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354 entries found.

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ABC POL SCI [alt title]

Indexes the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, public policy, and public administration.

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ABI Inform

1971-present. Indexing and abstracts of U.S. and international journal articles on business and management. 2002 sources indexed. Some full text. Available off-campus via proxy server.

Online

Abstracts in Anthropology

1970-present. Provides indexing and abstracts of books, articles, and conference papers from several hundred journals, covering cultural anthropology, physical anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics.

Print Index

Abstracts in Anthropology (Online)

2001-present. Provides indexing and abstracts of books, articles, and conference papers from several hundred journals, covering cultural anthropology, physical anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics.

Online

Abstracts of English Studies

Provides abstracts from journal articles on English, American and World literature

Print Index

Abstracts of folklore studies

1963-1975. Abstracts of articles from journals in folklore. Published for the American Folklore Society by the University of Texas Press

Print Index

Academic Search Premier

Dates vary. An extensive multi-disciplinary database providing full text for thousands of publications, including thousands of peer-reviewed journals. Available off-campus via proxy server.

Online

Acceda Noticias (English interface)

Mostly 2000-present online resource that provides full-text information from over 40 Spanish-language newspapers and news services based mostly in the United States, Mexico, and some countries in Central and South America.

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Acceda Noticias (Spanish interface)

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Access World News

Mostly 1990's-present online resource that provides full-text information from over 1,000 United States and international newspapers and news services.

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AccessScience

Provides the full text of over 8,000 articles, 115,000 definitions, and 1,200 biographies of scientists covering most areas of science.

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ACM Guide to Computing Literature

Index to key journals, conference proceedings, books and more in Computer Science.

Online

ACS [alt title]

1879-current. A collection of approximately 30 full-text, peer-reviewed journals published by the American Chemical Society. Users can search one or more journals. Available off-campus via proxy server.

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Africa Bibliography

Provides indexing of periodical articles and other materials covering the entire continent of Africa and its associated islands.

Print Index

African Abstracts

A Quarterly review of ethnological, social, and linguistic studies appearing in current periodicals.

Print Index

Agricola

1970-current. An index to agricultural literature created by the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Available off-campus via proxy server.

Online

AHSearch [alt title]

1980- current.Indexes over 1,300 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, as well as selected articles from social science and science journals. Available off-campus via proxy server.

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Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science Database (ETOH)

Covers all aspects of alcohol abuse and alcoholism.

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All Movie Guide

A database of over 220,000 titles searchable via movie title, personalities, keyword or plotline.

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All Music Guide

A database of over 600,000 album descriptions, reviews, biographies, discographies, and album credits, all updated weekly.

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allAfrica.com

AllAfrica aggregates and indexes content from over 125 African news organizations, plus more than 200 other sources, who are responsible for their own reporting and views.

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Alternative Press Index

1991-present. An index of nearly 300 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines. Available off-campus via proxy server.

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Alternative Press Index Archive

1969-1990. An index of nearly 300 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines. Available off-campus via proxy server.

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America: History and Life

Indexes 2,000 journals published worldwide covering the history of the United States and Canada. Coverage includes articles, book and media reviews, and abstracts of dissertations.

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American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies

1990-present (online), 1967-1994 (in print). Provides information on East-Central Europe and the former Soviet Union with subject coverage of anthropology, culture & the arts, economics, education, and geography. Available off-campus via proxy server.

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American Chemical Society (ACS)

Online

American Physical Society Journals (PROLA) [alt title]

1893 to 4 years in the past (in 2007 it is through 2003). PROLA is The American Physical Society's Physical Review Online Archive. APS journal content back to 1893 with a year-by-year migration of recent material into PROLA.

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American State Papers 1789-1838

Full-text database of U.S. congressional materials originating from 1789 and covering through 1838 but not published until the second and third quarters of the 19th century.

Online

America's Historical Newspapers [alt title]

1690-1922. Full text of hundreds Early American newspapers including titles from all 50 present states.

Online

America's News Magazines

Mostly 1990's-present online resource that provides full-text articles from 25+ well-known popular magazines.

Online

America's Newspapers

The electronic editions of record for local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers compiled in a single database. Paid ads are excluded

Online

Annee Philologique

Index to classical studies dealing with all aspects of Greco-Roman antiquity, including history, literature, art, religion, folklore, early Christian texts, papyrology, and science.

Print Index

Annee Philologique (Online)

1949-2005 (as of Dec. 2007) Index to classical studies dealing with all aspects of Greco-Roman antiquity, including history, literature, art, religion, folklore, early Christian texts, papyrology, and science. Available off-campus via proxy server.

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Annual Bibliography of British and Irish History

A bibliography covering the Roman period in Great Britain up the 20th century.

Print Index

Annual Reviews

1930-2006. Search engine for the full text of the Annual Review of... Series. Available off-campus via proxy server.

Online

Antarctic Bibliography

Provides indexing and abstracts of government publications, reports, journal articles, and monographs from around the world covering topics related to the Antarctic--biology, cartography, expeditions, geology, oceanography, and meteorology.

Print Index

Anthropological Index Online

1957-current. Index to physical anthropology, cultural anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics.

Online

Anthropological Literature

1984-present, some earlier material. Indexes journal articles and edited works in archaeology, anthropology and linguistics.

Online

Anthropology Bibliography on Disc

A bibliographic guide to anthropology and archaeology, plus index of books at the Tozzer Library/Peabody Museum.

Anthrosource

1888- Fulltext online resource serving the research, teaching, and professional needs of anthropologists. Developed by the American Anthropological Association (AAA).

Online

Applied Science & Technology Abstracts

Spanning 1983-present, this database covers topics in areas that include engineering, acoustics, chemistry, computers, metallurgy, physics, plastics, telecommunications, transportation, and waste management.

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Applied Science & Technology Index (Annual ed.)

Indexes core scientific and technical publications providing information on all areas of engineering, technology, and science with coverage of important trade and industrial publications, journals and a range of other specialized-subject periodicals.

Print Index

Art Collection (Grinnell College)

Search for objects in the Grinnell College Art Collection. Images are not currently available

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Art Index

Subjects include archaeology, interior design, architecture, landscape architecture, art history, museology, city planning, painting, photography, crafts, sculpture, film, television, folk art, textiles, graphic arts, video, and industrial design.

