INSTRUCTIONS FOR OFF-CAMPUS ACCESS
To connect to the databases from an off-campus computer, you will be asked to enter your library barcode number (the 14-digit barcode number from your CUW ID card). If you need assistance, please contact the library, (262) 243-4330 or submit a Request for Assistance.
CENTRAL SEARCH is a federated search engine that searches across the majority of CUW's electronic resources from one simple interface. It provides citations and abstracts, as well as links to full-text articles and records in TOPCAT.
Arts & Humanities
Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost) Large scholarly, multi-disciplinary database containing full text for more than 3,600 publications, and indexing and abstracts for all 4,500 journals in the collection. Includes journals every area of academic study including: social sciences, humanities, computer sciences, education, arts & literature, medical sciences, and many more.
African American Bibliographic Database The AABD brings together biographies of thousands of African Americans into a single, unique resource, carefully assembled from biographical dictionaries and other sources.
ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials (EBSCOhost) Full text version of the ATLA Religion Database, a collection of major religion and theology journals.
Biblical Archaeology Society Online Archive The single most comprehensive resource for research in Biblical Archaeology.
Communication & Mass Media Complete (EBSCOhost) Provides full text coverage for over 200 journal titles and citation coverage for additional sources.
FirstSearch (OCLC) Includes 20+ databases covering many different subject areas including Education, Business, Health Science, Arts & Humanities.
Humanities International Complete (EBSCOhost) Provides full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world. HIC includes all the data from American Humanities Index and Humanities International Index plus almost half a million full-text articles, many available with searchable references.
InfoTrac Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale) Full text coverage of every academic concentration--from advertising and microbiology to history, political science, and art history. It also incorporates many interdisciplinary journals, and national news magazines.
InfoTrac OneFile (Gale) News and periodical articles on a wide range of topics including humanities, literature and art, and more. Many full-text articles.
JSTOR 80+ full-text scholarly journals in such subject areas as: History, Philosophy, Political Science, Finance, Statistics, Mathematics, Sociology, and many others.
Literary Index (Gale) Master index to every literary series published by Gale. It combines and cross references more than 130,000 author names including pseudonyms and variant names and more than 140,000 titles into one source.
LitFinder Contains a wealth of primary literature content, including citations and full text of hundreds of thousands of poems, short stories, essays, speeches and plays.
MagillOnLiterature (EBSCOhost) Contains literary reference books covering world literature including critical analysis, book reviews, author information, and plot summaries.
MasterFILE Premier (EBSCOhost) Provides abstracts and indexing for over 2,500 periodicals,
full text for over 1,900 periodicals. Covers general reference, business, general science, multi-cultural, and other subjects.
MLA International Bibliography (EBSCOhost) Indexes international scholarly materials on modern language, literature, linguistics, and folklore. Covering 1963 to the present.
New Testament Abstracts (EBSCOhost) Contains more than 33,000 article abstracts, 1,200 review abstracts, 12,600 book abstracts, and 50 software abstracts. Article coverage in the database dates back to 1985.
Old Testament Abstracts (EBSCOhost) Content from over 450 journals is covered. Topics include antiquities, archaeology, biblical theology, philology and much more. Coverage in the database dates back to 1978.
Project Muse 40+ full-text scholarly journals in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Mathematics.
ProQuest Newspapers Provides access to 41 newspapers, including national and local titles, most in full text.
SAGE Premier Full-text access back to 1999 for 444 Sage Journals.
Business
ABI/INFORM Global (ProQuest) In-depth coverage of business conditions, trends, corporate strategies, management techniques, competitive & product information, & other topics.
Business Source Elite (EBSCOhost)
Corporate ResourceNet (EBSCOhost)
FirstSearch (OCLC) Includes 20+ databases covering many different subject areas including Education, Business, Health Science, Arts & Humanities.
Hoover's Online Company & business information; includes public, private, and international companies, industries, and key people.
InfoTrac OneFile (Gale) News and periodical articles on a wide range of topics including business, computers, current events, economics, technology, and more. Many full-text articles.
JSTOR 80+ full-text scholarly journals in such subject areas as: History, Philosophy, Political Science, Finance, Statistics, Mathematics, Sociology, and many others.
NewpaperARCHIVE Contains millions of searchable newspaper pages, dating as far back as the 1700s, presented in a PDF format that preserves the original context and format of content.
Newspaper Source (EBSCOhost) Selected FULL TEXT for national (U.S.), international, and regional (U.S.) newspapers.
Project Muse 40+ full-text scholarly journals in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Mathematics.
ProQuest Newspapers Provides access to 41 newspapers, including national and local titles, most in full text.
Regional Business News (EBSCOhost)
SAGE Premier Full-text access back to 1999 for 444 Sage Journals.
