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Ashland University Library offers users a wide array of database resources. This listing includes OhioLINK database resources and databases specific to Ashland University Library.
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MASTERFILE PREMIER
Contains full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals in numerous areas of interest. Also includes full text for 500+ reference books and 107,000+ primary source documents. Provides an image collection with over 510,000 photos, maps, and flags. Coverage for some key publications goes back as far as 1975. (EBSCOhost) Dates covered: 1970s-present (plus some older content) tags: general, multidisciplinary |
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MATHSCINET
Contains reviews, abstracts, and citation information for much of the mathematical sciences. Includes a total of over 2 million items plus over 1 million direct links to original articles. Gathers information from over 2,700 sources, including approximately 450 journals. Over 100,000 new items added each year. (American Mathematical Society) Dates covered: 1800s-present tags: math |
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MEDICLATINA
Unique collection of medical research and investigatory journals from renowned Latin American and Spanish publishers. Contains the complete table of contents and full text for 130 peer-reviewed medical journals in Spanish. Subject areas include neuroscience, cardiology, nephrology, biomedicine, clinical research, pediatrics, human reproduction, clinical pathology, cancer research, and hematology. (EBSCOhost) Dates covered: 1995-present tags: nursing, medicine, Spanish, foreign languages |
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MEDLINE
Provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Includes citations from over 4,800 biomedical journals. Database uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree, tree hierarchy, subheadings, and explosion capabilities to search. Created by the National Library of Medicine. (EBSCOhost) Dates covered: 1842-present tags: nursing, medicine |
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MEDLINE WITH FULL TEXT
Self-described as the world's most comprehensive source of full text for medical journals, offering authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Provides full text for 1,470 journals and citations from 4,800+ additional journals. Some coverage dates back as far as 1949. Databases uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree, tree hierarchy, subheadings, and explosion capabilities. (EBSCOhost) Dates covered: 1965-present (plus some older content) tags: nursing, medicine |
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MENTAL MEASUREMENTS YEARBOOK WITH TESTS IN PRINT
Database combining two resources: Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY) and Tests in Print (TIP). MMY provides a comprehensive guide to over 2,700 contemporary testing instruments and contains information essential for a complete evaluation of test products within a diverse field of application. Entries contain descriptive information and edited reviews. Includes only English-language testing instruments that are commercially available and new (or revised since its last appearance in MMY). Coverage as far back as 1938. TIP is a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available English-language tests currently in print. Provides vital information, including test purpose, test publisher, in-print status, price, test acronym, intended test population, administration times, publication date, and test author. Both products Produced by Buros Institute of Mental Measurements, University of Nebraska. (EBSCOhost) Dates covered: 1910-present tags: tests, testing, psychology, edu |
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MERGENT ONLINE
Offers detailed insight into company and industry research, both historical and contemporary. Includes fundamental data on 60,000+ global publicly traded companies, annual reports for 300,000+ companies worldwide, coverage on over one million domestic and international private companies, and executive biographies on 200,000+ confirmed corporate executives. Offers industry reports covering North America, Asia Pacific, Europe, and Latin America. Additional features: earnings estimates; equity research reports with analyst recommendations for 4,000+ large-cap and mid-cap companies; institutional holdings and insider transaction data; adjusted and unadjusted end-of-day equity pricing data; and historical information on security pricing dating back to 1925. Mergent Online is the successor to FIS Online. (Mergent) tags: business |
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MERGENT WEBREPORTS
An archive for U.S. business history. Contains digitized copies of all Mergent/Moody’s Manuals, published annually since 1909. Each Manual provides extensive information on U.S. corporations, including company history, properties, subsidiaries, numbers of employees and shareholders, consolidated financial statements, capital stock, long-term debt, and more. (Mergent) Dates covered: 1909-present tags: business |
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MERRIAM-WEBSTER ONLINE
Provides full access to content of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary as well as that of a thesaurus, Spanish-English dictionary, and medical dictionary. (Merriam-Webster) tags: dictionary, reference |
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MIDDLE SEARCH PLUS (middle school)
Provides full text for more than 140 popular middle school magazines. Full text also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays. Contains 84,774 biographies, over 107,000 primary source documents, and an image collection of photos, maps, and flags. Reference book coverage includes Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, American Heritage Dictionary, and Encyclopedia of Animals. (EBSCOhost) Dates covered: 1985-present tags: general, multidisciplinary, juvenile |
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MLA DIRECTORY OF PERIODICALS
Offers detailed information on over 5,500 journals, with 4,400 currently indexed in the MLA International Bibliography. Entries include editorial contact information as well as frequency, circulation, subscription prices, and submission guidelines. (EBSCOhost) tags: English, literature, language |
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MLA INTERNATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