Print Index

ARTbibliographies Modern

Provides full abstracts of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, dissertations, and exhibition reviews on all forms of modern and contemporary arts dating from the late 19th century onwards.

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ARTFL [in French]

American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language. Contains the complete text of the Tresor de la Langue Francaise.

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ArticleFirst

1990-current. An index of articles listed on the table of contents pages of journals. This database is multidisciplinary and includes over 15,000 publications. Available off-campus via proxy server.

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Arts and Humanities Search

1980- current.Indexes over 1,300 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, as well as selected articles from social science and science journals. Available off-campus via proxy server.

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ARTStor

Searchable database of more than 300,000 images applicable todifferent times, cultures, and disciplines. Also includes local Physics and Botany image collections. Use individual log-in for off-campus access.

Online

arXiv

1991-current. An e-print service which presents papers in physics and related disciplines, mathematics, nonlinear science, computer science, and quantitative biology.

Online

Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts

Provides indexing to the published literature in all aspects of astronomy, astrophysics, and their related fields. Contents include journal articles, conference papers, and more.

Print Index

ATLA Religion Index

1949- current. Covers religious and theological scholarship in over 1,000 international journals and 14,000 multi author works. Available off-campus via proxy server.

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Beilstein, Crossfire

A collection of databases that provides structure and physical and chemical property data for more than 8 million chemical compounds identified in the primary literature of organic chemistry since the 1770s.

Online

Biblical Archaeology Society Online Archive

Contains selected journals and books published by the Biblical Archaeology Society. Includes each issue of the magazines Biblical archaeology review, Bible review, and Archaeology odyssey, and the content of five books.

Online

Bibliographie de la philosophie

Includes citations and abstracts of books (but not articles) in philosophy.

Print Index

Bibliographie der deutschen Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft

A comprehensive bibliography of Western-language materials about German literature and the German language.

Print Index

Bibliographie der franzosischen Literaturwissenschaft

A comprehensive bibliography of Western-language materials about French literature and the French language. Includes books, articles, and dissertations. Instructions and headings are in French.

Print Index

Bibliographie Internationale de l'Humanisme et de la Renaissance

Lists books and articles in all areas of study on the 15th and 16th centuries in Europe: literature, philosophy, history, religion, the arts, economics, political science, law, and science.

Print Index

Bibliography of Asian Studies

1971-present in this database, 1947-1968 in JSTOR or print. Indexes the scholarly literature on all subjects (especially humanities and social sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia published worldwide.

Online

Bibliography of Bioethics

Topics covered include abortion, euthanasia, behavioral research, capital punishment, genetic engineering, privacy, and warfare.

Print Index

Bibliography of philosophy [alt title]

Includes citations and abstracts of books (but not articles) in philosophy.

Print Index

Bibliography of the History of Art

Index and abstracts (in French or English) of the current literature of European and American art from late antiquity to the present.

Online

Bibliography of the History of Medicine

Index of articles on the history of medicine and public health. A publication of the National Library of Medicine and the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services.

Print Index

Biography and Genealogy Master Index

An index to nearly 12 million biographical sketches in more than 2700 volumes and editions of current and retrospective reference books, covering both contemporary and historical figures throughout the world.

Online

Biography Index

Indexes biographical material appearing in more than 3,000 magazines and over 2,000 English-language books each year.

Print Index

Biological Abstracts

The largest database for the Life Sciences, Biological Abstracts indexes scholarly journals published worldwide. All areas of the Life Sciences are covered including topics in agriculture and medicine. Covers 1926-1968. Off-site storage.

Print Index

Biological Sciences

Provides abstracts and citations on all aspects of biology from over 6,000 sources, including periodicals, conference proceedings, technical reports, monographs, and selected books and patents. Covers 1982-current.

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BioMed Central

Coverage includes life sciences, biochemistry, and health sciences.

Online

BIOSIS

BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. CONTACT Kevin Engel FOR ACCESS TO BIOSIS. Index and abstracts of articles from more than 5,000 scholarly journals published worldwide covering all areas of the Life Sciences.

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Book Review Digest

Book reviews in digest form

Print Index

Books In Print

Contains information about books, audios, and videos that are in print, out of print, and forthcoming from North American publishers. Includes thousands of reviews from authoritative sources

Online

Britannica Online

Includes the complete Encyclopedia Britannica, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, Britannica Student Encyclopedia and the Britannica Book of the Year.

Online

Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Publishes timely reviews of current scholarly work in the field of classical studies (including archaeology).

Online

Business Periodicals Index

Topics covered include business and commerce, accounting, economics, communication, politics and government.

Print Index

Business Source Elite

1984-current. Covers national and international business, finance, banking, and industry, but also emphasizes regional business activities and trends. Available off-campus via proxy server.

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Cambridge history of English and American Literature

Features the full text of The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, and 18-volume encyclopedia originally published by Putnam in 1907-1921.

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Cambridge Scientific Abstracts internet database service: Sociological abstracts

1952-current. Includes citations and abstracts for articles in over 1,500 journals, conference papers, books, and dissertations in the social and behavioral sciences.

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Cambridge Structural Database System (CSDS)

The world repository of small molecule crystal structures. This database records bibliographic, chemical, and crystallographic for organic molecules, and metal-organic compounds.

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Catalog of the Public documents of the Congress and of all departments of the Government of the United States; the Comprehensive index provided for by the Act of Jan. 12, 1895

Index by the GPO of publications from all governmental agencies including Congress

Print Index

Catalog of United States government publications (CGP)

The Catalog of United States Government Publications (formerly known as MOCAT) provides an index to print and electronic publications created by the different branches of government.

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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Provides the electronic edition of record for this Iowa newspaper, excluding paid advertisements. Access is through the America's Newspapers database.

Online

Center for Research Libraries

CRL is a consortium of North American universities, colleges, and independent research libraries. The consortium acquires and preserves traditional and digital resources for research and teaching.

Online

CGP [alt title]

The Catalog of United States Government Publications (formerly known as MOCAT) provides an index to print and electronic publications created by the different branches of government.

Online

CGS Policy Archive

Policy Archive is a digital archive of global, non-partisan public policy research. It makes use of Internet technology to collect and disseminate materials of think tank, university, government, and foundation-funded policy research.

Online

Chemical Abstracts

Provides the most in-depth indexing and abstracting coverage available of the scholarly research literature published internationally in all areas of chemistry, biochemistry, and chemical engineering.

