Indexes and Databases
Listed by Subject
Use periodical indexes to find articles in journals, magazines, newspapers,
etc.
Use databases to locate statistics, financial data, research, background information
and other resources on a variety of subjects.
Indexes and databases available off-campus to Medaille students, faculty and
staff only are designated by 
If you are experiencing problems using these databases from off-campus,
see the Off
Campus Access page for troubleshooting suggestions or contact the Library.
For more Web resources by subject go to: Research a Subject
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| Lexis/Nexis
Search for general, business, legal and political news articles, and other information. |
EbscoHost
Academic Search Elite or ProQuest Both of these databases may be searched for magazine, newspaper and peer-reviewed journal articles in many different subject areas. |
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| Subject Listing |
Database | Description | Dates Covered | Full Text |
| GENERAL OR INTERDISCIPLINARY INDEXES AND DATABASES | ||||
| CQ Researcher | In-depth reports on contemporary issues provide background
information, current developments and opposing viewpoints. |
varies | Full text | |
| Directory of Open Access Journals | Collection of free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals, covering a variety of subjects. Searchable by journal and article level. | varies | Full text | |
| Ebrary | Ebrary Academic Complete is an online collection of over
10,000 full text books and other documents in Business & Economics, Computers,
Humanities, the Sciences, Social Sciences and other subject areas. |
Varies by title. |
Full text | |
| EBSCOhost Academic Search Elite | Provides full text and indexing/abstracts for academic,
social sciences, humanities, general science, education and multi-cultural
journals. |
Varies by journal; Full text 1990-present. Indexing 1984 - |
Selected | |
| EBSCOhost MasterFILE Select | Provides full text and/or indexing & abstracts from
general reference, business, consumer health, general science, humanities,
and multi-cultural periodicals. |
Varies by periodical; Full text 1990 - present. Indexing 1984 - |
Selected | |
| LEXIS/NEXIS Academic Universe | Search for general, business, legal and political news articles,
and other information. |
Varies | Full Text | |
| OAIster | A database of academically-oriented, full text digital resources from various disciplines and institutions, freely available through the University of Michigan. Includes over 3 million records for online books, articles, reports, dissertations, images, audio files, etc. | Varies | Full text | |
| Open Access Eprint Archives | International project provides free access for all to peer reviewed research papers in various disciplines. | Varies | Full text | |
| Opposing Viewpoints | This is an electronic version of the popular book series,
offering opposing position papers that address contemporary topics. This
searchable electronic version also provides, when available, access to
related newspaper and magazine articles, websites, and online reference
sources. |
Varies | Full Text | |
| ProQuest | Search for magazine, newspaper and peer-reviewed journal
articles in many different subject areas. Many are full text.
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Varies | Selected | |
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| SPECIALIZED INDEXES AND DATABASES | ||||
| Art | ||||
Grove
Art Online  |
Contains the entire text of the 34 volume Dictionary of Art
and The Oxford Companion to Western Art. Includes articles on all aspects
of world art, over 1,500 thumbnail art images and line drawings, and extensive
image links. |
1996 - | Yes | |
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| Biology and Environmental Science | ||||
| Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics | Search for review articles on research developments in ecology,
evolutionary biology, environmental science, conservation and other subjects.
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1984-1992 (table of contents only) 1993-1995 (abstracts) 1996 -present (full text) |
varies by year | |
| BioOne | Search for full text articles from biological, ecological
and environmental peer-reviewed research journals. |
varies | Full Text | |
| The Daily Planet | Search for environmental news articles from a number of databases and publications. | Varies | Full Text | |
| Free Medical Journals Online | Directory of medical journals on the Internet that provide free, full-text articles. Also includes publications in Basic Sciences, Physiology, Psychology, Sports Medicine, Addiction, Public Health and other related subject areas. | varies | Full Text | |
| General Science Collection (Available through EBSCOhost) | Full text coverage for more than 60 of the most popular science
publications, geared towards the general public. |
Varies | Full text | |
| Highwire Press | Search for online journal articles in the life sciences, medicine and psychology. Free full-text depending on the publication and date. | Varies | Selected | |
| National Library for the Environment | Collection of database of journals, news sources, reports, reference materials, and more on the environment. | Varies | Yes | |
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| Business and Finance | ||||
| ABI/INFORM
Global (available through ProQuest) |
Articles from 1000 business periodicals on advertising, marketing,
economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and companies.
