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Anthropology and Ethnic Studies: Electronic Indexes & Databases

Anthrosource full text

Searchable archives of all American Anthropological Association (AAA) journals.

Provides access to complete electronic archives of all American Anthropological Association (AAA) journals, including content housed at JSTOR.
Vendor name: American Anthropological Association
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Kotula, JD
More info: List of journals

Anthropology Plus

1840 - present.
International index of journal articles, reports, commentaries, edited works and obituaries.

Covers fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture, and interdisciplinary studies.
Alternate name: Anthropological Literature
Vendor name: RLG Eureka
Update frequency: Updated monthly
Scope: International
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Kotula, JD
More info: This database combines the Anthropological Literature index from the Tozzer Library, Harvard University and the Anthropological Index from the Royal Anthropological Institute in the UK. Search tips.

ARD: The Anthropology Review Database

1990-.
Reviews of anthropological publications including books, audiovisual materials, software and multimedia, exhibits, tourist sites, conferences, and online resources.

Includes over 1400 reviews - some citations, some full text - few dating prior to 1990.
Vendor name: Anthropology Review Database
Update frequency: Continuously updated
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Kotula, JD
More info: signed, refereed reviews we publish ourselves, citations to those published in American Antiquity and the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, as well as links to a number of online publications and sites. We will gradually add citations to other flagship anthropological print periodicals as time permits. See the list of publications indexed by ARD.

UNLV Library Catalog
Find out which books, encyclopedias, periodicals, audiovisual items, maps and government documents are available from UNLV Libraries by searching the library catalog. Includes links to books available online.

The LOCATION and CALL NUMBER information helps you physically locate each item in the library.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Del Bosque, Darcy
More info: Tutorial

ebrary full text

dates of coverage vary.
Digital copies of more than 30,000 complete books, reports and other resources covering all academic subject areas.

Books and other materials are arranged in five main subject areas - business and economics, career and general education, computers, engineering and applied sciences, humanities, social/behavioral sciences and life/physical sciences. The ebrary reader is required to view books and can be downloaded for free from ebrary. A free account is needed In order to access some features (i.e. saving notes and highlights).
Vendor name: Ebrary
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Del Bosque, Darcy
More info: Tips

NetLibrary full text

dates of coverage vary.
Digital copies of more than 3,000 complete books, reports and other resources covering all academic subject areas.

Browse e-books for quick research and reference or create a free account to check out items, create notes, and list favorites.
Vendor name: NetLibrary
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Del Bosque, Darcy

African Writers Series full text

1962-.
Novels, plays, poetry, traditional African folk materials and non-fictional accounts of African culture and history.

The Heinemann African Writers Series published authors mainly from English-speaking countries in western, southern and eastern Africa. Also searchable from within LION.
Vendor name: ProQuest
Update frequency: quarterly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
More info: Individual titles can be accessed from UNLV Library Catalog. Search tips

WorldCat

11th century -.
Use WorldCat to search the holdings of academic, public and special libraries around the world.

This union catalog contains records of books and other items in libraries worldwide. Items owned by UNLV Libraries are indicated; UNLV students, faculty and staff may request books via Document Delivery Services.
Vendor name: OCLC FirstSearch
Update frequency: Updated daily
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information; Heaton, Shelley

Academic Search Premier full text

1975-present.
Searchable articles from academic and professional journals and magazines covering every academic discipline.

This excellent one-stop resource lets you search citations and summaries by keyword and then instantly retrieve the full text of articles from journals online. The Get Text button helps you locate any article without linked full text in alternate online sources or in UNLV's print journal collection.
Alternate name: EbscoHOST, ASP
Vendor name: Ebsco
Update frequency: Updated daily
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information
More info: RefWorks instructions

Access Science full text

current edition.
Science and technology encyclopedia that also includes a collection of science news and student resources.

Access Science is the electronic version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. It also contains many paper-writing aids, such as science news headlines and a "student center" with study guides and suggestions for essay topics.
Alternate name: McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
Vendor name: McGraw-Hill
Update frequency: daily
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Kotula, JD
More info: Search tips

America: History & Life

1964-. 6 simultaneous users.
Journal articles and books about the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.

This index includes almost 400,000 bibliographic entries from over 2,000 journals published worldwide. Books, media reviews, and dissertations are also covered, and approximately 16,000 entries are added each year. The Get Text button links to online full text when available and offers access to UNLV print collections and document delivery options for books and articles not available online.
Vendor name: Ebsco
Scope: U.S. and Canada only
Languages: Abstracts of articles in 40 different languages
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
More info: Print volumes 0-10 available in LASR. Vol. 0, published 1972, covers periodical literature published from 1954 until the issuance of vol. 1 in 1964. Issues for 1964-1973 published for the American Bibliographical Center.

Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts (AATA)
1932-. free
Abstracts of conservation books, articles, proceedings and more.

Peer-reviewed abstracts covering the international literature on conservation and heritage management. Contains all the entries from AATA and its predecessor IIC Abstracts issued from 1955 to 2002. Abstracts are peer-reviewed and cover the international literature on conservation and heritage management. Contains 1,600 abstracts published between 1932 and 1955 by the Fogg Art Museum and the Freer Gallery of Art.
Alternate name: AATA Online
Vendor name: Getty Conservation Institute
Update frequency: quarterly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Brown, Jeanne
More info: Current publications covered (pdf) A service of the Getty Conservation Institute in association with The International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works and with ICCROM (International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property)

Arts & Humanities Citation Index ®

A&HCI provides access to current and retrospective bibliographic information and cited references found in nearly 1,130 of the world's leading arts & humanities journals.

Use this tool to identify how often a particular author has been cited in the work of peers or to identify the most influential scholarship on a topic. (Covering period: 1975-present. Update frequency: Updated weekly. )

Bibliographic Database of the Conservation Information Network (BCIN)
1987-. free
Citations to technical reports, conference proceedings, journal articles, books, and more.

Includes citations to text, audiovisual material and unpublished material about the conservation, preservation, and restoration of cultural property.
Alternate name: BCIN
Vendor name: Conservation Information Network
Scope: International
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Brown, Jeanne

Bibliography of Native North Americans

1500s to present.
Bibliography on Native American history, life, and culture.

Produced in partnership with the Human Relations Area File (HRAF), this database contains over citations to magazine and journal articles, monographs, dissertations, and U.S. and Canadian government documents.
Update frequency: Updated semi-annually
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Kotula, JD
More info: RefWorks instructions

Biological Abstracts

1969-.
Index to scholarly literature from life science journals.

When searching Biological Abstracts for phrases like invasive species or cellular metabolism, be sure to include your phrase in quotations.
Alternate name: BIOSIS
Vendor name: Thomson ISI
Update frequency: Weekly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Kotula, JD

Book Review Digest Plus

1983-.
Index of book reviews.

Provides citations and excerpts of reviews of current English-language fiction and nonfiction books for children and adults. An abstract of each book is also provided. To be indexed in Book Review Digest, a book must have been published or distributed in the United States or Canada. A work of nonfiction must have received reviews in two or more of the periodicals on the Book Review Digest selection list. A work of fiction must have received reviews in at least three of the periodicals. Reviews of textbooks, government publications, and technical books in law and the sciences are excluded.
Vendor name: H. W. Wilson
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Heaton, Shelley
More info: Print volumes available 1906-2003 in Index Area. Search tips.

Credo Reference full text

current editions.
Dictionaries, specialized encyclopedias, quotations, thesauri, and bilingual dictionaries.

Full text of encyclopedia entries plus over 20,000 searchable images including photographs, fine art, scientific diagrams and more. Covers a broad range of topics from biography to medicine and Shakespeare to technology.
Alternate name: xreferplus
Vendor name: Credo Reference
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Heaton, Shelley
More info: Search tips.

Culturegrams full text

Basic facts about history, culture and lifestyles in 187 countries.

Cultural reports for 187 countries and territories each including 25 categories such as land and climate, history, personal appearance, greetings, gestures, family, diet, holidays, economy, education, health, and events and trends.
Alternate name: Culturegrams World Edition
Vendor name: Culturegrams
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Kotula, JD
More info: Search tips.

eHRAF World Cultures full text

dates of coverage vary.
Anthropological studies of cultures and ethnic groups.

For each culture, all aspects of cultural and social life are covered, with topics ranging from religious beliefs, bringing up children, causes and cures of diseases, to economic and political behavior. Subject indexing at the paragraph level, as well as keyword searching, enables precise retrieval of information from the text of books, articles, and dissertations included in the collection. Cultures range from ethnic groups in Africa, Asia, Europe and Oceania, to indigenous and immigrant groups in North and South America.
Alternate name: Human Relations Area Files, eHRAF Collection of Ethnography
Vendor name: Human Relations Area Files, Inc.
Update frequency: annual
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Kotula, JD
More info: User guide Full text files for many cultures not currently included in eHRAF are available on microfiche (GN301 H86). Search tips.

Ethnic Newswatch full text

1990-. Access limited to 2 simultaneous users.
Articles, editorials, and reviews from the ethnic, minority, and native press.

Ethnic NewsWatch is an interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. Designed to provide the "other side of the story," ENW titles offer additional viewpoints from those proffered by the mainstream press. Coverage begins in 1990.
Vendor name: ProQuest
Update frequency: Update monthly
Languages: English, Spanish
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Kotula, JD
More info: Search tips.