Print Index

Chemical Abstracts (Online)

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Chicago Tribune

Provides the electronic edition of record for this Chicago newspaper, excluding paid advertisements. Access is through the America's Newspapers database.

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Christiansen's Collembola database

This database includes all records of Collembola which are or were in the Collection of K. Christiansen. The records are mainly from North America but include some specimens from Mexico and Lebanon, Syria and China.

Online

CIS Annual

Congressional Information Service abstracts and indexes. Index to publications of the United States Congress.

Print Index

CIS (Congressional Information Service) Index (Online) [alt title]

Provides access to the CIS Index--the most comprehensive index/abstract to Congressional publications; 1970-present--plus a wealth of full-text information.

Online

Clase and Periodica

1975-current(Clase); 1978-current(Periodica)Two indexes of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities. Clase covers social science and humanities, and Periodica covers journals in science and technology. Available off-campus via proxy server.

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Clinical Pharmacology

1985-current. Access to up-to-date, concise and clinically-relevant drug monographs for all U.S. prescription drugs, hard-to-find herbal and nutritional supplements, etc.Available off-campus via proxy server.

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College Source Online

Provides the full text of college catalogs from 2-year, 4-year, and graduate schools. The database is searchable by major, tuition, state, enrollment, degrees, and affiliation. It also has links to financial aid information and college home pages.

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Collembola collection

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Collembola database

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Computer Society Digital Library

1988-current. Searchable database of journals, magazines, and conference proceedings published by the IEEE Computer Society. Abstracts only for most publications.

Online

Congressional Information Service Annual [alt title]

Congressional Information Service abstracts and indexes. Index to publications of the United States Congress.

Print Index

Congressional Quarterly Voting and Elections Collection

A collection of research tools that covers a host of information about voting in America both past and present.Covers political parties, campaigns and elections, demographic information about voters.

Online

Congressional Universe [alt title]

Provides access to the CIS Index--the most comprehensive index/abstract to Congressional publications; 1970-present--plus a wealth of full-text information.

Online

Contemporary Authors

A bio-bibliographical guide to current authors and their works

Print Index

Contemporary Authors

Provides the full text of biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses for authors of every age, nation, and literary discipline. Includes the MLA Bibliography which sometimes links to full-text. Available off-campus via proxy server.

Online

Contemporary Literary Criticism

Significant passages from the published criticism of works by well-known creative writers.

Print Index

Contemporary Literary Criticism-Selected

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Contemporary Women's Issues (CWI)

1992-current. Provides full-text access to global information on women. Coverage includes human rights, violence and exploitation, discrimination, politics, education, health and reproductive rights, and more. Available off-campus via proxy server.

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Continental rationalists : Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz

Full text database of the writings of René Descartes, Benedict de Spinoza, and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz through Intelex Past Masters

Online

CQ Voting and Elections Collection

A collection of research tools that covers a host of information about voting in America both past and present.Covers political parties, campaigns and elections, demographic information about voters.

Online

CRL [alt title]

CRL is a consortium of North American universities, colleges, and independent research libraries. The consortium acquires and preserves traditional and digital resources for research and teaching.

Online

Cross Cultural CD

Descriptions of life in societies around the world in the 19th and 20th centuries. Cross-Cultural CD is a series of full text files extracted from the Human Relations Area Files (HRAF)

Crossfire Beilstein

Online

CSA

Search screen for all the CSA databases to which the Grinnell College Libraries subscribe.

Online

CSA Biological Sciences [alt title]

Online

Cumulative subject index to the monthly catalog of United States government publications, 1900-1971

Subject index of United States government publications, 1900-1971 / compiled by William W. Buchanan and Edna M. Kanely

Print Index

Current Book Review Citations

1976-1982. Citations of book reviews.

Print Index

Current Sociology

An international bibliography that deals in alternative issues with bibliographies and trend reports on various aspects of theoretical and applied sociology, such as rural sociology, and the sociology of marriage.

Print Index

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Des Moines Register

The Des Moines Register is the largest circulation paper in the state of Iowa. This link goes to a page describing how to access the Des Moines Register in various formats (online, CD-ROM, microfilm, and print).

Online

Dictionary of Literary Biography

Online

Digital Anthology of Recorded Music [alt title]

Streaming audio recordings of chiefly 20th and 21st century music recorded on American recording labels, including New World. Also includes complete and original liner notes and essays.

Online

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

This is a database of over 1,000 free, full-text, peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly journals. It covers a wide range of subject areas in a variety of languages in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities.

Online

Disclosure Corporate Snapshots

1986-current. Directory information on companies publicly traded on U.S. exchanges including annual reports, company summary information, and shareholder reports. Available off-campus via proxy server.

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Dissertation Abstracts

1861-current. Covers the complete range of academic subjects appearing in dissertations accepted at most accredited institutions in the U.S. and some in Canada and other countries. Available off-campus via proxy server.

Online

DOAJ [alt title]

Online

Doctoral Dissertations on Asia

An annotated bibliographical journal of current international research on Asian Studies.

Print Index

DRAM

Streaming audio recordings of chiefly 20th and 21st century music recorded on American recording labels, including New World. Also includes complete and original liner notes and essays.

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Early American Newspapers, Series 1, 2, 3 (1690-1922)

1690-1922. Full text of hundreds Early American newspapers including titles from all 50 present states.

Online

EBooks

Current. OCLC catalog of online electronic books available through libraries worldwide. Available off-campus via proxy server.

Online

EBSCO Animals [K-12]

Current. Offers in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to the nature and habitat of familiar animals. Available off-campus via proxy server. Available off-campus via proxy server.

Online

EBSCO for Kids [K-12]

Current. Provides encyclopedia entries, a dictionary, and magazine articles aimed at children and young people up to high school level. Available off-campus via proxy server.

Online

EBSCO Host Academic Search Premier [alt title]

Dates vary. An extensive multi-disciplinary database providing full text for thousands of publications, including thousands of peer-reviewed journals. Available off-campus via proxy server.

Online

EBSCOhost

Provides a multipurpose gateway to searching a wide range of subjects in 16 different databases, including an encyclopedia, scholarly and popular periodicals, news sources, information about health, business, education, and pharmacology.