From the ProQuest search screen, click on "Collections" to select
ABI/INFORM |
Varies | Selected Periodicals | |
| Database includes company and industry news and periodical
articles, company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports,
company histories, chronologies, etc. |
varies | Full Text | ||
| Business Source Elite (Available through EBSCOhost) | Comprehensive, business periodical database of scholarly
journals and business periodicals, covering topics such as management,
economics, finance, accounting, international business, etc. Also includes
Country Monitor and Industry Yearbook Reports, country reports from the
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and Wall Street Words. |
Varies | Selected | |
| FISonline | See Mergent Online below. | |||
| Gale Virtual Reference Library | Includes a number of online encyclopedias and other business
reference sources including Business Plans Handbook; Encyclopedia of Small
Business and Gale Encyclopedia of E-Commerce. |
varies | Yes | |
| Hoover's
Online |
Company profiles, histories, strategies, market positions;
news articles, stock quotes, industry overviews, and company capsules
for US and foreign public and private companies. Features listed under
"Pro Tools" are available to Medaille students, faculty and
staff. |
Varies | yes | |
| LEXIS/NEXIS Academic Universe | Search system of databases containing full text articles
from newspapers, medical journals, and law reviews; company and business
news and financial reports; accounting, auditing and tax sources; federal
and state case law, codes, regulations and more. |
Varies | Yes | |
| Mergent Online | Financial information on U.S. and international businesses
including history, property, subsidiaries, officers and directors, long-term
debt, financial statements, annual reports, news, etc. Includes EDGAR
(database of corporate financial reports filed with the SEC), and Country
Statistical Profiles. From the Mergent Online Homepage click on "
Enter Mergent Online" to search the database. |
Varies | Yes | |
| Regional Business News (Available through EBSCOhost) | Includes articles from 75 business journals, newspapers and
newswires from metropolitan and rural areas throughout the U.S. New York
titles include Business First (Buffalo), Rochester Daily Record, Business
Journal (for the Southern Tier and for Central N.Y.
| varies by title | Full text | |
| Wall
Street Journal (available through ProQuest) |
Full text of selected articles from financial newspaper,
also includes coverage of national and international news. |
1984 - present. | Yes | |
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| Computer and Information Science | ||||
| Internet & American Life | An initiative of the Pew Research Center, this project provides academic research reports on the impact of the Internet on children, families, communities, the work place, schools, health care and civic/political life. An index of all reports is available. | 2000 - present | Full text | |
| Library,
Information Science and Technology Abstracts (Available through EBSCOhost)
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Indexes and abstracts journal articles, reports, proceedings,
etc. in the fields such as librarianship, online information retrieval,
and information management. |
mid 1960's - present | Varies; some links to full text | |
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| Criminal Justice (See also: Law) | ||||
| National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Abstracts Database | Summaries of government reports, books, journal articles, and unpublished research from more than 160,000 criminal justice publications. | Early 1970's-present | No | |
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| Education | ||||
| ERIC database (Available through EbscoHost) | World's largest education database. Search for abstracts
of journal articles, curriculum guides, conference papers, and other publications
on educational research and practices. Links to full text journal articles
and ERIC documents when available. NOTE: If ERIC documents are
not displaying properly, download the latest version of Adobe Reader from
the Adobe
website
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1966 - present | Selected | |
| International Children's Digital Library | A full text, illustrated digital collection of international children's books, freely available on the Web. Searchable by categories, title, author, language and keywords. | Project began in 2003 | Full text | |
| Peterson's Education Portal | Search for undergraduate and graduate programs, sources of financial aid, and other useful information about higher education. | Varies | yes | |
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| Health and Human Services (See also: Psychology; Social Sciences | ||||
| The Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science Database (ETOH) | Covers all aspects of alcohol abuse and alcoholism. Includes abstracts and bibliographic references to journal articles, books, dissertation abstracts, conference papers and proceedings, reports and studies, and chapters in edited works. | Late 1960's-present | No | |
| Free Medical Journals Online | Directory of medical journals on the Internet that provide free, full-text articles. Also includes publications in Basic Sciences, Physiology, Psychology, Sports Medicine, Addiction, Public Health and other related subject areas. | varies | Full Text | |
| Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition(Available through EBSCOhost) | Provides nearly 540 scholarly full text journals focusing
on medicine and health and related disciplines such as addicition, counseling
and mental health. Also includes abstracts and indexing for over 570 journals,
prescription drug information and a medical dictionary. |
Varies | Selected full text | PsycARTICLES (Available through EBSCOhost) | Over 25,000 full-text articles are available from 42 journals
published by American Psychological Association, Canadian Psychological
Association, covering research in general, applied and clinical psychology,
and in related disciplines such as counseling and mental health. |
APA journals:1988 - present. | Full text |
| PsycINFO (Available through EBSCOhost) | Contains citations and summaries of international journal
articles, book chapters, books, dissertations, and technical reports,
in the field of psychology and the psychological aspects of related disciplines,
such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, counseling, education,
pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, and law.