Family & Society Studies Worldwide

1970-.
Journal articles recording research, policy, and practice literature in the fields of family science, human ecology, human development, and social welfare.

Family & Society Studies Worldwide, produced by NISC, is a core resource providing the most comprehensive coverage of research, policy, and practice literature in the fields of Family Science, Human Ecology, Human Development, and Social Welfare. FSSW covers popular issues as well as meeting the requirements of professionals in all fields of social work, social science and family practice. Coverage spans from 1970 to the present indexing publications from a wide range of social science disciplines including anthropology, sociology, psychology, demography, health sciences, education, economics, law, history and social work.
Vendor name: Ebsco Publishing
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Skarl, Susie
More info: RefWorks instructions

Gutenberg-e full text
1999-.
Online history books.

While these digital monographs can be printed out and read in the traditional way, the electronic versions offer elements that cannot be conveyed in print: extensive documentation, hyperlinks to supplementary literature, images, music, video, and links to related web sites.
Vendor name: University Electronic Publishing Initiative (EPIC)
Update frequency: annual
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
More info: Books also accessible by title from the UNLV Library Catalog.

Historical Abstracts

1954-. 6 simultaneous users.
Journal articles and books about world history from 1450 forward (Does not include the United States and Canada).

Historical Abstracts identifies journal articles about the history of the world from 1450 to the present, excluding the United States and Canada (See: America: History and Life). Articles from over 2,000 journals are indexed and annotated, and the database includes over half a million entries in all. A select 3,000 books are also listed.
Vendor name: Ebsco
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla

Human Relations Area File

See: eHRAF World Cultures

IRIS - Illinois Researcher Information Service

current listings.
Database of grants, fellowships and scholarships for individuals and institutions.

Over 9,000 funding opportunities in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities can be located in this resource. Advanced and basic search features are offered as well as links to the websites of the funding organization. The database has an alert service that allows users to be notified of relevant funding. An expertise service allows individuals to create a profile by institution for others to view their activities.
Vendor name: Illinois Researcher Information Service
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Grays, Lateka

JSTOR full text

dates of coverage vary.
An archive of more than 700 important scholarly journals covering business, ecology, education, ethnic studies, history, literature, mathematics, music, philosophy, political science, and sociology with content ending 3-5 years ago.

JSTOR digitally archives more than 700 scholarly journals. Subjects include African-American studies, anthropology, Asian studies, business, ecology, economics, education, finance, history, literature, mathematics, music, philosophy, political science, and more.
Vendor name: JSTOR
Update frequency: constant
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
More info: Title list

Las Vegas Review-Journal full text

1991-.
Full text of articles, excluding images, from 1991 to the present.

Full text of articles from 1991 to the present. Articles do not include images.
Alternate name: LVRJ
Vendor name: ProQuest-CSA
Update frequency: daily
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information
More info: Search this paper with other major papers at ProQuest Newspapers.

Learning Express Library full text

current edition.
Practice tests for GMAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, CBEST, Praxis I, TOEFL and a number of other standardized job and career tests.

LearningExpress Library is a full text test preparation and academic skills building database that includes practice tests for GMAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, CBEST, Praxis I, TOEFL and a number of other standardized job and career tests. Skills building components include Elements of Business Writing, Job & Career Success Skills (resume writing, interviewing tips), and math, reading, and writing skills. You will be asked to create your own free account and choose your own user name and password. This creates a space for you on the LearningExpress server so you can save tests and exercises and come back to them.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Heaton, Shelley
More info: Help

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts

1973-.
Index of articles in linguistics including descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical and geographical linguistics.

LLBA covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Complete coverage is also given to various fields of linguistics including descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical and geographical linguistics.
Alternate name: LLBA
Vendor name: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
Update frequency: monthly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Del Bosque, Darcy

LINK+
Books available for 1-3 day delivery to UNLV Libraries.

LINK+ is a book request service that uses a shared library catalog to allow UNLV students, staff and faculty to search for and borrow over 8 million books and documents from over 40 libraries throughout California and Nevada. More borrowing options.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information

Medline via Web of Knowledge

1950-.
Over 15 million records from medical and life sciences journals.

Searching Medline on the Web of Knowledge platform allows you to also search several other databases at the same time.
Alternate name: PubMed
Vendor name: Web of Knowledge
Update frequency: daily
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Stowers, Eva

Museology Bibliography (BMUSE)
1900-. free
Citations to journals, books, and reports on museum-related topics.

UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Brown, Jeanne

OAIster full text
Index of online digital collections and finding aids.

