Index Descriptions

Descriptions of Indexes
This page contains descriptions of the indexes to which Bush Library subscribes.

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Academic Search Premier EBSCO The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for more than 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975. This database is updated on a daily basis. It is a good place to start for multidisciplinary research. Title list of journals included in this product
ACS Web Editions and Archive American Chemical Society An index to the journals of the American Chemical Society. Use this index to locate articles in any of ACS's 32 titles. Hamline has access to full-text electronic versions of current issues (Web Editions) and past issues (Archive) via a consortial agreement with MINITEX. Use the same search interface to search both older and newer materials. Make sure to select the Archive box to include older materials in your search. Access available off campus through proxy server.
Agricola This index from the National Agricultural Library is available both on and off campus. It covers every major agricultural subject, including agricultural engineering and marketing, animal breeding, entomology, environmental pollution, farm management, foods and feeds, pesticides, rural sociology, veterinary medicine, and water resources. Citations consist of journal articles, book chapters, monographs, conference proceedings, serials, technical reports, and other materials on a range of agricultural topics. Many Agricola records are linked to online full-text documents.
AHSearch FirstSearch Available both on and off campus with a username and password through the FirstSearch interface. This index is the online equivalent of ISI's Arts & Humanities Citation Index. It provides complete indexing for many of the world's leading arts and humanities journals in a broad range of disciplines. Also includes individually selected, relevant items from thousands of the world's leading science and social sciences journals.
Alternative Press Index AltPressIndex - FirstSearch Available both on and off campus with a username and password through the FirstSearch interface. This index covers the humanities and social sciences through international and interdisciplinary coverage of alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and journals. Coverage is from 1991-present. An Archive is also available for searching. It covers years 1969-1990.
Annual Reviews Index Search for articles published between Jan 1984 - present in the Annual Reviews series. Full-text is available in the following series: Annual Review of Psychology, Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, Annual Review of Sociology, Annual Review of Anthropology, Annual Review of Physical Chemistry, Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Physics beginning with 1996-present. The library keeps the print version of these titles in the reference collection. Access available off campus through proxy server.
AnthroSource Current issues for 11 of the American Anthropological Association's most critical peer-reviewed publications, and a complete electronic archive of all AAA journals through 2003. Access available off campus through proxy server.
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Basic Biosis FirstSearch Available both on and off campus with a username and password through the FirstSearch interface. This index is a subset by journal title and year, of BIOSIS Previews, designed specifically for undergraduate students taking introductory biology courses. The index covers only the latest five years worth of recent developments in virtually every life science discipline.
Biology Digest FirstSearch Available both on and off campus with a username and password through the FirstSearch interface. This index covers all of the life sciences. Specially created to meet the needs of college undergraduates and high school students. It gives easy access to new scientific developments, with comprehensive subject-oriented abstracts.
Business Dateline FirstSearch Available both on and off campus with a username and password through the FirstSearch interface. This index provides citations to articles from newspapers, city business magazines, wire services in the United States and Canada. An essential business information tool for monitoring the latest trends in industry, health, environmental issues, education, and much more.
Business and Industry FirstSearch Available both on and off campus with a username and password through the FirstSearch interface. This index is a multiindustry, international database that provides access to company, industry, market, and product information.
Business and Management Practices FirstSearch Available both on and off campus with a username and password through the FirstSearch interface. This index provides information on business and management issues such as decision making; mplementing new technology; planning for the future; dealing with internal and external issues; and expanding businesses. It covers business methodology with emphasis on case studies and practical applications.
Business Organizations, Agencies, and Publications Directory FirstSearch Available both on and off campus with a username and password through the FirstSearch interface. This index is a guide to international business information sources. It lists contact name, address, phone, and fax numbers, and a description of the organization's founding, membership, activities, and sources.
Business Source Premier Ebsco As the world’s largest full text business database, Business Source Premier provides full text for nearly 3,800 scholarly business journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business. This database provides full text (PDF) for more than 350 of the top scholarly journals dating as far back as 1922. This database is updated on a daily basis. Title list of journals included in this product
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Cambridge Journals Online Cambridge Journals Online is an index to the journals of Cambridge University Press. Bush Library has print subscriptions and electronic full-text access to twelve journals from this publisher. To search through all their publications: use the search interface box, or select "subscribed journals" from the drop-down menu to see which titles contain full-text. Online holdings are generally 1997-present. Access available off campus through the proxy server.