Produced by the American Psychological Association. |
1887 - present | No | |
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| History | ||||
| America: History and Life | Abstracts of scholarly literature on world history 1450-present
. |
1955-present | No | |
| Gale Virtual Reference Library | Includes a number of online encyclopedias and other reference
sources in American history, including American Civil War Reference Library,
American Revolution Reference Library , History Behind the Headlines:
The Origins of Conflicts Worldwide and Major Acts of Congress. |
varies | Yes | |
| Historical Abstracts | Abstracts of scholarly literature on world history 1450-present. |
1955-present | No | |
In
the First Person  |
Index to English language personal narratives, including letters, diaries, memoirs, autobiographies, and oral histories from hundreds of published volumes and those publicly available on the Web and held by repositories and archives around the world. | Varies | Selected | |
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| Human Resources (See also: Business and Finance) | ||||
| ABI/INFORM
Global (available through ProQuest) |
Articles from 1000 business periodicals on advertising, marketing,
economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and companies.From
the ProQuest search screen, click on "Collections" to select
ABI/INFORM. |
Varies | Selected Periodicals | |
| Humanities | ||||
| Includes three comprehensive, full-text literary databases
- Contemporary Authors (biographical information), Contemporary
Literary Criticism Select, and Dictionary of Literary Biography
(biographical, historical and literary criticism.) |
varies | Yes | ||
| In
the First Person |
Index to English language personal narratives, including letters, diaries, memoirs, autobiographies, and oral histories from hundreds of published volumes and those publicly available on the Web and held by repositories and archives around the world. | Varies | Selected | |
| MLA International Bibliography (Available through EBSCOhost) | Index of journal articles, books and dissertations.Subjects
include literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory
& criticism, dramatic arts, printing and publishing history, and the history,
theory and practice of teaching language and literature. |
1963 - | No; links to full text if available | |
| MLA Directory of Periodicals (Available through EBSCOhost) | Detailed information on over 7,100 journals, including subject
coverage, contact information, frequency, circulation, subscription prices
and submission guidelines. |
current | yes (Directory information) | |
| MRQE - Movie Review Query Engine | Provides access to online full-text movie reviews to over 27,000 films. |
varies
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full text | |
| New
York Times Movie Reviews |
Browse or search 15,000 movie reviews. Includes all movies from 1960 - present, plus all Academy Award "Best Pictures." Requires free registration. | 1929 - present | Full Text | |
| Twayne Authors Series: Twayne World, English, and US Authors | Full text of 600 books from the Twayne Literary Masters
series; includes discussions about the authors' works as well as biographical
information. |
Varies | Yes | |
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| Law | ||||
| LEXIS/NEXIS Academic Universe | Search system of databases containing full text articles
from newspapers, medical journals, and law reviews; company and business
news and financial reports; accounting, auditing and tax sources; federal
and state case law, codes, regulations and more. |
Varies | Yes | |
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| Media and Communication | ||||
| Comunication & Mass Media Complete (available through EbscoHost) | Indexes and abstracts 26 journals in communication studies,
plus articles related to mass media from other research journals, as well
as major journalism reviews, recent encyclopedias, and handbooks in the
