Databases A-Z

This archive will enable students and scholars to examine a selection of records that constitute a political and social history of Western interaction with a number of Asian countries during the nineteenth century. Most of the manuscript collections in this archive consist of the British Foreign Office and United States consular and diplomatic records. These records were generally maintained in the local consular or diplomatic posts and reflect the day-to-day accounting of the activities of the indigenous populations and their national governments, the expansion of trade, and the exercise of extraterritorial rights and treaty provisions. In addition, a selection of missionary correspondence and journals has been included, as missionaries usually provided some of the earliest contact in various Asian locales with Western ideals.

Issues of gender and class ignited nineteenth-century debate in the context of suffrage movements, culture, immigration, health and many other concerns. Using a wide array of primary source documents—serials, books, manuscripts, diaries, reports, and visuals—Women: Transnational Networks focuses on issues at the intersection of gender and class from the late-eighteenth century to the era of suffrage in the early-twentieth century, all through a transnational perspective. The collection contains deep information on European and North American movements, but also expands its scope to include collections from other regions.

Newspaper, magazine, and academic peer-reviewed articles from leading publications and reference sources.  Interdisciplinary in scope, the database includes abstracting and indexing for nearly 15,000 publications, over 6,000 of them peer reviewed and 10,500+ full text, covering all academic subjects.

Access World News includes current and archived news content from more than 12,700 sources spanning 200+ countries and territories, combining all formats – full-text articles, web-only content, PDF image editions – in a single interface providing researchers with seamless access to deep, comprehensive local coverage. View the full list of sources.

A comprehensive online resource for pharmaceutical education, Access Pharmacy from McGraw-Hill provides powerful tools to meet the changing demands of today’s pharmacist.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB) is a collaboration between the Library of Congress and the WGBH Educational Foundation to coordinate a national effort to preserve at-risk public media before its content is lost to posterity and provide a central web portal for access to the unique programming that public stations have aired over the past 70 years. To date, over 50,000 hours of television and radio programming contributed by more than 100 public media organizations and archives across the United States have been digitized for long-term preservation and access. The entire collection is available on location at the Library of Congress and WGBH, and more than 30,000 programs are available online at americanarchive.org.

Spanning four centuries and covering North and Central America, this digital resource provides access to material from the Newberry Library’s extensive Edward E. Ayer Collection; one of the strongest archival collections on American Indian history in the world. Explore manuscripts, artwork and rare printed books dating from the earliest contact with European settlers right up to photographs and newspapers from the mid-twentieth century or browse through a wide range of rare and original documents from treaties, speeches and diaries, to historic maps and travel journals.

High-quality academic journals from the American Mathematical Society.

Avalailable titles limited to a select collection.

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

An exceptional compilation of document types from the Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon presidencies as well as records from federal agencies. Issues of the challenging times chronicled span women's rights, environmental issues, urban renewal, rural development, tax reform, civil rights, space exploration, international trade, War on Poverty, and the Watergate trials. Kennedy files include documents from the 1960 presidential campaign and cover the major issues of the Kennedy presidency including women's rights, urban renewal, rural development, tax reform, civil rights, space exploration, and international trade.

APA Books E-collection contains the full text of 80 books having to do with the behavioral sciences from the American Psychological Association. 

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.

High-quality academic journals from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

AnatomyTV provides human anatomical illustrations 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.

Users may have to enable pop-up windows for this resource to work correctly. Complete user guide available here.

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.

The A&AePortal is an authoritative eBook resource that features important works of scholarship in the history of art, architecture, decorative arts, photography, and design, offering students and scholars an engaging experience, encouraging critical thinking skills and supporting rigorous academic research. Users can either search full text or use a robust image search feature which connects scholars to further research.

Gale Artemis unites Gale's primary source newspaper and digital archives, specifically

• 17th and 18th Century Burney Collection
• 18th Century Collections Online
• 19th Century Collections Online
• British Library Newspapers
• The Illustrated London News Historical Archive, 1842-2003
• Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers
• The Times Digital Archive

Get help on primary source basics and how to use this collection.

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.

Provides information on topics such as biblical studies, world religions, church history, and religion in social issues.

