Guide to Databases

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Brief Descriptions of Databases

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  • A-Z Maps – Outline, current event, political, and scientific maps plus educational and teaching tools.
  • ABC-CLIO Ebooks – historical ebooks covering a broad spectrum of subjects including American and world history, cultural, folklore, military history, and social issues.
  • Academic OneFiles – Journals and other publications on a broad spectrum of academic subjects, including business, science & technology and social sciences.
  • Academic Search Complete – Journals, publications, monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. Coverage includes archaeology, biology, chemistry, ethnic & multicultural studies, general science, geography, geology, law, mathematics and other fields.
  • Access World News – current or archived articles and videos from international, national and local new sources including the Austin American-Statesman and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
  • ACSESS Digital Library – Journals published by the Alliance of Crop, Soil and Environmental Science Societies. Includes Agronomy Journal, Crop Science, Journal of Environmental Quality, Journal of Plant Registrations and Soil Science Society of America Journal.
  • Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database – Scholarly journals, trade journals, magazines, technical reports, government publications, and conference proceedings related to aerospace, astrophysics, and computer science.
  • African American Archives – Original documents relating to African American History from the 1670s-1940s, and originating from North America and the Caribbean.
  • AGRICOLA (direct or via Ebsco or ProQuest) – Agriculture literature including animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, plant sciences, forestry, aquaculture and fisheries, and farming and farming systems, among others.
  • Agricultural & Environmental Science Database – Scholarly journals and other periodicals related to all facets of agricultural & environmental sciences, including toxicology, energy and animal sciences.
  • Agriculture Collection – Periodicals related to all aspects of agriculture and related subjects.
  • Agriculture Journals – North American agricultural journals covering animal and veterinary sciences, plant sciences, forestry, aquaculture, farming, agricultural economics, food and human nutrition.
  • Alt HealthWatch – Articles, book chapters and reviews, case studies, product reviews, recipes, reports, and more. Focuses on complementary, holistic, and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.
  • American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection – Collection of American periodicals published between 1684 and 1912.
  • American Chemical Society Publications – Titles from the American Chemical Society since 1995.
  • American Historical Periodicals Series I-V – provides a history of the American people from periodicals focused on American concerns and were predominantly published in the United States or Canada. The collection offers multiple perspectives on the thought, culture, and society of North America through the eyes of those who lived it, showing how history affected citizens from all walks of life.
  • American Indian Histories and Cultures – Primary source documents from the first contact with European settlers to the mid-twentieth century.
  • American Society for Microbiology – Critical reviews written by scientists published each year for 29 focused disciplines.
  • American Society of Civil Engineers – high-quality civil engineering content. It contains articles from ASCE journals, papers from conference proceedings, and e-books and standards
  • American State Papers – U.S. congressional materials from 1789 – 1838. Covers historical events such as Lewis and Clark’s Expedition as communicated to Congress on Feb. 16, 1806, Burr’s conspiracy and arrest, and the Treaty of the Creek Indians made by Andrew Jackson on Aug. 9, 1814.
  • American West – Documents, essays and maps relating to the history of the American West.
  • America’s Historical Imprints – Series I, Evans or Series II, Shaw – Aspects of life in 17th- and 18th-century America, from agriculture and auctions to the Revolutionary War, temperance, and witchcraft. Series II provide full-text access to the American books, pamphlets and broadsides published in the first nineteen years of the nineteenth century.
  • America’s News magazines – Coverage and analysis of current events in a range of categories including: news, business, entertainment, lifestyle, science and technology, and sports.
  • Annual Reviews – Critical reviews written by scientists published for 29 focused disciplines within the biomedical, physical, and social sciences.
  • AP (Associated Press) Stylebook – Style guidelines for journalists; covers punctuation, media law, and much more.
  • APA Academic Writer – Citation guideline sample papers and figures, and interactive tools to help with APA style writing and documentation. (Chrome or Firefox recommended)
  • Archive of Americana – Primary sources and archives: books, pamphlets, broadsides, newspapers, government documents and ephemera printed in America. Includes “Early American Imprints: Series 1 1639-1800” (Evans), “Early American Imprints: Series 2 1801-1819” (Shaw-Shoemaker), “Early American Newspapers 1690-1876”, “American State Papers 1789-1838”, and the “US Congressional Serials Set 1817-1980”.
  • Archives Unbound – historical documents covering a broad range of topics from the Middle Ages forward-from Witchcraft to World War II to twentieth-century political history. 
  • Art and Architecture Source – Journal articles and ebooks on a broad range of art and architecture topics.
  • Arts & Humanities Citation Index – Research articles, reviews, editorials, chronologies, abstracts, scripts, etc. covering archeology, architecture, dance, literature, religion and much more.
  • ArticleFirst – Citations to articles covering business, science, humanities, social science, medicine, technology, and popular culture.
  • ASABE Technical Library – Journal articles, conference proceedings, books, and technical standards documents published by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.
  • ASTM Compass – Access to standards, journals, proceedings and technical documents from ASTM.
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