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An alphabetical list of library databases
Arts & Humanities Citation Index (Annual Reviews) Brought to you by the University of Wisconsin System
A multidisciplinary database covering the journal literature in the arts and humanities.
- Tutorial
Biological Abstracts (Annual Reviews) Brought to you by the University of Wisconsin System
Abstracting and indexing of more than 4,000 international journals in the life sciences, including agriculture, biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, ecology, the environment, microbiology, neurology, pharmacology, public health and toxicology.
Getting Started Tutorial
Burger's Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery (Brill) Off campus access restricted to UW-L students, faculty, and staff
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An online equivalent of the six volume print reference work, this resource covers areas of traditional and new biology. Topics include: drug discovery and development, cardiovascular agents and endocrines, autacoids, chemotherapeutic agents, and nervous system agents.
Checkpoint (American Statistical Association) Off campus access restricted to UW-L students, faculty, and staff
This online tax and accounting research system includes primary source material and analysis from sources such as RIA and WG&L tax journals.
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- Personal Accounts: How to Create Your Account | Login to Your Account
- Guides: Checkpoint Guided Tour/Demo

Depository Access to Reports, Technical and Scientific--DARTS (BNA)
Contains full text of a small percentage (about 240,000 titles) of technical reports published by the National Technical Information Service (NTIS). Subjects strengths include scientific, technical, engineering, and business. Coverage: 1964 to 2000. To Access: please ask for assistance at the Reference Desk. LIBRARIANS: URL and password and URL are on the Staff Web: Unit Resources>Electronic Resources>Database Passwords
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (Brill) Off campus access restricted to UW-L students, faculty, and staff
A team of specialist advisors have ensured that ELS’s 3,000 articles cover the entire scope of the life sciences. Articles are grouped by level of complexity for ease of use.
Note: As of March 25, this resource has a new interface.
GEOBIB: Online Geographical Bibliography (AOTA)
An online bibliography to the literature of geography. It contains entries appearing in Current Geographical Publications.
Homeland Security Digital Library (BioOne)
Over 60,000 reports and primary sources related to homeland security policy, strategy, and organizational management. Sources include federal, state, tribal, and local government agencies, professional organizations, think tanks, academic institutions, and international governing bodies.
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology (Brill) Off campus access restricted to UW-L students, faculty, and staff
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This online equivalent of the 27-volume print encyclopedia, includes approximately 1200 full-text entries on all aspects of chemical technology. Basic chemical information is included as well as articles on topics like risk management, combinatorial synthesis and technology, electronic chemicals, and drug discovery strategies.
Local Market Audience Analyst (ABC-CLIO, Inc.) Off campus access restricted to UW-L students, faculty, and staff
Requires Internet Explorer, this resource is NOT compatible with Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Opera. Local Market Audience Analyst is a consumer market research tool that includes demographic, segmentation, and targeting data for media planners and consumer marketers. Includes: Market Profile Reports * Lifestyle Analysis Reports * Demographics Reports * PRIZM Reports.
Micromedex (American Medical Association) Off campus access restricted to UW-L students, faculty, and staff
This resource includes information to support clinical practice. Users can search for drug information and interactions, disease/condition overviews, alternative medicine information, and patient education materials. Also included are a variety of calculators such as measurements (e.g. BMI), drug dosing tools, and antidote calculators. Information in this resource comes from: DRUGDEX® System, CareNotes, PDR, POISINDEX®,DISEASEDEX™ and many other sources.
- Quick Tip: How to cite info from this resource: Look for "HOW TO REFERENCE THE THOMSON HEALTHCARE LICENSED SOLUTIONS" on this web page.
- Search Help: Online tutorial for this resource
NetAdvantage (Accessible Archives Inc) Off campus access restricted to UW-L students, faculty, and staff
A comprehensive database of financial information, providing access to 11 key financial publications.
