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Academic Search [Lexis-Nexis]
Coverage: Most recent 20 years. Full-text articles from major newspapers, international news sources, broadcast news transcripts, popular and news magazines, and major trade journals. Strong coverage of current events and business news. The "Company Financial" section includes annual reports back to 1984, current company information from the Disclosure database, Hoover's Company Reports, EDGAR filings, stock reports, and more. Also provides access to Medline, health news, accounting and tax sources, and legal resources. [from Lexis-Nexis]
Academic Search Premier [EBSCO]
Coverage: 1990-present. Articles from over 4,170 journals including many peer-reviewed publications. A wide variety of academic fields are covered. Most articles are provided in full text. [from EBSCO & KYVL]
Alternative Press Index
Indexes almost 300 alternative, radical, and left periodicals, newspapers, and magazines. Interdisciplinary and international in scope. Other features include selected abstracts, journal record information, and hot links to Publisher web sites. [from FirstSearch]
Alternative Press Index Archive
Comprehensive index of alternative, radical, and left periodicals, newspapers, and magazines published from 1969 to 1990. Interdisciplinary and international in scope. Includes book, film, and television reviews, interviews, obituaries, and biographical information, in addition to feature articles. [from FirstSearch]
Alt-PressWatch
Alt-PressWatch is a full-text database of the newspapers, magazines, and journals from alternative and independent presses. [Proquest]
Aluka
"The website includes a wide variety of high-quality scholarly materials contributed by Aluka’s partners, ranging from archival documents, periodicals, books, reports, manuscripts, and reference works, to three-dimensional models, maps, oral histories, plant specimens, photographs, and slides. One of Aluka’s primary objectives is to provide African scholars and students with access to scholarly materials originally from Africa, but now out of their reach."
Amazing Animals of the World
"Amazing Animals of the World is a database containing reference and media materials on 1200 animals for grades 2 and above.”
ArticleFirst
Offers searching and browsing of articles and journal tables of contents in one database. Contains bibliographic citations that describe items listed on the table of contents pages of journals in science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture. Each record describes one article, news story, letter, or other item. [FirstSearch & KYVL]
Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Citations to biographies in standard biographical reference resources.
Biography Index
Coverage: 1946-present. Indexes biographical information appearing in periodicals and books, including interviews, obituaries, and autobiographies, as well as other types of sources. Reference area print index.
Biography Reference Bank
Draws from every article about any individual on any of the WilsonWeb databases. Contains over 446,000 biographies. [KYVL and WilsonWeb]
Book Review Digest
Coverage: 1905-present. Indexes periodicals published in the U.S., Canada, and Great Britain that review adult and children's books. Includes English-language fiction and nonfiction. Reference area print index.
Book Review Digest Plus
Indexes periodicals published in the U.S., Canada, and Great Britain that review adult and children's books. Includes English-language fiction and nonfiction. [from WilsonWeb]
Book Review Index
Coverage: 1965-present. Updated monthly. Indexes over 600 general and scholarly journals as well as online book reviews. Reference area print index.
Books in Print
Provides complete, publisher-verified information on all U.S. books in print. Contains in-print and forthcoming books, audios, and videos. Also includes books, audios, and videos declared out-of-print or out-of-stock since 1979. Includes more than 900,000 new or revised records each year and covers scholarly, technical, popular, adult, juvenile, and reprint titles. Also includes full-text book reviews and complete publisher information.
Books in Print
Coverage: Current. Updated monthly. Reference area print index.
Census Bureau
Coverage: Statistics and information for the Census Bureau.
Credo Reference E-Books
Reference books from the world's leading publishers.
All Credo Reference E-books