CIAO Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is 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, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs. CIAO is also widely-recognized source for teaching materials including original case studies written by leading international affairs experts, course packs of background readings for history and political science classes, and special features like the analysis of a bin Laden recruitment tape with video.
CIOS Journal Index System Communication Institute for Online Studies The Communication Institute for Online Studies' World Wide Web index to communication journals. Searches at the citation level only.
ComAbstracts An index to journals in the field of Communication Studies with results in either full-text or abstract form. This replaces the former ComIndex CD-ROM and is from the Communication Institute of Online Studies. To view full-text, users need to install a free viewer (djvu plugin) to open/read the full-text articles. There is an "install djvu plugin" button next to the "read article (djvu)" button at the bottom of all articles with full-text.
CommSearch An index to the journals of the National Communication Association. The CD contains the full-text of 6 NCA journals 1991-1997, and abstracts or citations of all other journals between 1978-1997. There is nothing newer than 1997 on this CD. To run the CD: insert it into the CD drive. Click on My Computer. Click on the D drive icon. Select the file "setup.exe" Click on the word "next" whenever prompted. Choose yes, to special fonts, and finally click on Finish.	Shelved at circulation desk	unavailable off campus
Communication & Mass Media Complete Communication & Mass Media Complete provides the most robust, quality research solution in areas related to communication and mass media. This database originated with the acquisition and subsequent merging of two popular databases in the fields of communication and mass media studies -- CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association (NCA)), and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Pennsylvania State University). Communication & Mass Media Complete provides an invaluable resource for students, researchers, and educators interested in any and all aspects of communication and mass media.
Consulta InfoTrac Consulta index is searchable in either Spanish or English and results are in Spanish. It contains reference materials, journal articles, primary source documents, a graphical chronological timeline for era research, and an extensive image gallery.
ConsumerIndex FirstSearch- Faculty use only Available both on and off campus with a username and password through the FirstSearch interface to faculty only. Consumer-oriented articles in periodicals are indexed by this database. The index can be searched by general topic area (the home), to more specific product types (automobiles), by periodical (Consumer Reports), or by a specific brand name (CocaCola). Intended for consumers, librarians and library users, business professionals, and educational instructors. Some records include web site addresses with links to free full-text.
Contemporary Women's Issues FirstSearch Available both on and off campus with a username and password through the FirstSearch interface. This index covers sources (periodical and non-periodical) published by more than 100 organizations around the world. It focuses on timely and relevant topics and meaningful issues for women, including health, human rights, the work place, legal status, and more.
Criminal Justice Abstracts CSA Illumina This index provides provides comprehensive coverage of the major journals in criminology and related disciplines in the period 1968-present. Topics include crime trends, prevention projects, corrections, juvenile delinquency, police, courts, offenders, victims, and sentencing.
CSA Illumina CSA Illumina is the name of the database service provider which serves up 8 databases provided through Cambridge Scientific Abstracts. Some of the indexes contain full-text articles. The indexes available from this provider are: Criminal Justice Abstracts ERIC Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts PsycARTICLES PsycInfo Social Service Abstracts Sociological Abstracts Use the CSA Illumina link if you want to search all the indexes simultaneously. If you want to search only one of the indexes from this provider, select the link to that specific index from the journal index page.
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Disclosure FirstSearch Available both on and off campus with a username and password through the FirstSearch interface. This index contains directory information on US companies filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Includes company name, cross references, telephone numbers, ticker symbol, Fortune and Forbes numbers, SIC Codes, and a business description.
Dissertation Abstracts FirstSearch Available both on and off campus with a username and password through the FirstSearch interface. This index covers every doctoral dissertation completed in the US at accredited institutions for the last 150 years. Includes some master's theses and foreign language dissertations.
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EBSCO Ebsco is a database provider which serves up four separate databases for searching. They are: Academic Search Premier (similar to Expanded Academic from InfoTrac). A scholarly database recommended for most students to use for beginning research on a topic. Business Source Premier (similar to General Business File from InfoTrac). Appropriate for research in M&E and public administration and management. Regional Business News Appropriate for research in M&E and public administration and management when looking for newspaper articles. MasterFILE Premier (similar to General Reference Center Gold from InfoTrac) This database indexes periodicals and general interest magazines, rather than scholarly journals.
EconLit FirstSearch Available both on and off campus with a username and password through the FirstSearch interface. This index contains citations, with abstracts, to articles from economics journals. In addition, subject indexing and abstracts of books and subject indexing of dissertation titles are included. Corresponding printed sources are: Journal of Economic Literature, Index of Economic Articles, and Cambridge University Press Abstracts of Working Papers in Economics.
