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Architecture
Architectural Index	An index to articles in the field of architecture
Art
Art Full - Text (Wilson)	Covering the areas of fine, decorative and commercial art, Art Full - Text offers in-depth abstracts for every article indexed plus some full text articles as far back as 1997.
ARTStor	ARTstor is digital library that offers coherent collections of art images and descriptive information as well as the software tools to enable active use of the collections. The ARTstor Library's initial content includes approximately 500,000 images covering art, architecture and archeology.
Business
ABI/Inform Dateline (Proquest)	Search local and regional business news coverage of large corporations, privately held companies, local start-ups, executive profiles, marketing, finance, and industry news
ABI/Inform Global (Proquest)	Contains content from thousands of business related journals that help researchers track business conditions, trends, management techniques, corporate strategies, and industry specific topics
ABI/Inform Trade & Industry (Proquest)	Search more than 750 business periodicals and newsletters with a trade or industry focus
Academic Universe: Business (Lexis Nexis)	Offers Business news journals, company financial information, SEC filings and reports, and industry and market news
Banking Information Source (Proquest)	Search essential banking industry publications providing information about the financial services industry, banking, and industry trends.
Business Source Premier (Ebscohost)	Business Source Premier provides full text for nearly 8,350 scholarly business journals and other sources, including full text for more than 1,100 scholarly business publications. This database offers information in nearly every area of business including management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, and more. Business Source Premier contains full text from the world's top management and marketing journals including Harvard Business Review, California Management Review, Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Industrial & Labor Relations Review, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Marketing Management, Journal of Marketing Research (JMR), Journal of Marketing, Journal of International Marketing, etc. The database also includes other sources of full text information such as country economic reports from the EIU, Global Insight, ICON Group and CountryWatch and detailed company profiles for the world's 10,000 largest companies.
Hoover's Company Capsules & Profiles (Proquest)	Find brief information on 15,000 companies such as information on a company's location, summary financials, top competitors, top officers, and more. Use the title or company field to search company names.
Regional Business News (Ebscohost)	Regional Business News incorporates 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Included in this database are Arizona Business, Business North Carolina, Crain's New York Business (and other Crain Communications editions), Des Moines Business Record, Enterprise Salt Lake City, Fort Worth Business Press, Orange County Business Journal, Westchester County Business Journal, etc.
Education
ERIC-Educational Resource Information Center (Ebsco Host)	Contains more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 980 educational and education-related journals
Professional Development Collection	Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of 520 high quality education journals, including nearly 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports.
Proquest Education Journals	Offering complete information on hundreds of educational topics, this database covers almost 400 leading journals in the field. Nearly all of them offer articles in the three most popular formats.
Funeral Services
Morgue: Mortuary Journals Databases	Kansas City Kansas Community College's premier author subject index to English language journals within the field of Mortuary Science
General
Academic Search Premier (Ebsco Host)	Provides full text for nearly 4,000 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,100 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975.
AP Photo Archives	NewspaperARCHIVE.com, the largest historical newspaper database online, contains tens of millions of newspaper pages from 1759 to present. Every newspaper in the archive is fully searchable by keyword and date, making it easy for you to quickly explore historical content. NewspaperARCHIVE.com is adding newspaper pages faster than you can search them - with one newspaper page added every second – that’s over 80,000 images a day, or about 2.5 million pages per month!
Ebsco Host - (all databases)	Use the link to the left to search multiple databases available from Ebsco Host
JSTOR	JSTOR's Arts & Sciences I Collection includes the complete back runs of 119 titles in fifteen disciplines. Established in 1997, it is JSTOR's first collection and includes many of the core research and society published journals in economics, history, political science, and sociology, as well as in other key fields in the humanities and social sciences. This collection also includes a selection of titles in the more science-oriented fields of ecology, mathematics, and statistics.
Health Sciences
Biomedical Reference Collection (Ebscohost)	Biomedical Reference Collection: Comprehensive Edition provides access to nearly 900 full text journals, including full text for nearly 850 peer-reviewed publications. This database covers such disciplines as clinical medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system and the pre-clinical sciences. Full text publications available include: Journal of Family Practice, Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, CMAJ, etc. Journals available in full text in this database are indexed in MEDLINE. Biomedical Reference Collection: Comprehensive Edition can be searched independently, but also allows users to conveniently link to full text from citations within MEDLINE.