- Quick Tip: Find Company Profiles
- Quick Tip: Find Industry Info
Trial Content Now Available: Compustat Analytics is now available via this database through January 2010. Enable pop-up windows for full functionality.
OECD iLibrary (Chadwyck-Healey) Brought to you by the University of Wisconsin - Madison Libraries
OECD iLibrary is the online library of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. It includes 20 book collections by theme, 24 periodicals, the OECD statistical databases, and the OECD Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals. Publications can be accessed using the list of categories on the OECD iLibrary home page or they can be found by using a keyword search. An "advanced" search feature allows for searching of journals only. (Updated daily)
OregonPDF in Health & Performance (ASA/IMS) Off campus access restricted to UW-L students, faculty, and staff
OregonPDF is a collection of graduate research studies (theses and dissertations) on movement and physical activity. Topics include physical activity, physical fitness, activities of daily living, work, sport and athletics, recreation, dance, and play. Study participants include children, adults; elderly, individuals with disabilities, injury or disease; and athletes. Citations and abstracts are included with links to full text PDFs. Coverage: At least 1996 to present. Updated annually with 100+ new theses/dissertations.
Redbook: University of Wisconsin System (Association of College & Research Libraries)
Book I contains University and Institution Budget Summaries, and Books II-IV contain Staff Details for all staff employed by the UW System. The above link is for UW-L users as well as UW-L campus visitors. This alternative link for the off-campus general public includes Book I only.
Science Citation Index Expanded (Annual Reviews) Brought to you by the University of Wisconsin System
Indexes more than 5,700 major journals across 164 scientific disciplines. Can also be used to find other articles citing a specific article (footnotes in reverse).
Red exclamation pointNote: To search only the Science Citation Index Expanded, click the change limits link towards the bottom of the screen and uncheck the boxes for the Arts & Humanities Index and Social Sciences Citation Index.
Social Sciences Citation Index (Annual Reviews) Brought to you by the University of Wisconsin System
Indexes more than 1,725 journals spanning 50 disciplines, as well as covering individually selected, relevant items from over 3,300 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals. Can also be used to find other articles citing a specific article (footnotes in reverse).
Red exclamation pointNote: To search only the Social Science Citation Index, click the change limits link towards the bottom of the screen and uncheck the boxes for the Arts & Humanities Index and Sciences Citation Index.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Alexander Street Press) Brought to you by the University of Wisconsin System
This is an online encyclopedia covering a variety of philosophical topics. This resource is continuously updated by discipline experts with each entry reviewed by an editorial board prior to publication.
TeachingBooks (American Mathematical Society) Brought to you by BadgerLink
TeachingBooks is a contemporary children's literature resource for educators. Segments include: virtual author programs such as author interview and speech transcripts or an illustrator demonstration video, activity guides for educators, listings of awards recipients for authors and illustrators, as well as selected Web links for educators.
UpToDate (Badgerlink) Off campus access restricted to UW-L students, faculty, and staff
UpToDate is an evidence-based medicine tool used by health care professionals seeking treatment options and to provide patients with health care information. UpToDate editors and authors monitor more than 440 journals and incorporate recent literature into context of existing literature. More about UpToDate.
Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia (Brill) Off campus access restricted to UW-L students, faculty, and staff
A general scientific reference encyclopedia containing over 10,000 entries on topics ranging across all scientific disciplines including animal science, anatomy, astronomy, atmospheric science, chemistry, chemical engineering, civil engineering, computer science, earth science, energy sources, information science, life science, materials, mathematics, mechanical engineering, medicine, mining, physics, physiology, planetary science, plant science, power technology, space science, structural engineering, and a host of other subjects.
Web of Science (American Medical Association) Brought to you by the University of Wisconsin System
Access to Arts & Humanities Citation Index,, Science Citation Index Expanded,, and Social Sciences Citation Index, which collectively index more than 8,000 high quality, peer-reviewed journals cover-to-cover.