Databases A to Z

Pacific Northwest Regional Newspaper and Periodical Index
Vendor:
University of Washington

1997 -

Updated: varies.

citations; subjects: Pacific Northwest news and history.

Includes citations for newspaper and periodical articles, pamphlets, scrapbooks, theses, dissertations, selected books and ephemera dealing with all aspects of life in Seattle, Washington State and the Pacific Northwest. Coverage is from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.  News coverage generally begins in 1997.

PAIS International
Vendor: ProQuest

1972-

Updated: monthly.

citations, abstracts; subjects: global public policy and social issues including culture and religion, human rights, labor policy, media, politics, transportation and more.

Indexes periodicals, books, hearings, reports, gray literature, government publications, Internet resources and other publications from 120 countries.

PapersFirst
Vendor: OCLC

1993-

Updated: Semimonthly

citations; subjects: all academic subjects.

Index of papers presented at conferences worldwide.

Philosopher's Index
Vendor: EBSCO

1940-

Updated: quarterly.

citations, abstracts; subjects: aesthetics, axiology, philosophy of education, epistemology, ethics, philosophy of history, philosophy of language, logic, metaphysics, philosophical anthropology, metaphilosophy, political philosophy, philosophy of science, social philosophy, and the philosophy of religion.

Produced by the Philosophers Information Center, this bibliographic database covers scholarly research in all major fields of philosophy. It features author-written abstracts covering scholarly research published in journals and books, including contributions to anthologies and book reviews. The Philosopher's Index contains research published since 1940 including nearly 570 journals from 43 countries with content representing a variety of languages.

PILOTS
Vendor: ProQuest

1871 -

Updated:monthly.

citations, abstracts; subjects: PTSD, stress disorders.

The PILOTS bibliographic database, covering the Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress, is produced at the headquarters of the National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. The PILOTS database is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Its goal is to include citations to all literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health sequelae of traumatic events, without disciplinary, linguistic, or geographical limitations, and to offer both current and retrospective coverage.

Political Science Complete
Vendor: EBSCO

varies

Updated: continuously.

full text, citations, abstracts; subjects: comparative politics, international relations, law & legislation, political theory.

Political Science Complete (PSC) provides full text for more than 520 journals, and indexing and abstracts for over 2,900 titles. PSC has a worldwide focus, reflecting the globalization of contemporary political discourse. The database also features over 340 full-text reference books and monographs, and over 36,000 full-text conference papers, including those of the International Political Science Association.

Polling the Nations
Vendor: ORS Publishing

1986 -

Updated: continuously.

full text, data; subjects: polling data, all topics.

Polling the Nations is an online database of public opinion polls containing the full text of 600,000+ questions and responses, from 18,000+ surveys and 1,700+ polling organizations, conducted from 1986 through the present in the United States and more than 100 other countries around the world.

Primary Search
Vendor: EBSCO

1985-

Updated: daily.

full text, citations, abstracts; subjects: elementary school magazines. 

Primary Search contains full text for more than 70 popular elementary school magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 100 magazines.   The database also contains the American Heritage Children’s Dictionary, 3rd Edition from Houghton Mifflin, and a School Image Collection of photos, maps and flags. Full text goes as far back as 1990, while indexing and abstracts go as far back as 1985.

ProceedingsFirst
Vendor: OCLC

1993 -

Updated: Semiweekly

citation; subjects: all academic subjects.

Index of worldwide conference proceedings.

Professional Development Collection
Vendor: EBSCO

1965-

Updated: continuously.

partial full text, citations, abstracts; subjects: all aspects of education theory and practice. 

Professional Development Collection, designed for professional educators, provides full-text of nearly 520 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports.  In addition to full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for more than 700 journals.

Project Muse
Vendor: Johns Hopkins University Press

varies.

Updated: as new issues are published.

full text; subjects: humanities, arts and social sciences, including literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics and more.