CINAHL - Allied Health (Ebsco Host)	Provides indexing and abstracting with some full-text articles for over 1,700 current nursing and allied health journals and publications dating back to 1982, totaling over 880,000 records This is an authoritative resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers.
Health Source - Consumer Edition (Ebsco Host)	Indexing and many full text for over 270 health periodicals, over 1,100 health pamphlets, and 20 health reference books
Health Source - Nursing Academic Edition (Ebsco Host)	Provides over 520 scholarly full text journals focusing on nursing and many medical disciplines. Also featured are abstracts and indexing for over 560 journals
Journals @ OVID	Journals@Ovid is the largest 100% searchable STM full-text journal database in the world, seamlessly integrated with Ovid’s databases and other resources. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins High Impact Collection is a full-text online collection of the 50 highest impact medical journals that support research and patient care in medicine and nursing.
MEDLINE (Ebscohost)	MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree numbers, tree hierarchy and explosion capabilities to search abstracts from over 4,800 current biomedical journals. Examples of publications covered in MEDLINE include: Accident and Emergency Nursing, Addiction, Administration and Policy in Mental Health, Behavior Modification, Behavioral Medicine, Cancer Detection and Prevention, Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, Journal of Advanced Nursing, Maternal and Child Health Journal, etc.
Nursing & Allied Health Collection (Ebscohost)	Nursing & Allied Health Collection: Comprehensive Edition is a valuable resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers. This database contains nearly 400 full text journals, including nearly 300 peer-reviewed titles covering the areas of nursing, biomedicine, health sciences, consumer health and allied health disciplines. In addition to the full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for all journals in the collection. Examples of publications covered in Nursing & Allied Health Collection: Comprehensive Edition include: International Nursing Review, Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing, Issues in Mental Health Nursing, Journal of Advanced Nursing, Journal of Clinical Nursing, Journal of Community Health Nursing, Journal of Nursing Management, MEDSURG Nursing, and many more.
Pre-CINHAL (Ebscohost)	A companion database to CINAHL, Pre-CINAHL is intended to provide current awareness of new journal articles, and includes a rotating file of limited bibliographic information (no subject searching), which are available to searchers only for the time when these articles are being assigned additional indexing. This enables users to gain access to article citations that otherwise would not be available. Once the bibliographic records are complete, they are added to the CINAHL database and removed from Pre-CINAHL.
Proquest Health Management	ProQuest Health Management is designed to meet the needs of researchers studying the field of health administration. This high-demand healthcare management content provides the most reliable and relevant information on a wide range of topics, including: Hospitals, Insurance, Law, Statistics, Business management, Personnel management, Ethics, Health economics, and Public health administration. This database has coverage for more than 580 key journals.
Humanities
Biography Collection Complete	Biography Collection Complete offers a comprehensive collection of full-text biographies supporting history, science, the arts, music, literature, multicultural studies, gender studies, business, government & politics, sports, entertainment and many other areas.
Biographies Plus Illustrated (Wilson)	Offers more than 25,000 articles and obituaries and more than 19,500 images from more than 100 volumes of the biographical reference material published by H.W. Wilson Includes the entire contents of the printed monthly Current Biography since 1940
Contemporary Authors (Gale)	Provides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors.
Facts on File Online	Includes six separate databases: Curriculum Resource, Science, History, Multicultural, Geography, Career Guidance and a collection of frequently used Business Forms
History Reference Center	History Reference Center offers full text from more than 2,000 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books, cover to cover full text for more than 120 history periodicals, more than 59,600 historical documents, 49,600 biographies of historical figures, more than 110,200 historical photos and maps, and more than 80 hours of historical video.
Literary Reference Center	Literary Reference Center (LRC) is a comprehensive literary reference database, which provides users with a broad spectrum of reference information from antiquity to the present day. LRC is a comprehensive database that combines information from over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, hundreds of literary journals, and unique sources not available anywhere else.
Literature Resource Center (Gale)	The Literature Resource Center is the most comprehensive literary collection available providing single search access to an assortment of traditional literary reference works, current journal articles and additional resources
Points of View Reference Center	Points of View is designed to assist researchers in understanding the full scope of controversial subjects. Students can use Points of View as a guide to debate, developing arguments, writing position papers, and for development of critical thinking skills. Each Points of View Essay includes a series of questions and additional material to generate further thought. Also included are thousands of supporting articles from the world’s top political and societal publications.
