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
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Abstracts on social gerontology. Also includes health care, public policy, employment, and consumer issues.
Produced by the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), this database includes citations with abstracts drawn from the literature in social gerontology -- the study of aging in social, psychological, health-related, and economic contexts. Health care, public policy, employment and consumer issues are particularly well-covered.
Alternate name: CSA Illumina
Vendor name: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
Update frequency: Updated bimonthly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Skarl, Susie
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
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.
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Scholarly journals and business periodicals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, and international business along with country reports, company profiles, industry profiles and SWOT analyses.
You can limit your search by document type (article, case study, company profile etc) in the Basic Search and Advanced Search sections.
The database also includes country economic reports from the EIU, Global Insight, CON Group and CountryWatch and 5,000 company profiles and 1,600 industry reports from Datamonitor.
Alternate name: EbscoHOST
Vendor name: Ebsco
Update frequency: monthly
Scope: International
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Grays, Lateka;
Griffis, Patrick
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Current and historical literature related to growth and development of children.
Child Development & Adolescent Studies provides citations to the current and historical literature related to growth and development of children through the age of 21. Book reviews, abstracts from hundreds of journals, technical reports, books, book chapters, and theses and dissertations covering biomedical and social sciences worldwide are indexed. Use this resource to search all issues of Child Development Abstracts and Bibliography.
Vendor name: Ebsco
Update frequency: annual
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Fabbi, Jennifer
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Online version of
Child Development Abstracts & Bibliography, 1928-2001 available in LASR.
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The main index for nursing literature and allied health.
The Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature is an index to literature in nursing and allied health. This database provides indexing, abstracting, and full text for over 1,600 current nursing and allied health journals and publications dating back to 1982, totaling over 700,000 records.
Alternate name: Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature
Vendor name: Ebsco
Update frequency: weekly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Stowers, Eva
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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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Journal articles in criminology and related disciplines.
Provides comprehensive coverage of the major journals in criminology and related disciplines.
Alternate name: CSA Illumina
Vendor name: Cambridge Scientific
Update frequency: Updated annually
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Skarl, Susie
Index to publications in statistics and related fields
A bibliographic index to publications in statistics and related fields. Contains citations to articles from core journals," citations and citations to books in statistics. Subscription to CIS is sponsored by the UNLV Mathematical Sciences Department.
Vendor name: CIS Management Committee
Update frequency: Updated annually
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Kotula, JD
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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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
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Collection of about 130 full text journals published by Emerald.
Full text journals covering management, marketing, quality, human resources, production & economics, operations, library & information services, information management, training & education, and engineering.
Vendor name: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Update frequency: varies
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Haslam, Michaelyn
More info: Title list
Scholarly and popular journal articles, book chapters, and reports from the field of education.
Use ERIC to search abstracts of journal articles, book chapters, and reports from the field of education.
Subject indexing allows you to zero in on all the articles relevant to your topic.
ERIC digests offer overviews of significant scholarship on a topic.
Alternate name: Educational Resource Information Center
Vendor name: Ebsco
Update frequency: monthly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Fabbi, Jennifer
More info: The Get Text button links to the full text of journal articles that are available online; when an article is not available online, use the link to search the UNLV Library Catalog to discover if there is a print copy.
ERIC may also be searched via the
FirstSearch interface.
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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
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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
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Publications on gender issues
International publications as well as reports, pamphlets, papers, and conference proceedings devoted to gender issues.
Vendor name: ProQuest
Update frequency: quarterly
More info: http://blogs.library.unlv.edu/lib-resource/2007/08/genderwatch_1.html
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
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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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
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
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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
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
Reviews of English-language personality, aptitude, neuropsychological, educational, achievement, and intelligence tests.
Produced by the Buros Institute, this database contains information from the 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th Mental Measurements Yearbooks. Records contain descriptive information and critical reviews of over 2,200 standardized English-language personality, aptitude, neuropsychological, educational, achievement, and intelligence tests.
Subject coverage includes behavioral science, education, psychiatry, psychology, speech, language, and hearing.
Vendor name: Ebsco
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Fabbi, Jennifer
More info: Paper copies back to 1938.Search Tips
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
Search one or more of the following indexes: Applied Science & Technology, Art Index Retrospective, Library Literature, Social Work Abstracts (5-8 simultaneous users).
