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  • Offers access to over 6,000 titiles, including the following publications: American Foreign Relations Since 1600;American Slavery; Daily Life Through History;Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Authors; Historic Events of the 20th Century; Literature in Context.

     

  • This database contains over 80,000 citations for journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, conference papers, and audio-visual materials.
     

  • American FactFinder is a search engine that provides access to the population, housing and economic data collected by the Census Bureau. American FactFinder can be used to retrieve data from the 1990 and 2000 Census, Population Estimates, Economic Census and Surveys and American Community Survey (ACS). Some of the data from these programs will not be available for rural communities.

  • The AFI Catalog is a unique filmographic resource providing an unmatched level of comprehensiveness and detail on every feature-length film produced in America or financed by American production companies. Detailed information on cast, crew, plot summaries, subjects, genres and historical notes are included for each film.

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    This is a new eResource provided by NCLive.

    Art & Architecture Complete offers cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 780 academic journals, magazines and trade publications, as well as for over 230 books.

  • Art Index Retrospective enables users to access over half a century of art literature with ease. In addition to the leading English-language art journals, Art Index Retrospective also covers a host of publications in French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Dutch, as well as important yearbooks and select museum bulletins.

  • Repair information for most major manufacturers and makes.

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    Biography Reference Center™ offers a comprehensive collection of more than 461,000 full-text biographies, including the complete full-text run of Biography Today and Biography, as well as thousands of narrative biographies.

  • Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities helps professors, graduate students and researchers to publish their manuscripts in academic journals. It offers current contact information and websites for a large number of journals. Also, Cabell’s provides information on publication guidelines, type of review, number of external review, acceptance rate, ISSN, submission process, and more. Coverage available for the subjects of Business and Education.

  • This database offers images, text and multimedia representing a broad range of works of art from the collections of prominent museums. It highlights the creative output of cultures around the world, from prehistoric to contemporary times, and covers the complete range of expressive forms.

  • The CLCD provides reliable one search access to all important and relevant information about Pre K-12 books, authors and illustrators all around the world.

  •  This resource allows only two concurrent users at one time.

    CHOICE reviews significant current books and electronic resources of interest to those in higher education. Each year CHOICE publishes more than 6,500 reviews by subject experts.

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    Access to this resource ended February 28, 2012.  If you need assistance selecting a similar resource please contact a librarian http://library.uncw.edu/ask.

    Cinema Image Gallery is a vital tool for research into the history of movie and television images, providing some of the most exciting examples of period and contemporary design–from classics and blockbusters to B movies.

  • Published CFR from start of publication in 1938 through 2010. Each Part is available in PDF format. May browse or search database.

  • 10,000 company profiles from Datamonitor.

  • Only CQ Weekly reports on the world's most powerful legislative body completely and accurately every week.

  • Trial Database

    NCLive is offering access to this trial and it is available on campus only.

    Credo Reference provides libraries with General Reference and Publisher and Subject Collections offerings which can be customized to meet their institution’s needs. General Reference offers over 530 titles across all major academic subject areas. Credo Publisher and Subject Collections enable libraries to augment their collections with subject-specific reference titles from highly-regarded publishers.

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    Entrepreneurial Studies Source™ offers users full text for more than 125 key periodicals, 135 reference books, numerous case studies, thousands of company profiles and over 600 videos with transcripts and related articles from the Harvard Faculty Seminar Series and Vator.TV, one of the world's largest social network sites for high-tech entrepreneurs.

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    This resource offers deep coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more.

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    This database contains more than 32,000 entries and is a comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750.

  • The Federal Register is updated on a daily basis. It's coverage is comprehensive and begins from inception (1936).

  • Film Index International is a major information resource for entertainment films and personalities produced in collaboration with the British Film Institute.

  • Gale's Literary Index is a master index to the major literature products published by Gale. It combines and cross-references over 157,000 author names, including pseudonyms and variant names, and listings for over 210,000 titles into one source.

  • Contains encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.

  • HSRProj provides information about research-in-progress before results are available in a published format.

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    Hoover's is a business research platform that allows you to search U.S. and international company listings by industry, size, & geography to build lists, create marketing plans, conduct competitive analysis, and raise funds.

