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URL: http://firstsearch.oclc.org/fsip?dbname=ChicanoDatabase&done=referer

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Subject Areas: Latin American & Caribbean Studies, Spanish, History, Political Science, International Studies

Chicano Database is a comprehensive bibliographic resource for information about Mexican-American topics and the only specialized database for Chicano reference. It indexes journal articles about Chicanos and also covers (1992 to the present) the broader Latino experience of Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, and Central American immigrants. Chicano Database incorporates the Spanish Speaking Mental Health Database, a comprehensive resource covering psychological, sociological, and educational literature.

Subject keywords: Art. Bilingual Education. Economics. Film. Folklore. Health. History. Labor. Language. Law. Literature. Mental Health. Music. Politics. Psychology. Public Policy. Religion. Sociology. Women's Studies.

Format: Index to Journal Articles
Dates of Coverage: 1967-
Update Schedule: Quarterly.
Database Producer: University of California at Berkeley Ethnic Studies Library, Chicano Studies Collection, distributed by the Research Libraries Group.

URL: http://0-search.ebscohost.com.dewey2.library.denison.edu/login.asp?profile=web&defaultdb=rzh

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Subject Areas: Medicine, Physical Education

CINAHL provides indexing for journals from the fields of nursing and allied health, with indexing back to 1937. Offering complete coverage of English-language nursing journals and publications from the National League for Nursing and the American Nurses' Association, CINAHL covers nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines.

In addition, this database offers access to health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational software, audiovisuals and book chapters, as well as Evidence-Based Care Sheet. Searchable cited references for many journals are also included. CINAHL provides full text 337 of journals, plus legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments and clinical trials. PDF backfiles to 1937 are also included.

Format: Index to Journal Articles
Dates of Coverage: 1937-
Update Schedule: Weekly.
Database Producer: Cinahl Information Systems.

URL:http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org/dbname=ClasePeriodica;done=referer;FSIP

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Subject Areas: Spanish, Latin American & Caribbean Studies, International Studies, Biology

Clase and Periodica is an index of articles, essays, book reviews, monographs, conference proceedings, technical reports, interviews and brief notes published in journals edited in 24 different countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as from publications that focus on Pan-American issues.

CLASE indexes documents published in Latin American journals specializing in the social sciences and humanities. PERIÓDICA covers journals specializing in science and technology. Together, they offer access to citations from documents published in 2,600 scholarly journals published in the Spanish, Portuguese, French and English languages.

Format: Index to Journal Articles
Dates of Coverage: 1975- (Clase); 1978- (Periódica).
Update Schedule: Quarterly.
Database Producer: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM); distributed by OCLC Online Computer Library Center.

URL: http://www.bartleby.com/65/

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Subject Areas: General, People

Columbia Encyclopedia contains nearly 51,000 entries on a vast range of topics, with more than 80,000 hypertext cross-references. Columbia Encyclopedia Sixth Edition is among the most complete and up-to-date encyclopedia ever produced.

Format: Full Text Books
Database Producer: Columbia University Press, available from Bartleby.com

URL: http://www.columbuslibrary.org/cmlcnix/searchform.cfm

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Subject Areas: Current Events, Mass Media

The Columbus News Index is an index of news articles covering people, places, and events in Franklin County and its surrounding counties. The index includes abstracts only of selected articles from 1960-1997. It also includes obituaries from 1932-1997.

Format: Index to Newspaper Articles
Dates of Coverage: 1960-1997.
Database Producer: Columbus Metropolitan Library

URL: http://0-www.cios.org.dewey2.library.denison.edu/www/opnab.htm

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Subject Areas: Communication, Mass Media

ComAbstracts contains abstracts of articles published in the primary professional literature of the communication field.

Format: Index to Journal Articles
Dates of Coverage: Varies by title.
Database Producer: Communication Institute for Online Scholarship (CIOS)

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Subject Areas: Current Events, Mass Media

Communication & Mass Media Complete incorporates CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Penn State) along with numerous other journals to create a research and reference resource in the communication and mass media fields. CMMC offers cover-to-cover ("core") indexing and abstracts for over 300 journals, and selected ("priority") coverage of over 100 more, for a combined coverage of over 400 titles. Furthermore, this database includes full text for nearly 200 journals. Many major journals have indexing, abstracts, PDFs and searchable citations from their first issues to the present (dating as far back as 1915). CMMC contains a sophisticated controlled vocabulary and comprehensive reference browsing (i.e. searchable citations for all peer-reviewed journals covered as "core").

Format: Index to Journal Articles
Update Schedule: Daily.
Database Producer: EBSCO Publishing.

URL: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/databases/login/cndx

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Subject Areas: Computer Science, Physics & Astronomy

Compendex 1969- is a comprehensive interdisciplinary engineering database, the electronic equivalent of the print Engineering Index. Compendex covers the entire spectrum of engineering, in depth, with abstracts from over 2,600 international journals, conference papers and proceedings, and technical reports.

