Multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for over 3,460 scholarly publications, including full-page images as well as color embedded images. Provides full text journal coverage for nearly all academic areas of study - including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. Updated daily.

About 800 photos per day feed into this photo archive moments after moving onto the AP's spot picture system. Over 3 million U.S. and international photos, from 1826 to present. Almost 200 per day are saved for all time, while others are archived for about one year. Also includes over 60,000 graphics, charts, and timelines.

Also known as: Associated Press Images

ArticleFirst is an index of articles from the contents pages of over 12,000 journals, from 1990 to the present. Over 20 million records are currently available.

Includes information on over 1.3 million book reviews covering over 650,000 books. Over 100,000 reviews are available in full text. Coverage extends back to 1983.

Concurrent user limit: 4

Global Books in Print includes:

Access to Bowker's Books In Print database of over 4 million titles that are available in the U.S. & Canada, as well as Whitaker's British Books In Print database of over 1 million titles available in the U.K.

* Access to Bowker's Publishers Authority Database, a comprehensive database of over 165,000 publishers, distributors, wholesalers and book agents
* An easy way to download, e-mail and print title information and search results
* The ability to check stock availability with various U.S. and Canadian wholesalers, plus you can check their discount schedules, return policies and more
* The ability to check whether your library has a particular title ("Hooks To Holdings")
* The ability to download title information into vendor-specific formats to streamline the ordering process (the new "Order Download" feature)
* Search workspace for Forthcoming titles, Children's titles, and Fiction titles
* A search workspace for titles that were nominated or won over 300 awards
* Access to over 450,000 Full text Reviews, over 400,000 cover images, over 500,000 annotations
* Daily updates

Also known as: Global Books in Print

An international abstracting and indexing tool for research in the humanities, BHI indexes over 320 internationally respected humanities journals and weekly magazines published in the UK and other English speaking countries, as well as quality newspapers published in the UK. Topics include architecture, archaeology, art, antiques, education, economics, foreign affairs, environment, cinema, current affairs, gender studies, history, language, law, linguistics, literature, music, painting, philosophy, poetry, political science, religion, and theatre. Coverage is from 1962 to present.

The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) is a consortium of North American universities, colleges, and independent research libraries. The consortium acquires and preserves newspapers, journals, documents, archives, and other traditional and digital resources for research and teaching and makes them available to member institutions through interlibrary loan and electronic delivery.

CRL's mission is to support advanced research and teaching in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences by ensuring the survival and availability of the knowledge resources vital to those activities. CRL accomplishes this mission through cooperative action with its member libraries and partners.

Items may be borrowed from the Center for Research Libraries. Please submit an online request form to request materials found in the CRL catalog.

Also known as: CRL Catalog

Choice Reviews Online, is a searchable, web-based version of the magazine Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. Geared toward college and university libraries, Choice offers timely, selective, scholarly reviews by experts in various fields within the Arts & Humanities, Social & Behavioral Sciences, and Science & Technology. The reviews cover books in all subjects as well as online and electronic media. By creating a personal profile, Choice readers can receive monthly alerts of newly published titles in their field as well as save and email lists of titles relevant to their work.

Concurrent user limit: 3

COS Expertise is an online database containing more than 480,000 first-person profiles of researchers from over 1300 institutions worldwide. The profiles include contact information, positions held, publications, patents, funding received, and a first-person narrative describing current research activities and expertise. COS Expertise profiles also include direct links to e-mail, a personal home page, an online CV, patent abstracts (and full-text where available), publication abstracts, and available research grants. (Courtesy of the Office of the Vice President for Research)

Also known as: Community of Science Expertise

COS Funding Opportunities is the largest and most comprehensive research funding database on the Web. It is updated daily and contains more than 23,000 records, representing more than 400,000 funding opportunities, worth over $33 billion in potential award dollars. Individual researchers and research administrators rely on COS Funding Opportunities to identify funding information as it relates to research, collaborative activities, travel, curriculum development, conferences, fellowships, post-doctoral positions, equipment acquisition, operating and capital expenses, and more. (Courtesy of the Office of the Vice President for Research)

Also known as: Community of Science Funding

In-depth coverage of global affairs from a number of international viewpoints. Includes an introductory overview; background and assessment of the current situation; pro/con statements from representatives of opposing positions; chronology on the topic, followed by short features for extensive context; a sampling of related international perspectives; maps and graphs; bibliographies of key sources; next steps for additional reading; and author profiles. PDFs may also be downloaded according to user preference. Allows researchers to search for all documents related to given geographic areas and individual states, using an interactive global map.

