Oceanic Abstracts
(Cambridge Scientific): Abstracts focus on marine biology and physical oceanography, fisheries, aquaculture,
meteorology and geology, plus environmental, technological, and legislative topics.
Coverage: 1981 to present. Updated: monthly.
Official Document System
(United Nations): ODS includes full text UN parliamentary documents (including
resolutions and decisions) since 1993. Also contains the
final official records version of all resolutions and decisions
adopted by the General Assembly, the Security Council, the
Economic and Social Council and the Trusteeship Council since
1946. Updated: daily.
OT Search (American Occupational Therapy Association):
OT Search is a bibliographic database covering the literature of
occupational therapy and related subject areas, such as
rehabilitation, education, psychiatry or psychology, and health care
delivery or administration. Coverage: Most titles are 1980's to present,
with a few going back 50 years or more. Updated: monthly.
Discontinued as of April 16, 2007. Due
to budget constraints and duplication, this subscription was
canceled. Please consider searching a
cluster of EBSCOhost health databases as an
alternative. Here is a list of OT
journal availability at Murphy Library. If you have any
questions or need assistance, please contact Galadriel
Chilton (chiton.gala@uwlax.edu, 785-8738) or John Jax
(jax.john@uwlax.edu,
785-8567).
Oxford English Dictionary
(Oxford University Press): The accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over
the last millennium covering the meaning, history,
and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and
past. Coverage: 1150 A.D. to present. Updated: quarterly.
Quick Tips
(pdf)
PapersFirst
(FirstSearch): An index of papers presented at international conferences. Coverage: 1993 to present. Updated: semi-monthly.
Periodical
Abstracts (FirstSearch): Citations on a wide range of subjects including business, current affairs, economics, literature, psychology, religion, and women's studies from
over 2000 general and academic journals. Coverage: 1987 to present. Updated weekly.
Physicians
Assistant Programs Directory:
Published by the Physician Assistant Education Association
(PAEA),
this resource provides access to profiles for physician assistant
education programs and post-graduate opportunities in the United
States. Coverage: accredited programs in the U.S. Updated: Ongoing;
as program information is revised. Note: Mediated access only, please ask for assistance at
the Reference Desk.
Physics
Electronic Journals (Institute of Physics): Full text access to more
than 30 scholarly journals in physics and engineering. Also includes
Physics Reviews which brings together review articles published in
the Institute's journals including topical reviews as well as those
from Reports on Progress in Physics. Coverage: 1996 to present. Updated: daily.
Plant Science
(Cambridge Scientific):
Citations and abstracts of scientific literature on plant science,
focusing on all plant scientific aspects, especially: pathology, symbiosis, biochemistry, genetics, biotechnology, techniques and
environmental biology. Coverage: 1994 to present. Updated: monthly.
Plunkett's Retail Industry Almanac 1999-2000:
Electronic version of this print reference book. Found on the
Business workstation
in the reference
area.
Proceedings
First (FirstSearch): Contains tables of contents from over 70,000
international conferences, professional meetings, and symposia listing papers
presented as well as an overview of the conference. Coverage: 1993 to present. Updated: bi-weekly.
Professional Development Collection (EBSCOhost):
Provides full text for more than 550 journals geared towards professional
educators. Over 800 titles are indexed and abstracted, including 350
peer-reviewed titles. Titles include Booklist, Curriculum
Administrator, Educational Leadership, Journal of
Education Research, and many more. Coverage: 1965 to present. Updated: Daily.
Project
Muse: Includes the full text of over 100 scholarly journals in the
fields of: literature and criticism, history, the visual and
performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science,
gender studies, and many others. Coverage: 1993 to present. Updated:
monthly.
Projections
of Education Statistics (National Center for Education Statistics):
Included are projections for enrollment, graduates, classroom
teachers, and expenditures at the national level. Also includes
projections of public elementary and secondary enrollment and high
school graduates at the state level.
Coverage: Current edition. Updated: yearly.
Prokaryotes
(Springer-Verlag):
The electronic version of this
seven volume handbook on the
biology of bacteria, a standard resource for the microbiological community. Coverage:
2007 ed. Searchable Volume Access:
PsycARTICLES
(EBSCOhost):
Contains
over 30,000 full text articles from 43 APA journals and 8 journals
from allied organizations. Letters to the editor and errata are also
included for all 51 journals. Coverage: 1987 to present. Updated:
monthly.
To search for more citations for the
field of psychology, please use
PsycINFO.
PsycINFO
(EBSCOhost):
Contains citations and abstracts of journal articles, book chapters, and books in the field of psychology
or in the psychological aspects of
many related disciplines. Full text articles from over 300 articles
are available via links from
PsycINFO to other EBSCOhost databases; 51 journals are
available via links in
PsycINFO to
PsycARTICLES. Coverage: 1887 to present. Updated:
monthly.
PubChem (National Library of Medicine):
Consists
of three sub-databases: PCSubstance contains over 850,000 chemical
structures, descriptions, and more. PCCompound contains over 650,000
validated chemical depictions. PCBioAssay contains more than 170
bioactivity screens of chemical substances.
Updated: daily.
Public and Private
Laws (GPO Access):
Collectively known as "slip laws," Public and Private Laws are
enrolled bills (bills approved by both chambers of Congress) have
have been signed into law by the President. (At the end of
each session of Congress, the "slip laws" are compiled into the
Statutes at Large, and they are known as
"session laws.") Coverage: 1995 to present.
Redbook: University
of Wisconsin System Budget:
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.
(Current and previous Redbook editions are also
held in Special Collections.) Coverage: current
edition. Updated: yearly.
