Online Databases
BVU provides access to over 60 extensive databases, conveniently
arranged by academic area.
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Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 6,000 full-text periodicals, many of which are peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 10,000 journals and a total of 10,600 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. This scholarly collection offers unmatched full text coverage of information in all areas of academic study including area studies, biology, chemistry, ethnic & multicultural studies, general science, geography, law, mathematics, music, physics, psychology, religion & theology, women's studies, and other fields. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887. Searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 journals.
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The ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) Digital Library is the ultimate online resource for those interested in the computing industry. It covers publications published in ACM journals, newsletters and conference proceedings with full-text coverage from the 1950s to the present.
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ACS Publications provides coverage of over 30 journals and magazines published by the American Chemical Society. Complete full text is available for all 750,000 articles in the database. Coverage is from 1879 to the present.
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Films On Demand delivers web-based, educational video content from a variety of producers including Films for the Humanities & Sciences, PBS, Cambridge Educational, BBC, and many more. BVU's subscription includes over 6,000 titles in the Master Academic Collection, which spans all academic disciplines and subject areas. Special features allow users the ability to search and organize 60,000+ segments, share playlists, personalize folders and post to a course management system. Titles are continuously added to this collection.
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GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records, as well as full text for more than 4,700 records.
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Health Source: Consumer Edition is a rich collection of consumer health information. This resource provides access to nearly 80 full-text consumer health magazines. This database also includes searchable full-text for current, health-related pamphlets and more than 130 health reference books. Health Source: Consumer Edition covers topics such as AIDS, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, aging, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, children's health, women's health, etc. Information provided in this database should not be viewed as a means for self-diagnosis or a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.
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Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals, including nearly 450 peer-reviewed journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also featured are abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals. Full text information in this database dates as far back as 1975.
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JSTOR Biological Sciences Collection provides full-text coverage to over 130 journals in the areas of biology, botany, ecology and zoology.
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Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts™ (LISTA) indexes more than 560 core journals, nearly 50 priority journals, and nearly 125 selective journals; plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s. LISTA is free to any library - compliments of EBSCO Publishing.
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Medline indexes over 10,000 journals in all fields of medicine, dentistry and nursing. Medline provides indexing for over 17 million articles published from 1950 to the present and is updated daily.
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ScienceDirect provides access to thousands of academic journals published by Elsevier. BVU has purchased access to the full-text of over 1,100 of those journals in the areas of Heath & Life Sciences. This sub-set of the ScienceDirect collection delivers an immense amount of peer-reviewed journal content covering biology, medical and nursing and allied health, sports science, and environmental science. Articles are available from 1995 to the present. Full-text access is denoted by a green page icon.
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SPORTDiscus is the world's most comprehensive sports and sports medicine database. Articles from more than 440 journals are available with links to full-text. Coverage ranges from 1985 to the present. Material published in books and conference proceedings is also indexed in this database.
**SPORTDiscus allows up to four simultaneous users.**
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