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ECCO [alt title]

Digitized copies of 138,000 English-language titles and editions published between 1701 and 1800, primarily in the United Kingdom and the Americas. Includes books, broadsides, Bibles, tract books, sermons, and printed ephemera.

Online

ECO (Electronic Collections Online)

1995-current. A collection of thousands of scholarly journals covering a wide range of subjects in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Available off-campus via proxy server.

Online

EconLit

1969-current. Provides citations for journals, books, dissertations, and working papers on economics from hundreds of sources. Available off-campus via proxy server.

Online

Economic Statistics [alt title]

Links to a variety of statistical resources available to the Grinnell College community compiled and organized by Kevin Engel

Online

Education Index

An index of articles from leading publications in the field of education. Coverage includes every age and sector of the educational community from preschool through college. (1929-2005)

Print Index

Education Research Complete

"A database covering scholarly research and information relating to all areas of education. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties."

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eHRAF Archaeology

A cross-cultural database containing tens of thousands of pages of information on the world's prehistory. It is organized by archaeological tradition and by subject. Available off-campus via proxy server.

Online

eHRAF World Cultures

Late 1800s-present. Cross-cultural database containing information on aspects of cultural and social life of cultures & ethnic groups. Full-text sources indexed at the paragraph level. Available off-campus via proxy server.

Online

Eighteenth Century

A bibliography of periodicals covering all aspects of 18th-century civilization and culture.

Print Index

Eighteenth Century Collections Online

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Elsevier

Pay-per-view access to articles from 2000+ journals published by Elsevier. **Students should see a Librarian for access.**

Online

Empire Online

1492-present. A collection of original primary documents relating to cultural contacts, including aspects of religion, race, class, and imperialism.

Online

Encyclopedia Britannica (online) [alt title]

Includes the complete Encyclopedia Britannica, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, Britannica Student Encyclopedia and the Britannica Book of the Year.

Online

Entrez Pubmed [alt title]

Covers the out-of-scope citations from certain MEDLINE journals (e.g., articles on plate tectonics or astrophysics), primarily general science and chemistry journals.

Online

Entrez: the Life Sciences Search Engine

A search system created by the National Center for Biotechnology Information to search its major databases, including PubMed, Nucleotide and Protein Sequences, Protein Structures, Complete Genomes, Taxonomy, and others.

Online

Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management

A multidisciplinary database providing coverage of the environmental sciences. Abstracts and citations are drawn from nearly 6,000 serials including scientific journals, conference proceedings, reports, monographs, books and government publications.

Online

ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) (through CSA)

1966-current. Indexes education-related literature, including library science literature. Covers journal articles, dissertations, government documents, conference proceedings, and much more. Available off-campus via proxy server.

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ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) (through EBSCO)

1966-current. Indexes education-related literature, including library science. Covers journal articles, dissertations, government documents, conference proceedings, and much more. Available off-campus via proxy server.

Online

Essay and General Literature Index

Literature index

Print Index

Ethnic NewsWatch

Full text of newspapers published by U.S. ethnic communities including African American, Hispanic, Greek, Italian, Jewish, Finnish, Russian, Filipino, Arabic, Asian, Pacific Islander, Native American, and more. Available off-campus via proxy server.

Online

ETOH [alt title]

Covers all aspects of alcohol abuse and alcoholism.

Online

European Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies

1991-present (online), 1975-1995 (print). Citations for Slavic and East European studies published in Europe, geographic coverage of East-Central and Eastern Europe as well as Russia and the former Soviet Union/Commonwealth of Independent States.

Online

EuroTrade Online

Provides access to domestic and international business, economic, and trade information; statistics, market research reports, trade issues, and data related to the global economy.GET A USER ID AND PASSWORD FROM A REFERENCE LIBRARIAN

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FARS (Financial Accounting Research System)

Current. Original Pronouncements, as amended, including Implementation Guides and FASB Staff Positions; Current Text; Topical Index; EITF Abstracts; FARS Reference Guide, etc. On-campus access only. 15 concurrent users.

FASB Financial Accounting Research System

FBIS Index [alt title]

1991-1996. Index to the FBIS Daily Reports issued by the U.S. Government. Translations of broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals, and government statements from nations around the world.

Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index

Covers journal articles, book reviews, and essays in books about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages.

Online

Fiction Connection

Use Fiction Connection to discover titles similar to those you already enjoy. Or feel free to browse titles by topic, genre, setting, character, location, and timeframe.

Online

Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text

Some full text. Coverage of film and television theory, preservation & restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews.

Online

FindArticles

A World Wide Web-based search tool for locating articles in over 500 publications covering science, the arts, politics, technology, social issues, and culture.

Online

FindLaw

Covers a wide variety of legal topics, includes a legal dictionary, legal news, court opinions from the U.S. and other countries, as well as the text of U.S. and international law codes, constitutions from the U.S. and other countries.

Online

FirstSearch

A gateway to searching the many databases offered through the FirstSearch interface. The databases cover a wide range of subjects in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities.

Online

Folkstreams.net

Building a national preserve of documentary films about American folk or roots culture. Produced by independent filmmakers, these hard-to-find films give voice to the arts and experience of diverse American groups.

Online

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Index [alt title]

French 20 Bibliography

A critical and biographical reference for the study of French literature since 1885. Published by the French Institute/Alliance Francaise.

Print Index

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia [K-12]

Current. Full text of the encyclopedia, including 25,000 entries covering an array of topics and subject areas. Also includes images. Available off-campus via proxy server.

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Gakujutsu kontentsu porataru

Coverage varies. Citations. Japanese academic portal providing services about academic paper information, book information, etc. and connecting CiNii (citation information by NII), Webcat Plus, KAKEN, NII-DBR (Academic research database repository)

Online

GDF Online

Contains database of time-series indicators complete for 1970 through 2 year in the past and for 1970-8 years in the future for "pipeline data". World Debt, loans, etc.

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GenderWatch

A collection of over 140 international journals, magazines, newsletters, regional publications, special reports and conference proceedings devoted to the impact of gender across a broad range of subject areas.

Online

GeNii, NII scholarly academic and information portal

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GEOBASE

1980-present. Covers over 2,060 sources including journals, books, monographs, conference proceedings, and reports with information about geography, geology, ecology, and more. Available off-campus via proxy server.

Online

GeoRef

BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. CONTACT Kevin Engel FOR ACCESS TO GeoRef. The database of the American Geological Institute (AGI). It covers worldwide technical literature on geology and geophysics.

