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Digital Object Identifier system
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Embase.com
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis and Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
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ebrary
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Factiva
FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online - includes BioOne
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Historical Abstracts
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Psychiatry online
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Academic Search Premier (Ebscohost)
America History and Life
AP Photo Archive
ARTStor
Business and Company Resource Center
Business Source Premier
Columbia Granger's World of Poetry Online
ComDisDome NEW
Communication & Mass Media Complete
CQ Researcher
Custom Newspapers
Education Full Text
ERIC
Funk & Wagnells New World Encyclopedia
GreenFILE NEW
Health Reference Center Academic
Health Source Nursing/Academic Edition
Historical Abstracts
Informe
Lexis-Nexis
Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts
Literature Resource Center
MAMACAT
MasterFile Select
Medline
MLA Directory of Periodicals
MLA International Bibliography
National Newspaper Index
netLibrary
New York State Newspapers
Newspaper Source
Oxford English Dictionary
Philosopher's Index
Primary Search
Professional Development Collection
Project Muse NEW
ProQuest Historical
PsycBooks
PsychARTICLES
PsychINFO
Regional Business News
Religion and Philosophy Collection
Science Full Text Select
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The Twayne Authors Series
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Reference Databases
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ABI/INFORM Dateline (ProQuest)
Indexing, abstracts, and full text of local and regional business news coverage of large corporations, privately held companies, local start-ups, executive profiles, marketing, finance, and industry news. Contains news and analysis, information on local markets, and more gathered from major business tabloids, magazines, daily newspapers, wire services, and city, state, and regional business publications. 1985-. Updated daily. [user guide]
ABI/INFORM Global (ProQuest)
Indexing, abstracts, and full-text of international scholarly periodicals in business and management. Topics include in-depth coverage of business and economic conditions, management techniques, theory and practice of business, advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, and information technology. Includes the ABI/INFORM Archive, which provides digital images from every issue of selected business journals from the first issue to the present. 1918-/1971-. Updated daily. [user guide]
ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry (ProQuest)
Indexing, abstracts, and full text of more than 750 business periodicals and newsletters with a trade or industry focus. Covers the latest industry news, product and competitive information, marketing trends, etc. Coverage varies by publication but generally begins mid-1980s to early-1990s. Updated daily. [user guide]
Abstracts in Anthropology (MetaPress)
Abstracts in Anthropology covers a broad spectrum of significant, current anthropological topics from a vast number of periodicals. Indexed by author and subject. Covers cultural anthropology, physical anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics. 2002-. Updated semiannually.
Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)
Provides full text for nearly 4,650 periodicals, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals. Covers academic areas of study such as social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. Updated daily. Coverage varies by publication, but generally covers the early-to-mid 1990s to present. [user guide]
AgeLine Database
Produced by AARP. English language books, articles, research reports, and videos about older adults and aging. 1978-.
AGRICOLA
Coverage of worldwide literature on agriculture and related subjects, including plant and animal sciences, forestry, entomology, soil and water resources, agricultural economics, etc. Provides citations and abstracts for journal articles, books, technical reports, and other materials. 1970- (books) and 1981- (articles). Updated daily.
Alt HealthWatch (EBSCOhost)
This database focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It offers libraries full text articles for nearly 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. Enter your 14 digit Providence Public Library barcode when prompted.
Alternative Press Index (FirstSearch)
Indexes nearly 290 alternative, radical, and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines. 1991-. Updated quarterly. Password required — please ask at Reference Desk for access. [user guide]
America: History and Life (ABC-CLIO)
Indexing and abstracts of journal articles and other materials on the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. 1964-. Updated monthly. [user guide]
America: History and Life (EBSCOhost)
Indexing and abstracts of journal articles and other materials on the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. 1964-. Updated monthly. [user guide]
American Chemical Society Web Editions
Full-text access to the latest four years of the journals published by the American Chemical Society. Browse tables of contents or search for current or archival articles by author or keyword.
American State Papers 1789-1838
Search or browse full text and images of U.S. congressional materials originating from 1789 and covering through 1838, including 1st Congress, 1st Session through 25th Congress, 2nd Session.
AMS Electronic Journals
Full-text access to nine journals published by the American Mathematical Society. Browse tables of contents or search for articles by author or keyword.
AnthroSource
Full text access to current and back issues of fifteen of the American Anthropological Association's periodicals. Coverage varies by publication, but generally covers the 1990s to the present.
Anthropological Index Online (Royal Anthropological Institute)
Index of periodicals available in the Museum of Mankind Library, which receives periodicals in all branches of anthropology from academic institutions and publishers around the world. 1957-.
Archive of Americana
Search the full text and images of both the U.S. Congressional Serial Set and the American State Papers.
Art Abstracts (WilsonWeb)
Indexes and abstracts articles from periodicals published throughout the world. Besides art and art history, topics include advertising, antiques, archaeology, architecture, fashion, interior design, textiles, and more. Also indexed are reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins. 1984-. Updated daily. [user guide]
Art Index Retrospective: 1929-1984 (WilsonWeb)
Indexing of art publications, including magazines, journals, museum bulletins, and reproductions. Covers fine, decorative, and commercial art. 1929-1984. [user guide]
ArticleFirst (FirstSearch)
Index of articles from the contents pages of journals. 1990-. Updated daily. [user guide]
ARTstor
Search or browse over 700,000 images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences.
