George C. Gordon Library

Databases by Subject - General & Multidisciplinary

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Database Title In Quick Find Description Coverage Some Full Text Restricted to...

Academic OneFile

yes

Search full-text articles on physical science, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and more. Full Text Titles Included

1980-

Y

MBLC

ArticleFirst

yes

Citations from 15,000+ journals on all topics. Titles Indexed | Search Tips

1990-

N

WPI

Biography Resource Center

Biographical information on people from throughout history. Titles Included | Search Tips

Current

Y

WPI

Clase and Periodica

Index of scholarly Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities from documents published in Spanish, Portuguese, French and English languages. Titles Included | Search Tips

1975-

N

WPI

Dissertation Abstracts

Abstracts of doctoral dissertations completed in the U.S. at accredited institutions. Search Tips

1861-

N

WPI

ebrary

yes

37,700+ full text books on many topics: Business & Economics, Computers, Technology & Engineering, Humanities, Life & Physical Sciences, Social & Behavioral Sciences, and Datamonitor Industry Reports.

Current

Y

WPI

yes

Includes full text for 2,300+ business journals, indexes 3,300+ titles, as well as industry reports and company profiles from Datamonitor. Journals Included | Other Sources | Tutorial

1922-

Y

WPI

EBSCOhost Electronic Journal Service

Access 680+ full text journals. Journals Included

Varies

Y

WPI

Engineering Village

yes

Abstracts from Compendex and INSPEC databases, with links to full text articles, patents, standards and handbooks in scientific, applied science, technical and engineering disciplines.Search Tips

1884-

Y

WPI

FirstSearch Databases

Access more than 25 databases covering a wide range of topics and materials. Search Tips

Varies

N

WPI

Google Scholar

Google search for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports on all topic areas. Use to find articles from academic publishers, professional societies, prepublication repositories and universities.

Varies

Y

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HighWire Press

yes

From Stanford University, includes Web versions of 920+ journals in biological, physical, medical, and social sciences. Titles Included | Search Tips

Varies

Y

WPI

IngentaConnect

Multidisciplinary database containing references to articles published in over 28,000 journals. Also serves as an alerting service. WPI has access to a few full text titles.

1988-

N

WPI

Issues & Controversies

Articles and information on prominent and hotly-debated issues.

1995-

Y

CMRLS

JSTOR

yes

Online archive of complete backruns of scholarly journals in a variety of academic fields. Titles Included | Search Tips

1800s-

Y

WPI

LEXIS ®-NEXIS® Academic

yes

Full text news, legal, business, and biographical information. Titles Included | Search Tips

Varies

Y

WPI

Library Catalog

yes

Search for WPI library materials including print and electronic books, journals, and audio visual materials. Search Tips

Varies

Y

WPI

netLibrary

Search and browse thousands of full text eBooks. Search Tips

- Y
WPI

OCLC Electronic Collections Online

Multidisciplinary index of scholarly journals. Titles Indexed

1995-

N

WPI

Periodical Abstracts

Indexing and abstracts for over 2,000 popular and academic periodicals. Titles Included | Search Tips

1987-

N

WPI

PubMed

yes

From the National Library of Medicine, covers clinical medicine, dentistry, nursing and nutrition. Same as MEDLINE. Titles Included | Search Tips | Tutorial

1966-

N

Free Web

Readers' Guide Retrospective

yes

The Readers' Guide Index to Periodical Literature back to 1890. Titles Included

1890 - 1982

N

WPI

ScienceDirect

yes

Full text access to Elsevier Science scholarly journals. Search Tips | Tutorial

Varies

Y

WPI

Gale PowerSearch

Database of abstracts and full text articles in newspapers, magazines, and journals.

1980-

Y

WPI

WilsonSelectPlus

Multidiscplinary index of periodicals. Titles Included | Search Tips

1994-

N

WPI

WorldCat

yes

Catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide. Search Tips

1200-

N

WPI

Wiley Interscience

yes

Search journals published by Wiley. WPI subscribes to many titles in various topic areas. Search Tips

1946-

Y

WPI

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