Online

Germanistik

A core biblographic source for citations in German language and literature. Each volume contains approximately 7,500 citations from approximately 500 different sources, including journals and collected works.

Print Index

Global Development Finance

Contains database of time-series indicators complete for 1970 through 2 year in the past and for 1970-8 years in the future for "pipeline data". World Debt, loans, etc.

Online

Global environment for networked intellectual information

Online

Google book search

Google books search allows searching of the content of any book that has been scanned into the database. Public domain books are free to view the full-text or download. Books under copyright may be found in a library via Worldcat or ordered.

Online

Google image search

Google's Image Search is the most comprehensive on the Web, with billions of images indexed and available for viewing. The images identified by the Google Image Search service may be protected by copyrights. May include mature content.

Online

Google scholar search

Google Scholar provides a way to broadly search for scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources: books, abstracts, articles, from academic publishers, societies, etc.

Online

Government finance statistics

On-campus access. 1972-current. Database contains the economic time series appearing in the Government finance statistics yearbook (GFSY) publication.

GPO (U.S. Government Publications Office) (through FirstSearch)

1976-current. Indexes all types of U.S. government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by executive departments. Available off-campus via proxy server.

Online

Greenfile

Coverage varies.Some full-text.Information on aspects of human impact to the environment.Scholarly, government and general-interest titles about global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.

Online

Grinnell College Art Collection [alt title]

Search for objects in the Grinnell College Art Collection. Images are not currently available

Online

Grinnell College Libraries Historic Iowa Postcards [alt title]

Collection of digitized Historic Iowa Postcards held by the Grinnell College Libraries.

Online

Grinnell College slide collection [alt title]

Search for slides in the Grinnell College Slide Collection.

Online

Grove Art Online

Full text. Gateway into art research and the access point for Oxford art reference subscriptions and publications including The Dictionary of Art(1996, 34 vols) and The Oxford Companion to Western Art(2001). Articles will be added and updated.

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Grove Music Online

All time periods. Full text. Oxford Music Online expands Grove Music online and comprises the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz and more.

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Handbook of Latin American Studies

A bibliography on Latin America edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress, alternates annually between the social sciences and the humanities. Access to future, current, and retrospective volumes of the Handbook.

Print Index

Handbook of Latin American Studies (online)

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Health Source: Consumer Edition

1985-current. A collection of consumer health information with access to hundreds of periodicals. Subjects covered include genetics, oncology, pediatrics, emergency medicine, bacteriology,and more. Available off-campus via proxy server.

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Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition

1975-current. Provides access to hundreds of peer-reviewed journals focusing on many medical disciplines, with emphasis on nursing and allied health. Available off-campus via proxy server.

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HighWire Press

A division of the Stanford University Libraries, HighWire Press hosts the largest repository of free, full-text, peer-reviewed content, with 919 journals in the Biological , Physical, Medical and Social Sciences currently included. 12/2005

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Historic Iowa Postcards (Grinnell College)

Collection of digitized Historic Iowa Postcards held by the Grinnell College Libraries.

Online

Historical Abstracts

Covers world history after 1450, except for the U.S. and Canada. Includes articles, books, collections, and dissertations from over 2,000 journals.

Online

Historical Statistics of the United States

Colonial times to present. Standard source for the quantitative facts of American history. Download tables in Excel or CSV, etc. Create custom tables; advanced searching of the tables, their documentation, and essays.

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Indexes articles on a diverse range of subjects from the humanities, including archaeology, art, classics, philosophy, history, music, linguistics, literature and religion. Sources cited include articles, reviews, interviews, and original works of fiction

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Humanities International Complete

Dates vary. Covers articles on subjects including archaeology, art, classics, philosophy, history, music, linguistics, literature and religion.

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ICPSR

The Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) maintains and provides access to the largest archive of social science data. Datasets can be searched by keyword, topic, or by study number.

Online

IEEE Computer Society Digital Library

1988-current. Searchable database of journals, magazines, and conference proceedings published by the IEEE Computer Society. Abstracts only for most publications.

Online

Independent Online

A source for news, classifieds and information from South Africa. Contains hundreds of local news items, all fully searchable. In English.

Online

Index of Economic Articles in Journals and Collective Volumes

Indexes current-year journal articles and essays on all aspects of economics, including conference proceedings, books, and over 350 scholarly journals.

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Index to American little magazines

1920-1967. Indexes small press magazines.

Print Index

Index to Black Periodicals

Provides indexing to African American periodicals of general and scholarly interest. In 2002, the index included 34 publications.

Print Index

Index to Book Reviews in the Humanities

An index to book reviews in the Humanities

Print Index

Index to the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) daily reports

Industrial Arts Index

Subject guide to a selected list of engineering, trade and business periodicals and the related subjects of science and technology.

Print Index

Ingenta

An electronic table of contents and search service. Users can set up a personal account and receive e-mail alerts of recently published articles of interest and/or the table of contents of new issues of journals of interest.

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INSPEC

BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. CONTACT KEVIN ENGEL FOR ACCESS TO INSPEC. Provides indexing and abstracts of over 4,100 journals, book reviews, conference proceedings, and dissertations in the areas of physics, electronics, and computer science.

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International African Bibliography

Indexes articles on Africa generally, African regions, Indian Ocean islands, and the African diaspora. Publications are from African and international sources, primarily in English.

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International African Bibliography (Online)

Indexes articles on Africa generally, African regions, Indian Ocean islands, and the African diaspora. Publications are from African and international sources, primarily in English.

Online

International Critical Tables of Numerical Data, Physics, Chemistry and Technology

Contains numerical data on inorganic and organic compounds, and pure substances. Covers physics, chemistry, and technology. The 1000-page index is hyperlinked to each entry's appropriate page.

Online

International Financial Statistics

Published by the International Monetary Fund, IFS is a standard source of international statistics on all aspects of international and domestic finance.

Online

International Index to Periodicals

Index to journals in the social sciences and humanities

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International Philosophical Bibliography

Provides an index to the philosophical literature in periodicals and books published in German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, and Portuguese. The bibliography itself is published in French.

Print Index

Iowa Postcard Collection [alt title]

Collection of digitized Historic Iowa Postcards held by the Grinnell College Libraries.

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Isis Current Bibliography

A bibliography that covers the history of science and its cultural influences. Created by the History of Science Society.

