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Academic OneFile (Gale)

Subject: 
Humanities, Interdisciplinary, Science, Social Sciences
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    Newspaper, magazine, and academic peer-reviewed articles from the many leading publications and reference sources, the majority in full text. Includes the New York Times from 1995 to present. Interdisciplinary in scope. 

    Access courtesy of the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the Massachusetts Library System. 

Academic Search Premier (EbscoHost)

Subject: 
Humanities, Interdisciplinary, Science, Social Sciences
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    Newspaper, magazine, and academic peer-reviewed articles from leading publications and reference sources.  Interdisciplinary in scope,  the database includes abstracting and indexing for nearly 13,000 publications, over 7,800 of them peer reviewed and 8,750+ full text, covering all academic subjects.

AccessMedicine

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health
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    AccessMedicine from McGraw-Hill is an innovative online resource that provides access to more than 50 medical titles from the best minds in medicine, updated content, thousands of photos and illustrations, interactive self-assessment, case files, diagnostic tools, a comprehensive search platform, and the ability to download content to a mobile device.

AccessPharmacy

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health
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    A comprehensive online resource for pharmaceutical education,AccessPharmacy from McGraw-Hill provides powerful tools to meet the changing demands of today’s pharmacist.

AccessPhysiotherapy

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health
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    A comprehensive online resource for physical therapy education,AccessPhysiotherapy from McGraw-Hill provides powerful tools to meet the changing demands of today’s physical therapist. This groundbreaking platform features the complete contents of physical therapy textbooks and resources such Orthopaedic Examination, Evaluation, and Intervention; Pharmacology for the Physical Therapist; Therapeutic Modalities for Rehabilitation; Imaging in Rehabilitation; and much more.

Accounting & Tax (Proquest)

Subject: 
Business & Management
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    This database brings together scholarly journals with resources for locating results covering news and topics, as well as the trends and history influencing current accounting and tax issues.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Business

ACLS Humanities Ebooks (American Council of Learned Societies)

Subject: 
Humanities
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Current NU plus alumni
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    Full-text, fully searchable, high-quality books in the Humanities from 19 learned societies, nearly 100 contributing publishers, and the University of Michigan's Scholarly Publishing Office.

    Stable links to books may be inserted into Blackboard.

    Printing: up to 3 pages at a time

ACM Digital Library

Subject: 
Engineering, Science
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    The ACM Digital Library contains full-text access to most ACM periodicals and conference proceedings from 1985 to the present, including proceedings and publications of affiliated societies. It replaces the library's suite of print ACM subscriptions.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Computer Science, Engineering, Information Science

African Newspapers 1800-1922 (World Newspaper Archive)

Subject: 
Humanities, Interdisciplinary, Social Sciences
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    This collection of historical African newspapers from the World Newspaper Archive provides coverage of the people, cultures, issues and events that shaped the continent.

    Detailed subjects: 
    African-American Studies, Anthropology, Business, History, International Affairs, Political Science, Sociology

Ageline (EbscoHost)

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health, Social Sciences
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    AgeLine focuses on those aged 50+ and issues of aging. Useful for searching for the literature of social gerontology and includes aging-related content from the health sciences, psychology, sociology, social work, economics, and public policy. AgeLine indexes over 600 journals, books, book chapters, reports, dissertations, consumer guides, and educational videos.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Geriatrics & Gerontology

Agricola

Subject: 
Science
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Free Web Resource
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    The US National Agriculture Library's catalog of books and articles relating to agriculture.

Alt-HealthWatch (EbscoHost)

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health
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    Offers full text articles for nearly 180 international, and often peer-reviewed journals and reports on complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. In addition, there are hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Health Sciences

AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors, 10th edition

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health
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10
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    Contains information needed by medical and scientific researchers, writers, and editors to produce well-organized, clear, readable, and authoritative manuscripts.

    The Manual home page allows you to navigate quickly and intuitively. You can use the quick search feature, which searches the full text of the Manual, or you can navigate using the left-side menu to jump to any section of the Manual.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Allied Health, Athletic Training, Biology, Health Sciences, Medicine

America's Historical Newspapers (1690 - 1922)

Subject: 
Humanities, Social Sciences
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Boston Public Library card required for access
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    Includes "Early American Newspapers, Series I, II & III", cover-to-cover fully text-searchable facsimile images of over 1,000 historical newspapers from all 50 states from the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries. Access for Massachusetts residents only, courtesy of Boston Public Library e-card.

America: History and Life (EbscoHost)

Subject: 
Humanities, Social Sciences
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    An index of literature on the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present, with selective indexing for 1,700 journals. Coverage includes book and media reviews as well as articles. Sources date from as far back as 1910.

    Detailed subjects: 
    History

American Broadsides and Ephemera

Subject: 
Humanities, Social Sciences
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Boston Public Library card required for access
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    Based on the American Antiquarian Society's landmark collection, this database offers fully searchable facsimile images of approximately 15,000 broadsides printed between 1820 and 1900 and 15,000 pieces of ephemera printed between 1760 and 1900.  Access for Massachusetts residents only, courtesy of Boston Public Library e-card.

American Chemical Society Journals

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health, Science
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    High quality academic journals from the American Chemical Society.

    Available titles limited to a select collection.  

    Detailed subjects: 
    Biochemistry, Chemistry, Pharmacology

American Institute of Physics Journals

Subject: 
Science
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    High-quality academic journals from the American Institute of Physics.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Mathematics, Physics

American Mathematical Society Journals

Subject: 
Science
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    High-quality academic journals from the American Mathematical Society.

    Avalailable titles limited to a select collection.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Mathematics, Physics

American National Biography Online

Subject: 
Humanities
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    American National Biography Online includes biographies for more than 18,700 American men and women whose lives have shaped the nation.

    Detailed subjects: 
    History

American Periodicals Series Online (ProQuest)

Subject: 
Humanities, Social Sciences
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    Digitized images of the pages of 1000 American magazines and journals published between 1741 and 1940. Titles include Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine, the first American professional journals, and several consumer magazines still in publication, such as Vanity Fair, Harper's Bazaar, and Ladies' Home Journal. The search interface allows you to search the complete text, including tables of contents. Articles are downloadable in PDF format. Updated daily.

    Detailed subjects: 
    History, Journalism, Literature, Sociology

American Presidential Campaigns and Elections (Sharpe Reference Online)

Subject: 
Humanities, Interdisciplinary, Social Sciences
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    The core content of this work reviews and analyzes the process by which aspirants to the American presidency have campaigned for the support of the national electorate and how voters have made their selections from 1789 to the present day.  Content includes primary documents, images, chronologies, and state-by-state analysis of election results.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Government, History

American Rhetoric

sound
Subject: 
Art, Media & Design, Humanities
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Open Access
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    This broad ranging web site exploring all aspects of rhetoric includes an Online Speech Bank of over 5.000  audio and video versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, and other recorded media events.

    See also Top 100 Speeches, Movie Speeches and more.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Communications Studies

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Research Library

Subject: 
Engineering, Science
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    The ASCE Research Library is a comprehensive online tool for locating articles of interest across all disciplines of civil engineering. Includes more than 73,000 full-text papers from ASCE Journals and Proceedings. Approximately 4,000 new papers will be added each year.

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Online Journals

Subject: 
Engineering, Science
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    High-quality academic journals from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Engineering

American State Papers

Subject: 
Government & Law, Social Sciences
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    Legislative and executive documents from the important period between 1789 and the beginning of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set in 1817.

    Detailed subjects: 
    History, Law, Political Science

Anatomy TV

video
Subject: 
Biomedical & Health
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5
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    3D anatomy database.

    The anatomy visuals are accompanied by three-dimensional animations that demonstrate function, biomechanics and surgical procedures.

    To supplement the core three-dimensional anatomy data are clinical videos and text written by some of the world’s leading medical specialists.

    User guide available here.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Allied Health, Biology, Health Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant

Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL/LiOn)

Subject: 
Humanities
Access: 
Current NU plus alumni
Maximum number of users at a time: 
4
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    Indexes scholarly publications on English, American and Commonwealthliterature, English literature bibliography, and English language and culture. Indexes books, articles, book reviews, essays, published and unpublished dissertations, with some full-text.  Covers 1920 to the present.

    Detailed subjects: 
    English & American Literature, Literature

Annual Reviews

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health, Science, Social Sciences
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    Definitive reviews in 37 scientific disciplines, mostly biomedical sciences, physical sciences, and social sciences. Excellent for finding overviews of new topics.

AnthroSource

Subject: 
Social Sciences
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    An online service of the American Anthropological Association (AAA), AnthroSource offers access to backfiles of up to 100 years, as well as current content from AAA's 32 anthropological publications which includes journals, books, monographs, bulletins and newsletters.

AP Images

Subject: 
Art, Media & Design, Humanities, Social Sciences
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5
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    AP Images, a division of The Associated Press, is one of the world's largest collections of historical and contemporary imagery of history, news, sports and entertainment. An essential source of photographs and graphics.

APA Books E-collection 2011

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health, Science
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    APA Books E-collection 2011 contains the full text of 43  books having to do with the behavioral sciences from the American Psychological Association. 

    Detailed subjects: 
    Psychology

Archive of Americana

Subject: 
Humanities, Social Sciences
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Boston Public Library card required for access
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    Contains unique primary source material relating to nearly every aspect of United States history from over three centuries. Coverage: 1639-1980.  Access for Massachusetts residents only, courtesy of Boston Public Library  e-card.

    Detailed subjects: 
    English & American Literature, History, Literature

Art and Architecture Complete (EbscoHost)

Subject: 
Art, Media & Design, Engineering, Humanities
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    Art and Architecture complete offers full-text coverage of 380 periodicals and more than 220 books, plus indexing and abstracts for more than 780 academic journals, magazines and trade publications, as well as for over 230 books. Includes an image Collection of over 63,000 images provided by Picture Desk and others.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Architecture, Art & Design

Arts and Humanities Citation Index

Subject: 
Art, Media & Design, Humanities
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    Citations and abstracts from over 1,160 of the world's leading journals in archeology, architecture, dance, music, film and theater, history, humanities, literature, and religion. Cited reference searching allows you to track prior research, see who is citing your work, measure the influence of someone's work, and navigate forward, backward and through the literature of your discipline. Covers 1975-present

    Detailed subjects: 
    Architecture, Art & Design, Cinema Studies, Film Studies, Literature, Religion

ARTstor

Subject: 
Art, Media & Design, Humanities
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    ARTstor is a digital library of nearly one million images in the areas of art, architecture, photography, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images. See system requirements for optimal use.

ASTM Standards and Engineering Digital Library (SEDL)

Subject: 
Engineering, Science
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    Covers a broad range of engineering disciplines including aerospace, biomedical and solar. Provides electronic access to books, special technical publications and all issues of all ASTM journals. Includes the full text of all current ASTM standards. Downloadable.

ATLA Religion Database (EbscoHost)

Subject: 
Humanities, Social Sciences
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    Provides information on topics such as biblical studies, world religions, church history, and religion in social issues.

Atlas of North American English

sound
Subject: 
Social Sciences
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Open Access
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    Based on interviews and reflecting sound changes active in the 1990s, this online version includes audio files and interactive maps, as well as descriptive information and references.

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (EbscoHost)

Subject: 
Art, Media & Design, Engineering, Humanities
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    Offers a comprehensive listing of journal articles published worldwide on architecture and design, archaeology, city planning, interior design, and historic preservation.

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BBC Shakespeare Plays Online

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Subject: 
Art, Media & Design, Humanities
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    The entire BBC Shakespeare, produced in the 1970s and 1980s, now viewable from any computer or other device connected to the internet.  These productions include some of Britain’s most distinguished performers, and productions range from quite traditional to more adventurous.  View the plays in their entirety, or link to specific Acts for teaching and presentation; turn Closed Captioning on or off with a single click.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Art & Design, English & American Literature, Film Studies, Theatre

Biography in Context (Gale)

Subject: 
Interdisciplinary
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Current NU Only
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    Biographies, current and historic, with related full-text articles from hundreds of magazines and newspapers. Pictures, links to vetted websites. Search for people by name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, as well as keyword and full text. Some obituaries. Formerly Biography Resource Center.

    Access courtesy of the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the Massachusetts Library System. 

BioMed Central

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health, Science
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Open Access
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    An independent online publishing house; provides immediate free access to the peer-reviewed biological and medical research. Northeastern's membership reduces article-processing charges for Northeastern-affiliated authors who publish with BMC journals.

BioOne

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health, Science
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    Not-for-profit collaboration bringing together scientific societies, publishers, and libraries to provide access to critical, peer-reviewed research in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences.

BioOne Abstracts and Indexes (ProQuest)

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health, Science
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    A unique aggregation of nearly 100 high-impact bioscience research journals from around 70 publishers.  Abstracts developed by the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), the University of Kansas, the Greater Western Library Alliance and Allen Press.