Fully digitized coverage of the African American newspaper  Atlanta Daily World from 1931-2003.

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.

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.

A comprehensive view of life sciences research, including the most important discoveries, significant influences and relevant connections. BIOSIS Citation Index combines the BIOSIS Previews content with cited references from the Web of Science databases.

Inclues tags to vital data such as Enzyme Commission numbers, and cross-references to gene, disease, and organism names. 

Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Organizational Records and Personal Papers, Part 1. The Organizational Records and Personal Papers bring a new perspective to the Black Freedom Struggle via the records of major civil rights organizations and personal papers of leaders and observers of the 20th century Black freedom struggle. The three major civil rights organizations are the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, and the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs. Papers of civil rights leaders included in this module are those of the civil rights and labor leader A. Philip Randolph; the long-time civil rights activist and organizer of the March on Washington, Bayard Rustin, and the papers of the pioneering educator Mary McLeod Bethune.

5100 digitized photographs from the Northeastern Library's Archives and Special Collections. The photographs date from about 1915-2000, with the bulk of the material dating from 1940-1995, mostly in black and white.

They photographs individuals who have directed, organized, advised, and staffed the BGCB, including Executive Directors Arthur T. Burger (1935-1960) and William Lynch (1960-1967). They also provide information about awards given by the clubhouses for achievement in sports, games, and academics, and detail clubhouse sponsored contests in which members participated. They document the facilities of the BGCB, specifically Charlestown, Roxbury, and South Boston, as well as buildings within the Boston communities. Photographs concerning promotional campaigns, such as images from window exhibits, billboards, and MBTA stations are represented.  Also documented are BGCB fund raisers, many of which involved celebrities, including Roger Clemens, Senator Ted Kennedy, Jackie Robinson, and Ted Williams.

The images provide a glimpse into the clubhouses and the activities in which the children were involved. The largest group of photographs falls under the category of program and events, including many types of educational programs including tutoring programs, classes, and workshops. Highlights include images from the Bunker Hillbillies and the Tom Pappas Chefs Club. Photographs of events held by the clubs, such as their 100th Anniversary in 1993 and the annual road race in Charlestown are also included here.

Link to most recent issue.

Historical and current access to the Boston Globe. Includes variations on the title: Daily Boston Globe and Boston Daily Globe. Historic content (1872-1979) includes a PDF view of the newspaper including illustrations, charts, and advertisements. After 1980, only text is available.

For more than 40 years (1972-2013), the Phoenix was Boston's alternative newspaper of record, the first word on social justice, politics, as well as the arts and music scene.  The Phoenix and its sister publications are being digitized, and selected issues are available electronically beginning in 2012.

An author index covering 1973-1990 allows searching by the journalist's name for issues and articles that can be individually requested for digitization.

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.

Formerly called 19th Century British Newspapers, the British Library Newspapers collection contains full runs of 48 newspapers specially selected by the British Library to best represent nineteenth century Britain. This new collection includes national and regional newspapers, as well as those from both established country or university towns and the new industrial powerhouses of the manufacturing Midlands, as well as Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Special attention was paid to include newspapers that helped lead particular political or social movements such as Reform, Chartism, and Home Rule. The penny papers aimed at the working and clerical classes are also present in the collection.

Get help on primary source basics and how to use this collection.

BuildingGreen provides comprehensive content on sustainable design practices and green building materials, shares expertise and lessons learned from design experts working in the field, and builds context for sustainable design strategies and what makes a building product or material green.

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.

Actual business plans compiled by, and aimed at, entrepreneurs seeking funding for small businesses. Presents sample plans taken from businesses in the manufacturing, retail and service industries which serve as examples of how to approach, structure and compose business plans.

Completely searchable full text of more than 300 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

Over 2,000 documents and images selected from the Carmen Pola papers held by the Northeastern University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections.  The records document Pola’s work with the Massachusetts Advocacy Center’s Project to Monitor the Code of Discipline, the Boston Public School’s Bilingual Education program, and her community activism efforts for the annual Puerto Rican Festival, Festival Puertorriqueño, in Boston.

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.

The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) collects and makes available important and rare collections of primary source materials, as well as thousands of foreign dissertations, historical journals, and newspapers from around the world.

