Articles & Databases

Description: Covers topics of organizational management including 21st century issues: the environment and sustainability, globalization, and security.
 

Description: A handbook of many aspects of sociology including development of sociological theory, and newly emerging topics in sociology. This ebook also discusses subfields and specialty fields of sociology such as women's studies, criminology and educational sociology.
 

Description: Comprehensive business database -- the best place to start your business research.
 

Description: Search local, city, state, and regional business publications.
 

Description: Scholarly and comprehensive coverage of business research topics. Includes journal articles, company profiles and The Wall Street Journal. (1971-present)
 

Description: Search more than 750 business periodicals and newsletters with a trade or industry focus. (1971-present)
 

Description: Multi-disciplinary academic database covering scholarly journals, newspapers and more. An excellent place to begin your research. (1975-present)
 

Description: Research unique current and archived news content for information on topics, events, issues, people, businesses, and more through this in-depth resource. Easy online access to local, in-state, national and international news sources, including newspapers, broadcast transcripts, newswires, news blogs, news web-only content and video. Alerts and "my personal" functionality helps students and faculty track and manage their research projects.
 

Description: Comprehensive coverage of accounting and tax topics appearing in key industry publications. This database can also be searched through Proquest Central
 

Description: Online journals of the American Chemical Society.
 

Description: Comprehensive coverage of blues, jazz, spirituals, civil rights songs, slave songs, minstrelsy, rhythm and blues, gospel, and more. Also accessible through Music Online.
 

Description: "African American Song is the first online resource to document the history of African American music in an online music listening service. The collection contains a diverse range of genres such as jazz, blues, gospel, ragtime, folk songs, and narratives, among others."
 

Description: Database provided through the National Agriculture Library. Contains citations for books and journal articles related to agriculture.
 

Description: Indexes arts and humanities journals. (1980 - present)
 

Description: Early American Newspapers, Series I 1690-1876
 

Description: Fifteen full-text journals from the American Accounting Association.
 

Description: Online journals of the American Chemical Society.
 

Description: Streaming video collection that allows "students and researchers to analyze historical events, and the presentation of historical events over time, through commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries."
 

Description: Consists of alphabetical entries that discuss literary topics in terms of their history, and historical moments in terms of literature. (1820 - 1870)
 

Description: Consists of alphabetical entries that discuss literary topics in terms of their history, and historical moments in terms of literature. (1870-1920)
 

Description: American Song is a history database that allows people to hear and feel the music from America's past including songs by and about American Indians, miners, immigrants, slaves, pioneers, and cowboys.
 

Description: Searchable database of multimedia resources to help teachers improve their own teaching practice and understanding of their subject.
 

Description: Coverage includes new technologies as well as engineering (including construction, electrical and chemical engineering) and allied subject areas. (1981 - current.)
 

Description: An electronic archive of all American Anthropological Association journals. (1970-2006)
 

Description: Index and abstracts to art publications. (1984-present)
 

Description: Index to the art literature from 1929-1984. (1929-1984)
 

Description: Database of images. ARTstor provides curated collections of art images and associated data for noncommercial and scholarly, non-profit educational use.
 

Description: Database covering the aquatic sciences including aquaculture, marine biology, oceanography, fisheries, limnology, and more.
 

Description: Index of Architecture journals with abstracts. (1934 - current, with selective coverage back to 1741.)
 

Description: Search essential banking industry publications providing information anout the financial services industry, banking and industry trends.
 

Description: Comprehensive art bibliography covering European and American visual arts from late antiquity to the present. (1973 - current)
 

Description: Expert advice for anyone considering going abroad to study, volunteer, intern, teach, travel or work! Click here to register for free access to The BIG Guide Online and start building your global career skills today! Sponsored by Roger Williams University Career Center, University Library, and Peggy and Marc Spiegel Center for Global and International Programs.
 

Description: Includes biographical profiles, feature articles, interviews, essays, book reviews, performance reviews, speeches, or obituaries from a large range of biography reference works.
 

Description: Subfiles in this databases include: Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology Abstracts, Algology Mycology and Protozoology Abstracts, Animal Behavior Abstracts, ASFA, Bacteriology Abstracts, BioEngineering Abstrcts, Ecology Abstracts, Entomology Abstracts, Genetics Abstracts, Immunology Abstracts, Toxicology Abstracts, Virology and AIDS Abstracts. (1971 - Current)
 

Description: Index to the biology and life sciences literature. (1989 - current)
 

Description: "BioMed Central is an independent publishing house committed to providing immediate free access to peer-reviewed biomedical research."
 

Description: BioOne provides full-text access to peer reviewed bioscience journals published by not-for-profit societies.
 

Description: Industry Reports include financial analysis, market research, and local business summary.
 

Description: Focuses on writers and works published since 1950. The majority of the authors surveyed are African American, but representative African and Caribbean authors are also included.
 

Description: Authoritative and comprehensive encyclopedia covering sociology and related fields.
 

Description: Bibliographic and ordering information on titles currently in print.
 

