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Alt HealthWatch  Off-Campus Authentication "Alt-HealthWatch focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It offers public, university and medical libraries an immediate resource of nearly 50,000 articles from over 160 international, peer-reviewed and professional journals, magazines, reports, proceedings, and association and consumer newsletters (most from 1990 to the present), plus hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts. In addition to the standard bibliographic citations, the database indexes each article by more than 225 subject categories, 16 article types and 11 publication types. From both a professional and consumer standpoint, Alt-HealthWatch provides in-depth coverage across the full spectrum of subject areas covered by 'Alternative Medicine'."
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Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities
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Cabell's Publishing, Inc. provides help to professors, graduate students and researchers in order to publish their manuscripts in a wide selection of journals. Cabell's offers access to directories of in the areas of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Management, Marketing, Educational Curriculum and Methods, Educational Psychology and Administration, and Psychology. They offer publication guidelines and review information to help with submission of materials.
Owens Library also retains a print version of many of the directories. Users can obtain the call number by searching the online library catalog at the Owens Library website.

CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online) Off-Campus Authentication “The CIAO will post essential country data and statistics on 203 countries collected by the Economist Intelligence Union. In addition to maps and country outlook, CIAO will publish information updated quarterly from the politics and economics section, including background, structure and outlook. The information will also include a 5-year summary from the economics section.” 
Clinical Pharmacology
  Off-Campus Authentication
Clinical Pharmacology has been replaced with Lexi-Pals in Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition database.
College Source  Off-Campus Authentication
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Access more than 20,000 college catalogs in the original, complete, cover-to-cover format. 2 year, 4 year, graduate and professional schools are all included. Users are able to search the complete pdf files of catalogs. Some international catalogs are available in this collection.

CountryWatch.com  Off-Campus Authentication

The scope of this source includes geographic, political, economic, statistical and daily news information about 191 countries.

CQ Almanac Off-Campus Authentication “Since it was first published in 1946, CQ Almanac has been the definitive annual reference for studying the U.S. Congress. Building on the reporting and analysis done throughout the year by CQ's award-winning news staff, the Almanac offers original narrative accounts of every major piece of legislation that lawmakers considered during a Congressional session. Arranged thematically, CQ Almanac organizes, distills, and cross-indexes for permanent reference the full year in Congress and in national politics….Use Policy Tracker to explore a specific policy topic and see how it has changed over the years.” 
CQ Researcher  Off-Campus Authentication

The CQ Researcher explores a single "hot" issue in the news in depth each week. Topics range from social and teen issues to environment, health, education and science and technology. There are 44 reports produced each year including four expanded reports.

The CQ Researcher's hallmark is scrupulous objectivity and balance. Every 12,000-word report is written by an experienced journalist and features comments from experts, lawmakers and citizens on all sides of every issue. Each CQ Researcher examines a single topic of public concern, such as parental rights or Middle East peace. It gives the reader a broad overview of the subject, including the historical background and a discussion of the current controversies and initiatives. Numerous charts, graphs and sidebar articles -- plus a pro-con feature, a chronology, lengthy bibliographies and a list of contacts -- round out each report.

CQ Weekly Off-Campus Authentication "CQ Weekly reports on the world's most powerful legislative body completely and accurately every week. The CQ news team-by far the largest on Capitol Hill, with more than 100 reporters, editors, and researchers-covers virtually every act of Congress, delivering nonpartisan news and analysis unavailable anywhere else. Readers get 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."
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EBSCO Animals  Off-Campus Authentication "EBSCO's Encyclopedia of Animals offers in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals. Within some of the full text, image links are available for the Windows client. Images are accessed by double-clicking any image graphic."
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FACTS.com   Off-Campus Authentication "FACTS.com brings together complete content from the Facts On File News Digest since 1940 and selected content from six other core reference databases to answer questions about events, issues, statistics and people of the last 60+ years. FACTS.com also delivers in-depth features on "Historic Events" drawn from the 60-year Facts On File archive . . . The six databases from which content has been selected are Issues and Controversies On File, Today's Science On File, Editorials On File, Reuters On-Line News Service, The World Almanac and Book of Facts, and The World Almanac Encyclopedia."
Funk and Wagnalls Encyclopedia  Off-Campus Authentication This edition of Funk and Wagnalls Encyclopedia is available via EBSCOhost.

