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Multisearch Multidisciplinary Databases
PowerSearch
Searches 16 databases simultaneously, including Academic OneFile, General OneFile (formerly InfoTrac), and Expanded Academic .
UM/RODP Only Description
Wilson Omnifile Mega Full Text Searches 11 databases simultaneously. UM/RODP Only Description Guide
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ABI:Inform, a business database (includes Dateline, Global, Trade & Industry) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Academic OneFile UM/RODP Only Description Help
Accounting (part of LexisNexis Academic) UM/RODP Only Description
African American Song UM/RODP Only Description Guide
AGRICOLA Open Access Description Guide
Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology Abstacts, part of CSA: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (Biological Sciences Subfiles) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
AIDS subset of PubMed Open Access Description Guide
Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals Open Access Description Guide
Algology Mycology and Protozoology Abstacts, part of CSA: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (Biological Sciences Subfiles) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Alternative Medicine, Gale Encyclopedia of (Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library) UM/RODP Only Description
AltPressIndex (the alternative press) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
American Factfinder: Your Source for Population, Housing, Economic, and Geographic Data Open Access Description Guide
American Literature, Oxford Encyclopedia of the (For off-campus access, link through Oxford Reference Online.) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
American Memory: Collections at the Library of Congress Open Access Description Guide
American Religions, Encyclopedia of (Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library) UM/RODP only Description
American Slavery : A Composite Autobiography UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Ancient Egypt, Oxford Encyclopedia of the (For off-campus access, link through Oxford Reference Online.) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Animal Behavior Abstacts, part of CSA: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (Biological Sciences Subfiles) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Applied Science & Technology Full Text (Part of Wilson Omnifile Mega) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
APS (American Physical Society) Journals and PROLA (Physical Review Online Archive) UM Only Description Guide
Art Index Retrospective See also: Art Full Text (Part of Wilson Omnifile Mega) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Art Full Text See also: Art Index Retrospective (Part of Wilson Omnifile Mega) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Art Full Text and Art Index Retrospective Search both together. UM/RODP Only Description Guide
ArticleFirst UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Part of Web of Science, part of Web of Knowledge (formerly AHSearch) UM Only Description
ArXiv.org: e-Prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science and Quantitative Biology Open Access Description Guide
ASCE Research Libraries (search American Society of Civil Engineering online journals, 1995-present) UM Only Description
ASFA Biological Science and Living Resources, part of CSA: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (Biological Sciences Subfiles) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
ASFA Aquaculture Abstracts, part of CSA: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (Biological Sciences Subfiles) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
ASFA Marine Biotechnology Abstracts, part of CSA: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (Biological Sciences Subfiles) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
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Bacteriology Abstacts (Microbiology B), part of CSA: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (Biological Sciences Subfiles) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Baseball (Biographical Dictionary of American Sports) UM/RODP Only Description
BasicBIOSIS(Will be discontinued 6/30/08) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America (Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library) UM/RODP Only Description
BHA: Bibliography of the History of Art UM/RODP Only Description
Biblioline Music Databases (RIPM, IPM, RISM) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
BioDigest (Biology Digest) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Bioengineering Abstacts (Microbiology B), part of CSA: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (Biological Sciences Subfiles) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Bioethics subset of PubMed Open Access Description Guide
Biological & Agricultural Index Plus (Part of Wilson Omnifile Mega) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Biology (Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library) UM/RODP Only Description
Books in Print UM/RODP Only Description Guide
British Literature, Oxford Encyclopedia of the (For off-campus access, link through Oxford Reference Online.) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
BRB Public Record Resource Center Open Access Description
Business Dateline UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Business and Industry UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Business Source Premier (BSP) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Byzantium, Oxford Dictonary of (For off-campus access, link through Oxford Reference Online.) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
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CCH Tax Research Network NOTE: you must first authenticate using your Spectrum ID(even from on campus); and then login using your full university email address. UM Only