Law
Academic Universe: Legal (Lexis Nexis)	Provides U.S. Federal and state case law, codes, regulations, legal news, law reviews, and international legal information, Shepard's Citations for all U.S. Supreme Court cases back to 1789
Criminal Justice Periodical Index (Proquest)	Articles, many available in full text, from major criminal justice journals from 1981 to present
Military & Government Collection (Ebsco Host)	Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this collection provides cover-to-cover full text for more than 300 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for more than 400 titles.
News
Academic Universe: News (Lexis Nexis)	Provides National and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and non-English language sources
Congressional Quarterly (CQ) Researcher	Updated weekly, CQ Researcher offers a balanced, in-depth analysis of a contemporary topic by a veteran journalist, pro and con arguments by experts, a chronology, and annotated bibliographies
Ethnic Newswatch (Proquest)	Designed to provide the "other side of the story," this bilingual (English and Spanish) database offers full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press
Facts.com	Facts On File World News Digest and World News Archive, updated weekly, distill key news information in the form of news summaries from the U.S. and around the world dating back to 1940s
Issues and Controversies Onfile	Provides background information and objective analysis of opposing points of view of today's most hotly debated issues
MAS Ultra (Ebsco Host)	Provides full text for nearly 550 popular general interest and current events publications with information dating back as far as 1975 for key magazines.
New Jersey Union List of Serials	The New Jersey Union List of Serials (NJULS) is a list of magazines and journals, and the New Jersey libraries where they may be found.
New York Times - Historical (Proquest)	View the New York Times dating back to its very first issue in 1851 through 2003
Newspaper Source (Ebsco)	Provides selected full text for over 180 local, regional and international newspapers
Times of Trenton, Star Ledger, and Jersey Journal Archive Available from within the West Windsor Library only. Ask for assistance. (Limited to 2 simultaneous users)	Search the archive of three New Jersey newspapers: the Star-Ledger (articles dating back to May 1989), the Times of Trenton (articles back to 1993), and The Jersey Journal (articles dating back to January 1999)
Wall Street Journal (Proquest)	The financial newspaper of record offering in-depth coverage from 1982 of national and international finance
Reference
College Source THINKING OF TRANSFERRING? Before you do, please contact the Transfer Counselor or your Academic Advisor	Consists of college catalogs for U.S. colleges and universities and links to their web sites. Catalogs available only at the WW Library using designated computers.
Encyclopedia Britannica	Complete Encyclopedia Britannica online
MasterFILE Premier (Ebsco Host)	Provides full text for nearly 1,950 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975 also includes, nearly 350 full text reference books, 91,600 biographies, 75,000 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags.
Oxford English Dictionary	Complete text of the Oxford English Dictionary
Oxford Reference Online	Oxford Reference Online brings together language and subject reference works from one of the world's biggest reference publishers into a single cross-searchable resource, containing over 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford.
The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance	This dictionary provides rich detail on all aspects of the Renaissance in 14th to 17th century Europe. It includes comprehensive coverage of the art, literature, science, culture, philosophy, religion, economics, history, and conflict of the period. The text explores the influence that this intense intellectual and cultural revival continues to have on modern thought and society. Nearly half the entries are biographical, covering artists, thinkers, statesman, and reformers. A table of European ruling houses and a table showing the dates when cities and countries changed from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar are also included.
International Encyclopedia of Dance	With nearly 2,000 articles written by scholars from fifty countries, the Encyclopedia covers the full spectrum of dance-theatrical, ritual, dance-drama, folk, traditional, ethnic, and social dance. Cultural and national overviews are accompanied by entries on dance forms, music and costumes, performances, and biographies of dancers and choreographers.
Encyclopedia of Global Change	Encompassing tsunamis, elephant conservation, ocean pollution, mining regulation, and permafrost melt, the 300 authoritative articles in this unique and wide-ranging encyclopedia investigate all types of phenomena that change life on Earth. The entries cover a range of general research categories: altered ecosystems, climate change, food and water supply, population, politics and global change, institutions and policies, biographies, and case studies.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation	The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation is the definitive source for information about the entire range of religious and social changes that altered the face of Europe in the sixteenth century, encompassing not only issues of church polity and theology but also developments in politics, economics, demographics, art and literature. This broadly cast, interdisciplinary definition allows for a comprehensive social and intellectual history of early modern Europe.
