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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. LibraryAvailable in the Library only
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NJKIAcademic 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.
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]
WPUACM Guide to Computing Literature - This database provides citations to over 750,000 journal articles, books, conference proceedings, doctoral dissertations, master's theses, and technical reports from over 3,000 publishers in the field of computing.
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]
WPUBiological Abstracts - VALE database. Citations and abstracts for life science and biomedical research literature published in more than 4,000 journals. The database offers easy access to the latest information in virtually every life science discipline. Subject areas covered include agriculture, biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, ecology, the environment, microbiology, neurology, pharmacology, public health and toxicology. Biological Abstracts contains more than 10 million archival records, with more than 370,000 citations added each year. [1969-Present]
LibraryBiology Digest (FirstSearch) - [1989-Present]
LibraryChemical Abstracts (STN on the Web) - Index to the published research literature in chemistry. PLEASE NOTE THAT access to this database is by password only.
WPUCINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health) with Full Text - Now includes over 360 full-text titles. [1982-Present]. Also see the Pre-CINAHL current awareness database for the newest journal articles.
WPUComDisDome (Communication Sciences and Disorders Dome) [Now Provided on the CSA Illumina Search Platform] - 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.
WPUEncyclopedia of Life Sciences - VALE database. This 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.
LibraryGEOBASE (FirstSearch) - [1980-Present]
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]
WPUGPO - Government Printing Office Catalog of U.S. Government Publications - The Catalog of U.S. Government Publications is the finding tool for electronic and print publications from the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the U.S. government. The Catalog contains over 500,000 descriptive records for historical and current publications and provides direct links to those that are available online. [July 1976-Present]
WPUGreenFILE - Environmental studies and ecology database contains citations and abstracts for articles from over 265 academic journals, with additional references to books, essays, industry profiles, magazine and trade publication articles, market research reports, and pamphlets.
WPUHealth and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI) - From the opening screen, select the "Continue" button and then the link for the database. [1985-Present]
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]
WPUIngentaConnect - IngentaConnect provides access to the article summaries of over 25,000 publications. Full-text content is available for individual titles on subscription.
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]
WPUMagill's Medical Guide (via Salem Health) - Full-text reference covering major diseases and disorders of the human body, the basics of human anatomy and physiology, specializations in medical practice, and common surgical and nonsurgical procedures.
WPUMathSciNet - Signed reviews and bibliographic data from Mathematical Reviews and Current Mathematical Publications, covering the world's mathematical literature.
WPUMEDLINE (via EBSCOhost) - [1966-Present]
WPUMEDLINE (via PubMed) - [1966-Present]
WPUNature Journals Online - Full-text access to the flagship journal of the Nature Publishing Group. Please note that subscription access to other Nature Publishing Group journals has ceased due to loss of funding from the New Jersey Knowledge Initiative Program.
LibraryNetAnatomy [Trial Access Available Through March 4, 2008] - NetAnatomy is designed to teach human anatomy to students of the health professions, including undergraduate medical, health sciences, and nursing students. NetAnatomy also serves as a place to review anatomy after one’s initial exposure to the subject, e.g. students beginning a clinical rotation, USMLE (National Board) preparation, etc.
WPUPhysical Education Index - [1970-Present]
WPUPre-CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health) - Current awareness database for the newest journal articles in nursing and allied health fields. All articles are eventually moved into the full CINAHL database and removed from Pre-CINAHL when they are fully indexed.
WPUPsycARTICLES - [1988-Present]
WPUPsycINFO - VALE database. [1887-Present]
wpuPublished International Literature On Traumatic Stress (PILOTS) - Index to journal articles, books, book chapters, doctoral dissertations, government reports, and miscellaneous other publications dealing with research on traumatic stress. [1871-Present]
WPUScienceDirect - VALE database. Approximately 610 full-text journals in the sciences and social sciences, plus indexing and abstracting for almost 600 other journals. Select "group-wide login" in the top right corner to enter the database.
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.
WPUSpringerLink E-Journals Collection - Over 1,300 full-text scholarly journals in a variety of disciplines including behavioral sciences, biomedical and life sciences, business and economics, chemistry and materials science, computer science, earth and environmental science, engineering, humanities, social sciences and law, mathematics, medicine, physics and astronomy.
WPUWiley InterScience (E-Journals Collection) - Full-text access to over 170 journals published by Wiley, with many titles in chemistry, the life sciences, medicine and health care, engineering and business, and other subjects in the natural and social sciences. Funded by the New Jersey Knowledge Initiative.
IPWilson OmniFile - Selected full-text. [1982-Present]
IPWorldCat - The OCLC Online Union Catalog (FirstSearch)

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