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Philosophy, psychology, ethics    20
Religion    11
Social sciences    242
Language, linguistics    12
  Science    110
Applied science, medicine, business, technology    127
Arts, entertainment, sport    24
Literature    31
History, geography, biography    73
Limit this Level by Subject   80
     Name Cost      Description      Supplier
Academic Search Complete   S Multi-disciplinary journal database with extensive full-text availability Ebsco
AHSearch   S Arts and Humanities Citation Index FirstSearch
Alex Catalogue of E-Texts   F American and English literature as well as Western philosophy Alex
Amazon   F Bookseller catalog Amazon
American Scholars   S Gale Directory of American Scholars Lexis
Annie   F Washington and Lee University's Library Catalog W&L
ARTFL   F American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language UofChicago
ArticleFirst   S Multidisciplinary journal index from tables of contents info. (1990- ) FirstSearch
Ask   F Internet search engine Ask
BigChalk   S Magazine, newspaper, transcript database, with full-text (via Public Library - need public library card for access ) BigChalk
Books in Print (Bowker's)   C Books in Print, Out of Print, & Forthcoming, with reviews FirstSearch
Books on the Internet   F Online books: on the Internet (full-text) UofPennsylvania
British Books in Print (Whitaker's)   S British books in print Westlaw
Cambridge Journals Online   S Journals published by Cambridge University Press (full-text) (1997- ) CUP
Canadian Encyclopedia   F Canadian Encyclopedia Online Historica
ClasePeriodica   S Index of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities FirstSearch
Columbia Encyclopedia   F General encyclopedia Bartleby
Conference Papers   S Conference Papers Index (1982- ) CSA
Directory of Open Access Journals   F Links to journals offering free, full-text access DOAJ
Directory of Published Proceedings   F Lists published proceedings, and lists of conferences Interdok
Dissertation Abstracts   S Dissertations & theses from US and North America Westlaw
Dissertation Abstracts   S Dissertations & theses from US and North America FirstSearch
Dissertation Abstracts   F Dissertations & theses from US and North America (current 2 yrs) UMI
Dissertations Indexed in WorldCat   S An Index of all dissertations and theses listed in WorldCat FirstSearch
Early English Books   S Early English books, pamphlets (full-text images) (1473-1700) Chadwyck
ECO   C Scholarly Journal Index, with full-text FirstSearch
Eighteenth Century Collections Online   S Full-text of 18th Century books and pamphlets Gale
Encyclopedia Britannica   F Encyclopedia Britannica EB
Factiva   S Newspapers, magazines, and corporate information (replaces Dow Jones) (full-text) Factiva
Facts on File   S Facts on File, editorials, events , U.S. and World News(1940- ) Facts on File
Find Articles (LookSmart)   F Medium sized database of freely available online articles (full-text) FindArticles
Fuente Académica   S Full-text database of scholarly Spanish language journals Ebsco
General Reference Center Gold   S Newspapers, periodicals, reference sources, with full-text (via Public Library - need public library card for access ) (1980- ) Gale
Global Books In Print   S Books in Print (Bowker's) and British Books in Print (Whitaker's) Bowker
Google   F Internet search engine Google
Harper's Weekly   S Harper's Weekly: The Civil War Era, Reconstruction, Gilded Age (full-text) (1857-1912) HarpWeek
HighWire Press Journals   S Stanford's HighWire Press, a large repository of pee-reviewed journals (approx. a quarter of the content is freely available in full-text) HighWire
Ingenta   F Periodical indexes (free searches, pay for full-text) (1988- ) Ingenta
IX Quick   F Internet search engine Debriefing
Journals in Electronic Format   F Index to locating full-text journals at UNC UNC
JSTOR   S Academic journals - full-text (excludes current 2-5 yrs) JSTOR
Lexis   S Lexis (Law School access) - law, politics, magazines, newspapers (full-text) Lexis
Lexis Source Locator   F Journals and databases in Lexis Lexis
LexisNexis (undergrad access)   S Lexis (undergraduate access) - law, politics, magazines, newspapers (full-text) Lexis
Libdex   F Worldwide listing of library homepages and library catalogs on the web Northern Lights
Librarians' Index to the Internet   F Annotated and searchable index to Internet resources LII
Libweb   F Worldwide listing of library homepages and library catalogs on the web U.C. Berkeley
Live Search (Windows)   F Internet Search Engine live.com
MagPortal   F Small database of Web-based online magazine articles (full-text) MagPortal
MasterFILE Premier   S Multi-disciplinary database desined for public libraries, full-text from news, journals, reference works, primary source documents, and an image collection Ebsco
Netlibrary   S Electronic book collection Netlibrary
New York Times - Historical   S New York Times archive (1851-2001) (full-text searching and page images) Proquest
Online Journal Locator   F Locates journal titles that are indexed or in full-text in databases to which UR subscribes UofRichmond
Online Journal Locator   F Locates journal titles that are indexed or in full-text in databases to which VIVA subscribes VIVA
Openly Jake   F Journal search locating which databases index it (or include full-text) Openly.com
Oxford Journals Online   S Journals published by Oxford University Press (full-text) (1996- ) OUP
Oxford Reference Online   S Collection of dictionary and encyclopedic works from Oxford University Press (full-text) OUP
Papers First   S Papers presented at conferences worldwide - index FirstSearch
Periodical Finder   F Locates full-text journals available in databases that W&L subscribes to, or holds in paper copy Ebsco
Periodicals in FirstSearch   F Periodical Titles (indexed or full-text) in the FirstSearch databases FirstSearch
Periodicals Index Online   S Historical Periodical Index in Social Science and Humanities (1665- ) Chadwyck-Healy
Proceedings   S Conference proceedings worldwide - index FirstSearch
Project Muse   S Academic journals - full-text Johns Hopkins
Proquest Research Library   S Multidisciplinary database of periodicals, academic and general (full-text) (1971- ) Proquest
Rockbridge Regional Library   F Rockbridge Regional Library (Lexington, VA) Catalog R.R.Library
Science Direct   S Scientific journals - full-text (non-subscribed journals cost) Science Direct
Scopus   S Science & Social Science Periodical Index/Abstracts (1966- ) Elsevier
Searchsystems   F Public Record Databases on the Internet Searchsystems
SearchUK   F Internet search engine (UK) SearchUK
SIRS Renaissance   S Arts and Humanities database, with full-text (via Public Library - need public library card for access ) SIRS
Theses and Dissertations   F Digital Library of ETDs (Electronic Theses and Dissertations) NDLTD
USA.gov (previously FirstGov)   F U.S. Federal Government's collection of web sites GSA
VMI Library Catalog   F Virginia Military Institute (Lexington, VA) Library Catalog VMI
Washington Post - Historical   S Washington Post - archives (1877-1988 )(full-text searching and page images) Proquest
Westlaw   S Law cases, statutes, regulations, secondary sources. News and periodicals (full-text) Westlaw
Westlaw database list   F Databases on Westlaw Westlaw
WilsonSelectPlus   C Science, Humanities, Education and Business - full-text articles (1994- ) FirstSearch
World Almanac   S World Almanacs - reference resources FirstSearch
WorldCat   S Catalog of books, web resources, world-wide FirstSearch
Yahoo   F Internet search engine Yahoo