The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium	With more than 5,000 entries by an international group of eminent historians, this is the standard research tool on 1,100 years of Byzantine history. Exhaustive in its coverage, entries on patriarchy and emperors coexist with entries on surgery, musical instruments, and the baking of bread, bringing to life this vastly important culture and empire, from the 4th century to the 15th.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance	This encyclopedia provides authoritative and up-to-date information about theatre and performance from ancient Greek theatre to the latest developments in London, Paris, New York, and around the globe. In addition to performances in playhouses, it covers dance, opera, radio, film, television, and popular performance, including carnivals, circus, and public executions. Entries range from short definitions of terms to lengthy considerations of genres and movements, such as feminism and psychoanalytic criticism. Entries on cities and regions place performance in its local social and political context. Written in accessible language, this encyclopedia brings together an international cast of over 300 specialist contributors.
The Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment	Covering the "long" Enlightenment, from the rise of Descartes' disciples in 1670 to the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy in 1815, these 700 articles by leading scholars range from discussions of mercantilism and democracy to the battlefield to the dissemination of ideas in salons and coffeehouses. Breaking conventional geographical boundaries, coverage includes not only Western Europe but also North America, Brazil, and Iberian, Russian, Jewish, and Eastern European cultures.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History	International in scope and spanning all time periods of human history, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History includes 900 original articles by noted scholars from more than thirty-five countries. Articles range from 500-word entries on inventors, theoreticians, and industry leaders to overarching, 8,000-word essays on markets, industries, and labor. With coverage ranging from accounting and advertising to zoning and zoos, this landmark works stands at the busy intersection of history and the social sciences. The general conceptual categories of the work are: Geography (entries on cities, countries, and regions); Agriculture; Production Systems, Business History, and Technology; Demography; Institutions, Governments, and Markets; Macroeconomic History and International Economics; Money, Banking and Finance; Labor; Natural Resources and the Environment; and Biographies.
Encyclopedia of Evolution	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. Readers will find brief treatments on discrete concepts and individuals to illuminating lengthy essays by towering figures in the field. Topics include: Darwin, natural selection, human origins, behavioral ecology, diversity, mathematical models, and cell and developmental biology. Special essays include Stephen Jay Gould's "Macroevolution" and Jane Goodall and Elizabeth Vinson-Lonsdorf on "Culture in Chimpanzees."
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt	Featuring 600 original articles written by leading scholars, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt goes far beyond the records of archaeology to make available what we know about the full social, political, religious, cultural and artistic legacy of this 5,000-year civilization. The Encyclopedia offers the most complete picture available of ancient Egyptian civilization, from the predynastic era to its eclipse in the seventh century CE. Here is the Egyptian world in illuminating, accessible detail: art, architecture, religion, language, literature, trade, politics, everyday social life and the culture of the court. Of special interest is the coverage of themes and issues that are particularly controversial-such as the new theories of the origins of complex society in the Nile Valley, new discoveries about Greco-Roman Egypt, and new developments in literature, religion, linguistics and other fields, including the debates about Egypt's African legacy
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America	In 700 original, intriguing articles-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 from academia, industry, and the culinary world, the articles treat regions, people, ingredients, companies, advertising, historical eras, holidays and festivals, and political, scientific, and economic currents pertinent to American cuisine. Although this is a scholarly work with a generous bibliography concluding every article, readers will be delighted and captivated by the entries' engaging anecdotes and informative sidebars. The general conceptual categories of the work are: History, Geography, Ethnic and Cultural Cuisines, Food Staples, Cooked and Processed Foods, Beverages, Food and Culture, Holidays, Education and Food Writing, Cookbooks and Manuscripts, Food Corporations, Politics, Policies, and Issues, Science and Health, and Biographies.
Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages	A collaborative work of over 600 scholars from more than forty countries, the Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages provides 3,000 concise and detailed articles on all aspects of the period from the fifth to the fifteenth century. It explores art, architecture, religion, law, science, language, philosophy, and theology, as well as cultural, religious, intellectual, social and political history. With a focus on focus on Europe and Christendom, the Encyclopedia also covers the rise of Islam and people of other cultures with whom Europeans came into contact.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature	This award-winning Encyclopedia 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. The Encyclopedia includes essays on poets, playwrights, essayists, and novelists, as well as major works and essays on literary movements, periods, and themes. No mere catalog of dates, events, and synopses, the Encyclopedia's articles offer historical perspective and social context along with a range of possibilities with regard to critical approach.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States	This landmark scholarly work offers comprehensive, reliable, and accessible information about the fastest growing minority population in the United States. With an unprecedented scope and cutting-edge scholarship, the Encyclopedia draws together the diverse historical and contemporary experiences in the United States of Latinos and Latinas from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Central America, South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Over 900 A-to-Z articles written by academics, scholars, writers, artists, and journalists, address such broad topics as identity, art, politics, religion, education, health, and history. The Encyclopedia fills a void in the historical scholarship of an underserved population.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature	The Encyclopedia provides comprehensive coverage of literature from the Abbey Theatre to Israel Zangwill, covering the entire 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, whose impact upon the writing or the reading of literature was significant (e.g., The Stationers' Company, the sonnet, the 'School of Night, ' or the Sublime).
International Encyclopedia of Linguistics	The Encyclopedia encompasses the full range of topics in linguistics, including such areas as historical, comparative, formal, mathematical, functional, philosophical, and sociolinguistics. Special attention is given to interrelations within these branches of the field and to relations of linguistics with other disciplines. This interdisciplinary focus makes the encyclopedia an invaluable resource not only for linguistics but also for scholars working in the fields of computer science, mathematics, philosophy, the social and behavioral sciences, and literary studies.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature	Written by an international roster of more than 300 authors, the Encyclopedia comprehensively documents and interprets the books read by children throughout the world. With a global perspective that pays attention to significant international trends and the multicultural expansion of the field, it includes brief biographies of every major author and illustrator. Also included are feature essays on all genres of children's literature, individual works, and prominent trends and themes, as well as general essays on the traditions of children's literature in many countries throughout the world.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Rhetoric	The Encyclopedia of Rhetoric is a comprehensive survey of one of the Western world's oldest disciplines. Its 150 entries, written by leading scholars, bring together expertise in classical studies, philosophy, literature, literary theory, cultural studies, speech, and communications in a comprehensive treatment of the art of persuasion. The Encyclopedia is the most wide-ranging reference work of its kind, combining theory, history, and practice, with a special emphasis on public speaking, performance, and communication.
Dictionary of American Family Names	The Dictionary of American Family Names contains more than 70,000 of the most commonly occurring surnames in the United States, giving their comparative frequencies, linguistic and historical explanations, selected associated forenames, and occasional genealogical notes. The product of a ten-year research project gathering the contributions of thirty linguistic consultants led by Editor in Chief Patrick Hanks, it explains the meanings-some intuitive, some amusing, and some quite surprising-of the family names for more than 90 percent of the U.S. population.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures	The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures is the first comprehensive reference source to chronicle Pre-Hispanic, colonial, and modern Mesoamerica, defined as the lands stretching from Mexico to the southern tip of Central America. With more than 600 articles, it is invaluable for those interested in the rich heritage of this land. Encompassing the great civilizations of the pre-Columbian era (including the Olmec, Aztec, and Maya peoples) up through the colonial and postcolonial periods, the Encyclopedia covers art, archaeology, religious studies, anthropology, history, and historiography of the region in fully cross-referenced, signed articles by the leading scholars in the discipline
The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts	The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts contains over 3,000 entries covering thousands of years of decorative arts production throughout western and non-western cultures. Explore the works of Alvar Aalto and Charles and Ray Eames, or learn about the history of Navajo blankets and wing chairs in thousands of entries on artists, craftsmen, designers, workshops, and decorative art forms. Also included are hundreds of entries on the qualities and historical uses of materials, concise definitions on art forms and styles, and in-depth articles discussing the history of armor, jewelry, furniture, textiles, and ceramics. Enriched by more than 600 black-and-white illustrations and over 100 color photos, this reference is essential for any general reader, collector, curator, or scholar interested in this rich and varied field.
The Oxford Companion to World Exploration	From Antarctica to the North Pole, The Oxford Companion to World Exploration offers information on all topics of exploration worldwide, including advances in navigation, the discovery of the New World, polar expeditions, and the space age. In addition to examining the lives and expeditions of heroic and influential explorers, the book covers navigational and marine sciences and ranges from ancient cultures through modern space exploration. With articles from leading scholars, this landmark set offers students, scholars, and amateurs a treasure of information on this dynamic field of study.
The Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture	The Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture is the most current and comprehensive reference resource for the visual arts of the Classical period. It features an abundance of in-depth articles on this field of enduring importance-from biographies to thematic entries on architecture, ceramics, metalwork, mosaics, painting and sculpture. The resource provides fascinating and authoritative art historical and cultural information about art forms, artists, rulers, philosophers, architecture, renowned works of art, archaeological sites and stylistic developments. Notable important subjects include the Apollo Belvedere, Carthage, the Euphronios krater, the Laokoon, Troy, the Venus de Milo and much more. Encompassing over four thousand years of artistry and innovation, this resource spans every art form, medium and civilization from Cycladic, Minoan, Helladic, and Etruscan art to the fall of the Roman Empire. Drawing upon the unparalleled scholarship in The Dictionary of Art (1996), and adding dozens of newly commissioned entries on recent archaeological discoveries, fully updated bibliography and over 600 illustrations, this publication sets a new standard in Classical studies.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History	The Encyclopedia covers the entire history of seafaring, from ancient Egyptian shipbuilders to the nuclear submarines and supertankers of today. Over nine hundred articles written by leading historians examine all aspects of maritime history, including naval history, shipbuilding, biographies of major figures, navigation and scientific instrumentation, maritime art and literature, commerce and economics, and international law. Placing maritime affairs in their larger historical context, the Encyclopedia shows how seafaring has both reflected and influenced the major economic, cultural, military, and political developments in world history.
Black Women in America	The second edition of Black Women in America, edited by Darlene Clark Hine, provides expanded coverage of the achievements and contributions of African American women. Winner of the Dartmouth Medal for Outstanding Reference Publication of 1994, the first edition of Black Women in America broke new ground-pulling together for the first time all of the research in this vast but underrepresented field to provide one of the strongest building blocks of Black Women's Studies. Hailed by Eric Foner of Columbia University as "one of those publishing events which changes the way we look at a field," it simultaneously filled a void in the literature and sparked new research and concepts regarding African American women in history. Since the first edition was published, a new generation of American black women has flourished, demanding this landmark reference be brought up to date. Women such as Venus and Serena Williams, Condoleezza Rice, Carol Moseley Braun, Ruth Simmons, and Ann Fudge have become household names for their remarkable contributions to sports, politics, academia, and business. In nearly 600 entries, Black Women in America celebrates the remarkable achievements of black women throughout history, highlights their ongoing contributions in America today, and represents the new research the first edition helped to generate.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History	The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History, edited by Bonnie G. Smith, captures the experiences of women throughout history in a far-reaching, four-volume work. Although there has been extensive research on women in history by region, no other text or reference work has comprehensively covered the role women have played throughout world history. With over 650 biographies of influential women and over 600 topical articles covering topics such as geography and history, culture and society, organizations, movements, and gender studies, Women in World History is the definitive reference work in the field. In the past thirty years there has been an explosion of research and an effort to present the experiences and contributions of women not only in the Western world, but across the globe. Scholars have investigated women's daily lives in virtually every area and researched the leadership roles women have filled across times and regions. They have found that there is virtually no historical, social, or demographic change in which women have not been involved and by which their lives have not been affected. Women in World History helps tell this story, illuminating how women worldwide have influenced and been influenced by these historical, social, and demographic changes.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World	The Encyclopedia contains articles on world events; countries; organizations; regions; ethnic groups; and themes such as social history, demography, family life, politics, economics, religion, thought, education, science and technology, and culture. It offers coverage of standard geographic and ethnic units-such as Scandinavia, Korea, or the Gypsies-in the modern period. Significant institutions such as the International Red Cross and the League of Nations are treated at length. Comprehensive coverage enables readers to broaden their research outside a particular time or region and to explore topics within the context of modern world history. With eight volumes containing over 2,000 A-Z entries, the Encyclopedia benefits from the vast outpouring of work on world history in the modern period and on related area-studies. Informative articles by an array of leading scholars offer an unprecedented breadth of information relating to the modern world. Each article includes an up-to-date bibliography to help interested readers take their research further. In addition, the text is complemented by 700 images and 50 maps, making the Encyclopedia a powerful resource for scholars and students alike.
