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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America: History and Life is a complete bibliographic reference to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Published since 1964, the database comprises over 450,000 bibliographic entries for journal articles, books, and reviews providing an incomparable research tool for students and researchers of US and Canadian history. This extensive database indexes over 1,700 journals published worldwide.
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Art & Architecture Complete™ is a research database for the study of art and architecture. This database provides full-text coverage of more than 330 periodicals and 215 books. In addition, Art & Architecture Complete offers cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for nearly 730 academic journals, magazines and trade publications. The database also provides an Image Collection of over 64,000 images provided by Picture Desk and others. This database covers a wide variety of pertinent subjects, art and art history, graphic design, photography, and much more.
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ATLA Religion Database (American Theological Library Association) provides information on topics such as biblical studies, world religions, church history, and religion in social issues. ATLA contains more than one million bibliographic records covering the research literature of religion in 35 languages. It includes more than 537,000 article citations from 1,600 journals, more than 225,000 essay citations from 18,700 multi-author works, and over 494,000 book review citations. Coverage ranges from 1949 to the present.
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Designed for business libraries, this is the industry's most used business research database, providing the full text for more than 2,300 journals. Business Source Premier provides indexing, abstracts and full text back to 1965. Business Source Premier provides comprehensive coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, banking, finance, etc. Additional full text, non-journal content includes market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.
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Communication & Mass Media Complete (CMMC) provides the most robust collection of high-quality research in areas related to communication and mass media. In addition to the more than 600 journals that CMMC provides indexing and abstracts for, the database also features full text for more than 240 journals. A sophisticated Communication Thesaurus is available to researchers, and searchable cited references are provided for many of the journals covered by the database.
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Corporate ResourceNet is designed to meet the diverse information needs of today’s companies. This database contains full text articles from nearly 1,200 quality magazines and journals.
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Country Reports provide in-depth background information on economic competitiveness for a given country. These reports also provide background notes on the country, detailing area studies and topics related to public administration.
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Search and view the BVU Library’s collection of electronic books (more often referred to as eBooks.)
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ERIC (Educational Resource Information Center) is the world's largest source of education information, with more than one million abstracts of documents and journal articles on educational research and practice. The database contains more than 1,243,000 records and links to more than 224,000 full-text documents from ERIC.
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This database contains more than 32,000 entries and is a comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750. It covers the history of European exploration as well as portrayals of native American peoples. A wide range of subject areas are covered; from natural disasters to disease outbreaks and slavery. The original bibliography was co-developed by John Alden and Dennis Landis, Curator of European Books at The John Carter Brown Library.
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Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries. Searchable by subject or keywords within the entry. Updated annually.
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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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Historical Abstracts is your complete reference guide to the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in America: History and Life). This authoritative database provides indexing of more than 1,700 academic historical journals in over 40 languages back to 1955.
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Industry Profiles represent industry sector analyses across several countries or areas. The reports are a resource of information on key vertical markets. The industry profiles identify market size and segmentation, competitive landscape and provide forecast data of market performance and trends.
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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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Literary Reference Center Plus (LRC+) provides users with information on thousands of authors and their literary works. This database includes plot summaries, literary criticism, author biographies and interviews, book reviews, poetry and short stories. Information in this database is almost entirely full-text and is gathered from both literary reference books and literary journals.
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Market Research Reports offer detailed analyses about a specific market situation within a geographic area. The reports contain information on market shifts due to social, technological and economic changes. Explaining market opportunities and how to harvest them focus on organizational alignment, business processes and capital structures.
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The McClatchy-Tribune Collection includes a 90-day archive of approximately 290 newspapers from the McClatchy-Tribune Information Services, including the Cedar Rapids (IA) Gazette, The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, The Waterloo-Cedar (IA) Falls Courier, The Mitchell (SD) Daily Republic, and the Columbus (NE) Telegram. This database is updated daily.
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Mental Measurements Yearbook, produced by the Buros Institute at the University of Nebraska, provides users with a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments. Designed for an audience ranging from novice test consumers to experienced professionals, the MMY series contains information essential for a complete evaluation of test products within such diverse areas as psychology, education, business, and leadership. Coverage is from 1985 to the present.
**This database allows up to four simultaneous users.**
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MLA International Bibliography offers a detailed bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations. Produced by the Modern Language Association, the electronic version of the bibliography dates back to the 1920s and contains over 2.2 million citations from more than 4,400 journals & series and 1,000 book publishers. Many languages other than English are represented in the database. Subjects covered in MLA International Bibliography consist of literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, dramatic arts, as well as the history, theory and practice of teaching language and literature.
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Newspaper Source Plus includes more than 860 full-text newspapers, providing more than 35 million full-text articles. In addition, the database features more than 857,000 television and radio news transcripts.
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Philosopher's Index is a bibliographic database with informative author-written abstracts for journal articles, books, contributions to anthologies, and book reviews, published from 1940 to the present. Over 6200 journals from more than 40 countries are covered. The database contains over 400,000 records and is updated quarterly.
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Points of View Reference Center is a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present pro and con points of view of a current issue. The database provides 300 topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument) and counterpoint (opposing argument). The database also offers guides to debate, developing arguments and writing position papers.
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Primary Search, designed specifically for elementary school libraries and public library children's rooms, contains full text for nearly 70 popular, elementary school magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). An Image Collection of 341,655 photos, maps and flags is also available.
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The PsycARTICLES database covers general psychology and specialized, basic, applied, clinical and theoretical research. The database contains more than 137,000 articles from 66 journals - 45 published by the American Psychological Association (APA) and 11 from allied organizations. It includes all journal articles, letters to the editor and errata from each journal. Coverage spans 1894 to present.
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PsycINFO, from the American Psychological Association (APA), contains nearly 2.3 million citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines. Journal coverage, which spans 1887 to present, includes international material selected from more than 2,000 periodicals in more than 25 languages. More than 60,000 records are added each year. PsycINFO also includes information about the psychological aspects of related disciplines such as medicine, psychiatry, physiology, pharmacology, sociology, education, nursing, linguistics, anthropology, business and law.
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Regional Business News provides full text for more than 50 regional business publications.
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The Social Work Abstracts database, produced by the National Association of Social Workers, Inc., contains coverage of more than 450 social work and human services journals dating back to 1965. Researchers seeking scholarly and professional perspectives on subjects such as therapy, education, human services, addictions, child and family welfare, mental health, civil and legal rights, and more will find Social Work Abstracts to be an indispensable resource.
**Social Work Abstracts allows up to four simultaneous users.**
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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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A SWOT Analysis provides detailed information about a company’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. The SWOT Analysis data indexed in EBSCOhost is provided by MarketLine, a leading provider of online database and analysis services for key industry sectors. MarketLine provides unbiased expert analysis and in-depth forecasts for seven industry sectors:
- Automotive
- Consumer Markets
- Energy
- Financial Services
- Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare
- Technology
- Transport and Logistics
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Teacher Reference Center provides abstracts and some full-text for 270 of the most popular education and administration journals to assist professional educators. Most journals in TRC are peer-reviewed.
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The Vocational and Career Collection provides full text coverage for nearly 350 trade and industry related periodicals. In addition to the full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for over 600 journals. Full text information in this database dates as far back as 1985.
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