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These research databases provide access to scholarship from a variety of subject areas. Many will help you delve into a specific academic field; others offer searching across a broad spectrum of disciplines. Use these resources to find journal, magazine, and newspaper articles, as well as statistical data and other scholarly Web sites.
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ABC-CLIO eBooks (FT) Description
ABELL (Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature) (via Chadwyk-Healey) | via LION ) Description
ABI/INFORM Complete (FT)
Academic Search Premier (FT) Description
AccessEmergency Medicine (FT) Description
AccessMedicine (FT) Description
AccessPharmacy (FT) Description
AccessScience (Encyclopedia of Science & Technology Online) (FT) Description
AccessSurgery (FT) Description
NEW! (03.11.08)AccessUN Description
Access World News (FT) Description
Accessible Archives (FT) Description
ACLS Humanities E-Book (formerly ACLS History E-Book Project) (FT)
ACM Digital Library (FT) Description
ACS Journals (American Chemical Society) (FT) Description
African American Biographical Database (FT)
African American Experience (FT)
NEW! (06.25.07)African American Music Reference (FT)
African American Newspapers: The 19th Century (FT) Description
African-American Poetry (1750-1900) (FT) Description
African American Song Description
African Journals Online Description
NEW! (06.04.07)African Writers Series (FT)
AgeLine Description
Agricola Description
Agricola PlusText (FT) Description
Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology Abstracts
Note:This resource is no longer available. Please try Agricola, Biological Abstracts, or Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management.
Description
Alternative Press Index Description
NEW! (04.22.08)Alternative Press Index Archive

America: History & Life (via ABC-Clio | via NEW! 09.26.07EbscoHost)
(or search simultaneously with Historical Abstracts via ABC-Clio | via NEW! 09.26.07EbscoHost)
Note: Access to this database via ABC-Clio will cease on June 30. Access will continue via EbscoHost.

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America's Historical Newspapers, 1690-1922 (FT) (NEW! (01.03.08)now includes Series 2 [more info] and Series 3 [more info] )
American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies (ABSEES) Description
American Civil War Letters and Diaries (FT) Description
American Drama (FT) Description
American Film Scripts Online (FT) Description
American National Biography (FT) Description
American Periodicals Series Online (FT)
American Poetry (1600-1900) (FT) Description
NEW! (01.03.08)American Song
L’Année Philologique Online
Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL) (via Chadwyk-Healey | via LION ) Description
Annual Reviews Online (FT)
Anthropology Plus Description
AnthroSource (FT)
NEW! (07.19.07)AP Images
Applied Science & Technology Index
Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA) Description
APS (American Physical Society) Journals (FT) Description

Archive of Americana (FT)

(Simultaneously search Early American Imprints and America's Historical Newspapers)

 

Art Index (1929- )

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ARTbibliographies Modern Description
Arts & Humanities Citation Index (via Web of Science)
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ARTstor
Note: Must DISABLE all pop-up blockers
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arXiv.org (FT) Description
ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution and Environmental Quality Description
NEW! (01.03.08)Asia-Studies Online: Humanities (FT)
NEW! (01.03.08)Asia-Studies Online: Social Sciences (FT)
AskART.com Description
ASM Alloy Center (FT)
ASM Handbooks Online (FT)
ASME Journals (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) (FT) Description
ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials (FT) Description
AUL Index to Military Periodicals Description

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals

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Bacteriology Abstracts Description
Beilstein (now also available on the web via DiscoveryGate) Description
Biblical Archaeology Society (BAS) Archive (FT) Description
Bibliography of American Literature
Bibliography of Asian Studies Description

Bibliography of the History of Art

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Biographies Illustrated Plus (FT) Description
NEW! 12.13.07Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Biography Resource Center (FT)
NEW! (07.11.07)Biological Abstracts (1997-)
Biological & Agricultural Index
Biology Digest Description
BioMed Central Description
Biotechnology Research Abstracts
Black Drama (FT) Description
NEW! (01.03.08)Black Historical Newspapers (FT) Description
NEW! (06.04.07)Black Literature Index Description
Black Short Fiction (FT) Description
NEW! (01.03.08)Black Studies Center (FT) Description
Black Thought and Culture (FT) Description
NEW! (07.05.07)Blackwell Compass (FT)
NEW! (06.08.07)Blackwell Reference Online (FT)
Philosophy & Religion Collection only
Blackwell Synergy (FT) Description
Book History Online (BHO) International Bibliography of the History of the Printed Book and Libraries Description

