Search Alert Services 

ABI/INFORM Suite -  

Coverage: Indexing coverage varies, with full-text content for some titles beginning 1971, and most titles indexed from 1990.

Brief Description: Regional, national, and world-wide business information from scholary sources as well as news and trade publications.

Tools Available: An online list of journals indexed is available. Information on search options

Academic Search Premier -  

Coverage: Indexing coverage varies, with full-text content for some titles beginning 1975 or earlier, and most titles indexed from the 1990s.

Brief Description: Provides abstracts and indexing of articles in more than 8,000 popular magazines, scholarly journals, and major newspapers in all fields of study, with nearly 4,000 titles available full text.

Tools Available: A complete list of titles covered is available.

ACM Digital Library -  

Coverage: 1952 to present

Brief Description: Provides indexing, abstracts, and access to the full text of materials published by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), including journals, magazines, transactions, proceedings, newsletters, and publications of affiliated organizations.

America: History and Life -  

Coverage: 1954 to present

Brief Description: Bibliographic references with abstracts to journal articles on the history and culture of the United States and Canada, 1954 to present.Also included are references to book and media reviews and to dissertations. Focus of content is from U.S. journals, but includes international journals covering America. Ninety percent of the articles are in English.

Tools Available: An online list of journals indexed is available.

American Chemical Society Journals & Magazines -  

Coverage: 1879 to present; actual coverage varies by title

Brief Description: Contains the electronic full text and graphics of over 30 magazines and peer-reviewed journals published or co-published by the American Chemical Society (ACS), with issues going back to the first volume of most titles.

ASCE Research Library -  

Coverage: Includes ASCE Conference Proceedings beginning in 1998, and all 30 ASCE Journal and Periodical volumes published since 1995.

Brief Description: ASCE Research Library is a comprehensive online search interface for locating articles of interest across all disciplines of civil engineering.

Tools Available: An online list of journals is available.

Biological Sciences -  

Coverage: 1982 to present

Brief Description: This database from Cambridge Scientific Abstracts offers over 3 million abstracts and bibliographic references to a wide range of research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology and ecology, and some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science from over 6,000 sources including serials, conference proceedings, technical reports, monographs and selected books and patents.

Tools Available: An online list of journals indexed is available. An online thesaurus and thesaurus guide are available. An online guide is also available.

Biology Digest -  

Coverage: 1989 to present

Brief Description: Providing abstracts and indexing of domestic and international literature in the life sciences, Biology Digest from CSA informs an undergraduate audience of the latest developments in biological research.

Tools Available: An online list of journals indexed is available.

Biomedical Reference Collections -  

Brief Description: Designed for doctors, research scientist, students and clinical specialists, this medical database provides over 100 full text journals, including full text for many peer-reviewed publications. Biomedical Reference Collection: Basic Edition offers journals which cover virtually every area of medical study. Topics include: clinical medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system and the pre-clinical sciences.

BioOne -  

Coverage: 1998 to present

Brief Description: Supported by scientific societies, universities, libraries, industry, and SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), BioOne is a collection of over 65 scholarly journals and online books, from 1998 to the present, in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences. Select Archives to browse all issues.

Tools Available: An online list of publishers and  journals indexed is available.

Business Source Premier -  

Coverage: Indexing coverage varies, with full-text content for some titles beginning 1975 or earlier, and most titles indexed from the 1990s

Brief Description: Provides abstracts and indexing of articles in more than 3,800 national, regional, and international business journals, updated daily, with more than 3,000 titles available in full text.

Tools Available: A complete list of titles covered is available here and here.

Cancer.gov (PubMed) -  

Coverage: 1950 to present

Brief Description: Created by the National Library of Medicine and the National Cancer Institute, Cancer.gov aids retrieval of MEDLINE (PubMed) citations related to cancer using a specialized search strategy.

CCH Internet Tax Research Network -  

Brief Description: Provides access to international, federal, and state tax information.

Choice Reviews -  

Call Number: Periodical Z1035 .C5

Coverage: Reviews available 1987 to present; editorial features available from September 2005 to present.

Brief Description: Online version of the print magazine CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries (Periodical Z1035 .C5) that reviews books & electronic sources of interest to academic libraries.

Other IPFW Formats: IPFW library receives the printed magazine, CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries

Tools Available: A list of top tips for searching is available.