  • ICPSR maintains and provides access to a vast archive of social science data for research and instruction. Brought to you by the UNCW Office of Research Services and Sponsored Programs 
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  • Trial Database

    NCLive is offering access to this trial and is available on campus only.

    This resource contains information on hot issues concerning controversy and society.

  • This online tool provides step-by-step assistance for job seekers at all experience and education levels—from exploring and matching suitable occupations, to finding available jobs in their area from a database of over 5 million up-to-date job postings.

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    Access to this resource will end June 30, 2012.  If you need assistance selecting a similar resource please contact a librarian http://library.uncw.edu/ask.

    Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is a comprehensive and unique resource that allows you to evaluate and compare journals using citation data drawn from scholarly and technical journals from more than 3,300 publishers in over 60 countries.

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    Legal Information Reference Center contains hundreds of full-text publications and thousands of legal forms. The full-text legal reference books are provided through Nolo, the nation's oldest and most-respected provider of legal information for consumers and small businesses.

  • Comprehensive U.S. legislative information.

  • Classification Web provides a web interface for browsing and searching LC Classification (LCC) schedules, LC subject heading (LCSH) lists, LCC and LCSH correlations, LCSH and Dewey Classification correlations, and LCC and Dewey Classification correlations.

  • Literary Reference Center™ Plus is a comprehensive database that provides users with a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes.

  • Rich in biographical, bibliographical, and critical content, Gale's Literature Resource Center is the premier Internet resource for information on literary figures from all time periods writing in such genres as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, journalism, and more.

  • Authoritative medical information for professionals and consumers.

  • Guide to prescription and over-the-counter medications.

  • Provides users with a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments. The MMY series contains information essential for a complete evaluation of test products within such diverse areas as psychology, education, business, and leadership.

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    Mergent InvestorEdge provides a powerful business research tool, access to the documents and financial information you need for each individual company – incorporating the latest research technology for comprehensive investment research. Look up all corporate documents including annual, industry and equity reports as well as general contact information for each domestic and international company in our database.

  • Now includes the "Economics Time Series" and the "Global Private Company Database".

    Mergent Online, source for global business and financial information on over 10,000 U.S. public companies, and 17,000+ non-U.S. public companies, as well as extensive corporate and municipal bond, UIT, and dividend information.

  • Search over 18,000 stocks and mutual funds to determine where to invest your money. Identify stocks and funds that meet your criteria and read reports prepared by Morningstar. Obtain an analysis of your current portfolio or see how the stocks and funds you select work together to form a balanced portfolio.

  • NCJRS is a federally funded resource offering justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide.

  • Database of the National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts with summaries of more than 180,000 criminal justice publications.

  • Seminar style audio-visual talks (over 1,000) presented by leading world experts on the latest developments in the study and understanding of neurodegenerative diseases.

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    Visit the website to search and browse more than 300 directories from cities and towns across North Carolina from the 1860s to the 1930s.

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    The North Carolina Newspaper Locator database, reflecting the microfilm holdings of the Government & Heritage Library, contains listings for nearly 2,000 unique newspaper titles dating from 1751 to today. 

  • Database providing title, author, and subject recommendations for readers of fiction and nonfiction.

  • A readers' advisory tool designed specifically for children in grades K-8.  Readers may select from information provided to find similar books that appeal to them.  

     

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    Allows one user at a time.  Access to this resource will end June 30, 2012.  If you need assistance selecting a similar resource please contact a librarian http://library.uncw.edu/ask.

    The Oxford African American Studies Center combines the authority of carefully edited reference works with sophisticated technology to create the most comprehensive collection of scholarship available online to focus on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture.

  • The Oxford English Dictionary is the world's leading authority on the history and development of the English language since 1150.

  • Play Index enables users to search some 44,000 plays published individually or in collections from 1949 to the present. The database covers a wide range of plays written or translated into English, including one-act plays, pageants, radio and television plays, and classic drama.

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    This eResource is available through NCLive.

    Points of View Reference Center™ is a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue.

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    Allows one user at a time.

    Public opinion polls.

  • Trial Database

    NCLive is offering access to this trial and it is available on campus only.