ASFA: Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (CSA)
Indexing and abstracts of journal articles, monographs, conference proceedings, and technical reports on the science, technology, and management of marine and freshwater environments. Searches all ASFA sub-files simultaneously. 1971-. Updated monthly. [user guide]
ASFA 1: Biological Sciences and Living Resources (CSA)
Indexing and abstracts of journal articles, monographs, conference proceedings, and technical reports on marine, freshwater, and brackish water organisms. 1971-. Updated monthly. [user guide]
ASFA 2: Ocean Technology, Policy and Non-Living Resources (CSA)
Indexing and abstracts of journal articles, monographs, conference proceedings, and technical reports on oceanography, limnology, and coastal structures. 1971-. Updated monthly. [user guide]
ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution and Environmental Quality (CSA)
Indexing and abstracts of journal articles, monographs, conference proceedings, and technical reports on aquatic pollution prevention and control. 1990-. Updated monthly. [user guide]
ASFA Aquaculture Abstracts (CSA)
Indexing and abstracts of journal articles, monographs, conference proceedings, and technical reports on aquaculture and the culture of fish and other organisms. 1984-. Updated monthly. [user guide]
ASFA Marine Biotechnology Abstracts (CSA)
Indexing and abstracts of journal articles, monographs, conference proceedings, and technical reports on marine molecular biotechnology and cell/tissue culture. 1989-. Updated monthly. [user guide]
Auto Repair Reference Center (EBSCOhost)
Covers foreign and domestic car models from 1946 to present. Provides repair procedures, service bulletins & recalls, wiring diagrams, labor, specifications, and maintenance intervals. Enter your 14 digit Providence Public Library barcode when prompted.
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Biography and Genealogy Master Index (InfoTrac)
This database is a first stop index tool for learning where to look for biographical material on people from all time periods, geographical locations and fields of endeavor. Biography and Genealogy Master Index indexes any print product that includes biographical information on multiple persons. It also acts as an index to other indexes. Updated semiannually. Enter your 14 digit Providence Public Library barcode when prompted.
Bibliography & Index of Micropaleontology
Provides full-feature, one-query searches of world micropaleontological literature. 1970-. Updated monthly.
Biography Resource Center (InfoTrac)
This database combines award-winning biographies from respected Gale Group sources. Biography Resource Center also includes full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals. Search for people based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender, or combine criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search. Enter your 14 digit Providence Public Library barcode when prompted.
Biological Abstracts [BIOSIS] (WebSpirs)
Indexing and abstracts of journals in the life sciences. 1990-. Updated six times a year.
Biological and Agricultural Index Plus (WilsonWeb)
Indexing of approximately 300 core periodicals in the core literature of biology and agriculture. 1983-. Updated daily. [user guide]
Business Source Premier (EBSCOhost)
Provides full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. Includes marketing, management, accounting, finance and economics. Updated daily. Enter your 14 digit Providence Public Library barcode when prompted. [user guide]
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ChoiceReviews.online
Published by the Association of College and Research Libraries, ChoiceReviews.online contains brief reviews of recently-published books to assist college & university librarians in selecting materials for purchase. Reviews of electronic resources are also included. 1988-. Updated monthly. Two simultaneous users only. [user guide]
CINAHL (EBSCOhost)
Indexing and abstracts of journal articles and other materials in nursing and allied health. 1982-. Updated monthly. See also Pre-CINAHL. [user guide]
CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online)
Comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. Publishes a wide range of scholarship, including working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals, and policy briefs. 1991-. Updated monthly.
CiteSeer.IST Scientific Literature Digital Library
Offered by the NEC Laboratories America and Penn State’s School of Information Sciences and Technology, this database is a free, full-text index of computer science research articles. Allows for citation searching and linking. Updated daily.
Clase and Periodica (FirstSearch)
Index of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities published in the Spanish, Portuguese, French and English languages from a number of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as from publications that focus on Pan-American issues. Includes articles, essays, book reviews, monographs, conference proceedings, technical reports, and interviews. 1975/1978-. Updated quarterly. [user guide]
Cochrane Library (Wiley InterScience)
Provides high-quality data in a collection of evidence-based medicine databases. Updated quarterly. [user guide]
CollegeSource Online
Full text of U.S. college catalogs online, plus college profiles.
Communication Abstracts (CSA)
Indexing and abstracts of publications related to communications, broadcasting, and public opinions on a world-wide scale. Covers articles, reports, papers, and books. 1977-. Updated bimonthly. [user guide]
Compendex (Engineering Village 2)
Indexing and abstracts of professional magazines and scholarly journals in engineering. 1970-. Updated weekly. [user guide]
Consumer Health Complete (EBSCOhost)
Consumer-oriented health and drug information from encyclopedias, evidence-based reports, and news sources. This full text database covers both mainstream and alternative medicine, targeting patients’ information needs as well as an overall understanding of health-related topics. Enter your 14 digit OSL/CLAN barcode when prompted.
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Digital Sanborn Maps 1867-1970 (ProQuest)
View and download historical maps of Rhode Island by community. Dates of maps available vary by community, but generally run from the late 1800s to the mid 1900s.. Enter your 14 digit Providence Public Library barcode when prompted.
Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest)
Indexing and abstracts of Ph.D. dissertations from American universities. Current records include some dissertations from non-American universities and some masters theses. Two thirds of dissertations listed are available for purchase online. Free downloading for URI dissertations only. 1861-. [user guide]
Dissertations & Theses @ University of Rhode Island (ProQuest)
Search citations and abstracts of Ph.D. dissertations from the University of Rhode Island. For dissertations and theses published after 1996, previews can be viewed and the full text of the dissertation or thesis may be downloaded for free.
DOE Information Bridge
Indexes Department of Energy (DOE) sponsored scientific and technical reports. Replaces the print publication Energy Research Abstracts. 1995-. Updated weekly.
Doody’s Core Titles in the Health Sciences
A list of the most important books and software titles in 119 health-related disciplines. 2004. Updated annually. Password required — please ask at Reference Desk for access.
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EBSCO Animals (EBSCOhost)
Indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals. [user guide]
EconLit (CSA)
Indexing and selected abstracting of more than 550 international economics journals, books, dissertations, and working papers covering economic development, economic history, macroeconomics, and microeconomics. 1969-. Updated monthly. [user guide]
Education Index Retrospective: 1929-1983 (WilsonWeb)
Indexing of over 800 periodicals in education. 1929-1983. [user guide]
EMBASE.com (Elsevier)
Comprehensive access to the international pharmacological and biomedical literature. Search for journal articles in EMBASE (1974-) and MEDLINE (1966-). Updated daily.
Energy Citations Database
Developed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), this database indexes and provides abstracts for technical reports in energy-related disciplines. Includes links to full text when available. 1948-.
ehp online
Online access to major publications and reports of EHIS, including Environmental Health Perspectives, technical reports, toxicology reports, and more.
ERIC (AccessERIC)
Main site of the Educational Resources Information Center. Provides information on ERIC products, services, contacts, and Clearinghouses. Users should note that ERIC Digests, offered on this site, are NOT the same as ERIC Documents. 1966-.
ERIC (CSA)
Indexing and abstracts of journals and other materials in education, including teacher education, testing, measurement, and evaluation. 1966-. Updated monthly. [user guide]
ERIC (FirstSearch)
Indexing and abstracts of journals and other materials in education. 1966-. Updated monthly. [user guide]
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Fed in Print
“An Index to Federal Reserve Economic Research.” 1963-.
Film & Television Literature Index (EBSCOhost)
Comprehensive bibliographic database covering the entire spectrum of television and film writing. It has been designed for use by a diverse audience that includes film scholars, college students, and general viewers. Subject coverage includes film & television theory, preservation & restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews. 1988-. Updated twice a month. [user guide]
FSTA Direct (IFIS)
Food Science & Technology Abstracts (FSTA) provides access to citations and abstracts dealing with all human food commodities and food processing (except for the production of raw food). Topics covered include microbiology, toxicology and hygiene, economics and statistics, engineering, packaging, and many food products. FSTA indexes articles, patents, standards, books, conference proceedings, research reports, dissertations, and legislation. 1969-. Updated weekly.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encylopedia (EBSCOhost)
Over 25,000 encyclopedia entries covering a variety of subject areas. Updated annually. [user guide]
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Gale Virtual Reference Library (InfoTrac)
Database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. OSL/CLAN’s collection includes: Beacham’s Guide to the Endangered Species of North America, St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine, Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer, Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders, Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America, Biology, and World of Earth Science. Enter your 14 digit OSL/CLAN barcode when prompted. [user guide]
General Reference Center Gold (InfoTrac)
A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources in one easy-to-use interface. Use General Reference Center Gold to find articles from newspapers, reference books, and periodicals, many with full-text and images. Find the latest current events, popular culture, business and industry coverage, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more. 1980-. Updated daily. Enter your 14 digit OSL/CLAN barcode when prompted. [user guide]
GEOBASE (FirstSearch)
Indexing of articles from over 2,000 journals covering the world-wide literature of geology, geography, and ecology. 1980-. Updated monthly. Password required — please ask at Reference Desk for access. [user guide]
GeoRef (CSA)
Provides access to the geoscience, geochemistry, and geophysics literature of the world, with citations and abstracts to journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports, and theses. Covers North America from 1693 to the present and the rest of the world from 1933 to the present. 1693/1966-. Updated biweekly. [user guide]
GeoRef In Process (CSA)
Contains records that are, literally, in the process of being indexed prior to their integration in the main GeoRef database. The majority of the records originate from non-English language literature that was not necessarily published recently. GeoRef In Process does NOT contain the most current records and should not be confused with a database of Recent References. Current. Updated biweekly.[user guide]
GPO Monthly Catalog (FirstSearch)
Catalog of U.S. government documents and resources. 1976-. Updated monthly. [user guide]
GreenFILE (EBSCOhost)
Citations, abstracts, and selected full text for over 600 scholarly and general interest periodicals, government documents, and reports focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment. 1973-. [user guide]
Grove Music Online
A comprehensive, integrated online music resource containing articles, biographies, and musical examples on all types of music. Annual updates.
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Health Source - Consumer Edition (EBSCOhost)
Provides consumer health information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Health Source: Consumer Edition features more than 130 full text, consumer health magazines. This database is updated on a weekly basis. Enter your 14 digit Providence Public Library barcode when prompted.