The collections are so varied as to include an unpublished manuscript music collection from Oxford, the vast engineering library of Linda Hall, and rare monograph and pamphlet area collections from various regions of the world. For example, the Sutro Library Mexican collection includes over 3,000 titles from the 1500-1900 time period, covering cultural, economic, political, religious, and social themes in Mexican history.

These collections are made available in print, in microfilm, and, in many cases, online. Faculty, students, and staff are eligible to borrow resources through an extended delivery system or, when available, through electronic delivery or online.  See our Subject Guide to the Center for Research Libraries for more information. 

Over 250 photographs taken or collected by amateur photographer, Charles H. Bruce, depicting life in the early 1900s of the African American middle class of Boston.  Photographs document the Charlestown Navy Yard, Bruce’s family and colleagues, and the Prince Hall Masons.

Fully digitized African American newspaper Chicago Defender from 1910 to 1975.

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. 

Over 7,700 documents and images selected from the Chinese Progressive Association records held by the Northeastern University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections. Founded in 1977 in Boston's Chinatown, the Chinese Progressive Association (CPA) records document urban development, workers’ rights, immigrants’ rights, minority rights, community relations, racial violence, bilingual education, and retraining adult workers during the last decades of the 20th century and into the 21st century.

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.

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 Volumes 1-4 contains hundreds of thousands of pages of classical music scores. Pages can be printed and annotated.

ClinicalKey delivers all of Elsevier's medical and surgical content in one dynamic resource, giving users access to over 900 top books, over 500 top journals, thousands of videos and millions of images.

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.

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.

A comprehensive interdisciplinary engineering database, including peer reviewed journals, professional literature, conference proceedings, book series, dissertations, and trade publications. A broad view of engineering is included with research information from the fields of nanotechnology, bioengineering, food science, medical devices, and more. 

Author profiles and citation counts are also available. 

Combining your search with INSPEC adds a comprehensive database of physics, computer science and electrical engineering research and professional literature to your results. Use the toggle checkboxes to include or exclude Compendex or Inspec from your search. 

Coverage: 1969 to present, including some older backfiles, and new articles in press from over 1,000 journals.

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.

Includes Congressional hearings. 

Including coverage of the COVID-19 outbreak, this database curates openly available content related to coronaviruses. It includes thousands of open-access articles from the world’s leading publishers as well as current research from pre-print repositories such as arXiv and will continue to grow and evolve as more is learned about the pandemic.

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 Voting and Elections Collection integrates a wealth of data, authoritative analyses, concise explanations, and historical material to provide a powerful research and reference tool on the American voter, major and minor political parties, campaigns and elections, and historical and modern races for Congress, the presidency, and governorships.

Indexing and links to full text for scholarly and professional journals in the criminal justice and related fields.

Over 5,000 documents and photographs from the Northeastern Department of Athletics’ Varsity Club Hall of Fame records held by the Northeastern University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections.  Established in 1974, the Varsity Club Hall of Fame holds an annual induction ceremony to honor exceptional Northeastern athletes, coaches, and benefactors.  The records consist of files on inductees which include biographical data, induction programs, newspaper clippings, notes, photographs, press releases, and travel sheets.

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders in searchable full text. 5th edition.

An independent organization founded by journalists and scholars, the National Security Archive promotes open government by acting as a clearinghouse for declassified information.

The Digital National Security Archive consists of declassified government documents, chronologies, images, bibliographies, and explanatory essays on topics related to national security. There are 42 collections consisting of over 100,00 objects. Each of these collections covers critical world events, countries, and U.S. foreign policy from post-World War II to the present. Primary source information is of value to researchers in international relations.

Information in the DNSA subscription database is updated by materials on the National Security Archive website at www.nsarchive.org, which includes the latest FOIA released documents, and documents released pursuant to lawsuits.  Also, some subjects like Able Archer 83, the Torture Archive, the Genocide Documentation Project and Cyber Vault are stand-alone projects that are only available on the website. 

Overall, the DNSA subscription resource is more comprehensive with 1.000 to 3,000 documents on a subject and each set has a chronology, bibliography, and glossary, as well as an Essay and Sources section. Updated sets are produced periodically, either with newly-released material on an existing topic or with new collections on new topics.  In all cases, we suggest searching both the subscription database and the website for a complete record.

