A-Z Databases

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Databases A to Z

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ABI/INFORM Collection (ProQuest) (Includes: ABI/INFORM Dateline; ABI/INFORM Global; ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry) - Also adds access to 65+ EIU Country Finance and Country Forecast Reports; Business Monitor International Reports, First Research Reports - 1,300+ more reports, EIU World Commodity reports, & 700 full text case studies. Includes full text access to The Wall Street Journal.

Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost) Comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 7,000 full-text periodicals, including nearly 6,000 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 11,000 journals and a total of more than 11,600 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.

AccessEngineering (McGraw Hill) AccessEngineering contains over 700 books covering all engineering specialties. Other key features within AccessEngineering include:

Over 900 faculty created instructional videos
More than 4,000 interactive graphs and downloadable tables
A collection of Schaum’s Outlines to improve retention and understanding
Filters to find example problems for specific engineering topics
Downloadable excel spreadsheet calculators
DataVis, a data visualization tool for teaching with 200 materials and 65 properties
Browsable courses linking relevant content to outlines for 30 common engineering courses

AccessMedicine (McGraw Hill) A comprehensive resource that provides instant access to leading medical textbooks, interactive self-assessment tests, and case files that facilitate decision-making at the point-of-care. Also included is an extensive multimedia library that provides a collection of examination and procedural videos, patient safety modules, audio files, and animations that feature complicated concepts presented in understandable terms, including videos illustrating fundamental medical concepts drawn from the world’s most trusted medical textbook, Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine.

AccessPharmacy (McGraw Hill) AccessPharmacy allows students to select a core curriculum topic, browse by organ system, review textbooks, search across online pharmacy references; and prepare for the NAPLEX.

AccessPhysiotherapy (McGraw Hill) A comprehensive online medical resource devoted to the study, instruction, and practice of physical and occupational therapy. Updated regularly, it integrates leading physical therapy textbooks, procedure and exercise videos, image galleries, self-assessment tools, and a unique cadaver dissection tool optimized for viewing on any device.

Accounting, Tax & Banking Collection (ProQuest) Includes all journals from the American Accounting Association and adds a comprehensive collection of full-text accounting journals, trade publications, dissertations and working papers not included in ABI/INFORM. In addition, industry and professional newsletters, School of Bank Marketing Papers, and Stonier Theses are included. The database brings together sources including current news, as well as professional and academic journal articles, covering accounting, tax, banking, and financial issues.

ACS Web Editions - online access to 15 full text journals published by the American Chemical Society.

AltHealth Watch (EBSCOhost-provided by Badgerlink) Focused on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. Offers libraries full text articles for more than 180 international, and often peer-reviewed journals and reports. In addition, there are hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts. Alt HealthWatch provides in-depth coverage across the full spectrum of subject areas covered by complementary and alternative medicine. This database features indexing and abstracts going back as far as 1984, and full text going back as far as 1990.

American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection (EBSCOhost) This collection comprises full-text American periodicals published between 1684-1912 documenting the life of America's people from the Colonial Era through the Civil War and Reconstruction.

Series 1 Titles dating from 1684 through 1820.
Series 2 Collection representing the Jacksonian Democracy Era from 1821 through 1837.
Series 3 Titles dating from 1838 through 1852.
Series 4 Collection focusing on the Civil War from 1853 through 1865.
Series 5 Collection covering broad subjects areas of American life from 1866 through 1912.

American Doctoral Dissertations, 1933-1955 (EBSCOhost-provided by Badgerlink) Provides electronic access to the only comprehensive record of dissertations accepted by American universities during that time period, the print index Doctoral Dissertations Accepted by American Universities. Containing twenty-two years of dissertation research and amounting to nearly 100,000 citations, it was created with the generous support of the H. W. Wilson Foundation and the Congregational Library & Archives in Boston.

American Theological Library Association (ATLA) Historical Monographs Collections-Series 1 (EBSCOhost) Titles from the 13th century through the 1893 World Parliament of Religions, with the majority of titles from the 19th century.

American Theological Library Association (ATLA) Historical Monographs Collection-Series 2 (EBSCOhost) Features titles published from 1894 through 1923 that present the growing interest in Eastern religions from the late 1800s to the early 1900s and highlights significant shifts in the religious identification of Americans. Also contains hundreds of volumes describing the evangelical movement and collections of evangelical sermons. Additionally, a significant number of titles that describe the missionary activities of the period are included as well as numerous biographies of nineteenth century theologians which provide perspective on how and why these leaders were valued in the nineteenth century.

Archives Unbound (Gale) Search both "Federal Response to Radicalism in the 1960s" and "We Were Prepared for the Possibility of Death: Freedom Riders in the South 1961".

Arts & Humanities Database (ProQuest) Access to contemporary specialist art titles as well as journals from related fields including ethnic studies, women's studies, sociology, cultural studies, and more.

Asian & European Business Collection (ProQuest) Information on international trade, and on companies, economies, markets and business conditions throughout the Eastern Hemisphere. In-depth coverage of European economic activity and information on specific economic and market conditions throughout Europe.

ATLASerials (EBSCOhost) Full-text version of the ATLA Religion database. This database is a collection of major religion and theology journals selected by some of the major religion scholars in the United States. Journals representing all major religious faiths, major denominations, and language groups are included. Information dates as far back as 1949, and coverage continues through the present.

