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The following databases are made available from the Library. Most databases can be used through any networked terminal on campus. For off-campus access select student or faculty/staff and enter your WPUNJ e-mail username and password. A small number of databases can be used only in the Library. Please contact us if you have a question or problem accessing these databases.
WPU Available on campus or to the WPU Community via Remote Access. Library Available in the Library only
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WPUABI/Inform Complete (Business Periodicals Database) - VALE database. Citations and abstracts for articles from business periodicals, with full-text access to over 2,100 titles. [August 1971-Present]
WPUACM Digital Library / Master SIG File - The Association for Computing Machinery's Digital Library includes the complete text of every article published in ACM journals, newsletters, and conference proceedings. Also included is the master file of the ACM's Special Interest Groups (SIGs), featuring hard-to-find conference proceedings papers and newsletter articles from all of the ACM's 39 SIGs. [1954-Present]
WPUAcademic Search Premier - VALE database. Full-text index to articles from over 3,170 periodicals covering all subjects, plus citations and abstracts for over 1,000 additional titles.
LibraryAlternative Press Index (FirstSearch) - [1991-Present]
WPUAmerica: History and Life (ABC-CLIO) - VALE database. [1964-Present]
WPUAmerican Humanities Index - Bibliographic index to articles from over 700 literary, scholarly and creative journals published in the United States and Canada. Includes citation information for articles, essays, reviews, and original creative works. [1975-Present]
WPUAnimal Behavior Abstracts - From the opening screen, select the database to begin your search [2000-Present]
WPUApplied Science & Technology Abstracts - From Wilson OmniFile. From the opening screen, select "Applied Science & Technology (AST)" on the Subject Area menu before entering your search terms. [1982-Present]
WPUArt Abstracts - VALE database. From opening screen, select "Art Abstracts," then "Search" or "Browse" [1984-Present]
LibraryArts and Humanities Search (FirstSearch) - [1980-Present]
LibraryARTstor [Extended Trial Access] - Full-content digital collection of thousands of art images from several art repositories. From opening screen, select "Enter The Library."

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WPUBasicBIOSIS - VALE database. [Current year plus the previous four years]
WPUBiographies Plus - VALE database.
LibraryBiology Digest (FirstSearch) - [1989-Present]
WPUBooks In Print [booksinprint.com] - VALE database. Includes reviews.
WPUBritannica Online (Britannica)
LibraryBusiness & Industry (FirstSearch) - [1994-Present]
LibraryBusiness & Management Practices (FirstSearch) - [1995-Present]
LibraryBusiness Dateline (FirstSearch) - [1985-Present]
LibraryBusiness Organizations, Agencies, and Publications Directory (FirstSearch) - [Current year]
WPUBusiness Source Premier [Extended Trial Access] - Citations and abstracts for articles from approximately 4,000 business periodicals, with full-text access to over 3,330 titles. [1965-Present]

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WPUCCH Internet Tax Research Network - From opening screen, choose "Enter" button to access the database. Federal and state tax reporters, journals, manuals, guides, Internal Revenue Service publications, rulings, and more.
WPUChild Abuse, Child Welfare & Adoption (formerly Child Abuse & Neglect) - Limited user licenses. If you cannot access, please try again later. [1965-Present]
LibraryChoices 3 (Simmons National Consumer Survey) - For use in Library only. Available at the Electronic Resource Center Software Collection Workstation #21 - please see a Reference Librarian or a Student Technology Consultant for assistance.
WPUCINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health) - VALE database. [1982-Present]
WPUCollege Source - Catalogs from nearly 3,000 colleges, universities and international schools.
WPUColumbia International Affairs Online - Full-text resource containing working papers, policy briefs, books and book chapters, journal articles and abstracts, conference proceedings, case studies, and teaching materials for a wide range of topics in international affairs.
WPUComDisDome (Communication Sciences and Disorders Dome) - Online portal to communication disorders information resources includes a bibliographic database with citations and abstracts for books, journal articles, and dissertations; directories to authors and institutions; a dictionary of speech-language pathology and audiology terms; and a database of web sites useful for research. Includes powerful browsing, searching and save/exporting features.
WPUCommunication Abstracts (via EBSCOhost Electronic Journals Service) - Search the contents of this abstracting journal from Volume 21 (1998) to the present.
WPUCommunication & Mass Media Complete - Full-text index to articles from over 200 periodical titles in the field of communications and mass media studies, with citations and abstracts for articles from over 100 additional periodicals.
LibraryCompustat (Standard & Poor's Research Insight) - For use in Library only. Available on all workstations in the Electronic Resource Center.
WPUCongressional Quarterly Library (CQ) - From the opening screen, select the "CQ Researcher" or the "CQ Weekly." Full-text coverage is available for the Weekly from 1983 to the present and for the Researcher from November 1991 to the present.
LibraryConsumers Index (FirstSearch) - [1986-Present]
WPUContemporary Women's Issues - [1992-Present]
WPUCOS Funding Opportunities - Comprehensive funding database that includes more than 23,000 records, representing over 400,000 funding opportunities from federal, state and regional agencies, foundations, professional societies, associations, and corporations. Provided through the WPUNJ Office of Sponsored Programs.
WPUCountryWatch - Up-to-date information and news on the countries of the world; includes political, economic, environmental, social and investment overviews and data.
WPUCriminal Justice Abstracts - [1968-Present]

