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James Edward Tobin Library Molloy College 1000 Hempstead Avenue Rockville Centre, NY 11570 Alphabetized List of Databases ABI-INFORM Global Academic Elite Search Alt-Health Watch Business and Company

1 James Edward Tobin Library Molloy College 1000 Hempstead Avenue Rockville Centre, NY Alphabetized List of Databases ABI-INFORM Global Academic Elite Search Alt-Health Watch Business and Company Resource Center Business Premier Commerce Clearing (CCH) Cell Physiology Source House Search nearly 1800 worldwide business periodicals indepth coverage of business and economic conditions, management techniques, theory, and practice of business, advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and more. Expanded international coverage. Fast access to inmation on 60,000 + companies with business and executive profiles includes The Wall Street Journal. Provides full text more than 1,700 journals covering the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education, and much more. This database is updated on a daily basis. Focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. Full text and citation. Business and Company Resource Center is a fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand inmation, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and inmation. Business Source Premier provides full text over 2,800 scholarly business journals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and much more. This database is updated on a daily basis. CCH INCORPORATED is one of the most respected names in legal publishing and long has set the standard producing authoritative, accurate and timely products in business. The CCH Tax Research Network provides federal and state tax inmation. A molecular dynamics textbook, continually updated. Covers such topics as: Cell Organization, Gene Expression and Differentiation, and The Plasma Membrane Chemical

2 Charleston Advisor CINAHL Clinical Pharmacology Community Resource Database Country Watch Congressional Quarterly (CQ) Researcher Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA) Social Services Abstracts Cambridge Scientific Abstracts Sociological Abstracts Databases EbscoOnline Encyclopaedia Britannica (CSA) Signal Receptors. Is the library industry's leading consumer report and review tool Internet accessible electronic resources, providing objective, reliable, and critical evaluations. CINAHL, the Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature, provides indexing and abstracting over 1,600 current nursing and allied health journals and publications dating back to 1982 and contains over 700,000 records. Continuously updated. Citation source. First Search Clinical Pharmacology provides access up-to-date, concise and clinically-relevant drug monographs all U.S. prescription drugs, hard-to-find herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products and new and investigational drugs. Inmation on local community services (Long Island). Covers health, counseling, substance abuse, childcare, emergency assistance, and volunteer opportunities. Provides country specific geopolitical intelligence on each of the 192 countries of the world. Features 12,000 word in-depth reports on hot topics written by experienced journalists with comments from experts, lawmakers and citizens on all sides of every issue. Numerous charts, graphs and sidebar articles -- plus a procon feature, a chronology, lengthy bibliographies and a list of contacts -- round out each report. Full text. Provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. The database abstracts and indexes over 1,500 serials publications and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations, and citations to book reviews. Abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences, drawn from over 1,700 serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. Records added after 1974 contain in-depth and nonevaluative abstracts of journal articles. Link to all Ebsco databases. Provides access to full text of all Molloy College s online journal subscriptions; and tables of contents and abstracts of additional publications Encyclopædia Britannica Online includes the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate.