Australia & New Zealand Database (ProQuest) Access to full-text academic journals that are locally published by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions located in Australia and New Zealand.

BadgerLink Wisconsin’s online library which provides access to licensed content such as magazines, newspapers, scholarly articles, videos, images, and music. These resources are provided exclusively for use by all Wisconsin residents and are materials that are not available through regular search engines such as Google. Examples of items include:

3,100 royalty-free songs and sound effects
Primary sources like firsthand accounts and American foundational documents
Standards-based content including reference books, encyclopedias, photos, maps, flags, animations, and videos
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) materials such as science experiments and skill-building practice tests
Test preparation materials and practice tests for ACT, SAT, AP, ASVAB, GED, and more!

Biological Sciences Database (ProQuest) Topics include biological chemistry, biophysics, botany, microbiology, environmental studies and zoology.

Black's Law Dictionary Features definitions for more than 50,000 law-related terms, phrases, abbreviations and acronyms.

Bloom's Literary Criticism More than 550 e-books from Bloom's Literary Criticism series.

Book Review Index Online (Full Text) (Gale) Book Review Index Online is a comprehensive source for book reviews from 1965 to the present and covers review published in nearly 500 periodicals and newspapers.

Britannica School - High (Provided by Badgerlink) Encyclopedia articles with images, maps, games, and other learning materials for high school students and educators. NOTE for off-campus users: Choose Mequon-Concordia University Wisconsin from the Choose Your Library list, then log in using your CUW library barcode. On the Resources page, navigate to Britannica School - High.

Business (ProQuest) With 1 click search 9 of ProQuest's business databases.

Business Market Research Collection (ProQuest) Provides company, industry and economic market research from three sources:

From Snapshot Series: concise reports of business information including market information and socio-economic data provided by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
From OxResearch: succinct analytical articles covering world and regional economic and political developments to research and analyze the impact on business climate.
From Hoover's Company Profiles: location, financials, competitors, and other up-to-date business information for global public and non-public companies.

Business Source Ultimate (EBSCOhost) Business Source Ultimate offers peer-reviewed, full- text journals and other resources that provide historical information and current trends in business. Students learn about accounting, finance, banking, marketing, management and much more with one comprehensive package that also includes full text of journals found in key subject indexes. In addition to accessing essential full-text journals, business students can delve into case studies, country economic reports and company profiles, as well as interviews with executives and analysts.

Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database (ProQuest) Covers current events, business, science, arts, and academic information produced in Canada.

Canadian Newsstream (ProQuest) Offers access to the full text of nearly 300 newspapers from Canada's leading publishers, including The Globe and Mail.

Career & Technical Education Database (ProQuest) Vocational information and career research resources.

Children's Core Collection (H.W. Wilson) (EBSCOhost-provided by Badgerlink) This rich resource covers fiction and nonfiction works, story collections, picture books and magazines recommended for readers in preschool through sixth grade. Professional literature for the children's librarian—both periodicals and books—is also covered. Selected and recommended by collection development specialists, books within Children’s Core Collection encompass a wide variety of topics, including social sciences, science, math and reading.

CINAHL Ultimate (EBSCOhost) CINAHL Ultimate has full-text quick lessons, evidence-based care sheets, continuing education modules, and nursing instructional videos in addition to the full-text journals. List of nursing instructions videos.

Civil War Primary Source Documents (EBSCOhost) Civil War Primary Source Documents from The New-York Historical Society presents unique manuscript material chronicling all aspects of the American Civil War from warfare on land, at sea, in hospitals and prison camps, and reactions and impressions of the War from the home front. The collection, comprised of over 110,000 pages, focuses on the War as it was fought from 1861 to 1865 and represents both Northern and Southern perspectives. It also contains important contextual documents leading up to War and after its conclusion. Curated by experts at The New-York Historical Society, these historical documents represent decades of collection and preservation.

ClinicalKey (Elsevier) All of Elsevier's medical and surgical content in one resource, giving access to over 900 books, 500 journals, thousands of videos and millions of images.

Clinical Pharmacology (Elsevier) Provides a single resource to answer all your medication questions. It offers accurate, clinically-relevant information on all U.S. prescription drugs, plus hard-to-find coverage of herbal, nutritional and OTC products, as well as new and investigational drugs.
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The Cochrane Library (EBSCOhost) Contains three databases. The Database of Systematic Reviews contains full text articles, as well as protocols focusing on the effects of healthcare. Data is evidence-based medicine and is often combined statistically (with meta-analysis) to increase the power of the findings of numerous studies, each too small to produce reliable results individually. The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials is a bibliography of controlled trials identified by contributors to the Cochrane Collaboration and others, as part of an international effort to hand search the world's journals and create an unbiased source of data for systematic reviews. Cochrane Clinical Answers contains a clinical question, a short answer, and an opportunity to ‘drill down’ to the evidence from relevant Cochrane reviews.

Computer Science Database (ProQuest) Product reviews, database design and management, software, hardware, and website development, technology management.

Computers & Applied Sciences Complete (EBSCOhost-provided by Badgerlink) A comprehensive database that provides indexing and abstracts for more than 2,200 academic journals, professional publications and other sources and nearly 1,000 full-text journals that offers a vast knowledgebase pertaining to traditional computing, applied sciences challenges, computer theory, computer systems, engineering disciplines, new technology, social and professional context and much more.

