Demographic Yearbook (United Nations):
International statistics on population size and composition,
births, deaths, marriage and divorce. Coverage: 2000 to
present.
Updated: yearly.
Depository Access
to Reports, Technical and Scientific--DARTS (NTIS):
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:
click
the link above, enter your UW-L username/password if prompted, then
click the Log In button
on the DARTS Login Page. Community visitors to Murphy Library:
please ask for assistance at the
Reference Desk.
Digest of Education
Statistics (National Center for Education Statistics):
Includes numbers of schools and colleges, teachers, enrollments, and
graduates. Also covers educational attainment, finances,
federal funds for education, libraries, international education, and
more.
Coverage: 1990 to present. Updated: yearly.
Dissertation
Abstracts Online (FirstSearch):
Indexing and abstracting of dissertations and masters theses
accepted at accredited institutions of higher education in North
America and Europe. Coverage: indexing 1861 to present; abstracts
1980 to present; thesis abstracts 1988 to present. Updated: monthly.
Drug Identifier: Useful tool for the
correct identification of drugs. Found on the Science/Health workstation in the reference area.
E-Commerce & Internet Business Almanac
(Plunkett): Electronic version of this print reference book. Found on
the Business workstation in the reference
area.
Early
Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures, & the Environment (Alexander Street Press):
Assembled from hundreds of primary sources, this database documents
the relationships among peoples and with the environment in North
America from 1534 to 1850. The collection focuses on personal accounts and provides unique
perspectives from all of the protagonists, including traders, slaves,
missionaries, explorers, soldiers, native peoples, and officials, both
men and women.
Early English Books Online
(ProQuest): Contains page images of 125,000 books listed in the
Pollard and Redgrave, Wing, and Thomason Tracts catalogs. Substantial
coverage of printed material found in England between 1473 and 1700,
covering a wide variety of topics in early modern studies. Coverage: 1475
A.D. to 1700. Updated:
quarterly.
EBSCOhost
Databases: Multiple full-text databases are available on a wide variety of subjects.
Ecology
Abstracts (Cambridge Scientific): Citations and abstracts from
journal articles focusing on how organisms of
all kinds - microbes, plants, and animals - interact with their
environments and with other organisms. Coverage: 1982 to present.
Updated: monthly.
Economic Indicators (GPO Access):
Prepared for the Joint Economic Committee by the Council of Economic
Advisors and provides economic information on prices, wages,
production, business activity, purchasing power, credit, money and
Federal finance.
Coverage: 1998 to present. Updated: monthly.
Economic
Literature Index (FirstSearch): Citations and abstracts from journal
articles, books, and working papers on
economics. Coverage: 1969 to present. Updated monthly.
Economic Report of
the President (GPO Access):
Annual report written by the Chairman of the Council of Economic
Advisors. It overviews the nation's economic progress using text and
extensive data appendices.
Coverage: 1995 to present. Updated: yearly.
Education
Abstracts (Wilson):
Citations and abstracts from leading publications in the field of
education. Coverage: 1983 to present. Updated monthly.
Quick Tip:
Creating Bibliographies with Education Abstracts (pdf) This resource is
limited to 1 simultaneous user. If access is unavailable,
please try again later.
Education Databases via EBSCOhost:
This cluster of EBSCOhost databases allows you to search 3
education databases at one time:
ERIC | Professional Development Collection | Teacher
Reference Center
This cluster includes only EBSCOhost
databases.
Please visit the
Education page for links to other essential education
resources. By searching multiple databases at one time, unique
features of individual databases are disabled. What do you think of this cluster? Contact Galadriel
Chilton (chiton.gala@uwlax.edu,
785-8738).
eHRAF Archaeology (HRAF)(formally eHRAF Collection of Archaeology):
Over 50,000 pages in over 690 full-text documents, indexed by subject to
facilitate comparative archaeological studies within and across regions.
Each tradition file consists of a general summary and full-text
sources including books, journal articles, dissertations, and
manuscripts. Coverage: Over 41 major traditions. Updated: annually.
eHRAF
World Cultures (HRAF)(formally eHRAF Collection of
Ethnography):
A cross-cultural database that contains
over 350,000 pages of information on all aspects of cultural and
social life. eHRAF is the online portion, covering
approximately 150 cultures. Together with the corresponding
microfiche set (Murphy Library basement), over 400 cultures are
covered. Updated: annually.
