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Core Databases
- Academic Search Premier [about]
Academic Search Premier
Coverage Dates: Varies (mid-1990s) - Present
Format: Online
Contains full-text for 3,180 journals, and indexing for over 4,100. Some full-text titles have publisher's embargos which prevent the most current content from being online.
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Britannica Online
Coverage Dates: -
Format: Online
Online version of the 15th edition, with updates. Also offers text from Britannica Book of the Year, and Merriam-Webster's collegiate dictionary, 10th Ed.
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Credo Reference
Coverage Dates: - Current
Format: Online
xreferplus is a full-text database that draws reference books from many well-known publishers and combines them into one, cross-referenced resource. It encompasses a wide variety of subjects such as art, health, literature, and politics. In addition to articles, xreferplus contains high-quality, searchable photographs, fine art, scientific diagrams, and other types of images. Over 76,000 audio pronunciation files also are included. New titles are added to xreferplus each year.
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Ebrary
Coverage Dates: -
Format: Online
A collection of electronic books accessible through the Bowdoin Library catalog.
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Gallup Brain
Coverage Dates: 1935 - Present
Format: Online
Searchable database of the thousands of Gallup Polls conducted from 1935 to today. Users can search questions, results, specific surveys, and associated articles. Also houses Gallup Poll and Gallup Management Journal articles that feature in-depth public opinion and management data analyses.
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Grant Advisor Plus
Coverage Dates: 1983 - Present
Format: Online
A leading source of information on grant and fellowship opportunities for U.S. institutions of higher education and their faculty.
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Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective
Coverage Dates: 1907 - 1984
Format: Online
Coverage includes a wide range of interdisciplinary fields covered in a broad array of humanities and social sciences journals. Content from H.W. Wilson’s International Index is also included.
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IngentaConnect
Coverage Dates: - Present
Format: Online
The world's largest website for the search and delivery of research articles, ingenta.com offers you access to article summaries from over 25,000 publications linked to the full text of over 5,200 titles.
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Oxford English Dictionary
Coverage Dates: -
Format: Online
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Oxford Reference Online
Coverage Dates: - Current
Format: Online
Oxford Reference Online contains the full-text of over selected language and subject reference books. Combined into a single, cross-searchable database, these sources provide definitions, facts, figures, quotations, dates, and other brief information from subjects in the humanities, social sciences and sciences. The database is updated several times a year with new titles and new editions.
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Oxford Scholarship Online
Coverage Dates: -
Format: Online
The complete text of over 1,800 Oxford books in core areas of Biology, Business and Management, Classical Studies, History, Mathematics, Linguistics, Literature, Physics and Psychology - in addition to Economics and Finance, Philosophy, Political Science and Religion.
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Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature
Coverage Dates: 1890 - Present
Format: Print
Indexes general interest periodicals.
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WorldCat
Coverage Dates: -
Format: Online
Very useful for advanced research. Database contains the holdings of every major library in the country and some in Britain, over 40 million records. For more complete information on pre-1956 imprints please check the library's National Union Catalog pre-1956 imprints.
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