Description: Encyclopedia Britannica on-line. Includes inks to additional print and web resources.
 

Description: Articles, reviews, and news from Environmental Building News (EBN) are integrated with product listings from the GreenSpec products directory and project case studies from the High-Performance Buildings Database.
 

Description: Access to full-text Canadian newspapers
 

Description: Covers the many-faceted historical controversies surrounding censorship, and considers contemporary and future challenges.
 

Description: "Reviews significant current books and electronic resources of interest to those in higher education."
 

Description: A comprehensive source for research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship including working papers from university research institutes, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs. (1996-present)
 

Description: Covers general statistics and hard to find facts about United States cities.
 

Description: Covers civil engineering, including forensic engineering, management and marketing of engineering services, engineering education, theoretical mechanics and dynamics, and mathematics and computation. (1966 - current.)
 

Description: Classical music recordings of 50,000-plus tracks. Coverage includes music written from the earliest times (e.g. Gregorian Chant) to present, including many contemporary composers.
 

Description: Essential music reference resources including Baker's Dictionary of Music, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Baker's Student Encyclopedia of Music.
 

Description: Includes important classical scores and manuscripts. Also accessible through Music Online.
 

Description: A detailed and comprehensive listing of colleges and universities in the United States and Canada
 

Description: Online college catalogs.
 

Description: Database of articles related to communication and mass media.
 

Description: Biographies of scientists, mathematicians and natural philosophers.
 

Description: A listing of the actions of the United States Congress. Includes historical information and legislative chronologies on certain topics. Also provides citations. (1945-2004 (ongoing))
 

Description: Information on the lives and writings of nearly 100,000 authors.
 

Description: Excerpts from criticism published on authors who are currently active or who died after December 31, 1959.
 

Description: "Delivers the sounds of all regions from every continent."
 

Description: A searchable collection containing real transcripts of therapy and counseling sessions and first-person narratives illuminating the experience of mental illness and its treatment, as well as reference works to contextualize the primary material
 

Description: "Counseling and Therapy in Video provides the largest and richest online collection of video available for the study of social work, psychotherapy, psychology, and psychiatric counseling—400 hours and more than 330 videos on completion. The collection's wealth of video and multiplicity of perspectives allow students and scholars to see, experience, and study counseling in ways never before possible."
 

Description: A suite of databases covering current and past issues in politics. Includes: Congress and the Nation, Historic Documents Series, Political Handbook of the World, Politics in America, Supreme Court Yearbook, Vital Statistics on American Politics and Washington Information Directory.
 

Description: Excellent starting place for gathering insight and exploring the pros and cons of issues in the news. (1991-current)
 

Description: Coverage of the U.S. Congress: status of bills, votes and amendments, floor and committee activity, and back room maneuvering. (1983-current)
 

Description: Reference Resources of all types of physical science data. Includes interactive tables.
 

Description: Index of the criminology literature. Topics include crime trends, prevention projects, corrections, juvenile delinquency, police, courts, offenders, victims, and sentencing. (1968-current)
 

Description: A collection of U.S. and international criminal justice journals. Also searchable through Proquest Central
 

Description: Dance productions and documentaries by the most influential performers and companies of the 20th century. Selections cover ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance, as well as forerunners of the forms and the pioneers of modern concert dance.
 

Description: Indexes articles in design and applied arts including ceramics, jewelry, wood, graphic design, landscape architecture, interior design, computer generated graphics and more.
 

Description: In-depth information on the lives and writings of authors.
 

Description: Selectively covers masters theses and dissertations including dissertations from Canada, Great Britain, and Europe.
 

Description: An integrated network of electronic scientific and technical information created by scientists and research engineers intended for use by other scientists, engineers, and students.
 

Description: Online access to over 25,000 books
 

Description: Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals.
 

Description: TRIAL of Ebsco's federated search product.
 

Description: Index to the economic literature. (1969-present)
 

Description: Indexing coverage from hundreds of education journals including about 79 journals not covered by ERIC’s CIJE.
 

Description: "Early English Books Online (EEBO) contains digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700 - from the first book printed in English by William Caxton, through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare and the tumult of the English Civil War."
 

Description: In-depth and current coverage of 195 countries for doing business in world markets.
 

Description: "Updated edition of this lauded work on Judaism features more than 21,000 entries on Jewish life, culture, history, and religion, written by Israeli, American and European subject specialists."
 

Description: Encyclopedia Britannica on-line. Includes inks to additional print and web resources.
 

Description: Covers the topics, concepts, and ideas which motivated and shaped the fields of activism, civil engagement, and social justice.
 

Description: Surveys the breadth of critical thought on art, culture, and society – from classical philosophy to contemporary critical theory.
 

Description: An up-to-date encyclopedia on the history, people, politics, and cultures of Africa. Includes entries on individual countries and social issues such as the AIDS crisis.
 

Description: Documents the African American experience "from the arrival of the first slave ship to the death of Frederick Douglass - and shows how all aspects of American culture, history, and national identity have been profoundly influenced by the experience of African Americans."
 