Dissertations and Theses
Covers every doctoral dissertation completed in the U.S. at accredited institutions for the last 150 years. Includes some master's theses and foreign language dissertations. [Proquest]
Doody's Core Titles
Using online publication systems, the collective judgments of almost 200 content specialists and librarians are distilled into a comprehensive list covering 121 specialties. Titles are selected by the content specialists and librarians. The librarians then score each title and make essential purchase recommendations.
E-Books
OCLC catalog of online electronic books available through libraries worldwide. [from FirstSearch]
EBSCOhost - All Databases
EBSCOhost - Español
A collection of databases, some full text, covering most areas of the curriculum. [from EBSCO & KYVL]
EJS E-Journals
Indexes more than 8,700 E-Journals for which article level access is available through EBSCO's Electronic Journals Service.
Electronic Collections Online
Access to a growing collection of journals in a variety of subject areas, all with full-image articles online. Full-image articles from Electronic Collections Online journals are linked to corresponding citations in databases throughout the FirstSearch service. Articles from many journals can be purchased on a per-article use basis. [from FirstSearch]
Encyclopedia Americana
Access to the Encyclopedia Americana. To access this off campus, go to the KYVL site and use the password. [KYVL]
English Short Title Catalog
Coverage: 1473 to 1800. "Contains records for items of all types published in Great Britain and its dependencies or in English anywhere in the world from the beginnings of print through the 18th century including materials ranging from Shakespeare and Greek New Testaments to anonymous ballads, broadsides, songs, advertisements, and other ephemera." [RLG]
Essay and General Literature Index
Coverage: 1900-present. Updated semiannually. Reference area print index.
Facts on File: World News Digest
Coverage: 1980-present. Updated weekly. Provides a weekly full-text news digest (Facts on File) and daily Reuters On-Line News Service, as well as selected content from Issues and Controversies on File, Today's Science on File, The World Almanac, and Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia.
FirstSearch Basic, All Databases
A collection of databases including WorldCat. [from FirstSearch & KYVL]
FirstSearch Specialized, All Databases
A collection of over 40 databases. [from FirstSearch]
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas. [from EBSCO & KYVL]
Global Gateway: World Culture & Resources
From the Library of Congress. Contains many resources for international studies, including "Portals of the World," with links to different countries.
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
“A popular Grolier resource, the Academic American Encyclopedia, has been made available online as the Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia.”
Grolier Online
Access to the Encyclopedia Americana. To access this off campus, go to the KYVL site and use the password. [KYVL]
Ingenta
Online document delivery service. Ingenta offers NKU faculty access to articles from over 27,000 journals and scholarly publications.
More information on faculty accounts and access.
JSTOR
Journal archives across the curriculum. The individual titles can be found in NKUIRE.
Kentucky Encyclopedia
"The web edition of The Kentucky Encyclopedia contains all of the entries in the print and CD-ROM editions along with selected front and back matter. Entries have been enhanced with descriptive markup using the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI), a widely recognized standard for the encoding of electronic scholarly editions, which allows for additional search and display capabilities in the web environment."
Kentucky Virtual Library Databases
Kentucky Virtual Library contains catalogs and databases. Some of Northern Kentucky University's subscriptions such as FirstSearch and EBSCO are part of the KYVL.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA)
"LISTA indexes more than 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports, and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management, and more. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s." [EBSCO]
MasterFile Premier
Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 2,000 general reference publications with full-text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also includes 268 full-text reference books, nearly 100,000 biographies, 76,000 primary source documents, and an image collection of 116,000 photos, maps, and flags. [from EBSCO & KYVL]
MAS Ultra - School Edition
Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database provides full text for over 500 popular general interest and current events publications with information dating back as far as 1975 for key magazines. MAS Ultra - School Edition also provides nearly 550 full-text pamphlets, 252 full-text reference books, nearly 100,000 biographies, 76,000 primary source documents, and an image collection of 116,000 photos, maps, and flags. [from EBSCO & KYVL]
Middle Search Plus
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), and full-text information dates as far back as 1990. [EBSCO & KYVL]
NetLibrary E-Books
A collection of electronic books. NKU faculty, staff, and students may register for a NetLibrary account. NetLibrary provides access to the Northern Kentucky University/Solinet eBook collections, as well as thousands of eBooks in NetLibrary's Publicly Accessible collection.
All NetLibrary E-books

