Electronic Databases by Title


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Proquest journal collection that focuses on hard-to-find local and regional business and news coverage. 
Business and Economics
ABI/INFORM Global
1971-current
Proquest collection with over 1800 worldwide business journals and company profiles. 
Business and Economics -- Recommended
Search more than 750 business periodicals and newsletters with a trade or industry focus. 
Business and Economics
Provides searching across over 11000 periodicals, and over 4300 fulltext titles 
Interdisciplinary; Health Sciences
AccessMedicine Suite
Dates vary

5 concurrent users maximum
A medical education resource consisting of a large variety of up-to-date established textbooks allows searching across multiple AccessMedicine publications. 
Health Sciences; Medicine/Biomedical Sciences; Nursing and Health Professions
AccessScience
Dates vary.
A collection of Reference e-books in the sciences, including The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology 9th edition online. 
Computer Science and Software Engineering; Physical Sciences; Psychology; Interdisciplinary; Biological Sciences; Engineering -- Recommended
ACLS Humanities E-Books
Dates vary

formerly known as ACLS History Ebook Project
Offers a searchable collection over 1700 full-text humanities books, as well as reviews. 
Interdisciplinary; History; Language and Literature
The ACM (Association for Computing machinery) Digital Library includes abstracts, reviews, and the full-text articles published in ACM periodicals, transactions, and proceedings since 1985. 
Engineering; Information Systems and Technology; Computer Science and Software Engineering; Electrical and Computer Engineering -- Recommended
Collection of over 750,000 bibliographic citations and abstracts of works published by ACM and 3,000+ other publishers. 
Information Systems and Technology -- Recommended; Computer Science and Software Engineering -- Recommended; Electrical and Computer Engineering
Offers full-text of the publications, conferences, and resource archives of the 34 ACM Special Interest Groups. 
Information Systems and Technology; Electrical and Computer Engineering; Computer Science and Software Engineering
ACP Journal Club (EBM Reviews)
Dates vary

4 concurrent users maximum
A component of Ovid's Evidence Based Medicine Reviews collection provides full text access to information from top clinical journals. 
Health Sciences; Medicine/Biomedical Sciences
Contains full text articles for the more than 30 American Chemical Society journals and magazines. 
Engineering; Chemical Engineering -- Recommended
Ad*Access
1911-1955

Open Access
Presents images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines. 
Business and Economics; Culture and Communication; History and Politics; History; Media Arts
Full text of the Audio Engineering Society journals, convention preprints, and conference papers, over 3,100 articles. 
Engineering; Design
Ageline
1978-current

Open Access
AgeLine abstracts the literature of social gerontology as well as aging-related research from psychology, sociology, social work, economics, public policy, and the health sciences. 
Health Sciences; Psychology; Anthropology and Sociology; Behavioral Sciences and Therapies; Medicine/Biomedical Sciences
Full text and summaries of Evidence Reports indexed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Covers all aspects of healthcare and medicine. 
Health Sciences; Medicine/Biomedical Sciences
AGRICOLA
1979-current
Comprehensive source of U.S. agricultural and life sciences information, containing over 3.3 million bibliographic records of journal articles, monographs, theses, and more, from 1979 to the present. 
Environmental Studies; Biological Sciences; Food Sciences and Nutrition -- Recommended
Fulltext online versions of 50 AIP journals published by the American Institute of Physics. 
Engineering
The Air University Library's Index to Military Periodicals is a subject index to significant articles, news items, and editorials from English language military and aeronautical periodicals. 
Engineering; History and Politics; History; Politics
The Library Salary Database is published by the American Library Association Allied Professional Association, and includes aggregated data from 10,631 actual salaries for six librarian positions in 1053 public and academic libraries. The database is searchable by position, state, and library-type. 
Library Science
Alt-HealthWatch
Dates vary
Find articles and other materials on alternative health. 
Health Sciences; Creative Arts in Therapy; Medicine/Biomedical Sciences
Indexes nearly 300 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines. 
Culture and Communication; History and Politics; History; Politics; Interdisciplinary; Ethics and Philosophy; Philosophy; Ethics; Anthropology and Sociology
Provides comprehensive coverage of the world's technical literature on aluminum, production processes, products, applications, and business developments. 
Engineering; Materials Engineering
AMA FREIDA Online
Current

