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RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES BIBLIOGRAPHIES
Describes material on the social sciences and humanities published primarily in Russia, the republics of the former Soviet Union, and countries in Eastern Europe. Particularly useful for Slavic studies. Includes more than 1.9 million records, covering over 12,500 titles. Cites and abstracts books, manuscripts, dissertations and articles. Updated 2-3 times per year.(OCLC) Dates covered: 1980-present tags: general, multidisciplinary, international studies, Russia, Russian, foreign languages |
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SAFARI BOOKS ONLINE
Provides an extensive collection of online full-text books in computer science, information technology, and related fields from Pearson, John Wiley & Sons, Addison-Wesley, McGraw-Hill, Peachpit Press, Adobe Press, Apress, Manning, and other information technology and related publishers. (ProQuest) tags: computers, technology, books, e-books, ebooks |
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SANBORN HISTORIC MAPS
Features large-scale street plans produced by the Sanborn Fire Insurance company. Maps show the outline of each building, including the location of windows and doors, together with street names, street and sidewalk widths, property boundaries, building use, and house and block numbers. Useful for locating and/or identifying buildings and neighborhoods, studying growth of towns/cities, and analyzing impact of new developments. A component of the OhioLINK Digital Resource Commons. (OhioLINK) Dates covered: 1867-1970 tags: maps, insurance, images |
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SASKIA ART HISTORY IMAGES
A collection of 1,000+ digital art images, with special emphasis on the core images required for teaching the history of Western Art. Includes content from classic textbooks by Helen Gardner, Marilyn Stokstad, and Frederick Hartt. A component of the OhioLINK Digital Resource Commons. (OhioLINK) tags: art, arts, architecture, images |
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SCIENCE ACCELERATOR
Contain the results of U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) research and development (R&D) projects and programs, descriptions of R&D projects under way or recently completed, major R&D accomplishments, and recent research. Provides information on ongoing research projects, significant DOE discoveries, and DOE Nobel Prize Winners. Enables searching for scientific publications, conference papers and proceedings, and more. (U.S. Department of Energy) Dates covered: 1943-present tags: science |
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SCIENCE CITATION INDEX EXPANDED
Indexes over 6,650 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals across 150 disciplines. Updated weekly. A component of the Web of Knowledge database platform. (Thomson Reuters) Dates covered: 1965-present tags: science, technology |
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SCIENCE ONLINE
Presents extensive definitions, essays, diagrams, biographies, and experiments across the full spectrum of scientific disciplines, with full and partial text from hundreds of published resources. Offers nearly 8,300 printable diagrams, illustrations, and images; over 500 videos and animations; and over 1,300 science experiments/activities indexed by grade range, subject category, and time required. Includes national and state science educational standards. (Facts On File) tags: science, math, computers, environment, reference, video |
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SCIENCE.GOV
Gateway to authentic gov't. science information and research results. Provides a search of over 45 scientific databases and 200 million pages of science information. Includes access to over 2,100 scientific websites. An interagency initiative of 18 U.S. gov't. science organizations within 14 federal agencies. (Science.gov Alliance) tags: science, technology, computers, environment, agriculture, medicine |
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SCIPIO
As of July 2012 the Ashland University Library no longer subscribes to this database. tags: art, arts, books |
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SCIVERSE SCOPUS
Self-described as the world's largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed publications and quality web sources. Contains 44 million records, 70% with abstracts. Nearly 18,000 titles from 5,000 publishers worldwide, with 70% of content pulled from international sources. Includes over 3 million conference papers. Offers sophisticated tools to track, analyze and visualize research. Database tutorials are available. (Elsevier) Dates covered: 1800s-present tags: general, multidisciplinary |
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SEARCHASAURUS (elementary and middle school)
A colorful, easy-to-use search interface for elementary and middle school students. Provides access to magazine articles, pictures, encyclopedias, and a dictionary through an animated interface with a dinosaur theme that encourages students to enhance and develop simple search methodologies. Lexile limiters allow searchers to specify the reading level of materials retrieved. (EBSCOhost) tags: general, multidisciplinary, juvenile |
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SOCIAL SCIENCES CITATION INDEX
Indexes over 2,470 of the world's leading social sciences journals across 50 disciplines. Updated weekly. A component of the Web of Knowledge database platform. (Thomson Reuters) Dates covered: 1965-present tags: social sciences |
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SOCIAL WORK ABSTRACTS
Covers more than 900 social work and human services journals dating back to 1965. Also provides indexing and abstracts dealing with all aspects of the social work field, including theory and practice, areas of service, and social issues and problems. Subject areas include therapy, human services, addictions, child and family welfare, mental health, civil rights, and more. Produced by the National Association of Social Workers. (EBSCOhost) Dates covered: 1960-present tags: social work, sociology |