BIOSIS Previews (1969- present)

Subject: 
Science, Biomedical & Health
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    Biological Abstracts, the premier database of research in Biology and related disciplines. International coverage of scholarly articles, books and book chapters, meetings and conferences, patents and software. 1969-present, updated weekly.

Black Thought and Culture (Alexander Street)

Subject: 
Social Sciences, Humanities
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    A primary source database for essays, articles, speeches, books, and interviews written by leaders within the black community from the earliest times to the present. Includes unique, fugitive, and never-before-published materials.

Books in Print

Subject: 
Interdisciplinary
Access: 
Current NU plus alumni
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    One of the largest collections of bibliographic information about published books, even those not yet in library collections. Can be used to verify titles, publishers, and publication dates, or to find new titles.

Books@Ovid

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health
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Current NU Only
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    Hundreds of medical texts and handbooks from Lippincott for students and researchers in the health care professions.

    Books and book chapter links (called "jumpstarts") may be inserted into Blackboard. 

    Printing: Individual chapters and sections may be printed. 

Boston Globe, Current and Historical (1872-present) (ProQuest)

Subject: 
Social Sciences
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Current NU Only

Boston Herald (Proquest)

Subject: 
Social Sciences
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    Full text from July 1991 to the present from Factiva.

Boston's Latino Community History

Subject: 
Humanities, Social Sciences
Access: 
Open Access
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    The documents, images, and posters in this digital collection were selected from the Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción records and the La Alianza Hispana records held in the Northeastern University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Department.  These records available in this online collection document public policy formation, community relations, affordable housing, urban planning and housing rehabilitation, cultural and educational programming, violence prevention, and minority rights in Boston during the last decades of the 20th century.

Building Green

Subject: 
Art, Media & Design, Engineering, Science
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    An array of media and information resources about green design. Includes Environmental Building News from 1992 to present, a Green Products directory, and 200 high performance buildings case studies.

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    Detailed subjects: 
    Architecture, Art & Design, Ecology, Engineering, Environmental Studies, Health Sciences

Bureau of Justice Statistics

Subject: 
Government & Law, Social Sciences
Access: 
Open Access
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    US Department of Justice information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government. 

    Detailed subjects: 
    Criminal Justice

Burger's Medicinal Chemistry, Drug Discovery and Development

Subject: 
Science, Biomedical & Health
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    This online version of the 7th Edition of the major reference work, offering access to broad coverage of medicinal chemistry and drug discovery for new, as well as experienced, medicinal chemists, biologists, pharmacologists, and molecular biologists.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Chemistry, Pharmacology

Business Insight: Essentials (Gale Cengage)

Subject: 
Business & Management
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Current NU Only
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    Authoritative company and industry information including statistical information, news and scholarly journals.  Explore real world applications and develop analytical skills by comparing companies and industries on key metrics.  Create, filter and export data.

    Access courtesy of the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the Massachusetts Library System. 

    Detailed subjects: 
    Business

Business Monitor International

Subject: 
Business & Management
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Current NU Only
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    Provides data, analysis, ratings, rankings, and forecasts for 175 countries and 22 industry sectors. Integrates country risk, analysis of financial markets, and industry research.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Business, Economics

Business Source Complete (EbscoHost)

Subject: 
Business & Management
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    Indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals back as far as 1886 are included. Detailed author profiles for the 40,000 most-cited authors. Searchable by company and industry also. Includes marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics.

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Cabell's Directories

Subject: 
Social Sciences
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Information to help you publish your journal article, including acceptance rate and refereed status of thousands of journals.  Cabell's Directories include addresses, phones, e-mails and web sites for journals. Northeastern University has access to the following directories from Cabell's: Educational Curriculum & Methods, Educational Psychology & Administration, Educational Technology & Library Science, Psychology & Psychiatry, Health Administration and Nursing.

     

    Detailed subjects: 
    Education, Health Sciences, Librarianship, Nursing, Psychology

Cambridge Histories Online

Subject: 
Humanities, Social Sciences
Access: 
Current NU plus alumni
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    Completely searchable full text of the 247 volumes in the Cambridge Histories series. Explore American and British history, ancient history, Islamic history, economic history, the histories of philosophy, science, music, literature, religion, social histories, and much more. "My Histories" allows you to create and share a personalized library with your own bookmarks and notes.

    Stable links to PDFs of books and book chapters can be inserted into Blackboard.

    Printing: one chapter at a time

Cambridge Univ. Press Journals On Line

Subject: 
Interdisciplinary
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    High-quality academic journals published by Cambridge University in all disciplines.

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications

Subject: 
Government & Law, Social Sciences
Access: 
Free Web Resource
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    Catalog of Government Publications lists all documents published by the Government Printing Office from July 1976 to present.

Cauldron (Northeastern University Yearbook)

Subject: 
Interdisciplinary
Access: 
Open Access
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    An ever-growing collection of digitzed backfiles of the Northeastern University yearbook, The Cauldron.  Currently contains selected volumes from the 1950s, 1970s, 1990s, and 2000s.

Chicago Defender: 1910 - 1975 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)

Subject: 
Humanities, Social Sciences
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    This resource allows researchers to search for full articles in the Chicago Defender. Searches provide a .pdf of each article as well as an abstract.

Chicago Manual of Style

Subject: 
Interdisciplinary
Access: 
Current NU plus alumni
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    Provides information on manuscript preparation, punctuation, spelling, quotations, captions, tables, abbreviations, references, bibliographies, notes, and indexes, with sections on journals and electronic media.

Chicago Tribune (Proquest Historical Newspapers)

Subject: 
Interdisciplinary
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Proquest Historical Newspapers: Chicago Tribune (1849- 1988).  The historical Chicago Tribune collection offers both full page and article digital images in PDF format with searchable full text. 

    Detailed subjects: 
    History, Journalism

Chronicle of Higher Education Online

Subject: 
Humanities, Social Sciences
Access: 
Current NU Only
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CIAO Columbia International Affairs Online

Courtesy of the NU School of Law
Subject: 
Government & Law, Social Sciences
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    A wide range of scholarship in international affairs, including working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs. 1991 to the present.

CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health) Full-Text (Ebscohost)

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health, Science
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    The world's most comprehensive source of full text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 600 journals indexed in CINAHL. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the CINAHL index from 1981 to the most current issues.

Civil Engineering Database (CEDB)

Subject: 
Engineering, Science
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Provides easy access to all the publications of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). It covers ASCE documents published since 1975 including all the journals, conference proceedings, books, standards, manuals, magazines and newsletters. There is full text access to the ASCE journals for which Snell library has a print subscription.

Classical Scores Library (Alexander Street)

Subject: 
Humanities, Art, Media & Design
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Classical Scores Library contains hundreds of thousands of pages of classical music scores. Northeastern has access to: Classical Scores Library, Volume I.  Pages can be printed and annotated.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Music

Cochrane Library

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    The Cochrane Library contains high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. It includes reliable evidence from Cochrane and other systematic reviews, clinical trials, and more. Full text.

Collected Works of John Dewey

Subject: 
Interdisciplinary
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    The Collected Works of John Dewey, 1882-1953: The Electronic Edition is primarily a critical reading text that offers unprecedented access to Dewey's work.

ComDisDome (CSA)

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health, Social Sciences, Science
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    is an indexing and abstracting tool covering the communications disorders literature, with focus on speech-language pathology and audiology. In one convenient location, the database will quickly identify and connect you to reliable information from multiple sources in your field, including journal articles and books, along with access to profiles of researchers working in this area.

Communications and Mass Media Complete (Ebscohost)

Subject: 
Art, Media & Design, Humanities, Social Sciences
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    Scholarship in areas related to communication and mass media, including new media, rhetoric, film, broadcasting, and more. Significant full text is available.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Computer Science

Compendex with Inspec (Ei Village)

Subject: 
Engineering, Science
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    A comprehensive interdisciplinary engineering database, Compendex contains over 9 million records, and references over 5,000 international engineering sources including journals, conferences, and trade publications. 1969 to present, updated weekly.

Computers and Applied Sciences Complete (Ebscohost)

Subject: 
Engineering, Science
Access: 
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    Abstracts for more than 1,800 academic journals (730 in full text), professional publications, and other reference sources from a diverse collection relating to computer science.

Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science (ISI Web of Science)

Subject: 
Science
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Current NU Only
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    Conference Proceedings Citation Index, accessed via Web of Science, helps researchers access the published literature from significant conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops, and conventions worldwide. This resource lets you use cited reference searching to track emerging ideas and new research beyond what is covered in the journal literature. Two editions cover the sciences and social sciences.

Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Social Science & Humanities (ISI Web of Science)

Subject: 
Humanities, Social Sciences
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    The new Data Citation IndexSM from Thomson Reuters is designed to be the first single source of data discovery for the sciences, social sciences and arts and humanities. Data Citation Index fully indexes a significant number of the world's leading data repositories of critical interest to the scientific community, including over two million data studies and datasets. The records for the datasets, which include authors, institutions, keywords, citations and other metadata, are ten connected to related peer-reviewed literature indexed in the Web of KnowledgeSM.

Congressional Universe - Now: ProQuest Congressional

Subject: 
Government & Law
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Off-campus? Access the Congressional Universe here.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Government

Counseling and Therapy in Video (Alexander Street)

video
Subject: 
Interdisciplinary, Social Sciences
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Alexander Street Counseling provides video for the study of counseling, social work, psychotherapy, psychology, and psychiatric counseling.  Users can create, edit and share playlists or clips. The library has Volume 1.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Psychology

CQ Electronic Library

Subject: 
Government & Law, Social Sciences
Access: 
Current NU plus alumni
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    Congressional Quarterly's portal for research in US government, politics, history, public policy, and current affairs. Includes CQ's Politics in America, as well as other almanacs, data, and news publications.

CQ Researcher

Subject: 
Social Sciences
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    CQ Researcher is noted for its in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy.

Criminal Justice (ProQuest)

Subject: 
Social Sciences
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    ProQuest Criminal Justice Periodicals Index™ is a comprehensive database of U.S. and international criminal justice journals. The database provides research support for students interested in careers in criminal justice, law enforcement, corrections administration, drug enforcement, rehabilitation, family law, and industrial security. The database includes abstract and indexing for 250 titles, with more than 100 available in full-text. 

    Detailed subjects: 
    Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice Abstracts (EbscoHost)

Subject: 
Government & Law, Social Sciences
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    Indexing and links to full text for scholarly and professional journals in the criminal justice and related fields.

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D&B's Key Business Ratios (Dun and Bradstreet)

Maximum of 5 users at a time
Subject: 
Business & Management
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    Calculate business ratios that identify key relationships between financial data. 14 key business ratios cover all critical areas of business performance, broken down into median figures, with upper and lower quartiles. Arranged by Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Codes.

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, DSM IV (StatRef)

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health, Science, Social Sciences
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    The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders in searchable full text. 4th edition.

Dictionary of Energy

Subject: 
Engineering, Science, Social Sciences
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    Expanded edition of the Elsevier Dictionary with over 650 topic entries and biographies.

Digital National Security Archive

Subject: 
Government & Law
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     The Digital National Security Archive contains a comprehensive set of declassified government documents. The resource now includes 38 collections consisting of over 94,000 indexed documents, with more than 650,000 total pages. Each of these collections covers critical world events, countries, and U.S. policy decisions from post World War II through the 21st century. Glossaries, chronologies, bibliographies, overviews, and photographs are included.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Government

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Subject: 
Interdisciplinary
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Open Access
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    Provides a comprehensive index to all open access, scientific and scholarly peer-reviewed journals. Supported by a network of public and private publishers and foundations. (All titles also included in the NU Libraries E-journal Finder.)

DRAM: Database of Recorded American Music

music
Subject: 
Art, Media & Design, Humanities
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    Diverse American recorded music, from folk to opera, Native American to jazz, 19th century classical to early rock, musical theater, contemporary, electronic and beyond, available for streaming.

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e-Duke Scholarly Collection

Subject: 
Social Sciences, Humanities
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    Humanities and social sciences journals from Duke University Press and associated learned societies, available in full text

Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans (1639-1800)

Subject: 
Humanities, Social Sciences
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    Based on the renowned American Bibliography by Charles Evans, this collection provides full-text primary source material covering every aspect of life in 17th- and 18th-century America. Upon completion, the collection will consist of more than 36,000 works and 2,400,000 images.  Access for Massachusetts residents only, courtesy of Boston Public Library e-card.

Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker: 1801-1819

Subject: 
Humanities, Social Sciences
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    Based on the authoritative bibliography by Ralph R. Shaw and Richard H. Shoemaker and supplemented by thousands of new items,this collection covers every aspect of American life during the early nineteenth century with full-text access to the 36,000 American books, pamphlets and broadsides. Search full text or browse within sixteen indexed subject categories. Coverage: 1801-1819.  Access for Massachusetts residents only, courtesy of Boston Public Library  e-card.

