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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. 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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WPUAcademic Search Premier - Full-text index to articles from over 4,500 periodicals covering all subjects, plus citations and abstracts for over 3,500 additional titles. Funded by the New Jersey Knowledge Initiative.
WPUAmerica: History and Life (ABC-CLIO) - VALE database. [1964-Present]
WPUArt Abstracts - VALE database. From opening screen, select "Art Abstracts," then "Search" or "Browse" [1984-Present]
LibraryArts and Humanities Search (FirstSearch) - [1980-Present]
WPUARTstor - Full-content digital collection of thousands of art images from several art repositories. Please note that Internet Explorer 6+ or Netscape 7+ are required to use this database. From opening screen, select the link to "Search and Browse FOR IMAGES."
WPUBiography Reference Bank - VALE database.
WPUChildren's Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD) - Contains over 1 million bibliographic records and more than 155,000 full-text reviews of children's books from a large variety of review sources. [1761-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.
LibraryDissertation Abstracts (FirstSearch) - [1861-Present]
WPUFilm & Television Literature Index - [1976-Present]
WPUGrove Dictionary of Art - VALE Database
WPUGrove Dictionary of Music & Musicians, 2nd Edition - VALE Database
WPUHistorical Abstracts (ABC-CLIO) - VALE database. [1954-Present]
WPUHistory Reference Center - Full-text history reference database containing content from over 2,000 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books from leading history publishers; articles from over 100 history periodicals; almost 60,000 primary source documents covering every era of world history; over 50,000 biographies; over 110,000 historical photos and maps; and over 80 hours of historical video.
WPUIngentaConnect - IngentaConnect provides access to the article summaries of over 25,000 publications. Full-text content is available for individual titles on subscription.
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]
WPUIter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance - Bibliographic database covering literature pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700); includes citations for books, book chapters, and journal articles [1842-Present].
WPUJSTOR Arts and Sciences Collection - Archive of over 160 major journals in the social sciences, humanities, mathematics and statistics.
WPULinguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts [LLBA] (via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts) - [1973-Present]
WPULiterary Reference Center - Full-text literary reference database contains over 27,000 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews; nearly 100,000 articles/essays of literary criticism; over 140,000 author biographies; over 569,000 book reviews; the text of 57,000 classic/contemporary poems and 14,500 classic/contemporary short stories; 4,700 author interviews; and over 7,100 classic literary texts. The database also contains full-text reference content from a number of literature encyclopedias.
WPULiterature Resource Center - VALE database. [Date coverage varies]
WPUMLA Directory of Periodicals - VALE database.
WPUMLA International Bibliography - VALE database. [1963-Present]
WPUNew York Times Archive Search (1851-1922) and Current File Search (1980-Present) - Full text access to articles from the New York Times.
WPUOxford Dictionary of National Biography [Online Access Available Until April 30, 2008] - Over 55,000 biographical essays covering the lives of individuals who played notable roles in the history of the British Isles and the British Empire, from earliest times to the 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]
WPUProject Muse - Full-text access to 24 scholarly journals published by the Johns Hopkins University Press in the humanities and social sciences.
IPRILM (Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale) Abstracts of Music Literature (via EBSCOhost) - [1969-Present]
WPUUrban Studies Abstracts - Index to articles on topics in urban studies from over 190 periodicals, with links to full-text content where available [1988-Present].
IPWilson OmniFile - Selected full-text. [1982-Present]
IPWorldCat - The OCLC Online Union Catalog (FirstSearch)
WPUWorld Shakespeare Bibliography - [1964-Present]

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Updated Friday April 04 2008 by Richard Kearney, Electronic Resources Librarian