Print Index

Iter: gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance

Coverage varies. Some full text. Resources for the study and teaching of the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700) citations in journals(1784-), books, reviews; a finding list of Renaissance humanistic manuscripts; etc.

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Journal of Economic Abstracts (online)

Provides indexing and abstracts to economic literature, including journal articles and book reviews. Published by the American Economic Association. Available online through JSTOR. 1963-1968

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Journal of Economic Literature

Provides indexing and abstracts to economic literature, including journal articles and book reviews. Published by the American Economic Association. Available online through JSTOR from 1969 to 2 years in past. Paper available for most recent 2 years.

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JSTOR

Complete full text backfiles of several hundred scholarly journals in the Arts & Sciences, Health and General Sciences, and Ecology & Botany, except for the most recent two to five years.

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Kaiser index to black resources, 1948-1986

Index to materials about African-Americans

Print Index

Ken Christiansen Collembola Collection

Online

Kistle Slide Library Collection [alt title]

Search for slides in the Grinnell College Slide Collection.

Online

Knovel Critical Tables

Contains tables of physical, solvent, and thermodynamic properties for organic and inorganic compounds.

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L'Annee Philologique [alt title]

Index to classical studies dealing with all aspects of Greco-Roman antiquity, including history, literature, art, religion, folklore, early Christian texts, papyrology, and science.

Print Index

L'Annee Philologique (Online)

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Latindex

Scientific journals from Latin American, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal--articles in Spanish and Portuguese.

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Left Index (Online)

Indexes articles from the literature on the left, with a primary emphasis on politically- and culturally-engaged scholarship inside and outside the academy. 1982 and earlier -current

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LexisNexis Academic

Coverage varies. Full text. Provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information and is strong in legislative, government, company, financial and demographic information, market research, and industry reports.

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LexisNexis Congressional

Provides access to the CIS Index--the most comprehensive index/abstract to Congressional publications; 1970-present--plus a wealth of full-text information.

Online

Library Literature

Covers Library and Information Science including records from library journals, books, conference proceedings, library school theses, pamphlets, and book reviews.

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Library Literature & Information Science

1980-current.Covers Library and Information Science including records from library journals, books, conference proceedings, library school theses, pamphlets, and book reviews.Available off-campus via proxy server.

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Library, Information Science & Technology Abstract (LISTA)

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstract (LISTA) indexes more than 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s.

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Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts

Subjects covered include the nature, use, and teaching of language as well as linguistics, phonetics, speech, communication, sociolinguistics, philosophy of language, hearing and speech physiology, and related topics.

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Literature Resource Center (LRC)

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MAS Ultra--School Edition

1975-current. Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database provides full text for over 500 popular general interest and current events publications. Available off-campus via proxy server.

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MasterFILE Premier

1975-current. Covers virtually every subject area of general interest, provides full text of general reference publications, reference books, biographies,primary source documents, and an image collection. Available off-campus via proxy server.

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Mathematical Reviews [alt title]

1940-present. Covers the world's mathematical literature including 1,799 journals. Provides Web access to the signed reviews and bibliographic data from Mathematical Reviews and Current Mathematical Publications. Available off-campus via proxy server.

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MathSciNet

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MathWorld

An online encyclopedia of mathematics, with entries ranging from basic definitions to short articles on more complex topics. Most articles include a bibliography of sources.

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McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology on the web [alt title]

Provides the full text of over 8,000 articles, 115,000 definitions, and 1,200 biographies of scientists covering most areas of science.

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MEDLINE

1953-current. One of the premier sources for bibliographic coverage of medicine, medical research, health care, molecular biology, physiological psychology, and more. Available off-campus via proxy server.

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MEDLINE (through NCBI)[alt title]

Covers the out-of-scope citations from certain MEDLINE journals (e.g., articles on plate tectonics or astrophysics), primarily general science and chemistry journals.

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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus (online) [alt title]

Includes the complete Encyclopedia Britannica, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, Britannica Student Encyclopedia and the Britannica Book of the Year.

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Middle Search Plus

1990-current. Provides full text for more than 150 popular, magazines for middle and jr. high school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Available off-campus via proxy server.

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MLA International Bibliography

1926-current. Indexes scholarship on literature, language, linguistics and folklore. Available off-campus via proxy server.

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MOCAT (Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications) (online)[alt title]

The Catalog of United States Government Publications (formerly known as MOCAT) provides an index to print and electronic publications created by the different branches of government.

Online

Monthly catalog of US government publications. United States congressional serial set supplement (1981-1982)

1789-1995/96. Index to the U.S. Congressional Serial Set.

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Monthly catalog, United States public documents

1907-1996. Catalog of United States government publications. For publications indexed after 1976, see also the Catalog of U.S. government publications (CGP) online.

Print Index

Music Index

Data from more than 655 international music periodicals covering a broad range of subjects incuding musicological or organological topics, plus book reviews, record reviews, first performances, and obituaries.

Print Index

Music Literature [alt title]

1967-current. A large bibliography of music literature providing broad international coverage including records in over 100 languages from over 3,700 journals. Available off-campus via proxy server.

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Music-in-Print Series

Indexes a variety of types of sheet music including sacred choral, secular choral, organ, classical vocal, orchestral, string, guitar, woodwind, piano, band, brass, percussion, recorder, handbell, etc.

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National Gallery of Art

Provides digital images of artwork and descriptive articles about the materials in the U.S. National Gallery of Art.

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National Geographic Magazine

National Geographic Magazine includes indexes to its own content. Earlier years have indexes to several volumes at a time; new years (National Geographic) are indexed annually.

Print Index

National Security Archive

Declassified documents, pictures, and recordings obtained through the Freedom of Information Act by the National Security Archive, an independent non-governmental research institute and library.

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Naxos Music Library

Streaming music service for the genres of Classical Music, Jazz Contemporary, World/Folk, New Age, Chinese Music

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NCBI PubMed (MEDLINE)

Covers the out-of-scope citations from certain MEDLINE journals (e.g., articles on plate tectonics or astrophysics), primarily general science and chemistry journals.

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netLibrary

Provides access to electronic versions of books which may be viewed or checked-out online. All available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Login via individual account for off-campus access.

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New York Times and Index

The New York Times is one of the leading news providers in the U.S. This link goes to a page describing how to access the NYT in the Grinnell College Libraries.