A secure repository system, designed to store and share scholarly, administrative, and archival materials from the Northeastern University community.

Includes historic photographs, theses and dissertations written at Northeastern, faculty publications and presentations, and records documenting the history of Boston’s African American, Chinese, LGBTQ, Latino and other communities, as well as Boston’s public infrastructure, neighborhoods, and natural environments.

Anyone is welcome to use the DRS to discover publicly available content. Members of the Northeastern community may sign in to access additional content that may not be publicly available.

For more information visit the Digital Scholarship Group's DRS resource page.

Digital Theatre Plus offers video of full-length performances from the English stage, including Shakespeare, modern dramas, musicals, and adaptations, as well as supplementary material such as interviews, behind-the-scenes documentaries, and study guides. Google Chrome is the preferred browser for Digital Theatre+.

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.

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.

469 issues of The East Boston Community News from 1970 to 1989 which include coverage on neighborhood issues and events such as the desegregation of the Boston Public Schools, politics, land use, and airport issues.

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 most books are limited to a single user and others may be limited to a few users.

To download as an e-book: First create a free personal myEBSCOHOST account and download the free Adobe Digital Editions software. More information on using Digital Editions with EBSCOhost.

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:

Checking out and downloading EBSCO eBooks

Special instructions for Apple iOS users

Edited in London since 1843, The Economist is a weekly international news and business publication, offering clear reporting, commentary and analysis on world current affairs, business, finance, science and technology, culture, society, media and the arts. The online edition features content from 1997 to the present.

Education in Video is an online collection of streaming video developed specifically for training and developing teachers. Upon completion, the collection contains 4,306 titles totaling 1,301 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.

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

A weekly newspaper devoted to education. Articles, profiles, commentary, legislation, state and national news and book reviews for teachers and administrators in elementary and secondary schools.

The largest and most comprehensive online historical archive of its kind and an essential resource for advanced study of the eighteenth century, this collection contains every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in the United Kingdom between the years 1701 and 1800. The works that were filmed for this collection come from a number of major institutions, including the British Library, the Bodleian (Oxford), Cambridge University, Harvard University, Library of Congress, the Huntington Library, University of Manchester and many more.

Recently published ebooks published by Edward Elgar in their Law collection.

EMCS is an online collection of peer-reviewed teaching cases focusing on business decision making and management development through key emerging markets. Cases are written by case writers working in or closely with developing economies, offering local perspective with global appeal.

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 ISI Emerging Markets.

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.

Published by Johns Hopkins University Press for the American Studies Association (ASA), the Encyclopedia of American Studies covers the history, philosophy, arts, and cultures of the United States in relation to the world, from pre-colonial days to the present, from various perspectives and the global American Studies movement. With over 800 online, searchable articles and accompanying bibliographies, related websites, illustrations, and supplemental material, theEncyclopedia of American Studies is the leading reference work for American Studies. Access to content on this site is open to the public and is subject to copyright protection.

Provides a comprehensive overview of universal modes of communication, the media used to communicate, theories of communication and their implications, careers in communications and information, and biographies of notable figures in the field. 

The Encyclopedia of Food and Health provides users with a solid bridge of current and accurate information spanning food production and processing, from distribution and consumption to health effects. It identifies the essential nutrients and how to avoid their deficiencies, explores the use of diet to reduce disease risk and optimize health, and compiles methods for detection and quantitation of food constituents, food additives and nutrients, and contaminants.

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.

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.

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.

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

The Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology is a reference work which describes the cultural practices relevant to health in the world's cultures and to provide an overview of important topics in medical anthropology. More than 100 experts - anthropologists and other social scientists - have contributed their firsthand experience of medical cultures from around the world.

Designed for researchers, technicians, teachers and students of microbiology, biotechnology, and environmental sciences. Published in 2009.

The Encyclopedia of Neuroscience explores a wide variety of topics in neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry and other related areas of the discipline. 

