Hospitality: Electronic Databases
Hospitality & Tourism Complete
1960-.
Full text of articles about hotel management, food service and beverage management, travel and tourism, event management, gaming, international cuisine, law, market trends, research and more.
Hospitality & Tourism Complete is a database covering scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism. Full-text coverage of over 200 publications that include the subject areas of hotel management, food service and beverage management, travel and tourism, event management, gaming, international cuisine, law, market trends, research and more.
Alternate name: Articles in Hospitality and Tourism
Vendor name: Ebsco
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Grays, Lateka
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International journal articles about the tourism industry.
The Leisuretourism.com abstracts database contains records selected from the CAB ABSTRACTS database. It brings together an archive of worldwide information for all those interested in the research and strategic development of leisure, recreation, sport, tourism and hospitality activities, facilities, products and services. Comprising over 50,000 international bibliographic references originally published in Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Abstracts, the backfile features published research from 1970s to the present.
Alternate name: Leisuretourism.com
Vendor name: CABI Publishing
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Grays, Lateka
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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
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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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
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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
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
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print in ASL.
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
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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.
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
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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
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
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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
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: Skarl, Susie
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WRDS
The CRSP Database provides access to NYSE, AMEX and Nasdaq daily and monthly securities prices, as well as to other historical data related to over 20,000 companies. The data is produced, and updated quarterly, by the Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP), a financial research center at the Graduate School of Business at The University of Chicago. CRSP is available through Wharton Research Data Service (WRDS)
Culturegrams
full text
Basic facts about history, culture and lifestyles in 187 countries.
Cultural reports for 187 countries and territories each including 25 categories such as land and climate, history, personal appearance, greetings, gestures, family, diet, holidays, economy, education, health, and events and trends.
Alternate name: Culturegrams World Edition
Vendor name: Culturegrams
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Kotula, JD
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Full text of most dissertations produced after 1997; citations and abstracts for others.
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses contains over 1.5 million entries, providing citations to North American and European dissertations from 1861 forward, with abstracts from 1980 forward. It also provides citations and abstracts for theses from 1988 forward. Full text of UNLV theses and dissertations available from 1996 to the present. Full text from all other institutions available from 1997 to the present.
Alternate name: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
Update frequency: Updated quarterly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Heaton, Shelley
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Online, full-text versions of the publications produced by the World Tourism Organization.
The e-unwto is a database of all of the United Nations World Tourism Organization publications from 1970 to the present. Access to over 500 publications and the latest tourism statistics for all the countries around the world. Advanced search features allow for easy navigation of the resources and e-alerts keep users up-to-date on the latest additions to the database.
Alternate name: WTO elibrary, World Tourism Organization Library
Vendor name: World Tourism Organization
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Grays, Lateka
Digital copies of more than 30,000 complete books, reports and other resources covering all academic subject areas.
Books and other materials are arranged in five main subject areas - business and economics, career and general education, computers, engineering and applied sciences, humanities, social/behavioral sciences and life/physical sciences. The ebrary reader is required to view books and can be downloaded for free from ebrary. A free account is needed In order to access some features (i.e. saving notes and highlights).
Vendor name: Ebrary
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Del Bosque, Darcy
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Citations and linked full text to economics articles, books, working papers and more.
Journal articles, books, dissertations, working papers, and conference proceedings covering business and public finance; regional and urban economics; economic history, development, and forecasting; and monetary and fiscal theory. Produced by the American Economic Association.
Alternate name: EbscoHOST
Vendor name: Ebsco Publishing
Update frequency: Updated monthly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Griffis, Patrick
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Collection of about 130 full text journals published by Emerald.
Full text journals covering management, marketing, quality, human resources, production & economics, operations, library & information services, information management, training & education, and engineering.
Vendor name: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Update frequency: varies
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Haslam, Michaelyn
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Continuously updated news and business information from major news sources.
The full text of all editions of Dow Jones publications, the Wall Street Journal and Barron's, plus the Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, three months of the New York Times, and 8,000 other publications. 20,000 company reports and 8,500 editorially selected business Web sites are also available through the Factiva service.
Contains television and radio transcripts, general business and industry magazines, company reports, and historical market data.
Vendor name: Factiva
Update frequency: continuous
Languages: 22 languages
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Grays, Lateka
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Practical overviews of practices and problems in information technology.
