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Race Relations Abstracts assesses more than 300 publications providing the latest information and research findings in race relations. Issues covered include discrimination, education, employment, health, politics, law, and legislation.

Comprised of Business & Industry, Business & Management Practices, and TableBase

Web-based access to CrossFire Beilstein, Gmelin and Patent Chemistry databases.

Covers back-of-the-book indexes and article titles to subject encyclopedias and reference works. As of March 4, 2004 there are more than 2,900 titles online. Additional titles are added weekly.

The Religion & Philosophy Collection provides access to over 300 full text journals. Coverage includes world religions, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy, and the history of philosophy.

ReportLinker is a professional search engine that provides easy access to market research reports and industry statistics. SWOT analysis is a strategic planning method used to evaluate the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats involved in a project or business venture. It is particularly helpful in identifying areas for development.  PEST analysis stands for "Political, Economic, Social, and Technological analysis" and is used to evaluate the macro-economic environment of strategic management. It is a useful strategic tool to help understand market growth or decline, potential strategic positioning and direction. 

The RIBA British Architectural Library Catalogue includes an index to over 300 architectural periodicals held in the RIBA Library, a catalogue of the books and audio visual materials, photographs, drawings and manuscripts acquired by the RIBA Library, and a biographical database of architects.

RIPM Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals is an international annotated bibliography of writings on musical history and culture, found in music periodicals published in seventeen countries between approximately 1800 and 1950. Treating primary source material, RIPM indexes the content of complete runs of journals, including articles, reviews, news columns, miscellaneous items, surveys of the press, bibliographies, iconography and advertising. In addition, this database offers access to an immense bibliography of music and to thousands of English-language translations of foreign documents. Approximately 20,000 records are added annually. RIPM is produced under the auspices of the International Musicological Society (IMS) and the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (IAML).

Concurrent user limit: 5

RISM: Music Manuscripts after 1600 is an international, annotated bibliography, which aims to document the world's musical sources of manuscripts or printed music, works on music theory, and libretti. RISM is the most comprehensive annotated index and guide to music manuscripts produced after 1600 containing more than 600,000 records by over 22,500 composers from manuscripts found in over 750 libraries and archives in 32 countries.

One of the leading publications for Congressional news and information, Roll Call provides up-to-the-minute news of the legislative and political maneuvers that happen every day on Capitol Hill. Coverage extends back to 2003.

iPOLL is the most comprehensive, up-to-date source for US nationwide public opinion available today. A full-text retrieval system, the iPOLL online database is organized at the question-level, providing the tools to sift through nearly a half million questions asked on national public opinion surveys since 1935 and updated daily. (Description taken from the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research)

The Roper Center requires users to provide an email address as part of a free registration process in order to access the database.