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ABI/INFORM full text abstracts from 1971; full text from 1987. Articles in advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers and information on 60,000+ companies. Primarily a database for retrieving journal articles but allows for searching by company in the advanced search section. The ABI/INFORM database offers searchable full text of more than 1800 of the leading business and management journals in North America and the world from 1987 forward. Coverage is international and includes advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and more. Also compiles information on 60,000+ companies! Vendor name: ProQuest Update frequency: Updated weekly Scope: International Languages: English UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Grays, Lateka; Griffis, Patrick Academic Search Premier full text 1975-present. Searchable articles from academic and professional journals and magazines covering every academic discipline. This excellent one-stop resource lets you search citations and summaries by keyword and then instantly retrieve the full text of articles from journals online. The Get Text button helps you locate any article without linked full text in alternate online sources or in UNLV's print journal collection. Alternate name: EbscoHOST, ASP Vendor name: Ebsco Update frequency: Updated daily UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information More info: RefWorks instructions Access Science full text current edition. Science and technology encyclopedia that also includes a collection of science news and student resources. Access Science is the electronic version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. It also contains many paper-writing aids, such as science news headlines and a "student center" with study guides and suggestions for essay topics. Alternate name: McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Vendor name: McGraw-Hill Update frequency: daily UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Kotula, JD More info: Search tips Accessing databases from off campus Learn more about how to use the barcode on the back of your RebelCard for off-campus access to databases. See help page; report problems. Alternate name: remote access, proxy access Vendor name: ezproxy UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Del Bosque, Darcy Accounting & Tax full text abstracts from 1971; full text from 1987. Accounting-related business journals and official releases from the AICPA and FASB. Serves as the principle research tool for accounting and tax professionals. Includes indexing and abstracts for nearly 300 core accounting-related business journals, including official releases from the AICPA and FASB, as well as selective indexing from over 1000 additional sources. National and international in scope, covers accounting policies and standards, state and national tax legislation, corporate and individual taxation, compensation and pension plans and corporate financial management. Profiles accounting firms, CPAs and management consulting firms. To obtain AICPA and FASB releases, search by Author in the advanced search feature and type in AICPA or FASB in the search box. Alternate name: Accountants' Index. Vendor name: ProQuest Update frequency: Weekly Scope: International UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Griffis, Patrick ACM Digital Library full text 1947-current. Articles from the ACM journals, magazines, and conference proceedings. Use this resource to search citations and full text of ACM journal and conference proceedings. Alternate name: Association for Computing Machinery Vendor name: Portal UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Smith, Caroline More info: RefWorks instructions African Writers Series full text 1962-. Novels, plays, poetry, traditional African folk materials and non-fictional accounts of African culture and history. The Heinemann African Writers Series published authors mainly from English-speaking countries in western, southern and eastern Africa. Also searchable from within LION. Vendor name: ProQuest Update frequency: quarterly UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla More info: Individual titles can be accessed from UNLV Library Catalog. Search tips AgeLine 1978-present. Abstracts on social gerontology. Also includes health care, public policy, employment, and consumer issues. Produced by the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), this database includes citations with abstracts drawn from the literature in social gerontology -- the study of aging in social, psychological, health-related, and economic contexts. Health care, public policy, employment and consumer issues are particularly well-covered. Alternate name: CSA Illumina Vendor name: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts Update frequency: Updated bimonthly UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Skarl, Susie AGRICOLA 15th century-present. Index to agriculture literature with coverage of animal and plant science, nutrition, farming, and earth science. Click on the title of a desired document to see the full record and access the Get Text button. Indexes current acquisitions of the National Agricultural Library, including books, serials, pamphlets, government documents, research reports, FAO and USDA publications,conference proceedings, and translations, patents, audiovisuals and technical reports Alternate name: National Agriculture Library Catalog Vendor name: OCLC FirstSearch Update frequency: daily UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Kotula, JD More info: Also available in a free, U.S. government-provided version. Compiled by the National Agricultural Library of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) and distributed by the National Technical Information Service of the U.S. Dept. of Commerce. RefWorks instructions for free version; and RefWorks instructions for OCLC FirstSearch. AIAA Papers full text 1963-present. Conference papers published by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Provides searchable access to full text technical conference papers published by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). Contains meeting papers on aerospace technology and current research in engineering and science fields. Alternate name: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, AIAA Electronic Library Vendor name: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Smith, Caroline More info: includes full text of AIAA Journal; Journal of Aerospace Computing, Information, and Communication; Journal of Aircraft; Journal of Energy; Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics; Journal of Hydronautics; Journal of Propulsion and Power; Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets; Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer. Alt Health Watch full text 1990-. Articles about complementary and alternative medicine. Alt Health Watch offers abstracts or full text of nearly 50,000 articles from over 160 international, peer-reviewed, and professional journals, magazines, reports, proceedings, and association and consumer newsletters about complementary and alternative medicine. Covers such areas of alternative medicine as acupuncture, chiropractic, aromatherapy, naturopathy, homeopathy, osteopathy, and