Encyclopedia of Semiotics	The Encyclopedia of Semiotics is a comprehensive reference guide to concepts in semiotics, sign theory, and cultural studies. Three hundred entries by leading scholars in a variety of fields-from anthropology and literary theory to linguistics and philosophy-survey the study of signs and symbols in human culture. These articles cover key concepts, theories, theorists, schools of thought, and issues in communications, cognition, and cultural theory. From introductions to Barthes and Bakhtin to analyses of gossip and myth, this is a valuable reference for students, scholars, or anyone interested in language, symbols, and the transmission of information. Clear, well-written entries make the scholarship accessible to both experts and nonspecialists, and the text is complimented by twenty color illustrations.
Encyclopedia of Social Work	This new edition of the Encyclopedia includes coverage of areas that have come to the fore since the 1995 publication of the 19th edition, including demographic changes from immigration, technology, the implications of managed care, faith-based assistance, evidence-based practice, gerontology, and trauma and disaster. Each thoughtful article is written and signed by a top academic or social work practitioner and includes a bibliography for further reading. For even further ease of use, all volumes are fully cross-referenced and includes a complete Index.
Reference USA	ReferenceUSA is an Internet-based reference service from the Library Division of infoUSA. The site was designed for use as a reference tool in libraries and is continually enhanced based upon suggestions from librarians and library patrons. The ReferenceUSA database contains, in module format, detailed information on more than 12 million U.S. businesses; 102 million U.S. residents; 683,000 U.S. health care providers; 1 million Canadian businesses; and 11 million Canadian residents.
Science
Journals @ OVID	Journals@Ovid is the largest 100% searchable STM full-text journal database in the world, seamlessly integrated with Ovid’s databases and other resources. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins High Impact Collection is a full-text online collection of the 50 highest impact medical journals that support research and patient care in medicine and nursing.
Nature	Nature is a weekly international journal publishing peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology on the basis of its originality, importance, interdisciplinary interest, timeliness, accessibility, elegance and surprising conclusions. Nature also provides rapid, authoritative, insightful and arresting news and interpretation of topical and coming trends affecting science, scientists and the wider public.
Science Reference Center	Science Reference Center is a comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full text science-oriented content. This database contains full text for nearly 640 science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, etc. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.
Wiley Interscience (Select Journals)	Includes 173 journals on a variety of science topics.
Social Sciences
JSTOR	JSTOR's Arts & Sciences I Collection includes the complete back runs of 119 titles in fifteen disciplines. Established in 1997, it is JSTOR's first collection and includes many of the core research and society published journals in economics, history, political science, and sociology, as well as in other key fields in the humanities and social sciences. This collection also includes a selection of titles in the more science-oriented fields of ecology, mathematics, and statistics.
Proquest Psychology Journals	ProQuest Psychology Journals provides abstracts and indexing for more than 620 titles, with over 520 titles available in full text. Users get access to charts, diagrams, graphs, tables, photos, and other graphical elements essential to psychological research. ProQuest Psychology Journals encompasses a wide range of topics from leading psychology and psychosomatic publications. In addition to clinical and social psychology, it also provides coverage of related disciplines including genetics, psychology of business and economics, communication, criminology, addiction, neurology, social welfare, and more.
Proquest Social Science Journals	Search full-text periodicals covering the social sciences.
PsycArticles (Ebsco Host)	Provides full text articles on current issues in psychology spanning from 1987 to the present. All journals included in this database are indexed in PsycINFO.

 VALE, the NJ Virtual Academic Library Environment, is a state-funded
academic library consortium providing access to select electronic databases.

 NJKI, the New Jersey Knowledge Initiative is a state-funded initiative providing access to business, science and technology databases. .

Course Reserves

• Textbooks on Reserve (pdf file, 40KB)
• Textbook Policy Mercer County Community College (pdf file, 53KB)
• Textbook Procedures (pdf file, 60KB)

Electronic Course Reserves

Welcome to the Electronic Course Reserve System at Mercer County Community College Libraries. Below are links to electronic materials put on reserve by your professor. Some material is password protected. If a password is required it will be given to you by your professor.

Professor D. Hilker
BIO 100
(password required)

Prof. F. Khoushab
BUS 230

Prof. Miles Berkow
ECO 103