Open Access
Provides information on more than 7,800 graduate medical education programs accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), and other related materials. 
Health Sciences; Medicine/Biomedical Sciences
History of the United States and Canada, comprised of over 490,000 citations in over 2,000 journals dating back to 1964. Also available from ABC-Clio 
History and Politics -- Recommended; History -- Recommended; Anthropology and Sociology; Culture and Communication
a database of online data for over 6,000 hospitals in the United States 
Health Sciences
Provided through HeinOnline, the library includes full text of drafts of the Model Penal Code, Uniform Commercial Code, selected Restatements of the Law, and the Statement of Essential Human Rights full text of the American Law Institute's annual reports (1937-2004), annual meeting proceedings (1923-2004), and newsletter, The ALI Reporter (1978-2005) and a guide to the American Law Institute Publications microfiche collection (2001). 
Law
American Memory
1450-current

Open Access
Library of Congress historical collections online, comprised of written and audio-visual materials, with roughly 120 collections in all subject areas. 
History and Politics; History; Politics; Culture and Communication; Anthropology and Sociology
Online access to journals published by the American Physiological Association. 
Health Sciences; Medicine/Biomedical Sciences
ARBAonline offers over 14,000 reviews of print and electronic reference works published since 1997. 
Library Science
Full text papers of ASEE conference proceedings from 1996 to present. 
Engineering
American Song
1750 - 1960
American Song is a history database that allows people to hear and feel the music from America's past. The database includes songs by and about American Indians, miners, immigrants, slaves, children, pioneers, and cowboys. Included in the database are the songs of Civil Rights, political campaigns, Prohibition, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, anti-war protests, and more. This release includes 763 albums, equaling 12,542 tracks. 
Performing Arts; Music; History
Annual Reviews
Dates vary
Annual Reviews volumes, published each year in approximately 30 focused disciplines within the biological, medical, physical, and social sciences, are thorough and timely collections of critical reviews written by leading scientists and academicians. 
Behavioral Sciences and Therapies; Psychology; Health Sciences; Medicine/Biomedical Sciences; Public Health; Anthropology and Sociology
AP Images
1826 - Current

formerly AccuNet/Associated Press Multimedia Archive 1 user maximum
an International photo archive (1826-present), a Graphics Database which contains graphics, maps, illustrations and logos, and an AP Audio Database which contains searchable audio clips dating back to the 1920s. 
History and Political Science; Anthropology and Sociology; Interdisciplinary; Education
Applied Science & Technology Full Text: Wilson Omnifile
1982-current

Choose Applied Science & Technology subject area
Provides information on management, careers and employment, and financial trends in the scientific and technological fields. Includes interviews, meetings, conferences, exhibitions, discussions, corrections, continued articles, new product reviews, new product announcements, technically valuable editorials and letters, tables, charts, diagrams, buyers' guides, directories, and conference proceedings. 
Engineering -- Recommended; Physical Sciences -- Recommended; Information Systems and Technology; Computer Science and Software Engineering; Food Sciences and Nutrition
Provides access to seven decades of information from the most important historical sources in the applied science and technology field - many of them peer-reviewed journals. Contains the complete content of Industrial Arts Index (1913-1957) and Applied Science & Technology Index (1958-1983). 
Information Systems and Technology; Engineering
Architectural Index
1982 - Current
Covers core periodicals in architecture (view list). Searchable or browsable by subject categories, building type, architect/designer's name, combination of architect/designer and/or location and/or magazine. 
Art and Architecture; Design; Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Includes abstracts of English and foreign-language material on modern and contemporary artists, movements, and trends from the late 19th century onwards. 
Design; Art and Architecture; Media Arts
Art Full Text
1984-current

