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Business & Economics
Your best bets for Business & Economics research.

Tips
If you can't find enough on your topic in these databases, try the Multidisciplinary databases. For Internet sites with company information, see COM Library's Company & Industry Info page, or access COM Library's Business Guide.

EBSCO: Business Source Complete Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
Covers all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. It contains peer-reviewed articles, business related journals, and detailed author profiles for the most-cited authors in the database. Indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals back to 1886 are included. There is also financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more. Title List | EBSCO Help

EBSCO: Regional Business News Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
Updated daily. This database covers 75 business journals, newspapers and news wires covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Complete Coverage Title List | EBSCO Help

EBSCO: Vocational & Career Collection
(1985-current) The collection provides full text coverage for nearly trade and industry related periodicals. Title List | EBSCO Help

Education
Your best bets for Education research.

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If you can't find enough on your topic in these databases, try the Multidisciplinary databases. You may also be interested in our Colleges, Universities & Higher Ed page.

EBSCO: Academic Search Complete Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
Academic Search Complete, designed specifically for academic institutions, is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Complete Journals Title List | EBSCO Help

EBSCO: ERIC Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
This is the most comprehensive education database available. It contains more than 850,000 annotated references to non-journal material issued in the monthly Resources in Education (RIE) and to journal articles issued in the monthly Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE). ERIC provides full text of digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from educational and education-related journals. See also the publicly accessible version of ERIC. EBSCO Help

EBSCO: Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
This database provides coverage on subjects such as librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. LISTA indexes nearly 600 periodicals plus books, research reports, and proceedings. With coverage dating back to the mid-1960s, it is the oldest continuously produced database covering the field of information science. EBSCO Help

EBSCO: MasterFILE Premier Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
Updated daily. This database provides full text for more than 2,100 general periodicals covering a broad range of disciplines including general reference, business, education, health, general science, multi-cultural issues and much more. Special features: 5,000 full text Magill Book Reviews, 635 reference and travel books including the World Almanac & Book of Facts; full text from 84,074 biographies, 86,135 full text primary source documents, American Heritage Dictionary, 4th Edition and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. Complete Coverage Title List | Full Text Only Title List | Full Text Reference Books | Full Text Pamphlets | EBSCO Help

EBSCO: Professional Development Collection Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. Full text information in the Professional Development Collection dates as far back as 1965. Educational Reports | Title List | EBSCO Help

EBSCO: Teacher Reference Center (TRC) Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
This index of over 260 titles from the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals, periodical. This database provides coverage on key education topics such as Assessment, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, Science & Mathematics, and more for K-12 Teachers & Librarians. EBSCO Help

ERIC Available to Public on Internet
(1966-current) Updated Monthly. This is the most comprehensive education database available. It contains more than 850,000 annotated references to non-journal material issued in the monthly Resources in Education (RIE) and to journal articles issued in the monthly Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE). All ERIC documents (documents beginning with ERIC# ED) are available full text online in PDF format. Limited full text journal articles are available (documents beginning with ERIC# EJ); some journals may be available full text through EBSCO Academic Search Premier or MasterFILE. Check Texas Share Electronic Journals for specific titles. See also the EBSCO version on ERIC.

ProQuest CSA: eLibrary Curriculum Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
Designed for K-12 educators and students, eLibrary connects educators and students to online resources to supplement instruction and research. Content includes curriculum support, full-text magazines, newspapers, reference books, and transcripts-plus thousands of pictures, maps, educator-approved websites from Homework Central®, plus audio/video content. eLibrary also provides access to ProQuest: Learning: Literature, a source for original full-text works, author biographies, literary criticism, and History Study Center, which delivers thousands of primary and secondary sources covering ancient to modern U.S. and world history. Educator Tools, Title List (PDF).

Government & Law
Your best bets for Government & Law research. Some of the free government databases below access statistical and government information, rather than articles.

Tips
Try COM Library's US Government Search Engines to search for more government information. For government Internet sites, see COM Library's Government pages. For all the best resources on government check out COM Library's Government & Politics Guide.

EBSCO: Legal Collection Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
(1965-current) This database provides information centered on the discipline of law and legal topics such as criminal justice, international law, federal law, organized crime, medical, labor & human resource law, ethics, the environment and much more. It is a collection of respected, scholarly peer-reviewed publications including law journals, documents, and case studies. Title List | EBSCO Help

EBSCO: Military & Government Collection Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
Updated weekly. Designed to bring current news to all branches of the military, Military FullTEXT provides full text from over 330 military and general interest publications. Title List. EBSCO Help .

FedStats: FedStats Search Available to Public on Internet
Search for statistics from more than 70 Federal statistical agencies.

FedWorld.gov: FedWorld Databases Available to Public on Internet
FedWorld was established by The National Technical Information Service (NTIS) to serve as the online locator service for a comprehensive inventory of information disseminated by the Federal Government. From this portion of the FedWorld site, you can search 20 government databases.

FirstGov, Your First Click to the U.S. Government
Available to Public on Internet
FirstGov is a free search engine that searches U.S. local, state and federal government agency websites.

GPO Access Available to Public on Internet
Covers all types of U.S. government documents, including congressional reports, hearings, debates, judiciary materials and much more. Consists of records published by the Government Printing Office. Also included are documents issued by executive departments (Defense, State, Labor, Office of the President, etc.).

LII: US Code Available to Public on Internet
From the Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School. Search the entire US Code.

LOC: Thomas Available to Public on Internet
The Library of Congress' excellent site for finding US legislative information. The searchable databases include: Congressional Record, Floor Activities - House and Senate, Major Legislation, Enacted into law, Bill Summary & Status, Bill Text, Public Laws By Law Number and much more.

LOC: US Copyright Records Available to Public on Internet
Copyright Office records, including registration information and recorded documents, are available through LOCIS (Library of Congress Information System), a telnet program. Follow the instructions included to use the database(s).

Supreme Court Databases Available to Public on Internet
There are a number of databases that archive Supreme Court decisions, cases, background, analysis and opinions; most of them are not comprehensive. Some good databases to try: FedWorld: Historic File of Supreme Court Decisions (1937-1975), Legal Information Institute: Selected Historic Decisions of the Supreme Court (dates vary), Legal Information Institute: Supreme Court Decisions (1990-current), OYEZ Project (dates vary: aims to to include all leading constitutional law cases into their database and includes multimedia), USSC+ OnLine: The 1000 Cases Most Cited by the Court.

US Census Bureau: Data Access Tools Available to Public on Internet
The US Census Bureau offers a number of databases to access the information they collect. Select sets that are already created, or create your own with the Data Extraction System (DES).

Health & Medicine
Your best bets for Health & Medicine research.

Tips
If you can't find enough on your topic in these databases, try the Multidisciplinary databases. For Health resources on the Internet, go to COM Library's Health. For the best resources on nursing, check out COM Library's Nursing Guide.

EBSCO: Alt HealthWatch Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
This database provides in-depth coverage of complementary and alternative medicine. This database provides full text articles from international and often peer-reviewed journals, reports and proceedings, as well as association and consumer newsletters. In addition, Alt HealthWatch includes hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts. Title List | EBSCO Help

EBSCO: CINAHL Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
CINAHL is is the definitive research tool for nursing & allied health journals, with more than hundreds of thousands of full-text articles dating back to 1982. Nursing students, please note that resources older than five years can only be used for the purpose of historical context. EBSCO Help | CINAHL Help

EBSCO: Clinical Pharmacology Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
Clinical Pharmacology is made up of Drug Monograph and Patient Education Records. It contains current, concise and clinically-relevant drug monographs for all U.S. prescription drugs, hard-to-find herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products and new and investigational drugs. Drug Monographs include description, mechanism of action, and pharmacokinetics. Patient Education Records contain such information as what the medication is used for, what their health care professional should know before taking the medication, how the medication should be taken, what they should do if a dose is missed, what other medications can interact, what side effects may be noticed, what to watch for, and where to keep the medication. Patient Education records are available in English or Spanish. EBSCO Help

EBSCO: Consumer Health Complete
Convenient access to easily understandable health and medical information. Search and browse within medical encyclopedias, popular reference books, and magazine articles. Title List | EBSCO Help

EBSCO: Health Source: Consumer Edition Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
Authoritative information on health-related questions. The content is enhanced with USP Pharmacopoeia DI: Volume II Advice for the Lay Patient and 20 health research books, including books published by the People's Medical Society, essays from Clinical Reference Systems, Stedman's Medical Dictionary and searchable full text for health-related pamphlets. Title List | EBSCO Help

EBSCO: Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
(1975-current) Covers nursing and allied health. Provides access to 550 scholarly full text journals, including nearly peer-reviewed journals focusing on many medical disciplines. In addition, this database includes Clinical Pharmacology, which provides access to up-to-date, concise and clinically relevant drug monographs for all U.S. prescription drugs, hard-to-find herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products and new drugs. Title List | EBSCO Help

EBSCO: Medline Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
(1966-current) Updated Monthly. Limited full text available. From the National Library of Medicine (NLM), covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences.

Gale: Health Reference Center Academic Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
(1996-current) Provides integrated access to the indexing, abstracting, full text, and images of nursing, allied health, and medical journals, consumer health magazines; pamphlets; newspaper articles; topical overviews; and reference books. Title List | Gale Help

Gale: Health & Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
Covers medical, health, and wellness information. Sources include the Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, general interest and fitness magazines, medical and professional periodicals, reference books and pamphlets. Title list | Gale Help.

NCBI: PubMed Available to Public on Internet
(1966-current) Updated Monthly. From the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences. Abstracts, but not full text articles, are available.

NCBI: PubMed Central Available to Public on Internet
From the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), access this free full text digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.

NCBI: Bookshelf Available to Public on Internet
From the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), a collection of freely accessible, online biomedical textbooks.

History & Genealogy
Your best bets for History & Genealogy research.

Tips
If you can't find enough on your topic in these databases, try the Multidisciplinary databases. For history Internet sites, see COM Library's African American History, American History, American Women's History, Ancient History, or Women's History pages.

EBSCO: Bibliography of Native North Americans (BNNA) Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
(16th-current) This database covers all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life. BNNA contains citations for books, essays, journal articles, and government documents of the United States and Canada. EBSCO Help .

EBSCO: World History Collection Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
(1964-current) This collection covers a wide range of historical topics including anthropology, art, culture, economics, government, heritage, military, politics, regional issues, and more. It contains cover-to-cover full text for many titles, including peer-reviewed journals. Title List | EBSCO Help .

EBSCO:MasterFILE Premier Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
Updated daily. This database provides full text for more than 2,100 general periodicals covering a broad range of disciplines including general reference, business, education, health, general science, multi-cultural issues and much more. Special features: 5,000 full text Magill Book Reviews, 635 reference and travel books including the World Almanac & Book of Facts; full text from 84,074 biographies, 86,135 full text primary source documents, American Heritage Dictionary, 4th Edition and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. Complete Coverage Title List | Full Text Only Title List | Full Text Reference Books | Full Text Pamphlets | EBSCO Help .

Facts on File: World News Digest Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
Get content from the Facts On File World News Digest since 1940 and a live news feed from Reuters® covering events, people, issues, facts and figures. Includes maps, photographs, historic documents, and special overviews of key issues, news makers and events since 1940.

ProQuest: HeritageQuest Online Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
HeritageQuest Online is designed for genealogy and family history research. It includes over 25,000 books, the entire US Census, and other expanding collections, making it one of the largest collections of genealogy material in the country. Chadwyck-Healey/ProQuest Help

ProQuest LLC: History Study Center Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
Thousands of primary and secondary sources covering ancient to modern U.S. and world history, including multimedia. Title List (PDF).

ProQuest: Texas Digital Sanborn Maps 1867-1970 Available at COM
Provides access to large-scale maps of Texas towns and cities. Users have the ability to easily manipulate the maps, magnify and zoom in on specific sections, and layer maps from different years.

TSHA: The Handbook of Texas Online Available to Public on Internet
An online version of the six-volume print encyclopedia, brought to you through a joint project of The General Libraries at UT Austin and the Texas State Historical Association. Read about Texas history, geography, and culture.

Humanities & Social Sciences
Your best bets for Humanities & Social Sciences research.

Tip
If you can't find enough on your topic in these databases, try the Multidisciplinary databases. For art, English or music Internet sites, try COM Library's Art, English or Music pages. For government and political science Internet sites, see COM Library's Government pages. For all the best resources on government check out COM Library's Government & Politics Guide. For history Internet sites, try COM Library's African American History, American History, American Women's History, Ancient History, or Women's History.

EBSCO: Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
(1965-current) The database covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. It provides full text publications, including peer-reviewed journals. Title List | EBSCO Help .

EBSCO: The Religion & Philosophy Collection Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
(1975-current) This database covers world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. It offers full text journals, including peer-reviewed titles. Title List | EBSCO Help .

Facts on File Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
(1980-current) The editors of Facts On File research and summarize key news information every week from more than 100 major newspapers, news magazines, other periodicals, and government and on-line sources from the U.S. and around the world into a permanent, researchable record. Topics covered include: Accidents and Disasters, Arts, Entertainment and Popular Culture, Crime and the Courts, Deaths, Economics and Business, Education, Environment, Science, Medicine and Health, Social Issues, Space, U.S. Politics, World News and more.

Kids
Your best bets for kids.

EBSCO: Kids Search
Elementary/Middle school. Designed specifically for elementary/middle school students according to their needs and search abilities. EBSCO Help.

EBSCO: MAS Ultra School Edition
High school. This database provides full text access to popular general interest and current events publications including pamphlets, reference books, biographies, primary source documents, and an Image Collection of photos, maps and flags. EBSCO Help.

EBSCO: Middle Search Plus
Middle/Junior high school. This database provides full text access to popular general interest and current events publications including pamphlets, reference books, biographies, primary source documents, and an Image Collection of photos, maps and flags. EBSCO Help.

EBSCO: Primary Search
Elementary. Access full text popular magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). EBSCO Help.

EBSCO: Student Research Center
Secondary. Designed specifically for secondary school students according to their needs and search abilities. EBSCO Help.

EBSCO: Searchasaurus
Elementary or Middle School. Three popular elementary and middle school databases (Primary Search®, Middle Search® Plus and Book Collection: Nonfiction™) can be accessed via Searchasaurus®, EBSCO Publishing's user search experience for users in elementary or middle schools. Searchasaurus has an animated interface with a dinosaur theme that encourages students to enhance and develop basic search methodologies. EBSCO Help.

Literature & Criticism
Your best bets for Literature & Criticism research.

Tips
If you can't find enough on your topic in these databases, try the Multidisciplinary databases. For American, British and World literature and literature criticism Internet sites, see COM Library's English page, or access COM Library's Literary Criticism Guide.

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Literary Reference Center
Literary Reference Center is a full-text database that combines information from major respected reference works, books, literary journals as well as original content from EBSCO Publishing. Literary Reference Center contains full text for more than 31,000 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, nearly 100,000 articles/essays of literary criticism, more than 159,000 author biographies (including more than 22,000 in-depth bios), 450 literary journals, more than 632,000 book reviews, more than 69,000 classic and contemporary poems, more than 18,000 classic and contemporary short stories, more than 5,600 author interviews, more than 8,200 classic texts and much more.

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Academic Search Complete Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
Academic Search Complete, designed specifically for academic institutions, is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Complete Journals Title List | EBSCO Help

Literature Online Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
(1920-current) Updated Monthly. Literature Online Reference Edition covers English and American literature and language and is an excellent resource for literary criticism. Access full-text articles from over 100 leading literary journals. Journals may be searched or browsed. In addition to criticism, access definitions of critical terms, encyclopedia entries on individual works, critical biographies of nearly 2,000 authors, primary and secondary author bibliographies, 38 volumes of the Cambridge University Press series New Essays on the American Novel series, links to a quality-controlled selection of over 3,000 external web sites, 46 reference books, and over 200 KnowledgeNotes© student guides. You may also go directly to: Bibliographies, Reference Works, Biographies or the Web site Collection. Journal Title List. Chadwyck-Healey/ProQuest Help

Literature Resource Center Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
(1989-current, but varies by source) Covers biographical, bibliographical, critical, and contextual information on authors and their works. Search by author, title, genre, literary movement,/time period, literary theme, design your own search and more. Journal Title list (Excel File) | More Gale Help

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ProQuest: Learning: Literature Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
Original full-text works, author biographies, literary criticism, multimedia and more. Title List (PDF).

Chadwyck-Healey: Literature Collections Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
This collection includes both American and English 20th century full text poetry. The 20th Century American Poetry collection includes poetry written by the most important and influential poets of the 20th century. Many contemporary writers of America's 80s and 90s, who have gained recognition through national poetry awards or inclusion within leading print anthologies, are also represented. The 20th Century English Poetry contains the poetry of over 285 poets from 1900 to the present day, including W.B. Yeats, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Graves, D.H. Lawrence and many others. It also incorporates works by poets such as Sylvia Plath, T.S. Eliot, Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes, Louis MacNeice and Siegfried Sassoon from The Faber Poetry Library.

Gale: Literature Criticism Online Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
Gale's multi volume literature criticism collection online, this is searchable collection of eBooks. Scholarly and popular commentary from broadsheets, pamphlets, encyclopedias, books and periodicals - delivered in an easy-to-use 24/7 online format. COM Library is collecting volumes from the Contemporary Literary Criticism, Poetry Criticism and Short Story Criticism collections.

Gale: Literary Index Available to Public on Internet
Search for citations in the Thomson Gale Literature Series on authors, specific works and literary criticism by performing an author or title search. When matched, the index lists the series, volumes and page numbers of reference books where information on your subject can be found.

The following Thomson Gale literary criticism series are in COM Library's Reference section:

Black Literature Criticism PS 153 N5 B556 1992 Ref, Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism PN 681.5 C57 Ref, Contemporary Literary Criticism PN 771 C59 Ref, Drama Criticism PN 1721 D72 Ref, Literature Criticism from 1400-1800 PN 86 L56 Ref, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism PN 761 N5 Ref, Poetry Criticism PN 1010 P49 Ref, Shakespearean Criticism PR 2965 S44 Ref, Short Story Criticism PN 3373 S386 Ref, Twentieth-Century Literature Criticism PN 771 T9x Ref, and World Literature Criticism PN 523 W67 1992 Ref.

Gale: Scribner Writers Series Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
Access detailed biographical and critical essays on the lives and works of important authors from around the world. Title List | Gale Help

Gale: Twayne's Authors Series Available at COM
The online version of Twayne's print publications, Twayne's U.S. Authors, Twayne's English Authors and Twayne's World Authors. It provides critical introductions to the lives and works of writers, to the history and influence of literary movements, or the development of literary genres. Each treatment of an author averages from 175 to 200 pages in length. Twayne's Author List (Excel File) | Title List (Word Doc) | Gale Help

Multidisciplinary
The databases listed below have articles and other sources on many topics. Try these databases when your topic is not listed in any of the other categories or when you can't find enough in the databases in other categories.

EBSCO: All EBSCO Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
Access all the EBSCO databases from a list. Search all the EBSCO databases simultaneously or just select the ones you want. EBSCO Help .

EBSCO: All EBSCO, List & Topic Version Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
Access all the EBSCO databases in this version, byt topic and by list.

Facts on File: All Facts on File Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
Access all the Facts on File databases. The editors of Facts On File research and summarize key news information every week from more than 100 major newspapers, news magazines, other periodicals, and government and on-line sources from the U.S. and around the world into a permanent, researchable record. Special interest: The World Almanac®, World Almanac Encyclopedia.

ingenta Available to Public on Internet
(1988-current) Searching is free. ingenta is a Multidisciplinary index updated daily which cites more than 24,000 titles and almost 10,000,000 articles. Performing searches accesses the article database. Selecting subject area resources accesses freely available Internet resources. Articles are available for a fee. Most of the articles listed in the database are available for fax delivery within 24 hours. Browse Publications.

LookSmart: FindArticles.com Available to Public on Internet
(1998-current) Updated Continuously. FindArticles.com is a searchable archive of free and fee published articles from more than 300 magazines and journals. Searches can be limited to magazine and journal type, or the archive can be browsed by topic or journal. Journal Titles | FindArticles Help.

OCLC: NetLibrary Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
Access thousands of eBooks in the College of the Mainland Collection, including a special Texana section. eBooks can be viewed online in COM Library, or checked out on your home or office computer and viewed online for 24 hours.

ProQuest: eLibrary Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
Designed for K-12 educators and students, eLibrary connects educators and students to online resources to supplement instruction and research. Content includes curriculum support, full-text magazines, newspapers, reference books, and transcripts-plus thousands of pictures, maps, educator-approved ebsites from Homework Central®, plus audio/video content. eLibrary also provides access to ProQuest: Learning: Literature, a source for original full-text works, author biographies, literary criticism, and History Study Center, which delivers thousands of primary and secondary sources covering ancient to modern U.S. and world history. Educator Tools, Title List (PDF).

Gale: All Gale Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
Access all the Gale databases. Gale Help.

News & Current Topics
Your best bets for News & Current Topics. CQ Researcher and Facts on File: Issues and Controversies are great databases for finding topic ideas.

Tips
If you can't find enough on your topic in these databases, try the Multidisciplinary databases. For Internet news sites, see COM Library's News page. Check out COM Library's Hot Topics Guide for more resources.

COM Library's Top 3 News & Current Topics Databases:

CQ Press: CQ Researcher Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
The CQ Researcher is an excellent resources for current topics (also available in the print version in the library). It consists of an annual compilation of weekly issues that cover one topic of current or emerging interest. Each issue is covered objectively and explained clearly. Charts, graphs, chronologies and two annotated bibliographies (one for selected resources used, the other for additional resources). About CQ Researcher | FAQ/Help.

Facts on File: Issues & Controversies on File Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
Issues & Controversies covers the hotly debated issues of the day. It combines authoritative factual analysis, clear explanations of opposing points of view and numerous special features, so students and other users can quickly grasp the essentials of even the most complex topics. Chronologies, illustrations, maps, tables, sidebars, bibliographies and contact information augment the balanced, accurate coverage of current and historical events. Access editorial cartoons on hot issues. Need a Research Topic?

More News & Current Topics Databases:

EBSCO: Newspaper Source Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
This database provides cover-to-cover full text for select national (U.S.) & international newspapers. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts are provided from CBS News, FOX News, NPR, etc. Title List | EBSCO Help .

EBSCO: TOPICsearch Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics. TOPICsearch contains full text articles from diverse sources including international and regional newspapers, EBSCO's unparalleled periodicals collection, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, government information and EBSCO's Current Issues database. Title List | EBSCO Help .

Gale: Newspapers Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
(Varies) Gale Custom Newspapers is a full text newspaper database that allows searching of articles by title, headline, date, author, section or other assigned fields. This growing collection currently has over 100 newspapers from the U.S. and around the world, including several Texas newspapers. Dates of coverage varies. Access the New York Times (1995-current) or Christian Science Monitor (1996-current) directly. More Gale Help.

Reference
Your best bets for reference resources such as maps, encyclopedias and almanacs.

Tips
For reference Internet sites, see COM Library's Reference page, and eBooks.

CREDO Reference Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
Award winning full text reference resource. CREDO Reference covers a wide range of topics and includes images and illustrations. A unique and time saving feature of CREDO is that after performing a search users can continue the same search in other COM Library resources, such as COMCat, the Library's catalog and our other databases. Search Tips (PDF) | Pocket User Guide (PDF).

EBSCO: Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia Available at COM
The online version of the print publication. This database covers a variety of topics. EBSCO Help.

EBSCO: The Serials Directory Available at COM
Current and accurate bibliographic information as well as current pricing structures for popular serials. It contains U.S. and international titles, including newspapers; data from publishers worldwide, including e-mail and Internet addresses; and Library of Congress and Dewey Decimal Classifications for every entry. Classifications for every entry. EBSCO Help.

Encyclopædia Britannica: Encyclopædia Britannica Online Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
More than just the online version of the print publication, the award winning Encyclopædia Britannica Online provides access to the full text of Encyclopædia Britannica, the world's premier encyclopedia, as well as Britannica Book of the Year, Britannica Student Encyclopedia, Britannica World Atlas, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Thesaurus, an Internet directory to Web sites selected, rated, and reviewed by Britannica editors, Spotlights and thousands of illustrations, including photographs, drawings, maps, and flags. Editorial Criteria for Selecting Web sites | Guided Tour (PDF).

Encyclopædia Britannica: World Data Analyst Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
From Encyclopædia Britannica. World Data Analyst combines detailed statistics with tools for analysis and display. It includes a unique collection of in-depth information on countries around the world, allowing you to create comparative charts and tables.

OCLC: WorldCat Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
Find out which libraries have the books or journals you are interested in. Search for books in libraries all over the world. WorldCat uses the Library of Congress Subject Headings as its Thesaurus.

Oxford Reference Online Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
Access 100 language and subject dictionaries and reference works in a single cross-searchable resource. Oxford Reference offers a broad range of subjects: everything from General Reference, Language and Quotations to Science and Medicine, and from Humanities and Social Sciences to Business and Professional. Just a few of the titles included: Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature, Concise Oxford Spanish Dictionary, Dictionary of Chemistry, Dictionary of Business, Dictionary of Nursing and the Oxford American Dictionary. More Titles.

Science & Technology
Your best bets for Science & Technology research.

Tips
If you can't find enough on your topic in these databases, try the Multidisciplinary databases. For biology Internet sites, see COM Library's Biology page; for computers & technology, see COM Library's Computers & Technology page.

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) Available to Public on Internet
DOAJ is a growing project that covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. The aim is to cover all subjects and languages, but right now the majority of journals lean to the sciences. Not all the journals listed can be searched through the interface, but you can browse them. See list of searchable journals.

DOE: Energy Citations Database Available to Public on Internet
From the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The Energy Citations Database (ECD) provides free access to millions of science research citations such as chemistry, physics, materials, environmental science, geology, engineering, mathematics. Full text documants are primarily from 1943 forward.

EBSCO: AGRICOLA Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
(1970-current) The definitive agriculture and life science database. Citations to journal articles, monographs, theses, patents, software, audio-visual materials, and technical reports. EBSCO Help

EBSCO: Computer Source Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
(1985-current) This database offers full text publications covering computer science, programming, artificial intelligence, cybernetics, information systems, robotics, and software. Title List | EBSCO Help

EBSCO: GreenFILE Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
Comprised of scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports, GreenFILE offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the ecology. Drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, GreenFILE will serve as an informative resource for anyone concerned about the issues facing our planet. GreenFILE’s initial release will include A&I for more than 600 titles, including comprehensive coverage – from to volume 1, issue 1 to present – for Bioscience (back to 1964), Conservation Biology (back to 1987), Journal of Ecology (back to 1913) and Journal of Environmental Planning & Management (back to 1948). The total number of records is approximately 295,000, and full text is provided for more than 4,600 records from open access titles.

EBSCO: Information Science & Technology Abstracts (ISTA) Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
(Mid 60's-current) Coverage includes classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management, search engines, printed and electronic information sources, the information industry, scholarly communication, electronic publishing, and more. EBSCO Help

EBSCO: Internet and Personal Computing Abstracts Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
(1980's-current) Covers personal computing products and developments in business, the Internet, the home, and all other applied areas. EBSCO Help

EBSCO: Science & Technology Collection Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
Covers aeronautics, astrophysics, biology, chemistry, computer technology, geology, aviation, physics, archaeology, marine sciences and materials science. Full text publications, including many scholarly journals. Title List | EBSCO Help.

Facts on File: Today's Science Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
(1992-current) Today's Science covers health, the environment, technology, life science, physical science, earth and space science, and science and society. Sources include major scientific journals, magazines and newspapers in the United States and abroad. Access editorial cartoons on scientific developments.

NCBI: Entrez Available to Public on Internet
From the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Search Bookshelf, PubMed, PubMed Central and all NCBI databases simultaneously for health and life sciences information. Limited full text available.

Spanish (en Español)
Databases listed below include full text resources in Spanish. Spanish language books are available online through NetLibrary (from main page click on advanced search, type in desired phrases and limit to Spanish from the drop-down Languagemenu). Check COMCat to find print Spanish language books (from main page click on Limits and select Spanish from the Language menu to find books in Spanish).

EBSCO: EBSCOhost Español (en Español) Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
Search EBSCO databases simultaneously en Español. Check the box next to each database you wish to include in your search and click enter. A new page will come up where you can enter your search terms to search your selected databases.

EBSCO: Economía y Negocios Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
(1980's-current) This database covers business and economics. Full text publications are Spanish and Portuguese-language periodicals published in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Spain, the United States and elsewhere. Title List | EBSCO Help.

EBSCO: Fuente Academicais Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
A collection of scholarly journals from renowned Latin American and Spanish publishers. This multi-disciplinary database offers full text content to many academic areas including business & economics, medical sciences, political science, law, computer science, library & information sciences, literature, linguistics, history, philosophy and theology. Title List | EBSCO Help.

EBSCO: MedicLatina Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
This database is a Spanish language collection of medical research and investigative journals published by Latin American medical publishers. This database provides access to full text peer-reviewed medical journals in native Spanish. EBSCO Help.

These databases have some Spanish language content:

EBSCO: Texas Reference Center Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
This databases includes full text journals and books about Texas history, biography, ethnic & cultural diversity, gender studies, literature, public health, business as well as home & garden and sports & leisure. Also available in the Texas Reference Center is the Spanish-language newspaper El Sol de Texas with Texas and national news coverage.

Oxford Reference Online Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
Oxford Reference offers the Concise Oxford Spanish Dictionary. Access it by selecting Bilingual Dictionaries from the main page, then select The Concise Oxford Spanish Dictionary (English-Spanish and Spanish-English) or Oxford Business Spanish (English-Spanish and Spanish-English).

Speech
The databases below are generally the best resources for your speech topics. Some of them have great information and some of them have resources that are great for PowerPoint presentations such as images, charts, and graphs.

ProQuest CSA: eLibrary Curriculum Available at COM (databases that COM Library pays to access and are not freely available over the Internet) and off campus by COM students, faculty, staff and community library card holders
Designed for K-12 educators and students, eLibrary connects educators and students to online resources to supplement instruction and research. Content includes curriculum support, full-text magazines, newspapers, reference books, and transcripts-plus thousands of pictures, maps, educator-approved ebsites from Homework Central®, plus audio/video content. eLibrary also provides access to ProQuest: Learning: Literature, a source for original full-text works, author biographies, literary criticism, and History Study Center, which delivers thousands of primary and secondary sources covering ancient to modern U.S. and world history. Educator Tools, Title List (PDF).

Texas
Your best bets for factual, statistical and government information on Texas.

Tips
The History & Genealogy databases can be good resources for Texas history. For Texas Internet sites, see COM Library's Texas Government or Texas News pages.

LBB: Texas Fact Book Available to Public on Internet
From the Texas Legislative Budget Board, download the complete Texas Fact Book in Adobe Acrobat format. Contents include: State Government, Texas at a Glance, Revenue, Spending, Information on Functional Areas of Texas State Government and Helpful State 1-800 Telephone Numbers. Get the free Adobe® Acrobat Reader®.

Texas County Highway Maps Available to Public on Internet
From the Department of Geography and The General Libraries at The University of Texas at Austin. Access digitized maps of Texas counties through this searchable database.

TDED: Texas Country Information Available to Public on Internet
From the Texas Department of Economic Development (TDED). Search for Texas export data 1991-current, Texas companies operating abroad, foreign companies operating in Texas, foreign direct investment, sister cities, and nonstop international flights.

THECB: Data and Statistics Portal Available to Public on Internet
From the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB). Access data on Texas public institutions of higher education.

THC: Texas Historic Sites Atlas Available to Public on Internet
From the Texas Historical Commission (THC). The Atlas is a database of 238,000 historic and archeological site records documenting Texas history. Separate mapping software integrates this data with digital county highway maps, and enables you to find a historic site's location, as well as its condition. Note: See System Requirements.

TLO: Find Your Incumbent Available to Public on Internet
From Texas Legislature Online. This searchable system provides information about elected officials and the districts they represent. Information includes districts of the Texas Senate, Texas House of Representatives, Congress (Texas delegation, U.S. House of Representatives), and Texas State Board of Education (SBOE).

TLO: Legislation Available to Public on Internet
From Texas Legislature Online. Search for bills by legislative session, bill number, or information type. Retrieve the Bill History, Text, Actions, Captions, Companion and Authors. Clicking on Text of the bill may retrieve the full text of the bill, fiscal note, analysis, witness lists, and summary of committee action where available.

TLO: The Texas Statutes Available to Public on Internet
From Texas Legislature Online. Get the Texas codes.

TSHA: The Handbook of Texas Online Available to Public on Internet
The source of this searchable database is a six-volume print encyclopedia, brought to you through a joint project of The General Libraries at UT Austin and the Texas State Historical Association. Read about Texas history, geography, and culture.

TSL: Trail Available to Public on Internet
From the Texas State Library. The Texas Records and Information Locator (TRAIL) searches and locates information from over 150 Texas state agency web servers.

TW: Texas LMI Statistics Search Page Available to Public on Internet
From Texas Workforce (TW). Texas Labor Market Information (LMI) Data can be accessed in several ways. First, Labor Force Statistics can be obtained by Data Type, such as Unemployment Rates or Seasonally Adjusted Employment Estimates. Secondly, the data can be retrieved by area: at the Statewide level, by Workforce Development Areas, by Metropolitan Statistical Areas, and by County. Finally, LMI statistics can be accessed by Industry.

US Census Bureau: Texas QuickLinks Available to Public on Internet
From the US Census Bureau. Access data on Texas people, businesses, geography and more.

WOSG: Texas Mileage Guide Available to Public on Internet
From Window on State Government (WOSG). The Texas Mileage Guide shows the mileage between locations and calculates the reimbursement based on a per-mile rate. The mileage database includes more than 2,000 locations, including 50 out-of-state cities and 31 airports, and can calculate about 1.4 million possible combinations of trip origins and destinations.

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Business & Economics Your best bets for Business & Economics research.

Education Your best bets for Education research.

Government & Law Your best bets for Government & Law research. Some of the free government databases below access statistical and government information, rather than articles.

Health & Medicine Your best bets for Health & Medicine research.

History & Genealogy Your best bets for History & Genealogy research.

Humanities & Social Sciences Your best bets for Humanities & Social Sciences research.

Kids Your best bets for kids.

Literature & Criticism Your best bets for Literature & Criticism research.

Multidisciplinary The databases listed below have articles and other sources on many topics. Try these databases when your topic is not listed in any of the other categories or when you can't find enough in the databases in other categories.

News & Current Topics Your best bets for News & Current Topics. CQ Researcher and Facts on File: Issues and Controversies are great databases for finding topic ideas.

Reference Your best bets for reference resources such as maps, encyclopedias and almanacs.

Science & Technology Your best bets for Science & Technology research.

Speech The databases below are generally the best resources for your speech topics. Some of them have great information and some of them have resources that are great for PowerPoint presentations such as images, charts, and graphs.

Texas Your best bets for factual, statistical and government information on Texas.