Databases

AtoZ the World is the world standard for country profiles, with detailed coverage of more than 100 topics each. No other single source covers so many cultural and educational topics, so well, for so many countries.

The most comprehensive database at Cottey. Scholarly, “multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,400 journals.” Cite this source as a library subscription database.

Over 7,000 U.S. and Canadian advertisements covering five product categories – Beauty and Hygiene, Radio, Television, Transportation, and World War II propaganda – dated between 1911 and 1955.” Cite this source as a web site.

The National Agricultural Library, Washington, DC.One of the world’s “largest and most accessible agricultural information collections.”

Designed by Ken Middleton of Middle Tennessee State University Library.A “timeline that links specific events with relevant online sources, such as diaries and letters, photograph collections, and lectures by historians.” Cite this source as a web site.

The Chronicle of Higher EducationNews about “philosophy, aesthetics, literature, language, ideas, criticism, culture, history, music, art, trends, breakthroughs, disputes, gossip.”

Business Source PremierProvides “full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles and full text back to 1886. Searchable cited references date back to 1998. Provides full text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.” Cite this source as a library subscription database.

Produced by NISC, it is “today’s source for references to the current and historical literature related to growth and development of children through the age of 21. Book reviews and abstracts from hundreds of journals and a bibliography of thousands of technical reports, books, book chapters, theses and dissertations covering biomedical and social sciences worldwide are indexed. More than 342,000 records are included with over 10,000 new records added each year.” This database provides citations and abstracts. Use the interlibrary loan service to request the full article.

A database of over 59,000 “digital college catalogs, institution profiles, transcript keys, and other critical resources.” Cite this source as a library subscription database.

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. Provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. In addition, it 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.” Cite this source as a library subscription database.

Given by the Evelyn Ladd Library Fund & the Dorothy Ann Kimberlin Holmes Library FundOver 900 general reference titles from over 70 publishers, covering every major subject. Cite this source as a library subscription database.

“Free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals, covering all subjects and many languages.” Cite this source as a web site.

Designed by Ken Middleton of Middle Tennessee State UniversityProvides access to digital collections of primary sources (photos, letters, diaries, artifacts, etc.) that “document the history of women in the United States. These diverse collections range from Ancestral Pueblo pottery to interviews with women engineers from the 1970s.” Cite this source as a web site.

The quickest way to find large amounts of resources on almost every topic. In addition to providing a number of subscription databases containing articles from scholarly journals and popular magazines. Cite each EBSCOhost source as a library subscription database.

Provides “the latest insight into topics relevant to entrepreneurship and small business. This database offers users full text for more than 125 key periodicals, 135 reference books, case studies, thousands of company profiles and over 600 videos with transcripts and related articles from the Harvard Faculty Series and Vator.TV.” Cite this source as a library subscription database.

Contains “more than 2.4 million records from more than 2,200 domestic and international titles going back to 1888 (including over 1,350 active core titles) as well as more than 190 monographs. The database also contains full text for more than 920 journals.” Cite this source as a library subscription database.

(Education Resources Information Center sponsored by the U. S. Department of Education)The largest database in the field of Education, containing “more than 1.3 million records and links to more than 323,000 full-text documents dating back to 1966.” Cite this source as a library subscription database.

The Ethnologue is an encyclopedic reference work cataloging all of the world’s 7,111 known living languages.  It is intended to be used as a catalog that provides summary data of identified languages.  Information comes from numerous sources and is confirmed by consulting both reliable published sources and a network of field correspondents. Cite this source as a library subscription database.

Online access to the “official and authentic government publications to Congress, Federal agencies, Federal depository libraries, and the American public.” Cite this source as a web site.

from Indiana University and the National Endowment for the Humanities“. . . indexes 150 film and television periodicals from 30 countries cover-to-cover and 200 other periodicals selectively for articles on film and television. The periodicals range from the scholarly to the popular.”

Popular Magazines.

Databases on Business, Education Curriculum, and a Literature Resource Center. Cite this source as a library subscription database

Opposing Viewpoints in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today’s hottest social issues. Drawing on the acclaimed Greenhaven Press series, the solution features continuously updated viewpoints, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.

U.S. History in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in U.S. History. The new solution merges Gale’s authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.

Global Issues in Context offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. Featured are hundreds of continuously updated issue and country portals that bring together a variety of specially selected, highly relevant sources for analysis of social, political, military, economic, environmental, health, and cultural issues. Each of these gateway pages includes an overview, unique “perspectives” articles written by local experts, reference, periodical, primary source and statistical information. Rich multimedia – including podcasts, video, and interactive graphs – enhance each portal. Use Browse Issues and Topics, Country Finder, Basic Search or Advanced Search to explore the database.

Gale™ takes literature, history and culture to the next level with the largest, most extensive compilation of literary commentary available: Literature Criticism Online. Imagine centuries of analysis – the scholarly and popular commentary from broadsheets, pamphlets, encyclopedias, books and periodicals – delivered in an easy-to-use 24/7 online format that matches the exact look and feel of the print originals. The net result is tens of thousands of hard-to-find essays at your fingertips. It’s all designed to raise the level of research while providing the around-the-clock remote access that today’s researchers demand.