1 concurrent user maximum
Bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles from art periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins published throughout the world. 
Art and Architecture -- Recommended; Media Arts -- Recommended
Art Index Retrospective is a bibliographic database that cumulates citations to Art Index volumes 1-32 of the printed index published between 1929-1984. The database cites articles from periodicals published throughout the world, and includes English-language periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins. 
Art and Architecture
ArticleFirst
1990-current
An index of journal article citations from over 15,000 serials across a broad subject area. 
Interdisciplinary; Behavioral Sciences and Therapies; Health Sciences; Medicine/Biomedical Sciences
Arts & Humanities Citation Index (ISI)
1980-current

41 concurrent users maximum
Arts & Humanities Citation Index is a multidisciplinary index covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities. 
English and Literature; Ethics and Philosophy -- Recommended; Ethics -- Recommended; Philosophy -- Recommended; History and Politics; History; Politics
ARTstor
Dates vary

Browser MUST ALLOW POP-UPS for full access to ARTstor Flash Player Version 6 or above is required for access. Cookies must be enabled. Internet connection must be a minimum speed of Lan 100=, DSL, ISDN, or Cable. ARTstor is combatible with the following Operating Systems: For PCs: Windows 2000 or Windows XP For Macs: OS I0.2 or I0.3 For Linux: Any Version
The ARTstor Digital Library Charter Collection is: A repository of hundreds of thousands of digital images 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 users. 
Art and Architecture; Design; Media Arts
arXiv.org
Dates vary

Open Access
Electronic pre-prints in physics, mathematics, computer science and quantitative biology. 
Mathematics; Computer Science and Software Engineering; Physical Sciences; Biological Sciences
Covers ASCE documents published since 1974 including all journals, conference proceedings, books, standards, manuals, magazines, and newsletters. 
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering -- Recommended
Includes complete ASCE conference papers published from 2003 to the present, with select papers published from 1998. 
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Provides access to the full text of all 30 ASCE titles. 
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
ASM Handbooks
Current

3 concurrent users maximum
Reference information on metals and materials: data and guidance on properties, processing, performance, selection, analysis, and applications. 
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering; Materials Engineering -- Recommended
 
Engineering -- Recommended
Astrophysics Data System
Dates vary

Open Access
NASA-funded project whose main resource is an Abstract Service, which includes four sets of abstracts: Astronomy and astrophysics, Instrumentation, Physics and geophysics, and Los Alamos preprint server. 
Physical Sciences -- Recommended
The NIST bibliographic database on atomic spectral line broadening contains approximately 800 recent references, including numerical data, general information, comments, and review articles. 
Physical Sciences
NIST's bibliographic database on atomic transition probabilities presently contains 6113 references, dating from 1914 through May 1999. 
Physical Sciences
The atomic weights are available for elements 1 through 111, and isotopic compositions or abundances are given when appropriate. 
Physical Sciences
Auto repair information searchable by vehicle model, including manuals, repair procedures, wiring diagrams, and more. 
Mechanical Engineering
Avery Index
1930-current

5 concurrent users maximum
Contains records describing articles in more than 1,000 periodicals in the field of architecture and related disciplines. 
Art and Architecture -- Recommended; Design -- Recommended
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BasicBiosis
Rolling 4-year period
Indexes the basic core of life science journals, both popular and scholarly. 
Health Sciences; Biological Sciences -- Recommended; Medicine/Biomedical Sciences
Beilstein Crossfire via DISCOVERYGATE
1771-current (abstracts from 1980-current)

Off-Campus users must use Drexel's Virtual Private Network (VPN) to access this resource. See Drexel VPN Instructions for assistance.
An essential database for organic chemistry information, now in a web-based application. 
Chemistry -- Recommended; Health Sciences
Database of measured and theoretical cross section data in the form of reprints, reports, and personal communications. 
Physical Sciences
Biographies of hundreds of notable figures from all areas of study and popular culture. 
Interdisciplinary
Biological & Agricultural Index : Wilson Omnifile
1982-current