Description: "...traces the transition from the Reconstruction Era to the age of Jim Crow, the Harlem Renaissance, the Civil Rights Movement, and the ascendant influence of African Americans on the American cultural landscape."
 

Description: Information on the people, places, and events of the African Diaspora, spanning five continents and five centuries.
 

Description: Covers the rise of urban America in the 20th century. Interdisciplinary approach covering topics from economics, geography, anthropology, politics, and sociology.
 

Description: Covers anthropological terms, history and concepts, and topics in other fields (for example, biology, psychology, and linguistics) related to anthropology.
 

Description: "Key insights into the military, political, social, cultural, and religious origins of the Arab-Israeli conflict."
 

Description: Information on nonprofit membership organizations worldwide. It provides addresses and descriptions of professional societies, trade associations, labor unions, cultural and religious organizations, fan clubs, and other groups of all types.
 

Description: Deals with a large range topics in bioethics including the health professions and the environment.
 

Description: Covers topics of ethics in the business world.
 

Description: Entries describe the relationships between mass media and children's development. Includes issues involving technology, business, and video games.
 

Description: From the Second World War to the collapse of the Soviet Union, The Encyclopedia of the Cold War provides authoritative information on all military conflicts, battlefield and surveillance technologies, diplomatic initiatives, important individuals and organizations, national histories, economic developments, societal and cultural events, and more.
 

Description: Covers a wide variety of topics within the fields of criminal justice, sociology, and law.
 

Description: Volumes 1 - 4 cover disability A to Z, including a Reader's Guide, comprehensive bibliography, and index. Volume 5 contains a wealth of primary source documents in the field of disability.
 

Description: Covers the social, medical and political issues related to drugs and alcohol, as well as types of addiction.
 

Description: "Covers a number of essential topics, including: key cases in education law; constitutional issues; key concepts, theories, and legal principles; key statutes; treaties; curricular issues; educational equity; governance; rights of students and teachers; technology; biographies; and organizations."
 

Description: Presents the most recent theories, research, terms, concepts, ideas, and histories on educational leadership and school administration as it is taught in preparation programs and practiced in schools and colleges today.
 

Description: Covers the psychology of learning and teaching and includes topics on measurement and statistics, curriculum and development.
 

Description: Covers topics about the relationship between the environment and society. Includes policies and theories.
 

Description: Examines the philosophical and ethical issues underlying contemporary and historical environmental issues, policies, and debates. Covers concepts, institutions, topics, events and people, including global warming, animal rights, environmental movements, alternative energy, green chemistry, industrial ecology, and eco-sabotage.
 

Description: Provides definitions and essays on financial terms, topics and formulas.
 

Description: Covers the major theories, research, people, and issues in contemporary gender studies. Offers a cross-national/cross-cultural perspective that provides comparative analyses of the life experiences of men and women around the world.
 

Description: Covers the science and history of climate change, the controversies over climate-change theories, the role of societies, the industrial and economic factors, and the sociological aspects of climate change.
 

Description: Three volumes on human development and psychology.
 

Description: This multidisciplinary volume provides cross-cultural coverage of human geography as it is understood in the contemporary world and takes into account the enormous conceptual changes that have evolved since the 1970s.
 

Description: "Offers an interdisciplinary view of all types of human associations. Provides a state-of-the-art review of the extensive theories, concepts, and empirical findings about human relationships."
 

Description: "This encyclopedia offers comprehensive coverage of all aspects of human rights theory, practice, law, and history."
 

Description: A searchable encyclopedia covering many aspects of the history of migration and immigration to the American West.
 

Description: A comprehensive encyclopedia on India. Includes history, geography, and culture.
 

Description: Focuses on the study of the behavior of people in the workplace.
 

Description: "This encyclopedia looks at Islam's role in the modern world, doing so in context of the religion's history and development over the last 13 centuries. Contains thematic articles, biographies of key figures, definitions, illustrations, maps and more."
 

Description: Provides a comprehensive, multidisciplinary view of Latin American history and culture from prehistoric times to the present. Covers cultural issues and includes numerous biographical profiles of important figures in politics, letters and the arts.
 

Description: Law, sociology, criminology, anthropology, political science, and economics perspectives on law and society.
 

Description: A comprehensive electronic book with entries on the history and current topics of law enforcement.
 

Description: This encyclopedia provides an in-depth look at major marketing campaigns in the 20th and 21st centuries. Each marketing campaign is described in terms of overview,historical context, target market, competition, marketing strategy, and outcome.
 

Description: Covers over 300 topics in management theories and applications. Topics include: aggregate planning, benchmarking, logistics, diversification strategy, non-traditional work arrangements, performance measurement, productivity measures, supply chain management, and much more.
 

Description: A survey of European history since 1914. (1914-2007)
 

Description: Presents an overview of the psychology of racial, ethnic, and minority issues in the United States. It covers the breadth of psychology viewed through the lens of the racial and ethnic minority experience. Topics include academic achievement, acculturation, affirmative action, community interventions, education, health, immigrants, prejudice, racial identity development, social ecology, stereotyping, teaching multiculturalism, tokenism, values, violence, worldviews, and more.
 