Provides links to electronic scholarly resources not found by other search engines. These resources, which include the complete contents of books and articles, technical reports, preprints, white papers, images of paintings, manuscript collections, movies, and audio files of speeches, are created and hosted by more than 250 research libraries and institutions around the world. Examples include: the arXiv.org Eprint Archive (physics); Directory of Open Access Journals; Ethnologue: Languages of the World; Library of Congress American Memory Project; and NASA Technical Report Server. Resources can be located by searching or by browsing an alphabetical list of participating libraries and institutions.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
More info: Search tips.

Oxford Reference Online full text

current editions. Access is limited to 7 simultaneous users.
Subject dictionaries and reference works.

Access to over 100 language and subject dictionaries and reference works containing over 60,000 pages of material. Includes sources covering general reference, language, science, medicine, humanities, social sciences, and business. List of full text reference books.
Vendor name: Oxford University Press
Update frequency: Updated regularly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Heaton, Shelley

Periodicals Archive Online full text

1802-1995.
Journal articles in the humanities and social sciences published between 1802-1995.

Search international scholarly literature in the humanities and social sciences disciplines from 1802 to 1995. PAO includes pre-1995 issues of over 400 journals, including many journals published in languages other than English.
Vendor name: ProQuest
Update frequency: quarterly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
More info: Search tips

Scopus

1960-.
Scopus is an index to peer-reviewed scientific, medical, technical, and social science literature.

Scopus also features a citation index, allowing you to find the papers that cite a specific piece of research.
Vendor name: Elsevier
Update frequency: daily
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Kotula, JD; Smith, Caroline; Stowers, Eva

Social Sciences Citation Index

The Social Sciences Citation Index ® (SSCI ®) provides access to current and retrospective bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references found in over 1,700 of the world's leading scholarly social sciences journals covering more than 50 disciplines.

They also cover individually selected, relevant items from approximately 3,300 of the world's leading science and technology journals.

UNLV Libraries Media Subject Guides
Browse DVDs available by subject area.

UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Ipri, Tom

UNLV Print and Online Journal Subscription List

To discover whether UNLV Libraries offers online access or owns a print copy of a particular journal, search for the name of the magazine or journal in this list.

A link to "University of Nevada Las Vegas Holdings" will show you information about print copies of the journal. Links to online subscriptions will list the range of dates available for that journal.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information

Web of Knowledge

1990-.
Web of Knowledge is a platform for Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts and Humanities Index, Journal Citation Reports, Biological Abstracts, MEDLINE, and Inspec.

Vendor name: Thomson ISI
Update frequency: weekly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Kotula, JD; Smith, Caroline

Xreferplus full text

See: Credo Reference

Encyclopedias in many academic disciplines. Title has changed to Credo Reference.

Ethnic Studies

African Writers Series full text

1962-.
Novels, plays, poetry, traditional African folk materials and non-fictional accounts of African culture and history.

American Slavery: A Composite Autobiography full text

1840-1938.
Slave narratives collected by the WPA Federal Writers' Project between 1936 and 1938.

This searchable full text collection of slave narratives is indexed several different ways. Some sound files are also included.
Alternate name: Slave narratives
Vendor name: Greenwood Publishing Group
Update frequency: complete
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
More info: Originally published in 19 vols. under title: American slave : a composite autobiography / edited by George P. Rawick. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Pub. Co., 1972 with supplements issued in 1977 (12 v.) and 1979 (10 v.). Also includes: A comprehensive name index for The American slave / compiled by Howard E. Potts

Arts & Humanities Citation Index ®

A&HCI provides access to current and retrospective bibliographic information and cited references found in nearly 1,130 of the world's leading arts & humanities journals.

Black Drama, 1850 to Present full text

1850-.
Plays written in the mid-1800s to present.

Playwrights from North America, English-speaking Africa, the Caribbean, and other African diaspora countries. Each play is extensively and deeply indexed, allowing both keyword and multi-fielded searching. The plays are accompanied by reference materials, significant ancillary information, a rich performance database, and images.
Vendor name: Alexander Street Press
Update frequency: complete
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
More info: Plays are also included in North American Theatre Online and individual titles can be found in the UNLV Library Catalog. Search tips.

Book Review Digest Plus

1983-.
Index of book reviews.

Chicano Database

1900-. Access is limited to 1-5 simultaneous users.
Bibliographic database covering all subjects relating to the Mexican-American experience.

