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Welcome! This guide provides a list of all of URI's general databases. The lists are arranged alphabetically by title.
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Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost)Full text for over 8,500 journals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. Covers topics including: archaeology, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, law, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, physics, psychology, religion & theology, women's studies, and other fields. Updated daily. Coverage varies, but generally covers the mid 1990s - present.
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AMA Manual of Style (American Medical Association)American Medical Association official style guide, 10th edition.
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ARBAOnlineElectronic version of American Reference Books Annual. Provides reviews of reference materials, searchable by author, ISBN, publisher, subject, and title. 1997-.
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AtoZdatabasesProvides directory information for residences and businesses across the US. Allows searching by name but also by addresses, zip codes, and more. Results can be emailed and downloaded in a variety of standard formats. Available to Rhode Island residents only.
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Auto Repair Reference Center (EBSCO)"Contains the complete automotive repair manuals that were originally published in the Chilton Total Car Care Series. The content includes more than 150 easy-to-read, illustrated auto repair manuals on all auto repair procedures for about 21,000 vehicles identified in the AAIA table (a table of numerical ID codes for every car made); more than 56,000 Technical Service Bulletins; wiring diagrams; and labor time estimates. Every major manufacturer for domestic and imported vehicles is represented including auto repair manuals for most vintage makes starting as far back as 1954."
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Biography Index Retrospective: 1946-1983 (EBSCOhost)Provides citations to biographical articles, interviews, and obituaries of public figures. 1946-1983.
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Biography Reference Bank (EBSCOhost)Contains biographical information on approximately half a million people, from antiquity to the present, along with thousands of images. Includes the full text of articles from more than 100 volumes of biographical reference works, plus thousands of biographies from other publishers, Biographies are searchable by name, profession, title, place of origin, gender, race/ethnicity, titles of works, date of birth or death, keyword, and presence of images.
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Book Review Digest Retrospective: 1908-1982 (EBSCOhost)Provides excerpts from, and citations to, reviews of adult and juvenile fiction and non-fiction. 1908-1982.
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Chicago Manual of Style, 17th Ed. (University of Chicago)Provides information on manuscript preparation, punctuation, spelling, quotations, captions, tables, abbreviations, references, bibliographies, notes, and indexes, with sections on journals and electronic media. Click here to access the 16th Edition.
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ChoiceReviews.onlinePublished 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.
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CQ ResearcherProvides access to reports researched and written by journalists, on a variety of current topics. Reports include an introductory overview; background and chronology on the topic; an assessment of the current situation; tables and maps; pro/con statements from representatives of opposing positions; and bibliographies of key sources. 1923-. Updated weekly.
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Credo Reference Academic CoreSearch hundreds of encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, quotations, and subject-specific titles, as well as 200,000+ images and audio files, and nearly 200 videos.
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DART-Europe E-theses PortalSearch over 360,000 dissertations from over 500 European universities. Many dissertations are available via links to the full text from the degree-granting institution.
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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-.
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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.
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Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (EBSCOhost)Over 25,000 encyclopedia entries covering a variety of subject areas. Updated annually.
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Gale Directory Library (GDL) (Gale)Gale Directory Library offers access to two titles: the Encyclopedia of Associations. National Organizations of the U.S., a comprehensive source of information on nonprofit membership organizations in the United States; and the Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media, which contains listings for radio and television stations, cable companies, and print media publications.
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IngentaConnectIngentaConnect 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.
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JSTORJSTOR 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.
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LearningExpress LibraryLearningExpress Library provides resources to enhance school, work, or life proficiencies. Includes practice tests for the PSAT, SAT, ACT, TOEFL, GMAT, LCAT, MCAT, PCAT, GRE, GED and other standardized tests. Career resources include eBooks and eTests, resources for professional licensing exams, and other adult education materials. Access provided by AskRI.
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Nexis Uni (LexisNexis)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.
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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.
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US Major Dailies (ProQuest)Indexing, abstracts, and full text (no page image) of The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, and the Christian Science Monitor. Coverage varies by publication but generally begins in 1980s. Updated daily.
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New York Times Article ArchiveSearch 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.
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Oxford English DictionaryElectronic version of the Oxford English Dictionary with search capabilities.
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Oxford Reference Online PremiumOxford Reference Online Premium brings together selected reference works from Oxford University Press into a single cross-searchable resource.
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Points of View Reference Center (EBSCO)Provides essays covering multiple sides of over 250 topics, and includes information on debating, developing arguments, and writing position papers. All items are full text.
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ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Boston Globe (ProQuest)Page image and full-text index to The Boston Globe from 1872 to 32 years ago. Additional year of content added annually.
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ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times with Index (ProQuest)Page image and full-text index to The New York Times from 1851 to four years ago. Additional year of content added annually.
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Providence Journal (Newsbank)Online access to the Providence Journal from 1829 to present. Searchable page image available for 1829-1982 and 2017 to present. Full text available from 1981 to present.
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Readers’ Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982 (EBSCOhost)Access almost 100 years of cultural history with citations to over 3 million articles that appeared in 373 leading U.S. magazines as far back as 1890.
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RefWorksWeb-based citation manager. Import citations from databases to create your own personal collection. Automatically format your papers and bibliographies in any of almost 150 formats (e.g. APA, MLA, Chicago, Turabian, CBE, etc.). Click here to access the old version of RefWorks.
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Scopus (Elsevier)Multidisciplinary abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature with tools to track, analyze, and visualize article and literature use. Includes journal articles, books, book series, conference papers, and more. Alternative to Web of Science. Indexes close to 35,000 titles.
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SPIN (InfoEd)SPIN is a database of funding opportunities. It includes more than 10,000 unique sponsors, both public and private, domestic and international, and more than 40,000 programs.
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Statistical Abstract of the U.S. (ProQuest)The Statistical Abstract of the United States is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States. 1878-.
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TOPICsearch (EBSCOhost)Contains full text for over 105,000 articles from 1,622 diverse sources including international and regional newspapers, periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information. Updated daily.
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World Book EncyclopediaBased on the World Book encyclopedia, this web site serves as a gateway to its various dictionaries, atlases, encyclopedias, images, maps, videos, timelines, current news, links to external articles, and more.
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WorldCat.orgFreely available version of WorldCat, listing books and other materials in member libraries worldwide. Updated daily.
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