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Electronic Journal Center - EJC -(OhioLINK) - search by title or subject
EBSCO Host (popular magazines) - Covers a broad range of general interest topics with abstracts and indexing included for nearly 2,800 magazines, journals and newspapers.
Access to the EBSCO databases from the dorms or off campus
 
ArticleFirst (OCLC)
Newspaper Source - selected full text for 25 national (U.S.) and international newspapers. Also contains full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 200 regional (U.S.) newspapers.
Topic Search - This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today’s classrooms. TOPICsearch contains full text for over 78,000 articles from more than 3,000 diverse sources, including nearly 1,450 full text periodicals.
     Access to this database from the dorms or off campus
 
OhioLINK Databases Listed by Name
 
Practice Graduate Examinations Online - This is a free service and is available on campus or off campus. It includes practice tests and tutorials for graduate school entrance exams, including the GRE, GMAT LSAT and MCAT. Registration is free and anonymous.
John Paul II Library also offers the NCLEX Practice Test for our students.
 
 
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Anthropology & Archeology
 
Anthropology Plus - Index to articles and essays in anthropology and archaeology
Images of Dated Attic Inscriptions from the Epigraphical and Palaeographical Studies, Ohio State
 
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Art, Literature, Drama and Music
 
Art Abstracts - Index and abstracts for articles in art. Includes or has links to full text
Art and Architecture Images - Over 80,000 art and architecture images from commercial sources, plus contributions from OhioLINK institutions
Art and Architecture Images (world accessible) - Art and architecture images from OhioLINK institutions
 
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals  - Index to articles in architecture and design
Bibliography of the History of Art - Index to articles, books, and other materials in art history, covering European and American art from late antiquity to the present
 
Index to 19th Century American Art Periodicals - Index to articles from 42 art journals published in 19th century U.S.
Other OhioLINK Art and Architecture Databases 
Digital Media Center Videos -  Architecture & Urban Studies
 
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature - Index and abstracts of articles, books, dissertations, conferences, and other literature on music
Other OhioLINK Music Databases 
 
MLA International Bibliography - provides a classified listing and subject index for books and articles published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. This database annually indexes over 45,000 books and articles
     Access to this database from the dorms or off campus

International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance with Full-Text - comprehensive multicultural and interdisciplinary research tool, from the American Society for Theatre Research. Contains full-text for more than 100 titles.

Academic Search Complete - the world's largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for more than 5,300 scholarly publications, including more than 4,400 peer-reviewed publications. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for all 9,300 journals in the collection. This database is more extensive than Academic Search Premier, which it replaced.
     Access to this database from the dorms or off campus
 
Humanities International Complete - The Humanities International Complete, 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.
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OhioLINK Electronic Journals - Arts and Humanities
 
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Biology and Physical Sciences
 
Biological Abstracts / BIOSIS Previews - Index and abstracts to international journal articles in biological and medical research. BIOSIS Previews also covers books and meetings. Includes or has links to full text.
Biological and Agricultural Index - Index to journal articles in biology and agriculture from English language journals. Includes or has links to full text.
 
HighWire Press - Over 150 full-text medical journals. Sponsored by Stanford University Library.
National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly  - the official journal of The National Catholic Bioethics Center, an organization dedicated to research and analysis on moral issues arising in health care and the life sciences. Articles address the ethical, philosophical, theological and clinical questions raised by the rapid pace of modern medical science. While the Quarterly is committed to publishing material that is consonant with the Magisterium of the Catholic Church, it remains open to other faiths and to secular viewpoints in the spirit of informed dialogue. Not available off campus.
 
Other OhioLINK Biology Databases
 
OhioLINK Electronic Journals - Life Sciences
 
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Business and Economics
 
Business Source Premier - in-depth coverage of business conditions & trends from over 1,000 leading business and management publications updated weekly. Many articles are full-text.
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Business and Industry - Index and full-text of business news, facts, and events, from international trade publications, newspapers, business dailies, and newsletters. Includes or has links to full text.
     Access to this database from the dorms or off campus
 
CBS Market Watch
Journal of Internet Marketing
Mergent Online - Business and financial information for investment research. Includes or has links to full text
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Oxford Scholarship Online - Business and Finance - Online database that enables you to search 1,200 full-text electronic books published by Oxford Press. Search by author, title, keywords and concepts in both the abstracts and the full-text.
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.
     Access to this database from the dorms or off campus
Vocational and Career Collection - Index, abstracts, and full text for 350 trade and industry related periodicals. Includes or has links to full text.
ValuationResources.com - Business valuation resources including publications, industry resources, mergers and acquisitions data, legal and tax resources and more.
Value Line - investment research on stocks, mutual funds, options and convertibles
STAT-USA
 
Academic Search Complete - the world's largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for more than 5,300 scholarly publications, including more than 4,400 peer-reviewed publications. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for all 9,300 journals in the collection. This database is more extensive than Academic Search Premier, which it replaced.
     Access to this database from the dorms or off campus
 
Practice GMAT Tests - available free through Learning Express.
 
OhioLINK Electronic Journals - Business, Economics, and Management
Other OhioLINK Business Databases
Other OhioLINK Economic Databases
 
Digital Media Center Videos - Business & Economics
Digital Media Center Videos - Business Education
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Communications
 
Communication and Mass Media Complete - includes full-text articles from 285 journals as well as indexes and abstracts from 300 others..
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Film and Television Literature Index with Full-Text - covers film and television theory, preservation and restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects and reviews.
 
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