3 Encyclopedia Of Life Sciences ERIC EDRS FindArticles FindLaw FirstSearch Gale Databases Gale Literature Resource Center Hardin-Meta Directory Dictionary and Thesaurus, Britannica Student Encyclopedia and the Britannica Book of the Year. You can also use Encyclopædia Britannica Online to search an Internet directory that includes more than 300,000 links to Web sites selected, rated, and reviewed by Britannica editors. A reference work in the biological sciences, features regularly updated articles, selected news on current topics, and links to other sources. ERIC, the Educational Resource Inmation Center contains citations and abstracts from over 980 educational and education-related journals, as well as full text of more than 2,200 digests. Citation. First Search The ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS), is the document delivery component of the Educational Resources Inmation Center (ERIC). Identified by unique ED numbers, ERIC documents include a wide variety of resources such as teaching guides, research reports, bibliographies, issue papers, instructional materials, and test and evaluation instruments. An archive of published articles on topics including business, health, society, entertainment, and sports. Constantly updated, it contains articles dating back to 1998 from more than 300 magazines and journals. Full text and citation. The highest-trafficked legal Web site, providing the most comprehensive set of legal resources on the Internet legal professionals, businesses, students and individuals. These resources include Web search utilities, cases and codes, and legal news OCLC FirstSearch connects to over 53 article databases in subject areas such as arts and humanities, business, medicine, and social sciences. Accesses a world catalog (WORLDCAT) of books from thousands of libraries; also accesses a Union List of Serials from thousands of libraries. Full text and citation. Link to all Gale Databases. The Literature Resource Center (LRC) offers a wealth of inmation that includes criticism, biographies, bibliographies, work overviews and explications, Web sites, periodical articles, compare and contrast pages, full-text author's works, and reading lists. Hardin MD is a "list of lists" - its purpose is to provide easy access to comprehensive internet resource lists in healthrelated subjects. Internet links are regularly checked, and are those developed by people within the field, who are wellknown and frequently cited within the field, but not wellknown outside it, providing a degree of peer review.

4 Harrisons Online Harvard Education Review Health Center-Academic Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition Health Center Wellness Hoover s Online Lexis-Nexis Long Island Union List of Serials Updated daily, the site delivers the complete text, illustrations, and expanded features from the 15th edition of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, including additional references, many links to MEDLINE abstracts, and important inmation from emerging fields. The fully searchable database regularly presents new and revised content from the distinguished editors and contributors of Harrison's. Online version of the print journal. Accesses articles dating back to 1993 Use this database to find articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc. Full text and citation. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition provides nearly 580 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also featured are abstracts and indexing over 615 journals. This database is updated on a daily basis. Use this Resource Center to find magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, and complementary, holisitic, and alternative inmation on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health,Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, Prescription Drugs, etc. Included are links to diet, cancer, and health assessment sites as well as government databases. Full text and citation. Delivers continuously updated intelligence on public and private companies worldwide (but primarily American emphasis). Includes headlines, current news, profiles, financials, industry outlooks, and so on. Provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference inmation. Full text and abstract. New York Times full text archive back to 1980; Newsday archive back to 1988 Contains bibliographic records over 59,000 periodicals, newspapers, and serials of all kinds and approximately 143,000 locations/holding statements. The records provide regional (Long Island only) access to the holdings of libraries of all types (academic, public, and special). MagillOnLiterature Online source editorially reviewed critical analyses and brief plot summaries of the most studied works in the history of literature. This database, which is compiled by Salem Press, contains all of Masterplots and Masterplots II, Cyclopedia of World Authors, Cyclopedia of Literary Characters, and Magill's Literary Annual MDConsult Founded by leading medical publishers, integrates peer-

5 reviewed resources from over 50 publishers, medical societies, and government agencies. Includes full text and citations leading medical texts, and journals Also offers guidelines and patient handouts Medline Health inmation from the world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine.MEDLINEplus has extensive inmation from the National Institutes of Health and other trusted sources on over 500 diseases and conditions. There are also lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and dictionaries, health inmation in Spanish, extensive inmation on prescription and nonprescription drugs, health inmation from the media, and links to thousands of clinical trials. Medscape Modern Language Association (MLA) New England Journal of Medicine Newspaper Source New York State Newspapers New York Times First Search Some of Medscape s key features include: Physician Optimized MEDLINE; Over 250 on-line CME activities; Conference Coverage; The Internet s first primary-source medical journal, MEDSCAPE GENERAL MEDICINE; and daily professional medical news. More than 50 medical journals and textbooks are included in the service. The MLA International Bibliography, produced by the Modern Language Association of America, consists of bibliographic records pertaining to literature, language, linguistics, and folklore and includes coverage from 1963 to the present. The MLA International Bibliography provides access to scholarly research in nearly 4,000 journals and series. It also covers relevant monographs, working papers, proceedings, bibliographies, and other mats. Citation. Online version of the published journal. Newspaper Source contains full text regional U.S. newspapers, international newspapers, newswires, newspaper columns as well as other sources. This database also contains indexing and abstracts national newspapers. Search this database of ten major newspapers published in the state of New York, including the New York Times and the New York Post. Access to full text articles in the New York Times from present. Has facsimile capability.