Eighteenth
Century Collections Online (Gale):
Though still in
progress, this online resource will contain access to approximately
150,000 entries when complete. Materials include: English-language
titles such books, Bibles, tract books, sermons, and printed
ephemera. Currently available subjects are: history, geography,
social science and fine art. Materials on science, technology, and
medicine will be available in December, with literature, language,
philosophy, religion, and law materials coming in 2004/2005.
Coverage: 1701 - 1800. Updated: materials will be continuously
uploaded over the next 2 years.
Emerald Library
(MCB Press):
Access to the full text/page image of over 100 journals in the fields of: Engineering, General Management, Human Resources, Information Management, Library & Information Services, Marketing, Operations, Production & Economics, Property, Quality, Training & Education.
Coverage: varies by title. Updated: daily.
Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine (Gale):
This e-book covers all aspects of alternative medicine including
therapies, conditions/diseases, herbs/plants, and people.
Entries include 150 kinds of alternative and complementary
medical practices, 275 diseases/conditions, 300 herbs and
remedies, 150 therapies, biographies of pioneers in the field,
and analyses of acceptance by scientists and doctors.
Coverage: complete text and images from the 2nd edition of the
print encyclopedia. Last Updated: 2005. Note: The 4 volume print version is available in Murphy
Library's reference collection; call no. R733 .G34 2005
Encyclopedia of Bioethics (Gale):
This e-book includes 480 entries on topics such as ethics of
health professionals, animal research, population control and
the environment, cloning, privacy and censorship on the Web,
stem cell research, same-sex marriage, and much more. Coverage:
complete text and images from the 5 volume print edition. Last
Updated: 2004. Note: The 5 volume print version is available in Murphy
Library's reference collection; call no. QH332 .E52 2004
Encyclopedia of
Diets (Gale):
This resource includes information on special diets such as a
Gluten-free or high protein diet, dieting and popular
weight-loss programs such as the Atkins Diet, dietary concerns,
nutritional basics, and some effects of a person's dietary
choices on one's health. The Encyclopedia presents an overview
of all topics in a standardized, balanced format. Not intended
to be an endorsement of any one diet or lifestyle, the topics
presented will be organized around the development and history
of a diet, its basic principles, any key figures that influence
the trend, and any public or regulatory concerns associated with
the practice. Last Updated: 2007.
Encyclopedia of Education (Gale):
This e-book includes approximately 900 encyclopedic articles
pertinent to education. Entries cover institutions, biographies,
processes, products, theories, educational models, and more. Coverage:
complete text from the 2nd edition of the print encyclopedia. Last Updated:
2002. Note: The 8 volume print version is available in Murphy
Library's reference collection; call no. LB15 .E47 2003
Encyclopedia of Educational Psychology (Sage):
This e-book includes 275 entries and relates information from a
variety of disciplines (i.e. psychology, anthropology,
sociology, public health, school psychology, counseling,
history, and philosophy) to the field of education. Themes
include: Classroom Achievement * Classroom Management *
Cognitive Development * Ethnicity, Race, and Culture * Gender
and Gender Development * Health and Well-Being * Human
Development * Intelligence and Intellectual Development *
Language Development * Learning and Memory * Organizations *
Peers and Peer Influences Public Policy * Research Methods and
Statistics * Social Development * Teaching * Testing,
Measurement, and Evaluation Theory. Last Updated:
2008.
Encyclopedia of Global Population & Demographics(M. E. Sharpe):
1999 edition. Demographic and population information for
the world overall, and for 195 countries and 32 territorial units.
Country profiles include information on geography, population,
ethnic distribution, vital statistics, economics, health, and
education. Projections for the next fifty years are also included. Found on the
Statistics/Geography workstation in the reference
area.
Encyclopedia
of Life Sciences (Wiley Interscience): 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. Coverage: 2001 to present. Updated:
monthly.
Encyclopedia of Medicine (Gale):
Written for a general audience, this e-book includes
comprehensive information on more than 1,700 topics. Articles on
diseases/disorders and their corresponding test/treatment range
from a few paragraphs to multiple pages. Disease/disorder
entries include definitions, descriptions, causes and symptoms,
diagnosis, common and alternative treatment, prognosis, and
prevention. Test/treatment entries also include definitions and
descriptions, but also include the purpose and rationale behind
the treatment, preparation, aftercare, risks, normal and
abnormal results. Biographical information and historical
sidebars are included throughout. Coverage: complete text and
images from the 3rd edition of the print encyclopedia.
Last Updated: 2006.
Encyclopedia of
Mental Health (Gale):
This e-book includes detailed information on mental disorders
and conditions written for a general audience with entries for
all 150 disorders classified in the Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual of Mental Disorders, text revision (DSM-IV-TR). It also
features entries for prescription, alternative and
over-the-counter drugs, as well as the various therapies used to
treat mental disorders. Coverage: complete text and
images from the 2nd edition of the print encyclopedia.
Last Updated: 2007.
Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health (Gale):
Written for students and professionals, this e-book covers all
major health professions such as physical therapy, occupational
therapy, pharmacology, and nutrition. The encyclopedia includes
850 entries on body systems and functions, conditions and
diseases, issues, theories, techniques and practices, as well as
devices and equipment. Coverage: complete text and images from
the 5 volume print edition. Last Updated: 2006.
Encyclopedia of Obesity (Sage):
This e-book includes nearly 500 entries on obesity and related
health conditions including molecular biology, psychology,
medicine, public health and policy, food science, environmental
health, and pharmaceuticals. Articles also address topics for a
changing society that is slowly adapting to accommodate obesity,
including recent lawsuits, new options for medical and dietary
treatment, and the importance of prevention in children. Themes
include: Biological or Genetic Contributors * Children * Dietary
Interventions * Disordered Eating * Environmental Contributors *
Health Implications * Medical Treatments * New Research *
Behavior * Ethnicity/Race * Public Health Crisis * Psychological
Influences/Outcomes * Societal Influences * Women * Worldwide
Prevalence of Obesity. Last Updated:
2008.
Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society (Sage):
This e-book includes nearly 600 entries covering intergroup
relations in the United States and the comparative examination
of race and ethnicity worldwide. Themes
include: * Biographies * Community and Urban Issues * Concepts and Theories * Criminal Justice * Economics and Stratification
* Education * Gender and Family * Global Perspectives * Health and Social Welfare * Immigration and Citizenship
* Legislation, Court Decisions, and Treaties * Media, Sports, and Entertainment * Organizations * Prejudice and Discrimination
* Public Policy * Racial, Ethnic, and Nationality Groups * Religion * Sociopolitical Movements and Conflicts. Last Updated:
2008.
Encyclopedia of U.S. Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral
Behavior (Sage):
This e-book includes over 450 entries covering American
campaigns, elections, and electoral behavior while providing a
culturally and politically diverse perspective of American
democratic practices and institutions. Themes
include: * Ballot Issues * Corruption * Electoral Behavior *
Local Campaigns and Elections * Media’s Role * Political Parties, Interest Groups
* Political Theory and Democratic Elections in America * Polls, Public Opinion, and Campaigns and Elections
* Presidential Campaigns and Elections * Reform * Running Political Campaigns * Social and Psychological Dynamics
* State and Congressional Campaigns and Elections. Last Updated: 2008.
Encyclopedia of Social Psychology (Sage):
This e-book includes 600 entries on intellectual and scientific
content for social psychology. Key themes include: Action
Control * Antisocial Behaviors * Attitude * Culture Emotions *
Evolution * Groups * Health * Interpersonal Relationships *
Judgment and Decision Making Methods * Personality * Prejudice *
Problem Behaviors * Prosocial Behaviors * Social Cognition. Last Updated:
2007.
Entomology
Abstracts (Cambridge Scientific):
Citation and abstracts of
journal articles in topics such as: insects,
arachnids, myriapods, onychophorans, and terrestrial isopods.
Coverage: 1982 to present. Updated: monthly.
ERIC
(EBSCOhost):
From the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), sponsored by
the U.S. Dept. of Education. Full text of more than 2,200
digests along with references for additional information and
citations and abstracts from over 1,000 educational and
education-related journals. Coverage: 1966 to present. Updated:
monthly.
Ethnic NewsWatch
(ProQuest):
Full-text articles from 240 newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native
press. Subject areas: general reference, history and politics,
humanities and social sciences. Coverage: 1990 to present. Updated: weekly.
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considered a valid library patron. However, if you are currently affiliated with UW-La
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