Description: Theories behind political speeches, televised advertising, posters, debates ,websites and other means of political within the context current and past events.
 

Description: An encyclopedia on United States Politics that includes definitions, histories, ideological principles, etc. Organized by political "right" and "left".
 

Description: Explores the similar historical experiences of varied racial and ethnic groups and illustrates how race and ethnicity has mattered and continues to matter in the administration of American criminal justice.
 

Description: The economic, sociological, historical, anthropological and scientific aspects of race and racism.
 

Description: Examines the role race and ethnicity play in society. Covers intergroup relations in the United States and the comparative examination of race and ethnicity worldwide.
 

Description: A comprehensive work containg articles on rhetoric from an historical, philosphical and literary perspectives. Includes topics on public speaking and performance.
 

Description: Comprehensive guide to the field of school psychology featuring the latest research on school learning, motivation, and educational assessment. Entries on psychology, education and counseling, child development, and special education address student success, behavior disorders, intelligence testing, learning disabilities, strategies to improve academic skills, and more.
 

Description: Discusses the ethical issues involved in many issues in science and technology as well as different features and characteristics in ethics that have to do specifically with science and technology.
 

Description: Covers issues of sexuality, gender and sex from a sociological, psychological and philosophical perspective.
 

Description: Covers the ideas and concepts that make up the intellectual and scientific content in the area of social psychology
 

Description: Covers all aspects of social work from practice, including demographics, social environments, social conditions, challenges, and policy.
 

Description: Examines life stages from a sociological perspective, exploring how both enduring and transitional experiences such as education, stress, marriage, career, parenthood, disease and retirement influence an individual’s life course. The impact of social and government policies and racial, gender, and geographic patterns of many life course phenomena are also covered.
 

Description: Provides a description and scholarly analysis for all presidential elections, including state and general elections.
 

Description: Biographies and topical essays that describe the often-overlooked contributions of women to the science, politics, and culture of the Renaissance.
 

Description: "Covers a number of essential topics, including: key cases in education law; constitutional issues; key concepts, theories, and legal principles; key statutes; treaties; curricular issues; educational equity; governance; rights of students and teachers; technology; biographies; and organizations."
 

Description: Deals with design theory, web interface, methods, practices and other topics pertaining to the usability of technology.
 

Description: Databases include: ANTE (Abstracts in New Technologies and Engineering), ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts, Earthquake Engineering Abstracts, Environmental Engineering Abstracts, Mechanical & Transportation Engineering Abstracts. (1966-current)
 

Description: Covers the topics of air and water quality, environmental safety, energy production and more. (1990 - current.)
 

Description: This ebook provides overviews, excerpts, and some full text of first-hand historical documents related to environmental issues.
 

Description: Comprehensive database covering the environmental sciences -- Ecology, pollution, hazardous waste, energy resources, bacteriology, air quality and much more.
 

Description: The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education, produces the world's premier database of journal and non-journal education literature. ERIC provides a public Web site for searching nearly 1.2 million citations going back to 1966 and, with contributor permission, accessing more than 110,000 full-text materials at no charge.
 

Description: Index and abstracts of educational journals and other materials a since 1966. Use this version of ERIC to link to RWU library journal subscriptions not available in the U.S. Department of Educations ERIC interface. (1966 - present)
 

Description: Index and abstracts of educational journals and other materials a since 1966. Use this version of ERIC to link to RWU library journal subscriptions not available in the U.S. Department of Educations ERIC interface.
 

Description: Standard reference source for country information. Offers current overview of political and economic situations in over 250 countries and comparative statistics.
 

Description: A survey of European history beginning with the French Revolution and ending with the onset of World War I. (1798-1914)
 

Description: A survey of European history since 1914. (1914-2007)
 

Description: This ebook contains entries on 150 active extremist groups from around the world. Each entry gives background information, information on major players, tactics and information about counter efforts.
 

Description: This ebook provides overviews, excerpts and some full text of first-hand historical documents related to family in society.
 

Description: Digital Education streaming video
 

Description: In depth Industry Profiles including industry overview and forecast, trends and opportunities, business challenges, recent developments, and financial information.
 

Description: Additional FirstSearch Databases including those specific to the sciences, the social sciences, and the humanities. See Librarian for password.
 

Description: Encylclopedic entries covering a wide variety of subject areas.
 

Description: Guide to publications and broadcasting stations including newspapers, magazines, journals, radio stations, television stations, and cable systems.
 

Description: Full-text online access to a growing collection of reference books. Search titles individually or search multiple titles simultaneously.
 

Description: The Gallup Brain is a searchable, living record of more than 60 years of public opinion.
 

Description: Resource devoted to music research of all the world's peoples. Also accessible through Music Online.
 

Description: This ebook provides overviews, excerpts, and some full text of first-hand historical documents related to gender issues and sexuality.
 

Description: Indexes articles that focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas.
 

