Databases by Title:  A - B

ABC Pol Sci: advance bibliography of contents, political science & government

Dates Covered: 1969-1982, 1985-1995
Shelved in Reference: JA71 .A214
Description: Citations and abstracts to journals in the area of politics and government, with some coverage in the areas of law, sociology, history and cultural anthropology. 

The subject and author index contain abstract numbers. These abstract numbers refer to the journal titles list.

ABI INFORM

Dates Covered: 1971-present
Full Text: No
Description: Available both on and off campus with a username and password through the FirstSearch interface. This index covers U.S. and international articles on business and management; including the fields of accounting, advertising, economics, finance, human resources, insurance, international trade, management, marketing, and public administration, among others.

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Abstracts in Anthropology

Dates Covered: 1970-present
Shelved in Reference: GN1 .A15 
Description:  This is the most comprehensive index for all anthropology topics.  Available only in print, find it on the first floor reference area, and then use CLICnet to find citations and journals.

Abstracts of English Studies

Dates Covered: 1960-1991
Shelved in Reference: PE25 .A16
Description: An index of literary journal articles from 1960-1991 by subject, arranged by literary time period and further subdivided by topic or author studied.

Academic OneFile (Gale)
Dates Covered: 1980-present
Full Text: Partial
Description:  This multidisciplinary index contains articles, many in full-text in the areas of physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and more. Scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers are all included.

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Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)

Dates Covered:  1975-present
Full Text:  Partial
Description: 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. 

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ACS Web Editions and Archive
American Chemical Society

Dates Covered: 1879-1997 in Archive, 1998-present in Web Editions
Full Text: Yes
Description:  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.

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AgeLine (Abstracts)

Dates covered: 1978-present, with selected coverage 1966-1977.
Full Text: No
Description: 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. It covers aging-related issues for professionals in aging services, health, business, law, and mental health. AgeLine also includes selected consumer content. AgeLine summarizes journal articles, books and chapters, research reports, dissertations, gray literature, and educational videos from many publishers and organizations, including AARP. Article Linker is not enabled on this free version of AgeLine. Subject searching can be enhanced by using terms provided in the AgeLine thesaurus. A .pdf version of the AgeLine Thesaurus is freely available for download.

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Agricola

Dates Covered: 1970- present
Full Text: No
Description: 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.

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AHSearch (FirstSearch)

Dates Covered: 1980 to present
Full Text: No
Description: 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.

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Alternative Press Index (FirstSearch)

Dates Covered: 1991-present
Full Text: No
Description: 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.

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Also available as a print index 1990-2002, Shelved in Reference AI3 .A27
For Earlier Articles:  1969-1990, Use Alternative Press Index Archive (FirstSearch)

Alternative Press Index Archive (FirstSearch)

Dates Covered: 1969-1990
Full Text: No
Description: 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.

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For more recent articles:  1991-present, Use Alternative Press Index (FirstSearch):  

America: History and Life

Dates Covered: 1993-1996
Shelved in Reference: E171 .A483  
Description:  Indexes scholarly literature about American and Canadian history, prehistory to the present day.

American Periodicals, 1741-1900: an index to the following microfilm collections -- American Periodicals  18th Century, American Periodicals 1800-1850, American Periodicals 1850-1900, Civil War and Reconstruction.

Dates Covered: 1741-1900
Shelved in Reference: PN4877 .H65 
Description: This index is used in conjuntion with 33 rolls of microfilm containing the eighteenth century periodicals. 

Annual Magazine Subject Index

Dates Covered: 1943-1949
Shelved in Reference: AI3 .M26
Description: An annual index by subject to 140 magazine and journal articles published in the 1940s. The back half of each volume contains "The Dramatic Index," an index to articles on the English and American stage that appeared in periodicals of the period. 

Annual Review of Anthropology

Dates Covered: 1972-2003
Shelved in Reference: GN1 .A623   
Description: Each volume of this series contains articles in essay form which trace the progress of research in that field during a given year.

Also available online: see Annual Reviews Index or
Journals @ Hamline

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics

Dates Covered: 1988-2002
Shelved in Reference: QH540 .A53 
Description: Each volume of this series contains articles in essay form which trace the progress of research in that field during a given year.

Also available online: see Annual Reviews Index or
Journals @ Hamline

Annual Review of Nuclear and Partical Science

Dates Covered: 2002-2003
Shelved in Reference: QC770 .A5 
Description: Each volume of this series contains articles in essay form which trace the progress of research in that field during a given year.

Also available online: see Annual Reviews Index or
Journals @ Hamline

Annual Review of Physical Chemistry

Dates Covered: 1964-1967, 1974-1975, 1988-present
Shelved in Reference: QD1 .A57 
Description: Each volume of this series contains articles in essay form which trace the progress of research in that field during a given year.

Also available online: see Annual Reviews Index or
Journals @ Hamline

Annual Review of Psychology

Dates Covered: 1954-present
Shelved in Reference: BF30 .A56 
Description: Each volume of this series contains articles in essay form which trace the progress of research in that field during a given year.

