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FINDING BOOK AND JOURNAL INFORMATION AT ALBRIGHT AND BEYOND

Albright owned books and media materials
available via the online catalog

Albright OPAC

Access to print and online full text journals

Journal Locator
[Note: many databases have the automatic ILLiad icon link in them to find full text articles in other databases]

Remote login to databases if you wish to use any of these titles off campus

remote access icon

Access to items available only at other libraries -- Interlibrary Loan

ILLiad @ Albright
[Note: many databases have the automatic ILLiad request form icon link in them]

Multi-database vendor links

EbscoHost (academic)
EbscoHost (general)
FirstSearch
Lexis Nexis
ProQuest

WilsonWeb (OmniFile)

Complete list of library databases

A to Z database list


SUBJECT DATABASES

General & Multidisciplinary Database Links

Accounting, Business & Economics Database Links
Arts & Humanities Database Links
Educational Database Links
Science Database Links Social Science Database Links

Art Abstracts - In WilsonWeb OmniFile Fulltext Mega select the "Subject Area" Art (ART)

ArtSTOR

Gale Literary Index to the Gateway pagenew item (see comments below)

History Cooperative new item

Humanities Abstracts in WilsonWeb

MLA International Bibliography

Oxford English Dictionary new item(only available with remote login)

Philosopher's Index

Project Muse

Curriculum Research Center, Junior Ed, Grades K-5

Curriculum Research Center, Senior Ed., Grades 6-12

Education Abstracts in WilsonWeb

ERIC/EDRS

Applied Science & Technology - In WilsonWeb OmniFile Fulltext Mega select the "Subject Area" Applied Science & Technology (AST)

Biological Abstracts/BIOSIS

Biological & Agricultural Index - In WilsonWeb OmniFile Fulltext Mega select the "Subject Area" Biological Agricultural (BA)

General Science Abstracts in WilsonWeb

GEOBASE

MEDLINE

ScienceDirect Quick Search

ScienceDirect Basic Search

SciFinder Scholar (single user license -- required software loaded on computers in Science Building & Library)

CQ Weekly

eHRAF World Cultures

LEXIS NEXIS -- Legal Research

PsycARTICLES

PsycINFO

SocINDEX with Full Text

Social Sciences Index  in WilsonWeb

ScienceDirect Quick Search

ScienceDirect Basic Search


GET HELP BY SUBJECT -- Websites created by Albright College librarians and faculty

Basic References Assistance

Accounting and Business/Economics
Arts and Humanities
Education

Book Information
Citing Internet Resources
›Copyright
›Evaluating ›Internet Resources
Local Berks County Resources
Other Library Catalogs
Reference Help (via IPL)
Search Engines & Internet Directories

Accounting &Tax
Business & Economics
Art
Classical Studies

English Communications
English Literature
History
Modern Foreign Languages

Music
Philosophy
Religious Studies

Theater
Education General Science
Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Computer Science
Earth Sciences
Environmental Sciences
Health
Mathematics
Physics
Anthropology
Area Studies
Criminology/Crime & Justice
Family Studies
Political Science
Psychology
Sociology

NEW ITEMS & TRIAL DATABASES

 

Gale Literary Index to the Gateway new 1/08 -- This link will allow you to search the print collections of the Contemporary Literary Criticism, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800, Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism, and the Twentieth Century Literary Criticism volumes that have been moved from reference to the general stacks. Literary items can be searched by author or title.

Sage Online Journals new 1/08 -- Fulltext access from 1999 to the present for over 450 journals in 40 disciplines. Select "SAGE Content Available to Me" for fulltext articles or search "All SAGE Content" for additional items that can be ordered through ILLIAD or purchased with your credit card.

AccessPA database collections new Fall 07 -- (includes Ebsco databases such as Book Index with Reviews; Consumer Health Collection; History Center; Library, Information and Technology Abstracts; Novel List; Novel List K-8; Professional Development Collection; Teacher Reference Center; and the Gale Contemporary Authors)

Oxford English Dictionary new Fall 07 -- The OED contract requires that the college validates you as a Albright community member, so you are always asked to log into our remote server and validate who you are

eHRAF World Cultures Beta upgrade site for the eHRAF Collection of Ethnography will be completed by February 2008. The eHRAF World Cultures is a cross-cultural database that contains information on all aspects of cultural and social life. The annually-growing eHRAF database is unique in that the information is organized by cultures and ethnic groups and the full-text sources are subject-indexed at the paragraph level. The beta version contains 10 additional cultures.

new DATABASE TRIALS new -- No trials are in effect for Spring 2008.
Please provide all feedback on these databases and other new databases to Sandy Stump, Collection Management Librarian.


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Last updated on May 28, 2008