Databases List

Some of the following databases are provided to all libraries in the state of Wisconsin through BadgerLink; access to others has been purchased by the House. (Because almost all of these databases are licensed, we may offer them only to students and faculty of the House.) To access many full text resources, users must obtain and install the Adobe Reader.

ATLAS, i.e. ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials

ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials is the premier index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion. More than 600 journals are indexed annually. The database includes more than 1.3 million bibliographic records for journal articles, more than 200,000 essay citations, and more than 400,000 book review citations. Links are provided to 100,000 full text articles from more than fifty journals. This database is produced by the American Theological Library Association.

New! Ebrary Religion and Philosophy Collection

The Ebrary Religion and Philosophy Collection includes searchable full-text of 2700 recently published books from university presses (Oxford, Cambridge, Marquette, McGill-Queens, Yale, the University of California, Stanford, etc.) and other fine publishers (Brill, the Society of Biblical Literature, I.B. Tauris, Macmillan, Random House, Taylor and Francis, Routledge, etc.) (On first accessing full-text, Ebrary users are prompted to download and install the Ebrary Reader software. Video instructions for installing Ebrary reader software and for using personalization features of the software are provided on the Ebrary home page.)

New Testament Abstracts

New Testament Abstracts is a product of a partnership between ATLA and the Weston Jesuit School of Theology. The database is an indispensable research and bibliographic aid for scholars, librarians, clergy and students of the New Testament and its historical milieu. The database contains more than 33,000 article abstracts, 1,200 review abstracts, 12,600 book abstracts, and 50 software abstracts. Each year an additional 2,150 articles from more than 500 periodicals in numerous languages are selected for inclusion. In addition, nearly 850 current books are also summarized annually. Article coverage in the database dates back to 1985.

Old Testament Abstracts

Old Testament Abstracts is a product of a partnership between ATLA and the Catholic Biblical Association. The database features indexing and abstracts for journal articles, monographs, multi-author works, and software related to Old Testament studies. Abstracts from over 450 journals are included. All abstracts are in English, regardless of the language of the original work. Topics covered include antiquities, archaeology, biblical theology, philology and much more. Coverage in the database dates back to 1978.

EBSCOhost Academic Search Elite

Multi-disciplinary database offering full text for nearly 2,050 scholarly journals, including nearly 1,500 peer-reviewed titles. Covering virtually every area of academic study, Academic Search Elite offers full text information dating as far back as 1985. Updated daily.

Google Books

Google has entered into a project to digitize the collections of a number of university libraries. Many of the digitized books from these collections have entered the public domain and are now available to all. Conduct a search, then limit the search by clicking on "Full view" to see only those books available in full text.

Google Scholar

Google Scholar permits searching of a broad selection of scholarly papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles. Sources include academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, and universities. Some, but not all, of the resources indexed by Google Scholar are available to Nashotah House library patrons in full text.

MasterFILE Premier

Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 2,050 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also includes more than 350 full text reference books, 82,968 biographies, 90,915 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.

PapersFirst

OCLC index of papers presented at conferences worldwide

Proceedings

An OCLC index of worldwide conference proceedings

WISCAT catalog

This database is one way to search for books in Wisconsin libraries. By default the database is limited to Nashotah House holdings; however, by changing the "Scoping in" setting on the search screen, you can select all Wisconsin libraries.

WorldCat

OCLC catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide

Communication & Mass Media Complete

An invaluable resource for students, researchers, and educators interested in any and all aspects of communication and mass media.

Knight Ridder Collection

The Knight Ridder collection includes a 90-day full text archive of approximately 100 newspapers from the Knight Ridder wire service. The data is updated daily.

Newspaper Source

Newspaper Source provides selected full text for 25 national (U.S.) and international newspapers. The database also contains full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 200 regional (U.S.) newspapers. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.

Proquest newspapers,

Full-text of numerous national and international newspapers, including the New York Times, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Dallas Morning News, Miami Herald, Miami Times, The State Journal (Charleston), Journal Star (Peoria), Washington Post, Washington Times, Wall Street Journal, and many more.