A collection of full text, scholarly, humanities and social sciences journals.

ProQuest Congressional
Vendor: ProQuest

start dates vary.

Updated: varies

full text, citations; subjects: Congressional and U.S. legislative information.

Includes bills, legislative histories, U.S. Code, Public Laws, the Congressional Record, the Code of Federal Regulations, Congressional testimony, committee membership, the National Journal and Congress Daily.

Coverage varies, bills go back to the 91st (1969-70) Congress; Congressional Record goes back to the 99th (1985-86) Congress; legislative histories and the CIS Index of congressional publications extend back to 1970.  Also includes Congressional Indexes dating from 1789-1984.

Proquest Family Health
Vendor: ProQuest

1987-

Updated: continuously.

full text; subjects: men's, women's and children's health, food and nutrition, midwifery, eye care, dentistry, sports injuries and much more.

Proquest Family Health provides access to consumer and news magazines that focus on general and consumer health information. A wide range of health topics are covered in the database. 

Proquest Learning: Literature
Vendor: ProQuest

1981 -

Updated: varies.

full text; subjects: authors, criticism, reference, multimedia and literary works.

Provides more than 180,000 full-text works of poetry, prose, and drama from around the world. Also offers secondary sources such as author biographies and multimedia, as well as literary criticism, essays, reviews, and interviews drawn from 100+ full-text literary magazines and journals.

Of special note is a searchable database of more than 2,500 images and video clips that contextualizes the material and makes this a source for multimedia projects. The Poets on Screen feature presents clips of writers reading their own and others poetry.

Proquest Statistical Datasets
Vendor: ProQuest

varies.

Updated: varies.

data; subjects: social sciences, business, health, economics, education, government, etc.

ProQuest Statistical Datasets is a web-based research solutions tool that provides fast and easy access to data from licensed and public domain datasets within an easy to use interface. With this dynamic tool, you can scan the contents of the collection, select subjects and variables of interest, and view your data in side-by-side tables and charts.

PsycARTICLES
Vendor: EBSCO

1894 to present

Updated: monthly.

full text; subjects: psychology, comparative sociology, education. 

PsycARTICLES, from the American Psychological Association (APA), is a definitive source of full text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology.  The database contains the full text of over 70 journals published by the APA. It includes all journal articles, book reviews, letters to the editor, and errata from each journal. Coverage spans 1894 to present; nearly all APA journals go back to Volume 1, Issue 1. PsycARTICLES is indexed with controlled vocabulary from APA's Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms.

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
Vendor: EBSCO

1965 - present

Updated: daily.

full text, citations, abstracts; subjects: psychology.

This database provides coverage of nearly 560 full text journals, including more than 500 peer-reviewed titles. Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.

PsycINFO
Vendor: EBSCO

1887-

Updated: weekly.

partial full text, citations, abstracts; subjects; psychology and related disciplines.

The PsycINFO database, American Psychological Association's (APA) resource for abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books and dissertations, is the largest resource devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health. It contains approximately 3 million citations and summaries. Ninety-nine percent of the covered material is peer-reviewed.

The database also includes information about the psychological aspects of related fields such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, technology, linguistics, anthropology, business, law, and others. Journal coverage includes international material selected from around 2,500 periodicals in dozens of languages. PsycINFO is indexed with controlled vocabulary from APA's Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms.

PsycTESTS
Vendor: EBSCO

1910 -

Updated: monthly.

partial full text, citations, abstracts; subjects; tests & measures for psychology, education and related disciplines.

Provides descriptive summaries, full text, and relevant citations on the development and assessment of tests and measures that can be used in research and teaching.  The database serves as a repository for the full text (when available) of psychological tests and measures as well as a source of structured information about tests of relevance to psychologists and professionals in related fields such as psychiatry, management, business, education, social science, neuroscience, law, medicine, and social work.

PubMed (Medline)
Vendor: National Library of Medicine

1947-

Updated: weekly.

citations, abstracts, links to some full text; subjects:  biomedicine and health.