Early English Books Online (EEBO)

Subject: 
Humanities, Social Sciences
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    Virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700, with digital facsimile page images.

eBook collection (Ebsco)

Registration for an ebscohost account and Adobe Digital Editions are required if you wish to download complete eBooks to your computer or reading device.
Subject: 
Interdisciplinary
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    Mostly nonfiction ebooks from a variety of publishers. Look here for both popular and academic ebooks on education, psychology, sports and fitness, technology, and business. Formerly NetLibrary.

    Stable links to books may be inserted into Blackboard for reading online. Note that only one person may read the book at a time.

    To download as an e-book: First create a free personal myEBSCOHOST account and download the free Adobe Digital Editions software.

    Compatible devices: Apple ios devices, Nook, Sony and other devices compatable with Adobe Digital Editions.

    Borrowing: 7 days, one user at a time

    Printing: from computers (and print to standard PDF) one chapter or up to 60 pages

    Help:

    Ebsco instructions for downloading

    Special Ebsco instructions for Apple ios users

Ebrary Academic Complete

Subject: 
Interdisciplinary
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    Over 50,000 e-books for you to read using any web browser.  Largely scholarly titles from leading academic and university presses. (View a list of participating publishers). 

    Stable links to books and book chapters may be inserted into Blackboard.

    To download as an e-book to a device: You must create a free personal Ebrary account and download the free Adobe Digital Editions software. 

    To download PDF selections or chapters: See ebrary support instructions

    Compatible devices: Apple ios devices, Nook, Sony and other devices compatable with Adobe Digital Editions.

    Borrowing: 14 days, up to 10 books at a time

    Printing:  Print (including print to PDF) up to a chapter from your web browser.  

     

     

EconLit (Ebscohost)

Subject: 
Business & Management, Social Sciences
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    The American Economic Association's electronic database and the foremost source of references to economic literature. The online heir to the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL), EconLit is a reliable source of citations and abstracts to economic research dating back to 1969. Links to full text and ILL options

EDGAR

Subject: 
Business & Management
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Open Access
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    Annual reports (10K), proxy statements (DEF-14) and other sec filings.

EdITLib

Subject: 
Social Sciences, Humanities
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    The EdITLib Digital Library is an online resource of peer-reviewed and published international journal articles and proceedings papers on the latest research, developments, and applications related to all aspects of Educational Technology and E-Learning.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Education

Education in Video

video
Subject: 
Interdisciplinary
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    Education in Video is an online collection of streaming video developed specifically for training and developing teachers. Upon completion, the collection will contain more than 3,000 video titles totaling 1,300 hours of teaching demonstrations, lectures, documentaries, and primary-source footage of students and teachers in actual classrooms. It will give education faculty, students, and in-service teachers a single source for the best research-based professional development video resources available. This release now provides 3,777 titles, equaling approximately 987 hours.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Education

Education Index Retrospective (Ebscohost)

Subject: 
Interdisciplinary, Social Sciences
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    The Education Index Retrospective: 1929-1983 has information on societal trends affecting education, including segregation, multiculturalism, feminism, and economic developments. It includes over 800 periodicals and cites around 850,000 articles and book reviews.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Education, History, Sociology

Education Journals (ProQuest)

Subject: 
Humanities, Social Sciences
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    ProQuest® Education Journals gives users access to approximately 900 top educational publications, including more than 600 of the titles in full text.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Education

Education Research Complete (EbscoHost)

Subject: 
Social Sciences
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    Education Research Complete provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,870 journals, as well as full text for more than 1,060 journals, and includes full text for more than 133 books and monographs, and for numerous education-related conference papers. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing.

Educator's Reference Complete (Gale Cengage)

Access to this resource courtesy of the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the Massachusetts Library System.
Subject: 
Social Sciences
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    A selection of academic journal articles, hundreds of full-text reports, and reference sources in the field of education, including educational principles, child development and psychology, and best practices, from 1980 to the present. Updated daily. 

    Detailed subjects: 
    Education

Educator's Reference Desk (Open Access)

Subject: 
Social Sciences
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Open Access
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    2,000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to online education information, and 200+ question archive responses.

Ei Village: Compendex and Inspec

Subject: 
Engineering, Science
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    Search Compendex and Inspec at the same time, including citations from the scientific and technical engineering literature plus physics, electrical engineering, computer science, nanotechnology, information theory and more. Journal articles, conference proceedings, dissertations, books, reports. Patents prior to 1976 only.

EIU.com (Economist Intelligence Unit, Country Info)

Subject: 
Business & Management, Government & Law, Social Sciences
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    Contains Country Reports, Country Finance, and Country Commerce.

eLS: Citable Reviews in the Life Sciences (formerly Encyclopedia of the Life Sciences)

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health, Science
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    eLS features over 4,800 specially commissioned, peer-reviewed and citable articles in the life sciences.  eLS articles are written by leaders in the field to provide comprehensive and authoritative coverage of each subject area. eLS is updated by approximately 400 articles per year, with new articles publishing on a monthly basis.

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Emerald Fulltext

Subject: 
Business & Management, Social Sciences
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    Scholarly research journals in social sciences including business, information science, management, marketing, economics, information technology, and more.

Empire Online

Subject: 
Humanities, Social Sciences
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    Empire Online is a collection of original primary source documents relating to Empire Studies, from libraries and archives around the world.

Encyclopaedia Judaica

Subject: 
Humanities, Social Sciences
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    Provides an exhaustive and organized overview of Jewish life and knowledge from the Second Temple period to the contemporary State of Israel, from Rabbinic to modern Yiddish literature, from Kabbalah to "Americana" and from Zionism to the contribution of Jews to world cultures. Corresponds to the 2nd edition 22-volume printed version.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Jewish Studies

Encyclopaedia of Islam (Brill)

Subject: 
Government & Law, Humanities, Social Sciences
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    Encyclopaedia of Islam Online (EI Online), published by Brill, consists of all three editions of the encyclopedia. 

    Detailed subjects: 
    Anthropology, History, International Affairs, Philosophy, Religion

Encyclopedia Britannica

Subject: 
Interdisciplinary
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    One of the oldest and most well-known reference sources, with both short and book-length overview articles in almost all disciplines. Also includes historical timelines, multimedia, selected magazine articles, notable quotations, and a dictionary and thesaurus.

Encyclopedia of Cancer, 2nd edition (Elsevier)

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health, Social Sciences
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    Covers all aspects of cancer, from basic science to clinical application. Published in 2003.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Health Sciences, Medicine

Encyclopedia of Communication and Information

Subject: 
Art, Media & Design, Humanities, Social Sciences
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    Explores the full spectrum of communication, from careers to information technologies, in an interdisciplinary fashion. Emphasis is on both historical and current issues, topics, and people.

Encyclopedia of Earth

Subject: 
Science, Social Sciences
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Open Access
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    All about the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society. Free, fully searchable articles written by scholars, professionals, educators, and experts who collaborate and review each other's work. Written in non-technical language useful to students, educators, scholars, professionals, as well as to the general public.

Encyclopedia of Education (Gale)

Subject: 
Social Sciences
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    An electronic version of Macmillan's 8-volume second edition (2003) with entries describing the institutions, people, processes, roles and philosophies found in educational practice in the United States and throughout the world. Features include 121 biographies of influential educators; profiles of historic colleges and universities; profiles of organizations active in the field; and an appendix of full text primary source documents including education related legislation, international treaties and testing methods.

    Access courtesy of the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the Massachusetts Library System.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Education

Encyclopedia of Genetics

Subject: 
Science
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    Complete and authoritative coverage of genetics compiled into a single, comprehensive source, containing a clear presentation of cutting-edge knowledge. A reference work for everyone from the academic researcher to the educated layperson.

Encyclopedia of Gerontology, 2nd edition (Elsevier)

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health, Social Sciences
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    Contains articles with summaries about what is known about the many processes of aging. Published in 2007.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Geriatrics & Gerontology, Health Sciences, Medicine, Sociology

Encyclopedia of Global Health (Gale/Sage)

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health, Science, Social Sciences
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    Covers all aspects of global health, including physical/mental health and public policy topics, biographies of major doctors and researchers, profiles of medical institutions, organizations, and corporations, and descriptions of drugs and operations.

Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition, 2nd edition (Elsevier)

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health, Science
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    Designed to illuminate the concepts and interrelationships between nutrient needs, dietary intake and health outcomes. An effective tool for the nutrition scientist seeking to fill the void of information in areas beyond his/her field of expertise. Published in 2006.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Health Sciences, Nutrition

Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology (IGI)

Subject: 
Engineering, Science, Social Sciences
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    A compendium of nearly 700 authoritative, research-based entries on the complete range of topics that, together, define the contemporary state of knowledge on technology and its organizational, managerial, behavioral, and social implications. Enhanced with definitions of thousands of technical and managerial terms, as well as a reference section that directs researchers, scholars, students, and practitioners to additional sources for further reading and research.

Encyclopedia of Materials (Elsevier)

Subject: 
Engineering, Science
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    Around 1,800 articles written by experts in their fields, resulting in a comprehensive coverage focusing on the following areas: * Functional Phenomena * Structural Phenomena * Fundamental Core Theory * Structural Materials * Polymers and Materials Chemistry * Functional Materials

Encyclopedia of Microbiology, 3rd edition (Elsevier)

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health, Science
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    Designed for researchers, technicians, teachers and students of microbiology, biotechnology, and environmental sciences. Published in 2009.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Biology

Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, 2nd edition (Elsevier)

Subject: 
Science
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    Over 400 encyclopedia articles, each approximately 3000-4000 words in length, with further reading lists and extensive cross referencing on the science of the oceans, including ancillary topics such as ocean technology, law of the oceans, global programs, marine policy, the use of the oceans for food and energy, and the impact of pollution and climate changes.Designed for a wide audience of students, academics, researchers, and professionals. The articles are written at a level that allows undergraduate students to understand the material, while providing active researchers with the latest technical information.

Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, & Conflict, 2nd edition (Elsevier)

Subject: 
Government & Law, Humanities, Social Sciences
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    Information about antagonism and reconciliation in all contexts of public and personal life. 225 multi-disciplinary, cross-referenced and authoritatively authored articles. Published in 2008.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Anthropology, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology

Entrepreneurship (Proquest)

Subject: 
Business & Management
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    This database has content that ranges from journals, dissertations, working papers and conference proceedings to guides, templates, forms, sample business plans and tips from entrepreneurs in a variety of formats - from video to downloadable Word and Excel files, as well as text and PDFs.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Business

ERIC (EbscoHost)

Subject: 
Social Sciences
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    Contains citations to journal articles and documents related to education.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Education

ERIC (ProQuest)

Subject: 
Social Sciences
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    Contains citations to documents related to education.

     

    Detailed subjects: 
    Education, Literature

Ethnic Newswatch (ProQuest)

Subject: 
Humanities, Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
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    Interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. Designed to provide the "other side of the story," ENW titles offer additional viewpoints from those proffered by the mainstream press.

Europa World of Learning

Subject: 
Interdisciplinary, Social Sciences
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    The Europa World of Learning is a comprehensive directory of academic institutions worldwide.  Primarily arranged by country the directory includes colleges and universities, international organizations, regulatory and representative bodies, learned societies, research institutes, libraries and archives, museums and art galleries.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Education

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Factiva (Dow Jones/ProQuest)

Subject: 
Business & Management, Social Sciences
Access: 
Current NU Only
Maximum number of users at a time: 
5
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    Includes access to the Wall Street Journal, Barron's, and hundreds of other international newspapers.

Facts & Comparisons Clinical eAnswers

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health
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    Facts & Comparisons® contains authoritative and comprehensive drug information with unbiased, reliable information.  In addition to descriptions, generic and commercial names, dosage, warnings, it includes a drug/disease indications database, dosage, body measurement, and general pharmacology calculators, patient handouts, and much more for the health professional, and pharmacy and pharmacology researcher. 

    Detailed subjects: 
    Allied Health, Medicine

Faculty of 1000

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health, Science
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    Identifies and evaluates the most important articles in biology and medical research publications. The selection process comprises a peer-nominated global 'Faculty' of the world's leading scientists and clinicians who rate the best of the articles they read and explain their importance.

    On average, 1500 new evaluations are published each month; this corresponds to approximately the top 2% of all published articles in the biological and medical sciences.

Faulkner Advisor on Info Tech Studies

Subject: 
Business & Management, Engineering
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    More than 1,200 reports that help IT decision makers, vendor company executives, government IT administrators, IT specialists, IT project directors, business managers, and researchers learn about and keep up with the issues, trends, market conditions, products, services, and vendors in the IT and communications industries.

