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- O*NET Online"serves as the nation's primary source of occupational information, providing comprehensive information on key attributes and characteristics of workers and occupations."
See O*NET Academy for tips. - OAIsterA union catalog of millions of records representing open access resources on a wide variety of topics from over 1,500 contributors.
- Oceanic Abstracts (ProQuest) (1981+)focuses on marine biology and physical oceanography, fisheries, aquaculture, non-living resources, meteorology and geology, plus environmental, technological, and legislative topics.
- OECD Health Statistics (1960+)A comprehensive source of comparable statistics on health and health systems across Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development (OECD) countries.
- OED: Oxford English Dictionary (Oxford University Press)"The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words— past and present—from across the English-speaking world."
The 20-volume print set is available in the Main Library Reference -- PE1625.M7 1989. - Office of Economic & Demographic Research (OEDR) (Florida Legislature)"a research arm of the Legislature principally concerned with forecasting economic and social trends that affect policy making, revenues, and appropriations."
- Official Federal Land Records Site (U.S. Department of the Interior)"access to Federal land conveyance records for the Public Land States, including image access to more than five million Federal land title records issued between 1820 and the present. We also have images related to survey plats and field notes, dating back to 1810."
- Official Index to the Times* (FCLA)See the London Times research guide
- Official List of Special Districts (Florida Department of Economic Opportunity)Use the Official List of Special Districts to create a customized list of all the special districts within a specific county.
- OmniFile Full Text Mega (H.W. Wilson) (1982+)*[Canceled due to budget cuts.]
Use the following databases which contain content contained in OmniFile:
- Business Abstracts Full Text
- Education Source
- General Science Full Text
- Humanities Source
- Readers' Guide
- Social Sciences Full Text (canceled due to budget cuts) - Oncogenes & Growth Factors Abstracts (ProQuest) (1989+)covers every aspect of oncogene research into the molecular basis of malignant transformations.
- OncoLink (University of Pennsylvania)Comprehensive information about specific types of cancer, updates on cancer treatments and news about research advances.
- Journals List (UCF Library) This link opens in a new windowSearch for specific journals or magazines by title or ISSN. Selecting an individual journal title may provide an option to search inside for articles from that journal. To search for articles from multiple journals go to one of the subject area databases.
- the Journals List also provides an option to browse to identify journals by subject category - Online Sunshine (Florida Legislature)separate sites for House and Senate
bill numbers:
* odd = House
* even = Senate
See also Florida Legislative History - Open Secrets (Center for Responsive Politics)tracks money in politics, and its effect on elections and public policy
- OpenCongress"OpenCongress allows anyone to follow legislation in Congress, from bill introduction to floor vote. Learn more about issues you care about and connect with others who share similar views."
- OpenDOAR - The Directory of Open Access Repositoriesa growing list of international institutional & subject-based repositories, as well as archives set up by funding agencies - like the National Institutes for Health in the USA or the Wellcome Trust in the UK and Europe.
- OPPAGA - Office of Program Policy Analysis & Government Accountability (Florida Legislature)Government Program Summaries provide legislators and the public with summaries of state government agencies and programs. Generally, summaries provide the following information about programs:
- why Florida provides the program,
- how the program is funded,
- current issues facing the program, and
- references to other sources of program information and assessments. - Optics InfoBase (Optica Publishing Group)"a cutting-edge repository that contains OSA Publishing's content, including 17 flagship, partnered and co-published peer-reviewed journals and 1 magazine. With more than 272,000 articles including papers from over 470 conferences, Optics InfoBase is the largest peer-reviewed collection of optics and photonics."
- Orange County Library System (OCLS)A link to the Orange County (Florida) public library catalog and Learning & Research databases.
- Orange County Water Atlasdesigned to provide citizens, scientists, professionals, and planners with comprehensive and current water quality, hydrologic, and ecological data, as well as information about recreational opportunities and a library of scientific and educational materials on water resource issues.
- Orlando Business Journal (Westlaw) (2006+)
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- Orlando Sentinel (ProQuest) (1985+)Complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Classifieds and advertisements are excluded.
Click for earlier content from the Sentinel and other area newspapers. - OSHA Occupational Chemical Database"compiles information from several government agencies and organizations. Available database reports include: "Physical Properties," "Exposure Guidelines," "NIOSH Pocket Guide," and "Emergency Response Information," including the DOT Emergency Response Guide."
- Oxford Art OnlineThis is a comprehensive encyclopedia on every aspect of the visual arts; provides access to more than 5,000 images.
- Oxford Handbooks Onlinecomplete texts of the prestigious Oxford Handbooks in Business and Management, Philosophy, Political Science, and Religion
- Oxford Journals Online (OUP) (1827+)Selective full text (1996+) of Oxford University Press journals covering a variety of disciplines:
-- Arts & Humanities -- Law -- Medicine & Health -- Science & Mathematics -- Social Sciences - Oxford Scholarship OnlineAccess to the full text of over 4,000 Oxford monographs in Biology, Business & Management, Classical Studies, Economics & Finance, History, Law, Linguistics, Literature, Mathematics, Music, Neuroscience, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Public Health & Epidemiology, Religion, and Social Work
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- PAIS Index (ProQuest) (1915+)contains references to more than 553,300 journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports, publications of international agencies, microfiche, Internet material, & more.
The print index provides coverage for 1915-1974 - Main Library Reference H1.P8 - PALMM (FCLA)Publication of Archival, Library, & Museum Materials (PALMM) is a cooperative initiative of the public universities of Florida to provide digital access to important source materials for research and scholarship relevant to the students, research community
- PapersFirst (FirstSearch) (1993+)OCLC index of papers presented at conferences worldwide; covers every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received by The British Library Document Supply Centre.