    Full-text access to more than 500 proprietary titles, expert commentaries, primary documents, comprehensive chronology, and an annotated bibliography --- all thoroughly indexed and organized for easy retrieval.

  • An OCLC index of worldwide conference proceedings.

  • PsycBOOKS, from the American Psychological Association (APA), is a database of over 30,000 chapters in PDF from nearly 2,000 books published by APA and other distinguished publishers. It also includes close to 1,500 classic books of landmark historical impact in psychology dating from the 1600s, and the exclusive electronic release of more than 1,500 authored entries from the APA/Oxford University Press Encyclopedia of Psychology. Furthermore, digitization of the content from the Archives of the History of American Psychology (AHAP) collection will add upwards of 2,500 works of historical significance.

  • The Public Affairs Information Services database provides information on public affairs, public and social policies and international relations. PAIS includes publications from over 120 countries throughout the world.

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    Access is free but users must register first.

    The world's premier online information system on coral reefs, and provides information services to coral reef professionals involved in management, research, monitoring, conservation and education. Also included is full-text to first through the tenth International Coral Reef Symposium (ICRS) Proceedings.

  • Resources for College Libraries

    Resources for College Libraries is the premier list of core print and electronic resources for academic libraries, featuring over 75,000 titles in 117 subjects.

  • Search through eReference collections from Sage Publications, Inc.

  • Journal price, e-mail and Internet address.

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    Access to this resource will end April 30, 2012.  If you need assistance selecting a similar resource please contact a librarian http://library.uncw.edu/ask.

    Short Story Index lets you locate more than 96,000 stories—plus the full text of more than 4,000 stories—with the pinpoint accuracy of electronic searching! For the reader seeking short fiction by a favorite author, the teacher looking for the quintessential example of a particular genre, or the student researching the body of work of a literary figure, Short Story Index is a practical resource.The periodicals included are those indexed in Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature and Humanities Index.

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    Through a collection of comprehensive full-text content, Small Engine Repair Reference Center provides users with detailed, yet user-friendly repair guides for all manner of small engines.

  • Each volume in the Something About the Author series provides illustrated biographical profiles of thousands of authors and artists.

  • Business and financial data.

  • Website from the U.S. Census Bureau. The paper version is available in the Reference Section.

  • U.S. Census Bureau.

  • Select the "Medical Dictionary" link once connected to Health Source Plus: Nursing/Academic Edition.

  • Research designed for students in grades 6 through 12.

  • Trial Database

    NCLive is offering access to this trial and it is available on campus only.

    Tell Me More provides you with the most advanced language learning database on the market.  This resource offers 37 different types of exercises to learn reading, writing, listening, speaking and culture for nine different languages.

  • Search ThomasNet.com, the most comprehensive resource for industrial information, products, services, CAD drawings, and more…
     

  • North Carolina through Florida Keys Online tide schedules

  • Ulrich's Periodical Directory
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    Access to this resource ended September 30, 2011.  The "Serials Directory" also provides information on journals, magazines and newspapers.  You can find the Serials Directory under the letter "S" in the "More eResource/Databases A-Z list.  Please contact a librarian if you need more assistance.

  • The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) has launched an internet-based data service for the global user community. It brings UN statistical databases within easy reach of users through a single entry point from which users can now search and download a variety of statistical resources of the UN System.

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    Women and Social Movements in the United States brings together primary documents, books, images, scholarly essays, book reviews, Web site reviews, and teaching tools, all documenting the multiplicity of women’s activism in public life.

  • Includes the full text of all of the Almanac titles: The World Almanac and Book of Facts; The World Almanac of the U.S.A.; The World Almanac of US Politics; The World Almanac for Kids; and the Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia.

  • World Development Indicators Online, published by the World Bank, is a comprehensive database of development information covering more than 575 indicators, 225 countries, and 18 regional and income groups. The extensive collection includes data on population, income, social, economic, financial, natural resources and environmental indicators from 1960 onwards.

  • Database of country profiles produced by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.

  • Books and other materials in libraries worldwide.

  • This database contains records for over 5 million items cataloged as dissertations, theses, or published materials based on theses or dissertations, in WorldCat, including titles provided by NetLibrary. The database allows users to quickly and efficiently retrieve records for theses and dissertations.