| Database Name |
Dates of Coverage |
Subjects Covered |
| A-Z Electronic Journal List |
Current |
Electronic Journals |
ABI/INFORM Global
**Included in
Proquest Central** |
1970 to present |
Business and marketing |
| Academic Search Premier |
1975 to present |
Interdisciplinary
Find Preferred Terms for Life Stages/Age Groups (PDF) |
| ACM Digital Library |
Coverage varies |
Association for Computing Machinery publications |
| Access World News |
1991 to present |
Full text of local & regional US & global news sources |
| ACS Publications (Online Journals in Chemistry) |
Coverage varies |
Chemistry |
| Alternative Press Index Archive |
1969 to 1990 |
cultural, economic, political & social change |
| American Humanities Index SEE Humanities International Index |
|
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| Archives Catalog (Widener University) |
Current |
Archival materials related to Widener University & PMC |
ASTA (Applied Science & Technology Abstracts)
See Computers and Applied Sciences Complete |
|
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| Army Official Records |
Civil War records |
The official records of the Union and Confederate Armies |
|
Article 1st |
1990 to present |
Science, technology, medicine, social sciences, business, the humanities, & popular culture |
| ASCE Publications (American Society of Civil Engineers) |
Coverage varies |
Civil engineering |
| Biography Resource Center |
Current |
Biographical information |
| Books in Print |
Current |
Bibliographic information |
|
BusManagement (Business & Management Practices) |
1995 to present |
Business management |
| Business Source Elite |
1985 to present |
Business |
| Cabell's Directories of Publishing Opportunities |
Current |
Accounting, Economics and Finance, Management, and Marketing |
|
CCH Internet Research (Banking and Securities) |
Banking & securities |
**THIS DATABASE IS NOT ACCESSABLE FROM OFF CAMPUS ** |
|
CCH Internet Research (Human Resources Management) |
Unknown |
Human resources management
**THIS DATABASE IS NOT ACCESSABLE FROM OFF CAMPUS ** |
|
CCH Internet Tax Research |
Unknown |
State & federal taxes **THIS DATABASE IS NOT ACCESSABLE FROM OFF CAMPUS ** |
|
CINAHL (Nursing and Allied Health) with Full Text |
1982 to present |
Nursing & allied health literature. NOTE: Some articles available in full text |
| Clase and Periodica |
1975 to present |
Latin American journals in science and humanities |
Clinical Pharmacology
SEE Health Source |
|
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| Communication & Mass Media Complete |
Coverage Varies |
Communications |
| Compendex (Engineering) |
1969 to present |
Engineering |
| Computers and Applied Sciences Complete |
1975 to present |
Computing and Technology. NOTE: Some articles available in full text |
| Congressional Universe |
1970 to present |
US congressional publications |
| CQ.com |
Unknown |
Congressional News |
| Delaware County Daily Times |
1994 to present |
**Access PA card from your local Pennsylvania Library REQUIRED for access** |
| Delaware County Daily Times Historical |
1876-1977 |
Histrorial Newspaper |
| Dictionary (Merriam-Webster) |
Current |
All-purpose dictionary |
Digital Dissertations
**Widener dissertations published after 1997 are FULL TEXT** |
1861 to present |
Doctoral & masters dissertations
Help with Searching Digital Dissertations |
| E Books |
Coverage Varies |
Electronic Books |
| EBSCO Animals |
Current |
Encyclopedia of Animals |
| EBSCOHost |
1965 to present |
Interdisciplinary |
|
EconLit |
1969 to present |
Economics |
|
Education Research Complete |
1983 to present |
Education. NOTE: Some articles available in full text |
|
Electronic Collections Online (ECO) |
1995 to present |
Interdisciplinary NOTE: Some articles available in full text |
|
Encyclopaedia Britannica |
Current |
General Encyclopedia |
|
ERIC (Education) |
1966 to present |
Education |
| Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia |
Current |
General Encyclopedia |
GLBT Life with Full Text
*Now Called LGBT Life* |
1950s to present |
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Issues |
| Google Scholar |
Coverage Varies |
Interdisciplinary
Making Google Scholar Work for You (PDF) |
| GPO (Monthly Catalog) |
1976 to present |
Government documents |
HAPI (Health and Psychosocial Instruments)
|
1985 to present |
Tests & evaluations |
| Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition |
1975 to present |
Nursing |
| Historical Abstracts |
1954 to present |
World history |
| Hospitality & Tourism Complete |
1960 to present |
Hotel, foodservice & travel industries. NOTE: Some articles available in Full Text |
| Humanities International Index |
1975 to present |
Humanities |
IEEE Journals
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) |