Choose Biological & Agricultural subject area
Full text and Abstracts of Journal articles pertaining to Biology and Agricultural research. 
Biological Sciences -- Recommended; Environmental Studies; Food Sciences and Nutrition
The Biological Macromolecule Crystallization Database (BMCD) contains crystal data and the crystallization conditions, which have been compiled from literature. 
Biological Sciences; Physical Sciences
An interdisciplinary database that offers abstracts and citations to a wide range of research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology and ecology, and some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science. 
Biological Sciences
BioMed Central
1999-current
Access to over 100 Open-Access journals dealing in Health and Biological Sciences. 
Medicine/Biomedical Sciences; Health Sciences; Biological Sciences -- Recommended; Public Health
BioOne
2000-current
Offers an aggregation of full-text, high-impact bioscience research journals, mostly published by small societies and non-commercial publishers. 
Biological Sciences; Environmental Studies -- Recommended
Blackwell Synergy
1997-current
The Blackwell Publishing Full Collection comprises 803 journals from across Science, Technology, Medicine, Humanities and Social Sciences collections. 
Health Sciences; Behavioral Sciences and Therapies; Medicine/Biomedical Sciences; Nursing and Health Professions; Public Health; Anthropology and Sociology; Culture and Communication; Psychology; Interdisciplinary
BNA
Current

By entering this resource, users are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions contained therein.
Leading law reports, publications, and manuals from BNA 
Law -- Recommended
Research database that contains the full text and informative abstracts for more than 2,100 popular nonfiction books found in school and public libraries. 
English and Literature; Library Science
Book Review Index Online is a comprehensive guide to book reviews that includes more than 5 million review citations from thousands of publications. Now with unlimited simultaneous users. 
Interdisciplinary
Provides access to publication information for over 3.5 million books in-print, out-of print, and forthcoming. 
Interdisciplinary; English and Literature; Library Science
Books24x7
Current

5 concurrent users maximum.
Search, browse and view fulltext of nearly 5000 books covering IT and systems. 
Electrical and Computer Engineering; Computer Science and Software Engineering; Interdisciplinary; Information Systems and Technology
Books@OVID
Dates vary
A searchable collection of electronic textbooks, drug reference and handbooks with a primary care focus. 
Health Sciences; Medicine/Biomedical Sciences; Nursing and Health Professions
Contains the complete text of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, including the Propedia, Micropedia, Macropedia, and Book of the Year. 
Interdisciplinary -- Recommended
DartClix is a catalog of websites and their components in a keyword-searchable interface available through Access PA. 
Interdisciplinary; Behavioral Sciences and Therapies; Health Sciences; Medicine/Biomedical Sciences; Nursing and Health Professions; Public Health
BuildingGreen Suite
1992 - Current
BuildingGreen Suite integrates online versions of GreenSpec, Environmental Building News, and a database of more than 160 high-performance building case studies. The information is searchable and cross-referenced by CSI MasterFormat division, LEED credit, or green topic. Each article, product listing, and case study also lists related content and information sources. 
Design; Art and Architecture
Burton Group IT Research
Current

TO GET FULL-TEXT: Select report names from full-lists (available from the above link) and email siftar@drexel.edu from your Drexel email account.
In-depth reports on IT products and technology areas. Core Reference Architecture documents give terse but thorough groundwork, updated annually with Methodology and Best Practices reports written for lead developers and IT department managers. Includes templates and powerpoints for communicating with upper management. Drexel licenses three Burton Group content areas: Content and Collaboration Strategies (CCS) Data Center Strategies (DCS), Identity and Privacy Strategies (IdPS). 
Information Systems and Technology
Brings together company profiles, company brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies, and periodicals. 
Business and Economics
A multi-industry, international database that provides access to company, industry, market, and product information. Covers over 1000 leading trade and business sources. 
Business and Economics
Business Full Text : Wilson Omnifile
1982-current