A virtual library of reports prepared and written by a team of IT researchers, computer and communications analysts, and technology specialists. Reports cover technology areas such as IT infrastructure, telecom, data networking, wireless communications, security, enterprise systems, the Internet and World Wide Web, as well as technology vendors.
Vendor name: Faulkner Information Services
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Smith, Caroline
Database of public opinions. Also contains in-depth public opinion and management data analyses.
Searchable database of public opinion including answers to questions and responses from more than 3.5 million people interviewed by The Gallup Poll since 1935. It also contains Gallup Poll News Service articles, Gallup Poll Tuesday Briefing articles, and Gallup Management Journal articles that feature in-depth public opinion and management data analyses. Replicas of historical news stories and press releases are also included.
Vendor name: Gallup Organization
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Skarl, Susie
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Market research reports with demographic and statistical information on consumer lifestyles, consumer products, countries, companies and industries.
This integrated online information system covers over 350 markets in 207 countries. Information is accessible in four modules: statistics (quantitative data and forecasts on consumer lifestyles, retailing, countries, consumer markets), analysis (in-depth market analysis report format), companies (profiles of leading FMCG companies along with financial data, market share and brand information) and sources (lists data providers by specific subject area.) Statistical data goes back as far as 1977 (but most series start in 1990) and is forecast out to 2015. Reports generally stay in the database for 5 years.
Alternate name: Euromonitor
Vendor name: Euromonitor
Scope: International
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Griffis, Patrick
Coverage about the impact of humans on the environment from government, general and scholarly publications can be found in this resource.
It contains over 300,000 records and over 200 cited references from the agriculture, education, law, health and technology fields.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Grays, Lateka
More info: It contains over 300,000 records and over 200 cited references from the agriculture, education, law, health and technology fields.
Corporate annual reports from 1884 to the present.
A rich source for scholars in business, economics, and history, this collection of annual reports for 800 U.S. companies dating from 1884 to the present provides information on companies, including financial performance, key officers, competitors, and market trends.
Vendor name: ProQuest
Update frequency: annual
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Griffis, Patrick
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Tables of data related to population, work and welfare, and international relations.
A source for quantitative indicators of American history, this database of almost 2000 tables covers nearly every quantifiable dimension in American history, including population, work and welfare, and international relations from the earliest times to the present.
Chapters are preceded by essays that introduce the quantitative history of their subject, provide a guide to the sources, and offer expert advice on the reliability of the data and the limits that might be placed on their interpretation.
Alternate name: HSUS
Vendor name: Cambridge University Press
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Lowe, Sidney
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Detailed coverage of public and private companies and industry analyses as well as business information on people in organizations and news on organizations.
You can search for business information by company, people, industry and news.
Vendor name: Hoover's Inc.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Griffis, Patrick
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Industry market research information, company reports and economic reports.
Industry market research reports covering over 700 industries written at the 5-digit NAICS level which provide key statistics, market characteristics, segmentation, industry conditions, industry performance, key competitors and industry outlook.
Scope: International
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Grays, Lateka;
Griffis, Patrick
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A database of economic statistics produced by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The IFS includes, for most countries of the world, current data on exchange rates, international liquidity, money and banking, interest rates, prices, production, international transactions, government accounts, and national accounts. Series are monthly, quarterly or annual.
Vendor name: International Monetary Fund
Scope: International
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Griffis, Patrick
Investment research and industry analysis reports
Contains research from over 450 investments banks and 150 associations as well as fundamental financial information from Moody's Investors Service. The reports are available in PDF format.
Vendor name: Thomson Gale
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Griffis, Patrick
Database of grants, fellowships and scholarships for individuals and institutions.
Over 9,000 funding opportunities in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities can be located in this resource. Advanced and basic search features are offered as well as links to the websites of the funding organization. The database has an alert service that allows users to be notified of relevant funding. An expertise service allows individuals to create a profile by institution for others to view their activities.
Vendor name: Illinois Researcher Information Service
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Grays, Lateka
An archive of more than 700 important scholarly journals covering business, ecology, education, ethnic studies, history, literature, mathematics, music, philosophy, political science, and sociology with content ending 3-5 years ago.
JSTOR digitally archives more than 700 scholarly journals. Subjects include African-American studies, anthropology, Asian studies, business, ecology, economics, education, finance, history, literature, mathematics, music, philosophy, political science, and more.
Vendor name: JSTOR
Update frequency: constant
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
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The Las Vegas Age newspaper, published between 1905 and 1924.
