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AAMI Standards Search
Also Known as Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation Standards Search; AAMI Database
Search the Association for Advancement of Medical Instrumentation database for books, reports, final and draft standards available for sale from AAMI. Also includes information about active ISO, IEC and AAMI standards projects and other technical committee news. [more]
AAPG Digital Library - American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Also Known as AAPG Datapages
The AAPG Digital Library (American Association of Petroleum Geologists) consists of over 600,000 pages of petroleum, geology and geophysics information mainly from international, national and regional geological society publications and the AAPG. [more]
ABELL
Also Known as Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature; AbleAnnual Bibliography of English Language and Literature; Abel
ABELL lists monographs, periodical articles, critical editions of literary works, book reviews, collections of essays and doctoral dissertations dealing with the study of literature and linguistics published anywhere in the world. Coverage is 1920 to date. [more]
Academic Search Premier
Also Known as ASP; Academic Search Premere; Academic Search Premiere
This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,600 journals, including full text for nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles. [more]
A collection of databases relevant to accounting. These databases are available only to MU affiliates.
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ACM Digital Library
Also Known as Association for Computing Machinery; AMC Digital Library; ACMDL; ACM Portal; ACM Digital
ACM Digital Library provides bibliographic information, abstracts, reviews and the full-text for articles published in ACM periodicals and proceedings since its founding in 1947. Also provides selected works published by affiliated organizations. [more]
AdAge Datacenter
Also Known as Advertising Age
To access the Datacenter, click the link at the top of the Advertising Age homepage. The Datacenter includes profiles of advertisers and media companies and data on ad spending, agency rankings and markets. [more]
AdForum is an internationally focused database provides access to over 35,000 advertisements in all media, including audio and video. AdForum also provides access to advertising agency information, news, and other information related to the advertising industry. [more]
African American Communities contains digitized primary sources related to African American communities in North, South and Midwest, specifically, St. Louis, Chicago, Atlanta, Brooklyn and some North Carolina towns. Included are documents pertaining to the infamous Pruitt-Igoe housing project, various urban issues around schools, housing and police relations, interviews with key figures in the African-American arts scene in Atlanta, and a complete run of The Messenger, characterized by the Justice Department in 1919 as "the most able and the most dangerous of all the Negro publications." [more]
Full text collection of African American newspapers from the 1800s, with articles, editorials, poetry, prose, advertisements, vital statistics, essays, and early biographies. [more]
African American Periodicals 1825-1995
African American Periodicals, 1825-1995 features more than 170 wide-ranging
periodicals by and about African Americans. Published in 26 states, the publications
include academic and political journals, commercial magazines, institutional newsletters, organizations' bulletins, annual reports and other genres. [more]
Focuses on sources not indexed in MEDLINE, including books, theses, and agency reports. From the Association for Health Information and Libraries in Africa (AHILA) with the technical support of the World Health Organization [more]
Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS)
Also Known as ADAMS; NCR ADAMS; NCR ADAMS database; NCR: Web-Based Access to ADAMS
ADAMS indexes the regulatory and technical documents of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), its contractors and licensees. Includes full-text from November 1, 1999, with bibliographic records going back to 1981. These earlier materials are available in the NUDOCS microfiche collection housed in the Engineering Library & Technology Commons. [more]
AGRICOLA
Also Known as agrikola; AGRICultural OnLine Access; agriculture
AGRICOLA is produced by the U.S. National Agricultural Library and provides access to worldwide periodical literature and USDA publications. Subject coverage includes plant and animal sciences, food and nutrition, agriculture, biotechnology, entomology, forestry, and wildlife. [more]
Agricultural Economics Databases
A collection of databases relevant to the field of agricultural economics. These databases are available only to MU affiliates [more]
A collection of databases relevant to agriculture. The majority of these databases are only available to MU affiliates.
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A collection of databases relevant to agronomy. These databases are available only to MU affiliates [more]
AHRQ Innovations Exchange
Also Known as Innovations Exchange; ARHQInnovations Exchange; Innovation
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Innovations Exchange is a web-based resource designed to support health care professionals in sharing and adopting innovations that improve health care quality. The website includes a clearinghouse of innovative ideas and opportunities to learn and share ideas with others. Submissions of innovative approaches to patient care delivery are welcomed. [more]
Over 700 descriptions of current and closed clinical trials for AIDS. Also includes information on AIDS treatment guidelines, drugs and vaccines. [more]
A dictionary of over 240 chemical and biological agents. Each entry includes pharmacologic action, adverse reactions, chemical and trade names, contraindications, physical/chemical properties, and manufacturers' names. A service of the Dept. of Health and Human Services. [more]
The United States Air Force Historical Research Agency maintains hundreds of thousands of historically significant U.S. Air Force documents representing some 70 million pages. These include unit histories, special studies, personal papers, end-of-tour reports, oral histories, interview transcripts, and more. This databases is an index only, and thus does not have full text articles available for download. [more]
Alliance for Audited Media
Also Known as ABC; Audit Bureau of Circulation; AAM
Alliance for Audited Media (AAM) [formerly: Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC)] provides circulation statistics for several thousand US and Canadian newspapers and periodical publications. Reports include statistics on paid and non-paid subscriptions, including digital subscriptions, home delivery and single-copy sales and are in PDF format. Yearly audit reports also include geographic breakdowns of circulation and some demographic information on readership. Search by title, periodical classification, market area, or circulation size. [more]
ALTBIB: Bibliography on the use of live vertebrates in biomedical research and testing
A searchable bibliography of animal testing alternatives. Citations come from journal articles indexed in National Library of Medicine Databases. [more]
AM Explorer
Also Known as Adam Matthew Explorer
Access to primary source collections spanning 800 years of world history.