Description: Covers worldwide literature on geography, geology, ecology and related disciplines. (1980 - current.)
 

Description: Includes a wealth of country information including economic and demographic data.
 

Description: Search Google's index of scholarly articles.
 

Description: Includes chronologies, entries on many authors of gothic literature (both past and contemporary), treatments of themes, history, and influences on other mediums and society.
 

Description: This ebook provides overviews, excerpts and some full text of first-hand historical documents related to government, politics and protest.
 

Description: Web links to government publications.
 

Description: FirstSearch database of U.S. government publications. (1976 - present)
 

Description: Useful newsletter/database for seeking grant funding.
 

Description: Provides indexing and abstracts with some full-text linking to articles covering all aspects of human impact on the environment. Topics covered include global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.
 

Description: A completely revised and updated version of the original work published in Germany in 1960, this edition incorporates recent developments in the animal world as noted by prominent advisors and contributors from the scientific community.
 

Description: Name change from Grove Art to Oxford Art in 2008. Online full-text of the original 34 volume Dictionary of Art.
 

Description: Comprehensive reference resource for the visual arts of the Classical period.
 

Description: This encyclopedia examines the forms, artists, techniques, and types of western and non-western decorative arts throughout history.
 

Description: Entries provide in-depth art historical and cultural information about dynasties, art forms, artists, architecture, rulers, monuments, archaeological sites and stylistic developments.
 

Description: Coverage includes materials in art practice; materials in conservation; classes of artifacts; techniques and methods (e.g. book binding, gilding, printing, weaving), terms (e.g. rustication), tools (e.g. easel, laser), theory (e.g. technical examination, conservation controversies), fakes and forgeries, and conservation theorists and practitioners.
 

Description: Offers current and comprehensive scholarly information on the visual arts of the Renaissance in Northern Europe.
 

Description: Access to more than 350,000 measured drawings, large-format photographs, and written histories for more than 35,000 American historic structures and sites dating back from Pre-Columbian times to the twentieth century. The Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) collections are ongoing programs of the U.S. National Park Service, made available to the public by the Library of Congress.
 

Description: An on-line textbook about internal medicine.
 

Description: Includes Law Journal Library, American Law Institute Library, English Reports - Full Reprint, Foreign & International Law Resources Database, Legal Classics, Treaties and Agreements Library, U.S. Congressional Documents, World Trials, and more. (1808 - present)
 

Description: Find ancestors in the U.S. Federal Census (1790-1930) and search for information about people and places described in family and local histories.
 

Description: A database of key historical government documents from United States history. Includes presidential statements, resolutions, reports, treaties and more.
 

Description: Extensive digital map collections with over 200,000 high-resolution, full color historic maps. The core of the collection consists of property and land ownership maps illustrating the geographic and development history of the United States.
 

Description: A standard source for historical statistics in American history. Tables can be downloaded in Excel or CSV. You can create custom tables by merging columns from multiple tables.
 

Description: Brings together a broad collection of resource for U.S. history research. Includes primary materials, historic documents,encyclopedia articles, links to digitized special collections, and full-text periodicals and scholarly history journals.
 

Description: Offers company, industry, and market information.
 

Description: This ebook provides overviews, excerpts and some full text of first-hand historical documents related to human and civil rights.
 

Description: Covering more than 700 industries, IBIS World is an important tool for Industry Market Research. Search by Industry, Keyword, or NAICS code. Includes Industry Research Reports and Industry Risk Rating Reports, and Public Company profiles.
 

Description: This ebook provides overviews, excerpts and some full text of first-hand historical documents related to immigration and multiculturalism.
 

Description: Index to academic and professional content available online. Full-text content is by subscription or individual purchase per article. Abstracts and citations available for free.
 

Description: A collection of citations and full-text articles about dance and theater.
 

Description: Offers background information and historical development of the world's most important companies.
 

Description: Covers the full spectrum of dance—theatrical, ritual, dance-drama, folk, traditional, ethnic, and social dance. Cultural and national overviews are accompanied by entries on dance forms, music and costumes, performances, and biographies of dancers and choreographers.
 

Description: Organizational, management, and sociological philosophy and theories that relate to the organization of human beings.
 

Description: Covers a broad range of topics in social science including anthropology, art, economics, political science, history, religious studies and psychology from a national and international perspective.
 

Description: A study, by topic, on issues surrounding marriage and family in many countries and comparing many cultures.
 

Description: Excellent source for country, export/import, and trade related information. Gathering information from over 50 daily feeds, ITDN disseminates trade information from a variety of government and business sources, such as the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. Census.
 

Description: Comprehensive streaming audio collection with thousands of jazz artists, ensembles, albums, and genres. Also accessible through Music Online.
 

Description: An archive of scholarly journals. Browse or search the full text back files of publications in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. For a complete listing of currently available journals, refer to the JSTOR Contents page.
 

Description: An encylopedia-style work on the psychological aspects of learning and memory.
 

Description: Coverage and access to scholarly articles, symposia, jurisdictional surveys, court decisions, legislation, books, book reviews, and more. This is an excellent resource for attorneys, educators, business people, law librarians, students, paralegals, and others involved with the law.
 