Health Source - Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCOhost)
This database provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition also features abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals. This database is updated twice a week. Enter your 14 digit Providence Public Library barcode when prompted.
HeritageQuest Online
Provides access to a collection of research materials for tracing family history and American culture. The database includes original page images from over 25,000 books and the entire U.S. Federal Census. Census records can be searched by name, place of birth, age, ethnicity and other variables. Enter your 14 digit Providence Public Library barcode when prompted.
Historical Abstracts (ABC-CLIO)
Indexing and abstracts of journal articles and other materials on the history of countries other than the United States and Canada from 1450 to the present. 1967-. Updated monthly. [user guide]
Historical Abstracts (EBSCOhost)
Indexing and abstracts of journal articles and other materials on the history of countries other than the United States and Canada from 1450 to the present. 1967-. Updated monthly. [user guide]
HLAS Online
Online version of the Handbook of Latin American Studies. Bibliography containing books, book chapters, articles, and conference papers in the humanities and social sciences relating to Latin America. Entries are selected and annotated by scholars in the field. 1936-. Updated annually.
Human Resources Report (BNA)
Service offering focused news, practical information, and strategic insights on all HR-related developments. Includes updates on national and state laws and regulations; HR-related court decisions; expert advice on and in-depth analysis of employee relations trends and issues; industry standards; company policies; economic and other statistics; and case studies. Updated weekly. 1996-. Password required — please ask at Reference Desk for access.
Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984 (WilsonWeb)
Indexing of nearly 1,200 periodicals in the humanities and social sciences, including magazines and scholarly journals. 1907-1984. [user guide]
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ICPSR Direct
The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) maintains and provides access to a vast archive of social science data for research and instruction. Data files for use with statistical software, such as SAS, SPSS, and Stata, may be downloaded by URI users after creating an account on the site.
IEEE Xplore (IEEE)
Full-text access to the latest five years of IEEE journals, magazines, and transactions, including IEEE Spectrum Magazine. (Note that conference proceedings are not included in URI’s subscription.) Browse tables of contents or search for articles by author or keyword.
IngentaConnect
IngentaConnect provides free access to article summaries of millions of articles from over 30,000 publications. You may use a personal credit card to view and print online articles.
Inspec (EBSCOhost)
Inspec is the leading bibliographic database providing abstracts and indexing to the world’s scientific and technical literature. Inspec provides coverage from over 3,400 journals, 2,000 conference proceedings as well as numerous books, dissertations and reports in the subject areas of physics, electrical engineering, electronics, communications, control engineering, computing, information technology, manufacturing, and production, mechanical engineering, and more. This database is produced by the IEE (Institution of Electrical Engineers). 1969-. [user guide]
International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (CSA)
Indexing and abstracts from over 800 journals in the field of pharmacy, including drug evaluations, pharmaceutics, and toxicity. 1970-. Updated monthly. [user guide]
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Journalism and Mass Communication Abstracts (AEJMC)
Journalism & Mass Communications Abstracts, formerly Journalism Abstracts, includes abstracts of dissertations and theses accepted for graduate degrees. The abstracts were prepared by the student authors and represent research theses. The abstract database may be searched by author's name, institution, year, and subject for theses, dissertations or both. [user guide]
JSTOR
JSTOR is an online archive of back runs of core scholarly journals in many disciplines. Articles may be searched by keyword or browsed by journal. JSTOR provides high-resolution, scanned images of journal issues and pages as they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated. Note that JSTOR is not a current issues database. Because of JSTOR’s archival mission, there is a gap, typically from 1 to 5 years, between the most recently published journal issue and the back issues available in JSTOR. [user guide]
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KCDLOnline
The Kraus Curriculum Development Library (KCDL) Online is a searchable database of 7,000 curricula, frameworks, and standards, including educational objectives, content, instructional strategies, and evaluative techniques for all subjects covered in PreK-12 and Adult Basic Education. Of these, over 3,000 documents are available in full text.
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Labor & Employment Law Library (BNA)
Text of federal and state statutes, regulations, and policy statements, with editorial explanations, related to labor-management relations, wages and hours, and employment practices. Also contains the decisions of federal and state courts, arbitrators, and administrative agencies such as the NLRB. Corresponds to the print titles Labor Relations Reporter and Collective Bargaining Negotiations and Contracts. Password required — please ask at Reference Desk for access.
LearnATest
Online practice exams for GED, SAT, AP, Civil Service, MCAT, GMAT, LSAT and many more. Immediate scoring and answer explanations. All users must register. Enter your 14 digit Providence Public Library barcode when prompted.
LexisNexis Academic
News, law, and business information service. Includes news from national and international newspapers; wire services and articles from hundreds of periodicals; and a number of other reference sources. All sources are full-text. Updated daily. [user guide]
LexisNexis Congressional
Provides indexing and abstracting of congressional publications and the full text of congressional reports, documents, prints, bills, and the Congressional Record. Also includes the text of United States laws and regulations, biographical and voting information of members of congress, and more. Updated daily. [user guide]
LexisNexis Environmental
Allows users to search abstracts of thousands of journal articles and conference papers and link to selected full text through Environment Abstracts; retrieve full-text news, journals, and reference materials; find federal and state codes and federal agency regulations; access federal and state case law and agency decisions; and locate federal and state waste site data and hazardous materials information. Updated daily. [user guide]
Library/Information Science & Technology Abstracts with Full Text (EBSCOhost)
Indexes more than 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. 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. [user guide]
LitFinder
Find poems, stories, plays, speeches, and essays. Enter your 14 digit Providence Public Library barcode when prompted.