Upon entering Wilson Omnifile, choose the Business subject area to limit results
Fulltext access to articles in all areas of business and business research. 
Business and Economics
U.S. and international industry research and analysis from over 250 full text reports (most with tabular data and graphics) in the areas of Consumer Goods, Energy, Healthcare, and Technology. 
Business and Economics
This business database provides more than 7,800 full text scholarly publications, including more than 1,125 peer-reviewed journals. 
Business and Economics -- Recommended; Culinary Arts and Hospitality; Sport Management
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Full text access to Health Sciences and Social Sciences titles from Cambridge University press. 
Health Sciences; Culture and Communication; History and Politics; History; Politics; Behavioral Sciences and Therapies; Medicine/Biomedical Sciences
CAS Science Spotlight
Current

Open Access
Free web service that identifies the most cited chemistry-related research publications as reflected by the more than 100 million citations found in the journals, patents, conference proceedings and other sources covered by CAS. 
CCH Business and Finance NetWork
Current

After connecting to site, click ENTER to begin
Current awareness tools (i.e., looseleaf services) and full text of primary law in the areas of U.S. advertising, antitrust, banking, bankruptcy, commercial law, computer law, consumer credit, energy law, franchising, government contracts, intellectual property, product distribution, products liability, securities, trade regulation, and transportation law. Also includes current awareness tools on transnational securities law, and full text of the securities laws of more than 30 non-U.S. nations. 
Law; Business and Economics
CCH Health and Human Resources NetWork
Current

After connecting to site, click ENTER to begin
Current awareness tools (i.e., looseleaf services) and full text of primary law in the areas of U.S. employee benefits, employment law, food and drug regulation, health care administration, health law, labor law, medical device regulation, occupational safety, payroll administration, pension administration, and unemployment insurance. Also includes downloadable interactive forms on OSHA compliance, U.S. federal pension and benefits administration, and U.S. federal and state employment, human resources, and payroll functions. 
Law; Health Sciences; Business and Economics
CCH Tax Research Network
Current

After connecting to site, click ENTER to begin
Provides full-text access to useful tax handbooks, federal and state tax codes and tables, regulations, rulings, cases, and current tax news. 
Business and Economics
Up-to-date and archived guidelines and recommendations approved by the CDC for the prevention and control of disease, injuries, and disabilities. 
Health Sciences; Medicine/Biomedical Sciences
Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI)
current

Individual registration required for access.
A non-profit consortium of law schools that researches and develops computer-mediated legal instruction and supports institutions and individuals using technology and distance learning in legal education. 
Law
Comprehensive database for the ceramics industry, providing international coverage on the manufacture, processing, applications, properties and testing of traditional and advanced ceramics. 
Engineering; Materials Engineering; Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Chemical Abstracts (Scifinder Scholar Web Version)
1967-current

4 concurrent users maximum. Password Accessible
Web Search interface for access to Chemical Abstracts online. CAS Scifinder Scholar is also available in a downloadable version here. Chemical Abstracts covers the published scientific research in chemistry, and offers searching by author name, research topic, substance identifier, chemical structure, or chemical reaction. Now includes the Substructure Module (SSM). 
Chemistry; Chemical Engineering -- Recommended; Engineering
Chemistry Preprint Server
2000-2004

Open Access
Freely available and permanent web archive for research articles in the field of chemistry, containing over 120 chemistry related papers. The site no longer accepts new material as of May 2004. 
Chemistry
CRC Handbooks in chemistry. 
Engineering; Chemical Engineering; Chemistry
ChemRate is a program containing databases with experimental results on unimolecular reactions, information pertaining to transition state and molecular structures necessary for the calculation of high pressure rate constants and thermal functions respectively. 
Chemistry; Physical Sciences
ChemVillage
Dates vary
Search environment for Chimica, Beilstein Abstracts, chemical news, patents, and selected CRC Press handbooks. 
Chemical Engineering -- Recommended; Chemistry; Engineering
CHOICE
1988-current