CINAHL Plus with Full Text -  

Call Number: Reference Z6675.N7 C8

Coverage: 1981 to present

Brief Description: Provides monthly updated indexing of more than 2,900 journals in the fields of nursing and allied health and publications from the American Nurses' Association and the National League of Nursing, covering 1981 to present.

Other IPFW Formats: IPFW library owns the printed index 1956-1981

Tools Available: Searching CINAHL and Medline Tutorial

Communication & Mass Media Complete -  

Coverage: Indexing coverage varies, with coverage for some titles beginning 1915, and most titles indexed from the 1990s

Brief Description: Communication & Mass Media Complete is a combination of CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Penn State).

Tools Available: An online list of journals indexed is available.

Community of Science Funding Opportunities -  

Brief Description: Updated daily, the COS Funding Opportunities database is a comprehensive source of funding information provided by federal and regional governments, foundations, professional societies, associations, and corporations, with more than 23,000 records and 400,000 funding opportunities.

Tools Available: A quick reference user guide is available. A funding alert tutorial and quick set up are available.

Compendex -  

Call Number: Science Reference Z5851 .E62 [Engineering Index]

Coverage: 1969 to present

Brief Description: Compendex is the most comprehensive bibliographic database of scientific and technical engineering research available, covering all engineering disciplines.

Other IPFW Formats: IPFW library owns the printed Engineering Index 1892-1997 [Compendex].

Conference Papers Index -  

Coverage: 1982 to present

Brief Description: Conference Papers provides bibliographic references to papers and poster sessions presented at major scientific meetings around the world, 1982 to present.

Corporate ResourceNet -  

Coverage: 1984 to present

Brief Description: Provides full-text access to articles from a smaller set of general business periodicals, trade magazines, and management journals included in Business Source Premier.

Tools Available: A list of journal titles is available.

CQ Global Researcher -  

Coverage: 2007 to present

Brief Description: CQ Global Researcher provides authoritative coverage of important issues affecting the international community. Each single-themed report contains an introductory overview, background and assessment of the current situation, pro/con statements from representatives of opposing positions, chronology, and a bibliography of key sources.

CQ Researcher -  

Coverage: 1991 to present

Brief Description: CQ Researcher investigates one of the "hot" topics in the news every week and presents concise and well-balanced information from all sides of the issue.

Other IPFW Formats: IPFW library owns the printed annual cumulations of CQ Researcher 1991 to present (Reference H35 .E353)

Tools Available: An issue tracker and a FAQ are available.

CQ Weekly -  

Coverage: 1983 to present

Brief Description: CQ Weekly reports on the United States Congress completely and accurately every week.

Tools Available: An FAQ/Help document is available.

Criminal Justice Periodicals Index -  

Coverage: 1981 to present

Brief Description: Provides indexing of more than 240 U.S. and international criminal justice journals, including the full text of more than 80 publications.

Tools Available: A complete list of journals indexed is available. Online help is available.

Criminology: a SAGE Full-Text Collection -  

Coverage: Indexing coverage varies, with full-text content for some titles beginning 1985 or earlier, and most titles indexed from the 1990s

Brief Description: Criminology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection includes the full-text of 15 journals published by SAGE and participating societies, some journals going back twenty years, encompassing over 4,100 articles.

Dissertations and Theses -  

Coverage: A&I: 1861 to present CIC: 1997 to present

Brief Description: Provides access to two databases: Dissertations and Theses: A&I (formerly Dissertation Abstracts), and Dissertations and Theses @ CIC Institutions (formerly Current Research @ CIC Institutions).

EconLit -  

Call Number: Stacks Z7164.E2 I48

Coverage: 1969 to present

Brief Description: Indexes international economic literature. Includes major journals, articles in collective volumes (essays, proceedings, etc.), books, full-text book reviews, dissertations, and working papers.

Other IPFW Formats: IPFW Library owns the printed Index of Economic Journals and the Index of Economic Journals in Collective Volumes (1886-1974).

Tools Available: An online list of journals indexed is available. An online list of Subject Descriptors is available.

Education Full Text -  

Coverage: 1983 to present ; full-text coverage for selected journals from 1996 to present

Brief Description: Offers abstracts and indexing of articles for more than 600 English-language periodicals, monographs and yearbooks.

Tools Available: An online list of journals indexed is available An online tutorial is available.

ERIC -  

Call Number: Reference Z5813 .C8

Coverage: 1966 to present

Brief Description: The ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) database is sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education, to provide extensive access to education-related literature.