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LibraryDissertation Abstracts (FirstSearch) - [1861-Present]
WPUDun & Bradstreet Key Business Ratios - Compare a firm's firm's strengths and weaknesses with competing businesses or within an entire industry.

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WPUEBSCOhost Electronic Journals Service - Access to full-text content from approximately 270 subscription journals, plus citations and abstracts for over 7,000 additional journals. Covers a wide variety of subjects.
LibraryEconLit (FirstSearch) - [1969-Present]
WPUEducation Abstracts - From Wilson OmniFile. From the opening screen, select "Education (EDU)" on the Subject Area menu before entering your search terms. [1982-Present]
WPUEncyclopedia of Life Sciences - VALE database. This new resource includes over 4,000 articles, 7,500 illustrations, 180,000 index entries and 26,000 links. From the opening page, select "Search Our Database" to use the main search screen.
WPUERIC - VALE Database [1966-Present]
WPUE*Subscribe (Online Access to ERIC Documents) - From the opening screen, select "Full Search" or "Express Search." VALE Database [1993-Present]
WPUEthnic NewsWatch - VALE database. [January 31, 1985-Present]
LibraryExecuComp (Standard & Poor's Market Insight) - Contains compensation history for directors and current compensation for executives for companies within the S&P 1500. Available in the Library's Electronic Resource Center. At the opening screen, type "business" in the password field.

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LibraryFactSearch (FirstSearch) - [1984-Present]
WPUFISonline is now Mergent Online - Select "Enter Mergent Online" near the top left corner of the screen to access the database. [1989-Present]

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WPUGeneral Science Abstracts - From Wilson OmniFile. From the opening screen, select "General Science (GS)" on the Subject Area menu before entering your search terms. [1982-Present]
LibraryGEOBASE (FirstSearch) - [1980-Present]
LibraryGPO - Government Printing Office Monthly Catalog (FirstSearch) - [July 1976-Present]
WPUGrant Search - Click GrantSearch. Comprehensive funding services and expertise for colleges and universities
WPUGrove Dictionary of Art is now part of Oxford Art Online - VALE Database
WPUGrove Dictionary of Music & Musicians, 2nd Edition is now part of Oxford Music Online - VALE Database

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LibraryHealth and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI) - On CD-ROM. For use in Library only. [1985-Present]. Request it at the Electronic Resource Center service desk (Call Number ERC REF BF431.H36).
WPUHealth and Wellness Resource Center (Infotrac) - VALE database. From opening screen, choose "Proceed" to enter database. [1997-Present]
WPUHealth Reference Center (Infotrac) - VALE database. From opening screen, choose "Proceed" to enter database. [1980-Present]
WPUHistorical Abstracts (ABC-CLIO) - VALE database. [1954-Present]
WPUHuman Relations Area Files: Collection of Ethnography (Electronic HRAF) - Web version

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WPUIDEAL / Academic Press Journals are now part of the ScienceDirect database - The Academic Press journals that were part of the now-discontinued IDEAL database are all included in ScienceDirect along with over 1,000 additional full-text journals in science disciplines. [Subscription titles available for volumes published 1996-Present]
WPUIngenta - Ingenta, which replaces the former UnCover search service, provides free access to the article summaries of over 25,000 publications. If you have already established an UnCover profile ID and password, you can continue to use these in Ingenta. Full-text content is available on a pay-per-view basis.
WPUInternational Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences - Electronic edition of the 24-volume reference encyclopedia covering the social and behavioral sciences. Includes over 3,800 articles covering a wide variety of topics, plus 90,000 bibliographic references and 150 biographical entries.
WPUInternational Index to Music Periodicals - Indexing of more than 375 international music periodicals from over 20 countries. - [Date coverage varies, but the majority of titles are indexed 1990-Present]
LibraryInternet and Personal Computing Abstracts (FirstSearch) - [1989-Present]

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WPUJSTOR Arts and Sciences Collection - Archive of over 160 major journals in the social sciences, humanities, mathematics and statistics.