Free registration required for full access to the site.
Reviews of significant current books and electronic resources of interest to those in higher education. 
Library Science
CIA World Factbook
Current

Open Access
Prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency, the World Factbook provides national-level information on countries, territories, and dependencies. 
Interdisciplinary; History and Politics; Politics; Culture and Communication
Resource for theory and research in international affairs. It includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, and proceedings from conferences. 
History and Politics; Politics -- Recommended; Culture and Communication
CINAHL via Ovid
1982-current

15 concurrent users maximum
Indexes/abstracts books, journals and dissertations in nursing, physical therapy, medical technology and allied health areas. 
Health Sciences -- Recommended; Nursing and Health Professions -- Recommended
The CIMSteel Integration Standards (CIS/2) is the logical product model and electronic data exchange format for structural steel project information. 
Engineering; Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
CiteSeer.IST
1997-current

Open Access
CiteSeer.IST is a scientific literature digital library that aims to improve the dissemination and feedback of scientific literature, and to provide improvements in functionality, usability, availability, cost, comprehensiveness, efficiency, and timeliness. 
Computer Science and Software Engineering; Information Systems and Technology
Collection of civil engineering handbooks published by CRC Press. A subset of ENGnetBASE 
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering -- Recommended
Interactive site for chemical kinetic mechanisms, developed by the NIST/CSTL/PMD. 
Chemistry
Index of over 2,600 scholarly Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities. Articles are published in the Spanish, Portuguese, French and English languages. 
English and Literature; Culture and Communication
Large and continually growing collection of over 35,000 classical music recordings for listening, browsing and searching. 
Performing Arts; Music
ClinicalTrials.gov
Current

Open Access
Provides patients, family members and members of the public with current information about clinical trials. 
Health Sciences -- Recommended; Medicine/Biomedical Sciences -- Recommended
Includes the full-text of regularly updated evidence-based systematic reviews of the effects of health care, prepared by the Cochrane Collaboration. 
Health Sciences -- Recommended; Medicine/Biomedical Sciences -- Recommended
The Cochrane Methodology Register contains over 9,000 bibliographic references to controlled trials in health care. 
Health Sciences; Medicine/Biomedical Sciences
Earth sciences resources. 
Environmental Studies -- Recommended
ComAbstracts
1980-current
Research from the communications field. 
Culture and Communication -- Recommended
CMMC incorporates the content of CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Penn State) along with numerous other journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields of study to create a research and reference resource encompassing the breadth of the communication discipline. CMMC offers cover-to-cover (core) indexing and abstracts for more than 420 journals, and selected (priority) coverage of nearly 200 more, for a combined coverage of more than 600 titles. 
Culture and Communication -- Recommended
Includes the full text of 16 journals published by SAGE and participating societies, encompassing over 5,000 articles in the field of communications. 
Culture and Communication -- Recommended
Detailed professional information about nearly 480,000 scientists, scholars and researchers. 
Health Sciences
A searchable and browsable database of funding information. 
Funding; Health sciences
A searchable database containing information on upcoming conferences and "calls for papers." 
Health Sciences
Community of Science (COS) Papers Invited -- NEW!
current

Available through the CSA Illumina platform
The database consists of detailed information and deadlines about calls for papers for forthcoming conferences and special issues of scholarly journals. These calls for papers are issued by professional bodies, journal editors and other conference organizers in all disciplines and from all over the world. Thus, the database serves as an alerting service for researchers, scholars and students that are seeking opportunities to present and publish their research. Approximately 10,000 conferences are listed each year along with 1,200-1,500 special issues. Also searchable from within any of Drexel's CSA databases 
Funding -- Recommended; Interdisciplinary
Community of Science (COS) Scholar Universe -- NEW!
current