Description: A news, law, and business information service with full-text access to nearly 6000 newspapers, periodicals, and reference sources.
 

Description: Search Congressional publications, legislative histories, bills, Statutes at Large, floor votes, Public Laws, Federal Register, U.S. Code and more.
 

Description: Library and information technology related journals.
 

Description: Provides information about authors and their works. Includes author biographies, interviews, plot summaries, literary criticism, full-text literary journals, book reviews and more.
 

Description: An electronic library of literary information including literary criticism, biographies, bibliographies, work overviews and explications, Web sites, and periodical articles.
 

Description: 22,000 legal treatises published on American
 

Description: Presents comparative business statistics. Each entry features a descriptive title; data and market description; a list of producers/products along with their market share; and cites original sources.
 

Description: Designed specifically for high school libraries, This database provides full text for over 500 popular general interest and current events publications.
 

Description: In nearly 200 entries, the encyclopedia traces the history of artifacts,concepts and ideas, industries, peoples and cultures, cultural productions, historical forces, periods and styles, religious and secular rituals and traditions, and much more.
 

Description: Covers mechanical and transportation engineering and their complementary fields. (approximately 1966 - current. Oldest record: 1895. 50% of records 1988 or later.)
 

Description: A tool for market research with information on demographics, product and brand usage, and advertising media preferences based on survey responses from a sample of over 26,000 individuals in the United States.
 

Description: This ebook provides overviews, excerpts and some full text of first-hand historical documents related to medicine, health and bioethics.
 

Description: Media related to health and biology social issues from the 19th century up to the present. (19th, 20th and 21st centuries.)
 

Description: Industry and Company Information including general information, financials, and annual reports.
 

Description: News pertaining to all branches of the military and government. Indexes 400 journal titles, full -text available for 300 of these journals.
 

Description: Provides citations and full text links (when available)to journal articles, books and dissertations in the fields of literature, languages, linguistics and folklore.
 

Description: Comprehensive Morningstar Reports on nearly 7,000 stocks and 13,000 mutual funds. Morningstar Analyst Reports on nearly 1,500 stocks and 2,000 mutual funds.
 

Description: Comprehensive music database that searches across several Alexander Street Press databases. Watch streaming video, listen to over 400,000 audio tracks, search music reference sources, create play lists, and much more.
 

Description: A collection of electronic books on a variety of topics.
 

Description: This 15 volume, second edition features revised and new articles. Among the 12,000 entries in the encyclopedia are articles on theology, philosophy, history, literary figures, saints, musicians and much more.
 

Description: Survey of the history of Western thought and culture. Each entry explores the origin, cultural interpretations, and historical themes of such subjects as beauty, love, feminism, diversity, and social capital, among many others.
 

Description: An up-to-date encyclopedia on the history, people, politics, and cultures of Africa. Includes entries on individual countries and social issues such as the AIDS crisis.
 

Description: Extensive and authoritative economics reference resource.
 

Description: Full text of the New York Times from 1851 - 2003.
 

Description: Name change from Grove Dictionary of Art to Oxford Dictionary of Art in 2008. Online full-text of the original 34 volume Dictionary of Art.
 

Description: Contains over 1500 A-Z entries covering all aspects of architecture, from architects, building types, and movements and styles to materials, aspects of design, and definitions.
 

Description: 350 essays from leading scholars, encompassing the range and depth of American literary history from the 1600s to the present day.
 

Description: The Encyclopedia provides comprehensive coverage of literature from the Abbey Theatre to Israel Zangwill, covering the entire history of literature in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland in the major literary languages (Anglo-Saxon, English, Welsh, Scots, Irish, and Latin). It includes substantial accounts of individual authors (e.g., Spenser, Pope, Austen) and detailed histories of particular themes, movements, genres, and institutions, whose impact upon the writing or the reading of literature was significant
 

Description: Documents and interprets the books read by children throughout the world. Offers a global perspective that pays attention to significant international trends and the multicultural expansion of the field, it includes brief biographies of every major author and illustrator.
 

Description: Covers: Geography (entries on cities, countries, and regions); Agriculture; Production Systems, Business History, and Technology; Demography; Institutions, Governments, and Markets; Macroeconomic History and International Economics; Money, Banking and Finance; Labor; Natural Resources and the Environment; and Biographies
 

Description: Over nine hundred articles written by leading historians examine all aspects of maritime history, including naval history, shipbuilding, biographies of major figures, navigation and scientific instrumentation, maritime art and literature, commerce and economics, and international law.
 

Description: A comprehensive work containg articles on rhetoric from an historical, philosphical and literary perspectives. Includes topics on public speaking and performance.
 

Description: Provides information about major world developments from 1750 to the present, with close attention to social, economic, cultural, and political topics.
 

Description: The most comprehensive English language dictionary, the OED provides meanings, history, and pronunciation for words, present and past.
 

Description: Over 210 full-text journals in six major disciplines
 

Description: Includes dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia and quotation sources. Search multiple books simultaneously or search an individual title or chosen subject.
 