FDsys

Subject: 
Government & Law, Social Sciences
Access: 
Open Access
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    Full-text access to essential federal publications, including the current U.S. Budget, Congressional Record, and Federal Register.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Government

FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals

Subject: 
Art, Media & Design, Humanities
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    This index to scholarly journal content adds intellectual depth research and course syllabi. Created by experts at the International Federation of Film Archives, it indexes over 300,000 articles dating back to 1972 from 300 of the world's foremost academic and popular film journals.

Film Literature Index

Subject: 
Art, Media & Design, Humanities
Access: 
Free Web Resource
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    150 film and television periodicals from 30 countries cover-to-cover and 200 other periodicals selectively for articles on film and television. Covers 1976-2001, for more recent articles, use FIAF.

FMG On Demand

video
Subject: 
Art, Media & Design, Humanities, Interdisciplinary, Social Sciences
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    195 videos are currently available for streaming. To set up course playlists, or recommend new titles, faculty should contact their subject specialist.

    Requires Windows Media Player 9 or above, or QuickTime 6.0 or above (MAC). Full-screen view not available for Macs.  Closed captioning is available.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Education

Foreign Law Guide

Courtesy of the NU School of Law
Subject: 
Government & Law, Social Sciences
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    A brief introduction to the legal systems of 190 foreign countries and jurisdications, a list of codifications, gazettes and other sources of law. Also, it identifies any available English translations. Searchable by country, subject, or keyword.

Freedom House Photographs

NU Libraries Digital Collections
Subject: 
Art, Media & Design, Humanities, Social Sciences
Access: 
Open Access
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    Over 2400 images and photographs selected from the Freedom House records held in the NU Libraries, Archives and Special Collections. The images date from 1950-1975 and document early activities to create an integrated Roxbury; citizen participation in the urban renewal of Roxbury; and early oversight of Boston Public Schools desegregation.

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Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health
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    Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library

Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health
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    Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library. In-depth coverage of specific cancer types, diagnostic procedures, treatments, cancer side effects, and cancer drugs. Published in 2006.

Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders

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    Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library

Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

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    3rd edition, part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Subject: 
Business & Management, Government & Law
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    A collection of encyclopedias covering topics in the Arts, Biography, Business, Environment, History, Literature, Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Nation and World, Science and Social Sciences. Includes the Business Plans Handbook and the International Directory of Company History.

Genderwatch (ProQuest)

Subject: 
Humanities, Social Sciences
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    Reprints full articles from women's studies magazines and newsletters (including some that are hard to find in print), as well as some scholarly journals. Some articles go back to the 1970's. You can browse a list of subjects or search by key words.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Women's Studies

General BusinessFile

Subject: 
Business & Management, Social Sciences
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    General BusinessFile provides a combination of indexing, abstracts and full text for business and trade publications. Includes directory listings for companies as well as investment analysts' reports on major companies and industries.

GeoRef (Ebscohost)

Subject: 
Science
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    Searchable abstracts from the American Geological Institute containing references to geoscience journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports and theses.

Global Issues in Context (Gale)

Courtesy of the Boston Regional Library System.
Subject: 
Business & Management, Government & Law, Social Sciences
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    Global Issues in Context offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events.

Google Scholar

Subject: 
Interdisciplinary
Access: 
Free Web Resource
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    A simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, academic publishers, professional societies, preprints, universities and other scholarly organizations.
    NU affiliates: enhance Google Scholar by selecting "Scholar Preferences" and "Full Text @ NU Libraries".

Grant Forward (Formerly Illinois Researcher Information Service IRIS)

Subject: 
Interdisciplinary
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    A database of over 9,000 "funding opportunities in every field from agriculture to zoology." A database of experts in academic disciplines is also available. Supports email alerts.

Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body (1918 edition)

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health
Access: 
Free Web Resource
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    The free Bartleby.com edition of Gray’s Anatomy features 1,247 engravings from the classic 1918 publication, and is searchable and indexed by subject.

    For up-to-date anatomy information, please use AnatomyTV from Primal Pictures (NU Login required). 

GreenFILE (Ebscohost)

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health, Government & Law, Interdisciplinary, Science
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    Drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, GreenFILE is an informative resource for anyone concerned about our planet. The database contains nearly 300,000 records, full text for selected titles, and searchable cited references for more than 200 titles as well.

    Not affiliated with NU?  Choose the free web version of GreenFILE.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Earth Sciences, Ecology, Environmental Studies, Law

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Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (CRC)

Subject: 
Engineering, Science
Access: 
Current NU plus alumni
Maximum number of users at a time: 
2
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    The 93rd Edition, 2012-2013, of the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics is a vast almanac of facts, tables, and statistics about mathematics and the physical world.  It is one of the most used handbooks in the sciences.  The online version allows for expanded functionality over the print; in particular, interactive tables that allow you to customize data by filtering just what you need and sorting colunmns. You may search all text, tables, or CAS registry numbers, and export or email the information to yourself.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Astronomy, Chemistry, Engineering, Mathematics, Nanotechnology, Physics

HAPI (Health and Psychosocial Instruments)

Subject: 
Social Sciences
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    Information about behavioral measurement instruments, abstracted from hundreds of leading journals covering health sciences and psychosocial sciences.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Psychology

Health and Wellness Resource Center (Gale)

Courtesy of the Boston Regional Library System.
Subject: 
Biomedical & Health
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    Access to medical, statistical, health, and related information. Includes periodical articles, pamphlets, news and multimedia content, and the Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Allied Health

Health Reference Center Academic (Gale Cengage)

Available courtesy of the Massachusetts Board of Library Comissioners.
Subject: 
Biomedical & Health
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    Nursing and allied health journals, plus a wide variety of personal health information sources that offer reliable health information to researchers, including nursing and allied health students.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Allied Health, Nursing

HeinOnline

Subject: 
Government & Law, Social Sciences
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    From the legal publisher William S. Hein. Provides full text legal documents including regulations and other government publications, reports, Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) and UN Treaty series, and over 1,600 law reviews and journals. 

    HeinOnline is available courtesy of the Northeastern School of Law Library.  See a complete description of available documents. 

    Detailed subjects: 
    Government, Law

Henry Stewart Talks:Biomedical and Life Sciences

video
Subject: 
Biomedical & Health
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    Online seminars on biomedical topics, including audio lectures and supplemental materials such as slide and notes, by faculty members and researchers from around the world.

Highwire

Subject: 
Interdisciplinary
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    Selected journals from Sage, as well as other scholarly publishers and societies.

Historical Abstracts (Ebscohost)

Subject: 
Social Sciences
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    Historical Abstracts covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more. Indexing/abstracting of more than 1,700 academic historical journals in over 40 languages back to 1955 with links to full text where available.

    Detailed subjects: 
    History

Historical Black Newspapers (ProQuest)

Subject: 
Humanities, Social Sciences
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    Searches 3 newspapers:

    Chicago Defender (1910-1975)

    NY Amsterdam News (1922-1993)

    Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002)

    Detailed subjects: 
    African-American Studies, Communications Studies, English & American Literature, Journalism, Literature, Sociology, Theatre

Historical Statistics of the United States

Subject: 
Government & Law, Social Sciences
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    A classic 2-volume reference work containing statistics about the United States has been updated and is now available online from Cambridge. Tables of statistics include information about population, slavery, the economy, and much more. Download in Excel or .csv. Sorting, graphs and plots available.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Economics, Government, History, Political Science

Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL)

Subject: 
Social Sciences, Government & Law
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    The Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) is the nation's premier collection of homeland security policy and strategy related documents.
    HSDL provides quick access to important U.S. policy documents, presidential directives, and national strategy documents as well as specialized resources such as theses and research reports from various universities, organizations, local agencies and state agencies.

Humanities International Complete (Ebscohost)

Subject: 
Humanities
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    Full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources, including all data from Humanities International Index (over 2,000 titles and 2 million records) plus unique full text content.

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ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research)

You must register for a myData account in order to access some reports.
Subject: 
Social Sciences
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    ICPSR is a non-profit membership-based data archive based at University of Michigan. ICPSR maintains and provides access to a vast archive of social science data for research and instruction.

IEEE/IEL Electronic Library/Xplore

Subject: 
Science
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Maximum number of users at a time: 
15
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    Citations and full text published since 1988 and select content published since 1950 from:
    IEEE journals, transactions, and magazines
    IEEE conference proceedings
    IEE journals
    IEE conference proceedings
    IEEE standards
    IEEE Spectrum Magazine
    Proceedings of the IEEE

    Detailed subjects: 
    Engineering

IHS Engineering Resource Center

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Subject: 
Science, Engineering
Access: 
Current NU (on-campus use only)
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    Provides access to standards, specifications and related technical documents from military, commercial, national and international standards organizations (except ASTM* and IEEE)
    To view and print a complete standard:

    • Select the Standards Expert
    • Type in a search or an acronym e.g. ISO and standard number e.g. 658
    • Click on details and confirm if that is the standard wanted
    • Click on order next to the standard number
    • Complete the form using your neu.edu e-mail address for delivery
    • Electronic version must be requested when available
    • All requests reviewed and approved by the library within 2 business days (an email confirmation will be sent when processing is complete)
    • Standard must be viewed and printed within 48 hours after approval
    • For questions contact j [dot] omoruyi [at] neu [dot] edu(Joan Omoruyi)(617-373-2806) or l [dot] bracken [at] neu [dot] edu(Lee Bracken)(617-373-2748)

    *ASTM available in paper in Snell Reference TA401 .A653

    Detailed subjects: 
    Engineering

Illustrated London News 1842-2003

Subject: 
Humanities, Interdisciplinary
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    A historical archive of the Illustrated London News, the world's first pictorial weekly newspaper, from 1842-2003.  Includes over 260,000 pages in full facsimile, fully searchable. 

    Detailed subjects: 
    History, Journalism

Index to Jewish Periodicals (Ebscohost)

Subject: 
Social Sciences
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    English-language articles and book reviews on Jewish history, activity and thought in more than 220 journals devoted to Jewish affairs. For students of Jewish thought and others interested in contemporary Jewish and Middle Eastern studies. Journal coverage dates back as far as 1988.
     

    Detailed subjects: 
    Jewish Studies

IngentaConnect

Selected titles only. MIT Press titles available to alumni
Subject: 
Interdisciplinary
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    Search articles from Ingenta. 

Inspec (EI Village)

Subject: 
Science
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    The Inspec database provides deep coverage of scientific and technical literature in the field of physics, with additional links to citations in electrical engineering, electronics, computer science, and manufacturing information. It describes articles in more than 3,400 journals, 2,000 conference proceedings as well as books, dissertations and reports.  Links to full text or interlibrary loan options are included for each citaton . Produced by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).

    Detailed subjects: 
    Computer Science, Engineering, Physics

Institute of Physics Electronic Journals

Selected titles only
Subject: 
Science
Access: 
Current NU plus alumni
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    Articles from selected journals published by the Institute of Physics.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Physics

International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)

Subject: 
Social Sciences
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    The International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) is an online resource for social science and interdisciplinary research. IBSS includes over two million bibliographic references to journal articles and to books, reviews and selected chapters dating back to 1951. It is unique in its broad coverage of international material and incorporates over 100 languages and countries. Over 2,800 journals are regularly indexed and some 7,000 books are included each year. Abstracts are provided for half of all current journal articles and full text availability is continually increasing.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Sociology, Anthropology

International Encyclopedia of Political Science

Subject: 
Government & Law, Social Sciences
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    From Sage Reference, this eight-volume encyclopedia covers every field of politics, from political theory and methodology to political sociology, comparative politics, public policies, and international relations. It provides an essential, authoritative guide to the state of political science at the start of the 21st century and for decades to come.

    Detailed subjects: 
    International Affairs, Political Science

International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest

Subject: 
Humanities, Social Sciences
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    The online version of the 8-volume set, this encyclopedia covers the history of protest and revolution over the past 500 years - throughout the modern era of mass movements. Updated annually.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Anthropology, History, Political Science, Sociology

International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Subject: 
Art, Media & Design, Government & Law, Social Sciences
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    This Encyclopedia is the first attempt in a generation to map the social and behavioral sciences on a grand scale. Not since the publication in 1968 of the International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, edited by David L. Sills, has there been such an ambitious project to describe the state of the art in all the fields encompassed within the social and behavioral sciences. Available in both print (26 volumes) and online editions, it comprises 4,000 articles, commissioned by 52 Section Editors, and includes 90,000 bibliographic references as well as comprehensive name and subject indexes.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Anthropology, Human Services, Psychology, Sociology

International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (EbscoHost)

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health
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    A comprehensive index to worldwide pharmaceutical literature, with abstracts from over 750 health journals, major pharmacy meetings, and all U.S. state pharmacy journals. Covers biopharmaceutics and pharmacokinetics, new drug delivery systems, pharmacist liability, and legal, political, and ethical issues.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Pharmacology

Internet Archive: Northeastern University Collections and more

Subject: 
Interdisciplinary
Access: 
Open Access
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    Digitized versions of unique and rare books from libraries, museums, and historical institutions, including Northeastern University Libraries collections, such as historical Course Catalogs.  Includes texts, audio, moving images, and software as well as the Wayback Machine for archived web pages. Especially useful for persons with disabilities, as it provides adaptive reading services and other services for people with disabilities.  Northeastern collections developed in partnership with the Boston Library Consortium (BLC) and the Open Content Alliance.

iPoll Databank

Subject: 
Interdisciplinary, Business & Management, Social Sciences
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    Search polls with Roper iPoll.