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Grove Art Online
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"Grove Art Online provides web access to the entire text of The Dictionary of Art, ed. Jane Turner (1996, 34 vols.) and The Oxford Companion to Western Art, ed. Hugh Brigstocke (2001). We offer ongoing additions of new and updated articles, over 3,000 thumbnail art images and line drawings displayed in the text of articles, extensive image links, and sophisticated search and navigation tools."
Grove Music.com 
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"Grove Music Online is an integrated music resource on the web, including the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (second edition), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (second edition). Grove Music Online will be updated annually to ensure it remains the most up to date music reference work on the Internet."
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Health Source  Off-Campus Authentication "With this consumer health database, you can find a remedy for sunburn, discover healthy nutritional guidelines or search for the latest treatments for cancer. The content of Health Source: Consumer Edition is also enhanced with several health books published by the People's Medical Society. With this database you can search for information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Health Source: Consumer Edition features searchable full text for nearly 165 journals including Consumer Reports on Health and Mens Health, as well as abstracts and indexing for over 180 general health, nutrition and professional health care publications. Also included is USP Pharmacopoeia DI: Volume II Advice for the Lay Patient and 20 health research books, including books published by the People's Medical Society. Other features include thousands of essays from Clinical Reference Systems covering eight major health related subjects, including adult health, behavioral health, cardiology, drug and medication information, pediatric health, senior health, women's health and sports medicine; Stedman's Medical Dictionary - providing users with access to terminology of genetics, oncology, pediatrics, pulmonology, emergency medicine, bacteriology, and laboratory medicine; and searchable full text for over 1,000 health-related pamphlets."
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition  Off-Campus Authentication Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition provides over 520 scholarly full-text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also featured are abstracts and indexing for over 560 journals.
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LexisNexis News  Off-Campus Authentication This database provides full-text documents from over 5,600 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications including: national and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and non-English language sources, US Federal and state case law, codes, regulations, legal news, law reviews, and international legal information, Shepard's Citations for all US Supreme Court cases back to 1789, business news journals, company financial information, SEC filings and reports, and industry and market news.
LexisNexis Congressional  Off-Campus Authentication

"Perform in-depth research with access to the full-text of more than 211 years worth of detailed information about Congress, including member biographies, committee assignments, voting records, financial data, and the full-text of key regulatory and statutory resources.

Use it to:
Pinpoint expert testimony on the leading issues of the day.
Tap authoritative sources of statistics, projections, and analyses.
Discover a law's intent by tracing its legislative history.
Gauge Congressional attitudes toward current topics.
Find out how members of Congress voted on legislation.
Investigate the finances of members of Congress.
Monitor legislation and public policy on almost any topic.
Review the federal regulations that implement legislation.
Learn the makeup and mission of Congressional committees.
Access "Hot Bills" and topics of Congress."

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Mental Measurements Yearbook  Off-Campus Authentication
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"The Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY) series, produced since 1938 by the Buros Institute, provides users with critical evaluations for over 2,000 commercial tests within a wide variety of areas that include education, psychology, business, aptitude, achievement, and intelligence. Written by leading experts in the field, this series supports the informed selection and use of commercial testing products."

"Typical MMY entries include descriptive information about the test, professional reviews, and reviewer references. To be included in this series, a test must be commercially available, be published in the English language, and be new or substantively revised since it last appeared in the series. Full text of test reviews is included in the database, and up to three independent reviews are included for each test."