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SOCINDEX WITH FULL TEXT
Self-described as the world's most comprehensive and highest quality sociology research database. Includes over 2.1 million records, providing full text for 860+ journals (dating back to 1908), 830+ books/monographs, and 16,800+ conference papers. Abstracts more than 1,300 core journals as well as 3,350+ additional journals. Encompasses all sub-disciplines and closely related areas of sociology, including: abortion, criminology and criminal justice violence; demography; ethnic and racial studies; gender studies; marriage and family; substance abuse and other addictions; rural and urban sociology; social development social structure; social work; sociological research and theory; and many others. Also features over 25,000 author profiles per the most prolific, most cited, and most frequently searched-for authors in the database. (EBSCOhost) Dates covered: 1903-present tags: sociology, social work, criminal justice, ethnicity, minorities, gender |
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SOCIOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS (1963-2005)
OhioLINK discontinued this database in December 2012. tags: sociology |
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SOCIOLOGICAL COLLECTION
Provides coverage of more than 500 full-text journals, including nearly 500 peer-reviewed titles. Covers all areas of sociology, including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, culture, and social structure. (EBSCOhost) Dates covered: 1930-present tags: sociology |
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SPORTDISCUS WITH FULL TEXT
Self-described as the world's most comprehensive source of full text for sports and sports health journals. Provides full text for 550 journals. Content coverage includes journals, magazines, books, book chapters, conference proceedings, dissertations, and videos. (EBSCOhost) Dates covered: 1980s-present (plus some older content) tags: sports, physical education, edu |
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SPRINGERLINK
Provides full-text access to 2,700+ journals and 55,000+ books published by Springer. Total content exceeds 5.8 million items. Predominant emphasis is in the sciences, computers, math/statistics, medicine, and business/economics. tags: science, computers, math, statistics, nursing, medicine, business, economics, multidisciplinary |
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STANFORD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PHILOSOPHY
Includes over 700 scholarly articles on people, concepts, books, and other topics in philosophy. Each entry is maintained and kept up to date by an expert or group of experts in the field. All entries and updates are professionally refereed by the members of an editorial board before they are made public. (Stanford University) tags: philosophy, encyclopedia, reference |
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STATISTICAL ABSTRACT OF THE UNITED STATES
Self-described as the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States. In a nutshell, it's a snapshot of America and its people. Formerly published by the U.S. Census Bureau. Updated monthly. Dates covered: 1790-present (plus projections) tags: multidisciplinary, social sciences, history, economics, politics |
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STUDENT RESEARCH CENTER (grades 6-12)
A search interface designed specifically for students in grades 6-12 which taps into content from various EBSCOhost databases. Sources include magazines, newspapers, reference works, biographies, country reports, radio/tv transcripts, video, photographs, and maps, all of which users can select/de-select for their search. Users can also search by topic heading and even limit search results based on Lexile reading level. (EBSCOhost) tags: general, multidisciplinary, juvenile, reference, encyclopedia |
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TOPICSEARCH
Current events database allowing researchers to explore social, political, and economic issues, scientific discoveries, and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms, including controversial opinions and viewpoints. Contains full text for over 60,000 articles from 399 diverse sources. (EBSCOhost) tags: general, multidisciplinary, current events |
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TOXLINE
Provides an extensive array of references to research on biochemical, pharmacological, physiological, and toxicological effects of drugs and other chemicals. Contains over 4 million citations, most with abstracts and/or indexing terms and CAS Registry Numbers. Covers much standard journal content in toxicology, complemented with references from an assortment of specialized journals and other sources. Includes the toxicology subset of MEDLINE/PubMed. (U.S. National Library of Medicine) Dates covered: 1965-present tags: toxicology, science, nursing, medicine |
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TWENTIETH CENTURY AFRICAN-AMERICAN POETRY
Collection of 12,000 full-text poems written by the most important and influential African American poets of the twentieth century. Coverage begins with the key writers of the early decades, continues with major figures of the Harlem Renaissance and the Black culture movement of the 1960s, and concludes with a considerable body of writing of the 1980s and 1990s. Biographical profiles accompany each poet's work. A subcollection of OhioLINK's American & English Literature Collection. (OhioLINK) Dates covered: 1901-1999 tags: poetry, literature, English, books, e-books, ebooks |
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TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICAN POETRY
Contains 52,000 poems from collected works and individual volumes of poetry covering the works of most major twentieth-century American poets. Includes the works of poets beginning with the traditionalists, continuing through the modernists, and moving on to the contemporary works of the 1990s. A subcollection of OhioLINK's American & English Literature Collection. (OhioLINK) Dates covered: 1900-2000 tags: poetry, literature, English, books, e-books, ebooks |