Description: Succinct analytical articles covering world and regional economic and political developments. Multi-disciplinary articles written by international think-tanks and faculty at Oxford and other leading universities around the world.
 

Description: TRIAL until November 10, 2009
 

Description: Pharmacological news, research, and regulatory informaiton. Covers specialized publications in pharmaceutical, health care, biotechnology, and medical device industries.
 

Description: Covers scholarly research in all areas of philosophy.
 

Description: Citations and abstracts of scientific literature on plant science, including pathology, symbiosis, biochemistry, genetics, biotechnology, techniques and environmental biology. (1994 - current)
 

Description: Provides current and historical information about the political situation and organization of countries and international organizations around the world.
 

Description: Indexes & abstracts scholarly journals in the field of political science. Covers global political discourse including law & legislation, comparative politics, political theory, international relations, and humanitarian issues.
 

Description: A guide to politics in America. Provides profiles of U.S. and State Congress members. Also includes state overviews.
 

Description: A collection of public opinion, covering the United States and more than 100 countries around the world.
 

Description: Provides full-text for 60 popular magazines for elementary school research.
 

Description: A collection of 300 high quality humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from 60 scholarly publishers.
 

Description: Covers Asian business and financial information from key internatioanl publications including Far Eastern Economic Review, Asiaweek, and many more.
 

Description: Search full-text journals in the life sciences.
 

Description: Multi-disciplinary academic database covering scholarly journals, newspapers and more. An excellent place to begin your research.
 

Description: Full-text computing journals - database design, software development, web commerce, Intranets, and more.
 

Description: Full-text journals in edcuation and related fields.
 

Description: Provides coverage from leading health journals nad essential medical journals in key medical specialities.
 

Description: Covers military subjects such as defense, aeronautics, civil engineering, political science and more.
 

Description: Full text of 300+ U.S. and international news sources including 150+ major newspapers such as The New York Times, the Times of London, Los Angeles Times, and many more
 

Description: Full-text coverage of psychology journals
 

Description: Collection of journals covering religious issues and perspectives.
 

Description: A collection of science journals covering computers, engineering, physics, telecommunications, and transportation
 

Description: Search full-text periodicals covering the social sciences.
 

Description: Search the full text of top telecommunications industry publications. Includes magazines, journals, and newsletters for the latest in this fast changing industry.
 

Description: The full text of the Providence Journal and the Providence Sunday Journal. (1983 - current)
 

Description: Full text coverage from 53 journals published by the American Psychological Association (APA) and allied organizations.
 

Description: Covers psychology and related disciplines with full-text linking to PsycArticles and other e-journal providers as available.
 

Description: Covers global contemporary public policy issues ranging from public health, the environment, housing, human and civil rights, to international conflict and natural disasters.
 

Description: PubMed, provided by the National Library of Medicine. Links to full text articles as available.
 

Description: PubMed Central is the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.
 

Description: An index of the most popular general-interest magazines published in the U.S. from 1890 - 1982.
 

Description: An electronic index to content contained in the library's print and electronic reference titles. Search Reference Universe to find out which titles contain information on your topic.
 

Description: Online bibliographic management tool for creating a personal database of references.
 

Description: Search for coverage of a broad range of subjects including arts, business, children, education, general interest, health, humanities, international, law, military, multicultural, psychology, sciences, social sciences, and women's interests.
 

Description: The online, searchable version of the book Resources for College Libraries. Includes up to date lists of materials useful for college and university library acquisitions.
 

Description: An index of articles in over 300 world-wide architectural journals and a catalog of holdings in the Royal Institute of British Architects Architectural Library. It is a very useful supplement to the Avery Index.
 

Description: Includes the full-text of 15 journals published by SAGE. It covers such subjects as Criminal Justice, Juvenile Delinquency, Juvenile Justice, Corrections, Penology, Policing, Forensic Psychology, and Family and Domestic Violence. (1976 - current)
 

Description: Online journals from Sage Publications.
 

Description: RWU Library subscription gives you access to maps of Rhode Island, including individual areas and cities. (1867-1970)
 

Description: A comprehensive encyclopedia of film and film studies. Includes career profiles.
 

Description: Current, searchable listings and information about financial aid opportunities for academic-related study.
 

Description: Search or browse this collection of full-text science and social science journals. (1995 - current)
 

Description: RWU students, faculty and staff only. Must be on campus to register.
 

Description: Contains the largest chemical substance database - CAS Registry and indexes the literature of the chemistry, biochemistry and chemical engineering fields. One time registration required. See link above.
 

Description: Comprehensive science-specific search engine. Links to university sites, reports, web resources, and articles. Launched by Elsevier Science. Free on web.
 

Description: "This comprehensive survey of the Bard includes general and specific critical interpretations from the 17th century to the present." Formerly held in the Library's print reference collection -- this online version makes it easy to search this multi-volume collection 24/7.
 