Available from the CSA Illumina platform
COS Scholar Universe provides authoritative information about more than 1 million scholars and organizations around the world, together with verified affiliation and publication information. The database comprises international faculty at 4-year universities and their departments. Also searchable from within any of Drexel's CSA databases. A complement to COS Expertise
Interdisciplinary; Funding -- Recommended
Community of Science (old COS interface)
Dates vary

includes COS Expertise and COS Funding Opportunities
A database for researchers which includes an expertise directory, funding opportunities, MEDLINE and the Federal Register. 
Funding; Physical Sciences; Health Sciences; Engineering
Subset of the Engineered Materials Abstracts (EMA) database that focuses on polymers and ceramics reinforced with fibers, honeycombs, whiskers and laminates. 
Materials Engineering; Engineering
The CFTT is designed to provide a measure of assurance in the results of investigations based on automated tools used in computer forensics examinations. Provides several links to testing reports and projects underway in the field. 
Engineering; Computer Science and Software Engineering
Offers access to English language translations of the current constitutions of 187 countries, with scholarly commentary and citations to secondary works. Historical documents (usually earlier constitutions) in English translation are available for many countries. Also includes up-to-date constitutions for the United States (with commentary) and all 50 U.S. states, plus 15 U.S. territories. Historical documents include proposed amendments to the U.S. Constitution and earlier constitutions of many U.S. states. 
Law; Politics; History
Indexes books, journals, reports, etc. about women's health and human rights issues. 
Culture and Communication; History and Politics; History; Politics; Health Sciences; Behavioral Sciences and Therapies; Medicine/Biomedical Sciences; Anthropology and Sociology
The Copper Data Center Database (CDC) provides an online bibliographic database of the world's literature on copper, copper alloys and copper technology since 1965. 
Engineering; Materials Engineering
CorpTech
Current
Search technology and information services companies to see their extended profiles, including financial information and business practices. 
Business and Economics
Source of bibliographic information in the area of corrosion science and engineering. 
Materials Engineering; Engineering
Political, economic, corporate, and environmental trends in 191 countries. 
History and Politics; Politics; Business and Economics
Provides current directory information for U.S. federal and state courts and the U.S. Department of Justice. 
Law
CQ Press Political Reference Suite of Online Editions integrates many of CQ Press's reference titles on government and politics into an electronic format that offers easy navigation between titles. Includes Congress and the Nation, Historic Documents Series, Political Handbook of the World, Politics in America, Supreme Court Yearbook, Vital Statistics on American Politics, and the Washington Information Directory. 
Law; History and Politics -- Recommended; Politics -- Recommended
Features reporting on vital issues, statistical and historical analyses, historic documents and primary source materials, as well as a directory of key government, nonprofit, and private organizations. 
History and Politics; Politics; Culture and Communication
Weekly publication providing original in-depth analysis of the most current major and controversial issues of the day with complete summaries, pros and cons, two bibliographies and more. 
Culture and Communication; History and Politics; Politics; Interdisciplinary
Provides access to tools for statistical analysis of U.S. Supreme Court Justices roles, opinions, and voting in cases from 1946 to the present full text and summaries of U.S. Supreme Court opinions from October 1969 to the present biographies of U.S. Supreme Court Justices and articles about the Court from CQs Supreme Court Encyclopedia. 
History and Politics; Law
CQ Weekly
Current
CQ Weekly Online offers full coverage of the U.S. Congress: status of bills, votes and amendments, floor and committee activity, and backroom maneuvering. Produced by the largest news team on Capitol Hill. 
History and Politics; Politics -- Recommended; Culture and Communication
a database of over 200 reference books covering various disciplines. 
Interdisciplinary -- Recommended
A database of federally funded biomedical research projects conducted at universities, hospitals and other research institutions. 
Health Sciences; Medicine/Biomedical Sciences
Contains the majority of the leading materials science databases, and includes over 3,000 primary journals plus trade literature, patents, newspapers, press releases, conference proceedings, books and reports. 
Materials Engineering -- Recommended; Engineering
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D&B Million Dollar Database
Current