Congress.gov U.S. Legislative information on the Internet. Find information on bills, committee information, the congressional record and more.

Consumer Health Complete (EBSCOhost-provided by Badgerlink) A comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. It is designed to support patients' information needs and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. Consumer Health Complete provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. In addition, Consumer Health Complete includes the Clinical Reference System and the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which provides access to up-to-date, concise and clinically relevant drug monographs. The database is updated on a weekly basis.

Consumer Health Database (ProQuest) Very wide ranging topics, including sports injuries, women's health, food and nutrition, midwifery, eye care, dentistry.

Continental Europe Database (ProQuest) Interdisciplinary collection of full-text academic journals that are locally published by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions in many European countries, including France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, and Portugal. Major subject areas, including business, science, technology, social sciences, education, and humanities are represented.

Criminal Justice Database (ProQuest) Comprehensive database supporting research on crime, its causes and impacts, legal and social implications, as well as litigation and crime trends. The database bridges theory with practice by providing information geared to those interested in careers in criminal justice, law enforcement, corrections, drug enforcement, rehabilitation, family law, and industrial security – as well as scholars and other researchers who study the causes, trends, and societal impacts of crime.

Dietary Supplements Labels Database (NLM) Dietary Supplements Labels Database offers information about label ingredients in more than 7,000 selected brands of over-the-counter products such as vitamins, minerals, botanicals, amino acids, and other specialty supplements sold in the US. The Database can be searched by brand names, uses noted on product labels, specific active ingredients, and manufacturers.

DynaMed Plus (EBSCOhost) Written and designed by a team of specialized physicians, DynaMed is a clinical reference tool which provides fast, easy access to the latest evidence-based information. DynaMed includes clinically-organized summaries for thousands of topics and is also updated several times daily as new evidence becomes available. Features include: Use of a strict, evidence-based editorial process, One-click access to full-text articles, Practice-changing updates, Ability to earn CMEs, Alerts for updated topics, Clinical Calculators, Micromedex Clinical Knowledge Suite drug content (plus direct linking to Micromedex), targeted Medline searching and more.

East & South Asia Database (ProQuest) Interdisciplinary collection of full-text academic journals that are locally published by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions in East and South Asia countries, including China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand. Major subject areas, including business, science, technology, medicine, social sciences, political science, law, and humanities are represented.

East Europe, Central Europe Database (ProQuest) Interdisciplinary collection of full-text academic journals that are locally published by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions located in the East and Central Europe region. Major subject areas, including business, science, technology, medicine, social sciences, education, arts, literature, and history are represented.

E-Books available to CUW community

Ebook Central (formerly Ebrary) and EBSCO eBooks are searchable collections of electronic books on a variety of subjects, available to CUW students, faculty and staff.

EBSCOHost This link provides access to a list of all CUW EBSCOhost databases. Start here if you wish to search multiple databases in a single session.

Education Database (ProQuest) Coverage spans the literature on primary, secondary and higher education as well as special education, home schooling and adult education. Many titles are indexed in the ERIC database.

Education Source (EBSCOhost-provided by Badgerlink) This database provides scholarly research and information to meet the needs of education students, professionals, and policy makers. It covers all levels of education — from early childhood to higher education — as well as all educational specialties such as multilingual education, health education, and testing. Content includes: full text for more than 2,000 journals, indexing and abstracts for more than 3,500 journals, full text for more than 550 books and monographs, full text for nearly 1,700 education-related conference papers, citations for nearly 3.7 million articles, including book reviews and more.

Educational Administration Abstracts (EBSCOhost-provided by Badgerlink) Includes bibliographic records covering areas related to educational administration, including educational leadership, educational management, educational research, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. The index contains more than 190,000 records, which are carefully selected from the most important sources within the discipline.

Environmental Science Database (ProQuest) A collection of full-text global literature related to environmental science with content in disciplines including engineering, biotechnology, bacteriology, atmospheric science, ecology, and biology

ERIC (EBSCOhost-provided by Badgerlink) Provides citation and abstract information from over 750 educational journals and related documents from the Educational Resource Information Center and educational symposium report literature dating back to 1967.

ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS) Provides access to 80% of ERIC Documents (ED) from 1993 to the present. Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the full documents.

European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750 (EBSCOhost-provided by Badgerlink) This new bibliographic database is a valuable index for libraries, scholars and individuals interested in European works that relate to the Americas. EBSCO Publishing, in cooperation with the John Carter Brown Library, has created this resource from “European Americana: A Chronological Guide to Works Printed In Europe Relating to The Americas, 1493-1750,” the authoritative bibliography that is well-known and respected by scholars worldwide. The database contains more than 32,000 entries and is a comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750.

Explora for Educators (Provided by Badgerlink) Explora for Educators offers lesson plans, student tools, curriculum standards, and other professional development resources for educators.

Explora for Elementary Schools (Provided by Badgerlink) With Explora for Elementary Schools, students can search for a topic of their choice or browse in subject areas which include arts and music, geography, language arts, math, science and health, and social studies.

Explora for Everyone (Provided by Badgerlink) Explora for Everyone simultaneously searches 20 of EBSCO’s most popular databases with easy-to-browse categories, organized by popular topics.

