General Databases

Full-text articles from the world's leading journals, newspapers and reference sources, with extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects.
Coverage: 1980 - current

Academic OneFile contains over 60 million records from the following types of sources: Periodicals — General interest magazines; refereed academic journals; business publications; technology periodicals; plus specialty titles in law, health care and computers. Newspapers — The full text of The New York Times from 1990, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and Christian Science Monitor. Newswires — 121 wire services covering agriculture, general news, broadcast news, government, business press releases, industry topics, sports and current events from all over the world. Audio — listen to any National Public Radio program, as well as read transcripts, for shows produced by NPR from 1990 to present. Podcasts from government agencies such as the Census and the State Department are also available.

Full text for nearly 4,500 multi-disciplinary journals, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles.
Coverage: 1975 - current (earlier for some titles)

In addition to full text, Academic Search Premier offers indexing and abstracts for all 8,144 journals in the collection. This scholarly collection offers information in nearly every area of academic study including: computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many more.

Full-text access to more than 350 newspapers from the U.S. and around the world, including the Financial Times (dating back to 1982), The New York Times (dating back to 1980) and The Washington Post (dating back to 1977);

LexisNexis Academic is divided into four catagories that can searched individually or in combination:
"News" provides full-text access to more than 350 newspapers from the U.S. and around the world, including the Financial Times (dating back to 1982), The New York Times (dating back to 1980) and The Washington Post (dating back to 1977); over 300 major magazines and journals; and broadcast transcripts from the major television and radio networks.
"Legal" includes primary source material such as case law, statutes and regulations along with legal news and law reviews for background or analysis of a legal topic.
"Business" provides U.S. and international company financial information, market research, industry reports, and actual SEC filings. Search features permit comparison of companies based on criteria such as sales, income and number of employees.
"People" offers biographies and obituaries of people in the news, government, and industry.

Offers bibliographic information on over 5.8 million in-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming book, audio, and video titles.

Integrates over 1,000 volumes of Thomson Gale publications with full-text magazine articles, images, and website links. Search for current or historic people by name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, or by keyword and full text. Marquis Who's Who provides quick reference information on over 1 million additional people whose entries have appeared in more than 20 Marquis sources published from 1985 to the present. Narrative biographies provide an in-depth overview of the subject's life and accomplishments. Over 538,000 full-text magazine articles bring coverage of the subject up-to-date and broaden the view of his or her place in history, society, a particular field of endeavor, or the news

Provides in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy.
Coverage: 1991 - current

CQ Researcher, a division of Congressional Quarterly Inc., contains single-themed, 12,000-word reports researched and written by seasoned journalists. Each report provides an introductory overview; background and chronology on the topic; an assessment of the current situation; pro/con statements from representatives of opposing positions; and bibliographies of key sources. Reports are browsable by topic or date or searchable by keyword.

Search over 2,000 full-text magazines, newspapers, books, and transcripts--plus thousands of maps, pictures, and audio/video files for material mostly selected for K-12 curriculum levels.
Coverage: most material 1994 - current

E-Library is especially useful for its teacher tools that include the Book Cart for reading lists and lesson plans, access to standards-aligned articles and other resources, plus educator-approved websites from Homework Central. BookCart functionality allows librarians and educators to build persistent links to pre-selected content, creating reading lists, subject and topic pages, standards-linked lessons and activities, community interest pages, and even pre- or post-assessments. E-Library Reference offers combined searching of over 30 encyclopdias, almanacs and atlases plus multiple other resources many of which recommended for the K-12 curriculum level.

Combines full text with indexing and abstracts from 3,500 journals, magazines and newspapers — of which 2,100 are peer-reviewed — covering all disciplines.
Coverage: 1980 - current

Expanded Academic offers balanced coverage on a wide-range of topics including social sciences, humanities, education, science and technology. Limit searches by full text, peer-reviews journals, or documents with images.

A full-text general interest database that integrates a variety of sources - newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications.
Coverage: 1980 - current

General Reference Center Gold integrates more than 19-million articles covering general interest and key business topics from national news magazines and encyclopedias to core business journals. It also contains more than 15 reference books covering literature, science, history, and biography as well as the Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary and the World Almanac and Book of Facts.

Full-text access to 144 core scholarly journals covering diverse subject areas in the liberal arts and sciences.
Coverage: 1863 - 2005

UML has access to these two JSTOR collections:
Arts & Sciences I includes the complete back runs of 119 titles in fifteen disciplines. It includes many of the core research and society published journals in economics, history, political science, and sociology, as well as in other key fields in the humanities and social sciences. This collection also includes a selection of titles in the more science-oriented fields of ecology, mathematics, and statistics.
Arts & Sciences IIcontains 125 titles covering economics, history, and Asian studies. It also offers core journals in several new disciplines, such as archaeology, classics, and African, Latin American, Middle Eastern, and Slavic studies.

Search combined full-text coverage of 14 Massachusetts newspapers including the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Lowell Sun, Quincy Patriot Ledger and the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, plus selected coverage of other regional sources.
Coverage: varies by title, oldest is 1980 - current

Search the UMass Lowell Library catalog for books, journals and non-print materials.

Full-text database that allows combined searches of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
Coverage: Publication dates 1999 - 2006

GVRL simultaneous searching across 25 reference titles in subjects covering the Arts, Biography, Business, Environment, History, Literature, Medicine, Science, and Social Science.

Complete, full-text access to more than 4,100 ebooks covering all major subject areas, including over 280 titles related to Psychology.
Coverage: Publication dates 1963 - 2006

NetLibrary eBook titles are searchable by using up to four criteria including title, author, keyword, ISBN, or publisher plus limiting by publication year and language. Individual titles can then be read online in the Online Reader, browsed by table or contents, or keyword searched. Up to four books can be held in the Reader simultaneously. Books cannot be read offline, downloaded, or "checked out." The Reader is cleared at the end of each session. By creating a free account, access is available from anywhere using your personal login and titles can then be saved to your Favorites list.

Full-text complete access to hundreds of Oxford Companion reference books and dictionaries covering all subjects world wide with an emphasis on English-speaking countries.

Oxford Reference Online Premium is a huge and comprehensive resource that contains over 170 dictionaries and reference titles covering the complete subject spectrum: from General Reference and Language to Science and Medicine, and from Humanities and Social Sciences to Business and Professional. Search either the entire site or any of the 19 subject-specific collections. Also included are collections of quotation reference books, map images, and timelines broken down by theme or country.

Guidance on best resources for your research chosen and categorized by UML subject specialist reference librarians.