- Penn World Table"a database with information on relative levels of income, output, inputs and productivity, covering 182 countries between 1950 and 2017"
- Philosopher's Index (EBSCOhost) (1940+)Indexing and abstracts from books and journals of philosophy and related fields.
Unlimited simultaneous users - PTSDpubs (ProQuest) (1871+)includes citations to all literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health sequelae of traumatic events, without disciplinary, linguistic, or geographical limitations, and to offer both current and retrospective coverage
- Pinellas County Water Atlasdesigned to provide citizens, scientists, professionals, and planners with comprehensive and current water quality, hydrologic, and ecological data, as well as information about recreational opportunities and a library of scientific and educational materials on water resource issues.
- Plant Science (ProQuest) (1994+)a bibliographic database containing citations and abstracts of scientific literature on plant science and botany, focusing on all plant scientific aspects, especially on pathology, symbiosis, biochemistry, genetics, biotechnology, techniques & environmental biology
- Play Finder in Lit Finder (Gale)Database of play citations as well as literature and poems. To search Play Finder, Search in LitFinder and set the Type of Work to Play.
- Poem Finder in LitFinder (Gale)Indexes 800,000 well-known, anthologized poems, plays and literature. To search Poem Finder, Search in LitFinder and set the Type of Work to Poem.
- Polity5 Project: Political Regime Characteristics & Transitions, 1800-2013"continues the Polity research tradition of coding the authority characteristics of states in the world system for purposes of comparative, quantitative analysis"
- Polk County Water Atlasdesigned to provide citizens, scientists, professionals, and planners with comprehensive and current water quality, hydrologic, and ecological data, as well as information about recreational opportunities and a library of scientific and educational materials on water resource issues.
- Pollution Abstracts (ProQuest) (1981+)
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Topics of growing concern are extensively covered from the standpoints of atmosphere, emissions, mathematical models, effects on people and animals, and environmental action in response to global pollution issues. - Primary Search (EBSCOhost)Indexing and full text of magazines appropriate for elementary schools and children’s reading rooms.
- ProceedingsFirst (FirstSearch)Covers every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received by The British Library Document Supply Centre.
- Leadership and Management (Gale OneFile)"A collection of educational journals picked for their relevance in the modern world for todays professional."
- Professional Development Collection Education (EBSCOhost)"designed for professional educators, provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 520 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles."
- Project Euclida not-for-profit online publishing service that provides access to journals, monographs, and conference proceedings in the fields of theoretical and applied mathematics and statistics
- Project Gutenberg"Project Gutenberg offers over 54,000 free ebooks: choose among free epub books, free kindle books, download them or read them online"
- Project MUSE (Johns Hopkins University)a unique collaboration between libraries and publishers providing 100% full-text, affordable and user-friendly online access to over 300+ high quality humanities and social sciences journals from over 60 scholarly publishers.
- ProQuest DatabasesSearch platform for over 20 databases and over 75 sub-databases, including full text eBooks, dissertations, company profiles, and article indexing in multiple disciplines.
See the list of all ProQuest databases available at UCF - ProQuest Congressional (1789+)
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access to vast and varied information published by and about Congress, including full text of almost all Committee Reports from 1990 forward and Congressional testimony from 1988 forward. - Criminal Justice Database (ProQuest) (1981+)"a comprehensive database supporting research on crime, its causes and impacts, legal and social implications, as well as litigation and crime trends. As well as U.S. and international scholarly journals, it includes correctional and law enforcement trade publications, dissertations, crime reports, crime blogs and other material relevant for researchers or those preparing for careers in criminal justice, law enforcement and related fields."
- U.S. Major Dailies (ProQuest) (1980+)Full text of five major daily newspapers:
- Christian Science Monitor (1980+)
- Los Angeles Times (1985+)
- New York Times (1980+)
- - New York Times Book Review (indexing 1986+; full text 1997+)
- - New York Times Magazine (indexing 1986+; full text 1997+)
- Wall Street Journal (1984+)
- Washington Post (1987+) - Statistical Insight (ProQuest)Provides some full text & indexes all types of statistical publications:
- American Statistics Index (ASI) (1974+)
- Statistical Reference Index (SRI) (1980+)
- Index to International Statistics (IIS) (1983+) - APA PsycArticles (EBSCOhost)Full-text articles from APA peer reviewed journals.
- PsychiatryOnline*Onsite access is available by going to the College of Medicine campus.
UCF Libraries provides access to the DSM-5 Library within PsychiatryOnline. - APA PsycInfo (EBSCOhost) (1887+)American Psychological Association's (APA) renowned resource for abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, is the largest resource devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health.
- Public Disclosure (U.S. Senate)- United States Senate Financial Disclosures (eFD)
- Senate Gift Rule Database
- Lobbying Disclosure Act Databases
- Post Employment Lobbying Restrictions - Public Elementary-Secondary Education Finance Data (U.S. Census)- Online version (1992+)
- U.S. Documents C 3.191/2-10: (1987-1993)
- U.S. Documents C 3.191/2-6: (1977-1986) - Nonfiction Core Collection (H.W. Wilson)*This database has been discontinued by EBSCO.
See the print version called "Public library core collection. Nonfiction" by requesting it from the ARC (Automated Retrieval Center.) - Public Library of Science (PLOS)Peer-reviewed journals in biology, medicine, computational biology, genetics, pathogens, and neglected tropical diseases.
- PubMed (MEDLINE) (1948+)PubMed® comprises more than 30 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
To authenticate for full-text off-campus, log in - PubMed Central (1906+)U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.
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