ReferenceUSA:
Current and detailed profiles for over 14 million U.S. businesses;
search by company name SIC/NAICS codes, type of business, business
size, and more.
Tutorial.
Regional
Business News (EBSCOhost): Regional Business News is a full text
newswire database that incorporates business wires from all over the
world. Included in this database are A&G Information, Africa
News Service, Inter Press Service, Resource News International,
South American Business, M2 Communications, PR Newswire, Business
News Wire, Canadian Corporate News, News Bytes News Network, and
Phillips Business Information Highlights. This database is updated daily.
Retail Industry Almanac 2001-2002( Plunkett):
Found on the Business workstation in the reference area.
SBRnet (Sports Business Research
Network):
Focusing on market research and industry news covering all facets of
the sports business industry. Includes such topics as: equipment
sales, sports participation, broadcasting, sponsorship, and
sports marketing. Coverage: 1996 to present. Updated: daily.
New look, same resource: As of February
7, 2008, this resource has a new interface, but provides access
to the information! If you
need help, please contact the
Reference Desk
for assistance (785-8508).
Science Citation Index
Expanded (Web of
Science):
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). Coverage: 1987 to present. Updated: weekly.
Note: To search only the Science
Citation Index Expanded, click the change limits link
towards the bottom of the screen and uncheckthe boxes for
the Arts & Humanities Index and Social Sciences Citation
Index.
ScienceDirect College Edition (Elsevier):
Online access to an extensive collection of full text from journals
and reference collections published by Elsevier. Full text is
included for journals in:
Science
Online:
A weekly online publication that covers scientific training, career
development, and the science job market. Includes the online version
of Science
Magazine. One of the most well read journals in the field.
Published the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Coverage: 1997 to present. Also provides access to free content such
ScienceCareers.org,
STKE, and the four most recent weeks of
ScienceNOW news
stories. Updated: weekly.
We have a trial of Science
Classic (1880-1996) until the end of the semester.
Please share your comments or suggestions about this content by
filling out our database
evaluation form or contact
Jen Holman,
Acquisitions Librarian directly.
Scottish
Women Poets of the Romantic Period (Alexander Street Press): This
release includes some 60 volumes from 47 poets. The critical and
biographical essays for some poets will be added in a future release,
as will selected criticism from printed works. In addition selected
essays, criticism and Web resources will be added from time to time.
Coverage: 1770s to 1918.
Social Sciences Citation Index (Web
of Science):
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). Coverage: 1987 to present. Updated: weekly.
Note: To search only the Social Science
Citation Index, click the change limits link towards
the bottom of the screen and uncheckthe boxes for
the Arts & Humanities Index and Sciences Citation
Index.
Social
Services Abstracts
(Cambridge Scientific):
provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on
social work, human services, and related areas, including social
welfare, social policy, and community development. The database
abstracts and indexes over 1,300 serials publications and includes
abstracts of journal articles and dissertations, and citations to
book reviews. Coverage: 1979 to the present. Updated: monthly.
Sociological Abstracts
(Cambridge Scientific):
Provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews
drawn from over 1,800 serials publications, and also provides
abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference
papers. Coverage: 1952 to the present. Updated: monthly.
Sourcebook·America (ESRI):
Detailed demographic information
along with consumer expenditure data for the entire United States. Includes The Sourcebook of ZIP Code
Demographics and The Sourcebook of County Demographics.
Found on the Statistics/Geography workstation in the reference
area.
SPORTDiscus
(EBSCOhost):
Provides citations and abstracts to
periodical articles, books, conference proceedings, and research
papers. Topics covered include sports medicine, exercise
physiology, biomechanics, psychology, training, coaching, and physical
education. Coverage: 1975 - present. Updated: monthly.
This resource is
limited to 4 simultaneous users. If access is unavailable,
please try again later.
Springer-Verlag Journals: Access to the full text of: Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, Current
Microbiology, Environmental Geology, European Journal of Applied Physiology, Microbial Ecology,
Naturwissenschaften, and The Prokaryotes.
Standard &
Poor's NetAdvantage: A comprehensive database of financial information,
providing access to 11 key financial publications. Coverage: current. Updated: daily.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
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. Coverage: entries written
from 1995 - present.
STAT-USA/Internet (U.S.
Department of Commerce):
(1) State of the
Nation--current and historical economic and financial releases
and economic data;
(2) GLOBUS & NTDB--current and historical trade-related
releases, international market research (Country Commercial
Guides (CCG)), trade opportunities, country analysis (Country
Background Notes), and
the National Trade Data Bank. Access on the Statistics/Geography and Business
workstations in the reference area.
Statistical
Abstract of the United States (U.S. Census Bureau):
The
"National Data Book" contains a collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States. Selected international data are also included. The Abstract is also your Guide to Sources of other data from the Census Bureau, other Federal agencies, and private organizations.
Coverage: 1878 to present. Updated: annually.
Statutes at Large
(GPO Access):
Contains every public and private law passed by Congress. Also
included are concurrent resolutions, proclamations by the President,
proposed and ratified amendments to the Constitution, and
reorganization plans. Coverage: 2003 to present.
Updated: annually. (1789-1875 is available
here.)
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many electronically based information resources. These resources always involve
software licenses, copyright restrictions, and other contractual agreements which require
them to bIf you come to the library or use a computer on campus via the campus LAN, you are
considered a valid library patron. However, if you are currently affiliated with UW-La
Crosse, but you use a different Internet Service Provider (ISP) or you are currently
accessing our resources from off campus, Murphy Library offers remote access to multiple
electronic services on a password basis so that you can access Internet-based resources
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