Niagara University Library
Alphabetical List of Databases
The Library provides access to hundreds of databases.
They can't all be described individually, but below is a list of the more useful ones.
Database
Name
Description Dates Covered 
ABI-INFORM
via ProQuest

The premier business and management database of articles, providing extensive coverage of North America and the world. Find research on advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and more. 

Amount of full-text: a lot

Indexing, 1971-present
Full-text, 1987-present
Academic Search Complete
via EBSCOhost
The world’s largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Complete provides full text for more than 5,990 publications, including full text for more than 5,030 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1887. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 9,900 journals in the collection.

Amount of full-text: a lot

Full text as far back as 1887
Accounting Literature
via Lexis/Nexis
Accounting Literature via Lexis/Nexis consists of 18 accounting sources, including journals and other literature.

Amount of full-text: all

Varies
Alternative Press Index via FirstSearch
Indexes nearly 300 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines, as well as providing selective abstracts from research journals.

Amount of full-text: none

1991-present
 America: History and Life via EBSCOhost
Indexes the literature of American and Canadian history. Search results include citations and abstracts.

Amount of full-text: none

Indexes materials  written since 1964, but the topics covered include all North American history
Art and Humanities Citation Index via FirstSearch
Indexes the world's leading arts and humanities journals. Also offers citation indexing, which permits searching by cited references.

Amount of full-text: none

1980-present
ATLA Religion Database via EBSCOhost
Citations and abstracts of religion research articles.

Amount of full-text: none

Indexing, 1949-present
Barron's via ProQuest
A weekly publication for investors. Provides in-depth articles examining companies and industries to spotlight possible investment opportunities.

Amount of full-text: a lot

Indexing, 1975-present
Full-text, 1996-present
BasicBIOSIS via FirstSearch
Indexes 350 of the basic core of life science journals most easily found in college and university libraries.

Amount of full-text: none

Most recent four years
Business and Company Resource Center
A one-stop resource of company and industry information.

Amount of full-text: all

Current
Business Source Premier via EBSCOhost
Business Source Premier provides full text for nearly 8,200 serials, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications. Topics covered include management, economics, finance, accounting, and international business.

Amount of full-text: a lot

Full text as far back as 1965
Catholic Periodical and Literature Index via EBSCOhost
Covers all aspects of the Catholic faith and lifestyle and includes over 370,000 index citations of articles and reviews published in Roman Catholic periodicals, Papal documents, church promulgations and books about the Catholic faith that are authored by Catholics and/or produced by Catholic publishers.

Amount of full-text: none, but it will link to full-text when available through another EBSCOhost database

1981-present
CBCA Education via ProQuest
This collection focuses on Canadian information in the field of education and is useful for those interested in teaching, educational research, and educational administration in Canada. Over 400 journals are in the collection, with file depth back to the 1970s.

Amount of full-text: a lot

Indexing, 1986-present
Full-text, 1993-present
Chicago Tribune via ProQuest
Provides reporting and analysis of regional, national, and international news.

Amount of full-text: a lot

Indexing, 1989-present
Full-text, 1996-present
Chicago Tribune (pre-1997 Fulltext) via ProQuest
Provides reporting and analysis of regional, national, and international news.

Amount of full-text: all

Indexing and full-text, 1985-1996
CollegeSource
College catalogs in complete cover-to-cover, original page format representing 2-year, 4-year, graduate and professional schools.

Amount of full-text: all

Current catalogs, as well as an archive of older catalogs going back a few years
Communication Abstracts
Indexes communication-related articles, reports, papers, and books from a variety of publishers, research institutions, and information sources.

Amount of full-text: none

1977-present
Communication Studies: A SAGE Full-Text Collection
Includes the full-text of 18 journals published by SAGE and participating societies, some journals going back 23 years, encompassing over 5,000 articles.

Amount of full-text: all

Varies
CountryWatch
Up-to-date statistical and narrative profiles of countries of the world.

Amount of full-text: all

Current
Criminal Justice Abstracts
Indexes journals, books, and reports in criminal justice and related disciplines. For each reference, a summary of the findings, methodology, and conclusions is provided.

Amount of full-text: none

1968-present
Criminology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection
Includes the full-text of 23 journals published by SAGE and participating societies, some journals going back 23 years, encompassing over 5,500 articles.

Amount of full-text: all

Varies
Custom Newspapers
Provides access to full-text articles from a collection of 150 newspapers, both national and international.

 Amount of full-text: a lot

Varies
Disclosure Reports via Lexis/Nexis
Contains business and financial information extracted from annual and periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for over 10,000 publicly-owned companies.