Calcium and Calcified Tissue Abstracts, part of CSA: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (Biological Sciences Subfiles) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts - Illumina UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Cancer, Gale Encyclopedia of (Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library) UM/RODP Only Description
Cancer subset of PubMed Open Access Description Guide
Census.gov Open Access Description Guide
CenStats Open Access Description
ChemEssentials (from Knovel) Open Access Description Guide
Chemical Abstracts (See SciFinder Scholar) In Library Only Description Guide
ChemIDPlus Open Access Description Guide
Chemoreception Abstracts, part of CSA: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (Biological Sciences Subfiles) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
The Chronicle of Higher Education UM/RODP Only Description Guide
CINAHL with Full Text(Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
See also: Nursing and Allied Health: Comprehensive UM/RODP Only Description Guide
ClasePeriodica: Index of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Classical Music Online UM/RODP Only Description Guide
CogPrints: Cognitive Sciences Eprint Archive Open Access Description Guide
College Source Online UM/RODP Only Description
CommSearch In Library Only Description
Commercial Appeal UM/RODP Only Description
Communication and Mass Media Complete (CMMC) UM/RODP Only Description
Company Dossier (part of LexisNexis Academic) UM/RODP Only Description
Company Profiles (part of LexisNexis Academic) UM/RODP Only Description
Complementary Medicine subset of PubMed Open Access Description Guide
Composer Index Open Access Description
CompPile Open Access Description
Computer Database UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Congressional Research Service In Library Only Description
Congressional (LexisNexis Congressional) UM/RODP Only Description
Contemporary Literary Criticism-Select see Literature Resource Center (LRC) UM/RODP Only Description
Contemporary Women's Issues UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Core Clinical Journals subset of PubMed Open Access Description Guide
CrossRef (use references to find DOIs) Open Access Description
CrossSearch (Web of Knowledge) UM Only Description
CQ Press
for the CQ Encyclopedia of American Government, CQ Researcher and CQ Weekly
UM/RODP Only Description
Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers UM/RODP Only Description
CSA: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts - Illumina (all CSA databases available here) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Current Contents Connect (CCC), Part of Web of Knowledge UM Only Description Tutorial
Current Research at University of Memphis (dissertations) UM Only Description
Custom News UM/RODP Only Description
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Daily Life through History UM/RODP Only Description
Dance, International Encyclopedia of the (For off-campus access, link through Oxford Reference Online.) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Dental Journals subset of PubMed Open Access Description Guide
Department of Energy Information Bridge Open Access Description Guide
DOAJ: Directory of Open-Access Journals Open access Description Guide
DOI Resolver (use DOIs to find online articles) Open access Description
Dissertation Abstracts (see also Current Research at University of Memphis) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
DRAM: Database of Recorded American Music UM/RODP Only Description Guide
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EBSCOhost Research Databases UM Only Description Guide
Ecology Abstracts, part of CSA: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (Biological Sciences Subfiles) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
E-Commerce, Gale Encyclopedia of (Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library) UM/RODP Only Description
EconLit: Economic Literature UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Economic History, Oxford Encyclopedia of UM/RODP Only Description Guide
EDGAR: SEC Filings & Forms Open Access Description Guide
Education Full Text (Also part of Wilson Omnifile Mega) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
English Short Title Catalog (ESTC) Open Access Description Guide
Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
For information about changes in ERIC see: ERIC Development News
Open Access Description
Educator's Reference Desk Open Access Description Guide
EJS: Electronic Journals Service UM Only Description Guide
Emerald Insight Database UM Only Description Guide
Energy Citations Database Open Access Description Guide
Enlightenment, Encyclopedia of the (For off-campus access, link through Oxford Reference Online.) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Entomology Abstracts, part of CSA: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (Biological Sciences Subfiles) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Entrez, the Life Sciences Search Engine Open Access Description
ERIC (FirstSearch)
For the Open Access version of ERIC see: Education Resources Information Center
UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Essential Science Indicators (ESI), Part of Web of Knowledge UM Only Description Tutorial
Evolution, Encyclopedia of (For off-campus access, link through Oxford Reference Online.) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Expanded Academic Index ASAP UM/RODP Only Description Guide
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Federal and State Cases (part of LexisNexis Academic) UM/RODP Only Description
Federal and State Codes (part of LexisNexis Academic) UM/RODP Only Description
FindArticles.com Open Access Description
FindLaw Open Access Description
FirstGov: the U.S. Government's Official Web Portal Open Access Description Guide
Folktales, Greenwood Library of American in four volumes: Volume 1 The Northeast, The Midwest, The Mid-Atlantic; Volume 2 The South and The Caribbean; Volume 3 The Southwest, The Plains, The West; and Volume 4 The Northwest and Cyberspace UM/RODP Only Description