numerous cross-cultural therapies. Vendor name: Ebsco Update frequency: quarterly UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Stowers, Eva More info: Search tips RefWorks instructions Alternative Press Index 1991-. Citations and abstracts of articles published in alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers, and magazines. Provides citations and occasional abstracts for articles in alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines. Subjects include anarchism, democracy, ecology, feminism, gay and lesbian issues, indigenous peoples, labor, national liberation, and socialism. Vendor name: OCLC FirstSearch Update frequency: quarterly UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Skarl, Susie More info: see Alternative Press Index Archive for 1969-1990. Print volumes v.24(1992)-v.35(2003) available in LASR. Alternative Press Index Archive 1969-1990. Citations and abstracts of articles published in alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers, and magazines. Provides citations and occasional abstracts for articles in alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines. Subjects include anarchism, democracy, ecology, feminism, gay and lesbian issues, indigenous peoples, labor, national liberation, and socialism. Vendor name: OCLC FirstSearch Update frequency: complete UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Skarl, Susie More info: see Alternative Press Index for 1991-. Print volumes v.24(1992)-v.35(2003) available in LASR. America's Historical Newspapers full text 1690-1922. Historical newspapers from every state in the U.S. Search full text and view page images for articles in categories such as news/opinion, election returns, letters, poetry, legislative information, prices, advertisements, matrimony notices and death notices. Alternate name: Archive of Americana, Early American Newspapers Series 1-3 Vendor name: Readex Update frequency: complete Scope: U.S. UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla More info: Can also be searched in combination with Early American Imprints I and II. Series I, 1690-1876: provides images and full-text content access to historic newspapers listed in Clarence Brigham's bibliography, History and bibliography of American newspapers, 1690-1820, as well as other bibliographies; Series II, 1758-1900: focuses on the period between 1820 and 1860; Series III, 1829-1922: focuses on the period between 1861 and 1920 providing in-depth coverage of the Civil War, Reconstruction, the Gilded Age, the Progressive Era and beyond. Search tips America: History & Life 1964-. 6 simultaneous users. Journal articles and books about the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. This index includes almost 400,000 bibliographic entries from over 2,000 journals published worldwide. Books, media reviews, and dissertations are also covered, and approximately 16,000 entries are added each year. The Get Text button links to online full text when available and offers access to UNLV print collections and document delivery options for books and articles not available online. Vendor name: Ebsco Scope: U.S. and Canada only Languages: Abstracts of articles in 40 different languages UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla More info: Print volumes 0-10 available in LASR. Vol. 0, published 1972, covers periodical literature published from 1954 until the issuance of vol. 1 in 1964. Issues for 1964-1973 published for the American Bibliographical Center. American Civil War Letters & Diaries full text 1861-1865. Published memoirs, letters and diaries written about and during the Civil War. The collection includes approximately 100,000 pages of published memoirs, letters and diaries from individuals plus 4,000 pages of previously unpublished materials. Drawn from more than 1,000 sources, the collection provides in-depth coverage of all aspects of the war. Alternate name: Civil War Letters and Diaries Vendor name: Alexander Street Press Update frequency: complete UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla More info: Individual works can also be located by searching the UNLV Library Catalog. Access may be limited to excerpted letters and diaries from the larger work. Search tips American Film Scripts Online full text 1903-present. Scripts and detailed, searchable information on scenes, characters and people related to the scripts. American Film Scripts Online (AFSO) contains scripts together with detailed, fielded information on the scenes, characters and people related to the scripts. Most have never been published in any format and many are now available as PDF documents. Draft, shooting and continuity scripts are included. Vendor name: Alexander Street Press Update frequency: quarterly Languages: English UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Ipri, Tom More info: Individual scripts can also be located by searching the UNLV Library Catalog. Search tips. American History and Culture Online: Sabin Americana, 1500-1926 full text 1500-1926. Books, pamphlets, serial images about the Americas throughout the world. These books, pamphlets, serials and other documents provide original accounts of exploration, trade, colonialism, slavery and abolition, the western movement, Native Americans, military actions and much more. Search can be limited to subject area, language, serial title, or illustrations or type of illustration (map, portrait, cartoon, etc.). Alternate name: Sabin Americana Vendor name: Thomson Gale Update frequency: annual Scope: International Languages: Multiple UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla More info: Based on Bibliotheca americana: A dictionary of books relating to America, from its discovery to the present time, by Joseph Sabin. Search tips. American Periodicals Series Online full text 1741-1900. Magazines and journals published in the U.S. before 1900. Use this resource to search the full text of American journals and magazines published between 1741 and 1900, including Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine, the first American professional journals, and several popular magazines still in publication, such as Vanity Fair, Harper's, and Ladies' Home Journal. Alternate name: APS Online Vendor name: ProQuest Update frequency: quarterly UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla More info: Derived from the microform collections--American periodical series, eighteenth century; American periodical series, 1800-1850; and: American periodical series, 1850-1900. Search tips American Planning Association Planning Advisory Service Reports Index Subject index to APA's Planning Advisory Service Reports numbers 1 through 537. The following is a subject index to APA's Planning Advisory Service Reports numbers 1 through 537, 1949-2006. Reports on zoning often appear under specific subject headings. Zoning for the elderly, for example, is listed under the heading ELDERLY. UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Brown, Jeanne American Slavery: A Composite Autobiography full text 1840-1938. Slave narratives collected by the WPA Federal Writers' Project between 1936 and 1938. This searchable full text collection of slave narratives is indexed several different ways. Some sound files are also included. Alternate name: Slave narratives Vendor name: Greenwood Publishing Group Update frequency: complete UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla More info: Originally published in 19 vols. under title: American slave : a composite autobiography / edited by George P. Rawick. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Pub. Co., 1972 with supplements issued in 1977 (12 v.) and 1979 (10 v.). Also includes: A comprehensive name index for The American slave / compiled by Howard E. Potts Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature 1920-. Index of literary criticism published in books, journal articles, and collections of essays. Use this resource for to find articles about English language and literature, literary authors, critical theory, and bibliographic studies. Includes citations to critical editions of literary works, and book reviews. To search within the full text of articles, search ABELL via LION's Criticism & Reference search. Alternate name: ABELL Vendor name: ProQuest Update frequency: annual UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla More info: Corresponds to material found in the print publication: Annual bibliography of English language and literature (and its earlier title: Bibliography of English language and literature). Search tips Annual Reviews full text dates of coverage vary. Critical reviews of scholarly literature in multiple disciplines in the sciences and social sciences. Annual Reviews can be searched like a traditional database or browsed by subject. Vendor name: Annual Reviews UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Kotula, JD More info: See search tips for Annual Reviews. RefWorks instructions Anthropology Plus 1840 - present. International index of journal articles, reports, commentaries, edited works and obituaries. Covers fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture, and interdisciplinary studies. Alternate name: Anthropological Literature Vendor name: RLG Eureka Update frequency: Updated monthly Scope: International UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Kotula, JD More info: This database combines the Anthropological Literature index from the Tozzer Library, Harvard University and the Anthropological Index from the Royal Anthropological Institute in the UK. Search tips. Anthrosource full text Searchable archives of all American Anthropological Association (AAA) journals. Provides access to complete electronic archives of all American Anthropological Association (AAA) journals through 2003 (including content housed at JSTOR) as well as current content for 11 AAA journals. Vendor name: American Anthropological Association UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Kotula, JD More info: List of journals Applied Science & Technology Index 1983 - present. Access limited to 1 user at a time. Index and abstracts of articles in trade and industrial publications, journals issued by professional and technical societies, and specialized periodicals. Specialized subject periodicals in acoustics, aeronautics, applied mathematics, artificial intelligence, atmospheric sciences, automotive engineering, computer databases & software, construction, engineering & biomedical materials, energy resources & research, environmental engineering, industrial engineering, machine learning, mechanical engineering, metallurgy, mineralogy, mining engineering, neural networks, nuclear engineering, oceanography, optical & neural computing, petroleum & gas, plastics, robotics, solid state technology, space science, textile industry & fabrics, transportation, waste management, and other industrial & mechanical arts. Alternate name: Applied Sci&Technol Index Vendor name: Ovid Technologies Update frequency: monthly UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Smith, Caroline More info: Applied Science & Technology Index, produced by the H.W. Wilson Company, is a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles of at least one column in length. English-language periodicals published in the United States and elsewhere are covered; non-English language articles are included if English abstracts are provided. Periodical coverage includes trade and industrial publications, journals issued by professional and technical societies, and specialized subject periodicals, as well as special issues such as buyers' guides, directories, and conference proceedings. ARD: The Anthropology Review Database 1990-. Reviews of anthropological publications including books, audiovisual materials, software and multimedia, exhibits, tourist sites, conferences, and online resources. Includes over 1400 reviews - some citations, some full text - few dating prior to 1990. Vendor name: Anthropology Review Database Update frequency: Continuously updated UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Kotula, JD More info: signed, refereed reviews we publish ourselves, citations to those published in American Antiquity and the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, as well as links to a number of online publications and sites. We will gradually add citations to other flagship anthropological print periodicals as time permits. See the list of publications indexed by ARD. Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts (AATA) 1932-. free Abstracts of conservation books, articles, proceedings and more. Peer-reviewed abstracts covering the international literature on conservation and heritage management. Contains all the entries from AATA and its predecessor IIC Abstracts issued from 1955 to 2002. Abstracts are peer-reviewed and cover the international literature on conservation and heritage management. Contains 1,600 abstracts published between 1932 and 1955 by the Fogg Art Museum and the Freer Gallery of Art. Alternate name: AATA Online Vendor name: Getty Conservation Institute Update frequency: quarterly UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Brown, Jeanne More info: Current publications covered (pdf) A service of the Getty Conservation Institute in association with The International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works and with ICCROM (International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property) Art and Architecture Thesaurus full text free Thesaurus. Maintained by the Getty Research Institute, this thesaurus has more than 131,000 terms, as well as other information about concepts used to describe art, architecture, decorative arts, material culture, and archival material. The site also provides access to two related thesauri, The Union List of Artist Names (ULAN) and The Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names. Alternate name: Union List of Artist Names (ULAN) Vendor name: Getty Research Institute Update frequency: Updated monthly UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Brown, Jeanne Art dictionaries from Credo Reference full text current editions. Specialized dictionaries in art, architecture, and other arts. Dictionaries are in the fields of art, architecture and film, including Miller's Antiques Encyclopedia, The Bridgeman Art Library Archive, The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of 20th Century Architecture, The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of 20th Century Design and Designers, The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Fashion