New Book of Knowledge
“New Book of Knowledge provides online access to this popular resource from Grolier, a standard in school, public, and academic libraries."
NKUIRE
All books, journal titles, and government documents held by the libraries at Northern Kentucky University.
PAIS [Public Affairs Information Service]
Coverage: 1960-present. Indexes literature on public policy, social policy, and the social sciences in general. Indexes journal articles, books, government documents, statistical compilations, committee reports, directories, serials, and reports of public, intergovernmental, and private organizations from all over the world. Reference area print index.
PapersFirst Database
"Index to over two million papers presented at conferences worldwide. Indexing begins with 1993 and is updated twice a month." [from FirstSearch]
Periodical Abstracts
Coverage: A complete general reference resource, with indexing and abstracts for popular and academic periodicals. Included are transcripts of news-oriented television and radio shows. [from FirstSearch]
Poole's Index to Periodical Literature
Coverage: 1881-1907. Index to about 150 U.S. and British periodicals published from 1881 to 1907. Reference area print index.
Primary Search
Coverage: Provides full text for more than 50 popular magazines for elementary school research. All full-text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles) and full-text information dates as far back as 1990. [from EBSCO & KYVL]
Proceedings Database
Provides tables of contents of papers presented at conferences worldwide. Each record contains a list of the papers presented at each conference. Like its companion, PapersFirst, ProceedingsFirst provides access to The British Library Document Supply Centre's vast collection of conference proceedings. [from FirstSearch]
Proquest, All Databases
Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature
Coverage: 1899-present. Updated monthly. Indexes popular periodicals published in the U.S. and Canada. Includes current events and news, fine arts, fashion, education, business, sports, health and nutrition, consumer affairs, and others. Reference area print index.
RIA Checkpoint (anonymous login, on campus only)
Provides primary sources, legislative documents, editorial information, and news about taxes.
For off campus access, you must first register for a password from on campus or via VPN. With the username and password provided at registration you will find more features available: RIA Checkpoint, Password Access.
SIRS Researcher
Perfect for school and public library researchers, SIRS is a general database containing thousands of full-text articles exploring social, scientific, historic, economic, political, and global issues. Articles are carefully selected from domestic and international newspapers, magazines, journals, and government publications. Brief summaries accompany all articles added to the database since 1994. [from FirstSearch]
Tennessee Encyclopedia
The online edition of the "Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture," a definitive and comprehensive reference work on Tennessee.
TOPICsearch
This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political, and economic issues, scientific discoveries, and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms. TOPICsearch contains full text for over 64,000 articles from more than 3,000 diverse sources, including nearly 1,600 full-text periodicals. [from EBSCO & KYVL]
Ulrich's
List of periodicals in print.
WilsonWeb
Access to Art Index, Biography Reference Bank, Book Review Digest Plus, General Science Index, Humanities Index, and Library Literature.
World Almanac
Includes the full text of all of the Almanac titles: The World Almanac and Book of Facts, providing key facts on a wide variety of subjects internationally; The World Almanac of the U.S.A., with essential facts about the United States - current and historical; The World Almanac of U.S. Politics, a guidebook to federal, state, and local governments; The World Almanac for Kids, covering information and facts of interest to middle-school children and teachers; and the Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia, a comprehensive general encyclopedia. [from FirstSearch]
WorldCat
The world's most comprehensive bibliography, with more than 49 million bibliographic records representing 400 languages. Covers information from 2100 B.C.E. to the present. Includes holdings information from libraries across the world. Now includes the Library of Congress Subject Headings as its thesaurus. Includes records produced by Connextion users. [from FirstSearch]
WorldCat Dissertations
"A database of all dissertations and theses available in WorldCat." [from FirstSearch]
Worldscope GLOBAL
Comprises basic financial information on public companies worldwide. Types of companies covered include industrials, utilities, transportation, banks, insurance, and others. Includes company name, telephone number, address, ticker symbol and basic stock information, SIC codes, industry classifications, and more. [from FirstSearch]