MEDLINE is the U.S. National Library of Medicine's(NLM) premier bibliographic database that contains over 18 million references to journal articles in life sciences with a concentration on biomedicine. A distinctive feature of MEDLINE is that the records are indexed with NLM's Medical Subject Headings (MeSH).

Coverage encompasses those areas of the life sciences, behavioral sciences, chemical sciences, and bioengineering needed by health professionals and others engaged in basic research and clinical care, public health, health policy development, or related educational activities. MEDLINE also covers life sciences vital to biomedical practitioners, researchers, and educators, including aspects of biology, environmental science, marine biology, plant and animal science as well as biophysics and chemistry. Increased coverage of life sciences began in 2000.

Readers' Guide Retrospective
Vendor: EBSCO
(H.W. Wilson)

1890-1982

Updated: monthly.

citations; subjects: African-Americans, aging, archeology, biographies, business, children, education, environment, film, fine arts, foreign affairs, history, journalism, literature, medicine, music, news, politics, popular culture, religion, science, sports, technology and more.

Contains comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States.

Regional Business News
Vendor: EBSCO

n/a

Updated: daily.

full text; subjects: regional business news.

This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of more than 80 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

Rehabilitation Therapy in Video
Vendor: Alexander Street Press

n/a

Updated: n/a

streaming video; subjects: occupational, physical & speech therapy.

 Rehabilitation Therapy in Video is a streaming video resource for the study of occupational therapy, physical/physiotherapy, and speech-language pathology. The collection allows students and faculty to easily find, cite, and share footage of top clinicians and academics explaining the underlying anatomical and neurological issues in specific patient populations, while demonstrating effective techniques and methods for their treatment. All of the video has been thoroughly indexed to allow users to search and filter content by patient details, therapist specialization, treatment method, presenting problem, and more.

Religion and Philosophy Collection
Vendor: EBSCO

n/a

Updated: daily.

full text, citations, abstracts; subjects: religion, philosophy.

This database provides extensive coverage of such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy.  Religion & Philosophy Collection offers more than 300 full text journals, including more than 250 peer-reviewed titles.

Research Library
Vendor: ProQuest

1971-

Updated: daily.

full text, citations, abstracts; subjects: all topic areas including arts, business, children, education, humanities, international, law, military, multicultural, psychology, sciences, social sciences, and women's interests.

Research Library features the full text of a diversified mix of scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines and newspapers covering all academic subject areas.

Revised Code of Washington (RCW)
Vendor: Washington State Legislature

current.

Updated: twice a year.

full text; subjects: Washington State laws.

The Revised Code of Washington (RCW) is the compilation of all permanent laws now in force. It is a collection of Session Laws (enacted by the Legislature, and signed by the Governor, or enacted via the initiative process), arranged by topic, with amendments added and repealed laws removed. It does not include temporary laws such as appropriations acts. The official version of the RCW is published by the Statute Law Committee and the Code Reviser.

See also:
Washington Administrative Code (WAC)

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
Vendor: EBSCO

1969-

Updated: monthly.

citations, abstracts; subjects: music. 

RILM is a comprehensive music bibliography featuring citations, abstracts, and indexes. There are currently over 540,000 records in RILM on traditional music, popular music, and classical music, representing disciplines that include musicology, ethnomusicology, pedagogy, psychology, anthropology, sociology and others. All document types and media such as books, conference proceedings (going back to 1835), journal articles, dissertations as well as Internet resources, sound recordings and motion pictures are included. RILM is published by Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale.

RMA e-Statement Studies
Vendor: Statement Studies

most recent year.

Updated: annually.

full text; subjects: finance.

Electronic access to RMA’s Annual Statement Studies™ books (Financial Ratio Benchmarks and Industry Default Probabilities and Cash Flow Measures) with regional breakouts. Downloadable data to an Excel spreadsheet.

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