Book Review Digest Plus

Books24x7 (FT)
BookSource: Nonfiction Description
Books in Print  See.. Global Books in Print  
Brill's New Pauly [English / German] (FT)
NEW! (06.18.07)British Periodicals Online (FT)
Business & Company Resource Center (FT) Description
Business & Industry (FT) Description
Business & Management Practices (FT) Description
Business Index ASAP See Business & Company Resource Center  
Business Periodicals Index Description
Business Plans Handbook, Vols. 1-11  
Business Source Premier (FT) Description
Business Source Premier: Enhanced Business Searching Interface (FT) Description
C19: The Nineteenth Century Index
CAB Abstracts (NEW! (06.08.07)coverage now extends back to 1910)
Cambridge Companions (via Cambridge Collections Online) (FT)
Cambridge Journals Online (FT) Description
Canadian Encyclopedia Online (FT) Description
Canadian Poetry (FT) Description
CANCERLIT (via Cancer.gov) Description
Cardiosource
Catalog of the State Library of Pennsylvania (PILOT) Description
NEW! (07.05.07)CCH Internet Research Network (Business & Legal Research) (FT)
CCH Tax Research Network (FT)
CRL (Center for Research Libraries) Catalog Description
Chemical Abstracts ... See SciFinder Scholar  
CHEMnetBASE (FT) Description
Chicano Database
Description
Child Abuse, Child Welfare and Adoption Description
Child Care & Early Education Reseach Connections
ChinaLawInfo (Chinese language)
LawInfoChina (English language)
CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online) Description

CINAHL | Pre-CINAHL

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CiteSeer Description
Civil Engineering Database (ASCE) Description
Clase and Periódica Description
Classical Music Library Description
NEW! (06.04.07)Classical Scores Library (FT)
CogNet   See... MIT CogNet (FT)  
Columbia Earthscape
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) Description
ComAbstracts Description
Comindex (Only accessible from within Temple Libraries) Description
Communication & Mass Media Complete (FT)
Compendex (Includes Engineering Index Backfile)
Computer Physics Communications Program Library Description
Computing Reviews
Conference Board Business Knowledge Research Library (FT)
Conference Papers Index Description
Constitutions of the Countries of the World (FT)
Consumer Health Complete (FT)
Contemporary Authors Description
Contemporary Women's Issues Description
NEW! (01.03.08)Contemporary World Music
COS Expertise
COS Funding
NEW! (05.13.08)Counseling and Psychotherapy Transcripts, Client Narratives, and Reference Works
CPC Program Library Description
NEW! 10.15.07CQ Global Researcher (FT)
CQ Press Political Reference Suite (FT)
CQ Researcher Online (FT)
CQ Weekly (FT)
Credo Reference (formerly xreferplus) (FT)
Criminal Justice Abstracts (NOTE: Now available via the CSA search interface) Description
Criminal Justice Sourcebook   See.. Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics  
Criminology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection (FT) Description
Current Index to Statistics Description
Current Protocols Series (FT)
Declassified Documents Reference System (FT)
NEW! (06.04.07)Design & Applied Arts Index
Dictionary of National Biography (DNB)  See... Oxford Dictionary of National Biography  
Digital Dissertations
now called Proquest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT)

Proquest Dissertations & Theses @ Temple University
(subset of PQDT that only includes Temple dissertations & theses)
Description
Digital National Security Archive (FT)
Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970
DiscoveryGate (web-based access to Beilstein) Description
DOE Information Bridge (FT) Description
NEW! (02.04.08)DRAM (Database of Recorded American Music)
Early American Fiction 1789-1850 (FT) Description
Early American Fiction 1789-1875 (FT) Description
Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans (1639-1800) (FT) Description
Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker (1801-1819) (FT) Description
Early American Newspapers, Series I (1690-1876) (FT) (see America's Historical Newspapers, 1690-1922)  
Early Encounters in North America (FT) Description
Early English Books Online (FT) Description
Early English Prose Fiction (1500-1700) (FT) Description
EBM Reviews Description
EBSCO Animals Description
EBSCOhost Research Databases (FT) Description
ebusinessforum.com (FT) Description
Ecology Abstracts Description
EconLit Description
EDGAR Description

Education Index (1929- )