area of communications studies. Full text of over 200 journals. |
varies | Selected | |
| Medicine and Health | ||||
| The Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science Database (ETOH) | Covers all aspects of alcohol abuse and alcoholism. Includes abstracts and bibliographic references to journal articles, books, dissertation abstracts, conference papers and proceedings, reports and studies, and chapters in edited works. | Late 1960's-present | No | |
| Free Medical Journals Online | Directory of medical journals on the Internet that provide free, full-text articles. Also includes publications in Basic Sciences, Physiology, Psychology, Sports Medicine, Addiction, Public Health and other related subject areas. | varies | Full Text | |
| Gale Virtual Reference Library | Includes a number of medical and health-related online reference
sources, including Encyclopedias of Alternative Medicine, Cancer, Genetic
Disorders, Medicine, Nursing and Allied Health. |
Varies | Full text | |
| Health and Wellness Resource Center | Find magazine, journal and, newspaper articles, definitions,
directories, web links and other information on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine,
Nutrition, Diseases, Health assessment, Public Health, Occupational Health
and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, Prescription Drugs, Herbal remedies,
and Alternative or Complementary Treatments, etc. |
varies | Full text | |
| Health Reference Center- Academic | Indexes and abstracts medical, nursing and allied health
journals, patient information pamphlets, medical reference books and other
health related sources. |
1997-present. | Selected | |
| Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition(Available through EBSCOhost) | Provides nearly 540 scholarly full text journals focusing
on many medical disciplines. Also includes abstracts and indexing for
over 570 journals, prescription drug information and a medical dictionary.
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Varies | Selected full text | |
| Highwire Press | Search for online journal articles in the life sciences, medicine and psychology. Free full-text depending on the publication and date. | Varies | Selected | |
| LEXIS/NEXIS Academic Universe | Search system of databases containing full text articles
from newspapers, medical journals, and law reviews; company and business
news and financial reports; accounting, auditing and tax sources; federal
and state case law, codes, regulations and more. |
Varies | Yes | |
| Medline (Available through EBSCOhost) | Includes over 11 million citations and abstracts for medical
journal articles, mid 1960's - present. Includes links to full text articles,
when available, and other related resources. SEE ALSO: PubMed and National
Library of Medicine Gateway, for additional ways to access Medline. |
1966-present | Varies; some links to full text | |
| National Library of Medicine Gateway | Web-based search system for multiple medical and health related databases, including Medline. | Varies | Selected (depends on database) | |
| PubMed (Medline) | Includes over 11 million citations and abstracts for medical journal articles. Includes links to sites providing full text articles and other related resources. SEE ALSO: National Library of Medicine Gateway. | Mid 1960's - present | No (links to selected Full-text) | |
| PubMed
Central |
PubMed Central (PMC) is an electronic archive of full-text medical and health related journal articles, offering free access to its contents. | varies | Full-text | |
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| News | ||||
| Alt-Press Watch | Available through ProQuest, this full text database is comprised
of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the alternative and independent
press. From search screen, click on "Databases Selected" and
select Alt-Press Watch only, to limit the search to this database.