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Newspaper Abstracts

1989-present. Abstracts of items from over 50 U.S. national and regional newspapers. Includes news articles, reviews, editorials, commentaries, editorial cartoons, and other items. Available off-campus via proxy server.

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Newspaper Source

1994-present.Provides selected full text for over 180 regional U.S. newspapers, international newspapers, newswires, newspaper columns and other sources as well as indexing and abstracts for national newspapers. Available off-campus via proxy server.

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Nineteenth Century Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature, 1890-1899, with supplementary indexing, 1900-1922

Indexes 51 titles from 1890-1899. Also indexes 14 of the 51 beyond 1899. Includes a "Poems" section, listing over 13,000 poems.

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Nineteenth Century UK Periodicals

This database contains 1.2 million pages of periodicals published in Great Britain from 1800-1900. It includes publications on women, children, leisure and sport, and humor

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Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism

Provides excerpts from criticism of the works of novelists, poets, playwrights, short story writers, philosophers and other creative writers who died between 1800 and 1899.

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Online books page

Out of copyright materials. Full text. An index of thousands of on-line books on the Internet. Pointers to significant directories and archives of on-line texts.

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Oxford Art Online

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Oxford English Dictionary (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).

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Oxford Music Online

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PA, Policy Archive

Online

PAIS (Public Affairs Informaion Service) International

1972-present. Public Affairs Information Service Database covers global public policy and social issues.

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PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) Archive

1915-1976. Public affairs, public and social policies, international relations. Early to mid-twentieth century public and social policies, international relations. Covers 1915-1976.

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PCI (Periodicals Contents Index)

Index to millions of articles, some in full-text, published in over 3,500 periodicals in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Scope is world-wide and includes journals in English, German, Italian, French, Spanish and other Western languages.

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PDID (Pioneer Digital Image Database)

Collections of images including Art of the Prairie Region, the Grinnell College Art Image Database, the Grinnell College Physics Historical Museum, the Paul Wilson Plant Image Database, and more.

Online

Periodica [alt title]

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Periodicals Index Online

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Perseus Digital Library

An evolving digital library of resources for the study of the humanities. Perseus brings together a large, hetereogenous collection of materials and presents it in ways to illustrate the connections between disciplines, events, ideas, and concepts.

Online

Philosopher's Index

1940-current. Indexes books and journals of philosophy: ethics, aesthetics, social and political philosophy, epistemology, and metaphysic logic, philosophy of law, religion, science, history, education, and language. Available off-campus via proxy server.

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Physical Review Online Archive (PROLA) [alt title]

Online

Physics Abstracts

Covers primary research in all areas of physics, including particle, nuclear, atomic, molecular, fluid, plasma and solid-state physics, biophysics, geophysics, astrophysics, measurement, and instrumentation.

Print Index

Policy Archive

Online

Political Science Abstracts [alt title]

Indexes the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, public policy, and public administration.

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Polling the Nations

Compiles surveys conducted by hundreds of polling organizations in the United States and more than 80 other countries. Each of the records reports a question asked, the responses given, and more.

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Poole's Index to Periodical Literature

An index to dozens of popular and scholarly periodicals of the 19th century.

Print Index

Primary Search

1990-current. Provides full text for more than 60 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Available off-campus via proxy server.

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Proceedings First

1993-current. An index of worldwide conference proceedings. Available off-campus via proxy server.

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Professional Development Collection

1965-current. A collection of hundreds of journals designed to help professional educators stay abreast of the key issues in their field. Available off-campus via proxy server.

Online

Project Muse

Access to the full-text of over 100 scholarly electronic journals in the arts and humanities, social sciences and mathematics. Available off-campus via proxy server.

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PROLA (Physical Review Online Archive)

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PsycARTICLES

Provides full-text articles from several dozen journals covering general and specialized topics in psychology.

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Psychological Abstracts [alt title]

Covers psychology and related disciplines including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, sport, pharmacology, physiology, and linguistics. Worldwide coverage includes references to over 1300 journals, dissertations, and book chapters.

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PsycINFO

Online

Pubmed [alt title]

Covers the out-of-scope citations from certain MEDLINE journals (e.g., articles on plate tectonics or astrophysics), primarily general science and chemistry journals.

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Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale abstracts [alt title]

1967-current. A large bibliography of music literature providing broad international coverage including records in over 100 languages from over 3,700 journals. Available off-campus via proxy server.

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Readers' guide to periodical literature

An index of the most popular, general-interest periodicals published in the United States, reflecting the history of 20th century America.

Print Index

Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature (Annual)

An index of the most popular, general-interest periodicals published in the United States, reflecting the history of 20th century America.

Print Index

Reference Universe

Some full text. Reference Universe helps you find the right article--the authoritative article--to begin your research, whether it's on your shelves in a reference work or in an online reference database

Online

RefWorks

A Web-based bibliography and database manager that allows you to create your own personal database by importing references from text files or online databases.

Online

Regional Business News

1990-current. Comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications including 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.Available off-campus via proxy server.

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Religion Index [alt title]

1949- current. Covers religious and theological scholarship in over 1,000 international journals and 14,000 multi author works. Available off-campus via proxy server.

Online

RILA (International repertory of the literature of art) [alt title]

Index and abstracts (in French or English) of the current literature of European and American art from late antiquity to the present.

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RILM Abstracts of Music Literature

1967-current. A large bibliography of music literature providing broad international coverage including records in over 100 languages from over 3,700 journals. Available off-campus via proxy server.

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Scarlet & Black (Grinnell College newspaper)

Indexes the Grinnell College newspaper from 1976-present.

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Science Abstracts

1898-1996. Provides indexing and abstracts to periodicals in physics and electrical engineering. Issued by the Institution of Electrical Engineers and the Physical Society of London.

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Science Citation Index

BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. CONTACT Kevin Engel FOR ACCESS TO SCIENCE CITATION INDEX. A unique database that allows you to discover who has cited (referred to) a particular article or book since it was originally published.

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Science.gov

Science.gov is a gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results. It enables you to search 47 million pages in real time

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ScienceDirect pay-per-view

Pay-per-view access to articles from 2000+ journals published by Elsevier. **Students should see a Librarian for access.**

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SciFinder Scholar

An interface for searching the Chemical Abstracts and MEDLINE databases. To access SciFinder Scholar, look for the SciFinder Scholar icon on the desktop of computers running Windows in the Kistle Science Library and other locations.