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American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals Collection
Also Known as AAS; AAS Historical Periodicals Collection
Over 7000 full-text magazines published from 1684 through 1912, and collected by the American Antiquarian Society, reflecting many subjects and the development of the United States. [more]
American Chemical Society Journals
Also Known as ACS journals; ACS publications; American Chemical Society publications
This database indexes full-text journals from the American Chemical Society. [more]
American Civil War: Letters and Diaries
Also Known as civil war letters and diaries
American Civil War: Letters and Diaries offers full-text searchable letters and diaries of soldiers and noncombatants on both sides of the U.S. Civil War. The database can be searched and browsed in many ways, including by U.S. state, topics described, year of writers death, Union or Confederate loyalty, and other variables. [more]
Provides access to U.S. Census information by community. [more]
American Institute of Physics Journals
Also Known as AIP journals; AIP; American Institute of Physics
American Institute of Physics Journals offers full-text coverage of most AIP journals. Coverage varies according to journal. [more]
American Law Institute Library Online
Also Known as HeinOnline American Law Institute; American Law Institute Library
The archives of the American Law Institute (ALI) include editions of the Uniform Commercial Code, restatements of the law on a variety of topics, and special publications of the ALI including the ALI Reporter. Access provided to the campus by the MU Law Library. [more]
American Meterological Society Journals Online
Full-text of AMS journals. [more]
American Periodical Series Online
Also Known as american periodicals series; american periodical series online; APS
American Periodical Series Online is full-text collection of over 1,100 magazines and journals published between 1741 and 1900. [more]
American Psychiatric Association Practice Guidelines
Also Known as APA guidelines; APA practice guidelines
American Psychiatric Association (APA) practice guidelines provide evidence-based recommendations for the assessment and treatment of psychiatric disorders. Practice Guidelines are intended to assist in clinical decision making by presenting systemically developed patient care strategies in a standardized format. While it contains coverage from 1992, only documents created or updated within the last five years are considered to be current practice. Any other documents are considered to be outdated. [more]
American State Papers, 1789-1838
Also Known as American State Papers
American State Papers, 1789-1838, features not only new bibliographic records for every one of its 6,354 publications, but also
superior images created by digitizing every page of every publication from the print volumes issued between 1832 and 1861. Unlike the U.S. Congressional Serial Set, the publications in the American State Papers are not divided into reports and documents and do not include House and Senate journals. Approximately two-thirds of the publications cover the first 14 Congresses (1789-1817), whereas the remaining third chronologically overlap with the Serial Set from 1817-1838. [more]
A collection of databases relevant to the animal sciences. The majority of these databases are available only to MU affiliates. [more]
A collection of databases relevant to anthropology. These databases are available only to MU affiliates. [more]
AnthroSource
Also Known as Anthro source
AnthroSource covers current issues for 15 key American Anthropological Association publications, including American Anthropologist, American Ethnologist, Anthropology and Education Quarterly, and Medical Anthropology Quarterly. Back issues of all AAA journals. [more]
AP Stylebook Online
Also Known as AP Style; AP Guide; Associated Press Stylebook; associated press style book
The Associated Press Stylebook and Webster's New World Online provides a comprehensive guide to Associated Press usage and accepted style, with chapters on religion, fashion, food, broadcast, business, sports and social media. Now includes 185,000 definitions from Webster's New World College Dictionary. Columbia Missourian Stylebook is also included. [more]
A collection of databases relevant to archaeology. The only database available to non Mu affiliates is Zenon DAI. Zenon DAI is a database available in multiple languages; however, the default may not be English for new users. New users may have to click the English flag icon in order to display the official translation. [more]
A collection of databases relevant to architecture. The majority of these databases are available only to MU affiliates [more]
ArchiveGrid
Also Known as Archive Grid
ArchiveGrid is a resource for searching through nearly a million collection descriptions from thousands of libraries, museums, and archives. [more]
Archives USA is a current directory of 5,596 repositories and 154,678 collections of primary source material across the United States. Using Archives USA, researchers can read descriptions of holdings of repositories to determine whether a collection contains material relevant to their work as well as find the information they need to contact the repository directly. C19 Index contains 61,647 records detailing the collections and repositories in the United States that hold 19th century research materials. Part of C19 database. No full text. [more]
A collection of databases relevant to the fields of art and art history. These databases are available only to MU affiliates. [more]
Art Full Text
Also Known as Art Index; Wilson
Art Index provides citations to articles and book reviews in about 270 periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins published primarily in the U.S. and Europe. Includes archaeology, architecture, art history, city planning, film, industrial and interior design, and photography. [more]
ARTFL Project
Also Known as artful project
ARTFL Project is a collection of nearly 2000 texts, ranging from classic works of French literature to various kinds of non-fiction prose and technical writing from 13th through the 20th centuries. [more]
ArticleFirst
Also Known as articles first; article first
ArticleFirst is an OCLC index of articles from approximately 16,000 journals. Subjects covered include business, social science, science, technology, humanities, medicine, and culture. Coverage is 1990 to date. [more]
ARTStor
Also Known as arstor; arstore; artsor; artstore; art stor; art store
ARTstor is a digital library of approximately 550,000 images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes. Partial funding was provided by the Student Fee Capital Improvement Committee. [more]
Index to over 500,000 e-prints in physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology and statistics. [more]
Search all recent technical documents published by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. Anyone can view the abstracts. Access to the full text is via ASABE membership or site license.