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WPUKraus Curriculum Development Library - Teaching curricula, educational frameworks, instructional strategies, evaluative techniques and standards for all subjects covered in PreK-12 and Adult Basic Education.

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WPULEXIS-NEXIS Academic - VALE database
WPULibrary Literature and Information Science - From Wilson OmniFile. From the opening screen, select "Library & Information Science (LIB)" on the Subject Area menu before entering your search terms. [1982-Present]
WPULinguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts [LLBA] (via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts) - [1973-Present]
WPULiterature Resource Center - VALE database. [Date coverage varies]

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WPUMathSciNet - Signed reviews and bibliographic data from Mathematical Reviews and Current Mathematical Publications, covering the world's mathematical literature.
LibraryMDX Health Digest (FirstSearch) - [1988-Present]
WPUMedline (via PubMed) - [1966-Present]
WPUMedline (via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts) - [1993-Present]
WPUMergent Online (formerly FISonline) - Select "Enter Mergent Online" near the top left corner of the screen to access the database. [1989-Present]
WPUMLA Directory of Periodicals - VALE database.
WPUMLA International Bibliography - VALE database. [1963-Present]
WPUMUSE (Project Muse) - Full-text access to 45 scholarly journals published by the Johns Hopkins University Press in the fields of humanities, the social sciences, and mathematics.

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WPUNetFirst (FirstSearch) is now part of WorldCat - Selected and classified internet resources including World Wide Web pages and Internet lists. Use the Advanced Search screen in WorldCat and select the "Internet Resources" checkbox to limit your search to materials available on the internet.
WPUnetLibrary - Large database of full-text electronic books ("e-books"), including over 4,300 titles available for borrowing online and an additional 4,000 titles in the public domain.
LibraryNewsBank - For use in Library only. [January 1, 1986 - August 31, 1998]. Located at the Reference Desk.

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WPUOnline Guide to Federal Compliance and Audits - Contact WPUNJ Office of Sponsored Programs at 973-720-2852 for username and password. WPUNJ community only.
WPUOxford Art Online - VALE Database
WPUOxford Music Online - VALE Database

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LibraryPAIS International (FirstSearch) - Index to articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, and statistical directories about public affairs. [1972-Present]
LibraryPapersFirst (FirstSearch) - [1993-Present]
WPUPBS VIDEOindex Online - Web index to over 300 PBS videos in our collection. Select "Search" or "Browse" from the opening screen to use it.
IPPhilosopher's Index - [1940-Present]
WPUPhysical Education Index - [1970-Present]
LibraryProceedingsFirst (FirstSearch) - [1993-Present]
WPUPsycARTICLES - [1988-Present]
WPUPsycINFO - VALE database. [1887-Present]

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IPReaders' Guide Abstracts - From Wilson OmniFile. From the opening screen, select "Readers' Guide (Current Events) (RDG)" on the Subject Area menu before entering your search terms. [1982-Present]
IPRefWorks (Bibliographic Management Software) - Web-based bibliographic management software; create a personal account to search and store citations from catalogs and databases. The references can be imported into your research papers and formatted to any style.
IPRILM (Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale) Abstracts of Music Literature - [1969-Present]

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WPUScienceDirect - VALE database. Approximately 1200 full-text journals in the sciences and social sciences, plus indexing and abstracting for over 500 other journals. Select "group-wide login" in the top right corner to enter the database.
WPUSocial Services Abstracts - [1980-Present]
WPUSociological Abstracts - [1963-Present]
WPUSPIN (Searchable Physics Information Notices) - Abstracts Database - Current indexing and abstracting of major American and Russian physics and astronomy journals. Contains abstracts for over 80 journals published by the American Institute of Physics (AIP) and its Member Societies since 1975, plus selected articles from other scientific journals, totaling close to 1 million articles. Full-text access is limited to four AIP journals: Journal of Applied Physics, Journal of Chemical Physics, Review of Scientific Instruments, and Reviews of Modern Physics.

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IPWilson OmniFile - Selected full-text. [1982-Present]
IPWomen's Studies International - Limited user licenses. If you cannot access, please try again later. [1972-Present]
IPWorldCat - The OCLC Online Union Catalog (FirstSearch)
LibraryWorldscope Global (FirstSearch) - Descriptive information about public companies worldwide, including contact information, SIC codes and industry groups, brief accounts of its business activities, etc. Updated weekly. [Current information]
Updated 4/22/04 5:04:58 PM by Richard Kearney, Electronic Resources Librarian

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