general reference databases

	Databases Covering All Subject Areas
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Database Name	Subject	Type of Contents	Years Covered
ArticleFirst	all subject areas; tables of contents	citations	1990 - present
Britannica Online	general encyclopedia	full-text	2001 edition
Cambridge Journals Online	electronic journals in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities	full-text	1997 - present
ConsumerIndex	consumer protection, evaluations, tests, alerts, warnings, services, and recalls	citations/abstracts/some full-text	1986 - present
Dissertation Abstracts	doctoral dissertations from U.S. and foreign institutions	citations/some abstracts	1861 to present; abstracts since 1980
Expanded Academic ASAP	most academic disciplines	citations/abstracts/some full-text	1980 - present
Facts.com	Facts on File World News Digest; selected content from Issues and Controversies on File, Today's Science on File, Reuters On-Line News Service, The World Almanac and Book of Facts, The World Almanac Encyclopedia	full-text	1980 - present
General Reference Center Gold	index to popular magazines, newspapers, and reference books covering all subjects	citations/abstracts/some full-text	1980 - present
InfoTrac OneFile	all subject areas	citations/abstracts/some full-text	1980 - present
JSTOR	wide variety of disciplines in the humanities, social sciences and sciences; includes the Arts & Sciences I Collection, covering the humanities and social sciences, as well as plant sciences, mathematics, and statistics; the Arts & Sciences II Collection, covering the fields of economics, history, Asian studies, arts & archaeology, classics, and African, Latin American, Middle Eastern, and Slavic studies; the Business Collection, covering the fields of business, economics, and management science; and the Ecology and Botany Collection.	full-text	varies; most Vol. 1 to 5 years ago
LexisNexis Academic	news and law	full-text	varies by source; 1980s - present
Oxford English Dictionary	dictionary	full-text	current edition
Oxford Reference Online Premium	dictionaries, thesauri, handbooks, and other reference books in all subjects	full-text	current editions
Oxford University Press Journals	electronic journals in the humanities, social sciences, and the sciences	full-text	varies by journal
Periodicals Index Online (formerly PCI)	arts, humanities, and social sciences	citations	1665-1995
Scholarly Communications Project	electronic journals, class materials, images, theses, dissertations, and news	citations/abstracts/full-text	1989 - present
WorldCat	items owned by libraries around the world	records list library holdings; useful to locate resources at other libraries	updated daily; earliest materials B.C.

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