Government Documents:

ASI [American Statistics Index]
Coverage: 1980-present. Updated monthly. Index to statistics published by the U.S. Government. Reference area print index.
Catalog of Government Publications
Coverage: 1994-present. Database of federal government publications.
CIS Index
Coverage: 1970-present. Index to U.S. congressional publications, including committee hearings, reports, and other documents. Legislative histories lead to primary documents that are related to a particular law. Reference area print index.
CIS Publications
Coverage: 1970-present. Index to U.S. congressional publications, including committee hearings, reports, and other documents. Legislative histories lead to primary documents that are related to a particular law. [from Lexis-Nexis]
CQ Researcher
"Published ... 44 times a year, the single-themed CQ Researcher report offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the U.S. economy."
CQ Weekly
Includes "in-depth reports on issues looming on the congressional horizon, plus a complete wrap up of the previous week's news, including the status of bills in play, behind-the-scenes maneuvering, committee and floor activity, debates, and all roll-call votes."
Federal Register
Access to many publications of the U.S. government, including the Budget, the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications, the Code of Federal Regulations, Congressional publications, Economic Indicators, the U.S. Code, the Constitution, the Economic Report of the President, the Federal Register, Public Papers of the Presidents, and the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Supreme Court decisions, and the U.S. Government Manual.
Government Periodicals Index
Coverage: 1990-present. Index to articles published by agencies of the U.S. government. Covers 180 periodical titles back to 1990. [Lexis-Nexis]
GPO Monthly Catalog
Access to United States government publications. [from FirstSearch]
Marcive
Coverage: 1976-present. Updated monthly. This is an index to selected U.S. government publications. Provides direct links to government documents available on the Web.
Military & Government Collection
"Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites. The Military & Government Collection provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for nearly 400 titles." [EBSCO]
Patent Information, U.S.
Coverage: Database from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
USA.gov
The U.S. government's gateway to information on agency web sites.

Newspapers:

Christian Science Monitor Index
Coverage: 1960-1990. Index to the Christian Science Monitor. The newspaper (1960-1990) is available in the Periodicals/Microforms Department.
Historical New York Times
Coverage: 1851-2003. For more recent indexing, see the New York Times Index (in print) or Academic Search Premier.
NewsBank NewsFile
Coverage: 1992-present. Index to full-text newspaper articles, from local and regional papers and newswires across the U.S.
Newsdex
Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County's index to local newspaper articles.
Newspaper Abstracts
Indexes and abstracts of U.S. and regional newspapers, including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, and USA Today. The Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition) is indexed beginning Jan. 1, 1990. [from FirstSearch]
Newspaper Source
Provides selected full-text coverage for more than 240 newspapers and other sources. This collection includes cover-to-cover full text for USA Today, The Christian Science Monitor, and The Times (London), as well as selected full text from more than 180 regional newspapers including: Boston Globe, Detroit Free Press, Houston Chronicle, Miami Herald, San Jose Mercury News, etc. Full-text transcripts are also included from Face the Nation, CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, 60 Minutes, O'Reilly Factor, Hannity & Colmes, National Public Radio, etc. [from EBSCO & KYVL]
New York Times Index
Coverage: 1851-present. Index to The New York Times newspaper. Reference area print index.
Also, Historical New York Times, which covers 1851-2001.
Northern Kentucky Newspaper Index
Kenton County Public Library's index to local newspaper articles.
Official Index to the Times (London)
Coverage: 1789-1981. Index to the Times London. The newspaper is available on microfilm (Periodicals Department) through 1981. Reference area print index.
Wall Street Journal Index
Coverage: 1960-present. Updated monthly. Index to the Wall Street Journal. Reference area print index.
Washington Post Index
Coverage: 1960-present. Updated monthly. Index to the Washington Post. Reference area print index.

updated: Wednesday, 30-Jan-2008 14:44:26 EST

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