publications.
• UniProt: The Universal Protein Resource
  • Comprehensive catalog of information on proteins. UniProt is a central repository of protein sequence and function that joins information contained in Swiss-Prot, TrEMBL, and PIR.
• USA Trade Online
  • On campus access only. Monetary value of imports and exports to and from the U.S. by 2-10 digit Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HS) commodity codes, trading partner country, or customs port. Limited data for quantity of imports & exports. Print or download data tables. Data covers 1994 through current statistical month.
• USGS National Geologic Map Database
  • Searchable Geoscience Map Catalog, Geologic Map Image Library, Lexicon of Geologic Names of the United States, and links to related resources. Most of the maps in the Catalog are from the U.S. Geological Survey, and therefore available in our Ansari Map Library.

Back to top

V

• ViVa Search
  • Viva is a current bibliography of women's and gender history in historical and women's studies journals. Articles in English, French, German, Dutch, Scandinavian languages, and, occasionally Spanish, are selected from 180 European, American, Canadian, Asian, Australian and New Zealand journals. All bibliographic descriptions are stored in the ViVa database. It now contains more than 12,000 records describing articles from 1975 onwards.

Back to top

W

• Wall Street Journal, Eastern Edition
  • Financial and business newspaper. Browse issues by date or search by topic. 1984- present.
• Water and Climate Bibliography
  • Pacific Institute's database of scientific literature pertaining to climate change and freshwater resources worldwide. Includes abstracts where available.
• Water Resources Abstracts
  • Abstracts of journal articles, books, & other reports pertaining to water resources. 1967- present.
• We Were Prepared for the Possibility of Death: Freedom Riders in the South, 1961
  • Contains 4,285 images from the Federal Bureau of Investigation Library from 1961 regarding the Freedom Riders, civil rights activists that rode interstate buses into the segregated South to test the United States Supreme Court decision in Boynton v. Virginia.
• Web Of Science
  • Includes: Science Citation Index, covering 5,700 journals since 1965; Social Sciences Citation Index, covering 1,725 journals since 1965; and Arts and Humanities Citation Index, covering 1,130 journals since 1996. Search by subject, author, or cited reference. An excellent current awareness and bibliography-building tool.
    Save citations to EndNote Web — recorded training sessions are available.
• WebCSD
  • Web interface to Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) without the need to install client software. Contains published crystallographic data on organic, organometallic, and metal complex structures whose 3D structures have been determined using X-ray diffraction or neutron diffraction.
• WELDASEARCH
  • Online equivalent of Welding Abstracts, indexing the literature on the science and technology of welding and applied processes (1967 to present).
• Westlaw Campus Research
  • Westlaw Campus Research provides access to a comprehensive collection of law-related resources, business information, and news. Content includes: analytical law sources such as American Law Reports and American Jurisprudence, more than 800 law reviews and journals, all federal and state cases, all U.S. Supreme Court cases, news and trade publications, newswires, Hoover's company reports, and more. Turn off your browser’s popup blocker to access and print Westlaw content. Search Guide
• Westlaw Campus Research (On Campus Users Only)
  • In order to avoid some technological conflicts between Westlaw and the library's proxy server, on campus users should use this direct URL to Westlaw.
• Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000
  • Books, images, primary resources, scholarly essays, commentaries, and bibliographies documenting women's reform activities from colonial times to the present.
• World Almanac
  • Search 4 versions of the World Almanac at once: the Almanac and Book of Facts, U.S.A., U.S. Politics, and Almanac for Kids.
• World Bank Data
  • Recognizing that transparency and accountability are essential to development, the World Bank Group provides free access to its comprehensive set of data on living standards around the globe--some 2,000 indicators, including hundreds that go back 50 years. The data is available in Arabic, French, and Spanish in addition to English.
• World Ceramics Abstracts/Ceramic Abstracts
  • Online equivalent of Ceramic Abstracts and World Ceramics Abstracts, indexing the literature on all aspects of ceramics (1975 to present).
• WorldCat (FirstSearch)
  • A catalog of library materials in all formats from libraries all over the United States and the world. Contains more than 61 million items.
• WRDS – Registered Access
  • Provides objective and authoritative financial and market data on more than 13,000 international companies in more than 80 countries around the world. Includes multi-year income statement, balance sheet and cash flow data. Up to 12 years of annual history. Monthly prices and dividends.

Back to top

Z

• Zoological Record
  • Index to zoological literature from biological journals published worldwide. 1864 - present.

Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center/0322 • 1664 N. Virginia St. • Reno, Nevada 89557 • 775.784.4636 • Floor Plan
University of Nevada, Reno • Copyright Notice • Privacy • Accessibility • Tech Support • html 5 • css