Literature Resource Center (InfoTrac)
Provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline. Covers more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors. Includes work overviews, plot summaries, and explications.
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MAS Ultra - School Edition (EBSCOhost)
Designed for high school students, this database provides full text for more than 700 popular, high school magazines. Also provides more than 500 full-text pamphlets, more than 350 full-text reference books, biographies, primary source documents and an Image Collection of photos, maps, and flags. Updated daily. [user guide]
MasterFILE Premier (EBSCOhost)
Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 1,730 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also includes nearly 500 full text reference books, 84,774 biographies, 100,554 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 235,186 photos, maps and flags. Updated daily. Enter your 14 digit Providence Public Library barcode when prompted. [user guide]
MathSciNet (Mathematical Reviews)
MathSciNet is the online version of Mathematical Reviews and Current Mathematical Publications, which are published by the American Mathematical Society. MathSciNet indexes and abstracts journals, books, and proceedings in mathematics. 1940-. Updated daily. [user guide]
MEDLINE (FirstSearch)
Indexing and abstracts of journals in all areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing. 1965-. Updated monthly. [user guide]
Mergent Online
This online version of the Moody’s Manuals covers over 10,000 U.S. publicly-traded companies and selected international companies. Unique information provided includes property owned or leased, long-term debt (loans and bonds), and details on all capital stock, with annual high/lows and outstanding shares. Also offers earning estimates, institutional holdings, insider trades, stockholder equity, 10 years of annual and quarterly financial statements, and downloadable annual reports. Archival information is provided for over 4,000 companies that were acquired, went bankrupt, or merged out of existence from 1995 onward. Users may perform custom searches and build reports, convert currency, and download financial information to a spreadsheet. [user guide]
Meteorological and Geoastrophysical Abstracts (CSA)
Contains records drawn from the world’s literature on meteorology, climatology, atmospheric chemistry and physics, astrophysics, hydrology, glaciology, physical oceanography and environmental sciences. Summaries from over 600 journal titles, as well as conference proceedings, books, technical reports and other monographs, are included. 1974-. Updated monthly. [user guide]
Military & Government Collection (EBSCOhost)
Cover-to-cover full text for more than 300 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for more than 400 titles that offer news pertaining to all branches of the military and government. [user guide]
MINABS Online
Electronic version of Mineralogical Abstracts. Abstracts journals, books, and other publications in the fields of mineralogy, crystallography, geochemistry, petrology, environmental mineralogy, and related topics. 1982-. Updated monthly.
MLA Directory of Periodicals (CSA)
Contains information on the journals and series that are covered in the MLA International Bibliography. Current. Updated every six months. [user guide]
MLA International Bibliography (CSA)
Indexing and abstracts of journals, books, and other materials on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. 1926-. Updated nine times a year. [user guide]
Music Index Online (Harmonie Park Press)
Indexes more than 670 international music periodicals. Covers broad range of subjects, including past and present personalities, the history of music, forms and types of music, musical instruments from the earliest times to modern electronic instruments, plus computer produced music. Book reviews and reviews of music recordings, tapes, and performances are also indexed. 1979-. Updated quarterly.
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NACA Technical Report Service
Index and digitized database of reports produced by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), NASA’s predecessor. 1917-1958.
Narragansett Times Index
Index to the Narragansett Times newspaper by keyword, location, article type, and date. Covers time period from May 5, 1855 to September 17, 1897.
NASA Astrophysics Data System ADS Abstract Service
Contains abstracts of journal articles, conference proceedings, NASA reports, and many PhD dissertations in the areas of astronomy and astrophysics, instrumentation, and physics and geophysics. Some full text available. 1975-. Updated daily.
National Climatic Data Center (NCDS)
Access to monthly temperature, pressure, precipitation, and other measurements for approximately 2,000 surface data collection stations worldwide; storm data by state; and local climatic data for several hundred U.S. cities. One simultaneous user only. Password required — please ask at Reference Desk for access.
National Environmental Publications Information System (NEPIS)
Search, view, and print the full text of over 10,000 technical and popular publications produced by the Environmental Protection Agency. 1990-. Updated monthly
National Newspapers (5) (ProQuest)
Indexing, abstracts, and full text of The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and the Christian Science Monitor. Coverage varies by publication but generally begins in 1980s. Updated daily. [user guide]
National Sea Grant Library Database
Database of citations to the holdings of the National Sea Grant Library in Narragansett, Rhode Island. The NGSL collection consists of about 30,000 Sea Grant funded titles on the topics of oceanography, marine education, aquaculture, fisheries, limnology, coastal zone management, marine recreation, and law. Included in the collection are journal reprints, books, technical reports, maps, proceedings, newsletters, advisory reports, handbooks, videos, CD-ROMs, computer programs, and more. In some cases the full text of the document is available online. 1970-. Updated monthly. (See also Sea Grant Abstracts, below.)
National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
A title keyword index to over 750,000 NTIS reports, datafiles, CD-ROMs, and audiovisual materials. 1990-. (For full text access, see NTIS/GPO Depository Access to Reports, Technical & Scientific (DARTS), below.)