Lists indexes searchable through the WebSPIRS interface. The indexes are: Applied Science & Technology, Art Index Retrospective, Library Literature, Social Work Abstracts, and the NASW clinical Register, 12th edition. Choose a single database to search or select multiple databases to search simultaneously. Citations contain links to full text articles.
Alternate name: SilverPlatter databases
Vendor name: Ovid
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information
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
Index (including some full-text reports) to public policy in the areas of economics, politics, the environment, and social issues.
Taken from reports from a wide range of think tanks, non-governmental organizations, international governmental organizations, and other institutions worldwide.
Update frequency: weekly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Lowe, Sidney
Searchable current and recent newspapers from ProQuest.
Full text of articles from nine major national newspapers: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Boston Globe, the Chicago Tribune, the Christian Science Monitor, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. 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
PsychiatryOnline
full text
Online access to DSM-IV-TR and The American Journal of Psychiatry plus other references for diagnosis, treatment, research, professional development, and lifelong learning.
The DSM-IV is a standard resource for diagnosis in Psychology.
Alternate name: DSM-IV
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Stowers, Eva
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The American Psychological Association's international psychology database indexes journal articles, books and dissertations.
PsycINFO, from the American Psychological Association (APA), contains nearly 2.3 million citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines, dating as far back as the 1800s. 97 percent of the covered material is peer-reviewed.
The database also includes information about the psychological aspects of related fields such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, law and others.
Alternate name: Psychological Abstracts
Vendor name: Ebsco
Update frequency: Updated monthly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Stowers, Eva
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Over 17 million citations from medical and life sciences journals. The majority of citations are from Medline.
Over 17 million citations from medical and life sciences journals. The majority of citations are from Medline.
Alternate name: MEDLINE
Vendor name: National Library of Medicine
Update frequency: Updated daily (Tuesday-Saturday)
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Stowers, Eva
Think tank reports and documents on social and political issues.
The RAND (Research and Development) Organization deals with such issues as national defense, education and training, health care, criminal and civil justice, labor and population, science and technology, community development, international relations, and regional studies.
Alternate name: RAND Organization
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Lowe, Sidney
More info: This database provides free abstract searching of all RAND documents which are available for unrestricted distribution. An online ordering feature is part of the database, but there may be a fee associated with the document and/or shipping.
40 online encyclopedias in the social sciences, education and history.
An online collection of more than 40 reference titles from Sage Publications. Reference titles cover a variety of subjects including history, sociology, psychology, criminal justice, political science, communications, social work, education and business.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Heaton, Shelley
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Web of Knowledge
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.
Social Services Abstracts
1950s-.
Abstracts of current research in social work, human services, social policy, and community development.
Social Services Abstracts identify and summarize current research in social work, human services, social policy, and community development.
Vendor name: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Skarl, Susie
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Journal articles about all areas of social work from professional journals.
From the National Association of Social Workers, this database provides access to professional journal articles about social work from all areas of the profession.
Vendor name: Ovid
Update frequency: semi-annually
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Skarl, Susie
Indexes the literature of sociology and related disciplines.
Includes full text for selected journals, monographs, and conference papers and contains full text for over 325 journals dating back to 1895. Encompasses all subdisciplines of sociology, including abortion, anthropology, criminology, criminal justice, marriage & family, politics, religion, rural sociology, social psychology, social structure, social work, sociological theory, sociology of education, substance abuse, urban studies, and many others.
Vendor name: Ebsco
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Skarl, Susie
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Citations and abstracts from journal articles, books, and association papers in sociology.
Sociological Abstracts provides access to worldwide findings in theoretical and applied sociology, social science, and policy science. Included are citations and abstracts from journal articles, books, and association papers. The database includes research within the following topics: anthropology, business, collective behavior, community development, disaster studies, education, environmental studies, gender studies, gerontology, law and penology, marriage and family studies, medicine and health, racial interactions, social psychology, social work, sociological theory, stratification, substance abuse, urban studies, and violence.
Vendor name: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
Update frequency: Updated quarterly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Skarl, Susie
Full text journals covering contemporary sociology, ethnic studies, gender studies, social theory, the sociology of sport and the sociology of work.