Value Line Investment Survey The Value Line Investment Survey is a comprehensive source of information and advice on approximately 1,700 stocks, more than 90 industries, the stock market, and the economy.
Westlaw Campus Research Provides full-text access to news, business and law related information, including sources of analytical and primary law such as: American Jurisprudence, American Law Reports, Federal and State Supreme Court case law, U.S. Code Annotated, Federal Register, and various law reviews and journals.
Education
Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost) Large scholarly, multi-disciplinary database containing full text for more than 3,600 publications, and indexing and abstracts for all 4,500 journals in the collection. Includes journals every area of academic study including: social sciences, humanities, computer sciences, education, arts & literature, medical sciences, and many more.
ERIC (EBSCOhost) Contains citations and abstracts from over 980 educational and education-related journals and for ERIC Resources in Education, a collection of documents on topics in education. Citations for these documents include links to EDRS (ERIC Document Reproduction Services), which offers access to text of 80% of ERIC Documents from 1993 forward.
ERIC Documents Provides access to 80% of ERIC Documents from 1993 to the present. Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the full documents.
FirstSearch (OCLC) Includes 20+ databases covering many different subject areas including Education, Business, Health Science, Arts & Humanities.
InfoTrac OneFile (Gale) News and periodical articles on a wide range of topics including computers, current events, education, health care, sports, technology, and more. Many full-text articles.
JSTOR 80+ full-text scholarly journals in such subject areas as: History, Philosophy, Political Science, Finance, Statistics, Mathematics, Sociology, and many others.
MasterFILE Premier (EBSCOhost) Provides abstracts and indexing for over 2,500 periodicals, full text for over 1,900 periodicals. Covers general reference, business, general science, multi-cultural, and other subjects.
Professional Development Collection (EBSCOhost) Contains over 550 full text education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles, and indexing and abstracts for more than 800 journals.
Project Muse 40+ full-text scholarly journals in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Mathematics.
ProQuest Education Journals Contains more than 550 titles on education with nearly 300 in full text.
ProQuest Newspapers Provides access to 41 newspapers, including national and local titles, most in full text.
ProQuest Wilson Education Abstracts Provides abstracts and full text articles from over 400 education journals.
PsycINFO (EBSCOhost) Covers over 1700 international periodicals in psychology and related fields. Citations and summaries of journal articles, plus books, chapters, dissertations and technical reports.
SAGE Premier Full-text access back to 1999 for 444 Sage Journals.
TeachingBooks Provides original, in-studio movies of authors and illustrators, audio excerpts of book readings, guides to thousands of titles and multimedia resources on children's and young adult literature.
General Databases
Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost) Large scholarly, multi-disciplinary database containing full text for more than 3,600 publications, and indexing and abstracts for all 4,500 journals in the collection. Includes journals every area of academic study including: social sciences, humanities, computer sciences, education, arts & literature, medical sciences, and many more.
FirstSearch (OCLC) Includes 20+ databases covering many different subject areas including Education, Business, Health Science, Arts & Humanities.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (EBSCOhost) Complete encyclopedia entries. Search by subject or keyword.
InfoTrac Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale) Full text coverage of every academic concentration--from advertising and microbiology to history, political science, and art history. It also incorporates many interdisciplinary journals, and national news magazines.
InfoTrac OneFile (Gale) News and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, education, health care, humanities, literature and art, science, social science, sports, technology, and more. Many full-text articles.
JSTOR 80+ full-text scholarly journals in such subject areas as: History, Philosophy, Political Science, Finance, Statistics, Mathematics, Sociology, and many others.
MasterFILE Premier (EBSCOhost) Provides abstracts and indexing for over 2,500 periodicals, full text for over 1,900 periodicals. Covers general reference, business, general science, multi-cultural, and other subjects.
NewspaperARCHIVE Contains millions of searchable newspaper pages, dating as far back as the 1700s, presented in a PDF format that preserves the original context and format of content.
Newspaper Source (EBSCOhost) Selected full text for 25 national (U.S.) and international newspapers, television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 200 regional (U.S.) newspapers.
Project Muse 40+ full-text scholarly journals in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Mathematics.
ProQuest Newspapers Provides access to 41 newspapers, including national and local titles, most in full text.
SAGE Premier Full-text access back to 1999 for 444 Sage Journals.
Westlaw Campus Research Provides full-text access to news, business and law related information, including sources of analytical and primary law such as: American Jurisprudence, American Law Reports, Federal and State Supreme Court case law, U.S. Code Annotated, Federal Register, and various law reviews and journals.
WorldCat (OCLC) Worldwide catalog of library materials.
Health & Life Sciences
CINAHLPlus with Full Text (EBSCOhost) Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health includes citations from 1,200 journals in nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, emergency services, consumer health, alternative therapies, and health sciences librarianship.
The Cochrane Library (EBSCOhost) Database of full text articles that is the best single source of reliable information on the effects of healthcare interventions.