Food and Drink in America, Oxford Encyclopedia of (For off-campus access, link through Oxford Reference Online.) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
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Gale Virtual Reference Library UM/RODP Only Description
Gallup Poll News Service (part of LexisNexis Academic) UM/RODP Only Description
Gallup Poll Tuesday Briefing (part of LexisNexis Academic) UM/RODP Only Description
Gartner, Inc. (Market Research in Information Technology; log in with your UUID and password) UM Only Description
General Business File International UM/RODP Only Description
General Reference Center Gold UM/RODP Only Description Guide
General Science Full Text (Also part of Wilson Omnifile Mega) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Genetic Disorders, Gale Encyclopedia of (Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library) UM/RODP Only Description
Genetics Abstracts, part of CSA: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (Biological Sciences Subfiles) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
GeoBase UM Only Description Guide
GeoRefS UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Global Change, Encyclopedia of the (For off-campus access, link through Oxford Reference Online.) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Global Sound See Smithsonian Global Sound UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Google Books Open Access Description Help
Google CrossRef, SEE: IEEE Explore UM Only Description
Government Publications Index (Marcive) UM Only Description Guide
GPO Access Open Access Description Guide
Graylit: a Science Portal of Technical Reports Open Access Description Guide
Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians UM/RODP Only Description Guide
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HarpWeek: Electronic Access to Harper's Weekly UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Health and Safety Science Abstracts, part of CSA: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (Biological Sciences Subfiles) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Health and Wellness Resource Center UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Health Reference Center -- Academic UM/RODP Only Description Guide
HighWire Press Free Scientific Journals Open Access Description Help
History of Medicine subset of PubMed Open Access Description Guide
Home Economics Archive Open Access Description Guide
Human Genome Abstracts, part of CSA: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (Biological Sciences Subfiles) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Humanities Full Text (Also part of Wilson Omnifile Mega) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
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ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research) Data Archive Open Access Description Guide
IEEE Explore (TIP: use Advanced Search) UM Only Description Guide
Immunology Abstracts, part of CSA: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (Biological Sciences Subfiles) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
In the First Person: An Index to Letters, Diaries, Oral Histories, and Personal Narratives Open Access Description Guide
Industrial and Applied Microbiology Abstracts (Microbiology A), part of CSA: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (Biological Sciences Subfiles) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
InfoPlease Open Access Description
¡Informe! ( Revistas en Español) UM/RODP Only Description
InfoTrac OneFile New name: General OneFile. UM/RODP Only Description
InfoTrac Religion and Philosophy UM/RODP Only Description
IngentaConnect Open Access Description Guide
InterDok's Directory of Published Proceedings (DoPP) Open Access Description
InterDok's MInd: the Meeting Index Open Access Description
International Index to Music Periodicals UM/RODP Only Description Guide
IPM: Index to Printed Music: Collections & Series UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Irish Literature, Studies in UM/RODP Only Description
ISI Proceedings, Part of Web of Knowledge UM Only Description Tutorial
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Journal Citation Reports (JCR), Part of Web of Knowledge UM Only Description Tutorial
JSTOR: the Scholarly Journal Archive UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Journals @ OVID, Your (LWW Nursing Journals) (Click CONTINUE to proceed to the databases) UM Only Description Guide
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Latinos and Latinas in the United States, Oxford Encyclopedia of (For off-campus access, link through Oxford Reference Online.) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Legal Periodicals, Index to (Part of Wilson Omnifile Mega) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
LexisNexis Academic (news, legal, and business information) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
LexisNexis Congressional UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Library of Congress Catalog Open Access Description Guide
LISTA: Library Information Science and Technology Abstracts UM/RODP Only Description
Library Literature and Information Science FullText UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Linguistics, International Encyclopedia of (For off-campus access, link through Oxford Reference Online.) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Literature in Context UM/RODP Only Description
Literature Resource Center Plus UM/RODP Only Description Guide
LocatorPlus: the National Library of Medicine's Catalog Open Access Description Guide
LWW Nursing Journals (Your Journals @ OVID) (Click CONTINUE to proceed to the databases) UM Only Description Guide
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Making of America (Cornell), primary source material in American social history Open Access Description Guide
Making of America (Michigan), primary source material in American social history Open Access Description Guide
MathSciNet: Mathematical Reviews on the Web UM/RODP Only Description Guide
MARCIVE see: Government Publications Index UM Only Description