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ASCE Civil Engineering Database
Also Known as ASCE CE Database; CEDB
The Civil Engineering Database (CEDB) is designed to provide easy bibliographic access to all ASCE publications. The database covers all the journals, conference proceedings, books, standards, manuals, and magazines, [more]
ASCE Research Library
Also Known as ASCE Online Journal Archive; ASCE Library; ASCE Journals; ASCE; American Society of Civil Engineers; ACSE Research Library
The ASCE Research Library is a comprehensive online tool for locating articles of interest across all disciplines of civil engineering. The Research Library provides you with unprecedented access to more than 40,000 full-text papers from ASCE Journals and Proceedings published since 1995. That is over 400,000 pages. Approximately 4,000 new papers will be added each year. [more]
askHERMES
Also Known as ask hermes ; medQA ; med Q A ; MedQ@A
An experimental search engine to mine PubMed/MEDLINE, eMedicine, and the National Guideline Clearinghouse for answers to clinical questions. Type in a specific question for best results. [more]
ASME Digital Library
Also Known as American Society of Mechanical Engineers Digital Library
The ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Digital Library, is ASME's primary repository of current and archival literature featuring: Transaction Journals from 1990 to the present and Conference Proceedings from 2009 to the present. [more]
ASTM Compass
Also Known as ATSM Standards; ASTM International; ASTM Index; Annual Book of ASTM Standards; Annual ASTM Standards; American Society for Testing and Materials
ASTM Standards is a collection of 9,100 standards for testing methods, definitions, practices and classifications, covering metals, construction, petroleum products, textiles, paints, plastics, rubber, electrical insulation and electronics, energy sources and medical devices. [more]
ATLA Religion Database
Also Known as ATLA Religion; ATLA; atlareligion
ATLA Religion Database contains citations from 3 print indexes published annually by ATLA (American Theological Library Association). Coverage is 1949 to date. [more]
Atmospheric Sciences Databases
A collection of databases relevant to atmospheric science. This collection contains a mixture of freely available resources and those available only to MU affiliates. [more]
Avery Index indexes more than 2,000 periodicals published worldwide on architecture, archaeology, city planning, interior design and historic preservation. Coverage is from the early 1930's to date. [more]
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TRY FIRST: RESOURCES FOR RESEARCH
General and Multidisciplinary Databases
The following databases are good places to start your research. They all search scholarly peer reviewed journals and provide access to the full-text of articles.
- Search over 12,500 journals 1984 to date
- Can limit search results to scholarly (peer reviewed) journals
- Search over 18,000 peer reviewed journals 1996 to date
- Find out who's citing particular articles
- Search full-text back files of over 300 scholarly journals
- Does not include the last five years of issues
- Search for articles in journals, magazines and newspapers
- Search for books, government documents, DVDs and more
- Search for scholarly articles, books and theses
Online Encyclopedias and Handbooks
Current and Controversial Issues
Journalist's Resource: Policy Studies
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News and Newspapers
- Over 8000 full-text newspapers and trade journals
- Includes broadcast transcripts and wire services
- 1980's to date
- Company business and financial information
- Over 500 full-text newspapers including the Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, LA Times, Washington Post and Boston Globe.
- 1980's to date
- Full-text newspapers and trade journals
- Includes broadcast transcripts and wire services
- 1980's to date
Proquest Historical Newspapers
- Full-page images and article images from the New York Times (1851-2008) and the Chicago Defender (1910-1975)
- Can search and see images of advertisements in the New York Times
Creating Bibliographies/Citing Sources
- Create citations in APA and MLA format: Citation Builder
- Manage your references and automatically create bibliographies and in-text citations.
TRIAL DATABASES
The MU Libraries are participating in trials of these resources in order to evaluate for possible future subscription.
Music and Dance Online - Trial
Includes over 1 million audio tracks, 2,500 hours of video, 1.4 million pages of scores, and 500,000+ pages of reference, archival primary sources, and periodicals. Broad-ranging materials include video of live performances, audio recordings, instructional films, previously unpublished works from acclaimed playwrights, performance posters and playbills, video interviews, and choreography not seen since the time of its original performance. Trial ends April 17, 2023. [more]
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