Derived from the University of California Berkeley Ethnic Studies Library, there is extensive coverage from the 1960s, and selective coverage dating back to the early 1900s. Since 1992, the database also includes information pertaining to the broader Latino experience of Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, and Central American immigrants.
Vendor name: RLG Eureka
Update frequency: Updated quarterly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Kotula, JD

Credo Reference full text

current editions.
Dictionaries, specialized encyclopedias, quotations, thesauri, and bilingual dictionaries.

ebrary full text

dates of coverage vary.
Digital copies of more than 30,000 complete books, reports and other resources covering all academic subject areas.

eHRAF World Cultures full text

dates of coverage vary.
Anthropological studies of cultures and ethnic groups.

Ethnic Newswatch full text

1990-. Access limited to 2 simultaneous users.
Articles, editorials, and reviews from the ethnic, minority, and native press.

Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI)

1970-.
Indexes academic journals with content about Latin America, the Caribbean, Brazil, and Hispanics/Latinos in the United States.

The Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI) is the source for over 265,000 journal article citations about Central America, South America, the Caribbean, Mexico, Brazil, and Hispanics/Latinos in the United States. HAPI currently provides over 34,000 links to the full text of articles appearing in more than 500 key social science and humanities journals published throughout the world.
Alternate name: Hapi Online
Vendor name: UCLA Latin American Center
Update frequency: monthly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Del Bosque, Darcy

IRIS - Illinois Researcher Information Service

current listings.
Database of grants, fellowships and scholarships for individuals and institutions.

JSTOR full text

Latino Literature: Poetry, Drama, and Fiction full text

1872-.
Novels, short stories and poems, and plays written by Americans of Spanish or Latin American heritage.

Vendor name: Alexander Street Press
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla

LexisNexis Primary Sources in African American History full text

dates of coverage vary.
Source materials relating to the African-American experience.

Full text of both primary and secondary source material relating to the African American experience. Included are autobiographies, case law and statutes, government publications, photographs, reference and scholarly articles, speeches, and excerpts from manuscript collections such as the files of the NAACP and the White House civil rights files of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations.
Vendor name: LexisNexis
Update frequency: Quarterly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
More info: Search tips.

LINK+
Books available for 1-3 day delivery to UNLV Libraries.

NetLibrary full text

dates of coverage vary.
Digital copies of more than 3,000 complete books, reports and other resources covering all academic subject areas.

North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories full text

1840-.
Personal narratives, including letters, diaries, pamphlets, autobiographies, and oral histories about immigrating to the U.S. or Canada.

People from many countries are represented, including more recent waves of immigrants from Latin America and Asia. In selected cases, audio files let users hear the actual voices of the immigrants and facsimile images show pages of their scrapbooks.
Vendor name: Alexander Street Press
Update frequency: quarterly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
More info: Search tips.

Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States full text

current edition.
Articles on Latino culture written by academics, scholars, writers, artists, and journalists.

Draws together the diverse historical and contemporary experiences in the United States of Latinos and Latinas from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Central America, South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.Addresses such broad topics as identity, art, politics, religion, education, health, and history.
Vendor name: Oxford Reference Online
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Kotula, JD

Oxford Reference Online full text

current editions. Access is limited to 7 simultaneous users.
Subject dictionaries and reference works.

UNLV Libraries - Gateway to Government Information
Links to government web sites.

Government information resources include Congressional laws and hearings, nutrition, crime, diseases, endangered species, immigration, and much more. The U.S. federal government is also the world's greatest collector and publisher of statistics. UNLV Libraries’ tangible collection of government publications is located in Lied Library on the second floor and in LASR (Lied Automated Storage and Retrieval). Ask for assistance at the service desk or call 895-2200.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Lowe, Sidney

UNLV Libraries Media Subject Guides
Browse DVDs available by subject area.

UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Ipri, Tom

The LOCATION and CALL NUMBER information helps you physically locate each item in the library.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Del Bosque, Darcy
More info: Tutorial

UNLV Print and Online Journal Subscription List

To discover whether UNLV Libraries offers online access or owns a print copy of a particular journal, search for the name of the magazine or journal in this list.

WorldCat

11th century -.
Use WorldCat to search the holdings of academic, public and special libraries around the world.

Xreferplus full text

See: Credo Reference

Encyclopedias in many academic disciplines. Title has changed to Credo Reference.

General Indexes

Academic Search Premier full text

1975-present.
Searchable articles from academic and professional journals and magazines covering every academic discipline.

Alternative Press Index

1991-.
Citations and abstracts of articles published in alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers, and magazines.

Provides citations and occasional abstracts for articles in alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines. Subjects include anarchism, democracy, ecology, feminism, gay and lesbian issues, indigenous peoples, labor, national liberation, and socialism.
Vendor name: OCLC FirstSearch
Update frequency: quarterly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Skarl, Susie
More info: see Alternative Press Index Archive for 1969-1990. Print volumes v.24(1992)-v.35(2003) available in LASR.