African American Biographical Database

AABD brings together in one resource the biographies of thousands of African Americans, many not to be found in any other reference source. These biographical sketches have been carefully assembled from biographical dictionaries and other sources. AABD contains extended narratives of African American activists, business people, former slaves, performing artists, educators, lawyers, physicians, writers, church leaders, homemakers, religious workers, government workers, athletes, farmers, scientists, factory workers, and more--both the famous and the everyday person. Their stories are pivotal to an understanding of the Black American experience over the last two centuries. Full text.

American Humanities Index

The American Humanities Index, produced by Whitston Publishing, is a collection of bibliographic references to literary, scholarly and creative journals published in the United States and Canada. This database contains over 1,000 journals published from 1975 to the present.

ArticleFirst

OCLC index of articles from the contents pages of journals

Biomedical Reference Collection: Basic

Designed for doctors, research scientists, students and clinical specialists, this database provides full text for over 100 journals in a variety of areas pertaining to medical study. All titles included in the Biomedical Reference Collection: Basic Edition are indexed in MEDLINE.

Business Source Elite

This business database provides full text for 1,128 scholarly business journals, including full text for more than 480 peer-reviewed business publications. The rich collection of titles in Business Source Elite provides information dating back to 1985. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost.

ClasePeriodica

Index of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities

Clinical Pharmacology

Clinical Pharmacology provides access 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 and investigational drugs. Full text.

Clinical Reference Systems

Clinical Reference Systems offers thousands of essays covering adult health, behavioral health, cardiology, eye drug and medication information, pediatric health, senior health, women's health and sports medicine. Clinical Reference Systems provides records in both English and Spanish. Full text.

Corporate ResourceNet

Corporate ResourceNet is designed to meet the diverse information needs of today’s companies. This database contains full text articles from more than 1,300 quality magazines and journals.

EBSCO Animals

Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals.

ECO

An OCLC collection of scholarly journals (indexing only)

ERIC via FirstSearch

Journal articles and reports in education

ERIC via EBSCOhost

ERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center contains more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 980 educational and education-related journals. Full text.

GPO

U.S. government publications

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition

This database provides more than 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition also features abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals. This database is updated on a daily basis.

Medline via FirstSearch

All areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing

Medline via EBSCOhost

MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE allows users to search abstracts from over 4,600 current biomedical journals.

Military & Government Collection

Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites. The Military & Government Collection provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 400 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for more than 500 titles.

Nursing and Allied Health Collection: Basic

Designed for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers, this database provides full text for 100 journals covering the areas of nursing, biomedicine, health sciences, consumer health and allied health disciplines. All full text titles included in Nursing & Allied Health: Basic Edition are indexed in CINAHL.

Professional Development Collection

Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of more than 550 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports. Professional Development Collection is the most comprehensive collection of full text education journals in the world.

Regional Business News

This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. This database is updated on a daily basis.

UnionLists

List of periodicals held by OCLC member libraries

Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and WorldAlmanac, via FirstSearch

Full text of Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and four almanacs

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, via EBSCOhost

This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas. Full text.

Middle Search Plus

Middle Search Plus provides full text for more than 150 popular, magazines for middle and jr. high school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990. Middle Search Plus also contains 82,968 biographies, 90,915 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.

Health Source - Consumer Edition

This database is the richest collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Health Source - Consumer Edition features searchable full text for nearly 300 journals. This database is updated on a daily basis.

MAS Ultra - School Edition

Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database provides full text nearly 600 popular general interest and current events publications with information dating back as far as 1975 for key magazines. MAS Ultra – School Edition also provides more than 500 full text pamphlets, 268 full text reference books, 82,968 biographies, 90,915 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.

Primary Search

Primary Search provides full text for more than 60 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.

Searchasaurus

A child-friendly interface to Middle Search Plus, Primary Search, a general encyclopedia, an encyclopedia of animals, a dictionary, an archive of pictures, and other resources. Full text.

Teaching Books

From one easy-to-use website, TeachingBooks makes instantly available original, in-studio movies of authors and illustrators, audio excerpts of professional book readings, guides to thousands of titles and a wealth of multimedia resources on children's and young adult literature. TeachingBooks' multimedia resources are intended to help educators better understand the spirit and personality behind books and discover exciting ways to share these insights with children and teens. Full text.