Complete digital images of the Las Vegas Age newspaper digitized from the print copies from the Special Collections of the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District. Search by date or by keyword or browse page images.
Vendor name: LVCCLD
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
Links to online and print map resources from the Architecture Studies Library.
Vendor name: UNLV Architecture Studies Library
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Brown, Jeanne
Las Vegas Review-Journal
full text
1991-.
Full text of articles, excluding images, from 1991 to the present.
Full text of articles from 1991 to the present. Articles do not include images.
Alternate name: LVRJ
Vendor name: ProQuest-CSA
Update frequency: daily
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information
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ProQuest Newspapers.
Searchable published news, legal, medical and business information.
The news section delivers the full text of international, national and regional newspapers along with wire services, broadcast transcripts, magazines, and non-English language sources.
The legal section contains U.S. Federal and state case law, codes, regulations, legal news, law reviews and international legal information. This includes Shepard's Citations for all U.S. Supreme Court cases back to 1789.
The medical section supplies information from news and medical journals, and provides abstracts to medical news from Medline.
The business section includes business news journals, company financial information, SEC filings and reports, and industry and market news.
Alternate name: Academic Universe
Vendor name: LexisNexis
Update frequency: Updated daily
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Heaton, Shelley
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Indexes publications containing statistics published by federal, state, local, international, and private sources.
Indexes publications containing statistics published by federal, state, local, international, and private sources. Search Statistical Abstracts directly. Internet links to major statistical resources. Check at the Reference Desk for availability of other statistical resources.
Vendor name: LexisNexis
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Lowe, Sidney
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Books available for 1-3 day delivery to UNLV Libraries.
LINK+ is a book request service that uses a shared library catalog to allow UNLV students, staff and faculty to search for and borrow over 8 million books and documents from over 40 libraries throughout California and Nevada.
More borrowing options.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information
Cover to cover digital reproductions of the Los Angeles Times from 1881-1984 with searchable full text.
Complete issues of the Los Angeles Times, 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 print.
Alternate name: LA Times
Vendor name: ProQuest-CSA
Update frequency: complete
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
Major daily newspaper from Los Angeles.
With the nation's largest editorial department, it offers extensive coverage of national, international, and local news.
Vendor name: ProQuest
Update frequency: daily
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information
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ProQuest Newspapers
Full-text market research reports.
MarketResearch.com Academic provides access to a library of 200+ page market profile studies from Kalorama Information, Packaged Facts, and Specialists in Business Information (SBI) covering industries including consumer goods, food and beverages, demographics, healthcare, technology, media, manufacturing, and many others. Reports include extensive background information, forecasts and analyses on the topic, statistics, charts, graphs and tables. Reports are added to the service within 12 months after they are released to commercial clients.
Alternate name: marketresearch.com
Vendor name: Kalorama Information
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Grays, Lateka
International profiles of public companies, industries and countries.
MarketLine Business Information Centre (formerly Datamonitor) provides access to over 10,000 U.S. and international public and private company profiles, 2500 industry profiles and 100 country profiles. The company profiles include company and business description, history, key employees, products and services, competitors, company view, locations and subsidiaries. A SWOT analysis is provided for the 500 largest companies. The industry profiles include overview and size, segmentation, competitive landscape, leading companies, and forecasts. Each country profile provides a description of the economic performance and GDP, assessment of potential for development, detailed market and industry analysis of the business environment.
Alternate name: Datamonitor
Vendor name: MarketLine
Update frequency: daily
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Grays, Lateka
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Financial information and current news on public companies traded in the United States.
Annual reports, performance information, EDGAR (SEC) filings, and timely articles on approximately 13,000 international corporations are provided. To start using the database, click on "Enter Mergent Online." To locate industry information, enter SIC or NAICS code. To locate company information, search by name or ticker symbol. Each company report provides a business summary, financials, history, SEC filings, and more.
Alternate name: Company Data Direct
Vendor name: Mergent, Inc.
Update frequency: Weekly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Griffis, Patrick
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International reports on consumer products and industries.
Mintel offers hundreds of market research reports covering the U.S. and International consumer marketplaces. Each market research report combines data & analysis of the competitive landscape, market-share analysis and consumer profiles. Complex demographic issues are broken into easy-to-understand sections, explaining consumer behavior and demonstrating the structure of the market. The database covers cover a variety of sectors including consumer goods, travel and tourism, financial industry, internet industry, retail, and food & drink.