Alternative Press Index Archive

1969-1990.
Citations and abstracts of articles published in alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers, and magazines.

Provides citations and occasional abstracts for articles in alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines. Subjects include anarchism, democracy, ecology, feminism, gay and lesbian issues, indigenous peoples, labor, national liberation, and socialism.
Vendor name: OCLC FirstSearch
Update frequency: complete
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Skarl, Susie
More info: see Alternative Press Index for 1991-. Print volumes v.24(1992)-v.35(2003) available in LASR.

America's Historical Newspapers full text

1690-1922.
Historical newspapers from every state in the U.S.

Search full text and view page images for articles in categories such as news/opinion, election returns, letters, poetry, legislative information, prices, advertisements, matrimony notices and death notices.
Alternate name: Archive of Americana, Early American Newspapers Series 1-3
Vendor name: Readex
Update frequency: complete
Scope: U.S.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
More info: Can also be searched in combination with Early American Imprints I and II. Series I, 1690-1876: provides images and full-text content access to historic newspapers listed in Clarence Brigham's bibliography, History and bibliography of American newspapers, 1690-1820, as well as other bibliographies; Series II, 1758-1900: focuses on the period between 1820 and 1860; Series III, 1829-1922: focuses on the period between 1861 and 1920 providing in-depth coverage of the Civil War, Reconstruction, the Gilded Age, the Progressive Era and beyond. Search tips

American Periodicals Series Online full text

1741-1900.
Magazines and journals published in the U.S. before 1900.

Use this resource to search the full text of American journals and magazines published between 1741 and 1900, including Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine, the first American professional journals, and several popular magazines still in publication, such as Vanity Fair, Harper's, and Ladies' Home Journal.
Alternate name: APS Online
Vendor name: ProQuest
Update frequency: quarterly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
More info: Derived from the microform collections--American periodical series, eighteenth century; American periodical series, 1800-1850; and: American periodical series, 1850-1900. Search tips

Article First

1990-.
Articles in all subject areas from more than 16,000 journals.

Subject coverage in science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture is particularly strong.
Vendor name: OCLC FirstSearch
Update frequency: daily
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Heaton, Shelley
More info: List of titles indexed

Cambridge Scientific Abstracts databases

dates of coverage vary.
A group of indexes covering criminal justice, design, education, environment, geoscience, government, political science, and sociology with links to full text articles.

More than 20 indexes searchable through the Illumina interface. Areas of focus include criminal justice, design, education, environment, geoscience, government, political science, and sociology. Citations have links to the full text of articles. Use the "Specific databases" link to see a list of more than 20 databases with a brief description of each. From the list choose a single database to search or select multiple databases to search simultaneously.
Alternate name: CSA Illumina
Vendor name: ProQuest-CSA
Update frequency: varies most are weekly or monthly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information

Chicago Tribune, 1849-1986 full text

1849-1986.
Cover to cover digital reproductions of the Chicago Tribune from 1849-1986 with searchable full text.

Complete issues of the Chicago Tribune, including news, ads, obituaries, reviews, editorials, legal notices, comics, and photographs. Search by full text and view digital reproductions of newspaper pages. Output is a PDF image of the article as it appeared in the paper.
Vendor name: ProQuest
Update frequency: complete
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information
More info: Can be searched in combination with historical NY Times, historical LA Times, and American Periodical Series. For access to the text of Chicago Tribune articles after 1985 see ProQuest Newspapers.

CQ Electronic Library full text

Combined access to the CQ Public Affairs Collection, the CQ Researcher and the CQ Weekly.

These three resources can be searched simultaneously or individually.
Vendor name: CQ Press
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Lowe, Sidney
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CQ Public Affairs Collection full text

Reporting on vital public policy issues with statistical and historical analyses; also includes the full text of historic documents and primary source materials concerning public affairs.

Organized by key public affairs subject headings - like advocacy and public service, education, environment and natural resources, health, and national security - the CQ Public Affairs Collection features in-depth reporting on vital public policy issues, statistical and historical analyses, and the full text of many historic documents and primary source materials.
Vendor name: CQ Press
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Lowe, Sidney

CQ Weekly full text

1983-present.
Comprehensive roundup of virtually all Capitol Hill activity from the previous week.

Excellent source of current information on hot legislative topics in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate.
Alternate name: Congressional Quarterly
Vendor name: CQ Press
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Lowe, Sidney

Credo Reference full text

current editions.
Dictionaries, specialized encyclopedias, quotations, thesauri, and bilingual dictionaries.

Dissertations and Theses

citations 1861-; abstracts 1980-; full text 1997-.
Full text of most dissertations produced after 1997; citations and abstracts for others.