Other IPFW Formats: IPFW owns Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE) semiannual and annual cumulations 1969-1991

Tools Available: An online thesaurus of ERIC descriptors is available. A list of indexed journals is NO LONGER available from Oryx Press.

ERIC (CSA) -  

Call Number: Reference Z5813 .C8

Coverage: 1966 to present

Brief Description: The ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) database is sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education, to provide extensive access to education-related literature.

Other IPFW Formats: IPFW owns Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE) semiannual and annual cumulations 1969-1991

Tools Available: An online thesaurus of ERIC descriptors is available.

GeoRef -  

Coverage: North America since 1669, and other world areas since 1933

Brief Description: Produced by the American Geological Institute, GeoRef provides more than 3 million bibliographic references with abstracts, in 40 languages.

Tools Available: GeoRef Serials List

GeoScienceWorld -  

Coverage: Full text for most titles from 2000 to present; abstracts for some titles from 1918 to present

Brief Description: Provides full-text access more than 30 geoscience journals published by 22 societies and institutes, including the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), American Geological Institute (AGI), Geological Society of America (GSA), Geological Society of London, Mineralogical Society of America, Society for Sedimentary Geology, and Society of Exploration Geophysicists.

Tools Available: An online list of journals indexed is available here and here.

Google -  

Brief Description: Google's easy-to-use design and ranked results make it a favorite of librarians and one of the most popular search engines in the world.

Tools Available: Google Help Cheat Sheet

GreenFILE -  

Coverage: Indexing coverage varies, with indexing for some titles beginning 1975 or earlier.

Brief Description: GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment.

Health Business FullTEXT -  

Coverage: 1985 to present

Brief Description: Provides full-text articles from nearly 130 journals dealing with hospital administration and management, and health care administration.

Tools Available: An online list of journals indexed is available.

Health Source: Consumer Edition -  

Brief Description: Health Source: Consumer Edition provides abstracts and indexing of consumer health magazines, health-related pamphlets, and books.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition -  

Coverage: 1975 to present

Brief Description: Provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals, including nearly 450 peer-reviewed journals focusing on many medical disciplines.

Health Technology Assessment -  

Coverage: 2001 to present

Brief Description: Brings together details on ongoing health technology assessments (studies of the medical, social, ethical, and economic implications of healthcare interventions).

IEEE Xplore -  

Coverage: Complete backfile to 1988, plus select content published since 1893.

Brief Description: The IEEE Xplore search interface provides access to peer-reviewed records of research in electrical engineering, electronics, computer science and a growing number of related disciplines, including theoretical and experimental papers and quality magazines focusing on practical applications in research, design and specification.

IngentaConnect -  

Coverage: 1988 to present

Brief Description: Billed as "one of the most comprehensive collections of academic and professional research articles online" IngentaConnect is an aggregator database providing access to the tables of contents from more than 30,000 popular, trade, and scholarly journals.

Journals@Ovid (Full Text) -  

Coverage: 1993 to the present

Brief Description: Contains the electronic full text and graphics (many available in pdf format for printing) of nearly 400 full-text journals offered by Ovid, with issues as far back as 1993.

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts -  

Coverage: 1960s to present

Brief Description: LISTA is provided as a free resource by EBSCOhost to support research in librarianship, information science, library management, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, and online information retrieval.

MasterFILE Premier -  

Coverage: Indexing coverage varies, with full-text content for some titles beginning 1975 or earlier, and most titles indexed from the 1990s.

Brief Description: Provides abstracts and indexing of articles in nearly 2,500 general-interest periodicals, updated daily, covering business, health, and multicultural issues, with nearly 2,000 titles available full text.

Tools Available: An online list of journals indexed is available.

McClatchy-Tribune Collection -  

Coverage: 90-day archive

Brief Description: This newspaper index provides a 90-day archive of approximately 290 newspapers from the McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.

Tools Available: An online list of papers indexed is available.

Medline (EBSCO) -  

Coverage: 1950 to present

Brief Description: Produced by the National Library of Medicine, Medline indexes over 4,600 national and international journals covering all areas of medicine, 1950 to present.

Medline (Ovid) -  

Coverage: 1950 to present

Brief Description: Produced by the National Library of Medicine, Medline indexes over 4,600 national and international journals covering all areas of medicine, 1950 to present.