Also available online: see Annual Reviews Index or
Journals @ Hamline

Annual Review of Sociology

Dates Covered: 1975-present
Shelved in Reference: HM1 .A763 
Description: Each volume of this series contains articles in essay form which trace the progress of research in that field during a given year.

Also available online: see Annual Reviews Index or
Journals @ Hamline

Annual Reviews Index

Dates Covered:  indexing begins with volume 1 of each series
Full Text:  1996-present for selected titles.
Description:  Analytic reviews in 30 focused disciplines within the Biomedical, Physical, and Social Sciences. 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
 

For additional full text search a specific annual review name at:
Journals @ Hamline

AnthroSource

Dates Covered: varies by title
Full Text: Partial
Description: 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

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Applied Science and Technology Index

Dates Covered:  1958-1999
1995-1999 Shelved in Reference T1 .A75,
Earlier volumes in Periodicals  
Description: Indexes citations to articles (of at least one column length) published in more than 390 English-language journals in all fields of engineering, applied science, technology, and related industries and trades.

Art Index

Dates Covered: 1929-present
Shelved in Reference: NX1 .A77 
Description:  Indexes articles from periodicals published throughout the world. Periodical coverage includes English-language periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins. Subjects Covered : Archaeology, Architecture and Architectural History, Art History, Computers in Art, Crafts, Decorative Arts, Fashion Design, Folk Art, Graphic Arts, Industrial Design, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Motion Pictures, Museology, Painting, Photography, Pottery, Sculpture, Television, Textiles, Video.

Basic Biosis (FirstSearch)

Dates Covered: Most recent 5 years
Full Text:  No
Description: 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.
This index will be discontinued by the vendor on June 30, 2008.

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Bibliographic Index

Dates Covered: 1942-2000
Shelved in Reference: Z1002 .B595  
Description: Indexing of over 272,000 bibliographies from books, pamphlets, and more than 2,800 periodicals. Broad coverage of the humanities and social sciences, as well as science and technology. 

Bibliography of Asian Studies

Dates Covered:  1966-1987, 1989-1991
Shelved in Reference: DS5 .B53  
Description: Indexes subjects in the humanities and social sciences pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia in western-language periodicals, individually authored monographs, chapters in edited volumes, conference proceedings, and anthologies.

Biology Digest (FirstSearch)

Dates Covered:  1989-present
Full Text: No 
Description: 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.

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Book Review Digest

Dates Covered: 1905-2000 
1991-2000 shelved on index table; older shelved in Reference Z1219 .C95  
Description: Excerpts from and citations to reviews of more than 8,000 books each year, gleaned from coverage of 109 publications.

Book Review Index

Dates Covered: 1965-present  
Current 5 years on Index table; older shelved in Reference Z1035.A1 B6   
Description: Citations to book reviews, from 1965 to the present, in popular magazines and scholarly journals. Reviews indexed are primarily in the fields of general fiction and nonfiction, humanities, social sciences, librarianship and bibliography, and juvenile and young adult books. After locating a citation, use Journals @ Hamline to see if Bush Library owns the journal/magazine in which the book review appears.

Business and Industry (FirstSearch)

Dates Covered: 1994-present
Full Text: No 
Description: Contains important facts, figures and key events for international public and private companies, industries, products, and markets for manufacturing and service industries. Information taken from leading trade magazines, newsletters, and the general business press to international business dailies.

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Business and Management Practices (FirstSearch)

Dates Covered: 1995-present
Full Text: No
Description: Contains citations to articles about the practical aspects of business management, including case studies and how-to articles. Searches for business concepts, industries, and specific departments within an organization.

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Business Dateline (FirstSearch)

Dates Covered:  1985-present
Full Text: No
Description: 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.

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Business Organizations, Agencies and Publications Directory (FirstSearch)

Dates Covered: updated annually 
Full Text: No
Description: Includes abstracts in most records describing the organization's products and services and giving other information about the organization, such as founding date, membership size, and publications.

Business Periodicals Index

Dates Covered: 1958-1996
Shelved in Reference: HF5001 .B87   
Description: Covers English-language general business periodicals and trade journals, plus the Wall Street Journal and the business section of the New York Times. Also included are product reviews, interviews, biographical sketches, corporate profiles, reports of associations, societies and conferences. Broad areas of coverage include accounting, acquisitions and mergers, advertising, banking, chemicals, engineering, finance and investments, government regulations, insurance, management, publishing, and taxation.

Also available online: see Wilson SelectPlus (FirstSearch) 

Business Source Premier (EBSCO)

Business Searching Interface (BSI)

Dates Covered: Indexing back to 1965; selected titles go back further
Full Text: Partial
Description: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.

In 2005, a new searching interface, known as BSI, Business Searching Interface, became available for this database.  This new interface provides a streamlined appearance and faster searching capabilities for locating country economic data, company profiles, industry information and market research. It contains the same coverage as Business Source Premier. 

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