Gale™ takes literature, history and culture to the next level with the largest, most extensive compilation of literary commentary available: Literature Criticism Online. Imagine centuries of analysis – the scholarly and popular commentary from broadsheets, pamphlets, encyclopedias, books and periodicals – delivered in an easy-to-use 24/7 online format that matches the exact look and feel of the print originals. The net result is tens of thousands of hard-to-find essays at your fingertips. It’s all designed to raise the level of research while providing the around-the-clock remote access that today’s researchers demand.

Gale™ takes literature, history and culture to the next level with the largest, most extensive compilation of literary commentary available: Literature Criticism Online. Imagine centuries of analysis – the scholarly and popular commentary from broadsheets, pamphlets, encyclopedias, books and periodicals – delivered in an easy-to-use 24/7 online format that matches the exact look and feel of the print originals. The net result is tens of thousands of hard-to-find essays at your fingertips. It’s all designed to raise the level of research while providing the around-the-clock remote access that today’s researchers demand.

Artemis Literary Sources integrates full-text literary content with metadata and subject indexing and provides workflow tools to analyze information. You can research authors and their works, literary movements and genres. Search across your library’s Literature databases to find full text of literary works, journal articles, literature criticism, reviews, biographical information and overviews.

A full text database of unique and diverse publications that focus on how gender impacts a broad spectrum of subject areas. With its archival material, dating back to 1970 in some cases, GenderWatch is a repository of important historical perspectives on the evolution of the women’s movement, men’s studies, the transgendered community, and the changes in gender roles over the years. Publications include scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books, and NGO, government and special reports. Cite this source as a library subscription database.

General Science Full Text covers a variety of scientific subjects, including astronomy, biology, chemistry, environment, genetics, physics, and zoology. Nearly 100 full-text periodicals. Full-text coverage dating back to 1983. Indexing and abstracts for more than 330 periodicals dating back to 1974. The full-text articles provided in General Science Full Text include graphs, charts, diagrams, photos and illustrations. Cite this source as a library subscription database.

Google Scholar, selects academic resources from the Internet, providing a way to broadly search for scholarly documents from “many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.” Documents are ranked “by weighing the full text of each document, where it was published, who wrote it, as well as how often and how recently it has been cited in other scholarly literature.” Cite this source as a web site.

Grove Music Online is the world’s premier online music encyclopedia, offering comprehensive coverage of music, musicians, music-making, and music scholarship. Cite this source as a library subscription database.

HeinOnline is the world’s largest fully searchable, image-based government document and legal research database. It contains comprehensive coverage from inception of both U.S. statutory materials, U.S. Congressional Documents and more than 2,600 scholarly journals, all of the world’s constitutions, all U.S. treaties, collections of classic treatises and presidential documents, and access to the full text of state and federal case law powered by Fastcase. This HeinOnline Academic package includes, among other things, special collections on Criminal Justice, History, Foreign Relations, Religion and the Law and Women and the Law.

Business ResourceBusiness data on companies, corporate leaders, and industries. Cite this source as a library subscription database.

Provides “full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world. Produced by Whitston Publishing (an imprint of EBSCO Publishing), this database includes all data from Humanities International Index (more than 2,300 journals and more than 2.9 million records) plus unique full text content, much of which is not found in other databases. The database includes full text for more than 1,200 journals.” Cite this source as a library subscription database.

from the Family Education Networkalmanac, atlas, biographies, dictionary, encyclopedia, thesaurus. Cite this source as a web site.

from ITHAKA, a non-profit organization of scholarsat Cottey JSTOR is focused on Business, Humanities and Fine Arts articles in full text from a large number of scholarly journals. Some publications withhold access to articles in the most recent 2 to 5 years. Cite this source as a library subscription database.

hosted by Google“Search millions of photographs from the the LIFE Magazine photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today.” Cite this source as a web site.

from Gale Cengage PublishingUse as a starting point to locate authors in volumes of these sets in the Cottey Reference Collection:Contemporary AuthorsContemporary Literary CriticismLiterature Criticism from 1400-1800Nineteenth-Century Literature CriticismTwentieth-Century Literary CriticismCite this source as a library subscription database.

72 Languages. Pick one to learn and conquer the world.

from the Missouri Department of Conservation“Administers more than 975,000 acres throughout the state. Oak and hickory are the most common tree species, and other important species are shortleaf pine, eastern red cedar, walnut, ash and cottonwood, which provide wildlife habitat, outdoor recreation, watershed protection, scenic beauty and wood products.” Cite this source as a web site.

from EBSCO and the U.S. National Library of MedicineProvides “authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created for doctors by the U.S. 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.” Cite this source as a library subscription database.

from the Missouri State ArchivesRecords of “enduring historical value from institutions throughout the state of Missouri,” including documents, photographs, maps and other materials. Cite this source as a web site.

from EBSCO and the Modern Language Association“Subjects consist of literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing. Listings on rhetoric and composition and the history, theory and practice of teaching language and literature are also included.” “. . . contains over 2.3 million citations from more than 4,400 journals & series, and 1,000 book publishers. The indexed materials coverage is international and includes almost 60 titles from J-STOR’s language and literature collection as well as links to full text.” This database provides some full text. Use the interlibrary loan service to request the full article if it is not available online. Cite this source as a library subscription database.

from the Department of History, University of Southern California“A scholarly resource for the study of women’s religious communities from 400 to 1600 CE.” Cite this source as a web site.