Medical and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Abstracts, part of CSA: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (Biological Sciences Subfiles) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Memphis Appeal Indexes Open Access Description
Middle Ages, Encyclopedia of the (For off-campus access, link through Oxford Reference Online.) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine (Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library) UM/RODP Only Description
Medline (FirstSearch platform) UM/RODP Only Description
See Also: PubMed Open Access Description Guide
MEDLINE (OVIDSP platform--Click CONTINUE to proceed to the databases)) UM Only Description Guide
MEDLINEplus Open Access Description Guide
MERLOT: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching Open Access Description Guide
Military and Intelligence Database UM/RODP Only Description
MLA (Modern Language Association)International Bibliography UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications Open Access Description Guide
Multicultural America, Gale Encyclopedia of (Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library) UM/RODP Only Description
Music Index UM/RODP Only Description Guide
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National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)Abstracts Database Open Access Description Guide
National Newspaper Index UM/RODP Only Description
Naxos Music Library and Naxos Music Library (Jazz) UM/RODP Only Description
National Technical Information Service Open Access Description
NBER (National Bureau of Economic Research) Working Papers UM Only Description
netLibrary, a collection 55,000+ online books UM/RODP Only Description Guide
New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
See: Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
Guide
NEWS (part of LexisNexis Academic) UM/RODP Only Description
NewsBank UM/RODP Only Description
Neurosciences Abstracts, part of CSA: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (Biological Sciences Subfiles) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Nucleic Acids Abstracts, part of CSA: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (Biological Sciences Subfiles) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Nursing and Allied Health Collection: Comprehensive UM/RODP Only Description
Nursing Journals subset of PubMed Open Access Description Guide
Nursing Journals @ OVID --the LWW Nursing Journals (Click CONTINUE to proceed to the databases) UM Only Description Guide
Nursing STAT!Ref (See STAT!Ref) UM/RODP Only Description
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OAISTER (open access index to digital repository collections) Open Access Description Guide
Omnifile (See Wilson OmniFile) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
OMIA: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals Open Access Description
OMIM: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man Open Access Description Guide
Oncogenes and Growth Factors Abstracts, part of CSA: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (Biological Sciences Subfiles) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
OpenDOAR: Directory of Open Access Repositories Open Access Description Guide
OvidSP (Click CONTINUE to proceed to the databases) UM Only Description Guide
Oxford English Dictionary (OED) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Oxford Reference Online (ORO) Searches 100+ reference books simultaneously (covers all subjects). UM/RODP Only Description Guide
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Papers First UM/RODP Only Description
Patent and Trademark Database Open Access Description Guide
PATENTS (part of LexisNexis Academic) UM/RODP Only Description
Philosopher's Index UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Plants National Database Open Access Description Guide
Poiesis: Philosophy Serials Online UM/RODP Only Description
Points of View UM/RODP Only Description
Popular Culture, Encyclopedia of (Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library) UM/RODP Only Description
PowerSearch Searches the 12 InfoTrac databases simultaneously. UM/RODP Only Description
Presidential Papers In Library Only Description
Proceedings UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Professional Collection UM/RODP Only Description
PROLA see: APS (American Physical Society) Journals and PROLA (Physical Review Online Archive)
Project Muse: Scholarly Journals Online UM/RODP Only Description Guide
PsycArticles UM/RODP Only Description
PsycINFO, 1806-Present UM/RODP Only Description
Public Records, BRB Open Access Description
PubChem BioAssay Open Access Description Guide
PubChem Compound Open Access Description Guide
PubChem Substance Open Access Description Guide
PubMed (includes Medline) Open Access Description Guide
PubMed Central: a free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature Open Access Description Guide
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Rand Corporation Publications Open Access Description
Readers' Guide Full Text (Also part of Wilson Omnifile Mega) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Recital Recordings Database UM Only Description
Renaissance, Oxford Dictionary of the (For off-campus access, link through Oxford Reference Online.) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Refworks, bibliographic citation management UM Only Description Guide
Reformation, Oxford Encyclopedia of the (For off-campus access, link through Oxford Reference Online.) UM/RODP Only Description Guide
Regional Business News UM/RODP Only Description
Religion and Philosophy
See: InfoTrac Religion and Philosophy
RePEC: Research Papers in Economics Open Access Description Guide
Reviews--Books, Movies, Music, Plays, and Videos (from LexisNexis) UM/RODP Only Description
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature UM/RODP Only Description
RIPM: Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals UM/RODP Only Description Guide
RISM: International Inventory of Musical Sources after 1600 UM/RODP Only Description Guide
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