Education Full-Text Education Full Text (formerly Education Abstracts) is a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles of at least one column in length from English-language periodicals and yearbooks published in the United States and elsewhere. English-language books relating to education published in 1995 or later are also indexed. Abstracting coverage begins with January 1994. Abstracts range from 50 to 300 words and describe the content and scope of the source documents. Full-text coverage begins in January 1996.
ERIC CSA Illumina Educational Resources Information Center ERIC indexes journal articles, teaching guides, conference papers books, and documents in the field of education. Some of the documents may be available full-text in our microfiche collection, and some ED # documents may be full text within this product. This product also links to full text in other products using the Article Linker web link. Access available to off campus users through the proxy server. Try these useful guides: Using the ERIC database OR ERIC Screen Shot Tutorial This database will undergo substantial changes in 2004. More information about these changes. Journals covered by ERIC : Alphabetical list
Ethnic NewsWatch Complete version This database is a full text general reference database of the 240 newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press dating from 1990 to the present. It is searchable in both English and Spanish, and contains titles in a wide range of current and historical topics in both languages. Access available to off campus users through the proxy server. A tutorial is available for new users of the database.
Expanded Academic ASAP Plus Index InfoTrac This multidisciplinary index contains articles, many in full-text in the areas of arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology. Scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers are all included.
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FactSearch FirstSearch Available both on and off campus with a username and password through the FirstSearch interface. FactSearch is a specialized database of statistical statements on current social, economic, political, health, and environmental issues and public policy topics, excerpted from more than 1,100 mainstream and alternative serial sources such as the Christian Science Monitor, the Congressional Record, and Australian, British and Canadian Parliamentary Debates.
FirstSearch Some indexes available to faculty only! FirstSearch contains a selection of indexes arranged by topic area. Most indexes cover primarily journal articles; some indexes also index books, theses, and factual materials. Over 50 different indexes are available, with a limited number restricted to faculty use only. This service is available both on and off-campus. Contact the reference desk (651-523-2375) for username and password information. None of the indexes contain full-text. Using FirstSearch Overview FirstSearch Database Descriptions Periodical Titles in FirstSearch, search here to learn which FirstSearch databases index the journal you need.
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GenderWatch This index is a full text database comprised of 175 periodicals and other publications that focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas. GenderWatch supports programs in business, education, literature and the arts, health sciences, history, political science, public policy, sociology and contemporary culture, gender and women's studies and more. Publications include academic and scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books, booklets and pamphlets, conference proceedings, and government, n-g-o and special reports. GenderWatch contains some archival materials from the 1970's, making this an important repository on the historical perspective of the evolution of the women's movement and the changes in gender roles over the last fifteen to twenty years. Access available to off campus users through the proxy server.
GEOBASE FirstSearch - faculty use only Available both on and off campus with a username and password through the FirstSearch interface to faculty only. This index contains citations with abstracts covering worldwide literature in journals on geography, geology, ecology, international development, and their related disciplines. Subject coverage includes cartography, climatology, energy, environment, geomorphology, hydrology, photogrammetry, sedimentology, geochemistry, geophysics, paleontology, petrology, volcanology, and much more.
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Hamline Law Library Online Collections Hamline University's Law Library offers online legal indexes. Some of these indexes are available to Hamline university students not enrolled in the School of Law. Some indexes are limited to on campus use in the Law School building only. Contact the Law Library Reference Desk for questions about these indexes at: 651-523-2937.
Highwire Library of the Sciences and Medicine This index covers over 342 journals, mostly in the areas of science and medicine, with a few in the social sciences; published by Highwire Press. Also indexed are the proceedings of the National Academy of Science. Some titles may be full-text. Access available to off campus users through the proxy server.
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Informe An index of full text Hispanic Magazines. Similar in content to General Reference Center Gold. Search words can be entered in Spanish or English and all results appear in Spanish.
