Databases

On and off-campus access to these resources is available to current students, faculty & staff.

Databases listed with * are included in asearch. Databases without * can be searched directly.

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* Full-text of over 30 American Chemical Society journals.

* Scholarly database offering information in nearly every area of academic study. Citations and full-text articles available.

* Serials holdings of one of the American Antiquarian Society.

  • : Over 500 titles from 1691 through 1820
  • : Over 1000 titles dating from 1821 through 1837
  • : Over 1,800 titles dating from 1838 through 1852
  • : Over 1,100 titles dating from 1853 through 1865
  • : Over 2,500 titles dating from 1866 through 1877

Backfiles of the journals of the American Physiological Society, back to the first issue of each of the APS journals. These includeAmerican Journal of Physiology(1898-1997) andJournal of Applied Physiology(1948-1996).

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* Full-text of over 200 subscribed and open-access titles in biological, ecological, and environmental sciences.

* Encyclopedia articles on all subjects. Includes maps, timelines and years in review.

* Scholarly journals and business periodicals covering topics such as accounting, economics, management, and marketing.

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Book orders can be made throughChoice Online Reviews.

On campus, search “Chronicle of Higher Education” and bookmark it. Off-campus, register yourself— choose LOGIN or icon by SUBSCRIBE, create an account with campus email and a password. Scroll down to sign up for specific newsletters.

* Combines authoritative reference content with a one-stop exploratory search platform.

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*Full-text articles available from 1999 to present. Dunn Library has a microfiche index July 1975 – Dec 1991. DSM Public Library has an onlineto the DMR (1986-) and other Des Moines newspapers. Included in.

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* Search multiple databases (together or separately) to access periodicals, newspapers and reference tools, including full-text and peer reviewed. Contains specialized databases for mass communication, health and education.

* has access to some, but not all, of these books. Need help with downloading an eBook from the collection? Here’s afor you.

*Periodicals and reference content from the government-created ERIC database, supporting the education field.

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Multiple databases providing citations to articles on a variety of subjects. Databases include MEDLINE, ERIC, ArticleFirst, and GPO Monthly catalog.

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Vast collection of digitized books, many full-text online.

Search for scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.Want to search for materials in Dunn Library? Ato setting up Google Scholar for Dunn Library is available.

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An American digital library, providing free public access to collections of digitized materials, including millions of books.

Library of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions and literal translations of opera arias and art song texts.

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* Arts & Sciences I, II & III and Music Collections includecomplete back runs of many journals in a variety of disciplines, including economics, history, music, political science, and sociology plus selection of titles infields of archaeology, arts, classics, cultural studies, ecology, literature, mathematics, music, and statistics.

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Over 30,000 films, including critically acclaimed movies, inspiring documentaries, award-winning world language films, and more.Check out the. Manda Gibson made afor embedding videos. Most films allow campus groups to show free screenings at — look for the PPR symbol, allowing public performance rights.

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Borrow ebooks and audiobooks to read on your phone or tablet using the Libby app by OverDrive Academic. You can even send and read your borrowed ebooks to your Kindle ereader!

*Presents collection of famed photojournalism magazine, from first issue in November 1936 through December2000 in cover-to-cover format.

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Bibliographic database for life sciences and biomedical articles in academic journals covering medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and healthcare.

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*World´s largest streaming classical music library. Includes somejazz, world, and pop/rock. Limited to 5 simultaneous users.

Dunn Library provides access toNYTimes.com,New York Timesmobile apps,New York Times Audio, andNew York Times in Educationto students, faculty, and staff. The NYTimes.com Academic Access Pass gives you unlimited access to all content on the site(limit of five articles per day from 1923 to 1980).

* Full-text articles in the national “newspaper of record” from 1980 – date. Included in.

*Access to more than 17,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis in three primary collections: 1) full-text access news sourcesworldwide back to the 1970s; 2) aggregated economic data on businesses, corporations, and industries; 3) full-text legal documents, including U.S. Federal and State court cases, and law reviews from late 18th century to present. Here is theirto resources.

*includesGrove Music Online,Oxford Companion to Music, andOxford Dictionary of Musicplus articles from specialtydictionaries such asNew Grove Dictionary of OperaandNew Grove Dictionary of Jazz.Search box in upper right corner.Sign Inin the left column under is to access “personal accounts” and does need to be activated to useOxford Music Online.

*Provides access to thousands of books from world-renowned scholarly list of Oxford University Press. Subjects included humanities, social sciences, sciences, medicine, and law.

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*The Basic College Collection providesfull-text, user-friendlyaccess to over 190humanities, arts, and social sciences journals.

*Abstracts from more than 2,500 journals published bymany publishers including the American Psychological Association (APA) with links to PsycARTICLES and other Dunn-subscribed full-text journals.

*Public access to MEDLINE citations from the mid 1960’s available from the government.

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Focus on Criminology and Orthopaedicswith full-text articles and abstracts.

*Broad coverage on health and life scienceswith full-text articles and abstracts.

Nationwide sports business analytics, using proprietary research for professional and college sports as well as sports participation and equipment sales. Data from consumer research, industry reports, and licensed industry articles.

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Search most recent premium U.S. news content, including archives back into 1980s. Featuring newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in active full-text format.

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Business and financial information on over 3000 major U.S. corporations;to understand ValueLine.

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Full-text articles from theleading financial newspaper 1984 to yesterday. Included in.

* Features over 1,000 journals, major reference works, online books, Current Protocols laboratory manuals, and suite of professional and management resources.