Learning Express provides test preparation materials for education, civil service, career or citizenship tests. The Skill Building for College Students section has practice tests for improving skills in math, finance, public speaking, writing and other areas. Cite this source as a library subscription database.

This comprehensive news collection is ideal for exploring issues and events at the local, regional, national and international level. Its diverse source types include print and online-only newspapers, blogs, newswires, journals, broadcast transcripts and videos. Use it to explore a specific event or to compare a wide variety of viewpoints on topics such as politics, business, health, sports, cultural activities and people. Content is easily searched and sorted through an intuitive, map-based interface.

Provides “cover-to-cover full text for more than 40 (U.S.) & international newspapers. The database also contains selective full text for 389 regional (U.S.) newspapers. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts are also provided.” Cite this source as a library subscription database.

The Oxford History of Western Music presents Richard Taruskin’s unmatched narrative account of the evolution of Western classical music online for the very first time. The full text from the five-volume 2009 paperback edition has been reproduced, as have notes, bibliographies, and further readings for each of the 69 chapters. numerous illustrations, and 1,800 musical examples. Cite this source as a library subscription database.

Designed for professional educators, it is “the most comprehensive collection” of full text education journals in the world. This database “provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 520 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports.” Cite this source as a library subscription database.

Sponsored by the American Psychological Association (APA), it is a definitive source of full-text, “peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology. The database contains over 150,000 articles from nearly 80 journals published by the APA, and its imprint the Educational Publishing Foundation (EPF), and from allied organizations including the Canadian Psychology Association and Hogrefe Publishing Group.” Cite this source as a library subscription database.

A “bibliographic database covering all aspects of global contemporary public policy issues ranging from public health, the environment, housing, human and civil rights, to international conflict and natural disasters. It draws on a diverse array of scholarly publications, conference papers, government documents and current reference works to provide up-to-date information on the broad range of topics of concern to the world today.” This database provides citations and abstracts. Use the interlibrary loan service to request the full article. Cite this source as a library subscription database.

Provides “comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications, incorporating coverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.” Cite this source as a library subscription database.

A “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.” Cite this source as a library subscription database.

Scitable is “a free science library and personal learning tool brought to you by Nature Publishing Group, the world’s leading publisher of science.” Currently, it concentrates on genetics and cell biology. Cite this source as a web site.

Social Sciences Full Text provides sources covering a wide array of subjects: including addiction studies, anthropology, communications, economics, ethics, family studies, gender studies, international relations, law, mass media, minority studies, political science, psychology, public welfare, social work and urban studies. Full-text articles from more than 300 journals. Full-text content dating back to 1972. High-quality indexing for more than 920 periodicals, 850 of which are peer-reviewed. Cite this source as a library subscription database.

from the Government Documents Round Table of the American Library AssociationProvides links to agencies of the 50 U.S. states. Cite this source as a web site.

We pride ourselves in being one of the world’s first and only companies to bring together data from over 18,000 sources. Our research analysts source the most up-to-date statistical data from around the globe; our analytical approach and efficient research processes enable us to supply our clients with the data that is relevant to them.

from the United Nations Statistics DivisionNumerous databases, tables and glossaries containing over 60 million data points cover a wide range of themes including Agriculture, Crime, Education, Employment, Energy, Environment, Health, HIV/AIDS, Human Development, Industry, Information and Communication Technology, National Accounts, Population, Refugees, Tourism, Trade, as well as the Millennium Development Goals indicators. Cite this source as a web site.

Bibliographic records “covering essential areas related to violence and abuse, including family violence, sexual assault, emotional abuse, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. The index contains more than 21,500 records, which are carefully selected from the most important sources within the discipline.” This database provides citations and abstracts. Use the interlibrary loan service to request the full article. Cite this source as a library subscription database.

from the International Institute of Social History“The main purposes of this virtual library are to list women’s history institutions and organizations, locate archival and library collections, and provide links to Internet resources on women’s history. In addition, also included are a list of women’s studies journals and a few comprehensive link collections useful as a starting point for searching the Internet for women’s studies in general.” Cite this source as a web site.

Online access to World Book Encyclopedia for Colleges and Universities.

from the European University Institute, Florence, ItalyThe World Wide Web Virtual Library’s links to history sites in all parts of the world. Maintained by Serge Noiret at the European University Institute, Florence, Italy. Cite this source as a web site.