Also known as: Congressional Quarterly Global Researcher

Founded in 1923 as Editorial Research Reports, CQ Researcher is noted for its in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. Reports are published weekly in print and online 44 times a year by CQ Press, a division of Congressional Quarterly Inc.

Each single-themed, 12,000-word report is researched and written by a seasoned journalist. The consistent, reader-friendly organization provides researchers with an introductory overview; background and chronology on the topic; an assessment of the current situation; tables and maps; pro/con statements from representatives of opposing positions; and bibliographies of key sources.

CQ Researcher Online offers access to CQ Researcher reports dating back to 1923. PDF files are available for reports from January 1996; color PDFs are available for reports published after January 2001.

Description adapted from text on the CQ Press website

Concurrent user limit: 20

Also known as: Congressional Quarterly Researcher

Diamond is the catalog of books, movies, music, and other materials held by the Temple University Libraries.

Egrants.net provides daily email notification of all new grant announcements and offers direct links to the grant summary and funding source, saving health professionals and researchers valuable time. Once you've registered and set up your own individual account, you can sign up for email notification of new grant opportunities as they are posted, and in your own interest areas. (Courtesy of the Office of the Vice President for Research)

Produced by the H.W. Wilson Company, is a unique reference database that cites records contained in collections of essays and miscellaneous works published in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada. More than 320 single and multi-authored volumes are indexed annually with more than 20 selected annuals and serial publications. Essay & General Literature Index provides access to nearly 65,000 essays found in over 5,300 printed anthologies and collections, with coverage dating as far back as 1985. Subjects covered in the database include archaeology, architecture, art, children's literature, classical studies, drama, economics, fiction, film, folklore, history, linguistics, music, poetry, political science, psychology, religion, women's studies and more, covering the entire range of the humanities and social sciences. (Updated yearly)

Concurrent user limit: 4

Films on Demand is a library of thousands of streaming videos across all disciplines from Films Media Group. All Temple users can search and view films or specific segments of films. If you establish a user account from within Films on Demand you can also create playlists from the various films/segments for your own use or for sharing with other Temple users.

Also known as: FMG,Films Media Group

Produced by the H.W. Wilson Company, indexes articles from over 275 leading journals and magazines from the United States and Great Britain including popular science magazines and professional journals. Over 90 titles are available in full text. Designed for students and non-specialist, coverage in General Science Index includes feature articles, reports of symposia and conferences, biographical sketches, obituaries, review articles, selected letters to the editor, and book reviews. Topics covered include: Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, Health & Medicine, Zoology, etc. General Science Index contains indexing back to 1984. (Updated monthly)

Concurrent user limit: 4

Also known as: General Science Full Text

Google Scholar is a subset of Google Web Search that searches specifically for scholarly materials such as peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and technical reports from broad areas of research. By searching Google Scholar from Temple's library web site, you will automatically have direct access, both on and off campus, to subscription articles already paid for through the library. Just look for the "Find Full-Text @ TU" link within search results.

Ebooks from the Greenwood Publishing Group

This database is the online version of the largest reference work published in the social and behavioral sciences. Subjects covered include: anthropology, psychology, demography, economics, education, gender studies, law, linguistics, public policy, sociology, urban planning, etc.

Also known as: IESBS

JSTOR, originally funded by the Mellon Foundation, began as an effort to ease the increasing space problems faced by libraries by converting back issues of paper journals into electronic formats that would allow savings in space, improved access to journal content and offer a possible solution to preservation problems associated with storing paper volumes. Current content includes periodicals in the areas of Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance, History, Mathematics, Political Science and Population Studies.

