Library

Library Databases

Access to most of our electronic resources is governed by a license agreement unique to Thiel College. When you use an electronic resource, you will be visiting a website outside the College, and usage may be monitored by the licenser. Generally, you are allowed to download or print a reasonable quantity of material for your personal, non-commercial, educational use. If you have questions about permissible uses of an electronic resource, please ask a library staff member. Most databases are available for off-campus use by students, faculty, and staff.

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AccessMedicine

  • AccessMedicine from McGraw-Hill Medical (AccessMedicine, AccessPhysiotherapy, Case Files Collection) includes Textbooks, Diagnostic tools, Infographics, Drug references, Videos, Case studies, Study tools, and Patient education.


Access World News

  • News from local, national, and international sources, both current and historical, searchable by keyword or title as well as by subject groupings.


ArchiveGrid | Primary Sources

  • Descriptions of archival collections owned by thousands of libraries, museums, historical societies, and archives worldwide. Some include links to digital content.


Black Life in America

  • The experience and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media, 1976 to today.


CQ Researcher | (1991 - present)

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  • Published by CQ (Congressional Quarterly) Press, CQ Researcher examines contemporary issues, especially controversial topics. Each issue focuses on a different topic with background, historical milestones, an overview of the current situation, future outlook, and opposing viewpoints (plus bibliographies).

 

CQ Weekly | (1983 - 2009)

  • CQ Weekly reports on the activities of the United States Congress, 1983 - 2009. Each issue provides announcements of upcoming Congressional events as well as a summary of the previous week's news, including the status of bills, committee and floor activity, debates and roll-call votes.

 

EBSCOhost is a collection of databases (listed below), many including full text articles. This general link will work for the topics below, except those noted.

  • Academic Search Premier | (1984 - ) | Indexes and abstracts journals in a large variety of topics; searchable collection of photos of people, natural science photos, photos of places, historical photos, maps and flags.
  • Biography Reference Bank (H.W. Wilson) | Wilson’s largest biography database has combined the in-depth, original profiles of Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated, plus the thorough periodicals coverage of Biography Index, full-text articles, page images, and abstracts from the complete range of Wilson databases (including biographical profiles, feature articles, interviews, essays, book reviews, performance reviews, speeches, or obituaries). With links to every article focused on any individual in nearly every WilsonWeb database, Biography Reference Bank offers a breadth and depth of information you’ll find in no other biography database. It covers over 500,000 people and includes over 36,000 images!
  • Business Source Elite | (1985 - ) | Covers journals in business, management, economics, finance, banking and accounting.
  • Communication & Mass Media Complete (CCMU) | 1915 (selected) to present | Contains quality research articles in the areas related to communication studies and mass media, combining two major indexes, CommSearch and Mass Media Index. Provides access to bibliographic references, reviews, recent encyclopedias and handbooks and full text of journal articles. Depending on the journal, coverage may extend back to the first issue of a title.
  • Education Source | (1983 - ) | Covers 400 leading periodicals encompassing all areas of concern to today's educators, including administration, teaching methods, and curriculum.
  • ERIC (Educational Resource Information Center) | (1966 - ) | Indexes published and unpublished sources on all aspects of education and educational research. ERIC also indexes library and information science. Incorporates ERIC Digests, full-text short reports on topics of current interest in education.
  • Environment Complete | 1940's (selected) to present | Offers deep coverage in the subject 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. Contains more than 1,957,000 records from more than 1,700 domestic and international titles going back to the 1940s (including 1,125 active core titles). The database also contains full text for more than 680 journals and 120 monographs.
  • MedLine | (1966 - ) | Indexes journals in the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system and preclinical sciences.
  • APA PsycArticles | (1988 - ) | Produced by the American Psychological Association (APA), PsycArticles is a definitive source of full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology. The database contains more than 140,000 articles from over 60 journals published by the APA.
  • Regional Business News | Comprehensive index for regional business publications from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Materials indexed include business journals, newspapers, and newswires.

 

Encyclopedia Britannica Online

  • Provides access to the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, the World Factbook, and journals and periodicals.


Hispanic Life in America

  • The experience and impact of Hispanic Americans as recorded by the news media, 2010 to today.


Journal of Chemical Education  | 1924 - present

  • The Journal of Chemical Education (JCE) is co-published by the ACS Division of Chemical Education and the American Chemical Society Publications division. Contains peer-reviewed articles and related information as a resource to those in the field of chemical education and to those institutions that serve them. The journal typically addresses chemical content, laboratory experiments, instructional methods, and pedagogies. The library also has print issues in the Periodicals section, bottom floor.


JSTOR

  • Expanded access now available!
  • Archive Journal Collections: Arts & Sciences I-XV, Business IV, Hebrew Journals, Ireland, Life Sciences, Lives of Literature, Public Health Journals, Security Studies, Sustainability.
  • Primary Source Collections: 19th Century British Pamphlets, World Heritage Sites: Africa, Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa, Global Plants.
  • Open Access Books
  • Early Journal Content
  • JSTOR Text Analyzer
    • Upload your research paper, and JSTOR will find articles that provide more information on your text.
  • The JSTOR Understanding Series
    • Classic texts from American and British literature, Shakespeare, and the King James Bible, with passages linked to scholarly articles.

Language & Communication | 2016 - present

  • Provides a forum devoted to the interdisciplinary study of language and communication. Covers applied linguistics, child development, cultural studies, discourse analysis, intellectual history, legal studies, language evolution, linguistic anthropology, linguistics, philosophy, the politics of language, pragmatics, psychology, rhetoric, semiotics, and sociolinguistics.


      OAIster | Open access resources

      • A catalog of digital resources collected by the University of Michigan of digital resources from over 1,000 organizations. Items include Digitized books and articles, Born-digital texts, Audio files, Images, Movies, and Datasets.

       

      Oxford English Dictionary (OED)

      • The OED serves as the accepted authority of the evolution of the English language since 1150. The text contains words’ definitions, origins, and quotations demonstrating their range of meanings from the time they entered the language to the present.

      PubMed

      • Comprises more than 23 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher websites.

      Salem Press | Primary Sources

      WorldCat

      • The WorldCat database is the world's most comprehensive library catalog, with information on books, videos, journals, microfiche, and websites from OCLC member libraries worldwide.

       

      WorldCatDissertations (Dissertation Abstracts)
      (1861 - ) | Dissertation abstracts since 1980, theses since spring 1988

      • All dissertations, theses, and published material based on theses cataloged by OCLC members.
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