     

IRis: Northeastern's Digital Archive

Subject: 
Interdisciplinary
Access: 
Open Access
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    IRis is a digital archive that collects, manages, preserves, and shares the intellectual output and historical record of Northeastern University.  Beginning in 2008, Masters and PhD dissertations completed at Northeastern University are archived in full text in IRis along with other university research and publications.

ISI Emerging Markets (Euromonitor)

Subject: 
Business & Management
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    News as well as company and financial data from more than 80 emerging markets in Asia, Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Also known as EMIS: Emerging Markets Information Service.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Business, Economics

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Jazz Music Library

music
Subject: 
Art, Media & Design, Humanities
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    Streaming jazz recordings from Alexander Street press.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Music

Jewish Studies Source (Ebscohost)

Subject: 
Social Sciences
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    A multidisciplinary view into the study of Jewish civilization from its historical origins to the present. Content within the collection is meant to cover all facets of Judaism and multiple areas of study. Over 350 full-text titles including academic journals, abstracts of monographs, newspapers and periodicals, including complete Jewish Telegraphic Agency wire service articles from 1922 to the present.

    Also search with Index to Jewish Periodicals

    Detailed subjects: 
    Jewish Studies, Religion

Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism

Subject: 
Humanities
Access: 
Current NU plus alumni
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    Review articles on literary theories, movements, and critics. Extensively revised in 2004 and updated annually.

    Detailed subjects: 
    English & American Literature, Literature

Journal Citation Reports: JCR (ISI)

Subject: 
Science, Social Sciences
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    Evaluate and compare journals using citation data drawn from over 7,500 scholarly and technical journals. It is the only source of citation data on journals, and includes virtually all areas of science, technology, and social sciences. Journal Citation Reports can show you the:

    • Most frequently cited journals in a field
    • Highest impact journals in a field
    • Largest journals in a field

    Covers 2001-2009.

Journals @ Ovid (Search for articles)

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health
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    Full text access to over 400 core medical, nursing, pharmacology journals from a variety of publishers including Lippencott Williams and Williams. Coverage begins as early as 1993 for some titles. Updated daily.
    View a complete list of the journal titles.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Allied Health, Athletic Training, Geriatrics & Gerontology, Health Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, Nutrition, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant, Respiratory Therapy, Speech Pathology & Audiology

JSTOR

Subject: 
Art, Media & Design, Business & Management, Government & Law, Humanities, Interdisciplinary, Social Sciences
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    A trusted digital archive of academic journals and other scholarly content. Most journals include extended historic backfiles and not current issues. Arts and Sciences collections 1 thru XI and XI are available, plus the Life Sciences collection, and Business III.

    Arts and Sciences IV content is available courtesy of the Northeastern School of Law Library.

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Knovel Library

Subject: 
Engineering, Science
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Interactive ebooks and databases for scientific and engineering information. For certain properties there are specific chemical equations and digital graphs. Analyze data, sort, filter and export from 'live tables', resolve equations and plot graphs, capture values from existing graphs and perform 'What If' experiments.

    Download to a device: Springer e-books are available as standard PDFs by chapter. Email or download to any device with a PDF reader.

    Printing: Standard PDFs may be printed.

     

    Detailed subjects: 
    Engineering

Kraus Curriculum Development Library

Subject: 
Interdisciplinary
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    This searchable database of curricula, frameworks, and standards brings together educational objectives, content, instructional strategies, and evaluative techniques for all subjects covered in PreK-12 and Adult Basic Education.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Education

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Latin American Newspapers 1805-1922 (World Newspaper Archive)

Subject: 
Interdisciplinary
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    Latin American Newspapers, Series 1—part of CRL's World Newspaper Archive—features 50+ historical Latin American newspapers. Titles from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Venezuela, and elsewhere offer unprecedented coverage of the people, issues, and events that shaped this vital region between 1805 and 1922.

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Subject: 
Science
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    The famous Springer series of texts and proceedings in computer science and related fields.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Computer Science

LexisNexis Academic

Subject: 
Business & Management, Government & Law, Social Sciences
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Up-to-date business and legal information is the strength of the LexisNexis Academic service. It allows you to search for newspapers, periodicals, public records, and legal documents, often within 24 hours of publication, and in some cases going back 20 years. Most documents are available in full text.

    If you experience problems printing from Lexis Nexis, try one of these solutions:

    • Download the article to PDF.   Open and print the PDF.
    • Use the browser print button instead of the Lexis-Nexis built in button.
    Detailed subjects: 
    Business, Government, Law, Political Science

LexisNexis Academic: Law Reviews

Subject: 
Government & Law
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    United States law review articles from LexisNexis.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Criminal Justice, Government, Law, Political Science

Library PressDisplay

Subject: 
Interdisciplinary
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Today's headlines and news stories from international newspapers; RSS feeds also available. Archived for up to 60 days.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Foreign Languages & Literatures

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts: LLBA (Proquest)

Subject: 
Humanities
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Abstracts and indexes the international literature in linguistics and related disciplines in the language sciences. Includes phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Covers various fields of linguistics including descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical and geographical linguistics. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,500 serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, and dissertations.

    Detailed subjects: 
    English & American Literature, Linguistics Program

LiOn (Literature Online)

Maximum of 4 users at a time
Subject: 
Humanities
Access: 
Current NU plus alumni
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    A searchable library of more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, 192 full-text literature journals, and other key criticism and reference resources.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Literature, English & American Literature

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Journals @ Ovid

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Full text access to over 270 medical, nursing, and pharmacology journals from Lippencott Williams and Wilkins, along with backfiles from additional publishers. Updated daily.
    View a complete list of the journal titles.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Allied Health, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacology

LISTA: Library and Information Science Abstracts (EbscoHost)

Subject: 
Social Sciences
Access: 
Free Web Resource
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    Over 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings on librarianship, including information management and more extending back as far as the mid-1960s.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Librarianship

Literature Resource Center

Subject: 
Humanities
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Provides biographical and critical overviews of most authors, together with critical reactions to their works and bibliographies for further research. Includes cross-search of Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, and the Dictionary of Literary Biography. Excellent starting place, but not exhaustive.

    Detailed subjects: 
    English & American Literature, Foreign Languages & Literatures, Literature

London Times

Subject: 
Interdisciplinary
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    London Times access *not including the Sunday edition* from 1785 to 1985. Also known as The Times Digital Archive, and published under the name Times of London.  An invaluable source for primary historical research.

Lynda.com

video
Subject: 
Interdisciplinary
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Lynda provides online access to over 1500 on-demand courses on hundreds of subject areas, including office productivity, audio, video, and web software, as well as business and job skills. New courses are added to Lynda every week to keep pace with ever-changing technology and skill needs.  Login with your myNEU username and password.

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MarketLine Advantage

Subject: 
Business & Management
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Provides company, industry, country and financial data for every major marketplace in the world.  Includes company SWOTs, company overviews, industry profiles, case studies, financial  deals, country analysis, news and a statistics database covering over half a million data points for 215 countries and 46 political and geographic groupings.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Business

Massachusetts History Online

Courtesy of the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
Subject: 
Humanities
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Contains full-text articles gathered from almost 50 sources that directly relate to MA history.

    Detailed subjects: 
    History

MathSciNet

Subject: 
Science
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Reviews of research in mathematics, 1940-present. Equivalent of Current Mathematical Publications. Includes a citation database and current awareness using RSS. 

    Detailed subjects: 
    Mathematics

MD Consult

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    MD Consult includes full-text articles from over 80 medical journals and Clinics, 50 medical references, clinically relevant drug information, and patient handouts.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Health Sciences, Medicine, Physician Assistant

Medline (Ebscohost)

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health
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    Authoritative information on biomedicine and health, also including some nursing, dentistry, veterinary, health policy, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. The majority of the publications covered are scholarly journals, a small number of newspapers, magazines and newsletters are also included. Created by the National Library of Medicine, and the equivalent of PubMed. This Ebscohost version includes links to NU's full text journals, and can be searched with CINAHL and PsycInfo.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Allied Health, Athletic Training, Geriatrics & Gerontology, Health Sciences, Nursing, Nutrition, Pharmacology, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant, Respiratory Therapy, Speech Pathology & Audiology

Medline (ISI Web of Knowledge)

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Authoritative information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, it is the equivalent of PubMed. This version includes links to NU's full text journals, and can be searched with Web of Science. Includes EndNoteWeb.
    Covers 1950-present.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Allied Health, Athletic Training, Geriatrics & Gerontology, Health Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, Nutrition, Pharmacology, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant, Respiratory Therapy, Speech Pathology & Audiology

MedlinePlus

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health
Access: 
Free Web Resource
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    MedlinePlus is the U.S. National Institutes of Health's Web site for authoritative and current consumer health information. Locate information on 800+ diseases and health conditions, prescriptions and OTC drugs, herbs and supplements. Link out to related anatomy and surgery videos, journal articles, clinical trials and patient education handouts. Includes a medical dictionary and an encyclopedia. Directories are available to use in locating hospitals, doctors, organizations, and more. Interactive tutorials, calculators, quizzes and games provide fun ways to learn about health issues and wellness. Produced by the National Library of Medicine. Spanish language version available.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Allied Health, Athletic Training, Geriatrics & Gerontology, Health Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, Nutrition, Pharmacology, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant, Respiratory Therapy, Speech Pathology & Audiology

Mental Measurements Yearbook (EbscoHost)

Subject: 
Social Sciences
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    Produced by the Buros Institute at the University of Nebraska, provides users with a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments. Allows for evaluation of test products in psychology, education, business, and leadership. This online service covers from Volume 9 to the present.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Psychology

Mergent Bond Viewer

Subject: 
Business & Management
Access: 
Current NU Only
Maximum number of users at a time: 
5
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    A wide-range of bond data including both issuer and bond level terms and condition data, US taxable bonds, municipal bonds and retail notes.

Mergent Events Data

Subject: 
Business & Management
Access: 
Current NU Only
Maximum number of users at a time: 
5
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    Real-time and historical, authoritative, first-source business intelligence about events affecting public corporations, such as dividend declarations, corporate milestones, leverage acquisitions, and more.

Mergent Online

Maximum of 5 users at a time.
Subject: 
Business & Management
Access: 
Current NU plus alumni
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    Access to detailed global company information, including business description, history, property, subsidiaries, officers and directors, long-term debt and capital stock. Financial statements are presented in "as-reported" form.
    If you are off-campus, click here. (Best used with Internet Explorer)

    Detailed subjects: 
    Business

Mergent Web Reports

Subject: 
Business & Management
Access: 
Current NU plus alumni
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    Mergent WebReports is an online database that allows you to access a vast archive of corporate and industry related documents. WebReports contains more than 180,000 documents covering over 100 countries and industries using an easy to navigate and reliable system.

    Includes Digital Corporate Manuals and the Digital Municipal & Government Manuals.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Business

Metapress

Subject: 
Social Sciences
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Current NU Only
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    Selected articles from a variety of academic publishers and scholarly societies.

Micromedex

Please note: This resource is NOT to be used in Clinical settings.
Subject: 
Biomedical & Health
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Evidence based information about drugs, toxicology, diseases, acute care, and alternative medicine to to support informed research on clinical and treatment decisions.

    Includes

    Red Book Online

    Martindale

    Neofax

     

MideastWire

Subject: 
Business & Management, Social Sciences
Access: 
Current NU plus alumni
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    A daily newsletter of concise, translated briefs covering some of the key political, cultural, economic and opinion pieces appearing in the media of the 22 Arab countries, Iran and the Arab Diaspora.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Business, Economics, Government, International Affairs, Political Science

Military and Government Collection (Ebscohost)

Subject: 
Government & Law
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content including full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for nearly 400 titles.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Government, Military/Naval Science, Political Science

MLA Bibliography (EbscoHost)

Subject: 
Humanities
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    A core index for the study of literature, folklore, language, and linguistics, with good coverage of many additional cultural forms like film, music, and theater. Contains over 2 million citations to journal articles, books, proceedings, book chapters, and dissertations, dating from 1926 to present.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Children's Literature, Cinema Studies, English & American Literature, Film Studies, Foreign Languages & Literatures, Literature, Theatre

Music Online (Alexander Street)

music
Subject: 
Art, Media & Design, Humanities
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Search Jazz Music Library and Smithsonian Global Sound together for an international collection of streaming music. Includes the Garland Encyclopedia of World Music.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Music

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NANOnetBASE

Subject: 
Science
Access: 
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    Nanoscience and nanotechnology references and full text documents from CRC Press.