Offers a detailed bibliography of journal articles, books, and dissertations. Contains over 2.3 million citations from more than 4,400 journals and series and 1,000 book publishers. Subjects consist of literature; language and linguistics; folklore; literary theory and criticism; rhetoric and composition; historical background, theory, and practice of teaching language and literature; and historical aspects of printing and publishing. Includes searchable directory of noted authors' names, with links to brief descriptive notes. Produced by the Modern Language Association. (EBSCOhost) Dates covered: 1843-present tags: English, literature, language |
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NATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFERENCE SERVICE (NCJRS)
A federally funded resource offering justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide. Designed for those seeking information on crime, victim assistance, and public safety. Contains more than 210,000 publications, reports, articles, and audiovisual products from the U.S. and around the world. Resources include statistics, research findings, program descriptions, congressional hearing transcripts, and training materials. (U.S. Department of Justice) Dates covered: 1970s-present tags: criminal justice |
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NATURAL & ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS
A complementary and alternative medicine database designed specifically for the consumer health researcher. Contains more than 700 evidence-based articles covering medical conditions, alternative therapies, herbs and supplements, functional foods, drug interactions, and homeopathy. Articles are based on double-blind, placebo-controlled studies and other forms of meaningful scientific evidence. 12,000+ such studies are cited in the material, with new studies are added regularly. Content also available in Spanish. Updated weekly. (EBSCOhost) tags: nursing, medicine |
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NAXOS MUSIC LIBRARY [audio]
World's largest online classical music library, with streaming access to more than 50,000 CDs (over half a million tracks). Other musical genres covered: jazz, folk, blues, gospel, pop, rock, nostalgia, international, instrumental, and relaxation. Additional resources include a "Junior Section," "Study Area," pronunciation guide, glossary, and opera synopses and libretti. (Naxos Digital Services) tags: music, arts, audio |
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NCBI: NATIONAL CENTER FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY INFORMATION
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is one of the world's premier online resources for biomedical and bioinformatics research. Based within the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health, the NCBI hosts many databases used by biomedical and research professionals. (U.S. National Library of Medicine) tags: science, technology, nursing, medicine |
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NEW TESTAMENT ABSTRACTS
For scholars, librarians, clergy and students of the New Testament and its historical milieu. Contains more than 46,000 article abstracts, over 1,600 review abstracts, 17,000 book abstracts, and 61 software abstracts. Each year an additional 2,000 articles from more than 500 periodicals in numerous languages are selected for inclusion. Approximately 900 books are also summarized annually. A product of a partnership between ATLA and Boston College. (EBSCOhost) Dates covered: 1985-present tags: religion |
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NEWSBANK
Full-text coverage of five major Ohio-based newspapers: Toledo Blade, 1996-present; Cincinnati Post, 1990-2007; Columbus Dispatch, 1985-present; Dayton Daily News, 1990-current; Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1991-present; and Dayton Daily News, 1990-current. (NewsBank) Dates covered: see above tags: news, newspapers, current events |
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NEWSPAPER SOURCE
Provides cover-to-cover full text for more than 40 domestic and international newspapers, including USA Today, Washington Post, and Times (London). Contains selective full text for 370 regional domestic newspapers, Ohio included. Also contains full-text tv and radio news transcripts. (EBSCOhost) Dates covered: 1997-present (plus some older content) tags: news, newspapers, current events |
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OCLC PAPERSFIRST
An index of papers presented at conferences worldwide. Includes 6.5 million records, documenting papers from every congress, conference, exposition, workshop, symposium, and meeting received at The British Library Document Supply Centre. Covers a wide range of subjects. Updated twice a month. (OCLC) Dates covered: 1993-present tags: general, multidisciplinary |
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OFFICIAL DOCUMENT SYSTEM OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Comprises the full text of United Nations parliamentary documents (including resolutions and decisions) issued at United Nations Headquarters in New York and the United Nations Office in Geneva since 1993 as well as at the United Nations Office in Vienna since 1997. Older documents are added on a daily basis. Foreign language documents available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish, with selected content in German. (United Nations) Dates covered: 1993-present (plus some older content) tags: United Nations, government, international studies |
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OHIO CAPITOL CONNECTION
Provides information about recent and past legislation of Ohio's state legislature. Updated daily, it has complete status and full text of bills introduced in the legislature. Includes rosters of House and Senate members searchable by name or location, and addresses and biographies of legislative members. Includes additional state government information (budget, elections, updates, etc.) and, to a lesser extent, Federal government information. (Hannah News Service) tags: government, law, legislation |
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OHIOLINK DATABASES: FACTS AND STATS
Collection of selected database resources with emphasis on reference and statistical content. (OhioLINK) tags: reference, statistics |
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OHIOLINK ELECTRONIC BOOK CENTER (EBC)
Contains the full text of over 27,000 scholarly works and reference books from several publishers, covering the humanities, sciences, and social sciences. (OhioLINK) Dates covered: 1922-present tags: books, e-books, ebooks |
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OHIOLINK FINDING AID REPOSITORY
Contains descriptions of archival collections from contributing institutions in Ohio. Descriptions are fully searchable. Researchers can view the entire text of finding aids or brief summaries of collections. Designed to showcase the rich collections housed in archives, libraries, and other institutions throughout the state of Ohio. (OhioLINK) tags: archives |