ProQuest Dissertations and Theses contains over 1.5 million entries, providing citations to North American and European dissertations from 1861 forward, with abstracts from 1980 forward. It also provides citations and abstracts for theses from 1988 forward. Full text of UNLV theses and dissertations available from 1996 to the present. Full text from all other institutions available from 1997 to the present.
Alternate name: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
Update frequency: Updated quarterly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Heaton, Shelley
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ebrary full text

dates of coverage vary.
Digital copies of more than 30,000 complete books, reports and other resources covering all academic subject areas.

EBSCO Databases

dates of coverage vary.
More than 30 databases indexing all subject areas with a heavy focus on business, education, film, health, psychology, sociology, and sports.

Lists more than 30 databases available through the EBSCOhost interface. The databases index all subject areas with solid coverage of business, education, film, health, psychology, sociology, and sports. For each database there is a description of the content and some link to a Title List of indexed journals. The databases contain full text articles and link to more articles. Choose a single database to search or select multiple databases and search them simultaneously
Alternate name: EbscoHOST
Vendor name: Ebsco Publishing
Update frequency: varies
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information
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Factiva full text

1950s-. Access is limited to 6 simultaneous users.
Continuously updated news and business information from major news sources.

The full text of all editions of Dow Jones publications, the Wall Street Journal and Barron's, plus the Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, three months of the New York Times, and 8,000 other publications. 20,000 company reports and 8,500 editorially selected business Web sites are also available through the Factiva service. Contains television and radio transcripts, general business and industry magazines, company reports, and historical market data.
Vendor name: Factiva
Update frequency: continuous
Languages: 22 languages
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Grays, Lateka
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Gallup Brain full text

1935-.
Database of public opinions. Also contains in-depth public opinion and management data analyses.

Searchable database of public opinion including answers to questions and responses from more than 3.5 million people interviewed by The Gallup Poll since 1935. It also contains Gallup Poll News Service articles, Gallup Poll Tuesday Briefing articles, and Gallup Management Journal articles that feature in-depth public opinion and management data analyses. Replicas of historical news stories and press releases are also included.
Vendor name: Gallup Organization
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Skarl, Susie
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Get overviews of hot topics from CQ Researcher full text

1923-.
In-depth reports describe and analyze important issues and current events.

These in-depth reports describe and analyze public policy controversies. Expert journalists present balanced information on all sides of an issue, including data from government agencies, comments from experts in the field, numerous charts and graphs, a pro-con feature, a chronology, a lengthy bibliography for additional research, and a list of contacts. CQ Researcher addresses current events, campus life, ethical dilemmas, and trends in American culture and is an excellent starting point for students trying to select or narrow down a paper topic!
Alternate name: CQ Researcher
Vendor name: CQ Press
Update frequency: weekly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information

Google Books
Search the full text of digitized books.

Depending on copyright status, you may see your search term highlighted in snippets of the text or in a "limited preview" of a few pages of the book. If the book is out of copyright (published before 1923), you'll be able to page through the entire book or download it as a PDF.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Heaton, Shelley

Google Scholar
Searches scholarly journal articles. Set preferences to UNLV for full text access!

Google Scholar (Beta) searches for scholarly materials such as peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and reports from many academic and technical fields. It is freely available to anyone searching the Internet; however, many of the links that lead to full text resources are not. On your first visit, go to Google Scholar Preferences and use the Library Links box to set UNLV as your source for no-fee access to many full text articles. For answers to questions about Google Scholar, check out the FAQ.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Heaton, Shelley
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Government Documents Catalog Service

1976-.
Information about government documents published since 1976.

Index to the complete Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications from 1976 to the present, containing over 400,000 records and thousands of links to full text documents.
Alternate name: Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
Vendor name: Autographics
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Lowe, Sidney

Historical Statistics of the United States full text

1775-.
Tables of data related to population, work and welfare, and international relations.

A source for quantitative indicators of American history, this database of almost 2000 tables covers nearly every quantifiable dimension in American history, including population, work and welfare, and international relations from the earliest times to the present. Chapters are preceded by essays that introduce the quantitative history of their subject, provide a guide to the sources, and offer expert advice on the reliability of the data and the limits that might be placed on their interpretation.
Alternate name: HSUS
Vendor name: Cambridge University Press
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Lowe, Sidney
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In the First Person

Index to personal narratives (letters, diaries, memoirs, autobiographies, and oral histories) from online collections.

Some are available on the Web, some through UNLV's subscriptions to Alexander Street Press collections, and some are held by repositories and archives around the world. Perform in-depth field and keyword searches across letters, diaries, oral histories, memoirs, and autobiographies within Alexander Street Press databases and more than one million pages of editorially selected materials spanning 400 years.
Vendor name: Alexander Street Press
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla

IRIS - Illinois Researcher Information Service

current listings.
Database of grants, fellowships and scholarships for individuals and institutions.