    Links to books may be inserted into Blackboard.

    Download to a device: Nanonetbase e-books are available as standard PDFs by chapter. Email or download to any device with a PDF reader.

    Printing: Standard PDFs may be printed.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Nanotechnology

National Criminal Justice Reference Service (EbscoHost)

Subject: 
Social Sciences
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    NCJRS from the US Department of Justice offers extensive reference and referral services to help you find answers to your questions about crime and justice-related research, policy, and practice. This Ebsco version allows you to combine your search with other Ebsco databases.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Criminal Justice

National Criminal Justice Reference Service (DoJ)

Subject: 
Social Sciences
Access: 
Open Access
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    NCJRS from the US Department of Justice offers extensive reference and referral services to help you find answers to your questions about crime and justice-related research, policy, and practice.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Criminal Justice

Natural Standard

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    High quality, evidence-based information about complementary and alternative therapies.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Allied Health, Geriatrics & Gerontology, Health Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, Nutrition, Pharmacology, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant, Respiratory Therapy, Speech Pathology & Audiology

Nature Journals Online

Subject: 
Science
Access: 
Current NU plus alumni
Terms of Use
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    The flagship journal "Nature" is is the most highly cited interdisciplinary science journal according to ISI's journal citation reports; NU's subscription includes a number of sister titles. View a list here.

Naxos Music Library

music
Maximum of 15 users at a time
Subject: 
Art, Media & Design, Humanities
Access: 
Current NU plus alumni
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    Over 85,000 tracks, emphasizing classical, but also including world music, jazz, folk, and more, available for streaming.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Music

NBER Working Papers

Provided courtesy of the Economics Department.
Subject: 
Social Sciences
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) is the nation's leading private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to promoting a greater understanding of how the economy works. Its Working Papers have not undergone the review accorded official NBER publications; in particular, they have not been submitted for approval by the Board of Directors. They are intended to make results of NBER research available to other economists in preliminary form to encourage discussion and suggestions for revision before final publication. 1973-present.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Economics

NetAdvantage (Standard and Poor's)

Subject: 
Business & Management
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Ready access to S&P Industry Surveys, Stock Reports, Mutual Fund Reports, Bond Reports, Corporation Records, The Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives, and The Outlook.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Business

Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations

Subject: 
Interdisciplinary
Access: 
Open Access
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    NDLTD is a freely searchable catalog of theses and dissertations contributed by member institutions from around the world.  When viewing search results, click "view source record" to link to detailed information and the full text of the thesis or dissertation, if available.

New York Amsterdam News: 1922-1993 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)

Subject: 
Interdisciplinary, Humanities
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    This resource allows researchers to search for full articles in the New York Amsterdam News. Searches provide a .pdf of each article as well as an abstract.

    Detailed subjects: 
    History

New York Times (Gale Cengage)

Subject: 
Interdisciplinary
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Search the full text of The New York Times starting in 1995. (Does NOT include the Book Review.)

New York Times (LexisNexis Academic)

Subject: 
Interdisciplinary
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Online full text of the NY Times from 1980 to the present.

New York Times, Historical (1851 - 2009) (ProQuest)

Subject: 
Interdisciplinary
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    The Historical New York Times collection offers both full page and article digital images in PDF format with searchable full text back to the first issue.  Magazine and classifieds included. Go to "Advanced Search"--> "Look up citation" to find a specific article by author, title, page, date and more. 

    Detailed subjects: 
    Journalism

North American Women's Letters and Diaries

Subject: 
Humanities
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Rich primary source database with over 150,000 pages of diaries and letters from 1,325 women. Keyword-searchable and with some pre-selected sub-collections of primary sources arranged around important historical events. Also includes author biographies and bibliographies for further research.

    Detailed subjects: 
    History, Women's Studies, English & American Literature

North Carolina Court System

Subject: 
Government & Law
Access: 
Open Access
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    The official web site for North Carolina state courts.  

    Detailed subjects: 
    Government, Law

North Carolina General Assembly

Subject: 
Government & Law
Access: 
Open Access
  • More info

    Use this web site as a tool to track bills, find and communicate with your State House and Senate representatives, and to follow meetings and issues before the General Assembly.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Law, Political Science

Northeastern University Course Catalogs

Subject: 
Interdisciplinary
Access: 
Open Access
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    An ever-growing collection of Northeastern University course catalogs, digitized by the NU Libraries.  Currently contains selected course catalogs from the 1910s to 2000s.

Northeastern University Historical Photographs

NU Libraries Digitial Collections
Subject: 
Humanities, Interdisciplinary
Access: 
Open Access
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    A growing collection of images relating to the University from 1902 to the present. In the collection, you will find representations of academic programs, student life, faculty, the campus, athletics, and University events including commencement.

Northeastern University Histories

Subject: 
Interdisciplinary, Social Sciences
Access: 
Open Access
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    Five histories of Northeastern University from 1898 to 1996 to view or download from the Internet Archive:

    • Origin and development of Northeastern University, 1898-1960 / by Everett C. Marston
    • Northeastern University, an emerging giant, 1959-1975 / Antoinette Frederick
    • Northeastern University, coming of age: the Ryder years, 1975-1989 / Antoinette Frederick
    • Northeastern University, 1989-1996 : the Curry years, smaller but better / Feldscher, Karen
    • Tradition and innovation : reflections on Northeastern University's first century / Baker, Brook K

NU Journals @ Ovid

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Full text access to over 400 core medical, nursing, pharmacology journals from a variety of publishers including Lippencott Williams and Williams. Coverage begins as early as 1993 for some titles. Updated daily. View a complete list of the journal titles.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Allied Health, Health Sciences, Nursing, Nutrition, Pharmacology, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant, Respiratory Therapy, Speech Pathology & Audiology

NUCat

Subject: 
Interdisciplinary
Access: 
Free Web Resource
  • More info

    Search for books, e-books, DVDs, and journals owned by the Northeastern University Libraries. 

Nursing Resource Center (Gale Cengage)

Access to this resource courtesy of the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the Massachusetts Library System.
Subject: 
Biomedical & Health
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    For nursing students seeking curriculum aides that can support their learning beyond the classroom, Gale's Nursing Resource Center is designed to match the "nursing process" workflow, and facilitates connections between the content and clinical practice. This resource brings together medical titles from Gale and Macmillan with thorough nursing-specific texts from Delmar, part of Cengage Learning. The Nursing Resource Center provides authoritative information written in accessible language for students completing research papers, class assignments, and those preparing for their clinical experiences.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Medicine, Nursing, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant

O

Online Tourism and Digital Economies (IGI Global)

Subject: 
Business & Management
Access: 
Current NU plus alumni
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    A specialized collection of 13 online encyclopedias in the field of global and economic technologies, including hospitality, travel and tourism management, consumer management, e-commerce, the digital divide and developing countries, and more. Supports research in the impact of technology on the management of cultural content and tourism.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Business, Economics

Opposing Viewpoints In Context (Gale Cengage)

Access to this resource courtesy of the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the Massachusetts Library System.
Subject: 
Business & Management, Interdisciplinary
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Drawing on the acclaimed series published by Greenhaven Press and other Gale imprints, OVRC features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites. Includes Lexile reading levels and national and state curriculum standards, with content correlated to the standards.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Business

Osiris

Access courtesy of the D’Amore-McKim School of Business
Subject: 
Business & Management
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Financial information on 53,000 companies worldwide (42,000 are non-US companies).
    The information includes: standardized and "as reported" financials (including restated reports), SEC filings, detailed earnings estimates,recommendations, ownership, stock data, news and ratings.

    Windows and Internet Explorer recommended for this database.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Business

Oxford Art Online (with Grove Art)

Maximum of 8 users at a time
Subject: 
Art, Media & Design, Humanities
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Formerly "Grove Art Online" this resource includes images, definitions, and analysis from Grove Art Online, the Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms.

Oxford Bibliographies

Subject: 
Humanities, Interdisciplinary, Social Sciences
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Developed with scholars worldwide, Oxford Bibliographies offer authoritative research guides, featuring enyclopedic entries and annotated bibliographies on scholarship across a wide variety of subjects.
     

     

    Detailed subjects: 
    African-American Studies, Cinema Studies, Criminal Justice, Film Studies, Literature, Sociology

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Subject: 
Humanities, Interdisciplinary
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography contains over 58,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles, and who died in or before 2008.  Authoritative in-depth articles include likenesses and detailed lists of additional sources.

    Detailed subjects: 
    History

Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature

Subject: 
Humanities
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Surveys the vibrant terrain of American literature in 350 essays from leading scholars, encompassing the range and depth of American literary history from the 1600s to the present day. (Published in 2004)

    Detailed subjects: 
    English & American Literature, Literature

Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature

Subject: 
Humanities
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Covers the history of literature in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland in the major literary languages (Anglo-Saxon, English, Welsh, Scots, Irish, and Latin). It includes substantial accounts of individual authors (e.g., Spenser, Pope, Austen) and detailed histories of particular themes, movements, genres, and institutions. (Published in 2006)

    Detailed subjects: 
    English & American Literature, Literature

Oxford Encyclopedia of Climate and Weather

Subject: 
Science
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Over 300 entries about the earth's weather and climate processes, including science and history, events, ideas and biographies.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Earth Sciences

Oxford Encyclopedia of Evolution

Subject: 
Science
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    A comprehensive guide to the essentials of evolutionary biology, these entries by leading experts survey essential concepts and theories, present methods, models and findings, and discuss both the history of the field and current controversies. Published in 2002.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Biology

Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America

Subject: 
Social Sciences
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    From Apple Pie to Zombie, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America covers the significant events, inventions, and social movements in American history that have affected the way Americans view, prepare, and consume food and drink. A collaboration of nearly 200 contributors this is a scholarly work with a generous bibliography. (Published in 2004.)

    Detailed subjects: 
    History

Oxford English Dictionary (OED)

Subject: 
Interdisciplinary
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Covers words from across the English-speaking world, tracing their origin and history, including earliest recorded usage, through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of sources.

Oxford Language Dictionaries

sound
Subject: 
Humanities, Interdisciplinary
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Language resources never before available online, the Oxford Language Dictionaries are searchable, comprehensive bilingual dictionaries with study materials and more. Languages include Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish.

     

    Detailed subjects: 
    Foreign Languages & Literatures

Oxford Music Online (with Grove Dictionary of Music)

Maximum of 8 users at a time
Subject: 
Art, Media & Design, Humanities
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Comprises the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London, 2001), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, edited by Stanley Sadie (London, 1992), and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, second edition, edited by Barry Kernfeld (London, 2002) plus additional resources.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Music

Oxford Reference Online

Subject: 
Art, Media & Design, Government & Law, Humanities, Interdisciplinary, Social Sciences
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Access to the 'Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection', 'The Literature Collection' and 'The Western Civilization Collection'.

Oxford University Press Journals Online

Selected titles only
Subject: 
Social Sciences
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Journals from Oxford University Press.

P

PAIS (ProQuest)

Subject: 
Social Sciences
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Broad coverage of the social sciences, from 1915 to present. International in scope. Abstracts of books, journal articles, conference proceedings, and many government publications.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Business, Economics, Government, International Affairs, Political Science

Passport GMID (Euromonitor)

Subject: 
Business & Management
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Passport GMID provides international marketing data, analysis, and information sources for countries, consumers, and industries.

    Recommended: Windows and Internet Explorer

    Detailed subjects: 
    Business, Economics

Philosopher's Index (EbscoHost)

Subject: 
Humanities
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    A bibliographic database with informative author-written abstracts covering scholarly research in the fifteen fields of philosophy, published in journals and books since 1940.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Philosophy

Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Collection (Gale Cengage)

Courtesy of the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the Massachusetts Library System.
Subject: 
Biomedical & Health
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    This collection includes over 100 titles covering the fields of physical therapy and sports medicine, providing researchers with access to topics discussed in the field, including proven treatment techniques, experimental research theses, and many more.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Medicine, Nursing, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant

PILOTS: Published International Literature on Traumatic Stress (ProQuest)

Subject: 
Social Sciences
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    PILOTS is a bibliographic database produced at the headquarters of the National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in White River Junction, Vermont, and is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Its goal is to include citations to all literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health sequelae of traumatic events. Includes journals, books, book chapters, pamphlets, technical reports, and materials in all languages.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Psychology

Pittsburgh Courier: 1911-2002 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)

Subject: 
Interdisciplinary
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    This resource allows researchers to search for full articles in the Pittsburgh Courier. Searches provide a .pdf of each article as well as an abstract

    Detailed subjects: 
    History

Pivot (COS)

Subject: 
Interdisciplinary
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Combines a comprehensive, editorially maintained database of grants and other funding opportunities worth an estimated $33 billion, along with a database of 3 million pre-populated scholar profiles. Users may search for funding opportunities and view matching faculty from inside or outside Northeastern University. Conversely, a search for scholars will link to matching funding opportunities based on their research profiles. You may register to receive alerts whenever new matching opportunities are posted that match certain criteria. Pivot replaces three previous COS (Community of Scholars) databases: Expertise, Funding Opportunities, and Scholar Universe.