Explora for Middle & High Schools (Provided by Badgerlink) Explora for Middle and High Schools allows students to browse by topic or search to discover reliable information in a wide range of subjects including Arts and Literature, Current Issues, Geography, Science and Math, and History.

Federal Response to Radicalism in the 1960s (Gale Archive) Organized alphabetically by organization, this collection covers a wide range of viewpoints on political, social, cultural, and economic issues. It sheds light on internal organization, personnel, and activities of some of the most prominent American radical groups and their movements to change American government and society.

Freedom Riders in the South, 1961: "We Were Prepared for the Possibility of Death" (Gale Archive) The Freedom Riders set out to challenge the lack of enforcement of existing laws against segregation on interstate bus travel by riding various forms of public transportation in the South. The Freedom Rides, and the violent reactions they provoked, bolstered the credibility of the Civil Rights Movement.

Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia (EBSCOhost-provided by Badgerlink) Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.

Gale Literary Index (Gale) Master index to every literary series published by Gale. It combines and cross references more than 130,000 author names including pseudonyms and variant names and more than 140,000 titles into one source.

GreenFILE (EBSCOhost-provided by Badgerlink) 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.

Gun Regulation and Legislation in America (HeinOnline) A collection of essential periodicals, compiled legislative histories, CRS reports, Congressional hearings, United States Supreme Court briefs, monographs, and other related materials on the difficult and controversial topic of regulating firearms in the United States.

Health & Medical Collection (ProQuest) Combines clinical research titles available in ProQuest Medical Library with hundreds of additional consumers and health administration titles.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCOhost-provided by Badgerlink) - Provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also features the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names.

Healthcare Administration Database (ProQuest) Includes key journals, dissertations and theses for a wide range of topics including hospitals, insurance, law, statistics, business management, personnel management, ethics, health economics, and public health administration plus reports from Business Monitor International related to the health care industry.

HeinOnline Hein provides access to law reviews, case law, scholarly journals and international documents,. Additionally, it is a resource for federal government documents including federal statutes, congressional documents, legislative histories, Supreme Court materials, and more. It provides coverage of legal history, the Federal Register (back to 1936), the Code of Federal Regulations (back to 1938), the Congressional Record (dating back to 1980), as well multidisciplinary content in more than 1500 subject areas including women’s studies, social justice, education, law, history, political science, criminal justice, religious studies, international relations, and more.

HeritageQuest Online (Provided by Badgerlink) Find genealogy information like census records, family and local histories, and more through a collection that includes unique primary sources, local, and family histories and the U.S. Federal Censuses, books, cemetery records, city directories, military records and more. NOTE for off-campus users: Choose Mequon-Concordia University Wisconsin from the Choose Your Library list, then log in using your CUW library barcode. On the Resources page, navigate to HeritageQuest Online.

Hobbies and Crafts Source (EBSCOhost-provided by Badgerlink) Hobbies and Crafts Source is a database of leading full-text hobby and craft magazines, hobby profiles, recipes, and videos which can be searched or browsed by category.

Human Kinetics Library Core Collection This core collection includes over 165 ebooks and supplementary monographs and materials for practitioners. Additionally, over 200 instructional videos are available including demonstrations of exercise movements and explanations of key physical activity concepts.

Humanities International Complete (HIC) (EBSCOhost-provided by Badgerlink) Provides full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world. HIC includes all the data from American Humanities Index and Humanities International Index plus almost half a million full-text articles, many available with searchable references.

Image Collection (EBSCOhost-provided by Badgerlink) Consists of more than 1 million total of a wide array of photos and maps, with an emphasis on world news and events. Other areas of coverage include contemporary and historical photos of people, places, and the natural kingdom. The images are broken down into the following categories:

Photographs
Images from Canadian Press, Getty Images, and UPI
Maps from Antenna Audio
Photographs from public domain sources

India Database (ProQuest) Interdisciplinary collection of full-text academic journals that are locally published by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions located in India. Major subject areas, including business, science, technology, medicine, and social sciences are represented.

Integrated Pharmacy Collection (LWW) 32 full text pharmacy books that cover therapeutics through patient care and biological sciences to mechanisms of action. Includes titles such as A Practical Guide to Contemporary Pharmacy Practice, Principles of Pharmacology, Martin's Physical Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences ...

International Newsstream (ProQuest) Features newspapers, newswires, transcripts and digital-only news sites from outside of the US and Canada, with archives stretching back decades, from sources including The Times (London), The Bangkok Post, El Norte, Financial Times, The Guardian, Jerusalem Post, South China Morning Post, The Daily Telegraph, Asian Wall Street Journal, and the BBC Monitoring series.

International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (IPA) (EBSCOhost) IPA includes information from over 750 pharmaceutical, medical, and health-related journals published worldwide since 1970. The database covers the entire spectrum of drug therapy and pharmaceutical information. Topics covered include information on biopharmaceutics & pharmacokinetics, new drug delivery systems, pharmacist liability, legal, political & ethical issues, and many others.

JSTOR 1,000+ full-text scholarly journals in such subject areas as: Education, History, Nursing, Philosophy, Political Science, Finance, Statistics, Mathematics, Sociology, and many others.

Knovel (Elsevier) Knovel provides access to a wide range of handbooks and other reference works and tools in chemical, industrial, mechanical, manufacturing and operations management engineering.

