On Campus : Bunn Library : Research Databases : Databases Alphabetical

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AccessScience: The online version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology with continuous updates reflecting recent research developments, biographies of scientists and late-breaking science and technology news.

America History & Life: Indexes and abstracts journals in American history from 1964-present. There is no full-text in this database. Check the Bunn Library Periodical Holdings for full-text availability within the library or ask a librarian for help in obtaining a photocopy of the article through Interlibrary Loan.

Annals of American History: Produced by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Annals includes over 2000 primary source documents, as well as images and media clips. The database may be browsed by historical period, author, or through a topical list. The database may also be searched by keyword or phrase.

Books in Print: Bibliographic information on over 3.5 million books, audios, and videos. Includes reviews for selected titles.

Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO): The most comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 onward that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs (non-governmental organizations), foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs.

CQ Researcher: Appropriate for research on current events. This publication covers the issues of the day with summaries of both fact and opinion. Includes excellent bibliographies.

EBSCOHost: EBSCOHost is a family of databases spanning scholarly and popular titles, many in full-text. There are specialized databases for business, education, and health. Very large and inclusive. Also included is access to The Scientific American Archive Online, which contains the entire editorial content with all special issues from January 1993 through to the present, updated monthly. In addition, the newly introduced Scientific American Mind monthly title will also be included. The issues are presented as PDFs (Portable Document Format files), which maintains the integrity of the printed page including all the graphics. Documents in PDF format require Adobe's Acrobat Reader.

Encyclopedia Britannica Online: Includes the complete encyclopedia, as well as a Merriam-Webster dictionary and thesaurus. The Internet Guide provides links to recommended web sites.

Facts on File Reference Collection: A family of databases that includes historical and scientific encyclopedias, as well as a Curriculum Resource Center and a collection of reproducible Maps on File.

Gale Literary Index: An index to the content in the library's print collection of literary criticism and biography from the Gale Group, Inc. Titles indexed include Contemporary Authors and Contemporary Literary Criticism. After you have located references to your subject in a particular series title, use the Bunn Library catalog to determine if the library owns this series.

Historical Statistics of the United States presents the numerical history of the United States. This definitive reference work contains more than 37,000 annual time series of quantitative historical information covering virtually every quantifiable dimension of American history: population, work and welfare, economic structure and performance, governance, and international relations, all from the earliest times to the present.

History Resource Center: Covers both U.S. and modern world history, with full-text articles and primary sources, as well as access to the abstracts and citations in the premier U.S. historical bibliography, America History & Life.

JerseyClicks: JerseyClicks is a new statewide portal that features simultaneous searching of a suite of fifteen statewide full-text databases, including American History Online, World History Online, Newspaper Source, Health Source, Business Source Elite, MasterFILE Premier, and others. Some of these databases are available on the Library's Research Databases Page as separate databases, but this portal allows you to customize your search for multiple databases. To use JerseyClicks outside the Bunn Library building, you must have your Lawrenceville ID card with you in order to enter the barcode number on the back of the ID. The barcode begins with the number 2612. JerseyClicks is available from anywhere on or off campus, 24/7.

JSTOR: This full-text database contains a broad range of scholarly journals in the arts, sciences, humanities, and social sciences. The JSTOR mission is unique in that it creates a permanent, digitized archive of the selected titles.

LEXIS-NEXIS: Lexis-Nexis contains the full-text of leading U.S. and international newspapers, with an extensive archive of The New York Times and The Washington Post dating back to 1980. There are three additional modules: Legal Research that includes court cases, law review articles, all federal laws from 1988 to the present, and state law digests; Legislation that includes the Congressional Record, as well as bill tracking on both the state and federal levels; and Statistics that can be searched by keyword and date.

Literature Online (LION): Literature Online provides access to over a third of a million works of poetry, prose, and drama, and over 120 specialist full-text journals and is updated monthly. Complementing a range of searchable, digitized primary texts, Literature Online incorporates an extensive collection of criticism and reference works. Also included is The Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature, Webster's Third New International Dictionary, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary, as well as a compilation of relevant and useful online resources from websites that have been carefully selected. Literature Online also includes a multimedia collection, Poets on Screen, which contains filmed readings by contemporary poets, and provides a unique opportunity to hear major authors interpreting their own works as well as those of their contemporaries and predecessors.