NEBib
Contains citations to books, dissertations, pamphlets, and magazine and journal articles on the history of New England, each of the region’s six states, and localities within those states. Covers material published between 1989 and 1994.
netLibrary (HELIN)
netLibrary is a collection of thousands of electronic books on a variety of topics. The URI Library has shared access to about 7,000 netLibrary titles. netLibrary’s books are identical in format and content to the print versions of the texts. You may check them out for four hours at a time.
netLibrary (Providence Public Library)
netLibrary is a collection of electronic books on a variety of topics. If you are a cardholder at Providence Public Library, you may browse and borrow their selection of netLibrary titles after first setting up an account from within a branch of the PPL. netLibrary’s books are identical in format and content to the print versions.
NoveList (EBSCOhost)
Your Guide to Fiction. Readers advisory service to assist fiction readers in finding new authors and titles they might enjoy. Includes adult, young adult, children's and easy fiction. Look for reading interest matches by searching by favorite author, favorite title, plot, subject, genre, or award. Enter your 14 digit Providence Public Library barcode when prompted.
New York Times Article Archive
Search the complete backfile of The New York Times by keyword, author, or headline. Includes articles, advertisements, and listings through 1995; articles only after 1995. Full content in PDF format (1851-1995) or text-only format (1996-) may be purchased online. (Note that articles are also available on microfilm in many libraries and online in library databases.) 1851-. Updated daily.
Newspaper Source (EBSCOhost)
Selected full text for nearly 30 national (U.S.) and international newspapers. The database also contains full text television & radio news transcripts and selected full text for more than 200 regional (U.S.) newspapers. Updated daily. Enter your 14 digit Providence Public Library barcode when prompted.
NTIS/GPO Depository Access to Reports, Technical & Scientific (DARTS)
Full text access to online NTIS reports. May be searched by keyword, author or title. 1990-. One simultaneous user only. Password required — please ask at Reference Desk for access. (See also National Technical Information Service (NTIS), above.)
NTRS: NASA Technical Reports Server
Database of NASA-produced literature. Also indexes selected aerospace-related reports from other government agencies. Selected historical reports back to 1958 are included.
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Oceanic Abstracts (CSA)
Indexing and abstracts of worldwide technical literature pertaining to the marine and brackish-water environment, focusing on marine biology and physical oceanography, fisheries, aquaculture, non-living resources, meteorology and geology, plus environmental, technological, and legislative topics. 1981-. Updated monthly. [user guide]
OCLC Electronic Books (FirstSearch)
Records for all online electronic books cataloged by OCLC members, including all subjects. Updated daily. [user guide]
OCLC Electronic Collections Online (FirstSearch)
Bibliographic information on articles from over 5,400 journals in all subject areas. 1995-. Updated daily. [user guide]
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (InfoTrac)
One-stop source for information on social issues. Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles. Enter your 14 digit Providence Public Library barcode when prompted.
Oxford English Dictionary
Electronic version of the Oxford English Dictionary with search capabilities.
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PAIS Archive (CSA)
References to monographs, periodical articles, notes and announcements, and analytics on early to mid-twentieth century public and social policies and international relations. 1915-1976. [user guide]
PAIS International (CSA)
Indexing of journal articles, books, government publications, research & conference reports, publications of international agencies, and other materials from over 120 countries. Covers topics related to public affairs, public and social policies, and international relations. 1972-. Updated monthly. [user guide]
PapersFirst (FirstSearch)
Citations to papers from every congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received at The British Library Document Supply Centre. 1993-. Updated semiweekly. [user guide]
The Philosopher’s Index (CSA)
Provides indexing and abstracts for books and over 480 international journals in philosophy and related fields. Covers the areas of ethics, aesthetics, epistemology, logic, axiology and metaphysics as well as material on the philosophy of the disciplines, such as law, religion, science, politics, history, language, and education. 1940-. Updated quarterly. [user guide]
Physical Education Index (CSA)
Indexing and selected abstracting of journals, reports, conference proceedings, and trade and popular magazines in the field of physical education, physical fitness, health, and sports medicine. 1970-. Updated monthly. [user guide]
PhysicsWeb (IOP)
WWW-based news and information service for physicists.
PILOTS (CSA)
The PILOTS (Published International Literature on Traumatic Stress) database provides current and retrospective indexing and selected abstracting of literature on post-traumatic stress disorder and related psychological effects of traumatic events. 1871-. Updated monthly. [user guide]
Population Index
Indexing and abstracts of journals, books, and other materials on demographics and population studies. 1986-2000.
Pre-CINAHL (EBSCOhost)
A companion database to CINAHL, Pre-CINAHL is intended to provide current awareness of new journal articles that are not yet available in the CINAHL database. Subject searching is not available in Pre-CINAHL. Updated monthly. [user guide]
Primary Search (EBSCOhost)
Provides full text for nearly 70 popular magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also provided for over 100 pamphlets, and indexing and abstracts are offered for almost 100 additional magazines. Full text dates as far back as 1990. Updated daily. [user guide]
ProceedingsFirst (FirstSearch)
Citations to every congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received at The British Library Document Supply Centre. 1993-. Updated semiweekly. [user guide]
Project MUSE
Project MUSE offers the full text of over 220 journal titles from 37 scholarly publishers covering the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others. Journals may be browsed or searched by keyword. [user guide]
Providence Business News
Weekly business newspaper covering southern New England. Full text of current issues and searchable full text archive. 1989-. Updated weekly.