LexisNexis Statistical puts millions of facts and figures at your fingertips. Well over 400,000 indexed tables of data from federal, state and private sources are available for search and retrieval, with tens of thousands more added yearly. In addition, LexisNexis Statistical provides online access to the following highly respected finding aids for statistical data:

Federal Sources: American Statistics Index (ASI) 1973-
The U.S. Government is the world�s most important and prolific publisher of statistics. ASI indexes and abstracts statistical data published by all branches and agencies of the Federal Government, including both depository and non-depository publications. ASI includes federal agency publications that contain social, economic, demographic, or natural resources data, and a selection of publications with scientific and technical data.

State and Private Sector Sources: Statistical Reference Index (SRI) 1980-
SRI identifies statistical data published by consumer and trade magazines, private organizations, state government agencies, business organizations, independent research organizations, and universities and affiliated research centers. Publications covered by SRI contain important statistics on business, industry and finance, general economic conditions, government programs and politics, and social trends. SRI offers access to national data, such as production, costs, and earnings in major industries; statewide data, such as statistics on crime, health, or employment; data on foreign countries, such as world economic and demographic trends; and local or narrowly focused data, such as detail by county and municipality.

Also known as: Statistical Universe, Lexis Nexis Statistical

The LIFE photo archive is a joint venture between LIFE and Google. Search millions of photographs, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published and are now available for the first time.

Contains full text for nearly 1,950 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and more.

netLibrary provides online access to electronic versions of books from across all disciplines. The collection is comprised of a public collection of about 3400 titles, which are available to anyone and mainly consists of public-domain materials, as well as licensed titles, mainly from academic publishers. In the latter category, Temple University has licensed approximately 4500 ebooks in our netLibrary collection, including the netLibrary Reference Collection. NetLibrary's publishing partners include many prestigious university presses, and some commercial publishers. NOTE: netLibrary requires Internet Explorer 5.5+ or Netscape Navigator 6.2+.

Concurrent user limit: varies

OAIster is a union catalog of digital records that began at the University of Michigan, built by harvesting records using the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH). Today, OAIster is one of the world's largest aggregators of records, boasting more than 19 million items from more than 1,000 contributors. Records contain a digital object link allowing users access to the object in a single click.

Digital resources in OAister include:

--Digitized (scanned) books and articles
--Digital text
--Audio fles (WAV, MP3)
--Video fles (MP4, Quicktime)
--Photographic images (JPEG, TIFF, GIF)
--Data sets (downloadable statistical information

Simultaneously search the archives of the following journals of opinion:

American Spectator
Commentary
Commonweal
Dissent
Harpers
NACLA
The Nation
National Review
New Republic
New York Review of Books
New Yorker

The OED Online contains the complete text of the 20-volume Second Edition, first published in 1989, together with its 3-volume Additions Series, published in 1993 (volumes 1 and 2) and 1997 (volume 3). Many of the entries in the Additions volumes consist of sections which are additions to an entry previously published in the Second Edition; such sections are appended to the end of the appropriate Second Edition entry. Complete entries published for the first time in the Additions volumes are presented as free-standing entries, along with entries from the Second Edition.

Also known as: OED

Major international publisher of over 180 academic and research journals, many in partnership with the world's leading prestigious learned societies. The collections cover Life Sciences, Mathematics & Physical Sciences, Medicine, Social Sciences, Humanities, and Law.

Contains citations of papers presented at worldwide meetings, conferences, expositions, workshops, congresses, and symposia. The Proceedings database contains records for the meetings that relate to the papers described in PapersFirst. Covers October 1993 to the present. Adds new records monthly.

More than 800,000 records describing significant articles from more than 1,500 top general and academic journals. Contains records for transcripts of significant segments of more than 80 news and lifestyle oriented television and radio programs. Covers January 1987 to the present. Adds new records weekly.

Over 19,000 citations of publications from worldwide meetings, conferences, expositions, workshops, congresses, and symposia. Covers 1993 to the present. (Updated twice weekly)

Previously known as Digital Dissertations, this is the definitive guide to more than 2 million doctoral dissertations and master's theses. Proquest Disseretations & Theses helps you identify more than 90 percent of the doctoral dissertations accepted each year in North America. The database also covers thousands of dissertations and theses from around the globe.