This collection includes the full text of 28 journals, some going back 20 years, covering over 10,000 articles. This searchable database covers such subjects as contemporary sociology, ethnic studies, gender studies, social theory, the sociology of sport and the sociology of work. Each bibliographic record in the collection links to the full text article in PDF format.
Vendor name: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Skarl, Susie
Business, trade, and economic information from across the Federal Government.
Internet version of NTDB CD-ROM, with additional resources. Two-part database containing current domestic economic and financial information, daily treasury releases, and foreign trade, market research, and country information, the International Trade Library, more.
Update frequency: Updated daily
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Griffis, Patrick
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
Browse DVDs available by subject area.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Ipri, Tom
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.
The LOCATION and CALL NUMBER information helps you physically locate each item in the library.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Del Bosque, Darcy
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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
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
General Indexes
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
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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
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Alternative Press Index Archive for 1969-1990.
Print volumes v.24(1992)-v.35(2003) available in LASR.
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
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Alternative Press Index for 1991-.
Print volumes v.24(1992)-v.35(2003) available in LASR.
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.
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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.
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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
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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, 1849-1985
full text
1849-1985.
Cover to cover digital reproductions of the Chicago Tribune from 1849-1985 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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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
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
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
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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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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
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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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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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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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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
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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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
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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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
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
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
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
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ProQuest Newspapers.
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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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.
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UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information
Cover to cover digital reproductions of the Los Angeles Times from 1881-1984 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
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
Cover to cover digital reproductions of the New York Times with searchable full text.
For 2003- present see ProQuest Newspapers
Vendor name: ProQuest-CSA
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
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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
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
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
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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 nine major national newspapers: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Boston Globe, the Chicago Tribune, the Christian Science Monitor, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. 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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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
Find out which books, encyclopedias, periodicals, audiovisual items, maps and government documents are available from UNLV Libraries by searching the library catalog.
The LOCATION and CALL NUMBER information helps you physically locate each item in the library.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Del Bosque, Darcy
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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;
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Credo Reference
Encyclopedias in many academic disciplines. Title has changed to Credo Reference.
Social Work: Electronic Journals 
Collections of Journals
JSTOR Fulltext Journals
List
A collection of full-text articles from over 80 scholarly journals in
various fields, including African-American studies, anthropology, Asian
studies, ecology, economics, education, finance, history, literature,
mathematics, philosophy, political science, and sociology. JSTOR covers
journal back issues. Thus, the most recent articles will be from 3-5 years
old. Journals may be browsed individually, or collectively searched within
specified subject areas. (various time coverage; various update
periods)
EMERALD LIBRARY Fulltext
The Emerald Intelligence and Fulltext Electronic Library consists of
online editions of MCB University Press journals. Here one may
search for articles in the fields of general management, marketing,
quality, human resources, property,production ; economics, operations,
library; information services, information management, training ; education,
and engineering. Many journals have abstracts back to 1989 and fulltext
content from 1994 forward. (1989-, variable update period)
Business
Employee
Relations
Empowerment
in Organizations
Executive
Development
Personnel
Review
Criminal Justice
British
Journal of Criminology 
International
Journal of Drug Testing
Journal
of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture
Economics
International
Journal of Social Economics
Education
Continuing
Professional Development
Education
+ Training
Psychology
in the Schools
Government
Human
Rights Quarterly
Journal
of Social Policy
Health / Medicine
Ageing
and Society
Health
Economics
Health
Education
Health
Manpower Management
International
Journal of Eating Disorders
Journal
of Health and Human Behavior
Journal
of Health and Social Behavior
Law
Behavioral
Sciences & the Law
Linguistics
Journal
of Child Language
Management
Cross
Cultural Management: An International Journal
Environmental
Management and Health
International
Journal of Public Sector Management
Journal
of Organizational Change Management
Leadership
& Organizational Development Journal
Strategic
Management Journal
Psychology
Applied
Cognitive Psychology
Behavioral
Sciences & the Law
International
Journal of Eating Disorders
Journal
of Clinical Psychology
Journal
of Community Psychology
Journal
of Managerial Psychology
Journal
of Organizational Behavior
Social Sciences (Other)
Family
Planning Perspectives
Studies
in Family Planning
Sociology
International
Journal of Sociology & Social Policy