Political Reference Suite (CQ)

Subject: 
Government & Law, Social Sciences
Access: 
Current NU plus alumni
Terms of Use
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    Congressional Quarterly information in US government, politics, history, public policy, and current affairs. Includes CQ's Politics in America, as well as other almanacs, data, and news publications.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Government, Political Science

Political Science (ProQuest)

Subject: 
Government & Law
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    ProQuest Political Science gives users access to over 150 leading political science and international relations journals. This collection provides full-text of many core titles included in Worldwide Political Science Abstracts.

    Detailed subjects: 
    International Affairs, Political Science

Polling the Nations

Subject: 
Social Sciences
Access: 
Current NU plus alumni
Maximum number of users at a time: 
1
  • More info

    Polling the Nations is a compilation of more than 14,000 surveys conducted by over 1000 polling organizations in the United States and 100 other countries from 1986 to the present time.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Business, Government, International Affairs, Political Science

Press Display

Subject: 
Interdisciplinary
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Today's headlines and news stories from international newspapers; RSS feeds also available. Archived for up to 60 days.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Foreign Languages & Literatures

Project EUCLID

Subject: 
Science
Access: 
Current NU plus alumni
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    Selected scholarly journals in mathematics (Euclid Prime and Euclid Select titles available).

    Detailed subjects: 
    Mathematics

Project MUSE

Subject: 
Humanities
Access: 
Current NU plus alumni
  • More info

    Project Muse allows searching of articles from journals in the humanities, including religion, literature, philosophy, cultural studies, women's studies, film and the arts. Coverage is generally from about 1994 to the present, depending on the journal.

    Detailed subjects: 
    English & American Literature, Film Studies, Literature, Philosophy, Religion, Women's Studies

PROLA (Physical Review Online Archive)

Subject: 
Science
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    The Physical Review Online Archive (PROLA) is the American Physical Society's online archive for Physical Review Letters, Reviews of Modern Physics, and Physical Review A–E. It contains all APS journal articles published from 1893–2007. Each January, another year is added to the archive.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Physics

ProQuest Congressional

Subject: 
Government & Law, Social Sciences
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Access to congressional documents including hearings from 1824, committee reports, bills and legislation including "hot bills" and voting records.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Government, Law, Political Science

ProQuest Dissertations and Theses (PQDT) Comprehensive

Subject: 
Interdisciplinary
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    With over 2.7 million entries, Proquest Dissertations is the authoritative resource for searching doctoral dissertations and master's theses from around the world, from 1861 to the present. Full text PDFs are usually available to download for theses published since 1997.

    Beginning in 2008, Northeastern University Masters and PhD students submit their completed dissertations to this "database of record" for graduate research. 

Proquest Dissertations and Theses @ Northeastern

Subject: 
Interdisciplinary
Access: 
Current NU plus alumni
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    Doctoral Dissertations and Theses from Northeastern University Masters and PhD degree candidates, submitted to ProQuest's national thesis clearinghouse, most but not all full text.

ProQuest Historical Newspapers

Subject: 
Humanities, Social Sciences
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    All historical primary source documents from ProQuest, including American Periodicals Series (1740 - 1940), Ethnic Newswatch (1959 - present), Boston Globe (1872-1981), Chicago Defender (1910-1975), Chicago Tribune (1849-1988), New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993), The New York Times (1851-2008), Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002).  For more primary sources, see our full list of primary source databases.

PsycArticles (EbscoHost)

Subject: 
Social Sciences
Access: 
Current NU Only, no walk-in use
go to mobile site
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    Full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology. Includes over 100,000 articles from 59 journals - 48 published by the American Psychological Association (APA) and 11 from allied organizations.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Allied Health, Business, Health Sciences, Human Services, Psychology, Sociology

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection (EbscoHost)

Subject: 
Social Sciences
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    A select collection of full-text articles in psychology from chiefly peer-reviewed journals.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Allied Health, Business, Health Sciences, Human Services, Psychology, Sociology

PsycINFO (EbscoHost)

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health, Social Sciences
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    The American Psychological Association's flagship database of 2.4 million articles, books and other international documents in psychology going back over a century. 98% peer-reviewed!

    Detailed subjects: 
    Business, Health Sciences, Human Services, Psychology, Sociology

Public Library of Science (PLoS)

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health
Access: 
Open Access
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    PLoS is an independent foundation that publishes, and makes freely available, peer-reviewed journals in the biomedical sciences.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Athletic Training, Geriatrics & Gerontology, Health Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, Nutrition, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant, Respiratory Therapy, Speech Pathology & Audiology

PubMed

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health
Access: 
Open Access
  • More info

    Open-access version of Medline, the health information clearinghouse from the National Library of Medicine. Includes links to full text for authorized NU affiliates.  Information on supported browsers.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Athletic Training, Geriatrics & Gerontology, Health Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, Nutrition, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant, Respiratory Therapy

PubMed Central

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health
Access: 
Open Access
  • More info

    PubMed Central (PMC) is an electronic archive of full-text journal articles in the biomedical and life sciences, offering free access to its contents. Sponsored by the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Health Sciences

R

R2 Library

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Collection of full text reference books and textbooks in pharmacy, nursing, and pharmaceutical sciences from key health science publishers. Fully searchable and includes A-Z drug and topic indexes. NU subscription currently includes eight selected titles.
    View a list

    Detailed subjects: 
    Health Sciences

RedBooks

Subject: 
Business & Management
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Redbooks.com provides current detailed data including:

    • Over 15,000 Agencies, their current accounts, specializations, gross billings and contact information for personnel
    • Over 20,000 Advertisers with annual advertising expenditures by media and agencies retained by the Advertiser
    • 200,000 Names and Titles; 100,000 Key Personnel with e-mails; 100,000 brand names
    Detailed subjects: 
    Business

Regional Business News

Subject: 
Business & Management
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Coverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Business

Religion and Philosophy Collection

Subject: 
Humanities
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Journal articles in world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. 300 full text journals, including more than 250 peer-reviewed titles.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Religion

Responsa Project

Note: Maximum of 5 users at a time
Subject: 
Humanities
Access: 
Current NU plus alumni
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    Online Torah literature from Bar Ilan University. Contains the Bible and its principal commentaries, the Talmud Bavli and Talmud Yerushalmi with commentaries, Midrash, Zohar, Halachic Law (Rambam, Shulchan Aruch with commentaries), a large Responsa collection of questions and answers ('Shut' in Hebrew), and the Talmudic Encyclopedia. In Hebrew.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Jewish Studies, Religion

RIA Checkpoint Tax

Access courtesy of the D’Amore-McKim School of Business
Subject: 
Business & Management
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    US federal, state and local tax law information including cases, codes, and regulations as well as news updates. 

    If you are experiencing difficulties on-campus, try this alternative link.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Business

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (Ebscohost)

Subject: 
Humanities
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    RILM Abstracts of Music Literature offers citations and abstracts of articles on international subjects including historical musicology, ethnomusicology, instruments, voice, dance, music therapy.
    RILM covers all document types including articles, books, bibliographies, catalogues, dissertations, Festschriften, iconographies, critical commentaries to complete works, ethnographic recordings, conference proceedings, electronic resources, reviews, and more. Covers 1969 - present.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Music

Roper Center iPoll Databank

Subject: 
Business & Management, Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Search polls with Roper iPoll.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Business, Criminal Justice, Government, History, International Affairs, Political Science

S

Safari Books Online

Maximum of 5 users at a time
Subject: 
Interdisciplinary, Science
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    A fully-searchable e-reference library that houses a vast collection of technical books from industry-leading publishers such as Sam's, O'Reilly, Peachpit, Que, and more.

    Stable links to books and book chapters can be inserted into Blackboard, although only 5 users are permitted access at one time.

     

    Detailed subjects: 
    Business, Computer Science, Engineering, Graphic Design

Sage Premier Journals Online

Subject: 
Business & Management, Social Sciences
Access: 
Current NU Only
  • More info

    Find articles published in journals published by Sage.

Sage Reference Online

Subject: 
Art, Media & Design, Biomedical & Health, Business & Management, Humanities, Interdisciplinary, Science, Social Sciences
Access: 
Current NU plus alumni
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    This includes all Sage Reference titles to which Northeastern University subscribes -- encyclopedias and handbooks for a wide variety of subject areas such as business, criminology, education, political science, psychology, sociology, and more, as well as research methodologies.

SBRnet (Sport Business Research Network)

Subject: 
Business & Management, Interdisciplinary
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Includes sports business resources such as market research, government statistics, news, international publications, research, and directories. Offers detailed data on sport participation, fan profiles, sports facilities, sport finance, sporting goods, sponsorship, marketing, and media.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Business, Sports

Science Citation Index Expanded (ISI)

Subject: 
Science
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Science and technology citation and abstract information including original research articles, reviews, editorials, chronologies from over 7,000 journals. Cited reference searching allows you to track prior research, see who is citing your work, measure the influence of someone's work, and navigate forward, backward and through the literature of your discipline. Linked to EndNoteWeb.
    Covers 1975 - present

Science Magazine

Subject: 
Science
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    A journal of original scientific research, global news, and commentary.

ScienceDirect (Elsevier)

Subject: 
Engineering, Science, Social Sciences
Access: 
Current NU Only
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SciFinder (CAS)

Subject: 
Science
Access: 
Current NU Only
Use Restrictions
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    Provides searching of Chemical Abstracts, Medline is also available. Links to full text. Covers 1907 - present.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Chemistry

Scirus.com

Subject: 
Science
Access: 
Free Web Resource
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    A web search engine focusing on scientific information, including web sites, digital archives, and scholarly peer-reviewed journal citations. Supported by Elsevier.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Engineering

Scitation

Subject: 
Science
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Scitation is the online home of more than 100 journals from AIP, APS, ASCE, ASME, SPIE, and a host of other prestigious science and engineering societies. Scitation now includes SpinWeb.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Engineering

SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) Journals Online

Subject: 
Science
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Journals from SIAM.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Mathematics

SimplyMap

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health, Business & Management, Government & Law, Interdisciplinary, Social Sciences
Access: 
Current NU Only
Maximum number of users at a time: 
5
Terms of Use
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    A mapping application that enables users to develop interactive thematic maps and reports using thousands of demographic, business, health, crime, and marketing data variables including Mediamark and Simmons Consumer Data. Data from the year 2000.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Business, Criminal Justice, Economics, Education, Government, Health Sciences, Political Science

Sloan Management Review (MIT)

Subject: 
Business & Management
Access: 
Current NU plus alumni
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    A business journal that bridges the gap between management research and practice, evaluating and reporting on new research to help readers identify and understand significant trends in management. Online version includes blogs. Journal articles: 2003 to the present.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Business

Smithsonian Global Sound

sound
video
music
Subject: 
Art, Media & Design, Humanities
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    An international network of music audio archives grounded in the mission of the Smithsonian's Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. Offers access to the "smaller voices" of people all over the world via digital downloads. Aims to heighten communication among and about people and cultures, accomplished principally through the culturally potent, meaning-laden medium of music, accompanied by informative notes, images, videos, educational features, and lesson plans.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Music

Social Sciences Citation Index: SSCI (ISI)

Subject: 
Social Sciences
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    Citations and abstracts in anthropology, sociology, urban studies, business and communication, criminology, penology, law, nursing, rehabilitation, and library sciences. Cited reference searching allows you to track prior research, see who is citing your work, measure the influence of someone's work, and navigate forward, backward and through the literature of your discipline. Linked to EndNoteWeb.
    Covers 1975-present

Social Sciences Premium Collection (Proquest)

Subject: 
Social Sciences
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    This collection provides access to databases covering the international literature in the social sciences, including politics, sociology, social services, anthropology, criminology and education. Featured databases include IBSS, PAIS and Sociological Abstracts. Together, they provide abstracts, indexing and full text coverage of journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, working papers and more, including deep indexing and full text from over 500 important social science journals.