Latin America & Iberian Database (ProQuest) Interdisciplinary collection of full-text academic journals that are locally published by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions located in Latin American countries, including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela, plus Spain and Portugal. Major subject areas, including business, science, technology, medicine, social sciences, education, arts, anthropology, law, and humanities are represented.

Lexi-Comp Online (now UpToDate Lexidrug) Integrates industry-leading databases, including AHFS, to provide drug and clinical information at the point-of-care.

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts with Full Text (LISTA) (EBSCOhost-provided by Badgerlink) Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts with Full Text indexes more than 560 core journals, nearly 50 priority journals, and nearly 125 selective journals; plus books, research reports and proceedings. This database also contains full text for more than 330 journals. 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.

Library Science Database (ProQuest) Access to scholarly journals and trade publications covering topics relevant to the theoretical and applied study of library and information science.

Linguistics Database (ProQuest) Covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics.

Literary Reference Plus (EBSCOhost-provided by Badgerlink) Literary Reference Plus includes full-text resources focusing on plays/drama, poetry, religious literature and children's literature. This database also includes volumes of fantasy/science fiction, contemporary literature, world philosophy and religious literature, and literary study guides covering American Literature, English Literature and literary genres. Updated weekly, Literary Reference Plus contains the following content and more:

Full text for more than 130,000 classic and contemporary poems
250 critical essays about popular young adult (YA) literature titles, including film analyses
New contemporary literature titles from Salem Press, including:
- Critical Survey of Shakespeare’s Sonnets that provides historical context and analysis for 25 of the Bard's sonnets
- Introduction to Literary Context series that introduces students to great works of literature, providing historical context and illuminating key concepts and vocabulary
More than 750 full-text literary journals and magazines — including AGNI, Black Warrior Review, Five Points, Paris Review, River Teeth, Subtropics and Witness — featuring thousands of essays, fiction and poetry
34 interactive literary study guides
Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature, Continuum Encyclopedia of British Literature, Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature, The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics and The Columbia Companion to the 20th Century American Short Story

Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod Commission on Theology and Church Relations Provides study documents and statements on a number of significant theological issues.

Luthers Werke (ProQuest) Luthers Werke (Weimarer Ausgabe) Contains the complete collection of Martin Luther's writings. In addition to his Bible translations and his treatises, the database includes his sermons, letters, Tischreden, poems, and hymns, enabling scholars to navigate with ease through his works, finding every occurrence of a word or phrase. Searches may be limited to a particular work or genre, or expanded to include the entire database.

LWW Nursing and Health Professions Premier Collection (Ovid) Nursing and Health Professions Premier Collection is composed of over 80 core nursing and health related scholarly journals, published by Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins.

McGraw-Hill Medical Databases – search AccessPharmacy, AccessEmergencyMedicine, AccessPediatrics and AccessSurgery in one integrated search to find the following:

Patient Education—Comprehensive, reliable healthcare information for adults, pediatrics, medicines, and acute settings available in multiple languages and from more than 7,000 topics.
Extensive Multimedia Library—A unique collection of examination and procedural videos & animations, and patient safety modules, including videos illustrating fundamental medical concepts drawn from the world's most trusted medical textbook, Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine.
Multiple Quick Reference Tools—including Quick Medical Dx & Rx, a collection of concise evidence-based outlines of conditions and disorders most often encountered in medical practice—perfect for high-yield review or for quick reference in the clinical setting.
Self-Assessment—Extensive Q&A from leading references such as the LANGE textbooks and clinical texts to assist students and residents in exam preparation.
Integrated Drug Database—More than 1,000 generic and brand-name drugs, with customizable, printable patient handouts presented in English and Spanish.

MedCalc 3000 (STAT!Ref) (Please note: This database is limited to 5 Users at a time) MedCalc 3000 encompasses a wide array of pertinent medical formulae, clinical criteria sets and decision tree analysis tools used every day including A-a Gradient, Apgar Score, Basic Unit conversions, Creatinine Clearance, Diabetes Screening TreeCalc, Electroacrdiography, Kt/V Dialysis Dose Kerr Formula, Low Density Lipoprotein, Lung Volume Multi-Calc, Osmolar Clearance, Rheumatoid Arthritis Criteria, SARS CDC Case Definition TreeCalc, Smallpox Risk Assessment TreeCalc, Sodium Correction in Hyperglycemia etc.

MEDLINE (EBSCOhost-provided by Badgerlink) Provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE® uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree, tree hierarchy, subheadings and explosion capabilities to search citations from over 4,800 current biomedical journals.

MEDLINE Complete (EBSCOhost) The largest companion to the MEDLINE index, this full-text database provides access to top-tier biomedical and health journals. Covering a wide range of subjects including biomedicine, pre-clinical sciences, behavioral sciences, bioengineering, health policy development, life science and many more, it is an essential resource for health professionals and researchers engaged in clinical care, public health and health policy development. Content Includes: full-text for more than 2,500 journals, and MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) for more than 5,400 current biomedical journals.

Mergent Intellect (Mergent) Worldwide business information that enables companies to generate insightful business intelligence. Coupling Mergent's expertise in developing products for the reference marketplace with D&B®'s private company database, Mergent Intellect offers new and existing clients a unique opportunity to access private and public U.S and international business data, industry news, facts and figures, executive contact information, the ability to access industry profiles and much more. Includes First Research and Key Business Ratios.