InfoTrac InfoTrac is the name of the database service provider which serves up 10 databases provided through the Gale Group. Some of the indexes contain full-text articles. The following indexes are available only to authorized Hamline University users. Expanded Academic ASAP Plus Index a multidisciplinary index containing full text of scholarly journals, popular literature magazines and newspapers. MLA International Bibliography Plus An index to the publications of the Modern Language Association. See the description for this index under it's own entry. view list of indexed journals via the MLA Master List Access is available to off campus users through the proxy server. The other InfoTrac databases are part of ELM (Electronic Library for Minnesota) and are available to all residents of the state. See specific descriptions below. Junior Edition an index of magazine, newspaper and reference content for middle school users. Student Edition an index of magazine, newspaper and reference content for high school users. Kids InfoBits - an index of magazine, newspaper and reference content for Kindergarten through 5th grade users using a visually graphic interface.. Discovering Collection - Reference content in the areas of Literature, History, Biographies, Science, and Social Studies, appropriate for users in grades 6-12. Junior Reference Collection - a cross-curricular database covering science, biographies, authors, multicultural topics, and people and places for users in grades 6-8. Consulta A wide range of journals, reference materials, and primary source documents in Spanish. Informe A collection of hispanic magazines with full-text. This index is searchable in both English and Spanish. Professional Collection - A collection of journals and trade publications for educators and teachers.
IngentaConnect Formerly Ingenta.com and IngentaSelect. The newest version of this product is called IngentaConnect. This service indexes journals from many different publishers and in many different subject areas. Access to the full-text of most articles is very limited in date range, and is available to only a select few titles.The Article Linker service found in most of our other indexes is not activated in this product.
ISI Basic Science Index This citation index covers over 800 of the leading scientific and technical journals. Use is limited to three simultaneous users. There is no full-text linking.
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JSTOR JSTOR contains a moving wall of back issues of 522 journals in full-text format. Generally the last 3-5 years of publication of each title are NOT included in this index. Bush Library subscribes to the Arts and Sciences collections I, II, and IV, the Complement, and the Language and Literature Collection. view an alphabetical list of journal titles included in this service View a list of journal titles organized by subject area Collection I and Collection II, Collection IV, the Complement, and the Language and Literature Collection
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Lexis-Nexis Academic This service provides full-text access to articles in news, business, legal research, medicine and reference. This service is especially useful to students looking for full-text of foreign newspapers. Access to full-text of the Minneapolis Star Tribune is available from 1991-present. Access is available to off campus users through the proxy server.
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts CSA Illumina This database covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. It may be especially useful to ESL students and those studying a foreign language. Select this index from among the choices on the screen. Articles are indexed from 1973-present. View an alphabetical list of titles included in this service. Access is available to off campus users through the proxy server.
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MasterFILE Premier EBSCO Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 2,050 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also includes more than 350 full text reference books, 84,074 biographies, 86,132 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. Title list of journals included in this product.
Media Review Digest FirstSearch Available both on and off campus with a username and password through the FirstSearch interface. This index contains citations to reviews of educational and entertainment media from over 200 review sources. It is updated quarterly and covers the period 1989 to present.
MLA International Bibliography Plus Modern Language Association - Infotrac This database is from the Modern Language Association and is useful for students of English, and Languages and Literature. It contains over 1.5 million citations to materials in books, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies. More than 4000 of these citations are for journals or series. Materials covered range in date from 1963 to the present. Access is available to off campus users through the proxy server.
MN Magazine Index Produced by the Minneapolis Public Library, this resource indexes material from nine local (Minnesota) magazines. They include: City Pages, Hennepin History, Minneapolis and St. Paul Skyway News, Mpls. St. Paul Magazine, Minnesota History, Minnesota Monthly, Minnesota Law and Politics, Ramsey County History and Twin Cities Reader. It is available both on and off campus.
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National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts CSA Illumina NCJRS is a federally-sponsored information clearinghouse for people involved with research, policy, and practice related to criminal and juvenile justice and drug control. Some full-text of documents are included in this product. It is available both on and off campus.
News Sources This web page provides a list of online newspapers, radio, television and news wire services; many of which are full-text.
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PAIS Public Affairs Information Service - FirstSearch Available both on and off campus with a username and password through the FirstSearch interface. This index provides selective subjects and bibliographic access to periodicals, books, hearings, reports, gray literature, government publications, Internet resources and other publications. Includes the previous publications: PAIS Bulletin (1976-1990), PAIS Foreign Language Index (1972-1990), and PAIS International in Print (1991- ) and Directory of Periodicals/Publishers (1991). An Archive is also available for searching. It covers 1915-1976.
PapersFirst FirstSearch Available both on and off campus with a username and password through the FirstSearch interface. This index provides access to individual papers presented at conferences worldwide. A major research aid covering every congress, symposium, exposition, workshop, and meeting added to The British Library Document Supply Centre's (BLDSC) vast proceedings collection since October 1993. Most papers can be obtained through our Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service. Ask at the Reference Desk for assistance.