Amount of full-text: all

Several years of financial data is provided.
Dissertation Abstracts via FirstSearch
Indexes dissertations and master's theses from institutions in the North America  Europe.

Amount of full-text: none

Indexing, 1861-present
Abstracts included since 1980
EconLit via FirstSearch
A comprehensive, indexed of economic literature.

Amount of full-text: none

1969-present
ERIC via EBSCOhost
ERIC is the largest index of education-related journal articles and reports in the world. Abstracts are provided.

Amount of full-text: a lot

1966-present
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Provides access to a selection of online philosophy and religion reference books: Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Encyclopedia of Religion, New Catholic Encyclopedia, New Catholic Encylopedia Jubilee and Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices.

 Amount of full-text: all

Varies
Gallup Brain
A searchable database of more than 70 years of public opinion.

 Amount of full-text: all

Since 1935
Health Reference Center--Academic
Health Reference Center is a one-stop, full service resource for health-related research. It combines indexing of approximately 228 periodicals, eight reference books, and over 700 pamphlets; more than 1,800 overviews from Clinical Reference Systems; selective indexing for articles in approximately 1500 additional general interest titles; and full text for more than 185 periodicals, all reference books, overviews, and pamphlets.

Amount of full-text: a lot

Some titles go as far back as the late 1980s
Health Source Academic/Nursing Edition via EBSCOhost
Provides nearly 580 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also featured are abstracts and indexing for over 615 journals.

Amount of full-text: a lot 

Last few years mostly
 Historical Abstracts via EBSCOhost  
Indexes the literature of world history (covering the time period 1450-present) excluding the United States and Canada. Search results include citations and abstracts.

Amount of full-text: none

Indexes materials  written since 1954, but the topics covered can go back to 1450
 Historical Statistics of the United States 
The standard source for the quantitative facts of American history. .

Amount of full-text: all

n/a
Informe
Provides access to full-text magazine articles in Spanish.

 Amount of full-text: a lot

Varies
JSTOR (Selected Collections)
Provides access to the full text of many core journals in the arts and sciences.

 Amount of full-text: all

Varies
Journal of Biological Chemistry Online
JBC is a peer-reviewed journal published by the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc. It publishes papers based on original research on various biochemistry or molecular biology topics.

Amount of full-text: all

1980-present
Lexis/Nexis Includes International and North American newspapers company financial information, industry and market news, magazines and trade journals, federal and state case law, accounting information, medical news and abstracts, law reviews, state and country profiles, and much more!

Amount of full-text: all

Mostly since 1990, with a handful of titles going further back.

Literature Resource Center
Provides full-text access to biographies and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary discipline. The database covers more than 90,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with additional in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most studied authors.

MLA Bibliography is also available through Literature Resource Center. 

Full-text: a lot

Varies

Los Angeles Times via ProQuest
The major daily newspaper from Los Angeles. With the nation's largest editorial department, it offers extensive coverage of national, international, and local news.

Amount of full-text: all

Indexing and full-text, Dec. 1996-present
Los Angeles Times (pre-1997 Fulltext) via ProQuest
The major daily newspaper from Los Angeles. With the nation's largest editorial department, it offers extensive coverage of national, international, and local news.

Amount of full-text: all

Indexing and full-text, 1985-1996
MasterFILE Select via EBSCOhost
Provides full text from more than 780 general reference, business, consumer health, general science, humanities, and multi-cultural periodicals. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 2,270 periodicals.

Amount of full-text: a lot 

Indexing, 1984-present
Full-text, 1990-present
MEDLINE via PubMed
MEDLINE is the premier bibliographic database covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences. MEDLINE contains bibliographic citations and author abstracts from more than 4,600 biomedical journals published in the United States and 70 other countries. The file contains over 11 million citations dating back to the mid-1960's. Coverage is worldwide, but most records are from English-language sources or have English abstracts.

Amount of full-text: none

Mid-1960's-present
 
Mergent Online
Detailed information and financial data on American and International public companies.

 Amount of full-text: all

Current; financial statements go back 15 years
MLA Bibliography
Indexes books, dissertations, and journals in the fields of literature, language, and linguistics.

Amount of full-text: some

 

1963-present

 
National Newspaper Index
Indexes articles from America's top five newspapers.

 Amount of full-text: none

1977-present
New York State Newspapers
Provides access to full-text articles from 10 New York newspapers

 Amount of full-text: a lot

Varies
New York Times (1980-present) via ProQuest
An internationally-renowned newspaper considered the official U.S. newspaper because it publishes the complete text of important documents, speeches and presidential press conferences.