MICROMEDEX Healthcare Series includes referenced information about drugs, toxicology, diseases, acute care, and alternative medicine, and PDR Electronic Library with access to FDA approved drug information.

Middle East & Africa Database (ProQuest) Interdisciplinary collection of full-text academic journals that are locally published by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions in countries in the Middle East and Africa. Major subject areas, including business, science, technology, social sciences, education, and humanities are represented.

Middle and Junior High Core Collection (H.W. Wilson) (EBSCOhost-provided by Badgerlink) This Collection is a selective list of fiction and non-fiction books recommended for children and young adolescents (grades 5 through 9), along with review sources and other professional aids for librarians and school media specialists. Selected and recommended by collection development specialists in library service to young people, listed books encompass a wide variety of topics for youth.

Military & Government Collection (EBSCOhost-provided by Badgerlink) Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites. The Military & Government Collection provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for more than 400 titles.

Military Database (ProQuest) Topics across all government and military branches.

Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database Highly objective, evidence-based resource designed for healthcare professionals containing information on natural medicines.

NetAdvantage Access to S&P products including Industry Surveys, Stock Reports, Mutual Fund Reports, Bond Reports, Corporation Records, The Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives, and The Outlook.

New Testament Abstracts (See ATLA Historical Monographs Collections-Series 1, ATLA Historical Monographs Collection-Series 2, or ATLASerials)

Newspaper Source Plus (Provided by Badgerlink) Includes 1,520 full-text newspapers, providing more than 28 million full-text articles. The database contains comprehensive full text for major newspapers such as The New York Times (from January 1985 to present), The Boston Globe, The Christian Science Monitor, The Daily Mail (UK), The Irish Times (Ireland), The San Francisco Chronicle, The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), The Times of London, The Toronto Star, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, and others.

NoveList (Provided by Badgerlink) Provides fiction recommendations with read-alikes, discussion guides, reading lists, and more. NOTE for off-campus users: Choose Mequon-Concordia University Wisconsin from the Choose Your Library list, then log in using your CUW library barcode. On the Resources page, navigate to NoveList.

Nursing & Allied Health Database (ProQuest) Provides users with reliable healthcare information covering nursing, allied health, alternative and complementary medicine, and much more. Includes over 860 titles in full-text, plus more than 12,300 full text dissertations representing the most rigorous scholarship in nursing and related fields. Also included are training videos from Medcom, Inc. These videos cover important topics such as health care safety, emergency planning, checking vital signs and many more. Videos are available in flash format, and are broken down into chaptered clips for easy study. Videos are well indexed for reliable search results and can be viewed in document view or downloaded to your desktop for reference. Multicultural reports from CultureVision are also available for 30 ethnicities and 11 religions, the reports deliver invaluable resources for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with respect to their beliefs and practices.

Old Testament Abstracts (See ATLA Historical Monographs Collections-Series 1, ATLA Historical Monographs Collection-Series 2, or ATLASerials)

PharmacyLibrary Features content from APhA's authoritative textbooks, an interactive NAPLEX review, case studies, article abstracts from the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association and a variety of news sources.

Pharmacy Resources Databases, journal titles, e-books supporting CUW's School of Pharmacy.

Poetry & Short Story Reference Source (EBSCOhost-provided by Badgerlink) Provides more than 370,000 full-text classic and contemporary poems; over 56,000 full-text short stories, and more than 4,000 full-text dramatic works. Additionally, more than 2600 audio recordings are available of poets reading their own works.

Points of View Reference Source (EBSCOhost-provided by Badgerlink) Points of View Reference Source covers hundreds of topics, each with an Overview (objective background/description), Point (argument) and Counterpoint (opposing argument). Each topic also features a Guide to Critical Analysis which helps users evaluate the controversy and enhances the ability to read critically, develop perspectives on the issues, and write or debate an effective argument on the topic.

Political Science Database (ProQuest) Access to leading political science and international relations journals plus recent, full-text political science dissertations from U.S. and Canadian universities as well as country reports and policy papers.

Professional Development Collection (EBSCOhost-provided by Badgerlink) Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of more than 550 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports. Professional Development Collection is the most comprehensive collection of full text education journals in the world.

ProQuest This link provides access to the following databases:

ABI/INFORM Collection - Includes ABI/INFORM Global, ABI/INFORM Dateline, ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry, and access to business forcasts, reports and case studies.
Accounting, Tax & Banking Collection - Covers all journals from the American Accounting Association, plus related trade publications and journals, as well as industry and professional newsletters.
Arts & Humanities Database - Brings together journal articles in Art, Architecture, Design, History, Philosophy, Music, Literature, Theatre and Cultural Studies.
Asian & European Business Collection - Detailed information on companies, economies, markets, and overall business conditions across Asia and Europe.
Australia & New Zealand Database - Full-text academic journals published in Australia and New Zealand covering major areas of study.
Biological Sciences Database - Topics include biological chemistry, biophysics, botany, microbiology, environmental studies and zoology.
Business Market Research Collection - Company, industry and economic market research from Hoover's Comany Profiles, OxResearch and Snapshots.
Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database - Coverage of current events, business, science, arts and academics produced in Canada.
Canadian Newsstream - Full-text access to nearly 300 newspapers from Canada's leading publishers, including The Globe and Mail.
Career and Technical Education Database - Vocational information and career research resources.
Computer Science Database - Product reviews, database design and management, software, hardware, and website development, technology management.
Consumer Health Database - Consumer health journal and magazine articles covering very wide ranging topics, including sports injuries, women's health, food and nutrition, midwifery, eye care, dentistry.
Continental Europe Database - Full-text academic journals published in certain European countries.
Criminal Justice Database - Search a comprehensive collection of U.S. and international criminal justice journals including information for professionals in law enforcement, corrections administration, drug enforcement, rehabilitation, family law, and industrial security.
East & South Asia Database - Full-text academic journals published in various East Asian and South Asian countries.
East Europe, Central Europe Database - Full-text academic journals published in East and Central Europe.
Education Database - Abstracts and indexing of over 900 education journals, many with full-text access.
Health & Medical Collection - Combines clinical research titles with hundreds of additional consumers and health administration titles.
Healthcare Administration Database - Health adminisstration journal articles and dissertations.
India Database - Multidisciplinary collection of full-text, scholarly journals published in India.
International Newsstream - Recent news content outside of the US and Canada with archives stretching back decades.
Latin America & Iberian Database - Full-text academic journals published in Latin American countries, Spain, and Portugal.
Library Science Database - Journal articles related to library science, online retrieval, archives and information technology.
Linguistics Database - Scholarly journal articles and other sources covering linguistics.
Middle East & Africa Database - Full-text academic journals published in Middle Eastern and African countries.
Military Database - Topics across all government and military branches.
Nursing & Allied Health Database - Journal articles, books, videos and dissertations related to nursing and allied health.
Political Science Database - Journal articles related to international relations and political science.
ProQuest Central - Coverage of over 160 subjects
Psychology Database - Abstracts and indexing for more than 640 titles, with over 540 titles available in full text, for psychology theory and practice.
Public Health Database - Health and medicine journal and magazine articles, news reports, and dissertations.
Religion Database - Covers formal theological studies and commentary on topics of general interest.
Research Library - Designed to cover the top 150 core academic subject areas.
Science Database - Research support for both the applied and general sciences.
Social Science Database - Covers hundreds of topics including: addiction studies, urban studies, family studies and international relations.
Sociology Database - Sociology and social work journal articles.
Telecommunications Database - Covers changes in the field including computer applications, data communications and transmission systems, information science and theory.
Turkey Database - Full-text academic journals published in Turkey.
UK & Ireland Database - Full-text academic journals published in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.
US Newsstream - Local and regional news coverage.

ProQuest Central Coverage of over 160 subject areas, including business and economics, health and medical, news and world affairs, science, education, and more.

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCOhost) This comprehensive resource is an essential tool for psychologists, counselors, researchers and students, providing extensive full-text coverage for a broad range of subjects in the fields of psychology, behavioral sciences and related disciplines including anthropology, emotional and behavioral characteristics, mental processes, observational and experimental methods, psychiatry and psychology, child and adolescent psychology and various areas of counseling plus many more. Content Includes more than 530 full-text journals and nearly 350 full-text journals with citations in PsycINFO.

Psychology Database (ProQuest) Abstracts and indexing for more than 640 titles, with over 540 titles available in full text. Coverage ranges from behavioral, clinical, cognitive, developmental, experimental, industrial and social psychology, along with personality, psychobiology and psychometrics.

PsycInfo (EBSCOhost) PsycInfo is an indexing and abstracting database produced by the American Psychological Association and is devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health.

Public Health Database (ProQuest) Journals, videos, news, trade publications, reports, and more, with coverage of a variety of disciplines including social sciences, business, and biological sciences. In addition, full-text dissertations offering topics such as biostatistics, environmental health sciences, epidemiology, health services administration, international public health, maternal and child health, and occupational safety and health.

PubMed (National Library of Medicine) FREE access to over 11 million MEDLINE® citations back to the mid-1960's and additional life science journals. Includes links to many sites providing full text articles.

Regional Business News (EBSCOhost-provided by Badgerlink) Provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications including 75 business journals, and newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Updated on a daily basis.

Reference Shelf Series of books that explores various topics of importance in modern society.

Rehabilitation Reference Center (RRC) (EBSCOhost) Evidence-based clinical reference tool for use by rehabilitation clinicians at the point-of-care. Content in RRC includes more than 200 Clinical Reviews, more than 150 research instruments, information from AHFS on over 11,700 drugs and their manufacturers, more than 9,800 exercise images, key reference handbooks, guidelines from the National Guidelines Clearinghouse, nearly 1,500 relevant patient education topics in both English & Spanish, and news and clinical updates.

Religion Database (ProQuest) Covers formal theological studies and commentary on topics of general interest.

Research Library (ProQuest) Designed to cover the top 150 core academic subject areas.

Revolutionary War Era Orderly Books from the New-York Historical Society (EBSCOhost) Revolutionary War Era Orderly Books from the New-York Historical Society represents a collection of over 30,000 pages of historically unique material from more than 200 orderly books spanning from 1748 to 1817. The collection includes both British and American orderly books, a form of manuscript journals kept by military units containing their orders from higher-ranking officers in addition to other information essential to military operations, dating from the French and Indian War through the War of 1812, with the bulk representing the activities of American forces during the Revolutionary War.