Vendor name: Mintel Group
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Grays, Lateka
Data reports on demographic, lifestyle, product usage and advertising exposure.
Mediamark Research offers comprehensive demographic, lifestyle, product usage and exposure to all forms of advertising media collected from a single sample. As the leading U.S. supplier of multimedia audience research, MRI provides information to magazines, television, radio, Internet and other media, leading national advertisers and over 450 advertising agencies - including 90 of the top 100 in the United States. Mediamark's national syndicated data are widely used by these companies as the basis for the majority of the media and marketing plans that are written for advertised brands in the United States. Users must first register for a free account.
Alternate name: Mediamark Research Plus
Vendor name: Mediamark Research Inc.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Grays, Lateka
More info: Supported browsers: Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator
Digital copies of more than 3,000 complete books, reports and other resources covering all academic subject areas.
Browse e-books for quick research and reference or create a free account to check out items, create notes, and list favorites.
Vendor name: NetLibrary
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Del Bosque, Darcy
Cover to cover digital reproductions of the New York Times with searchable full text.
For 2003- present see ProQuest Newspapers
Vendor name: ProQuest-CSA
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
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Regional newspapers and broadcast television transcripts.
Newspaper Source provides selected full text coverage for more than 240 newspapers and other sources. This collection includes cover-to-cover full text for USA Today, The Christian Science Monitor, and The Times (London), as well as selected full text from more than 180 regional newspapers including: Boston Globe, Detroit Free Press, Houston Chronicle, Miami Herald, San Jose Mercury News, etc. Full text transcripts are also included from Face the Nation, CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, 60 Minutes, O'Reilly Factor, Hannity & Colmes, National Public Radio, and more.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Haslam, Michaelyn
Encyclopedia for food industry terminology.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America covers the significant events, inventions, and social movements in American history that have affected the way Americans view, prepare, and consume food and drink. A collaboration of nearly 200 contributors from academia, industry, and the culinary world, the articles treat regions, people, ingredients, companies, advertising, historical eras, holidays and festivals, and political, scientific, and economic currents pertinent to American cuisine.
Vendor name: Oxford Reference Online
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Grays, Lateka
Index to the literature of public policy, social policy, and the social sciences in general.
From the Public Affairs Information Service, this database provides access to the literature of public policy, social policy, and the social sciences in general. It includes records from journals, books, conference proceedings, research and government reports, and directories.
Alternate name: Public Affairs Information Service
Vendor name: Public Affairs Information Service
Update frequency: Updated quarterly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Lowe, Sidney
Citations to papers from congresses, symposiums, conferences, expositions, workshops and meetings.
Vendor name: OCLC FirstSearch
Update frequency: Updated biweekly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Heaton, Shelley
Plunkett Research Online
full text
dates of coverage vary.
Full-text market research reports covering a variety of business industries and companies.
This online version of the Plunkett Almanacs contains research about major companies, emerging technologies and industry analysis. Users will also be able to locate glossaries, associations and contact information for the represented industries.
Vendor name: Plunkett Research, Ltd.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Grays, Lateka
Citations to published proceedings of congresses, symposiums, conferences, expositions, workshops and meetings.
Vendor name: OCLC FirstSearch
Update frequency: Updated biweekly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Heaton, Shelley
ProQuest Newspapers
full text
1980s-.
Searchable current and recent newspapers from ProQuest.
Full text of articles from nine major national newspapers: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Boston Globe, the Chicago Tribune, the Christian Science Monitor, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. Also included are the New York Times Book Review, the New York Times Magazine, and the Las Vegas Review Journal.
Vendor name: ProQuest
Update frequency: Updated daily
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information
PsycARTICLES
full text
1987-.
Full text articles from 50 peer-reviewed journals published by the American Psychological Association.
PsycARTICLES provides the full text for articles from 50 peer-reviewed journals published by the American Psychological Association and allied organizations. The database covers general, specialized, basic, applied, and clinical psychology, and theoretical research. It contains more than 32,000 full text articles, letters to the editor and errata.
Vendor name: Ebsco
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Stowers, Eva
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Full text of 35 psychology journals published by SAGE and participating societies.
Includes the full text of 35 journals published by SAGE and participating societies, some journals going back 36 years, and encompasses over 21,600 articles. It covers such subjects as Psychology, Child Development, Family Studies, Language Acquisition, and Sociology of Race and Ethnicity.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Stowers, Eva
The American Psychological Association's international psychology database indexes journal articles, books and dissertations.