LitFinder: Indexes more than 800,000 poem citations from 4,500 anthologies, 5,500 single-author works, and 6,500 periodical issues. It also contains more than 100,000 full-text poems for which copyright has been cleared. Many of the anthologies cited are in the library's collection where you may go for the full-text of the poem if it is not in the database. 5,000+ Full text short stories plus explanations, biographies, pictures, and more. The database is updated constantly with both classic and contemporary stories.

The Nation Archive: Now part of EBSCOHost! You must choose "The Nation Archive" as the EBSCO database you are searching (2nd from the bottom) to search only items published in The Nation. Founded in 1865, The Nation is America's oldest continuously published weekly magazine. The archive includes the full run of the paper from that time. The Nation is frequently quoted and referred to in works of historical analysis. In the contemporary period, it is characterized by a liberal point of view.

Nature Online: Nature is one of the world's foremost peer-reviewed scientific journals. The online archive extends back through 1997.

netLibrary: netLibrary is an electronic book service. The Bunn Library's collection of e-books is owned in cooperation with PALINET, a regional library consortium. The PALINET netLibrary Shared Collection provides us with access to 1,788 copyrighted titles and a growing list of public domain titles. The netLibrary Public Collection includes classic works that are made available to all users free-of-charge.

Oxford English Dictionary (OED): The OED Online provides access to all of the material contained in the 20-volume Second Edition and the 3 volumes of Additions. For the first time since it was completed in 1928, the OED is being completely revised with quarterly online updates.

Project MUSE: The Project MUSE® complete collection offers a comprehensive selection of prestigious humanities and social sciences journals to support a core liberal arts curriculum at any academic institution. Every journal is heavily indexed and peer-reviewed, with critically acclaimed articles by the most respected scholars in their fields.

ProQuest: A very large collection of periodicals covering a broad range of subject areas. ProQuest includes four basic databases: Platinum Periodicals, ProQuest Newspapers, Reference, and The Historical New York Times. The New York Times collection is complete back to 1851.

Science Online: Provides access to the full text of Science's print version back through 1997. Also includes daily breaking stories through the online service, ScienceNOW.

ScienceDirect: ScienceDirect is published by Elsevier Science and provides full-text access to over 1,700 peer-reviewed research journals in the life sciences, physical sciences and social sciences. In addition to the full-text articles, ScienceDirect also provides access to 30 million abstracts from a broad range of bibliographic indexes. ScienceDirect may be accessed in the Bunn Library or the Kirby Science Center.

Teen Health & Wellness: Provides students with curricular support and self-help tools on topics including diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, fitness, mental health, diversity, family life, and more. Developed for teens, Teen Health & Wellness: Real Life, Real Answers draws on Rosen's award-winning series, including Coping, Need to Know, and others. Thoroughly updated and revised for online use, all content is reviewed by leading professionals in medicine, mental health, nutrition, guidance, and career counseling.

Thomson Gale Databases: This family of databases includes Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center, Custom Newspapers, Informe, and The Times (London) Digital Archive, 1785-1985. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center is a full-text resource covering current issues, from terrorism to endangered species, stem cell research to gun control. This database includes pro and con viewpoint articles; reference articles that provide context; full-text magazines, academic journals and newspapers; primary source documents; government and organizational statistics; multimedia, including images and podcasts; links to hand-selected web sites; and more. Custom Newspapers allows access to a collection of more than 150 newspapers from the U.S. and the world plus an additional 300 sources of selected news and business coverage. Created for Spanish-speaking users, Informe is a collection of popular Hispanic magazines in Spanish with full text, indexing and images. The Times Digital Archive is a full image online archive of every page published by The Times (London) from 1785-1985, making this a valuable primary source database with a European viewpoint.

Wilson Databases: Wilson offers a range of databases including The Amico Library collection of images, General Science Abstracts & Full Text, Humanities Abstracts & Full Text, Readers' Guide Abstracts & Full Text, Readers' Guide Retro covering the years 1890-1982, and Social Sciences Abstracts & Full Text.