Education Research Complete (FT)
EEBO (Early English Books Online) (FT) Description
NEW! (04.18.08)e-EROS: Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis
Egrants.net
Note: Requires free registration
eHRAF World Cultures (FT)
Note: New interface and name (formerly eHRAF Electronic Human Relations Area Files).
Description
Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) (FT)
Eighteenth Century Fiction (1700-1780) (FT) Description
EIS: Digests of Environmental Impact Statements Description
Electronic Research Archive for Mathematics Description
Emerald Fulltext (FT) Description
Encyclopedia of American Studies (FT) Description
NEW! (05.20.08)Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia of Islam Online (FT)
NEW! (03.11.08)Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
Energy Citations Database Description
English Drama (1280-1915) (FT) Description
English Poetry (600-1900) (FT) Description
English Poetry, (2nd ed.) (FT) Description
English Short Title Catalog
ENGnetBASE (FT) Description
ENVIROnetBASE (FT) Description
Environmental Engineering Abstracts Description
Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management Description
ERIC (via EBSCOhost | via CSA | via U.S. Department of Education) Description
esp@cenet (The European Patent Office) Description
Essay and General Literature Index
Ethnic NewsWatch (FT) Description
NEW! (01.18.08)Euromonitor (Global Market Information Database)
Note: Access limited to current faculty, staff, and students ONLY
Europa World (FT) Description
Faber Poetry Library (FT) Description
Fed In Print (FT) Description
FedStats Description
FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals Plus Description
Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text Description
Film Indexes Online
FIRSTConsult Description
FISonline (formerly Moody's) now Mergent Description
NEW! (05.13.08)Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports, 1974-1996
NEW! (09.07.07)Foreign Law Guide
FRANCIS (International Humanities & Social Sciences)
Description
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
NEW! (01.03.08)Gale Directory Library (FT)
Gale Ready Reference Shelf (FT)
Note: This resource is no longer available. However, the same content may be found within the Gale Directory Library.
Gale Virtual Reference Library (FT)
Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Index
NEW! (01.03.08)Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online (FT) Description
GenderWatch (FT) Description
General Business File ASAP See Business & Company Resource Center Description
General Science Index
GEOBASE Description
GeoRef Description
GeoScienceWorld (FT) Description
Gerritsen Collection - Women's History Online, 1543-1945 (FT) Description
Global Books in Print Description
NEW! (05.13.08)Global Health
Global Insight
Note: Internet Explorer required for full functionality
NEW! (01.18.08)Global Market Information Database
Note: Access limited to current faculty, staff, and students ONLY
Google Scholar Description
GPO Access Description
GPO Monthly Catalog Description
NEW! (03.11.08)GreenFILE
NEW! (05.02.08)Greenwood Digital Collection
Grove Art Online Description
Grove Music Online Description
Guide to Computing Literature Description

Handbook of Latin American Studies

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HAPI (Hispanic American Periodicals Index) Description
HarpWeek (FT) Description
Harrison's Online See AccessMedicine Description
Health and Psychosocial Instruments Description
Health and Safety Science Abstracts Description
HealthSTAR Description
HeinOnline (Legal/Criminal Justice Periodicals) (FT) Description
Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI) Description
Historical Abstracts (via ABC-Clio | via NEW! (09.26.07)EbscoHost)
(or search simultaneously with America: History & Life via ABC-Clio | via NEW! (09.26.07)EbscoHost)
Note: Access to this database via ABC-Clio will cease on June 30. Access will continue via EbscoHost.
Description
Historical Statistics of the United States Online (FT)
History Cooperative Journals (FT) Description
History Databases from ABC-Clio (via ABC-Clio | via NEW! (09.26.07)EbscoHost)
(simultaneously search America: History & Life and Historical Abstracts)
Note: Access to these databases via ABC-Clio will cease on June 30. Access will continue via EbscoHost.
 
History of Science, Technology and Medicine
Description
History Reference Center (FT) Description
NEW! (02.14.08)Hollywood Creative Directory
Note: Click "log-in" button near upper right-hand corner of HCD Online homepage
NEW! (09.07.07)Homeland Security Digital Library
Hospitality & Tourism Complete (FT) Description
House of Commons Parliamentary Papers (19th Century) (FT)
Human Population & Natural Resource Management Description

Humanities Index (1907- )

NEW! (04.18.08)IBLS Internet Law Digital Library
IEEE Xplore (FT) Description
images.MD Description

In the First Person

Description
NEW! (07.30.07)Index of Christian Art
Index Islamicus Description
Index to Printed Music: Collections & Series Description
Industrial and Applied Microbiology Abstracts (Microbiology A) Description
IngentaConnect Description
INSPEC
Institute of Physics (FT) Description
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences Description
International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text (FT)
International Financial Statistics Online (FT)
International Index to Black Periodicals Full-Text (FT)
International Index to Music Periodicals (FT) Description
International Index to the Performing Arts (FT) Description
International Law in Domestic Courts (FT)
International Medieval Bibliography Online
International Pharmaceutical Abstracts Description
International Who's Who (FT) Description
Investext Plus (FT) Description
iPOLL from the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Note: Requires free registration
ITER: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance Description
JCR Online (ISI Journal Citation Reports) Description
Journals@Ovid Full Text (FT) Description
JSTOR (FT)
Description