    Detailed subjects: 
    African-American Studies, Anthropology, Business, Communications Studies, Criminal Justice, Economics, Education, Human Services, International Affairs, Political Science, Sociology

Social Services Abstracts (ProQuest)

Subject: 
Social Sciences
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Current NU Only
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    Social work research is indexed and abstracted in this service, including the family, human services, social welfare, gerontology, support groups, poverty and homelessness and community development. Major areas of coverage include community and mental health services. Articles are from 1980 to the present.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Human Services, Psychology, Sociology

Sociological Abstracts (ProQuest)

Subject: 
Social Sciences
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Current NU Only
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    The main source for abstracts in the international literature of sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Indexes journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,800+ serials publications and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, conference papers and working papers. Cited references are included for many journal articles.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Anthropology, Human Services, Sociology

Sociology (ProQuest)

Subject: 
Social Sciences
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Full text articles about sociology and social work, including culture and social structure, history and theory of sociology, social psychology, substance abuse and addiction and more. Covers many core titles included in Sociological Abstracts and Social Services Abstracts.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Human Services, Sociology

SPIE Digital Library: International Society of Optical Engineers

Subject: 
Science
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    The SPIE Digital Library is the most extensive resource available on optics and photonics, providing unprecedented access to more than 200,000 technical papers from SPIE Journals and Conference Proceedings from 1990 to the present. More than 17,000 new technical papers are added annually.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Engineering

Sport Discus with Full Text (Ebscohost)

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health, Social Sciences
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    SPORTDiscus with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive source of full text for sports & sports medicine journals. With full-text coverage dating back to 1985.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Athletic Training, Physical Therapy, Sports

SpringerLink Books

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health, Business & Management, Engineering, Interdisciplinary, Science, Social Sciences
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    Online access to full text of 50,000 books and book series from Springer Publishing. While the strength of Springer publishing is in the sciences, including biomedical and health sciences, many disciplines are represented: business, economics, chemistry, computer science, earth and environmental science, engineering, law, mathematics, physics and astronomy, and the social sciences. English and German content is included.

    Stable links to books and book chapters may be inserted into Blackboard.

    Download to a device: Springer e-books are available as standard PDFs by chapter. Email or download to any device with a PDF reader.

    Printing: Standard PDFs may be printed.  Northeastern affiliates may use Springer's MyCopy service to order personal print-on-demand copies of the books for $24.95, a significant discount over the market price.

     

SpringerLink Journals

Selected titles only
Subject: 
Social Sciences
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    Search for articles in Springer journals. 

    Recommended browser for Windows users: IE 9

SRDS (Standard Rate and Data Service)

Subject: 
Business & Management
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    A searchable database of media rates and information; the largest and most comprehensive in the world, with more than 100,000 U.S. and international media properties, circulations, advertising rates. Includes Local Market Audience Analyst (available with Internet Explorer in Windows only).

    Detailed subjects: 
    Business

STAT!Ref

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health
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    A library of health care information, including DSM-IV-TR, Merck 19th ed, and hundreds of other eBooks, handbooks and journals.  (Statref)

    Detailed subjects: 
    Allied Health, Geriatrics & Gerontology, Health Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, Nutrition, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant, Respiratory Therapy, Speech Pathology & Audiology

Statistical Datasets (ProQuest)

Subject: 
Business & Management, Government & Law, Social Sciences
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    Statistical DataSets provides data from licensed and public domain datasets within an easy-to-use interface. Browse contents or search topics and and view your data in tables and charts.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Business, Economics, Government, International Affairs

Synthesis

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Science
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    Synthesis is an innovative information service for the research, development, and educational community in engineering and computer science. Synthesis includes 50- to 100- page dynamic 'Lectures' in an important research topic in engineering or computer science. Each lecture is a self-contained electronic book that gives more analysis and depth than typical journal articles.

    Access to Collections One through Four.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Computer Science, Engineering

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TeachingBooks

sound
video
Subject: 
Social Sciences
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    A website that adds a multimedia dimension to the reading experiences of children's and young adult books. The site includes links and multimedia materials that include thousands of resources about fiction and nonfiction books used in the K–12 classroom. Some Spanish language material is included, additional functions and content are available to those who create a personal profile.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Children's Literature, Education

Thomas Register (ThomasNet.com)

Subject: 
Business & Management, Science, Engineering
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Free Web Resource
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    ThomasNet includes the Thomas Register, a resource designed to bring together industrial buyers and sellers nationally, regionally, and locally.  Includes directory information, product news, CAD drawings and white papers.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Business, Engineering

Times Digital Archive

Subject: 
Interdisciplinary
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    London Times access *not including the Sunday edition* from 1785 to 1985. An invaluable source for primary historical research.

Transportation Research Board Publications

Subject: 
Business & Management, Science
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Open Access
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    The books, reports, and miscellaneous publications of the Transportation Research Board cover nine general subject categories: planning, administration, and environment; design; materials, construction, and maintenance; operations and safety; aviation; public transit; rail; freight transportation (multimodal); and marine transportation.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Business, Economics, Engineering

Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science

Subject: 
Science
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    Written by a team of international expert scientists, the Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science examines topics in depth, and aims to provide a comprehensive scientific resource for all professionals and students in the area of estuarine and coastal science.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Marine Science

Turpion

Subject: 
Science
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    Library subscribes to Izvestiya Mathematics, Russian Mathematical Surveys, and Sbornik Mathematics only.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Mathematics

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U.S. Congressional Serial Set 1817-1980

Subject: 
Social Sciences
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    Important documents of the United States Congress including reports, journals (1817-1952), Senate executive documents, treaties (after 1978), committee reports, executive reports to congress, and more.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Government, History, Political Science

U.S. History in Context (formerly History Resource Center US) (Gale Cengage)

Courtesy of the Boston Regional Library System.
Subject: 
Social Sciences
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    Access to over 4,000 historical (primary) documents, articles from more than 30 reference titles, and over 110 full-text journal covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present.

    Detailed subjects: 
    History

Ulrichs Web

Subject: 
Interdisciplinary
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    Lists all journals, print and electronic, with publisher information, subscription prices, subject descriptions, web locations, and much more.

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University of Toronto Press Journals

Subject: 
Government & Law, Humanities, Interdisciplinary, Social Sciences
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    Journals from the University of Toronto Press.

    Detailed subjects: 
    African-American Studies, Criminal Justice, English & American Literature, History, Law, Theatre, Women's Studies

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Value Line

Subject: 
Business & Management
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    This company and industry research service includes the flagship ValueLine Investment Survey (Standard and Expanded), plus Mutual Fund Survey, Daily Options Survey, Special Situations Service, and Convertible Survey.

     

    Detailed subjects: 
    Business

Van Nostrand’s Encyclopedia of Chemistry, 5th ed.

Subject: 
Science, Engineering
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    An accessible introduction to chemistry. Van Nostrand’s Encyclopedia of Chemistry is a concise, comprehensive, and accessible reference. Its intelligential scope ranges from the introductory to the highly technical.

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Wall Street Journal

Subject: 
Business & Management
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Current NU Only
Maximum number of users at a time: 
5
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    Available from Dow Jones Factiva. Click on "sources" to limit your results to WSJ articles only.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Business

Web of Knowledge (ISI)

Subject: 
Humanities, Interdisciplinary, Science, Social Sciences
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    Citations and abstracts from scholarly literature in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. Includes conference proceedings, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops, and conventions also included. Cited reference searching allows you to track prior research, see who is citing your work, measure the influence of someone's work, and navigate forward, backward and through the literature of your discipline. Also access Journal Citation Reports, BIOSIS, and Medline here. Linked to EndNoteWeb.

Web of Science (ISI)

Subject: 
Humanities, Interdisciplinary, Science, Social Sciences
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    Citation information and analysis, as well as author abstracts, are available in this multidisciplinary database covering over 10,000 high impact research journals. Cited reference searching allows you to track prior research, see who is citing your work, measure the influence of someone's work, and navigate forward, backward and through the literature of your discipline. Linked to EndNoteWeb.
    Covers 1975-present.

WebMD

Subject: 
Biomedical & Health
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Free Web Resource
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    WebMD is a leading ad-supported publisher of credible and timely health information for consumers. Experts in medicine, journalism and health communications provide news and information on health conditions with links to related articles, news, videos, blogs, slideshows, quizzes, discussions and supportive communities. Other features include drug and supplement information, first aid treatments, health, wellness and nutrition guides and many engaging interactive calculators and tools. One-time registration required to access some features.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Allied Health, Athletic Training, Geriatrics & Gerontology, Health Sciences, Nursing, Nutrition, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant, Respiratory Therapy, Speech Pathology & Audiology

Wiley Online Library

Subject: 
Business & Management, Science, Social Sciences
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Current NU Only
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    Selected journals available in full text, along with the Cochrane Library and reviews of literature in the sciences.

Women Writers Online

Subject: 
Humanities
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Current NU plus alumni
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    Early modern women's writings from 1400 to 1850. Includes searchable full-text of books, poetry, and speeches as well as browse by date, author, and title. Exhibits and teaching tools also available.

    Detailed subjects: 
    English & American Literature, Women's Studies

World Development Indicators

Subject: 
Business & Management, Government & Law
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Free Web Resource
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    Access to more than 700 development indicators, with time series for 208 countries and 18 country groups from 1960 to 2006. WDI offers chart and data export formats. Indicators include statistics on national and per capita income, trade, health, environment, and other measures of development.

     

    The World Bank: The World Bank authorizes the use of this material subject to the terms and conditions on its website, http://www.worldbank.org/terms.

     

    Detailed subjects: 
    Business, Economics, Government, International Affairs

World History in Context (Gale Cengage)

Courtesy of the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
Subject: 
Humanities, Social Sciences
Access: 
Current NU Only
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    An online collection that provides multicultural, global and research-based content that supports research in history from ancient times to the present. World History in Context offers students and researchers  access to a broad collection of scholarly analysis and full-text periodicals, reference works and primary documents, including Journal of World History, History Review and The Historian.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Gay & Lesbian Studies, History, Jewish Studies, Women's Studies

World of Learning (Europa)

Subject: 
Interdisciplinary, Social Sciences
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    The Europa World of Learning is a comprehensive directory of academic institutions worldwide.  Primarily arranged by country the directory includes colleges and universities, international organizations, regulatory and representative bodies, learned societies, research institutes, libraries and archives, museums and art galleries.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Education

World Shakespeare Bibliography

Subject: 
Humanities
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Current NU plus alumni
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    Annotated citations for all important books, articles, book reviews, dissertations, theatrical productions, reviews of productions, audiovisual materials, electronic media, and other scholarly and popular materials related to Shakespeare and published or produced between 1960 and 2011. The scope is international, with coverage extending to more than 120 languages. Updated quarterly.

    Detailed subjects: 
    English & American Literature, Literature

WorldCat (OCLC Firstsearch)

Subject: 
Interdisciplinary
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Current NU Only
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    If you're looking for a book or periodical, and Northeastern University doesn't have it, WorldCat shows you which libraries do. Most North American academic and public libraries are included.

WorldCat Local

Subject: 
Interdisciplinary
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    Customized for Northeastern, this version of WorldCat allows NU affiliates to search and order items from the member libraries of the Boston Library Consortium and beyond.

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

Subject: 
Government & Law
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    Worldwide Political Science Abstracts provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration / policy. The database is building on the merged backfiles of Political Science Abstracts, published by IFI / Plenum, 1975-2000, and ABC POL SCI, published by ABC-CLIO, 1984-2000. Since 2000, development of the serials list has focused on expanding international coverage. As of November 2005 approximately 1,500+ titles are being monitored for coverage; of these, 67% are published outside the United States.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Political Science

Worldwide Science

Subject: 
Science
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Free Web Resource
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    A free web site that acts as a gateway for one-stop searching of dozens of open access repositories of science information from around the world. Maintained by the Office of Science and Technology Information at the U. S. Department of Energy.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Agriculture, Anthropology, Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Ecology, Engineering, Environmental Studies, Geology & Earth Sciences, Information Science, Marine Science, Nanotechnology, Oceanography, Physics, Sustainability

WRDS: Wharton Research Data Services

Provided courtesy of the D’Amore-McKim School of Business
Subject: 
Business & Management
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Current NU Only
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    Wharton Research Data Services, or WRDS, is a web-based data management system from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania that allows faculty and students to retrieve information from a wide variety of financial, economic, and marketing data sources.

    WRDS is best known for its holdings of historical financial data from CRSP and COMPUSTAT. This data covers over 30,000 companies and includes security prices and trading volume, income and balance sheet items. We provide access to IBES' analyst projections for earnings and sales. WRDS also contains stock market indices, bond prices and interest rates, mutual fund and stock ownership information, options data, and a wide array of macroeconomic time series. International data, marketing and industry reports, and web usage data are also available on WRDS.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Business

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Yahoo!Finance

Subject: 
Business & Management
Access: 
Free Web Resource
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    Free ad-supported resource from Yahoo! that provides stock quotes, news, portfolio management resources, market data, message boards, and mortgage rates.

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