and Fashion Designers, The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Graphic Design and Designers and more. Alternate name: xreferplus Vendor name: Credo UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Brown, Jeanne More info: A Biographical Dictionary of Artists, Chambers Film Factfinder, Miller's Antiques Encyclopedia, The Bloomsbury Guide to Art, The Bridgeman Art Library Archive, The Cambridge Guide to Theatre, The Encyclopedia of American Folk Art, The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of 20th Century Architecture, The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of 20th Century Design and Designers, The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Art Terms, The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Art and Artists, The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of British Art, The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Fashion and Fashion Designers, The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Graphic Design and Designers, The Thames & Hudson Encyclopaedia of Impressionism. Art Full Text full text 1984-. Art publications index with selected full text from 1997 - Art, architecture, photography, graphic design, landscape architecture, interior design, film, museology are all covered. Possible to limit searches to full text items only or peer-reviewed items only. Works of art found reproduced in periodicals are also indexed. Indexing coverage begins 1984; abstracting coverage begins with January 1994. The abstracts range from 50 to 300 words and describe the content and scope of the source articles. Full text coverage of selected articles begins in 1997. Vendor name: Wilson UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Brown, Jeanne More info: Search tips Art Index Retrospective 1929-1984 1929-1984. Access limited to 1 user at a time. Citations to articles and books. Citations to articles and books on archaeology, architecture, art history, city planning, crafts, landscape architecture, film, fine arts, folk arts, graphic arts, industrial design, and photography. Vendor name: Ovid Technologies Update frequency: complete UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Brown, Jeanne ARTFL full text 1100-1935. Classic works of French and Italian literature, non-fiction prose and technical writing. Subsets of the collection include French Women Writers, Provencal Poetry, Opera del Vocabolario Italiano (OVI) Database, Multilingual Bible Project, and Textes de Francais Ancien (TFA). Use this resource to search a number of French dictionaries and encyclopedias originally published between 1606 and 1935. Alternate name: American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language Vendor name: University of Chicago Languages: French, Italian, Provencal, Latin UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Del Bosque, Darcy More info: See List of databases available to subscribing institutions Article First 1990-. Articles in all subject areas from more than 16,000 journals. Subject coverage in science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture is particularly strong. Vendor name: OCLC FirstSearch Update frequency: daily UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Heaton, Shelley More info: List of titles indexed Arts & Humanities Citation Index ® See: Web of Knowledge A&HCI ® provides access to current and retrospective bibliographic information and cited references found in nearly 1,130 of the world's leading arts & humanities journals. Use this tool to identify how often a particular author has been cited in the work of peers or to identify the most influential scholarship on a topic. (Covering period: 1975-present. Update frequency: Updated weekly. ) ARTstor full text Art digital images and related data. A repository of hundreds of thousands of digital images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, social sciences and related data; the tools to actively use those images; and a restricted usage environment that seeks to balance the rights of content providers with the needs and interests of content user. Vendor name: ARTstor UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Brown, Jeanne More info: Search tips. Asian American Drama full text 1891-2004. Plays by Asian-American playwrights along with biographical, production and theatrical information. Each play is indexed, allowing both keyword and multi-fielded searching. Plays are also included in North American Theatre Online. Vendor name: Alexander Street Press Update frequency: complete Languages: English UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla More info: Individual titles can be located in the UNLV Library Catalog. Search tips. Ask a Librarian at UNLV Libraries Help is available by e-mail, telephone or instant messenger. Vendor name: UNLV Libraries UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Del Bosque, Darcy Associations Unlimited full text current edition. Limited to 3 simultaneous users. Directory of information about organizations all over the world. With a scope that covers everything from a local Chamber of Commerce to the American Medical Association, and beyond, Associaitons Unlimited contains information for approximately 460,000 international and U.S. national, regional, state, and local nonprofit membership organizations in all fields, including IRS data on U.S. 501(c) nonprofit organizations. For some 2,600 major U.S. national associations, it provides images of association materials such as brochures, pamphlets, and membership application forms. Vendor name: Thomson Gale Update frequency: International UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Heaton, Shelley Atlanta Journal-Constitution full text See: ProQuest Newspapers Includes Atlanta Constitution 1990-2001, Atlanta Journal 1995-2001, and Atlanta Journal-Constitution from 2001 forward. Choose Atlanta Journal-Constitution under the publications tab to search within this newspaper. Avery Index 1934-. The basic index for architecture articles. The Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals indexes more than 1,000 periodicals published worldwide in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, interior design, urban planning and historic preservation. Alternate name: CSA Illumina Vendor name: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts Update frequency: Updated weekly UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Brown, Jeanne More info: Title list. Also available in microfiche and print in ASL.