How to Use Mental Use Mental Measurements Yearbook Online

MLA Directory of Periodicals  Off-Campus Authentication "The MLA Directory of Periodicals contains all information available on the journals and series on the bibliography's Master List of Periodicals. This information has been gathered by the MLA staff with the cooperation of MLA bibliographers and the editors represented in these listings. Over 7,100 titles are included; of these, over 4,400 are currently indexed. The entries list editorial addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, e-mail addresses, frequency of publication, descriptions of the periodicals' scopes, circulation figures, subscription prices and addresses, advertising information, and submission guidelines. The directory also provides statistics on how many articles and book reviews the periodicals publish each year, as well as how many are submitted."
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Naxos Music Library  Off-Campus Authentication
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"Naxos is the world's leading producer of classical music. Naxos produces more new recordings than any other label or corporate entity. The library offers the complete Naxos, Marco Polo and Da Capo catalogues as well as Jazz and World music, educational products and a growing range of Historical recordings featuring the biggest performers in the history of classical music." Genres of music included are "Classical, Jazz Contemporary, World / Folk, New Age, [and] Chinese." Categoreies covered include "Ballet, Chamber Music, Chora,l Composers, Concertos, Educational, Film Music, Instrumental Musicals, Opera/Operetta, Orchestral, Vocal [and] Collections."

Naxos Music Jazz  Off-Campus Authentication
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"Naxos Music Library Jazz is one of the most comprehensive collection of Jazz music available online. It offers close to 20,000* tracks of jazz from over 1,850* albums. Over 500* jazz artists are represented. Naxos Music Library Jazz comprises Naxos Jazz and the 22 labels of Fantasy Jazz. Naxos Jazz, along with Prophone and Proprius, brings you the world of international Jazz, covering Sweden and Scandinavian jazz artist. US-based Fantasy has the world's deepest jazz catalogue and offers the very best in blues and R&B."
NewsBank  Off-Campus Authentication Provides full-text and wire service news articles of local and regional events in Missouri and surrounding states. Coverage includes business, cultural, educational, political and sports news.
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Oxford Language Dictionaries Online Off-Campus Authentication "Oxford Language Dictionaries Online offers Oxford's high-quality
bilingual language reference content in an expanding range of
languages. Launching with French, German, Spanish, and Italian, this
innovative website features essential language resources never before available online - fully searchable, completely comprehensive bilingual dictionaries, and unique study materials that provide extra help with learning and using an expanding range of languages."
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SRDS (Standard Rating Data Service)  Off-Campus Authentication
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This "leading provider of media rates and data" provides "comprehensive coverage of traditional media - such as magazines, newspapers, television, direct marketing and radio - as well as today's alternative marketing opportunities - such as online and out-of-home." The "database of media rates is the largest and most comprehensive in the world - cataloging more than 100,000 media properties in all. This massive network maintains its currency with verification for each listing up to 20 times a year and more than 21,000 listing updates every month."
STAT-USA/Internet Off-Campus Authentication

"STAT-USA/Internet, a service of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is a single point of access to authoritative business, trade, and economic information from across the Federal Government."

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Tests in Print
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"Produced by the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements at the University of Nebraska, Tests in Print (TIP) serves as a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language. TIP provides vital information to users including test purpose, test publisher, in-print status, price, test acronym, intended test population, administration times, publication date(s), and test author(s). A score index permits users to identify what is being measured by each test. Tests in Print is directly linked to the critical, candid test reviews published in the Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY) series. Users can research current test information from the TIP series and continue their search to all available test reviews published in the MMY series. Tests in Print is an indispensable reference for professionals in areas such as education, psychology, business, as well as those interested in the critical issues of tests and testing."

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Ulrich's Periodicals Directory  Off-Campus Authentication
This Web index is described as "the global source for periodicals information since 1932." It has a searchable database that allows the user to search by subject, index, or keyword. Links to periodicals resources are also included.
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WorldCat  Off-Campus Authentication

"WorldCat contains the merged catalogs of libraries around the world, making it the world's largest and richest database of bibliographic information." It contains "1.3 billion items in more than 10,000 libraries worldwide." "This Web site lets you find an item of interest and then locate a library near you that owns it."

Revised (July 23, 2008)
Created (Summer 1998)
Current Author: Connie Ury and Patricia J. Wyatt
Original Author: Connie Ury
Link Verified (March 2006)