SAGE Premier Provides access to 570+ SAGE journal titles in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine with backfiles to 1999.

Science Database (ProQuest) Research support for both the applied and general sciences.

Science Direct (Elsevier) Science Direct provides access to scholarly journals in a variety of subject areas including the physical sciences, engineering, and life and health sciences.

Science Reference Source (EBSCOhost-provided by Badgerlink) Comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full text science-oriented content. This database contains full text for nearly 640 science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, etc. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.

SciFinder A research discovery tool that allows you to explore the CAS databases containing literature from many scientific disciplines including biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, materials science, agricultural science, and more. NOTE: THIS SITE REQUIRES EACH USER TO REGISTER AND SET UP A LOGIN/PASSWORD. USERS MUST REGISTER WITH THEIR CUW.EDU EMAIL ADDRESS. SciFinder registration page.

Senior High Core Collection (H.W. Wilson) (EBSCOhost-provided by Badgerlink) Wilson's Senior High Core Collection is selective list of books recommended for young people in grades 9 through 12 is invaluable for collection development and maintenance, reader's advisory and curriculum support in the high school library. Senior High School Core Collection lists review sources and other professional aids for librarians and school media specialists.

Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law (HeinOnline) This collection brings together essential legal materials on slavery in the United States and the English-speaking world. This includes every statute passed by every colony and state on slavery, every federal statute dealing with slavery, and all reported state and federal cases on slavery.

Social Science Database (ProQuest) Covers hundreds of topics including: addiction studies, urban studies, family studies and international relations.

SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCOhost) Comprehensive sociology research database. Its extensive scope and content provide users with a wealth of extremely useful information encompassing the broad spectrum of sociological study.

Sociology Database (ProQuest) Coverage of the international literature of sociology and social work, including culture and social structure, history and theory of sociology, social psychology, substance abuse and addiction, and more.

SPORTDiscus (Please note: This database is limited to 4 users at a time) Covers sports, physical fitness, exercise, sports medicine, sports science, physical education, kinesiology, coaching, training, sport administration, officiating, sport law & legislation, college & university sport, disabled persons, facility design & management, intramural & school sport, doping, health, health education, biomechanics, movement science, injury prevention rehabilitation, physical therapy, nutrition, exercise physiology, sport & exercise psychology, recreation, leisure studies, tourism, allied health, occupational health & therapy, public health and more.

Springer Journals Over 1500 ccomprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text journals in diverse subject areas from 1997 to the present.

Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage (See NetAdvantage)

Teacher Reference Center (EBSCOhost-provided by Badgerlink) Provides indexing and abstracts for 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators. Topics include: Assessment, Best Practices, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Higher Education, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, School Administration, Science & Mathematics, and Teacher Education and more.

TeachingBooks for Libraries (Provided by Badgerlink) Access to digital resources about children’s and young adult books and their authors and illustrators. NOTE for off-campus users: Choose Mequon-Concordia University Wisconsin from the Choose Your Library list, then log in using your CUW library barcode. On the Resources page, navigate to TeachingBooks for LIbraries.

Telecommunications Database (ProQuest) Covers changes in the field including computer applications, data communications and transmission systems, data processing systems, information science and theory.

Turkey Database (ProQuest) Interdisciplinary collection of full-text academic journals that are locally published by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions in Turkey. Major subject areas, including business, science, technology, medicine, social sciences, political science, and humanities are represented.

UK & Ireland Database (ProQuest) Interdisciplinary collection of full-text academic journals that are locally published by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Major subject areas, including business, science, technology, social sciences, education, and humanities are represented.

UpToDate Lexidrug (formerly Lexi-Comp Online) Integrates industry-leading databases, including AHFS, to provide drug and clinical information at the point-of-care.

US Newsstream (ProQuest) Local and regional news coverage.

USP-NF Online (Please contact Dr. Nancy Stoehr in the School of Pharmacy for authorization to access this resource.)

Value Line (Please note: This database is limited to 3 Users at a time) Comprehensive source of information and advice on approximately 1,700 stocks, more than 90 industries, the stock market, and the economy. Provides access to the Value Line Investment Survey, Small & Mid Cap Edition, Database Companies, Mutual Fund Survey, Daily Options Survey and The Value Line Special Situations Service and The Value Line Convertibles Survey.

"We Were Prepared for the Possibility of Death": Freedom Riders in the South, 1961 (Gale Archive) The Freedom Riders set out to challenge the lack of enforcement of existing laws against segregation on interstate bus travel by riding various forms of public transportation in the South. The Freedom Rides, and the violent reactions they provoked, bolstered the credibility of the Civil Rights Movement.

WestlawNext Simplify your starting point for legal research by combining plain language searching with West’s powerful WestSearch program to search across core content including cases; statutes and court rules; regulations; administrative decisions and guidance; trial court orders; secondary sources; forms; briefs; pleadings, motions, and memoranda; expert materials; jury verdicts and settlements; proposed and enacted legislation; and proposed and adopted regulations.

WISCAT Statewide bibliographic database for Wisconsin libraries. It contains 5.9 million bibliographic records with local holdings statements for 1137 libraries of all types throughout Wisconsin.