Databases - A
- ABI/INFORM Collection (ProQuest) (1971+)Covers advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, business conditions, trends, corporate strategies & tactics, management techniques, competitive & product information, company histories & new product development
- ABI/INFORM Dateline (ProQuest) (1985+)includes hard-to-find local and regional business publications, with news about local companies, analysis, information on local markets and more.
- ABI/INFORM Global (ProQuest)Includes in-depth coverage for thousands of publications, most of which are available in full text and the latest business and financial information for researchers at all levels.
- ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry (ProQuest) (1971+)includes in-depth coverage of companies, products, executives, trends and other topics. With ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry users can study and compare specific trades and industries.
- Abstracts in New Technology & Engineering -- ANTE (ProQuest) (1993+)publications from the U.K. & the U.S. covering new technologies such as information technology & computing, electronics, biotechnology, medical technology, as well as engineering (including construction, electrical & chemical engineering) & allied subject areas.
- Abstracts in Social Gerontology (EBSCOhost)Indexes social gerontology journals, including the psychology of aging, elder abuse, society and the elderly.
- Academic ASAP (Gale) (1980+)(all database contents are included in Academic OneFile)
full-text periodical articles on: Current Events, Economics, Education, History, Humanities, Literature and Art, Political Science, Psychology, Religion, Sociology, and more - Academic Database Assessment Tool (ADAT)*"The Academic Database Assessment Tool (ADAT) ... has been discontinued. The descriptive information on electronic resources, however, has been migrated from ADAT to the CRL eDesiderata platform.
- Academic OneFile (Gale) (1980+)Provides articles from over 17,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sources in addition to thousands of podcasts, transcripts, and videos. "...extensive coverage in key subject areas such as, biology, chemistry, criminal justice, economics, environmental science, history, marketing, political science, and psychology"
- Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)Indexing and full text of articles for array of scholarly and popular topics. Provides full text for over 4,600 scholarly journals covering the social sciences, humanities, science, cultural studies, education, and much more.
- Academic UniverseSee LexisNexis Academic.
- Access MedicineFull text medical text books and clinical library. Includes photographs and audio/video presentations related to the various texts in the collections.
- ACLS Humanities E-BooksAmerican Council of Learned Societies - "a digital collection of about 5,000 full-text titles offered by the ACLS in collaboration with twenty learned societies, nearly 100 contributing publishers, and librarians at the University of Michigan’s Scholarly Publishing Office."
Unlimited simultaneous users. - ACM Digital LibraryFull text of all ACM journals and conference proceedings.
- Advanced Polymers Abstracts* (CSA)[subscription dropped]
This database centralizes information on advanced plastics and is a subset of the Engineered Materials Abstracts database. - AfricaBibThe 6 bibliographic databases of AfricaBib:
- Africana Periodical Literature -- African Women -- Women Travelers to Africa -- Islam in Africa -- Kenya Coast -- Water and Africa - African American Biographical Database (Chadwyck-Healey / ProQuest)Biographies of over 30,000 African-Americans from Chadwyck-Healey’s acclaimed Black Biographical Dictionaries 1790-1950.
- AgeLine* (AARP)No longer freely available. Detailed summaries of more than 90,000 publications about aging and the 50+ population. See also the AgeLine Thesaurus.
See also Abstracts in Social Gerontology - AGRICOLA (ProQuest) (1970+)AGRICOLA is a bibliographic database consisting of literature citations for journal articles, monographs, proceedings, theses, patents, translations, audiovisual materials, computer software, and technical reports pertaining to all aspects of agriculture.
- AGRICOLA (USDA) (1970+)Covers every major agricultural subject, providing accessible agricultural information and serves as the nexus for a national network of state land-grant and U.S. Department of Agriculture field libraries.
- Agriculture (Gale OneFile)With broad coverage of agriculture and its related fields, this collection provides a comprehensive view of this growing body of knowledge. Comprised of nearly 200 titles, researchers will have access to current and authoritative content that spans the industry -- from practical aspects of farming to cutting edge scientific research in horticulture.