Justis (FT) (UK legal texts)

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King James Bible (FT) Description
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology (FT)
Knovel Library (FT) Description
Kraus Curriculum Development Library Online Description
L’Année Philologique Online
Latin American Women Writers (FT) Description
Latino Literature: Poetry, Drama, and Fiction (FT) Description
LawInfoChina (English language)
ChinaLawInfo (Chinese language)
NEW! (01.30.08)Legal Collection (FT)
Legal Periodicals Index (via WilsonWeb OmniFile)
LegalTrac (courtesy of the Law Library)
Lexi-Comp Online (FT)
LexisNexis Academic (FT)
Note: LexisNexis Academic will have a new interface, debuting April 26.
Description
LexisNexis Congressional (with U.S. Serial Set Digital Collection) (FT) Description
LexisNexis Statistical (FT) Description
LGBT Life with Full Text (FT)
Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA) Description
Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts (LISTA) Description
Library Literature & Information Science Index
NEW! (01.03.08)Library of Latin Texts (FT)
Note: Follow link, scroll down to Library of Latin Texts and click "Go"
Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) Description
NEW! (01.03.08)Literature Criticism Online (FT)
Literature Online (LION) (FT) Description
Literature Resource Center (FT)

(London) Times (FT)

Full-Text (1998 - present) (via Newsbank)

Full-Text / Full-Image (1785-1985) (via Gale Times Digital Archive)

 

Description

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(London) Times Literary Supplement Centenary Archive (1902-1990) (FT)
Making of Modern Law (FT)
NEW! (10.23.07)Making of Modern Law: Trials 1600-1926 (FT)
MarketResearch.com Academic (FT)
MAS Ultra - School Edition Description
MasterFile Premier (FT) Description
Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) Description
MATERIALSnetBASE (FT) Description
MathSciNet Description
MD Consult
Mediamark Reporter (MRI+)  Note: You must register using your "temple.edu" email address and create a password for use in subsequent logins. The registration form will not accept registration from free email addresses such as Yahoo! or Hotmail. Please use Internet Explorer 5.5+ (Win), Internet Explorer 5.1+ (Mac) or Netscape Navigator 7.0+ (Win/Mac). Description
MEDLINE (via EBSCOhost | via Ovid | via PubMed | via Web of Science)
Mental Measurements Yearbook Online (FT)
NEW! (05.02.08)Merck Index
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Mergent Online Description
Mergent WebReports (Moody's Manuals) Description
Middle Search Plus Description
Military & Government Collection Description
MINABS Online Description
Mintel Market Research Reports (FT)
MIT CogNet (FT)
MLA Directory of Periodicals Description
MLA International Bibliography Description
Monthly Bulletin of Statistics (United Nations) Description
Moody's   See... Mergent Description
Movie Review Query Engine Description
Music and Performing Arts Online (FT)
Music Index Online Description
Musical Literature Abstracts   See.. RILM Abstracts of Musical Literature  
NASA Astrophysics Data System Description
National Journal's Policy Central (FT)
National Science Digital Library
Nature Publishing Group (FT) Description
Naxos Music Library / Naxos Music Library Jazz
NCJRS Database Description
NDEO Research in Dance Education Database Description
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage (FT)
NetLibrary (FT) Description
NetLibrary Reference Center (FT) Description
NEW! (05.13.08) New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
New Pauly [English / German] (FT)

New York Times (FT)

 
Newsbank Newspapers   See... Access World News (FT)  
19th Century Fiction (FT) Description
North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories (FT) Description
North American Women's Letters and Diaries (FT) Description
NoveList Description
NTIS Electronic Catalog (FT) Description
OED Online (Oxford English Dictionary) (FT) Description
Oral History Online (FT) Description
Ovid Gateway  
Oxford African American Studies Center (FT)
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) (FT) Description
Oxford English Dictionary (OED Online) (FT) Description
Oxford Journals Online (FT) Description
Oxford Reference Online (FT) Description
PAIS International (Current (1972- ) / Archive (1915-1976) / Combined (1915-) Description
PapersFirst Description
Past Masters (FT) Description
Patent Full-Text and Full-Page Image Databases (US Patent & Trademark Office) Description
Pennsylvania County Histories to 1900 (FT) Description
The Pennsylvania Gazette 1728-1800 (FT) Description
Pennsylvania Genealogical Catalogue: Chester County 1809-1870 (FT)
Pennsylvania Newspaper Record: Delaware County 1819-1870 (FT)