FirstSearch (OCLC) Includes 20+ databases covering many different subject areas including Education, Business, Health Science, Arts & Humanities.
Health Source: Consumer Edition (EBSCOhost) Provides abstracts and indexing for over 520 consumer health, nutrition and professional periodicals. Over 240 periodicals are covered in full text as well as over 1,000 health pamphlets.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCOhost) Provides over 520 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also featured are abstracts and indexing for over 560 journals.
MEDLINE (EBSCOhost) Provides complete coverage of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) MEDLINE database from 1966 to the present. It provides citations and abstracts from medical journals, including studies, method comparisons, and reviews of current subjects.
Nursing & Allied Health Collection: Basic (EBSCOhost) Designed for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers, this database provides full text for nearly 100 journals covering nursing, biomedicine, health sciences, consumer health, and allied health disciplines.
Nursing Reference Center-Features include Diseases & Conditions with quick lesson overviews and evidence-based care sheets , F.A. Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses, and practice resources link CINAHL Nursing Guide.
OT Search (ON CAMPUS ONLY) The Occupational Therapy Bibliographic System. Tool to help identify documents related to a specific topic.
ProQuest Medical Library MEDLINE indexing for more than 100 key medical titles (most in full-text).
ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source Find complete, full-text information from leading nursing, allied health, and related publications.
PsycINFO (EBSCOhost) Covers over 1700 international periodicals in psychology and related fields. Citations and summaries of journal articles, plus books, chapters, dissertations and technical reports.
PubMed (National Library of Medicine) FREE access to over 11 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's and additional life science journals. Includes links to many sites providing full text articles.
SAGE Premier Full-text access back to 1999 for 444 Sage Journals.
Thomson Health Database includes MICROMEDEX Healthcare Series with referenced information about drugs, toxicology, diseases, acute care, and alternative medicine, and PDR Electronic Library with access to FDA approved drug information. (Note: Please see a librarian for log-in information)
Social Sciences
Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost) Large scholarly, multi-disciplinary database containing full text for more than 3,600 publications, and indexing and abstracts for all 4,500 journals in the collection. Includes journals every area of academic study including: social sciences, humanities, computer sciences, education, arts & literature, medical sciences, and many more.
ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials (EBSCOhost) Full text version of the ATLA Religion Database, a collection of major religion and theology journals.
Biblical Archaeology Society Online Archive The single most comprehensive resource for research in Biblical Archaeology.
Books in Print (Bowker) Search for books in print by keyword, title, author, ISBN, etc.
Communication & Mass Media Complete Provides full text coverage for over 200 journal titles and citation coverage for additional sources.
Criminal Justice Periodicals (ProQuest)Collection of criminal justice journals including information for professionals in law enforcement, corrections administration, drug enforcement, rehabilitation, family law, and industrial security.
Criminology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection Full-text of 15 journals, some going back to 1982. Covers Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice, Corrections, Penology, Policing, Forensic Psychology, and Family and Domestic Violence.
Ethnic NewsWatch (ENW) Interdisciplinary full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.
FirstSearch (OCLC) Includes 20+ databases covering many different subject areas including Education, Business, Health Science, Arts & Humanities.
Humanities International Complete (EBSCOhost) Provides full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world. HIC includes all the data from American Humanities Index and Humanities International Index plus almost half a million full-text articles, many available with searchable references.
InfoTrac Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale) Full text coverage of every academic concentration--from advertising and microbiology to history, political science, and art history. It also incorporates many interdisciplinary journals, and national news magazines.
InfoTrac OneFile (Gale) News and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, education, health care, humanities, literature and art, science, social science, sports, technology, and more. Many full-text articles.
JSTOR 80+ full-text scholarly journals in such subject areas as: History, Philosophy, Political Science, Finance, Statistics, Mathematics, Sociology, and many others.
MasterFILE Premier (EBSCOhost) Provides abstracts and indexing for over 2,500 periodicals, full text for over 1,900 periodicals. Covers general reference, business, general science, multi-cultural, and other subjects.
NewspaperARCHIVE Contains millions of searchable newspaper pages, dating as far back as the 1700s, presented in a PDF format that preserves the original context and format of content.
Project Muse 40+ full-text scholarly journals in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Mathematics.
ProQuest Newspapers Provides access to 41 newspapers, including national and local titles, most in full text.
PsycINFO (EBSCOhost) Covers over 1700 international periodicals in psychology and related fields. Citations and summaries of journal articles, plus books, chapters, dissertations and technical reports.
SAGE Premier Full-text access back to 1999 for 444 Sage Journals.
Westlaw Campus Research Provides full-text access to news, business and law related information, including sources of analytical and primary law such as: American Jurisprudence, American Law Reports, Federal and State Supreme Court case law, U.S. Code Annotated, Federal Register, and various law reviews and journals.
