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• Abstracts in Social Gerontology Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Covers essential areas related to social gerontology, including the psychology of aging, elder abuse, society and the elderly. Indexes 70,000 records 1990-to present.
• Academic Search Complete Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Topics: Broad Subject Coverage | Area Studies | Ethnic & Multicultural Studies | General Sciences | Social Sciences | Law | Politics & Government | Women`s Studies | Popular Culture
• ACS Publications Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Publications by the American Chemical Society | ACS Style Guide | Applied Chemistry | Biochemistry | Macromolecular Chemistry | Organic Chemistry | Physical, Inorganic, and Analytical Chemistry
• ADS Abstract Service Open Access Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  The Astrophysics Data System (ADS) | Citations with Some Fulltext | Astronomy and Astrophysics | Physics and Geophysics | ArXiv Preprints
• African American Newspapers: The 19th Century
  Topics: Fulltext Articles | African-American Newspapers | 1800`s
• AGRICOLA Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Citations and Abstracts | National Agricultural Library collections | Agriculture and Allied Disciplines | Agricultural Economics | Aquaculture and Fisheries | Animal and Veterinary Sciences | Botany | Entomology | Farming and Farming Systems | Forestry | Articles are available through the Get Full Text link | Primarily 1970 to Present
• AHRQ's National Guideline Clearinghouse Open Access
  Summaries of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines disseminated by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Includes Otolaryngology, Speech-Language Pathology and more.
• Alexander Street Video
  Streaming Video | American History in Video | Counseling and Therapy in Video I & II | Dance in Video | Ethnographic Video Online: Volume I | Filmmakers Library Online | LGBT Studies Online | New World Cinema: Independent Features and Shorts, 1990 to Present | World History in Video | Browse Collections Available at EIU
• America: History and Life Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Topics: United States History | Pre-Colonial Era to Present | Canadian History
• American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection
  American periodicals published between 1684 and 1912
• American Black Journal (Television Program) Open Access
  Streaming Video | Television Programs Presenting African American Perspectives | 1968-2002
• American Council on Education Open Access
  Newsletter providing up-to-date information on national higher education issues and federal and state actions that affect colleges and universities.
• American History in Video
  (Primary/Secondary Sources) Streaming Video | United States History | Documentaries | Archival Footage | Newsreels | Public Affairs Footage
• American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library Open Access
  United States history
• American Periodicals Series Online
  Topics: American Magazines | 1740`s - Early 1900`s
• American Popular Entertainment Collection Open Access
  Historic newspapers and trade journals published for the entertainment industry in the US between 1853 and 1929. These works include trade perspectives, features, and travel information on vaudeville, music performance, burlesque, and other popular forms of entertainment of the period.
• Applied Science and Technology Abstracts Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Topics: Wide Variety of Applied Science & Technology Specialties | Computers | Green Technologies | Renewable Energy | Materials Sciences | Textiles | Manufacturing | Engineering
• APS Journal Search Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  American Physical Society Journals | Some Fulltext Articles
• ArchiveGrid
  Subset of WorldCat helpful for Identifying Collections Held in Archives | Historical Documents | Personal Papers | Family Histories
• Art Abstracts Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Topics: Book Reviews | Film Reviews | Emerging Artists | Reproductions of Works of Art | Non-Western Art | Television | Textiles
• Article1st
  Citations for Journal Articles | General Topics
• ARTSEARCH
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  Topics: Careers in the Arts | Administration | Artistic | Production/Design | Career Development | Education
• arXiv.org Open Access Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  E-print service | Physics | Mathematics | Non-Linear Science | Computer Science | Quantitative Biology

Subject Specific

• ADS Abstract Service Open Access Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  The Astrophysics Data System (ADS) | Citations with Some Fulltext | Astronomy and Astrophysics | Physics and Geophysics | ArXiv Preprints
• APS Journal Search Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  American Physical Society Journals | Some Fulltext Articles
• SciFinder Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Comprehensive Chemistry Database | Journal Articles | Patents | Structure and Substance Searching | Reaction Searching | Early 1800s to Present
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• Scitation Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  American Institute of Physics SPIN Database | Major Physical Science Publications

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• Academic Search Complete Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Topics: Broad Subject Coverage | Area Studies | Ethnic & Multicultural Studies | General Sciences | Social Sciences | Law | Politics & Government | Women`s Studies | Popular Culture
• Applied Science and Technology Abstracts Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Topics: Wide Variety of Applied Science & Technology Specialties | Computers | Green Technologies | Renewable Energy | Materials Sciences | Textiles | Manufacturing | Engineering
• arXiv.org Open Access Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  E-print service | Physics | Mathematics | Non-Linear Science | Computer Science | Quantitative Biology
• Biosis Previews Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Comprehensive Biological Sciences Database | Citations and Abstracts | Agriculture | Aquatic Sciences | Biochemistry | Biophysics | Biotechnology | Botany | Cell Biology | Developmental Biology | Ecology | Entomology | Genetics and Genomics | Medicine | Microbiology | Molecular Biology | Pharmacology | Physiology | Zoology | Articles are available through the Get Full Text link | Primarily 1969 to Present
• GeoRef Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Comprehensive Geosciences Database | Journal Articles | Maps | Government Reports | Economic Geology | Engineering Geology | Environmental Geology | Geochemistry | Geophysics | Hydrology | Marine Geology and Oceanography | Mineralogy | Paleontology | Petrology | Articles are available through the Get Full Text link
• Google Scholar with EIU Electronic JournalsResearch Help
  Search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations. Use the Get Full Text @ EIU link to access Booth Library`s electronic journals. View this tutorial http://booth.eiu.edu/gscholarsettings to learn how to set Google Scholar preferences for EIU journals in the generic Google Scholar.
• JSTOR Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Topics: Broad Range of Disciplines in the Humanities, Social Sciences & Field Sciences
• MathSciNet Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Abstracts, reviews, and citations for Mathematics books, articles, and conference proceedings.
• MathSciNet/EBSCO Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Abstracts, reviews, and citations for Mathematics books, articles, and conference proceedings. May be cross-searched with EBSCOhost databases on technology and education topics.
• R2 Digital Library
  Nursing | Radiation Medicine | Allied Health | Books