The Encyclopedia of Social Media and Politics explores how the rise of social media is altering politics both in the United States and in key moments, movements, and places around the world. Its scope encompasses the disruptive technologies and activities that are changing basic patterns in American politics and the amazing transformations that social media use is rendering in other political systems heretofore resistant to democratization and change.

The third edition of the Encyclopedia of Toxicology presents entries devoted to key concepts and specific chemicals, and is updated to reflect current advances in the field. It contains new information on nanotoxicology, epigenetics, persistent organic pollutants, computational toxicology and bioinformatics, controversial chemicals, and much more. Along with the traditional scientific entries, new articles focus on worldwide initiatives, the potential health and environmental effects of new technologies, and the societal implications of global legal and regulatory issues. 

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.

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.

Contains citations to documents related to education.

Ethnologue: Languages of the World is a comprehensive reference work cataloging all of the world’s known living languages. Since 1951, the Ethnologue has been an active research project involving hundreds of linguists and other researchers around the world. It is widely regarded to be the most comprehensive source of information of its kind.

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. 

Full-text access to essential federal publications, including the current U.S. Budget, Congressional Record, and Federal Register.

Film Platform was designed to serve as a bridge between the film world and academia. The collection is meticulously curated by film experts and leading academics to showcase meaningful documentaries of social, political and cultural importance by some of the world’s top international film makers.

Foreign Policy is the leading international source for global news, providing an evolving network of world-leading insights and analysis coupled with rapidly expanding original reporting.

This innovative full-text newspaper resource allows users to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, author, newspaper section or other fields, eliminating random searching through newspaper archives. InfoTrac Newsstand provides access to more than 1,100 major U.S. regional, national and local newspapers as well as leading titles from around the world. It also includes thousands of images, radio and TV broadcasts and transcripts.

The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music contains more than 9,000 pages of material with entries by more than 700 expert contributors from all over the world, making this the most complete body of work focused on world music.

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.

Global Issues in Context offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events.

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Contact information for local, county, state, and U.S. federal officials.    Vacant government positions are also listed and can be searched by keyword.

This book consists of 4 volumes containing about 70 chapters covering all the major aspects of the growing area of nanomedicine. Leading scientists from 15 countries cover all major areas of nanobiomedical research — materials for nanomedicine, application of nanomedicine in therapy of various diseases, use of nanomedicines for diagnostic purposes, technology of nanomedicines, and new trends in nanobiomedical research.

Written for upper level management, the Harvard Business Review presents analysis of management problems and helpful commentary on advanced thinking and practice in all fields of management and administration.

Access to medical, statistical, health, and related information. Includes periodical articles, pamphlets, news and multimedia content, and the Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine.

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. 

A selection of historical newspaper documents from ProQuest, including the Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003), Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988), Boston Globe (1872-1981), Chicago Defender (1910-1975), Chicago Tribune (1849-1988), Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005), New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993), New York Times (1851-2008), Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002), and Washington Post (1877-1999).

Primary source archival materials like letters, papers, photographs, scrapbooks, financial records, and diaries. The Northeastern Library has access to selective collections: Immigration Records from the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Papers, Women's Rights Collections with documents from organizations like the Women's Party and League of Women Voters.

From the ProQuest University Publications of America (UPA) Collection.

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.

The IET Digital Library offers access to more than 500 ebooks from the Institution of Engineering and Technology and SciTech imprints, covering topics such as telecommunications, healthcare technologies, sensors, radar, electromagnetic waves, renewable energy and computing. All eBooks and chapters can be downloaded and are DRM-free.

Provides access to standards, specifications and related technical documents from military, commercial, national and international standards organizations (except ASTM* and IEEE).

IHS requires separate registration; sign in as a returning user or register a new account.

From the 'Select a Service' menu, click IHS Engineering Workbench.

Use Codes & Standards search bar to find needed standards.

View details or preview to confirm that is the standard needed.

Click on shopping cart. Electronic version must be requested when available.

All purchase requests are reviewed and approved by the library.

When processing is complete, you will receive an email with a link to the standard.

View standard within 5 business days after approval.

Standard is locked to the computer on which it is opened.

Standards may be printed once only!

Standards available only in hard copy will be sent by mail.