PsycINFO, from the American Psychological Association (APA), contains nearly 2.3 million citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines, dating as far back as the 1800s. 97 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, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, law and others.
Alternate name: Psychological Abstracts
Vendor name: Ebsco
Update frequency: Updated monthly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Stowers, Eva
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Preprints, postprints and working papers.
Combines the 25 peer-reviewed bepress journals with all working paper series, postprints, preprints and other content from institutional repositories hosted by bepress. These include the bepress Legal Repository, the University of California eScholarship Digital Repository, Engineering Conferences International, and the New England Law Library Consortium.
Vendor name: bepress
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Haslam, Michaelyn
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Web of Knowledge
The Science Citation Index Expanded ® provides access to current and retrospective bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references found in approximately 5,900 of the world's leading scholarly science and technical journals covering more than 150 disciplines.
ScienceDirect
full text
dates of coverage vary.
Nearly 2,000 full text Elsevier journals covering the areas of social science, medicine, science, and technology with deep backfiles for more than 1600 journals.
Vendor name: Elsevier B.V.
Update frequency: daily
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Haslam, Michaelyn
Scopus
1960-.
Scopus is an index to peer-reviewed scientific, medical, technical, and social science literature.
Scopus also features a citation index, allowing you to find the papers that cite a specific piece of research.
Vendor name: Elsevier
Update frequency: daily
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Kotula, JD;
Smith, Caroline;
Stowers, Eva
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Web of Knowledge
The Social Sciences Citation Index ® (SSCI ®) provides access to current and retrospective bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references found in over 1,700 of the world's leading scholarly social sciences journals covering more than 50 disciplines. They also cover individually selected, relevant items from approximately 3,300 of the world's leading science and technology journals.
SocINDEX with Full Text
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1895-.
Indexes the literature of sociology and related disciplines.
Includes full text for selected journals, monographs, and conference papers and contains full text for over 325 journals dating back to 1895. Encompasses all subdisciplines of sociology, including abortion, anthropology, criminology, criminal justice, marriage & family, politics, religion, rural sociology, social psychology, social structure, social work, sociological theory, sociology of education, substance abuse, urban studies, and many others.
Vendor name: Ebsco
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Skarl, Susie
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Citations and abstracts from journal articles, books, and association papers in sociology.
Sociological Abstracts provides access to worldwide findings in theoretical and applied sociology, social science, and policy science. Included are citations and abstracts from journal articles, books, and association papers. The database includes research within the following topics: anthropology, business, collective behavior, community development, disaster studies, education, environmental studies, gender studies, gerontology, law and penology, marriage and family studies, medicine and health, racial interactions, social psychology, social work, sociological theory, stratification, substance abuse, urban studies, and violence.
Vendor name: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
Update frequency: Updated quarterly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Skarl, Susie
Full text journals covering contemporary sociology, ethnic studies, gender studies, social theory, the sociology of sport and the sociology of work.
This collection includes the full text of 28 journals, some going back 20 years, covering over 10,000 articles. This searchable database covers such subjects as contemporary sociology, ethnic studies, gender studies, social theory, the sociology of sport and the sociology of work. Each bibliographic record in the collection links to the full text article in PDF format.
Vendor name: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Skarl, Susie
Over twenty Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development periodicals including OECD Observer, OECD Economic Surveys and OECD Papers.
All journals are available in PDF format. Journal access is from 1998 to current.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Griffis, Patrick
Journal articles and more about all aspects of sports, physical education and sports medicine.
An international database indexing journal articles, books, conference proceedings, research papers, and dissertations and theses in sports medicine, biomechanics, psychology, coaching, physical education and fitness, training, and other related topics. Includes access to the full text of more than 230 journals
Vendor name: Ebsco
Update frequency: quarterly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Grays, Lateka
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Market research and industry news covering all facets of the sports industry.
SBRNet is a service focusing on the sporting goods and sports marketing industry. The site features market research and industry news covering all facets of the industry: sports equipment sales, sports participation, sports broadcasting, sports sponsorship and sports marketing.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Grays, Lateka
Scholarly journals in sciences, law and economics.
SpringerLink is divided into the fields of life sciences, chemical sciences, geosciences, computer science, mathematics, medicine, physics and astronomy, engineering, environmental sciences, law, and economics. The SpringerLink service contains approximately 450 scholarly journals.