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Bible - King James version full text 1611. King James Bible. Search the full text, notes and apparatus of the King James Bible, or select a particular chapter and verse to display. Alternate name: Holy Bible Vendor name: Chadwyck-Healey Update frequency: complete UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla More info: Search tips Bibliographic Database of the Conservation Information Network (BCIN) 1987-. free Citations to technical reports, conference proceedings, journal articles, books, and more. Includes citations to text, audiovisual material and unpublished material about the conservation, preservation, and restoration of cultural property. Alternate name: BCIN Vendor name: Conservation Information Network Scope: International UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Brown, Jeanne Bibliography of American Literature 1760-1930. Descriptive bibliography of significant American literary writers from Revolution to 1930. List of published books from significant American literary writers from 1760 to 1930. Vendor name: Chadwyck-Healey UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla More info: Print equivalent is Bibliography of American literature / compiled by Jacob Blanck for the Bibliographical Society of America Bibliography of Native North Americans 1500s to present. Bibliography on Native American history, life, and culture. Produced in partnership with the Human Relations Area File (HRAF), this database contains over citations to magazine and journal articles, monographs, dissertations, and U.S. and Canadian government documents. Update frequency: Updated semi-annually UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Kotula, JD More info: RefWorks instructions Bibliography of the History of Art 1973-. Indexes and abstracts art-related books, conference proceedings and dissertations, and periodicals. Use this resource for European and American art from late antiquity to the present, including painting, sculpture, drawings, prints, decorative arts, applied arts, architecture, industrial design, popular art, and folk art. Vendor name: OCLC FirstSearch Update frequency: quarterly UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Brown, Jeanne Biography & Genealogy Master Index 1975-. Access is limited to 2-8 simultaneous users. Index to biographical sketches in reference books, covering both contemporary and historical figures. Biography and Genealogy Master Index is a comprehensive index to more than 12.7 million biographical sketches in more than 3,400 volumes and editions of current and retrospective reference books, covering both contemporary and historical figures throughout the world. Indexes biographical dictionaries and who's whos, subject encyclopedias, volumes of literary criticism,and indexes. BGMI indexes only reference works containing multiple biographies; it does not index periodical articles or books of biography about a single individual. Alternate name: BGMI Vendor name: Thomson Gale Update frequency: twice yearly UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Heaton, Shelley Biography Reference Bank full text 1981-. Access is limited to 4 simultaneous users. Biographical information on approximately half a million people from antiquity to present, with some images. Contains biographical information on more than 400,000 people from antiquity to the present including more than 110,000 biographies. Biography Reference Bank brings together Biography Index, Current Biography Illustrated, the World Author Series, Nobel Prize Winners, World Artists, World Film Directors, American Reformers, and more into one database. Vendor name: H. W. Wilson Update frequency: weekly UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Heaton, Shelley More info: Search tips. Biography Resource Center full text antiquity-present. Images, brief biographies, and links to magazine articles and websites about notable people. Biography Resource Center provides biographical information on more than 185,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. Contains approximately 250,000 biographies and complete articles from nearly 250 periodicals. Search for people based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death years and places, nationality, ethnicity, occupation, or gender, or combine criteria. Vendor name: Thomson Gale Update frequency: annual UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Heaton, Shelley More info: Search tips. Biological Abstracts 1969-. Index to scholarly literature from life science journals. When searching Biological Abstracts for phrases like invasive species or cellular metabolism, be sure to include your phrase in quotations. Alternate name: BIOSIS Vendor name: Thomson ISI Update frequency: Weekly UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Kotula, JD BioMed Central full text dates of coverage vary. Peer-reviewed journals in medicine and biology. Over 150 journals are included. Vendor name: BioMed Central UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Kotula, JD More info: List of content. UNLV Libraries offers access to items marked with an F. Search Tips BioOne full text dates of coverage vary. Life science and environmental science journals. Journals can be searched or browsed by title. Vendor name: BioOne UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Kotula, JD More info: Information about BioOne. Black Drama, 1850 to Present full text 1850-. Plays written in the mid-1800s to present. Playwrights from North America, English-speaking Africa, the Caribbean, and other African diaspora countries. Each play is extensively and deeply indexed, allowing both keyword and multi-fielded searching. The plays are accompanied by reference materials, significant ancillary information, a rich performance database, and images. Vendor name: Alexander Street Press Update frequency: complete UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla More info: Plays are also included in North American Theatre Online and individual titles can be found in the UNLV Library Catalog. Search tips. Blackwell Synergy See: Wiley Interscience Journals (Blackwell Synergy titles are now included in Wiley Interscience Journals.) A collection of more than 800 full text Blackwell Publishing journals in disciplines ranging across the humanities, medicine, science, and social science. Backfiles for 160 of the journals start with the first published issue. The other content begins from the late 1990s to present. Full text is in html and pdf file formats. OnlineEarly and OnlineAccepted articles are posted online prior to print publication. Browse journals by title or search all journals at once. Book Review Digest Plus 1983-. Index of book reviews. Provides citations and excerpts of reviews of current English-language fiction and nonfiction books for children and adults. An abstract of each book is also provided. To be indexed in Book Review Digest, a book must have been published or distributed in the United States or Canada. A work of nonfiction must have received reviews in two or more of the periodicals on the Book Review Digest selection list. A work of fiction must have received reviews in at least three of the periodicals. Reviews of textbooks, government publications, and technical books in law and the sciences are excluded. Vendor name: H. W. Wilson UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Heaton, Shelley More info: Print volumes available 1906-2003 in Index Area. Search tips. Boston Globe full text See: ProQuest Newspapers Full text of articles 1980-current issue. Choose Boston Globe under the publications tab to search within this newspaper. BrainPop Educational animated movies supporting K-12 curricula. BrainPOP is an educational program that provides K-12 curriculum-based content spanning seven main subjects including: science, math, English, social studies, health, arts and music, and technology. BrainPOP features more than 600 animated movies. Each movie is supported by activities such as a quiz, comic strip, experiment and other printable worksheets and tied to national