Medline (ProQuest-CSA) -  

Coverage: Rolling 5-year file (contains records from the last five years plus the current year)

Brief Description: Produced by the National Library of Medicine, Medline indexes over 4,600 national and international journals covering all areas of medicine, 1950 to present.

Medline (Web of Science) -  

Coverage: 1950 to present

Brief Description: Produced by the National Library of Medicine, Medline indexes over 4,600 national and international journals covering all areas of medicine, 1950 to present.

MEDLINE® Daily Update -  

Coverage: Contains the previous day's additions to MEDLINE

Brief Description: Contains the daily update of bibliographic records to MEDLINE.

MEDLINE® In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations (PREM) -  

Coverage: 1950 to present

Brief Description: Ovid MEDLINE In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations (PREM), the National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) in-process database for Ovid MEDLINE, provides basic information and abstracts before a record is indexed with MeSH heading(s) and added to Ovid MEDLINE.

Middle Search Plus -  

Coverage: Indexing coverage varies, with full-text content for some titles beginning 1990, and some titles indexed from the mid-1980s to present.

Brief Description: Provides abstracts and indexing of articles in more than 180 periodicals aimed at middle and junior high school students, updated daily, with more than 150 periodicals, hundreds of pamphlets, and several reference works available full text, including Essential Documents in American History. Indexing coverage varies, with full-text content for some titles beginning 1990, and some titles indexed from the mid-1980s to present.

Tools Available: An online list of journals indexed is available

Military and Government Collection -  

Coverage: Indexing coverage varies, with full-text content for some titles beginning 1975 or earlier, and most titles indexed from the 1990s

Brief Description: Provides indexing and abstracting of articles in nearly 400 military and general interest publications, updated weekly, with nearly 300 available full-text.

Tools Available: An online list of journals indexed is available

MLA International Bibliography -  

Call Number: Reference Z7006 .M64

Coverage: 1926 to present

Brief Description: Produced by the Modern Language Association, this international resource contains bibliographic references (without abstracts) to articles in more than 4,000 journals as well as books, book chapters, proceedings, and dissertations in the fields of literature, modern languages, folklore, and linguistics.

Other IPFW Formats: IPFW library owns the printed index 1921-25

Tools Available: The MLA Directory of Periodicals is the list of periodicals indexed in the MLA International Bibliography.

National Newspapers -  

Coverage: Indexing coverage varies, with some titles beginning 1990 or earlier, and most titles indexed from the 1990s

Brief Description: Provides access to full-text articles in the Christian Science Monitor (1990 to present), Los Angeles Times (1985 to present), New York Times (Late ed. East Coast 1980 to present), New York Times Book Review (1997 to present), New York Times Magazine (1997 to present), Wall Street Journal (Eastern ed.) (1984 to present), and Washington Post (1996 to present).

Newspaper Source -  

Coverage: Mid 1990's to present

Brief Description: Provides abstracts and indexing of national newspapers, updated daily, including the New York Times (Late and National editions), Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition), Washington Post, and USA Today. Provides full-text access to nearly 250 U.S., regional, and international newspapers and newswire services, including the Christian Science Monitor.

Other IPFW Formats: The IPFW library receives the New York Times National edition in paper and Late edition in microfilm, and the Wall Street Journal Midwest edition in paper and Eastern edition in microfilm.

Tools Available: An online list of newspapers indexed is available.

NHS Economic Evaluation Database -  

Coverage: 1995 to present

Brief Description: Indexes articles which focus on cost-benefit analyses about healthcare interventions.

Philosopher's Index -  

Coverage: 1940 to present

Brief Description: Produced by the Philosopher's Information Center, this international index contains bibliographic references to book, anthologies, proceedings and articles from more than 550 scholarly journals.

Physics Web -  

Brief Description: A comprehensive Web site provided by the Institute of Physics covering recent patents, equipment information, conferences, and searching of the magazine Physics World.

Plant Science (CSA) -  

Coverage: 1994 to present

Brief Description: Plant Science provides bibliographic references and abstracts to articles in more than 250 journals on plant science, pathology, symbiosis, biochemistry, genetics, biotechnology, techniques, and environmental biology.

Popline -  

Coverage: 1960 to present (selected resources dating from 1886)

Brief Description: PopLine (Population information Online) provides bibliographic references on family planning, population law and policy, and primary healthcare including maternal and child health in developing countries.

Primary Search -  

Coverage: Indexing coverage varies, with full-text content for some titles beginning 1990, and some titles indexed from the mid-1980s to present.