Each dissertation published since July 1980 includes a 350-word abstract written by the author. Master's theses published since 1988 include 150-word abstracts. Bibliographic citations are available for dissertations dating from 1861, and more than 55,000 new citations are added to the database every year. Full-text Temple University dissertations from as far back as the 1950's are included along with 24-page previews of thousands of other dissertations.

Proquest Dissertations & Theses @ Temple University is a subset of the larger database, including only dissertations and theses from Temple University.

Also known as: Digital Dissertations

Previously known as Digital Dissertations, this is the definitive guide to more than 2 million doctoral dissertations and master's theses. Proquest Disseretations & Theses helps you identify more than 90 percent of the doctoral dissertations accepted each year in North America. The database also covers thousands of dissertations and theses from around the globe.

Each dissertation published since July 1980 includes a 350-word abstract written by the author. Master's theses published since 1988 include 150-word abstracts. Bibliographic citations are available for dissertations dating from 1861, and more than 55,000 new citations are added to the database every year. Full-text Temple University dissertations from as far back as the 1950's are included along with 24-page previews of thousands of other dissertations.

Proquest Dissertations & Theses @ Temple University is a subset of the larger database, including only dissertations and theses from Temple University.

Provides bibliographic information for articles from over 400 periodicals in the popular press with full text available from over 200. Indexing goes back to 1890.

Concurrent user limit: 4

Also known as: Readers' Guide Full Text

Ulrich's provides users with essential serials bibliographic and access information that ranges from subscription rates to the latest web sites. Nearly a quarter of a million consumer and trade magazines, academic and scholarly publications, monographic series, newsletters, newspapers, electronic publications, 'zines, and many other types of serial publications and services published throughout the world on all subjects, are profiled. Updated monthly. Covers over 240,000 serials, including details on almost 55,000 ceased titles. Includes ISSN, former ISSN(s) and former title(s) history, variant titles, editorial and classification data, start year, and frequency. Also pricing, subscription, and distribution details key publisher, editor, rights & permissions and advertising contact. Access options including document delivery, indexing services, online vendors are described. Includes:

* Listings of 80,000 publishers and distributors with full contact detail
* 59,034 e-mail addresses hotlinked
* 54,036 URLs hotlinked
* Nearly 8,000 reviews from Magazines for Libraries and Library Journal
* 18,422 refereed serials noted and searchable
* 15 document type indicators (e.g. A&I service, academic/scholarly publication, newspaper, newsletter, consumer publication, trade publication, etc.) to refine searching

Over 50,000 titles are available for document delivery flagged for 19 Document Delivery Services, including the British Library Document Supply Centre (BLDSC), UnCover, Ask IEEE, CINDOC, CISTI, Infotrieve, CatchWord, and the German National Library of Medicine.

Includes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), 1900-present; Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), 1956-present; Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A & HCI), 1975-present.

Contains indexed and abstracted articles from Applied Science & Technology Index, Art Index, Biological & Agricultural Index, Business Index, Education Index, General Science Index, Humanities Index, Legal Periodicals Index, Library Literature & Information Science, Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature, and Social Sciences Index. Once in OmniFile, additional Wilson resources may be selected for searching simultaneously with OmniFile.

Concurrent user limit: 8

The World Almanac database includes the contents of:
- The World Almanac and Bookof Facts 1998
- The World Almanac of the U.S.A.
- The World Almanac of U.S. Politics
- The World Almanac for Kids
(Updated annually)

From heads of state, politicians, religious leaders and ambassadors, to the eminent and successful in business, finance, technology, film, music, fashion, sport, literature and the performing arts, The World Who's Who outlines the lives and achievements of more than 25,000 of the most distinguished men and women from almost every country in the world.

Also known as: International Who's Who

More than 32 million records describing items owned by libraries around the world. Each record contains library holdings. Coverage/update frequency: from about 1000 A.D. to the present; adds new records daily. Includes holdings of 6,700 OCLC Member Libraries & Institutions.