6 Nursingcenter.com Gives easy access to CE activities, easy-to-use tools, the latest journal articles, job listings, and more. Check out the Library to find articles on the hottest topics in nursing. Look in Professional Development CEs and tools. Requires free registration ProQuest Direct A resource of electronic collections containing millions of articles originally published in magazines, newspapers, and journals. Includes: ABI/INFORM Global American Medical Association Periodical Abstracts Research ProQuest Newspapers, including Barron s and the Wall Street Journal. ProQuest Historical Newspapers (The New York Times) ProQuest Research Library Complete Full text and citations. Provides access to about 800 full-text journals across a wide range of subject areas, including business, education, literature, political science, and psychology. The database can be customized to meet the specific needs of many different types of libraries and inmation centers. Journals selected inclusion in the database match those listed in such sources as Katz's Magazine Libraries and Magazines School Libraries. Journal coverage also is designed to correspond to the most popular college majors. PsycARTICLES PsycINFO PubMed Regional Business News Sports Business Research Network This database provides full text articles on current issues in psychology from respected sources, spanning from 1988 to the present. PsycARTICLES includes more than 25,000 fulltext articles from 42 journals published by American Psychological Association and allied organizations. All journals included in this database are indexed in PsycINFO PsycINFO contains more than 1.8 million citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations and technical reports, all in the field of psychology. Journal coverage, which dates back to the 1800s, includes international material selected from more than 1,700 periodicals in over 30 languages. More than 60,000 records are added each year through weekly updates. A service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to over 11 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources. A full text newswire database that incorporates business wires from all over the world. This database is updated on a daily basis. SBRnet (Sports Business Research Network) was founded in 1996 by Richard A. Lipsey, in Princeton, New Jersey.

7 Standard Poor s Statesman s Yearbook Twayne Series and Author s Virtual Desk Wilson Select WorldCat 9/2003 SBRnet is a fee-based service, focusing on the sporting goods and sports marketing industry. It's mission is to provide a continuously updated resource featuring market research and industry news covering all facets of the industry sports equipment sales, sports participation, sports broadcasting, sports sponsorship and sports marketing. Standard & Poor's is the financial industry's most trusted source of data, analysis and investment advice. From company reports to mutual fund rankings, from market ecasts to in-depth industry analysis, Advantage provides instant, linked access to S&P s leading financial publications. SYBWorld is a new kind of reference tool - a dynamic, interactive, updated resource that will quickly provide the answers to thousands of questions about world politics, economics, culture, and society. A one-stop resource students, teachers, scholars, journalists, policy makers and government officials - indeed everyone seeking to understand our times. Twayne World, US, and English Authors each contains the full text of 200 frequently used Twayne Literary Masters books on individual World, US, or English authors, a total of 600 individual full-text titles. Comprehensive list of free links to various reference materials, including almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, guidebooks and directories. Full text articles in science, humanities, education and business. Includes US and international professional publications, academic journals, and trade magazines. OCLC catalog of books, web resources and other material worldwide (manuscripts, maps, musical scores, computer programs, sound recordings, videotapes) Compiled by Patricia G. Sullivan, /Instructional Services, James Edward Tobin Library, Molloy College psullivan1@molloy.edu

King's College STUDY GUIDE # 4 D. Leonard Corgan Library Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711

King's College STUDY GUIDE # 4 D. Leonard Corgan Library Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711 FINDING ARTICLES IN PERIODICALS* The terms "Periodicals," "Magazines," Serials, and "Journals," often used interchangeably,