Providence Journal Archives
Database of articles published in the Providence Journal written by Journal staff. Search results provide the headline, date, author, and a few lines of article text. The electronic full text of articles is available for a fee. (Articles are also available on microfilm at most Rhode Island libraries). 1983-. Updated daily.
Providence Journal-Bulletin (ProQuest)
Full-text index of articles published in the Providence Journal-Bulletin. Includes staff-written articles only. Included: news, sports, editorials, obituaries, wedding announcements, and legal notices. Not included: articles by free-lance writers, Associated Press or other wire service reports, advertisements, real estate transactions, or photographs. 1983-. Updated daily. [user guide]
PsycARTICLES (EBSCOhost)
Provides full text access to articles from journals published by APA and allied organizations. Covers general psychology and specialized basic, applied, clinical, and theoretical research in psychology. 1988-. [user guide]
PsycINFO (CSA)
Indexing and abstracts of journal articles and books in psychology, including applied psychology, developmental psychology, and personality. 1806-. Updated monthly. [user guide]
PubMED linked to URI serial holdings
PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to over 12 million MEDLINE citations and additional life science journals. 1966-. Updated daily. [user guide]
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Readers’ Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982 (WilsonWeb)
Access almost 100 years of cultural history with references to over 3 million articles that appeared in 373 leading U.S. magazines as far back as 1890. [user guide]
Reference USA — Residential (InfoUSA)
Find directory information for 120 million U.S. households. Custom search allows searching by many criteria. Mapping tool shows location of residence. [user guide]
Reference USA — Business (InfoUSA)
Find directory information for 12 million U.S. businesses. Custom search allows searching by many criteria, making it possible to create customized lists by type of business, geographic area, and business size. [user guide]
RefWorks (CSA)
Web-based, bibliographic management service. Import citations from online databases to create your own personal bibliographic database. Automatically format your papers and bibliographies in any of almost 150 bibliographic formats (e.g. APA, MLA, Chicago, Turabian, CBE, etc.). To begin, set up your personal profile by creating a unique username and password while on campus or otherwise connected to the Internet via the URI Network. Once registered, you may access RefWorks from any computer. If you are accessing RefWorks remotely, you will be asked for the University of Rhode Island Group Code. It is URIREFWORKS. [online tutorial]
REHABDATA (National Rehabilitation Information Center)
Covers physical, mental, and psychiatric disabilities, independent living, vocational rehabilitation, special education, assistive technology, law, employment, and other issues related to people with disabilities. Document types indexed include research reports, books, journal articles, and audiovisual materials. 1956-.
Regional Business News (EBSCOhost)
Provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Updated daily. Enter your 14 digit Providence Public Library barcode when prompted. [user guide]
RIA Checkpoint
Analysis of federal and state tax law for practitioners. Password required — please ask at Reference Desk for access.
Rosetta Stone Online Language Learning
Register for a user account and then join your own language learning community. Requires free Macromedia Shockwave software. Enter your 14 digit Providence Public Library barcode when prompted.
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ScienceDirect (Elsevier)
Science Direct is a collection of journals from the publisher Elsevier and its affiliates. Journals may be browsed or searched by keyword. Access to the full content of articles from selected journals is available to URI users from 1995 to the present. Availability is indicated by a green icon. Other articles may be requested via Interlibrary Loan.
Science.gov
A subset of FirstGov, this gateway links to all government scientific and technical Web sites.
Science Inventory (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
Searchable, EPA agency-wide database of more than 4,000 scientific and technical work products such as research, technical assistance and assessments, along with more than 750 peer-reviewed products. Database records provide such information as project descriptions (abstracts), contacts for additional information, and electronic links to final reports and related research. Users can conduct keyword searches of search within nine cross-cutting science topics.
SciFinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts)
Indexes 1,600 key chemistry, biochemistry and chemical engineering journals and selectively indexes 8,000 more, plus conference proceedings, patents, technical reports, and other materials. Also contains information on chemical substances and reactions, regulations, and chemical suppliers. 1907-. Updated daily. One simultaneous user only. [user guide]
Scribners Writers Series on CD-ROM
Full-text biographical and critical essays on 510 writers from all time periods and nationalities. Available on Library CD-ROM network only.
Sea Grant Abstracts
Cites the majority of literature which is received by the National Sea Grant Library. This literature covers pure and applied science, engineering, business management, shipping and navigation, fisheries, wetlands management, law and policy, economics, and education. It is available in a variety of formats, such as manuals, handbooks, technical reports, journal reprints, etc. Annual subject and author indexes. Table of contents provides a subject classification scheme which includes cross-referencing. Each reference contains a headline for rapid scanning, a short abstract and bibliographic information for obtaining the document. 2002-. Updated quarterly. (See also National Sea Grant Library Database, above.)
SIAM Journals Online
“The accelerated electronic journals of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.” Online full text of thirteen SIAM journals. Keyword searching available.