Amount of full-text: all

Indexing and full-text, 1980-present
 New York Times (Historical, 1851-2004) via ProQuest
Full-text and full-image articles beginning with the newspaper's first issue in 1851. Includes news, editorials, letters to the editor, obituaries, birth and marriage announcements, historical photos, stock photos and advertisements.

Amount of full-text: all

1851-2003
Newspaper Source via EBSCOhost
Provides cover-to-cover full text for 23 national (U.S.) and international newspapers. The database also contains selected full text from more than 180 regional (U.S.) newspapers. In addition, full-text television & radio news transcripts are provided from CBS News, FOX News, NPR, etc.

 Amount of full-text: a lot

Varies
Nursing Journals @ Ovid
Provides access to the full text of 17 nursing journals. Also features abstracting and indexing for more than a thousand medical, nursing and other health-related journals.

Amount of full-text: some
Varies
Philosopher's Index
via EBSCOhost
Indexes journals and books in the field of philosophy. Abstracts are provided.

Amount of full-text: none

1940-present
Points of View Reference Center
Provides access to full-text articles on social issues.

 Amount of full-text: all

1980-present
Primary Search via EBSCOhost
Provides full text from 57 children’s magazines appropriate for elementary schools and children’s reading rooms. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for over 80 magazines. Other full text sources include: The World Almanac of the U.S.A. and The World Almanac for Kids; The Encyclopedia of Animals; Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia; and full text for over 100 pamphlets.

Amount of full-text: a lot

Mainly the 1990s for full text

ProQuest Newspapers
Indexes 27 newspapers including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post.

 Amount of full-text: a lot

Varies by newspaper

PsycARTICLES
via EBSCOhost
Contains more than 25,000 full-text articles from 42 journals published by American Psychological Association and its allied organizations.

 Amount of full-text: all

1988-present

PsycINFO via EBSCOhost Contains citations and abstracts of journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations and technical reports, all in the field of psychology and related disciplines.

 Amount of full-text: some

1887-present
Regional Business News via EBSCOhost
Comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals,newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

Amount of full-text: all

Some titles go as far back as 1993
Research Library via ProQuest
Indexes more than 2,500 journal and magazine titles covering all subjects.

Amount of full-text: a lot

Indexing of some journals dates as far back as 1971, but most begin in the late 1980s.
SAGE Journals Online
Full-text access to 450+ pee-rreviewed journals in business, humanities, social sciences and science, technology & medicine.

 Amount of full-text: a lot

Varies by publication, but most go back to 1999
ScienceDirect
Full-text access to 250+ journals.

 Amount of full-text: some

Varies by publication
SciFinder
This database is only available on a dedicated computer behind the Reference Desk in the Library and in the Chemistry Department.
A chemistry bibliographic and reference research tool that is searchable by topic, substance identifier, chemical structure, chemical reaction or author. Includes Chemical Abstracts.

 Amount of full-text: none

1900-present
Serials Directory via EBSCOhost
A directory of 160,000 periodicals (contains publisher addresses and telephone numbers, subscription prices, and sometimes brief descriptions of the periodical's emphasis).

 Amount of full-text: all

Current
Social Work Abstracts
via EBSCOhost
Indexes journals in the field of social work. Abstracts are provided.

 Amount of full-text: none

1977-present
Twayne Authors Series
Critical interpretation of hundreds of authors as well as literary movements and genres.

 Amount of full-text: a lot

Varies
USA Today via ProQuest
The trusted source of news and information for over 5.2 million readers daily.

Amount of full-text: a lot

Indexing, 1989-present
Full-text, 1997-present
USA Today (pre-1997 Fulltext) via ProQuest
The trusted source of news and information for over 5.2 million readers daily.

Amount of full-text: all

Indexing and full-text, 1987-1997
Wall Street Journal via ProQuest
The world's leading financial ewspaper and offers in-depth coverage of national and international finance as well as first rate coverage of hard news.

Amount of full-text: a lot

Indexing, 1982-present
Full-text, 1984-present
Washington Post via ProQuest
One of the most recognized news organizations in the world.

Amount of full-text: a lot

Indexing, 1988-present
Full-text, 1996-present
Washington Post (pre-1997 Fulltext) via ProQuest
One of the most recognized news organizations in the world.

Amount of full-text: all

Indexing and full-text, 1987-1996
WorldCat
WorldCat contains more than 32 million references to books, reports, journal names, and audiovisual materials owned by more than 20,000 libraries worldwide.

 Amount of full-text: none

Ancient times to the present

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