Vendor name: Springer
Update frequency: daily
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Haslam, Michaelyn
Investor information from Standard & Poor's.
Supplies full text access to ten core Standard and Poor's investor information products
Vendor name: Standard and Poor's
Update frequency: monthly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Griffis, Patrick
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Business, trade, and economic information from across the Federal Government.
Internet version of NTDB CD-ROM, with additional resources. Two-part database containing current domestic economic and financial information, daily treasury releases, and foreign trade, market research, and country information, the International Trade Library, more.
Update frequency: Updated daily
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Griffis, Patrick
Full text of the London Times though 1985
The Times Digital Archive, 1785-1985, presents searchable full text and page images of The Times (London). The Times is the "world's newspaper of record" and covers all major international historical events from the French Revolution to the Falkland War. Search the full text of the entire newspaper, including articles, editorials, and advertising.
Alternate name: London Times
Vendor name: Gale
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
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Mintel Market Research Database
Part of the Mintel Consumer Intelligence database.
UNLV Libraries - Gateway to Government Information
Links to government web sites.
Government information resources include Congressional laws and hearings, nutrition, crime, diseases, endangered species, immigration, and much more. The U.S. federal government is also the world's greatest collector and publisher of statistics. UNLV Libraries’ tangible collection of government publications is located in Lied Library on the second floor and in LASR (Lied Automated Storage and Retrieval). Ask for assistance at the service desk or call 895-2200.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Lowe, Sidney
Browse DVDs available by subject area.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Ipri, Tom
UNLV Library Catalog
Find out which books, encyclopedias, periodicals, audiovisual items, maps and government documents are available from UNLV Libraries by searching the library catalog. Includes links to books available online.
The LOCATION and CALL NUMBER information helps you physically locate each item in the library.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Del Bosque, Darcy
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To discover whether UNLV Libraries offers online access or owns a print copy of a particular journal, search for the name of the magazine or journal in this list.
A link to "University of Nevada Las Vegas Holdings" will show you information about print copies of the journal. Links to online subscriptions will list the range of dates available for that journal.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information
Value Line Research Center
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Investment publications from Value Line covering stocks, mutual funds, options and convertible securities as well as special situation stocks.
Publications include The Value Line Investment Survey, The Value Line Mutual Fund Survey, The Value Line Daily Options Survey, The Value Line Special situations Service, The Value Line Convertibles Survey, Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs).
Vendor name: Value Line, Inc.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Griffis, Patrick
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Industry career guides, industry employer guides, career topic guides and interview/resume guides published in the Vault career library series.
Contains company profiles on over 2500 employers, occupational profiles for more than 50 career paths, and 40 industry overviews. Provides access to industry career guides, industry employer guides, career topic guides and interview/resume guides published in the Vault career library series. Includes message boards designed for a community of insiders and interested observers.
Vendor name: Vault
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Grays, Lateka
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Web of Knowledge is a platform for Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts and Humanities Index, Journal Citation Reports, Biological Abstracts, MEDLINE, and Inspec.
Vendor name: Thomson ISI
Update frequency: weekly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Kotula, JD;
Smith, Caroline
Wiley Interscience Journals
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Access to more than 500 Wiley full text journals covering science, medicine, technology, and social science with deep backfiles for about 250 titles.
Vendor name: Wiley
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Haslam, Michaelyn
More info: Includes more than 800 full text Blackwell journals in disciplines ranging across the humanities, medicine, science, and social science.
World Development Indicators Online
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1960-.
From the World Bank, this database contains data for over 550 development indicators and time series from 1960 for over 200 countries.
Vendor name: The World Bank Group
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Griffis, Patrick
WorldCat
11th century -.
Use WorldCat to search the holdings of academic, public and special libraries around the world.
This union catalog contains records of books and other items in libraries worldwide. Items owned by UNLV Libraries are indicated; UNLV students, faculty and staff may request books via Document Delivery Services.
Vendor name: OCLC FirstSearch
Update frequency: Updated daily
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information;
Heaton, Shelley
The Wharton Research Data Service provides World Wide Web access to CRSP, ISSM and Global Insight (Basic Economics).
Alternate name: Basic Economics
Vendor name: Wharton Research Data Service
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Griffis, Patrick
More info: Limited to UNLV affiliated users. Users must
request an account Accounts are approved by the Business Librarian.
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Credo Reference
Encyclopedias in many academic disciplines. Title has changed to Credo Reference.
Hospitality: Company Information