Each year, over 220,000 new abstracts are added from 175 disciplines and major specialties. Besides applied engineering, coverage also extends to manufacturing, quality control, and engineering management issues.

Subject keywords: Mechanical engineering. Civil engineering. Environmental engineering. Computer and Electrical engineering. Structural engineering. Process engineering. Materials science. Solid state physics and superconductivity. Bioengineering. Energy. Chemical engineering. Optics. Air and water pollution. Solid waste management. Hazardous waste. Road transportation. Transportation safety.

For older engineering literature, see Historical Compendex 1884-1968.

Format: Index to Journal Articles
Dates of Coverage: 1969-
Update Schedule: Monthly.
Database Producer: Engineering Information Inc. (Ei).

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Subject Areas: Computer Science, Physics & Astronomy

Compendex Historical 1884-1968 provides an index and abstracts to engineering literature published 1884-1968. For current engineering literature, see Compendex 1969-.

Format: Index to Journal Articles
Dates of Coverage: 1884-1968
Database Producer: Engineering Information Inc. (Ei).

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Subject Areas: Computer Science

Computers & Applied Sciences Complete covers the spectrum of the applied sciences, representing knowledge on traditional engineering challenges and providing material for research concerning the business and social implications of new technology. CASC provides indexing and abstracting for academic journals, professional publications, and other reference sources. Full Text is available for more than 500 periodicals. Subject areas include the many engineering disciplines, computer theory, and new technologies.

Format: Index to Journal Articles
Database Producer: EBSCO Publishing.

URL: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?profile=CHC

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Subject Areas: Medicine, Physical Education

Format: Index to Journal Articles
Database Producer: EBSCO Publishing.

URL: http://gate3.cia.edu/cia/index.php

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Subject Areas: Art

The Contemporary Artists Index indexes over 15,000 artists, artists groups, photographers, craftspeople, designers, and design firms whose work appears in group exhibition catalogs added to the Gund library since 1991, as well as the video periodical Art Today and View, a periodical specializing in artist interviews. The index includes Gund Library call numbers.

Searching by artist shows all the exhibition catalogs in which the artist has appeared. This database is provided free on the web and is produced by the Gund Library at the Cleveland Institute of Art.

Format: Index to Books
Dates of Coverage: 1991 to present
Database Producer: Cleveland Institute of Art, Gund Library.

SEE Literary Reference Center for information on modern authors and contemporary literature.

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Subject Areas: English

Literary Reference Center is a comprehensive database that provides a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes. LRC combines information from major respected reference works, books, literary journals as well as original content from EBSCO Publishing. LRC includes:

• plot summaries, synopses and work overviews
• articles of literary criticism
• full text of literary journals
• author biographies
• book reviews
• author interviews
• and images of key literary figures

LRC also includes full text of selected classic and contemporary poems and short stories. Full text of classic novels is anticipated by Fall 2006. As reference material, LRC includes full text of a number of literary encyclopedia and guides.

Format: Index to Journal Articles
Database Producer: EBSCO Publishing.

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Subject Areas: Women's Studies, International Studies

Contemporary Women's Issues subscription ended June 2006. For most current citations in women's studies, see Women's Studies International.

Contemporary Women's Issues 1992-2006 is an index and full-text resource for women?s studies. CWI covers issues and events that influence women?s lives, ranging from domestic violence, employment and the workplace, and gender equity to family, reproductive health and human rights.

CWI is a multidisciplinary, full-text database that brings together relevant content from mainstream periodicals, "gray" literature, the alternative press, newsletters and non-governmental organization research reports, plus ephemeral literature from leading research institutes and grass roots organizations. CWI provides extensive international coverage of women?s issues.

Format: Index to Journal Articles
Dates of Coverage: 1992-2006.
Update Schedule: No longer updated.
Database Producer: The Gale Group.

URL: http://0-library2.cqpress.com.dewey2.library.denison.edu/cqresearcher

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Subject Areas: Current Events, U.S. History, Law, Political Science

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

Format: Full Text Journal
Dates of Coverage: 1991-
Update Schedule: 44 times per year.
Database Producer: CQ Press.

URL: http://0-library.cqpress.com.dewey2.library.denison.edu/cqweekly

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Subject Areas: Current Events, U.S. History, Law, Political Science

CQ Weekly reports on the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate completely and accurately every week. CQ Weekly Online includes an archive dating back to 1983. Search by topic, page number, committee, "exact phrases or words," bill number, byline or reporter and by Boolean full-text and date searches. Detailed floor votes dating back to August 1983 are easily retrieved.

Format: Full Text Journal
Dates of Coverage: 1983-
Database Producer: CQ Press.