- AGRIS (United Nations)a global public domain Database with over 2 million structured bibliographical records on agricultural science and technology. Approximately 80% of records are citations from scientific journals.
- AIDS & Cancer Research Abstracts (ProQuest) (1982+)-Access the component parts of AIDs & Cancer Research Abstracts at:
Virology and AIDS Abstracts
Oncogenes & Growth Factors Abstracts
Immunology Abstracts - Alexander Street VideoStreaming video collections include:
- American History in Video
- Art & Architecture in Video
- AVON (Academic Video Online Premium)
- Asian Film Online, (vol. 1 & 2)
- Caribbean Studies in Video: The Banyan Archive
- Counseling & Therapy in Video (vol. 1 & 2)
- The DocuSeek2 Complete Collection
- Education in Video
- Ethnographic Video Online
- Filmakers Library Online
- Latin America in Video
- LGBT Studies in Video
- New World Cinema: Independent Features & Shorts, 1990-Present
- Nursing Education in Video, 2nd Edition upgrade
- Theatre in Video
- Video Journal of Counseling & Therapy
- World History in Video - Algology Mycology & Protozoology Abstracts (Microbiology C) (ProQuest) (1982+)This journal separates out all the relevant studies in the literature and organizes them in one source for easy reference.
- Alt-HealthWatch (EBSCOhost) (1990+)Focusing on complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care
- Alternative Press Index (EBSCOhost) (1991+)Indexes over 250 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines.
- Aluminium Industry Abstracts (ProQuest) (1972+)provides comprehensive coverage of the world's technical literature on aluminum, production processes, products, applications, and business developments.
- America: History & Life (EBSCOhost)America: History and Life provides information about American history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.
- American Chemical Society (ACS)Access to over 130 years of original research in chemistry, including more than 750,000 articles contained in 3 million plus pages of chemistry findings, dating back to the introduction of the Journal of the ACS in 1879, as well as the ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication and the ACS In Focus eBooks.
- Film Scripts Online (Alexander Street)Full text of 1,000+ scripts by writers together with detailed, fielded information on the scenes, characters and people related to the scripts. Includes over 500 original images of previously unpublished screenplays.
The "legacy" American Film Scripts site is linked from the Film Scripts Online homepage. This may be temporary. - American History in Video (Alexander Street)"allows students and researchers to analyze historical events, and their presentation over time, through commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries."
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)Journals, conference proceedings and eBooks from AIP Publishing and AIP Member Societies such as American Association of Physics Teachers.
- American Mathematical Society Journals (AMS)Journals of the American Mathematical Society, devoted to research articles of the highest quality in all areas of pure and applied mathematics.
- American Periodicals IndexCanceled due to budget cuts. Consider using American Periodical Series Online. For help contact Ask a Librarian.
- American Periodicals (ProQuest) (1741-1940)A full text collection of American magazines and journals.
- American State Papers (NewsBank/Readex) (1789-1838)Primary source material on many aspects of early American history from 1789 to 1838.
- Analytical Abstracts (RSC) (1980+)(also known as Analytical WebBase)
(abstracts 1984+)
Index to more than 260 journals with comprehensive coverage of analytical chemistry.
- print index 1954-1983 - UCF ARC MAIN General Collection QD 71.A49
- print index 1984-2006 - UCF Index 2nd floor -- QD 71 .A49 - Animal Behavior Abstracts (ProQuest) (1982+)Papers relevant to animal behavior, with subjects ranging from neurophysiology to behavioral ecology, from genetics to applied ethology, are covered.
- Annual Reviews (1932+)Annual Reviews publishes authoritative, analytic reviews in more than 45 focused disciplines in the sciences and social sciences.
- Ant Bibliography* (FLVC)
- Anthropology Plus (EBSCOhost) (1957+)Indexes journal articles & sections of edited works (books, conference proceedings, festschriften, etc.) in social, cultural, physical, biological, & linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture, & interdisciplinary studies
- AnthroSource (Wiley)- a digital searchable database containing the past, present and future AAA publications,
- more than 250,000 articles from AAA journals, newsletters, bulletins and monographs in a single place, and
- cross-disciplinary resources for all things anthropological - AP Images (EBSCOhost)Photographs from as early as 1840's and other graphics spanning over 160 years of history. Includes a small selection of recent sound clips.