subject curriculum standards. Vendor name: BrainPOP UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Fabbi, Jennifer British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries full text 1500-1900. Searchable collection of women's letters and diaries. Facsimile pages of previously unpublished manuscripts offer exact reproductions of letters and diary pages by both famous and otherwise unknown women in Great Britain and Ireland. The range of diary formats includes the travel diary, offering detailed accounts of journeys and descriptions of places; the daily personal diary, in which women reflected more broadly on aspects of their lives; letter diaries, wherein a daily dated letter to a recipient served simultaneously as a diary entry; and other forms. Vendor name: Alexander Street Press Update frequency: quarterly UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla More info: Content indexed in In the First Person. BuildingGreen Suite full text Articles, reviews, product information and news on sustainable building. This resource integrates product listings from the GreenSpec products directory, project case studies from the High-Performance Buildings Database, and the Environmental Building News. Vendor name: BuildingGreen UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Brown, Jeanne Business Source Premier full text 1965-. Scholarly journals and business periodicals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, and international business along with country reports, company profiles, industry profiles and SWOT analyses. You can limit your search by document type (article, case study, company profile etc) in the Basic Search and Advanced Search sections. The database also includes country economic reports from the EIU, Global Insight, CON Group and CountryWatch and 5,000 company profiles and 1,600 industry reports from Datamonitor. Alternate name: EbscoHOST Vendor name: Ebsco Update frequency: monthly Scope: International UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Grays, Lateka; Griffis, Patrick More info: RefWorks instructions

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Cambridge Scientific Abstracts databases dates of coverage vary. A group of indexes covering criminal justice, design, education, environment, geoscience, government, political science, and sociology with links to full text articles. More than 20 indexes searchable through the Illumina interface. Areas of focus include criminal justice, design, education, environment, geoscience, government, political science, and sociology. Citations have links to the full text of articles. Use the "Specific databases" link to see a list of more than 20 databases with a brief description of each. From the list choose a single database to search or select multiple databases to search simultaneously. Alternate name: CSA Illumina Vendor name: ProQuest-CSA Update frequency: varies most are weekly or monthly UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS See: SciFinder Scholar Chicago Tribune, 1849-1985 full text 1849-1985. Cover to cover digital reproductions of the Chicago Tribune from 1849-1985 with searchable full text. Complete issues of the Chicago Tribune, including news, ads, obituaries, reviews, editorials, legal notices, comics, and photographs. Search by full text and view digital reproductions of newspaper pages. Output is a PDF image of the article as it appeared in the paper. Vendor name: ProQuest Update frequency: complete UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information More info: Can be searched in combination with historical NY Times, historical LA Times, and American Periodical Series. For access to the text of Chicago Tribune articles after 1985 see ProQuest Newspapers. Chicago Tribune, 1985- full text 1985-. Major daily newspaper from Chicago. Provides reporting and analysis of regional, national, and international news. Vendor name: ProQuest-CSA Update frequency: daily UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information More info: Search this paper with other major papers at ProQuest Newspapers Chicano Database 1900-. Access is limited to 1-5 simultaneous users. Bibliographic database covering all subjects relating to the Mexican-American experience. Derived from the University of California Berkeley Ethnic Studies Library, there is extensive coverage from the 1960s, and selective coverage dating back to the early 1900s. Since 1992, the database also includes information pertaining to the broader Latino experience of Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, and Central American immigrants. Vendor name: RLG Eureka Update frequency: Updated quarterly UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Kotula, JD Child Development & Adolescent Studies 1927-. Current and historical literature related to growth and development of children. Child Development & Adolescent Studies provides citations to the current and historical literature related to growth and development of children through the age of 21. Book reviews, abstracts from hundreds of journals, technical reports, books, book chapters, and theses and dissertations covering biomedical and social sciences worldwide are indexed. Use this resource to search all issues of Child Development Abstracts and Bibliography. Vendor name: Ebsco Update frequency: annual UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Fabbi, Jennifer More info: Search tips Online version of Child Development Abstracts & Bibliography, 1928-2001 available in LASR. Search tips. RefWorks instructions Children's Literature Comprehensive Database full text Reviews of children's books and additional juvenile literature information. Children's Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD) is a research and reference service including reviews of children's books from review sources (all full text searchable), book jacket images, links to web pages featuring individual authors and illustrators, and information provided by various Reading Measurement Programs such as Accelerated Reader, Degrees of Reading Power, Lexile and Reading Counts. Vendor name: CLCD Update frequency: monthly Scope: Children's and Young Adult Literature UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Fabbi, Jennifer More info: Help Christian Science Monitor full text See: ProQuest Newspapers Full text of articles only, 1988- current issue. Choose "Christian Science Monitor" under the publications tab to search within just this newspaper. CIAO - Columbia International Affairs Online full text Working papers from university research institutes, occasional paper series from NGOs, research projects from conferences, books, journals, and policy briefs concerning international affairs. Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is a comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs Vendor name: Columbia University Press UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Lowe, Sidney CINAHL 1982-. Access limited to 20 simultaneous users. The main index for nursing literature and allied health. The Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature is an index to literature in nursing and allied health. This database provides indexing, abstracting, and full text for over 1,600 current nursing and allied health journals and publications dating back to 1982, totaling over 700,000 records. Alternate name: Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature Vendor name: Ebsco Update frequency: weekly UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Stowers, Eva More info: Search tips. RefWorks instructions Civil War Letters & Diaries See: American Civil War Letters & Diaries Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective full text Nov. 1860 - Apr. 1865. Major events of the Civil War covered by Union and Confederate newspapers. Selected articles from over 2500 issues of the New York Herald, the Charleston Mercury and Richmond Enquirer published from November, 1860 - Mid-April 1865. This excellent primary source begins before the outbreak of war at Fort Sumter and concludes with the assassination and funeral of Abraham Lincoln. Featured are news articles, eyewitness accounts of events, military concerns and official reports of battles. Vendor name: Accessible Archives Inc. Update frequency: complete UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla Clase/ Periodica 1975-. Citations to articles published in Latin American and Caribbean journals. Articles are from 2,600 scholarly journals published in 24 different countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as from publications that focus on Pan-American issues. Spanish, Portuguese, French and English language journals are included.. CLASE indexes articles in the social sciences and humanities (Citas Latinoamericanas en Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades) and PERIODICA covers journals specializing in science and technology (Indice de Revistas Laninoamericanas en Ciencias). Alternate name: Citas Latinoamericanas en Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades Vendor name: OCLC FirstSearch Update frequency: quarterly Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, French and English UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Del Bosque, Darcy More info: Title list Classical Music Reference Library Essential music reference works. This resource contains essential music reference works, including full text of Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Within this resource one can find information on over 11,000 composers, 7,000 performers and ensembles, definitions of musical terms, photographs and images of musicians, instruments, and ensembles. UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Taranto, Cheryl Classical Scores Library full text Database of music scores (PDF format) Classical Scores Library is a database of music scores available in PDF format. It currently contains full scores of approximately 825 musical works, and will continue to grow, eventually containing over 8,000 scores, including the entire Boosey & Hawkes catalog. The musical works contained in the database are standards of the musical repertoire, and access is available from any computer for UNLV students and faculty. Vendor name: Alexander Street Press UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Taranto, Cheryl Cochrane Library full text dates of coverage vary. A collection of evidence based medicine databases. Includes Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE), Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Methodology Register, Health Technology Assessment Database, and NHS Economic Evaluation Database. Vendor name: Wiley Interscience Update frequency: Updated quarterly UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Stowers, Eva More info: Search tips Database help Cold Regions Bibliography 1951-. Index to literature on Antarctica and cold regions science and technology worldwide. Both the Bibliography on Cold Regions Science and Technology and the Antarctic Bibliography are housed within the Cold Regions Bibliography Project. They can be searched separately or combined. This database does not use the Get Text button but instead has a URL link to the appropriate content on the web when possible. Alternate name: Bibliography on Cold Regions Science and Technology & Antarctic Bibliography Vendor name: American Geological Institute Update frequency: weekly UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Kotula, JD College Source full text 1994-. PDF images of college course catalogs. Features over 14,855 college catalogs in complete cover-to-cover, original page format, representing 2-year, 4-year, graduate, and professional schools. Coverage from 1994 to the present. Also provides links to college web sites. Alternate name: CollegeSource Vendor name: CollegeSource Inc. Update frequency: annual UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Heaton, Shelley More info: Search tips. Collins Bilingual Dictionaries full text English translation dictionaries including French, German, Spanish, Italian, Latin and Portuguese. The Dictionary of Spanish Law and dictionaries of business terms for French, Spanish and German are also available. Alternate name: xreferplus Vendor name: Credo Reference Languages: French, German, Spanish, Italian, Latin and Portuguese UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Del Bosque, Darcy Columbia Earthscape full text Resources in earth and environmental sciences. An interdisciplinary resource that connects the earth and environmental sciences with their social, political, and economic dimensions through books, articles, papers, lectures, images, videos, syllabi, and case studies. Material is organized into four categories: teaching, learning, research, and policy. Vendor name: Columbia University Press Update frequency: Updated monthly UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Skarl, Susie More info: Search tips. Columbia Granger's World of Poetry Reprints of poems and poetry anthologies, index of first and last lines. Includes biographical information about poets and some commentary on well-known poets, as well as glossary, a subject index, and indexes of first and last lines. Alternate name: Granger's Vendor name: Columbia University Press Update frequency: complete UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla More info: Contains the contents of the following works: Classic hundred poems, Top 500 poems, Columbia Granger's index to poetry in anthologies (eds. 8- ), Columbia Granger's index to poetry in collected and selected works, and Columbia Granger's index to African-American poetry. Search tips. ComAbstracts 1930-. Abstracts of articles published in the primary professional literature of the communications field. The ComAbstracts database index contains abstracts of articles published in the primary professional literature of the communications field. Produced by the Communication Institute for Online Scholarship. Use the link labeled "Check your library for full text access" to retrieve complete articles when available online. Vendor name: CIOS Update frequency: continuous UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Skarl, Susie More info: The database may also be searched using (1) a keyword system consisting of menus of prepared subject terms and search specifications or (2) using the Visual Communication Concept Explorer a next-generation visual interface build on statistical analysis of word relationships unique to the academic communication literature. Search tips. Communication and Mass Media Complete 1900-. Journal articles in the fields of