Brief Description: Provides abstracts and indexing of articles in more than 90 children's periodicals, updated weekly, with more than 60 periodicals, 100 pamphlets, and several reference works available full text, including World Almanac for Kids.

Tools Available: An online list of journals indexed is available

Professional Development Collection -  

Coverage: Indexing coverage varies, with full-text content for some titles beginning 1975 or earlier, and most titles indexed from the 1990s

Brief Description: Provides abstracts and indexing of articles in nearly 800 journals aimed at professional educators, updated daily, with more than 500 titles available full text.

Tools Available: Online lists of journals and books indexed are available.

Project MUSE -  

Coverage: Indexing coverage varies, with full-text content for some titles beginning 1993

Brief Description: Project MUSE offers over 400 journal titles from 100 scholarly publishers covering the fields of literature and criticism, history, visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and others.

Tools Available: A journal title list is available. A guide to searching is available.

PsycARTICLES -  

Coverage: 1894 to present

Brief Description: PsycARTICLES is produced by the American Psychological Association (APA) and contains full-text articles for over 50 peer-reviewed journals published by the APA and allied organizations from 1894 to the present.

Tools Available: An online list of journals indexed is available.

PsycINFO -  

Coverage: 1887 to present

Brief Description: An international database treating psychology and related disciplines such as social work, psychiatry, pharmacology, medicine, nursing, education, law, linguistics and business.

Tools Available: An online list of journals indexed is available.

PubMed -  

Coverage: 1950 to present

Brief Description: Produced by the National Library of Medicine, Medline indexes over 4,600 national and international journals covering all areas of medicine, 1950 to present.

Tools Available: The National Library of Medicine provides a tutorial for assistance with searching.

Regional Business News -  

Brief Description: Regional Business News incorporates 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States

science.gov -  

Brief Description: Hosted by the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), science.gov provides free access to science resources selected by U.S. government science agencies and organizations.

Search 360 -  

Brief Description: Helmke Library's Search 360 tool supports simultaneous searching across a broad, multidisciplinary information environment or across multiple databases in narrow subject categories. Search 360 does not compensate for differences in vocabulary or descriptors among different databases, so greater precision is likely using the advanced search interface within a particular abstracting and indexing database.

Tools Available: Ask a Librarian for tips on making Search 360 work for you.

Social Services Abstracts -  

Coverage: 1979 to present

Brief Description: Focuses on the international serial literature of social work, human services, social welfare, social policy, and community development.

Tools Available: class="MsoNormal">An online list of journals indexed is available. Both short and long database guides are available.

Sociological Abstracts -  

Coverage: 1952 to present

Brief Description: Abstracts and indexes research literature from the fields of sociology and related disciplines such as anthropology, community development, demography, political science, social psychology, welfare services and women's studies.

Tools Available: An online serials source list is available

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy -  

Brief Description: A dynamic reference work published and updated since 1995.

Tools Available: A table of contents and a chronological list of entries published is available. A tools page with hints is available.

ToxLine (CSA) -  

Coverage: 'Rolling' five year database: records from the last five years plus the current years’ records

Brief Description: Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, ToxLine provides access to information in all areas of toxicology, including chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pesticides, environmental pollutants, and mutagens and teratogens.

United States Department of Energy (DOE) Information Bridge -  

Coverage: 1994 to present

Brief Description: Offers full-text access to DOE-sponsored report literature produced by the DOE and the contractor research and development community, 1994 to present. Contains documents and citations in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, engineering, computer and information science, renewable energy and other similar topics.

Tools Available: Online Help is available

Wiley Interscience -  

Coverage: 1996 to present

Brief Description: Wiley InterScience is the online content service from John Wiley & Sons delivering the full text of over 500 leading scientific, technical, medical, and professional journals.

Women's Studies International -  

Coverage: 1972 and earlier to present.

Brief Description: Produced by NISC, WSI covers the core disciplines in Women’s Studies to the latest scholarship in feminist research.

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts -  

Coverage: 1975 to present

Brief Description: The database provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of books, dissertations, films, software and international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, labor relations, and public administration/policy.

Tools Available: An online list of journals indexed is available. An online database guide is also available.

Your Journals@Ovid -  

Coverage: Most journals provide coverage from 1996 to present; some have access back to 1993.

Brief Description: YourJournals@Ovid is a subset of the larger Journals@Ovid database that is limited to only the journals to which your institution subscribes.