Description: Slavery and Anti-Slavery includes documents from the United States and Europe, as well as other parts of the world. In addition to newspaper collections and books published in the antebellum era, Slavery and Anti-Slavery contains documents from several archives originally available only on microfilm. This first collection, Debates over Slavery and Abolition, contains: 7,247 books, 80 serials, more than fifteen manuscript collections, & court records.
 

Description: "Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries is a joint venture with Smithsonian Global Sound® (www.smithsonianglobalsound.org), an international network of music audio archives and an educational resource that delivers the world’s diverse cultural expressions in an informative way via digital media." By Fall 2009, you will be able to access through the Music Online interface.
 

Description: Worldwide market data for a broad range of industries and regions. The Snapshot International Group Series of 4,600 reports is designed to provide an instant overview of a market, and the data is supplied in both graphical and tabular format for ease of interpretation and analysis.
 

Description: This ebook provides overviews, excerpts and some full text of first-hand historical documents related to social policy.
 

Description: Abstracts and indexes articles in social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development.
 

Description: Indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Links to full-text as available. (1952 - current)
 

Description: Online access to journals published by Springer in the Business, Engineering, Mathematics, Medical and Science disciplines.
 

Description: Advertising information resource. RWU subscription includes Radio, TV & Cable, Consumer Magazines and Business Publications.
 

Description: Service of the U.S. Department of Commerce that provides information for the U.S. business, economic, and trade community. See librarian for password.
 

Description: Contains country profiles highlighting key historical events and describing form of government and social organizations. Also includes statistical data in areas such as defense, economy, energy, trade, and communications.
 

Description: Beginning in 1989, the Supreme Court Yearbook summarizes reviews the cases seen by the Supreme Court, provides overviews on important topics. (1989-1990)
 

Description: Access to tax research libraries and journals including the U.S. Tax Reporter Library, All State Tax Guide, TAPS Series 2, Public Domain Library of federal tax case law and IRS rulings, Journal of Taxation, Corporate Taxation, Practical Tax Strategies. once connected you will need to create your login ID. This ID must be created from an on campus computer. Once you have a login, connect via http://checkpoint.riag.com/login
 

Description: This ebook provides overviews, excerpts and some full text of first-hand historical documents related to terrorism.
 

Description: Streaming videos of definitive productions of plays. Also includes documentaries about plays. If you create an account, you can create and store clips of videos for later viewing. Requires Macromedia Flash and 400kbps of bandwidth. Limited to 3 simultaneous users.
 

Description: Access to information in all areas of toxicology, including chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pesticides, environmental pollutants, and mutagens and teratogens. (1996 - Current)
 

Description: A National Library of Medicine database useful for finding toxic substance and environmental health information.
 

Description: 15,000 treaties and international agreements, including international tax treaties.
 

Description: Access to over 158,000 United Nations treaties and treaty actions. (1926-present)
 

Description: Investment Research Tool including the Value Line Investment Survey and more. Provides information and advice on approximately 1,700 stocks, more than 90 industries, the stock market, and the economy.
 

Description: General scientific encyclopedia covering topics all scientific disciplines including animal science, anatomy, astronomy, chemistry, engineering, computer science, earth science, energy sources, life science, mathematics, medicine, physics, physiology, plant science,and power technology.
 

Description: Provides statistics from various areas in American politics over time and for specific years. Statistics appear in html but can also be downloaded in Excel Spreadsheet and CSV forms. (1788-2006 (ongoing))
 

Description: Provides overviews and contact information of United States government agencies and officials. Also provides a letter templates and an address book. (current year only.)
 

Description: Provides current information on more than 5,000 legal topics, covering important issues and hot topics, biographies, definitions of legal terms and more.
 

Description: Provides access to essential information on plant hosts and on symptoms. New and updated material includes: significant taxonomic changes in fungi, bacteria, viruses and nematodes; recently discovered diseases and new hosts for previously known plant-pathogens; changes in chemicals and pesticides and changes in regulations governing their use; integrated pest management and biological control.
 

Description: Intended use by paralegal/justice studies students. Please see legal research instructor or reference librarian for password.
 

Description: Includes decisions (case law) from courts in all 50 states, D.C., and the federal courts, laws from all 50 states and federal statutes published in the USCA, federal regulations from the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations. Also includes secondary sources, such as American Jurisprudence, 2d, American Law Reports, and law reviews.
 

Description: Search biographies available from the Who's Who collection of titles from 1985 to the present.
 

Description: Search biographies available from the Who's Who collection of titles from 1985 to the present.
 

Description: Access to electronic journals in the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences fields.
 

Description: 22 volume World Book Encyclopedia Online plus access to primary sources, external web sites, historical maps and multi-media
 

Description: Updated version of the 1989 encyclopedia. Entries cover correctional systems worldwide, and include thematic entries on topics in criminal justice.
 

Description: A comprehensive encyclopedia dealing with a broad range of scientific study within sports. This includes sports psychology, drug testing, shot dynamics, and more.
 

Description: Worldwide catalog of books and other materials.
 

Description: Financial reports on companies worldwide. (Current information)