Database Descriptions A-Z
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Troubleshooting Guide for database access
Academic OneFile - (Gale) Peer-reviewed articles offering over 5,400 full-text journal titles, extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature, and more.
Academic Search Elite - (EBSCOHost) Multi-disciplinary database offering full text for nearly 1,850 scholarly journals. Covering social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts and literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. (Provided by LSTA funds administered by the AR State Library)
ACLS E-Books - The American Council of Learned Societies' Humanities E-Book Collection has over 1,550 fully searchable books on subjects across the humanities.
ALLDATA Online - Automotive diagnostic, repair and estimating information. Available on campus only.
Annals of American History Online - (Encyclopedia Britannica) Primary sources from authors who made and analyzed American history through speeches, writings, memoirs, poems, and interviews. (Provided by LSTA funds administered by the AR State Library).
Arkansas Legal Index - An index of legal documents including the UALR Law Journal (PTC has 1984-2007), Arkansas Law Review (PTC has 1985-2007), and Arkansas Law Notes (PTC has 1985-2006). (Link provided with permission of the UALR – Pulaski County Law Library)
ARTstor - A digital library of nearly one million images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences, including a set of tools to view, present, and manage images.
Associates Programs Source - (EBSCOHost) Full-text journals and books specifically for the research needs of two-year college students. Covering computer & data processing, CAD, cosmetology, paralegal studies, travel & tourism, and many other fields.
Business Source Elite - (EBSCOHost) Business journals in marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance, econometrics, economics, and international business. (Provided by LSTA funds administered by the AR State Library)
Chronicle Campuswide - The online version of the weekly Chronicle of Higher Education.
Computer Database - (Gale) Computer-related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications and the application of technology.
Credo Reference - A general reference collection with over 490 titles, covering every major subject
Enciclopedia Juvenil - A Spanish-language version of Britannica for children. Includes a Spanish-English dictionary. (Provided by LSTA funds administered by the AR State Library).
Encyclopedia Britannica Online Academic Edition - Updated for 2006, with new content specifically designed to meet the needs of college students. (Provided by LSTA funds administered by the AR State Library).
ERIC - (EBSCOHost) Educational Resource Information Center contains more than 1,194,000 records and links to more than 100,000 full text documents (Provided by LSTA funds administered by the AR State Library).
First Search - Abstracts and Indexes only. Contact Library for full text availability. (Provided by LSTA funds administered by the AR State Library)
Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia - (EBSCOHost) Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas. (Provided by LSTA funds administered by the AR State Library)
Greenfile - (EBSCOHost) Focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment, Greenfile offers over 600 titles with 295,000 records (full text for 4,600) from journals such as Bioscience and Conservation Biology.
Health Source: Consumer Edition - (EBSCOHost) Information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. (Provided by LSTA funds administered by the AR State Library)
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition - (EBSCOHost) Focusing on medical disciplines with emphasis on journal coverage of nursing and allied health issues. (Provided by LSTA funds administered by the AR State Library)
Historic Documents Online - (CQ Press) searchable e-books of primary source documents including presidential speeches, international agreements, and Supreme Court decisions to U.S. governmental reports, scientific findings, and cultural discussions.
LexisNexis Academic - National and International newspapers, including the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Legal and medical research and reference (country and state profiles, polls and surveys, biography, and quotations).
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts - (EBSCOHost) LISTA indexes (no full text) nearly 600 periodicals, books, research reports, and proceedings on subjects such as librarianship, classification, cataloging, online information retrieval, information management and more.
Literary Reference Center - (EBSCOHost) A full text database with literary criticism on authors and poets, author biographies, interviews and images of key literary figures from reference sources, books and literary journals.
Literature Resource Center - (Gale) Current and comprehensive literary criticism, biographies, and full-text articles and reference titles on authors from every age and literary discipline. Includes Twayne's Authors and Scribner's Writers Series which have in-depth articles on the lives and works of over 1,000 authors from around the world.
MasterFILE Premier - (EBSCOHost) Multi-disciplinary, general interest periodicals including full-text reference books, biographies, primary source documents, and photos, maps and flags. (Provided by LSTA funds administered by the AR State Library)
Newspaper Source - (EBSCOHost) Regional U.S. newspapers, international newspapers, newswires, newspaper columns, and indexing and abstracts for national newspapers. (Provided by LSTA funds administered by the AR State Library)
Oxford English Dictionary - (Oxford University Press) The source for the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. Traces word usage through quotations, classic literature, specialist periodicals, film scripts and cook books. Covers words from North America to South Africa, from Australia and New Zealand to the Caribbean.
Professional Development Collection - (EBSCOHost) Designed for professional educators, provides a highly specialized collection of over 500 full-text journals, including more than 300 peer-reviewed titles. (Provided by LSTA funds administered by the AR State Library)
ProQuest - Contains over 2,500 magazines and scholarly journals in a wide range of subjects.
PsycARTICLES - (American Psychological Association) Peer-reviewed journals and chapters from selected APA books. Browse journal issues from 1988 to the present.
PsychiatryOnline - (American Psychiatry Publishing) includes the DSM-IV-TR Library, full-text psychiatry journals and APA guidelines.
Regional Business News - (EBSCOHost) Incorporates 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the U.S. (Provided by LSTA funds administered by the AR State Library)
Student Resource Center - (Gale) Reference, magazines and journals, primary documents, and multimedia resources. Literary criticism, history, essays, critical analysis, biographies, timelines and science.
Teacher Reference Center - (EBSCOHost) TRC indexes (no full text) over 260 journal titles with articles on K-12 education topics such as assessment, continuing education, current pedagogical research, curriculum development, instructional media, language arts, literacy standards, science and mathematics and more.
TOPICsearch - (EBSCOHost) Current events exploring social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries, and other popular topics. (Provided by LSTA funds administered by the AR State Library)
Tractor-Trailer.net - (Works only with Internet Explorer 6 and above) Contains service and repair information for all Class 4 through 7 Tractors, Trailers, and Dry Vans from 1990 to current model year. (Only 30 users allowed at a time)
VersusLaw - appellate case law from all 50 states, the U.S. Supreme Court, the Federal Circuit Courts, Federal District Courts, state statutes and administrative codes.
Webster's Third International Dictionary, Unabridged Online - (Provided by LSTA funds administered by the AR State Library).
World Data Analyst Online - (Encyclopedia Britannica) Current and historical statistics on countries of the world. Analyst features allow the creation of tables and charts which can be exported into spreadsheet software. (Provided by LSTA funds administered by the AR State Library).
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