Coverage varies |
Engineering NOTE: We do not have online access to any of the IEEE conference proceedings or standards, or to any journal articles before 1998 |
| Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (Click on "Search a Database") |
1842 to present |
History |
| JSTOR |
Coverage varies |
Humanities, social sciences, botany, biological science, general science, and Business NOTE: all articles available full text |
| Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe |
Coverage varies |
Business & law NOTE: most articles available full text |
LGBT Life with Full Text
*Formally GLBT Life* |
1950s to present |
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Issues |
| Librivox |
Coverage Varies |
Recordings of public domain books, short stories, and poetry. |
| LISTA (Library, Information Science, and Technology Abstracts) |
1960 to present |
Library and Information Science |
| Literature Criticism Online |
Coverage Varies |
Childrens Literature Review, Contemporary Literary Citicism (vol.1 - present), Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800, Nineteenth-Century Literary Criticism (vol.1 - present), Poetry Criticism (vol.1 - present), Short Story Critisicm (vol.1 - present), Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism (vol. 1 - present) |
| Literature Resource Center |
Current |
Literature |
|
MEDLINE |
1965 to present |
Medicine & health |
Mental Measurement Yearbook See Also Tests
in Print |
1985 to present |
Tests & evaluations |
| Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary |
Current |
All-purpose dictionary |
| Middle Search Plus |
1984 to present |
Education, Middle Schools |
| MLA Directory of Periodicals |
Current |
Information on Journals included in the MLA Bibliography |
| MLA International Bibliography |
1926 to present |
Literature, folklore, & linguistics |
| Navy Official Records |
1861 to 1922 |
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion |
| New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians Online SEE Oxford Music Onine |
Current |
Music |
| NewsBank used for Access World News & Business NewsBank |
1990s to current
|
Local, regional and Business News
|
|
Newspaper Directory |
Coverage varies |
National, international, local, & collegiate newspapers |
| Newspaper Source |
Coverage Varies |
National & International Newspapers |
| The New York Times (Historical) |
1851 to 2001 |
All articles available full text |
| Oxford Langauge Dictionaries Online |
Current |
Millions of words, phrases, and translations, in
French, German, Spanish and Italian. |
| Oxford Music Online |
Coverage Varies |
|
| PapersFirst |
1993 to present |
Interdisciplinary |
| Pennsylvania Digital Library (PADL) |
Coverage Varies |
Digital resources created by Pennsylvania libraries, museums, educational institutions, and other cultural heritage organizations |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer Online |
1981 to present |
All articles available full text |
| Philly.com |
Current |
The Philadelphia Inquirer & The Philadelphia Daily News |
| Primary Search |
1990 to present |
Education, Elementary schools |
| Proceedings (ProceedingsFirst) |
1993 to present |
Interdisciplinary |
| Project Gutenberg |
Coverage Varies |
Interdisciplinary. Free Public Domain Books |
ProQuest Direct
|
1970 to present |
Interdisciplinary NOTE: some articles available full text |
|
PsycARTICLES |
1988 to present |
Psychology NOTE: all articles available full text |
|
PsycInfo |
1887 to present |
Psychology
Find Preferred Terms for Life Stages/Age Groups (PDF) |
|
PubMed |
1966 to present |
Medicine & health |
| PubMed Central |
Coverage Varies |
Medicine & health |
| Regional Business News |
Current |
US Newspapers |
| Renaissance & Reformation (Online Journal) |
2000 to present |
Renaissance & Reformation History |
| Science Direct |
Coverage Varies |
Science, Technology, & Medicine |
| Scirus |
1930 to present |
Science |
| SocialSciAbs SEE EBSCOHost |
|
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| Social Work Abstracts |
1977 to present |
Social work |
| SocINDEX with Full Text |
1895 to present |
Sociology
Find Preferred Terms for Life Stages/Age Groups (PDF) |
| SPORTDiscus with Full Text |
Unknown |
Sports and Sports Medicine. NOTE: Some aticles available in Full Text |
STAT-USA
|
Coverage varies |
Economics |
Tests in Print
See Also Mental Measurment Yearbook |
Most Recent |
Tests & Evaluations |
| The Wall Street Journal (Historical) |
1889 to 1986 |
All articles available full text |
| Wiley InterScience |
Coverage Varies |
Interdisciplinary NOTE: All articles available full text |
|
WorldAlmanac |
1998 to present |
All-purpose almanac |
|
WorldCat (Catalog to library collections worldwide) |
Before 1000 BC to present |
Interdisciplinary |