Las Vegas Age full text
1905-1915, 1917-1922, 1924. free
The Las Vegas Age newspaper, published between 1905 and 1924.

Complete digital images of the Las Vegas Age newspaper digitized from the print copies from the Special Collections of the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District. Search by date or by keyword or browse page images.
Vendor name: LVCCLD
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla

Las Vegas Review-Journal full text

1991-.
Full text of articles, excluding images, from 1991 to the present.

LexisNexis Academic full text

dates of coverage vary.
Searchable published news, legal, medical and business information.

The news section delivers the full text of international, national and regional newspapers along with wire services, broadcast transcripts, magazines, and non-English language sources. The legal section contains U.S. Federal and state case law, codes, regulations, legal news, law reviews and international legal information. This includes Shepard's Citations for all U.S. Supreme Court cases back to 1789. The medical section supplies information from news and medical journals, and provides abstracts to medical news from Medline. The business section includes business news journals, company financial information, SEC filings and reports, and industry and market news.
Alternate name: Academic Universe
Vendor name: LexisNexis
Update frequency: Updated daily
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Heaton, Shelley
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LINK+
Books available for 1-3 day delivery to UNLV Libraries.

Los Angeles Times, 1881-1986 full text

1881-1986.
Cover to cover digital reproductions of the Los Angeles Times from 1881-1986 with searchable full text.

Complete issues of the Los Angeles Times, including news, ads, obituaries, reviews, editorials, legal notices, comics, and photographs. Search by full text and view digital reproductions of newspaper pages. Output is a PDF image of the article as it appeared in print.
Alternate name: LA Times
Vendor name: ProQuest-CSA
Update frequency: complete
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla

NetLibrary full text

dates of coverage vary.
Digital copies of more than 3,000 complete books, reports and other resources covering all academic subject areas.

New York Times, 1851-2006 full text

1851-2006.
Cover to cover digital reproductions of the New York Times with searchable full text.

For 2006- present see ProQuest Newspapers
Vendor name: ProQuest-CSA
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
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Newspaper Source full text

1994-.
Regional newspapers and broadcast television transcripts.

Newspaper Source provides selected full text coverage for more than 240 newspapers and other sources. This collection includes cover-to-cover full text for USA Today, The Christian Science Monitor, and The Times (London), as well as selected full text from more than 180 regional newspapers including: Boston Globe, Detroit Free Press, Houston Chronicle, Miami Herald, San Jose Mercury News, etc. Full text transcripts are also included from Face the Nation, CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, 60 Minutes, O'Reilly Factor, Hannity & Colmes, National Public Radio, and more.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Haslam, Michaelyn

Oxford Reference Online full text

current editions. Access is limited to 7 simultaneous users.
Subject dictionaries and reference works.

Periodicals Archive Online full text

1802-1995.
Journal articles in the humanities and social sciences published between 1802-1995.

ProQuest Databases

dates of coverage vary.
Databases from ProQuest.

Current collections: ABI/INFORM, Accounting & Tax Index, Dissertations & Theses, Ethnic NewsWatch, GenderWatch, ProQuest Newspapers, Chicago Tribune, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Los Angeles Times. Historical collections: American Periodicals Series Online, ProQuest Historical Annual Reports, Chicago Tribune (1849 - 1985), Los Angeles Times (1881 - 1985), The New York Times (1851 - 2003)
Vendor name: ProQuest
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information

ProQuest Newspapers full text

1980s-.
Searchable current and recent newspapers from ProQuest.

Full text of articles from major national newspapers: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The Christian Science Monitor, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, USA Today. Also included are the New York Times Book Review, the New York Times Magazine, and the Las Vegas Review Journal.
Vendor name: ProQuest
Update frequency: Updated daily
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information

Times Digital Archive, 1785-1985 full text

1785-1985.
Full text of the London Times though 1985

The Times Digital Archive, 1785-1985, presents searchable full text and page images of The Times (London). The Times is the "world's newspaper of record" and covers all major international historical events from the French Revolution to the Falkland War. Search the full text of the entire newspaper, including articles, editorials, and advertising.
Alternate name: London Times
Vendor name: Gale
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
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UNLV Libraries - Gateway to Government Information
Links to government web sites.

The LOCATION and CALL NUMBER information helps you physically locate each item in the library.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Del Bosque, Darcy
More info: Tutorial

WorldCat

11th century -.
Use WorldCat to search the holdings of academic, public and special libraries around the world.

Xreferplus full text

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Encyclopedias in many academic disciplines. Title has changed to Credo Reference.

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