- Applied Science & Technology Source (EBSCOhost)“This database offers a diverse array of full-text and indexed content that covers the full spectrum of the applied sciences and computing disciplines—from acoustics to aeronautics, and neural networks to nuclear engineering.”
- Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts - ASSIA (ProQuest) (1987+)Covers health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations and education.
- Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) (ProQuest) (1971+)aquatic resources - serial publications, books, reports, conference proceedings, translations & limited distribution literature
searches a set of related databases - Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources (ProQuest) (1971+)marine, freshwater & brackish water organisms - journal articles
- Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) 2: Ocean Technology, Policy & Non-Living Resources (ProQuest)oceanography, limnology, coastal structures - journal articles
- Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality (ProQuest) (1990+)aquatic pollution, prevention and control - journal articles
- Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA): Aquaculture Abstracts (ProQuest) (1984+)aquaculture, culture of fish & other organisms - journal articles
- Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA): Marine Biotechnology Abstracts (ProQuest) (1989+)molecular biotechnology, cell/tissue culture - journal articles
- ArchiveGrid (OCLC)"ArchiveGrid includes over 7 million records describing archival materials, bringing together information about historical documents, personal papers, family histories, and more. With over 1,400 different archival institutions represented, ArchiveGrid helps researchers looking for primary source materials held in archives, libraries, museums and historical societies."
- Archives Florida (PALMM)"Archives Florida is a searchable and browseable database of finding aids (guides) to personal papers, organizational records, and other special collections held by archives, libraries, museums, historical societies and other agencies in Florida. Finding aids are searchable collectively, or by individual archives."
- ARD: Anthropology Review DatabaseThe ARD is temporarily unavailable due to technical difficulties.
The timeframe for its return is unknown.
"Fully searchable database of reviews of anthropological books, audiovisual materials, software & multimedia, exhibits, tourist sites, conferences, and on-line resources." - Armed Conflict Location & Event Dataset (ACLED)"designed for disaggregated conflict analysis and crisis mapping. This dataset codes the dates and locations of all reported political violence events in over 50 developing countries."
- Art & Architecture in Video (Alexander Street)"an online streaming film collection, delivers over 500 hours of documentaries and interviews illustrating the theory and practice of a variety of art forms and providing the context necessary for critical analysis. Ideal for both undergraduate and graduate courses, the works within this collection offer a dynamic tool to enhance understanding of visual media."
- Art & Architecture Source (EBSCOhost)“This art research database covers a broad range of subjects from fine, decorative and commercial art, to various areas of architecture and architectural design. It features full-text articles, indexing and abstracts for an array of journals, books and more.”
see also Art Index Retrospective (1929-1984) - Arte Publico Hispanic Historical Collection: Series 1 (EBSCOhost) (1610+)Digital collection of historical content pertaining to U.S. Hispanic history, literature and culture.
- Primary Sources (Gale)- cross-search Eighteenth Century Collections Online, Nineteenth Century Collections Online, and Sabine Americana 1500-1926
- analysis features include term clusters and term frequency - ArticleFirst (FirstSearch)Articles found in the table of contents of more than 13,000 journals covering science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture.
- Arts & Humanities Citation Index (Web of Science) (1975+)On the main search screen, scroll down to click on "More Settings", and choose the indexes you wish to search through.
Indexes 1,300 leading arts and humanities journals. - ARTstorUsers must create a free account (or link an existing JSTOR account) for access and to download images.
ArtStor is migrating to the JSTOR platform. The ArtStor platform will be retired on August 1, 2024. Images are already available on JSTOR and additional functionality is coming.
A digital library of nearly one million images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences for research and pedagogical purposes. - Asian American Drama (Alexander Street)Contains 252 plays by 42 playwrights, together with detailed, fielded information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more. Some 50% of these plays have never been published before. The database also includes selected playbills, production photographs and other ephemera related to the plays.
- Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA) (1890+)- International: National & Regional Profiles
- U.S. Congregational Membership
- Denominational Profiles - Associations Unlimited (Gale)The premier source for associations - use this database to locate approximately 460,000 international and U.S. national, regional, state, and local nonprofit membership organizations in all fields, including IRS data on U.S. 501(c) nonprofit organizations. The database is also used to monitor association trends; identify related associations; networking and making professional contacts; marketing to associations, their members and markets.
- ASTM Compass (1931+)ASTM standards, journals, and technical publications full text covering a broad range of engineering disciplines, including aerospace, biomedical, chemical, civil, environmental, geological, and others.
- Astrophysics Data System (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory & NASA)"maintains three bibliographic databases containing more than 10.9 million records covering publications in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Physics, and the arXiv e-prints"
- ATLA Religion (EBSCOhost) (1949+)Supports religious and theological scholarship with citations to journal articles.
- Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (ProQuest) (1934+)Offers a listing of journal articles published worldwide on architecture and design, archaeology, city planning, interior design, and historic preservation. Coverage is from the 1930s to the present, with selective coverage back to the 1860s.
Databases - B
- Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B) (ProQuest) (1982+)covers topics ranging from bacterial immunology and vaccinations to diseases of man and animals, the journal provides access to far-reaching clinical findings as well as all aspects of pure bacteriology, biochemistry, and genetics.
- Bartleby.com"The preeminent Internet publisher of literature, reference and verse providing students, researchers and the intellectually curious with unlimited access to books and information on the web, free of charge."
- BHI - British Humanities Index* (CSA) (1962-2009)Canceled due to budget cuts. Use Humanities Source or FRANCIS or contact Ask a Librarian for assistance.
See also the print version (1962-2009) which you can request via the catalog.
"An international abstracting and indexing tool for research in the humanities, BHI indexes over 370 internationally respected humanities journals and weekly magazines published in the UK and other English speaking countries, as well as quality newspapers published in the UK." - Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) / Répertoire international de la littérature de l'art (RILA) (Getty) (1975-2007)See also the print volumes in the General Collection N 7510 .R5 (1975-1999)
- Biochemistry Abstracts 1 (ProQuest) (1981-1993)provides bibliographic coverage of ground-breaking research, applications, regulatory developments and new patents across all areas of biotechnology and bioengineering, including medical, pharmaceutical, agricultural, environmental and marine biology.
- Biochemistry Abstracts 3 (ProQuest) (1982-1993)provides bibliographic coverage of ground-breaking research, applications, regulatory developments and new patents across all areas of biotechnology and bioengineering, including medical, pharmaceutical, agricultural, environmental and marine biology.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF-US)facilitates access to species occurrence data (presence and absence), analyses and investigations of species trends, drivers of change, and potential implications of future changes in biodiversity in the United States and U.S. Territories
- Biography and Genealogy Master Index (Gale)UCF ARC Main General Collection -- CT 213 .B53
Identifies 12.7 million biographical sketches in more than 3,400 current and retrospective reference books, covering contemporary and historical figures throughout the world. - Biography (Gale In Context)combines Gale biographies with related full-text articles from magazines and newspapers, thousands images, and links to vetted websites.
- Biography Index (H.W. Wilson) (1946-2010)[online access cancelled due to budget cuts]
Reference CT 100.B48
"cites biographical articles appearing in any of more than 3,000 periodicals indexed in other Wilson databases, plus select other titles...some 2,000 current books of individual and collective biography are cited each year, as well as biographical material in otherwise non-biographical books."
Biography & Genealogy Master Index identifies entries in Biography Index from the first print volume in 1946 forward. - Biography Reference Bank (Wilson)"contains biographical information on approximately half a million people, from antiquity to the present, along with thousands of images. It contains the full text of the articles from more than 100 volumes of biographical reference books published by H. W. Wilson."