Philosopher's Index The Philosopher's Index provides indexing and abstracts from books and journals of philosophy and related fields. It covers the areas of ethics, aesthetics, epistemology, logic, and metaphysics as well as material on the philosophy of disciplines, such as law, religion, science, history, and education. Access is limited to a single user at a time. Please use the log-off button in the program when exiting.
Proceedings FirstSearch Available both on and off campus with a username and password through the FirstSearch interface. This index provides tables of contents of papers presented at conferences worldwide. Each record contains a list of the papers presented at each conference. Like its companion, PapersFirst, ProceedingsFirst provides access to The British Library Document Supply Centre's vast collection of conference proceedings.
Professional Collection This index of professional reading materials contains journals and magazines of interest to teachers and educators.
ProQuest Newsstand Complete This database indexes over 350 full-text state, national and international newspapers. Includes the Minneapolis Star Tribune full-text from 1986 to present, as well as the Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition) 1984-current, and the New York Times East Coast Late Edition, 1999-current.
Project Muse This database indexes full-text articles in 220 journals which are published by 37 scholarly publishers. They cover the disciplines of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others. Access is available to off campus users through the proxy server.
PsycARTICLES CSA Illumina PsycARTICLES is a database of full-text articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe & Huber. The database includes all material from the print journals with the exception of advertisements and editorial board lists. Click here for a list of Journal Titles included in this database.
PsycINFO CSA Illumina This index covers the years (1887 - present). Use this database to find information on psychology, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, law, and social work. Access is available to off campus users through the proxy server.
PubMed The National Library of Medicine's database of citations to articles in the medical literature. A tutorial for this database is available to users.
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Regional Business News EBSCO This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Title list of journals included in this product.
Royal Society of Chemistry Journal Index An index to the journals published by the Royal Society of Chemistry (London). Bush Library users have online access to the full-text of the RSC journals we own in print, covering 1997 to present. These are: Perkin Transactions 1, Dalton Transactions, Chemical Communication. RSC also makes available to all users the full-text of all their journals from the dates 1997-1999. Access is available to off campus users through the proxy server.
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Science Direct Web Editions Science Direct Web Editions allows any user to search all the titles indexed in this product but links to full-text for only 9 titles which Bush Library owns in print. The full-text provided only covers the most recent 12 months of these 9 titles. Some very selected free full-text content to non-subscribed journals is also included. The Article Linker service, available in most of our other indexes is not activated in this index.
SIRS Researcher FirstSearch Available both on and off campus with a username and password through the FirstSearch interface. This index is perfect for school and public library researchers, SIRS is a general database containing thousands of full-text articles exploring social, scientific, historic, economic, political, and global issues. Articles are carefully selected from domestic and international newspapers, magazines, journals, and government publications. Brief summaries accompany all articles added to the database since 1994.
Social Service Abstracts CSA Illumina
Sociological Abstracts CSA Illumina
St. Paul Pioneer Press Newspaper current 7 day archive NewsLibrary archive of materials older than 7 days Available both on and off campus. The current 7 day archive is on the newspaper's web site. Older materials are found in the NewsLibrary archive. Hamline does not have a subscription to full-text articles through the Archive. Instead, use the microfilmed copies of the newspaper to print older articles.	Use links to left to search this index.	Use links to left to search this index.
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University of Chicago Press Index An index of all the journals from this publisher. Bush Library owns 6 titles in print, and also has full-text access to recent issues of those titles via this service. For older issues of these titles, consult JSTOR, List of all journals available from this publisher. Full-text titles are: American Journal of Sociology American Naturalist Current Anthropology Journal of Modern History Journal of Political Economy Public Opinion Quarterly
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Visual Resources Database This database covers photographs, artwork, posters, fine art and selected images from the Minnesota Historical Society collections. Material represents the life, leisure, landscapes and occupations of Minnesotans from the pre-territorial period to the present.
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Wilson Select Plus FirstSearch Available both on and off campus with a username and password through the FirstSearch interface. This index covers high-quality periodicals with complete indexing and abstracts. Includes journals indexed in other H.W. Wilson databases, including Readers' Guide Abstracts, Social Sciences Abstracts, Humanities Abstracts, General Science Abstracts, and Wilson Business Abstracts.
WorldScope FirstSearch Available both on and off campus with a username and password through the FirstSearch interface. This index comprises basic (brief) financial information on over 31,000 public companies worldwide. Types of companies covered include industrials, utilities, transportation, banks, insurance, and others. It includes company name, telephone number, address, ticker symbol and basic stock information, SIC codes, industry classifications, and more.