communication and mass media studies Communication & Mass Media Complete contains journal articles in the fields of communication and mass media studies. It merges CommSearch (formerly produced by the NCA, National Communication Association) and the Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Pennsylvania State University). Communication & Mass Media Complete provides current issues and backfiles of in the fields of communication and mass media Alternate name: CMMC Vendor name: Ebsco Update frequency: weekly UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Skarl, Susie More info: RefWorks instructions Communications Studies full text 1950-. Full text of 16 communications journals published by Sage. This communications collection includes the full text of journals published by Sage and participating societies. It covers such subjects as journalism, public opinion, political communication, mass communication, interpersonal communication, cultural studies, intercultural communication, television & film studies, media studies, business communication, organizational & management communication, written communication, rhetoric, and literacy studies. Alternate name: Sage Communication Studies Vendor name: CSA Update frequency: continuous UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Skarl, Susie Company Data Direct See: Mergent Online Compendex 1884-. Access is limited to 8 simultaneous users. Conference proceedings and citations and abstracts of engineering journals. Use this resource for engineering records and references. The database also has international engineering journals, conferences, and trade publications. Alternate name: Engineering Village Vendor name: Engineering Village Update frequency: Updated weekly UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Smith, Caroline Conference Board Research full text Research reports on the latest issues in business management and U.S. and global economics. This searchable database of full-text reports is supplied by the Conference Board, a not-for-profit organization which conducts research, convenes conferences, makes forecasts, assesses trends and publishes information concerning management and the marketplace. Alternate name: Business Knowledge Research Online Collection Vendor name: Conference Board UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Griffis, Patrick More info: Search tips. Conference Papers Index 1982-. Citations to conference papers and poster sessions presented worldwide, with a focus on life sciences, environmental sciences, and aquatic sciences. Alternate name: CSA Illumina Vendor name: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Kotula, JD More info: Information about Conference Papers Index Contemporary Women's Issues (CWI) full text 1992- present. Limited to 2 simultaneous users. Global information on women This resource provides information from journals, newsletters, research reports, government and international agencies, and fact sheets. Alternate name: CWI Vendor name: Thomson Gale Scope: International CoreReference full text dates of coverage vary. Comprehensive financial statements and other financial data for public companies. Search by company name or by other common criteria that characterize public companies. Search for public companies using criteria like industry, trading exchange, number of employees, key executives, and financial measures like total debt, total assets and net sales. Vendor name: Hemscott Inc CQ Electronic Library full text Combined access to the CQ Public Affairs Collection, the CQ Researcher and the CQ Weekly. These three resources can be searched simultaneously or individually. Vendor name: CQ Press UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Lowe, Sidney More info: Search tips. CQ Public Affairs Collection full text Reporting on vital public policy issues with statistical and historical analyses; also includes the full text of historic documents and primary source materials concerning public affairs. Organized by key public affairs subject headings - like advocacy and public service, education, environment and natural resources, health, and national security - the CQ Public Affairs Collection features in-depth reporting on vital public policy issues, statistical and historical analyses, and the full text of many historic documents and primary source materials. Vendor name: CQ Press UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Lowe, Sidney CQ Researcher full text 1923-. In depth research on controversial topics ranging from social issues to environment, health, education, science, and technology issues. Balanced information on all sides of an issue, including comments from experts in the field, numerous charts and graphs, a pro-con feature, a chronology, a lengthy bibliography for additional research, and a list of contacts are included in each report. Vendor name: CQ Press UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information More info: UNLV Libraries also own the print version, Lied Library Reference Collection, call number H35 E35 CQ Weekly full text 1983-present. Comprehensive roundup of virtually all Capitol Hill activity from the previous week. Excellent source of current information on hot legislative topics in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate. Alternate name: Congressional Quarterly Vendor name: CQ Press UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Lowe, Sidney CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics full text current edition. Reference work containing tables of information on chemical properties, constants, conversion factors, and other chemistry- and physics-related topics. Alternate name: Handbook of Chemistry and Physics Online Vendor name: CRC UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Kotula, JD More info: Search tips. Credo Reference full text current editions. Dictionaries, specialized encyclopedias, quotations, thesauri, and bilingual dictionaries. Full text of encyclopedia entries plus over 20,000 searchable images including photographs, fine art, scientific diagrams and more. Covers a broad range of topics from biography to medicine and Shakespeare to technology. Alternate name: xreferplus Vendor name: Credo Reference UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Heaton, Shelley More info: Search tips. Criminal Justice Abstracts 1960-. Journal articles in criminology and related disciplines. Provides comprehensive coverage of the major journals in criminology and related disciplines. Alternate name: CSA Illumina Vendor name: Cambridge Scientific Update frequency: Updated annually UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Skarl, Susie Criminology: A Sage Collection full text 1950-. Journal articles focused on criminal justice, juvenile delinquency and justice, family & domestic violence and more. This criminology collection includes the full text of 24 journals published by Sage and participating societies. It covers such subjects as criminal justice, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, corrections, penology, policing, forensic psychology, and family and domestic violence. Alternate name: Sage Criminology Vendor name: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts Update frequency: Updated monthly UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: