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Research Databases - By Title


The following are links to the Goodwin College research databases with digitized peer-reviewed articles on a huge variety of topics. Hover over the title of each database to read about the type of information covered in each database.

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A TO Z MAPSAtoZMapsOnline.com is the worlds largest subscription-based database of proprietary, royalty-free world, continent, country, and state maps. Included in the 4,000+ maps are: political maps, physical maps, outline maps, population maps, precipitation maps, climate maps, and other thematic maps. New maps are added to the collection every month.
ABI/INFORM COMPLETE (PROQUEST CENTRAL)This database is the most comprehensive ABI/INFORM™ database, comprised of ABI/INFORM Global, ABI/INFORM Trade and Industry, ABI/INFORM Dateline and ABI/INFORM Archive, featuring over 3,000 full-text journals, 25,000 Dissertations, 14,000 SSRN working papers, key newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal and The Financial Times, as well as country-and industry-focused reports and data. Its international coverage gives researchers a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world.
ACADEMIC ONEFILEA Gale database that provides articles from leading journals and reference sources in the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other academic subjects.
ACCOUNTING & TAX (PROQUEST CENTRAL)This is the quintessential accountant"s database. It brings together highly ranked global and scholarly journals with key resources for locating quick and precise results covering current news and topics, as well as the trends and history influencing important accounting and tax issues of the day.

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BANKING INFORMATION SOURCE (PROQUEST CENTRAL)This database enables you to search essential
banking industry publications for information
about the financial services industry, banking and industry trends.

BIOGRAPHY RESOURCE CENTERThis database integrates award-winning biographies from respected Gale sources with related full-text articles from hundreds of magazines and newspapers, as well as tens of thousands of images and links to vetted websites. Search for people---both current and historic from all eras and fields of endeavor---based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, as well as keyword and full text.
BIOMED CENTRALProvides free access to biomedical research publications. These publications include biology and medicine journal articles, current reports, and meeting abstracts. BioMed Central offers information about current controlled trials, as well as topics in modern biology.
BUSINESS AND COMPANY RESOURCE CENTERProvides information on specific businesses and industries, as well as general business related articles.

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CANADIAN NEWSSTAND COMPLETE (PROQUEST CENTRAL)This database offers unparalleled access to the full text of over 190 Canadian newspapers from Canada's leading publishers. This full text database includes the complete available electronic backfile for most newspapers, providing full access to the articles, columns, editorials and features published in each. Some backfiles date as far back as the late 1970s.
CBCA COMPLETE (PROQUEST CENTRAL)This database, with 600 full text titles, is the most comprehensive Canadian reference collection available today. Accessible to readers and researchers at every level, CBCA Complete features a highly-respected, diversified mix of publications, including scholarly journals, trade publications, dissertations, books, newspapers and magazines.
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE COMPREHENSIVE DATABASECLCD is an ever growing online database with over 400,000 reviews, MARC records and related information about children’s literature. CLCD contains reviews supplied by over 38 quality review sources.
CINAHL with FULL TEXTIs the authoritative resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers. This database provides indexing for 2,737 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health. The database contains more than 1,000,000 records dating back to 1982.
CLINICAL TRIALSA database of trials in health and medicine.


CONNECTICUT HISTORY ONLINEConnecticut History Online (CHO) is a digital collection of over 15,000 digital primary sources, together with associated interpretive and educational material.
CQ RESEARCHERCovers current issues of interest from social and teen issues to the environment, health, education, and science and technology. Each feature article is accompanied by comments from experts, lawmakers, and citizens on opposing sides of the issue.


CREDO REFERENCEA digital database of 249 full text, high-quality reference books. In addition to general dictionaries and encyclopedias, there are references in 19 areas of study including science, medicine, health, business, literature, and psychology. Credo Reference is the ideal place to start any research.

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DIRECTORY OF OPEN ACCESS JOURNALSThis service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals covering all subjects and languages. There are now 4755 journals in the directory.
DISCOVERING COLLECTIONA Gale database that provides articles from leading journals and reference sources in a variety of academic subjects.

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EDUCATOR'S REFERENCE COMPLETEA Gale collection of more than 1,000 periodicals and 200 reports on child development, career development, history of childhood, early childhood education, sociology, education leadership, children's health from infancy to adolescence, child psychology, nutrition, and world education.
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CONNECTICUT HISTORYA collection of information about historical events, digital archive, historical figures, politics, government, and topical surveys of Connecticut.Environment Complete™ offers deep coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more.
ERICAn EBSCO full text database of ERIC's education related sources of interest to educators, researchers, and the general public, and consists primarily of electronic bibliographic records describing journal and magazine literature. The collection is to be expanded to include full texts of articles and other electronic resources such as audio and video materials.
EUROPEAN VIEWS OF THE AMERICAS, 1493 to 1750This database contains more than 32,000 entries and is a comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750. It covers the history of European exploration as well as portrayals of native American peoples. A wide range of subject areas are covered; from natural disasters to disease outbreaks and slavery.
EXPANDED ACADEMICBalanced coverage of every academic concentration -- from advertising and microbiology to history and women's studies. Combining indexing, abstracts, full text and images.

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FILMAKERS LIBRARY ONLINEThis database provides award-winning documentaries with relevance across the curriculum. It presents points of view and historical and current experiences from diverse cultures and traditions world-wide. This release now provides 924 titles.

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GALE VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARYElectronic versions of encyclopedias and other reference works combining indexing, abstracts, full text and images: Encyclopedia of Small Business, Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America, U*X*L Encyclopedia of Landforms and Other Geologic Featurers, Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security, Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages, Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History, Renaissance: An Encyclopedia for Students, St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine, Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer, Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders, Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America, Blackbirch Kid's Visual Reference of the United States, Blackbirch Kid's Visual Reference of the World, Biology, World of Earth Science.
GENERAL ONEFILEProvides access to periodical and news information on a diverse set of topics, including humanities, education, business, science, current events, art, politics, economics, social science, law, health care, computers, technology, environmental issues, and general interest topics. GENERAL REFERENCE CENTER GOLDOne-stop access to general interest magazines, business periodicals, reference books, maps, historical images, and newspaper articles. Records are available with a combination of indexing, abstracts, image, or fulltext formats.
GLOBAL ROAD WARRIORThe ultimate guide to the world: look up information by country, region, or an aspect of a country's economy, education, natural resources and much more.
GREENFILEGreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Multidisciplinary by nature, GreenFILE draws on the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology. Topics covered include global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.
GREENRGreenR offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Multidisciplinary by nature, GreenR draws on the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology. Topics covered include global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.

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HARTFORD COURANT (1992-present)Newspaper from Hartford, CT.
HARTFORD COURANT HISTORICAL (1764-1922)Digitized archive of historical editions of The Hartford Courant from 1764 through 1922.
HEALTH AND WELLNESS RESOURCE CENTERProvides full text materials, abstracts, and citations of patient and consumer health information found in journals, magazines, pamphlets and reference works. Provides browsable access to Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, Medical & Health Information Directory, Mosbys Medical, Nursing & Allied Health Dictionary, the USPDI, Vol. 2: Advice for the Patient, and other resources.
HISTOLOGY RESOURCES CENTERThis is an informational resource of histology from Boston University.
HISTORY RESOURCE CENTER - USThis index provides articles from magazines, journals, reference, and nonfiction books; biographies, documents, and speeches; maps and photographs; and film and video clips from 1893 to 1985.
HISTORY RESOURCE CENTER - WORLDThis index provides articles from magazines, journals, reference, and nonfiction books; biographies, documents, and speeches; maps and photographs; and film and video clips from 1893 to 1985.
HOOVER’S COMPANY PROFILES (PROQUEST CENTRAL)Provides business information, including company profiles, a corporate directory, market quotes, and business news, as well as links to company Web sites.

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ICONN Multiple Database SearchICONN is part of the Connecticut Education Network. It provides all students, faculty and residents with online access to essential library and information resources. It is administered by the Connecticut State Library in conjunction with the Department of Higher Education. Through iCONN, a core level of information resources including secured access to licensed databases is available to every citizen in Connecticut. In addition, specialized research information is available to college students and faculty.
INFORME!Full text coverage of news and popular culture in Spanish and English. Search interface in English.

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LEGALTRACIndexes law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals, law-related articles in business and other fields.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS DIGITAL COLLECTIONSThe Library of Congress has made digitized versions of Primary Sources collection materials available online since 1994, concentrating on its most rare collections and those unavailable anywhere else. The following services are your gateway to a growing treasury of digitized photographs, manuscripts, maps, sound recordings, motion pictures, and books, as well as "born digital" materials such as Web sites.
LIBRARY, INFORMATION SCIENCE & TECHNICAL ABSTRACTS Indexes more than 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports, and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management, and more. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s.
LITERARY REFERENCE CENTERA comprehensive database that provides users with a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes.
LITERATURE ONLINELiterature Online features an ever-growing collection of over 260,000 works of poetry, drama and prose with complementary reference resources, and includes the following: African-American Poetry, 1760-1900; American Poetry, 1600-1900; English Poetry; Modern Poetry; Twentieth Century African American Poetry; Twentieth Century American Poetry; Shakespeare Editions and Adaptations, 1591-1911; The Bible in English (Several Versions); Webster's Third New International Dictionary Unabridged.

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MEDLINE PLUSProvides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, preclinical sciences, and much more.

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NEW YORK TIMESNew York Times newspaper.

NURSING REFERENCE CENTERa comprehensive reference tool designed to provide relevant clinical resources to nurses and other health care professionals, directly at the point-of-care.

 



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PROQUEST CENTRAL Multiple Database SearchProQuest Central is an aggregated full-text database with over 11,490 titles in full text covering 160 subjects including core subject areas such as: Business and economics, Health and medical, News and world affairs, Science, Education, Technology, Humanities, Social Sciences, Psychology, Literature, Law, Women's studies, and more.

PHARMACEUTICAL NEWS INDEXPharmaceutical News Index® gives researchers access to the latest information on medical technology, research, and legislative developments. The database contains bibliographic information and indexing for 22 key U.S. and international pharmaceutical, healthcare, biotechnology, medical device, and cosmetic industry newsletters.
PROQUEST ASIAN BUSINESS & REFERENCEThis database focuses on business and financial news from the eastern hemisphere. It covers Asian business and financial information from key international publications.
PROQUEST BIOLOGY JOURNALSThis database provides access to a wide range of biology topics including some of the most popular information resources for users in academic, government and public research environments.
PROQUEST CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATIONProQuest Career & Technical Education is the definitive source for vocational information. The database includes nearly 600 titles, with more than 500 available in full text for quick access to research on virtually any technical topic.
PROQUEST COMPUTINGThis database is a premium resource for those who need access to comprehensive coverage of computer topics. The database includes numerous titles, most of them in full text, allowing users to search records dating back to the early 1990s.
PROQUEST CRIMINAL JUSTICEThis comprehensive database focuses on U.S. and international criminal justice journals, providing research support for students interested in careers in criminal justice, law enforcement, corrections administration, drug enforcement, rehabilitation, family law and industrial security.
PROQUEST EDUCATION JOURNALSProQuest® Education Journals gives users access to over 900 top educational publications, including more than 600 of the titles in full text. The coverage spans the literature on primary, secondary and higher education as well as special education, home schooling and adult education. Many titles are indexed in the ERIC database.
PROQUEST EUROPEAN BUSINESSThis database contains the latest European business and financial information. Includes quality resources such as The Economist, Fortune and European Business Journal.
PROQUEST FAMILY HEALTHThis database includes journals and magazines covering an enormous range of health subjects, from sports injuries to women's health, from food and nutrition to midwifery, from eye care to dentistry.
PROQUEST HEALTH AND MEDICAL COMPLETEProQuest Health and Medical Complete™ combines the clinical research titles available in ProQuest Medical Library™ with hundreds of additional consumer and health administration titles. ProQuest Health and Medical Complete provides in-depth coverage from over 1,500 publications with almost 1,300 available in full text and of these, over 900 include MEDLINE® indexing. In addition, the database includes all charts, diagrams, graphs, tables, photos, and other graphical elements essential to medical research. The journals cover all major clinical and healthcare disciplines, including medical sciences, immunology, pharmacy and pharmacology, nursing, physical fitness and hygiene, surgery, and others.
PROQUEST MILITARY COLLECTIONThis database covers topics across all government and military branches, including international relations, political science, criminology, defense, aeronautics and space flight, communications, civil engineering and more. It includes over 550 titles, with more than 370 available in full-text, allowing you to search over 3.5M records, dating back to the early 1990s.
PROQUEST NEWSSTANDProvides current news articles from the Hartford Courant and hundreds of other news publication nationally and internationally.
PROQUEST NURSING & ALLIED HEALTHProQuest Nursing & Allied Health SourceTM provides users with reliable healthcare information covering nursing, allied health, alternative and complementary medicine, and much more.
PROQUEST PSYCHOLOGY JOURNALSThis database provides abstracts and indexing for more than 640 titles, with over 540 titles available in full text. Many titles are indexed in PsycINFO. Coverage ranges from behavioral, clinical, cognitive, developmental, experimental, industrial and social psychology, along with personality, psychobiology and psychometrics.
PROQUEST RELIGIONThis database provides a wide range of primarily full-text, international periodicals for diverse religious and spiritual studies, covering formal theological studies of major religions, as well as the most recent trends and scholarly thought. Included are titles from religious publishing bodies and nondenominational organizations. The resource reflects a wide spectrum of religious belief systems and supports the global study of religion.
PROQUEST RESEARCH LIBRARYProQuest Research Library provides one-stop access to more than 4,000 periodicals from one of the broadest, most inclusive general reference databases ProQuest has to offer. Search from a highly-respected, diversified mix of scholarly journals, trade publications, and magazines covering over 150 academic disciplines.
PROQUEST SCIENCE JOURNALSThis database is a definitive resource for students studying both the applied and general sciences. With coverage dating back to 1986, ProQuest Science Journals features over 1030 titles, with more than 760 available in full text. Search over 2.7M records, dating back to the mid 1980s.
PROQUEST SOCIAL SCIENCE JOURNALSThis database includes over 535 titles, with more than 310 available in full text. Disciplines represented range from anthropology, sociology, political science to communication, education, criminology, demography, economics and more.
PROQUEST TELECOMMUNICATIONSThis database is an essential resource for anyone researching the industry or its technology. Whether you’re looking for the latest news on WAP technology, following market penetration of new technologies, or gathering information about the key players in this field, ProQuest Telecommunications helps you stay one step ahead. The database includes over 140 titles, with more than 115 available in full text.
PSYCARTICLESProvides access to current information in the fields of psychology and psychiatry. Coverage includes general psychology, as well as issues pertaining to applied, clinical, and theoretical research in psychology.
PSYCINFOProvides access to current information in the fields of psychology and psychiatry. Coverage includes general psychology, as well as issues pertaining to applied, clinical, and theoretical research in psychology.
PUBLIC LIBRARY OF SCIENCE (PLOS)Provides free access to peer reviewed articles in PLOS Biology, PLOS Medicine, PLOS Computational Biology, PLOS Genetics, and PLOS Pathogens.
PUBMED CENTRALA service of the National Library of Medicine, includes over 15 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources.


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SCIENCE RESOURCE CENTERA comprehensive science database of full text information in the areas of life sciences, physical sciences, earth sciences, and space sciences from books, journals, encyclopedias, and reference books.







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eHRAF World Cultures:

"a cross-cultural database that contains information on all aspects of cultural and social life. The annually-growing eHRAF database is unique in that the information is organized into cultures and ethnic groups and the full-text sources are subject-indexed at the paragraph level."

 

eHRAF Archaeology:

"a cross-cultural database containing information on the world's prehistory. This annually-growing eHRAF database is organized by archaeological traditions. The full-text sources are subject-indexed at the paragraph level. eHRAF Archaeology is a unique resource designed to facilitate comparative archaeological studies. "