For questions contact a.link [at] northeastern.edu (Alissa Link) (617-373-2458) or s.maubourquette [at] northeastern.edu (Stacy Maubourquette) (617-373-4974)

These documents from the U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization consist primarily of:

• investigative reports by federal agents  in the case files on individual aliens;
• correspondence among agents and government officials involved in immigration issues;
• documents by groups advocating or opposing alien exclusion laws and practices.

Topics include Asian Immigration and Exclusion 1898-1941, Mexican immigration 1906-1930, INS records from Ellis Island, and investigations into Prostitution and White Slavery 1902-1933.

185 oral history interviews conducted by the National Park Services in 1984-5 with people who immigrated through, or worked at, Ellis Island, during the period of mass migration to the United States are also included.

PDF page images can be downloaded. 

Index Chemicus®, accessed via Web of Science®, provides researchers, administrators, faculty, and students with quick, powerful access to the chemical compound information they need to find research data, analyze trends, journals and researchers, and share their findings.

Covers: 1993 to the present

A retrospective database that indexes over 750 legal periodicals published in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Content is also drawn from 38 printed compendia, which provides access to approximately 540,000 records. Coverage also includes: annual surveys of laws by jurisdiction; annual surveys of federal court cases; yearbooks and annual institutes.

Inside Higher Ed is the online source for news, opinion and jobs for all of higher education. This resource includes: breaking news and feature stories, provocative daily commentary, areas for comment on every article, practical career columns, and a powerful suite of tools to help higher education professionals get jobs and colleges identify and hire employees.

Inspec Analytics allows you to find answers to questions such as: What are the growing topics in my field? Which subjects should I include in my literature search? Where can I find collaborators in my field? Which are the most relevant journals and conferences to publish my work? How could my research contribute to the output of my institution? 

With Inspec Analytics, you can monitor the research output of your institution and see how you rank globally; benchmark your institution against collaborators and competitors to set actionable goals and demonstrate strengths; identify emerging trends to explore new fields and plan where to focus your resources; and you can find and monitor collaboration opportunities with academia, industry and government to demonstrate impact.

The International African Bibliography (IAB) is a highly curated list of books, articles, and dissertations on topics in African studies. International in scope, updated quarterly.

Provides histories of companies that are a leading influence in a particular industry or geographic location.

International Encyclopedia of Public Health, Second Edition is an authoritative and comprehensive guide to the major issues, challenges, methods, and approaches of global public health. Covering all dimensions of the field, from the details of specific diseases, to the organization of social insurance agencies, the articles included cover the fundamental research areas of health promotion, economics, and epidemiology, as well as specific diseases, such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and reproductive health.

Fully revised and updated, the second edition of the International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, first published in 2001, offers a source of social and behavioral sciences reference material that is broader and deeper than any other. Available in both print and online editions, it comprises over 3,900 articles, commissioned by 71 Section Editors, and includes 90,000 bibliographic references as well as comprehensive name and subject indexes.

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.

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

Evaluate and compare journals using citation data drawn from over 7,500 scholarly and technical journals. JCR is a widely used source of citation data on journals. 

The most well-known indicator in the JCR is the Journal Impact Factor (JIF). This measure provides a ratio of citations to a journal in a given year to the citable items in the prior two years.

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 1997-present.

The Journal of Visualized Experiments is a set of scientific video journals dedicated to advancing science by increasing reproducibility and efficient knowledge transfer. Articles combine high-quality video demonstrations of experiments with detailed text protocols. All content is peer-reviewed and indexed in Medline, PubMed, Web of Science, and other relevant databases.

Video Journals include: Behavior, Biochemistry, Bioengineering, Biology, Cancer Research, Chemistry, Developmental Biology, Engineering, Environment, Genetics, Immunology and Infection, Medicine, Neuroscience.

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 XV are available, plus the Life Sciences collection, and Business III.

The Northeastern Library also purchases individual e-book titles from JSTOR.  The books are available chapter-by-chapter as PDFs.

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

The LearnTechLib 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.

Lexicomp provides clear, concise, point-of-care drug information, including dosing, administration, warnings and precautions, as well as clinical content, such as clinical practice guidelines, IV compatibility from Trissel's 2 Clinical Pharmaceutics Database, and other tools.