TWU Libraries

The following is a list of databases ranked by TWU usage in May 2008:

Academic Search Complete
Multidisciplinary database that contains indexing for 9,000 journals, with full text for 5,500 of those titles.  [TexShare]

CINAHL Plus with Full Text
Comprehensive index to professional nursing literature and related fields, including citations, abstracts and full text of journal articles, dissertations, and other materials.

Medline with Full Text
MEDLINE® with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive source of full text for medical journals, providing full text for nearly 1,200 journals indexed in MEDLINE. Of those, more than 1,000 have cover-to-cover indexing in MEDLINE, and of those, more than 310 are not available with full text from any other EBSCO database. This wide-ranging file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the MEDLINE index - with no embargo. With more than 1,400,000 full-text articles dating back to 1965, MEDLINE with Full Text is the definitive research tool for medical literature.

PsycINFO
Indexes materials in the field of psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines, such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology,linguistics, anthropology, business, and law.

ERIC (Ebsco)
ERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center, contains more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 1,000 educational and education-related journals.

WorldCat (FirstSearch)
OCLC catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide. [TexShare]

MasterFILE Premier
Provides full text for over 1,890 education,general reference, business, consumer health, general science, and multi-cultural periodicals. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for over 2,500 periodicals. [TexShare]

Family & Society Studies Worldwide (EBSCOhost)
Family & Society Studies Worldwide, produced by NISC, is a core resource providing the most comprehensive coverage of research, policy, and practice literature in the fields of Family Science, Human Ecology, Human Development, and Social Welfare. FSSW is an anthology of 4 database files providing access to over 846,080 records. Coverage spans from 1970 to the present.

Business Source Complete (Enhanced Business Search Interface)
Provides an easy way to both browse and search for country economic data, company profiles, industry information, and market research in the Business Source Complete database.

Dissertation Abstracts Online & ProQuest Digital Dissertations
With more than 2 million entries, PQD&T is the single, central, authoritative resource for information about doctoral dissertations and master's theses. Dissertations published from 1980 forward include 350-word abstracts written by the author. Master's theses published from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. UMI offers over 1.8 million titles for purchase in microfilm or paper formats. More than 600,000 are available in native or image PDF formats for immediate free download.