5 concurrent users maximum
Provides information on approximately 1.6 million North American companies and industries, both private and public. Subjects include Company/industry research, Marketing. 
Business and Economics
Covers current trends in design and the applied arts worldwide. Includes two additional directories: Education and Periodicals. 
Media Arts -- Recommended; Design -- Recommended
A full text database containing critical assessments of systematic reviews from a variety of medical journals. 
Health Sciences; Medicine/Biomedical Sciences
On-line database for solder properties emphasizing new lead-free solders. 
Materials Engineering; Engineering
Contains transport and thermodynamic property data for the gases used in semiconductor processing. 
Engineering; Electrical and Computer Engineering; Materials Engineering
Datastream Advance

Available only on one computer in Reference Computer Hub #3. Must be logged in using guest login. *1 concurrent user*
an historical financial numerical database, covering a number of financial instruments, equity and fixed-income securities and indicators for over 175 countries and 60 markets worldwide. Only available for use on computers in Room L19 of Hagerty Library. Please see the Datastream icon on the desktop. 
Business and Economics
Provides the open source to full-text and bibliographic records of Department of Energy (DOE) research and development reports. 
Physical Sciences; Engineering
Diagnosaurus provides differential diagnoses (DDx) of symptoms, signs, and diseases. 
Health Sciences; Medicine/Biomedical Sciences
With more than 1.5 million entries, UMI's Dissertation Abstracts database is the one central, authoritative source for information about doctoral dissertations and master's theses. 
Interdisciplinary; Behavioral Sciences and Therapies; Creative Arts in Therapy; Health Sciences; Medicine/Biomedical Sciences; Nursing and Health Professions; Public Health
40 learning modules that present key principles and evidence-based recommendations through text and video. 
Health Sciences; Medicine/Biomedical Sciences
Trend and Color forecasting. Creative Directors report on the apparel, accessories and lifestyle markets in the Women's, Men's and Youth categories through printed publications, online content and live presentations. 
Design
DXplain
Current
A medical textbook, a list of differential diagnoses for any of approximately 4900 clinical findings, and a case analysis tool which collects clinical information and produces a ranked list of diagnoses with justifications. 
Medicine/Biomedical Sciences -- Recommended; Health Sciences -- Recommended
A clinical reference tool with clinically-organized summaries for nearly 2,000 topics in evidence-based medicine. 
Medicine/Biomedical Sciences; Health Sciences; Nursing and Health Professions
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E-Print Network
Dates vary

Open Access
Searchable gateway to preprint servers that deal with scientific and technical disciplines of concern to the Department of Energy. 
Engineering
Books, pamphlets, broadsides and other imprints listed in the renowned bibliography by Charles Evans 
History; Ethics and Philosophy; Ethics; Philosophy; English and Literature
The database contains 102,000 abstracts, including selected technical reports, conference papers, monographs, and journal articles in earthquake engineering and related fields. 
Engineering; Environmental Studies; Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering -- Recommended
ebrary
Dates vary

Required one-time download of free ebrary Reader before accessing titles.
Access to over 21,000 electronic books. One-time ebrary reader download is required. 
Interdisciplinary; Behavioral Sciences and Therapies; Health Sciences; Medicine/Biomedical Sciences; Nursing and Health Professions
EBSCOhost is a collection of databases and reference resources, including Academic Search Elite, Clinical Reference Systems, Health Source Plus, USP DI Volume II (Advice to the Patient), Alt-HealthWatch, Biomedical Reference Collection and Nursing & Allied Health Reference Collection. 
Interdisciplinary
EconLit
1969-current
Subject indexing and abstracts of journals and over 620 collective volumes per year, plus books, dissertations, and working papers. 
Business and Economics -- Recommended
Contains full text of The Economist magazine from 1843 to five years before the present. It includes full color images and exportable financial tables, and allows searching of photographs, advertising, tables, maps, supplements, or commentary. 
Law; Business and Economics; History; Politics