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Scitation

Provides the most current indexing and abstracting of major American and Russian physics and astronomy journals. GRINNELL has access only to the journals we subscribe to for 1996-forward.

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Searchasaurus [alt title]

Current. Provides encyclopedia entries, a dictionary, and magazine articles aimed at children and young people up to high school level. Available off-campus via proxy server.

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Serial Set [alt title]

Reports, documents and journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, originally published in approximately 13,800 bound volumes.

Online

Slide Collection (Grinnell College)

Search for slides in the Grinnell College Slide Collection.

Online

Smithsonian Physical Tables--9th Revised Edition

Originally published by Smithsonian Institution Press, this classic reference source comprises 901 tables of general interest to scientists and engineers, and of particular interest to those involved with physics.

Online

Social Science Research Network

Some full text. A network devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of social science research through the early distribution of research results.

Online

Social Sciences & Humanities Index

Index to literature in the Social Sciences and Humanities

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Social sciences index

Index to journals in the social sciences

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Social Services Abstracts Online

Indexes and abstracts articles in the fields of community development; crisis intervention; evaluation research; the family and social welfare; gerontology; policy, planning and forecasting; poverty and homelessness

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Social Studies Data Index (Grinnell College)

A growing collection of data sets in the political science, economics, sociology, and geology, with links to statistics and data from the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) database. Includes GIS data.

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Sociological Abstracts

1952-current. Includes citations and abstracts for articles in over 1,500 journals, conference papers, books, and dissertations in the social and behavioral sciences.

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SORA: Searchable ornithological research archive

1884 - 5 years ago. Indexes seven primary journals back to their first issues. Auk, Condor, Wilson Bulletin, Journal of Field Ornithology, North American Bird Bander, Pacific Coast Avifauna, Studies in Avian Biology

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Sources of Statistics [alt title]

Links to a variety of statistical resources available to the Grinnell College community compiled and organized by Kevin Engel

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Speech index

An index to 259 collections of world famous orations and speeches for various occasions with supplements

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SPIN (Searchable Physics Information Notices) [alt title]

Provides the most current indexing and abstracting of major American and Russian physics and astronomy journals. GRINNELL has access only to the journals we subscribe to for 1996-forward.

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SRef

A scientific reference linking system developed for members of the scientific community that supports electronic publishing such as databases, multi-media applications and online-magazines.

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SSRN, Social Science Research Network

Some full text. A network devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of social science research through the early distribution of research results.

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STAT-USA

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Statistics sources (Grinnell College)

Links to a variety of statistical resources available to the Grinnell College community compiled and organized by Kevin Engel

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Studies on women & gender abstracts

Indexing and abstracts of articles published in international publications dealing with the main areas of women's studies.

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Studies on Women & Gender Abstracts (Online)

Indexing and abstracts of articles published in international publications dealing with the main areas of women's studies.

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Teacher Reference Center (TRC)

Dates vary. Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 270 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators.

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Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG)

Full text of virtually all Greek texts surviving from the period between Homer (8th century B.C.) and A.D. 600 and the majority of surviving works up the fall of Byzantium in A.D. 1453.

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Times literary supplement index, 1940-1980

Index to TLS, Times Literary Supplement, for 1940-1980.

Print Index

TOPICsearch

Current. This current events database allows exploration of social, political & economic issues popular in today's K-12 school classrooms. Available off-campus via proxy server.

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Transitions Online [TOL]

An independent, online news source from the Czech Republic. TOL covers news, politics, culture, and analysis from central and eastern Europe, and the Balkans. In English

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Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism

Includes excerpts of criticism of literary authors who died between 1900 and 1960.

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U.S. Congressional Serial Set

Reports, documents and journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, originally published in approximately 13,800 bound volumes.

Online

U.S. Serial Set Index (1789-1969)

1789-1995/96. Index to the U.S. Congressional Serial Set.

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Ulrich's Periodical directory

Provides detailed, comprehensive, and authoritative information on serials published throughout the world.

Online

United States congressional serial set catalog

1789-1995/96. Index to the U.S. Congressional Serial Set.

Print Index

USA Trade Online

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Vocational and Career Collection

1985-. Some full text.designed for vocational and technical libraries servicing high schools, community colleges, trade institutions and public libraries. The collection provides full text coverage for nearly 350 trade and industry related periodicals.

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WDI online

World Bank produces this database of 40 years of time series data for more than 200 countries.

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Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals

A bibliography of major periodicals published between 1824 and 1900, primarily in Great Britain.

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Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000

Primary source documents from women's reform organizations such as the Women's Trade Union League, the National Association of Colored Women, Henry Street and Hull House settlements, and the National Women's Party.Scholar's Edition.

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Women Studies Abstracts

Covers articles and books concerning women and education, employment, family and community, medicine, gender roles, social policy, media, and historical studies.

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Women working , 1800-1930

Women Working, 1800 - 1930 focuses on the women's role in the United States economy and provides access to digitized historical, manuscript, and image resources selected from Harvard University's library and museum collections.

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World Almanac

1998-current ed. Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and four almanacs. A source for biographies, encyclopedia entries, facts, statistics, dates, and information about a wide variety of subjects. Available off-campus via proxy server.

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World Development Indicators (WDI)

World Bank produces this database of 40 years of time series data for more than 200 countries.

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WorldCat

Before 1000 B.C. to the present. The OCLC catalog of books, web resources, and other materials held in libraries worldwide. Contains millions of records. Available off-campus via proxy server.

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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

Indexes the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, public policy, and public administration.

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Writings on British History

A bibliography of books and articles published during a given span of years on the history of Great Britain from about 400 A.D. to 1939. Includes an appendix containing a select list of publications on British history since 1939.

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Year's Work in English Studies

An annual publication of bibliographic essays that present a selective, comprehensive, and evaluative overview of a given year's scholarly writing in the fields of English and American literature.

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Zentralblatt MATH

1868-current. Comprehensive coverage of international mathematical research. Try MathSciNet instead for most searches. Grinnell College does not subscribe to this resource, but you can retrieve three results for any search using the free version.

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19th Century UK Periodicals

This database contains 1.2 million pages of periodicals published in Great Britain from 1800-1900. It includes publications on women, children, leisure and sport, and humor

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