- BIOSIS Citation IndexCovers all major areas in the life sciences, with broad coverage in molecular and cell biology, pharmacology, endocrinology, genetics, neurosciences, infectious diseases, ecology and organismal biology
- Biological Science Collection (ProQuest) (1946+)"This database includes the renowned Biological Sciences, MEDLINE, and TOXLINE databases and provides full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, and government publications. The database includes specialized, editorially-curated A&I resources providing access to the extensive variety of biology’s cutting edge research, with applications to medicine, technology and the environment."
- Biology Digest* (CSA) (1989+)[subscription dropped]
A compilation of abstracts and indexes of domestic and international literature in the area of life sciences.
See also Biological Sciences (ProQuest) - BioMed Central (OpenAccess Central)"an STM (Science, Technology and Medicine) publisher of 269 peer-reviewed open access journals. The portfolio of journals spans all areas of biology, biomedicine and medicine"
- BioOne (2000+)Full-texts of high-impact bioscience research journals, an innovative collaboration between scientific societies, libraries, academe and the private sector.
- Biotechnology & Bioengineering Abstracts (ProQuest) (1982+)Provides coverage of research across all areas of biotechnology and bioengineering, including medical, pharmaceutical, agricultural, environmental and marine biology.
- Biotechnology Research Abstracts (ProQuest)Provides bibliographic coverage of ground-breaking research, applications, regulatory developments and new patents across all areas of biotechnology and bioengineering, including medical, pharmaceutical, agricultural, environmental and marine biology.
For user help, see the ProQuest Science & Technology Training Materials guide and the ProQuest Biological Science Collection guide. - Black Drama (Alexander Street)Contains approximately 1200 plays by 200 playwrights, together with detailed, fielded information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more. The database also includes selected playbills, production photographs and other ephemera related to the plays. Some 440 of the plays are published here for the first time, including a number by major authors.
- Book Review Digest (Wilson) (1905-2011)[online access cancelled due to budget cuts]
paper copies available: UCF ARC MAIN General Collection -- Z 1219 .C95 & UCF Main Library General Collection - 4th Floor -- Z1219.C95
Book reviews from nearly 100 American and Canadian periodicals in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences, as well as library review media. - Books and Authors (Gale)offers new ways to explore the endless possibilities and combinations of books, authors, genres and topics. Combining over 140,000 titles, 50,000 authors, and thousands of read-alike, award winner and librarian's favorites lists, Books & Authors helps bring readers and literature together.
- Books in Print/Out of Print* (Bowker)[subscription cancelled due to budget cuts]
Information on all U.S. books in print, Covers scholarly, technical, popular, adult, juvenile, and reprint titles.
For coverage of some of the information, see Books & Authors. - Bowker's Publisher Authority Database*[subscription dropped]
A directory of over 200,000 book, audio, and videocassette publishers, distributors, agents, and wholesalers.
For coverage of some of the information, see the Publishers Directory in the Media Entities section of Gale Directory Library. - Buros Center for TestingFind test reviews online
- Business & Industry (Gale)Canceled due to budget cuts.
Business information focusing on facts, figures, events and market information about companies, industries, products and markets.
- Business Abstracts with Full Text (H.W. Wilson) (1982+)"contains the full text of articles from more than 510 key publications dating back to 1995, and provides access to product evaluations, interviews, biographical sketches, corporate profiles, obituaries, surveys, statistical rankings, book reviews and reports from associations, societies, trade shows, conferences and more."
- Business Insightssubscription canceled due to budget cuts. Market research and business reports covering consumer goods, energy, finance, healthcare, and technology industries.
- Business Insights (Gale) (1980+)A collection of company & industry information, including articles, financials, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, and chronologies
(formerly Business & Company Resource Center) - Business Source Premier (EBSCOhost)Covers management, economics, finance, banking, investment, and related fields. Full text included for nearly 2,300 journals.
- Business Source Premier - Company & Industry Profiles (EBSCOhost)Provides enhanced business searching.
Browse or search Company Profiles, Industry Profiles, Country Reports, and Market Research Reports - Business Source Premier - Country Reports (EBSCOhost)select "Country Reports" in the right column
Browse or search Country Reports by country, region, or publisher
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