Social Services Abstracts (CSA)
Abstracts and indexes current research in social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. Covers journals, including book reviews, plus dissertations. 1979-. Updated monthly. [user guide]
Sociological Abstracts (CSA)
Covers the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Indexing and abstracts for journals, books, dissertations, and conference papers in areas such as social structure, inequality, social change, and social problems. 1952-. Updated monthly. [user guide]
SPIN (InfoEd International)
Database of research opportunities. Includes up-to-date listings of national and international funding sources (government, non-government, and private agencies). Searches may be conducted using keywords, sponsors, geographical or citizenship restrictions, deadline dates, etc. SPIN Links to GENIUS for creating alerts and identifying potential collaborators, as well as to US Patent Search and US Geo Search.
SRDS Radio Advertising Source
Searchable database of commercial radio stations in the United States. Can be searched by call letters, programming format, primary demographic, metro-market, network affiliation, sales representatives' names, etc. employee relations professionals. Updated daily. Password required — please ask at Reference Desk for access.
STAT-USA/Internet
Access to over 50 Federal sources of economic, financial, and trade data. Two simultaneous users only. Password required — please ask at Reference Desk for access.
Statistical Warehouse (Regional OneSource)
A database of statistical information under 46 various subject headings grouped into ten categories including demographics, economics, social indicators, health and health-related behavior, government enrollment, payroll and finances, politics and political science, geographic and climatic data, intellectual property, and social services. Updated continuously.
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Teacher Reference Center (EBSCOhost)
Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 270 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators. [user guide]
Textile Technology Index (EBSCOhost)
Contains indexing and abstracting for over 400 periodical titles and for thousands of titles drawn from sources such as books, conferences, theses, technical reports, and trade literature on topics relating to the scientific and technological aspects of textile production and processing. Coverage is international in scope and includes related subjects such as the management of textile production and the apparel, home furnishings, flooring, and polymer industries. [user guide]
Theater in Video (Alexander Street Press)
Provides streaming video of over 250 plays and 100 film documentaries. Includes performances featuring notable actors and actresses from the 50s, 60s, and 70s. [technical requirements]
TOPICSearch (EBSCOhost)
This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today’s classrooms. TOPICsearch contains full text for over 139,800 articles from more than 4,800 diverse sources. Updated daily. Enter your 14 digit Providence Public Library barcode when prompted. [user guide]
TRANweb Transportation Article File
TRAN, produced by the Northwestern University Transportation Library, is an index of transportation and law enforcement articles and conference proceedings.
Treaties & International Agreements Online (Oceana)
Contains the current text of over 13,000 treaties and international agreements, including all treaties and international agreements ratified by the U.S., major treaties in the process of ratification, and all tax treaties, even those to which the U.S. is not a party. Searchable by keyword, subject, title, parties, and date.
TRIS Online (Transportation Research Information Service)
Offered by the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, this site indexes and abstracts transportation research covered in books, journal articles, technical reports. Other media, federal, state, local, and association publications and conference proceedings are also covered. The database extends from the 1960s to the present, with some coverage before 1960.
Turfgrass Information Center (TGIF)
Provides access to published materials reporting on aspects of turfgrass and its maintenance, including annual research reports, conference proceedings, trade publications, scientific journals, monographs, fact sheets and pamphlets, images, field day programs, and newsletters. Most records in TGIF contain informative abstracts; some contain full text or are linked to Web-accessible full text.
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UNdata
UNdata is the United Nations Data Access System, providing access to current, relevant and reliable statistics for free. Includes official statistics produced by countries, as well as estimates and projections. The domains covered are agriculture, education, energy, industry, labor, national accounts, population and tourism. Produced by United Nations Statistics and Population Divisions as well as other United Nations agencies.
USA Trade Online
Access to U.S. export and import information on more than 18,000 commodities world wide. Two simultaneous users only. Password required — please ask at Reference Desk for access. 1992-.
U.S. Congressional Serial Set 1817-1980
Provides primary source material on all aspects of American history. Includes the full text and images from the United States Congressional Serial Set. Search or browse the Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, originally published in approximately 13,800 bound volumes. Updated monthly.
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Databases
Full text database of all U.S. patents issued since 1790.
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Web of Science (ISI)
Web access to ISI citation databases (Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index). Contains citations to articles from nearly 8,500 of the most prestigious, high impact research journals in the world. The ability to search by cited reference allows the user to uncover the research that influenced an author’s work or to navigate forward in time to discover a paper’s impact on current research. 1998-. Updated weekly. [user guide] [online tutorial]
Women’s Studies International (EBSCOhost)
Covers the core disciplines in Women’s Studies to the latest scholarship in feminist research. Sources include journals, newspapers, newsletters, bulletins, books, book chapters, proceedings, reports, theses, dissertations, NGO studies, Web sites, and grey literature. Coverage ranges from 1972 and earlier to the present. [user guide]
World Almanac (FirstSearch)
Contains content from Funk & Wagnall’s New Encyclopedia, The World Almanac and Book of Facts, The World Almanac of the U.S.A., The World Almanac of U.S. Politics, and The World Almanac for Kids. 1998-. Updated annually. [user guide]
World Book Online Reference Center
Includes the multi-media World Book Encyclopedia, a Reference Library with primary resources from U.S. History and Political Science and Law, plus a Spanish language encyclopedia. Enter your 14 digit OSL/CLAN barcode when prompted.
WorldCat (FirstSearch)
Catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide. Updated daily. [user guide]
WorldCat Dissertations & Theses (FirstSearch)
Database of all dissertations and theses available in WorldCat. Updated daily. [user guide]