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Varies | Full Text | |
| Buffalo
News (available through LEXIS/NEXIS) |
Search in U.S. News. Select "Guided Search" and type "Buffalo
News" in "Search this publication title". |
1992-Present | Full Text | |
| Buffalo News (alternate access through Gale's New York State Newspapers) | Search New York State Newspapers database for articles from
10 newspapers, including the Buffalo News. |
1996-Present | Full Text | |
| Christian
Science Monitor (available through ProQuest |
Includes articles on economic news, politics, media issues,
education, and the arts, etc. From the ProQuest search screen, click on
"Collections" to select ProQuest Newspapers and then Christian
Science Monitor. |
1988-present | Full Text | |
| Custom Newspapers (available through Gale) | Search and read full text articles from 150 national and
international newspapers. |
varies | Full text | |
| LEXIS/NEXIS Academic Universe | Search system of databases containing full text articles
from newspapers, medical journals, and law reviews; company and business
news and financial reports; accounting, auditing and tax sources; federal
and state case law, codes, regulations and more. |
Varies | Full Text | |
| National Newspaper Index (available through Gale) | Search for articles in five top national newspapers - The
New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor,
Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post. |
1977 - present | Full text | |
| National
Newspapers (available through ProQuest) |
Includes articles from 27 newspapers including The New York
Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post, plus other important U.S.,
international and minority interest papers. From the ProQuest search screen,
click on "Collections" to select ProQuest Newspapers. |
Varies | Selected | |
| New York State Newspapers (available through Gale) | Search and read full text articles from 10 New York State
newspapers, including the Buffalo News. |
varies | Full text | |
| New
York Times (available through ProQuest) |
Find full text news articles.From the ProQuest search screen,
click on "Collections" to select ProQuest Newspapers and then
New York Times. |
1999 - present | Full Text | |
| Newspaper Source (Available through EBSCOhost) | Contains full text for 212 regional U.S. newspapers, eighteen
international newspapers, six newswires, nine newspaper columns, The Christian
Science Monitor, and The Los Angeles Times. |
Varies | Full text | |
| News
Transcripts (available through Lexis Nexis) |
Verbatim transcripts of TV and radio news programs. Use "guided
search" option and choose News Transcripts as the category. |
varies | Full Text | |
| Wall
Street Journal (available through ProQuest.) |
Full text of selected articles from financial newspaper,
also includes coverage of national and international news.From the ProQuest
search screen, click on "Collections" to select ProQuest Newspapers
and then Wall Street Journal. |
1984 - present | Full Text | |
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| Psychology | ||||
| Free Medical Journals Online | Directory of medical journals on the Internet that provide free, full-text articles. Also includes publications in Basic Sciences, Physiology, Psychology, Sports Medicine, Addiction, Public Health and other related subject areas. | varies | Full Text | |
| Highwire Press | Search for online journal articles in the life sciences, medicine and psychology. Free full-text depending on the publication and date. | Varies | Selected | |
| PsycARTICLES (Available through EBSCOhost) | Over 25,000 full-text articles are available from 42 journals
published by American Psychological Association, Canadian Psychological
Association, and Hogrefe & Huber, covering general psychology and specialized
basic, applied, clinical, and theoretical research in psychology. |
APA journals:1988 - present. | Full text | |
| PsychCrawler | Search multiple full-text psychology web sites. Indexed sites inclulde the APA, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, and others. | varies | full text | |
| PsycINFO (Available through EBSCOhost) | Contains citations and summaries of international journal
articles, book chapters, books, dissertations, and technical reports,
in the field of psychology and the psychological aspects of related disciplines,
such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology,
physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, and law. Produced by
the American Psychological Association. |
1887 - present | No | |
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| Social Sciences | ||||
| America: History and Life | Abstracts of scholarly literature on world history 1450-present.
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1955-present | No | |
| Historical Abstracts | Abstracts of scholarly literature on world history 1450-present.
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1955-present | No | |
| In
the First Person |
Index to English language personal narratives, including letters, diaries, memoirs, autobiographies, and oral histories from hundreds of published volumes and those publicly available on the Web and held by repositories and archives around the world. | Varies | Selected | |
| Internet & American Life | An initiative of the Pew Research Center, this project provides academic research reports on the impact of the Internet on children, families, communities, the work place, schools, health care and civic/political life. An index of all reports is available. | 2000 - present | Full text | |
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| Veterinary Science | ||||
| AGRICOLA (AGRICultural OnLine Access) | Indexes books, audiovisual materials, journal articles, etc. on agricultural and veterinary sciences. | 1970 - present | No | |
| BioOne | Search for full text articles from biological, ecological
and environmental peer-reviewed research journals. |
varies | Full Text | |
| Medline (Available through EBSCOhost) | Provides indexing and abstracting of many veterinary medical
journal articles, mid 1960's - present. Includes links to full text articles,
when available. |
1966-present | Varies; some links to full text | |
| NOAH (Network of Animal Health) | Includes many animal health and veterinary science resources,
including news, articles from the American Journal of Veterinary Research,
links to organizations, guidelines, online reference sources, career information,
pet care information and much more. Contact the Library for log-in information.
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