| Database Name |
Dates of Coverage |
Subjects Covered |
| A |
| A-Z Electronic Title List |
Current |
Electronic Journals owned by the Wolfgram Library |
| ABI/INFORM Complete |
1970 to present |
Business and marketing
|
| Academic Search Premier |
1975 to present |
Interdisciplinary
Find Preferred Terms for Life Stages/Age Groups (PDF) |
| ACM Digital Library |
Coverage varies |
Association for Computing Machinery publications |
| Access World News |
1991 to present |
Full text of local & regional US & global news sources |
| ACS Publications (Online Journals in Chemistry) |
Coverage varies |
Chemistry
|
American Humanities Index SEE Humanities International Complete
|
|
|
| Archives Catalog (Widener University) |
Current |
Archival materials related to Widener University & PMC |
ASTA (Applied Science & Technology Abstracts)
SEE Computers and Applied Sciences Complete |
|
|
| Army Official Records |
Civil War records |
The official records of the Union and Confederate Armies |
| Article 1st |
1990 to present |
Science, technology, medicine, social sciences, business, the humanities, & popular culture |
| ASCE Publications (American Society of Civil Engineers) |
Coverage varies |
Civil engineering |
| B |
| Biography Resource Center |
Current |
Biographical information
|
| Books in Print |
Current |
Bibliographic information
|
| Business Source Elite |
1985 to present |
Business
|
| C |
| Cabell's Directories of Publishing Opportunities |
Current |
Accounting, Economics and Finance, Management, and Marketing |
| CCH Internet Research (Banking and Securities) |
Current |
Banking & securities |
| **THIS DATABASE IS NOT ACCESSIBLE FROM OFF CAMPUS ** |
| CCH Internet Research (Human Resources Management) |
Current |
Human resources management |
| **THIS DATABASE IS NOT ACCESSIBLE FROM OFF CAMPUS ** |
| CCH Internet Tax Research |
Current |
State & federal taxes |
| **THIS DATABASE IS NOT ACCESSIBLE FROM OFF CAMPUS ** |
CINAHL (Nursing and Allied Health) with Full Text
|
1982 to present |
Nursing & allied health literature. NOTE: Some articles available in full text |
| Clase and Periodica |
1975 to present |
Latin American journals in science and humanities |
Clinical Pharmacology
SEE Health Source
|
|
|
| The Cochrane Library |
Coverage Varies |
Nursing |
| Communication & Mass Media Complete |
Coverage Varies |
Communications |
| Community Health Data Base |
|
Community and public health data |
| Compendex (Engineering) |
1969 to present |
Engineering
|
| Computers and Applied Sciences Complete |
1975 to present |
Computing and Technology. NOTE: Some articles available in full text
|
| Congressional Universe |
1970 to present |
US congressional publications
|
| CQ.com |
Unknown |
Congressional News |
| D |
| Delaware County Daily Times |
1994 to present |
**Access PA card from your local Pennsylvania Library REQUIRED for access**
|
| Delaware County Daily Times Historical |
1876-1977 |
Historical Newspaper |
| Dictionary (Merriam-Webster) |
Current |
All-purpose dictionary |
Digital Dissertations
|
1861 to present |
Doctoral dissertations & masters theses
**Widener dissertations published after 1997 are FULL TEXT**
Help with Searching Digital Dissertations (PDF)
|
| Dissertations and Theses at Widener University |
1861 to present |
Widener Univeristy doctoral dissertations & masters theses
**Widener dissertations published after 1997 are FULL TEXT**
|
| E |
| E Books |
Coverage Varies |
Electronic Books |
| EBSCOHost |
1965 to present |
Interdisciplinary |
Education Research Complete
|
1983 to present |
Education. NOTE: Some articles available in full text
|
| Electronic Collections Online (ECO) |
1995 to present |
Interdisciplinary NOTE: Some articles available in full text
|
|
Encyclopaedia Britannica
See Also Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia |
Current |
General Encyclopedia |
ERIC (Education)
|
1966 to present |
Education
Step by Step Guide to the ERIC database (PDF) |
| F |
| Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia |
Current |
General Encyclopedia
|
| G |
GLBT Life with Full Text
*Now Called LGBT Life* |
1950s to present |
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Issues
|
Google Scholar
|
Coverage Varies |
Interdisciplinary
Making Google Scholar Work for You (PDF)
|
| H |
|
HAPI (Health and Psychosocial Instruments) |
1985 to present |
Tests & evaluations |
| Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition |
1975 to present |
Nursing |
| HeinOnline |
Coverage Varies |
Provides full-text online access to legal journals and reviews. |
| Historical Abstracts |
1954 to present |
World history
|
| Hoover's Compant Profiles |
Current |
Proprietary information about more than 40,000 public and non-public companies and 225,000 key executives. |
| Hospitality & Tourism Complete |
1960 to present |
Hotel, foodservice & travel industries. NOTE: Some articles available in Full Text
|
| Humanities International Complete |
1975 to present |
Humanities |
| I |
IEEE Explore
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) |
Coverage varies |
Engineering NOTE: We do not have online access to any of the IEEE conference proceedings or standards, or to any journal articles before 1998 |
| ICPSR |
Coverage Varies |
A data archive of more than 500,000 files of research in the social sciences. It hosts 16 specialized collections of data in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and other fields. |
| Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (Click on "Search a Database") |
1842 to present |
History
|
| J |
| JSTOR |
Coverage varies |
Humanities, social sciences, botany, biological science, general science, and Business NOTE: all articles available full text
|
| L |
| Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe |
Coverage varies |
Business & law NOTE: most articles available full text
Legislation Finding Aid (PDF) |
LGBT Life with Full Text
*Formally GLBT Life* |
1950s to present |
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Issues
|
| Librivox |
Coverage Varies |
Recordings of public domain books, short stories, and poetry.
|
| LISTA (Library, Information Science, and Technology Abstracts) |
1960 to present |
Library and Information Science |
| The Literary Encyclopedia |
Current |
Literature |
| Literature Criticism Online |
Coverage Varies |
Childrens Literature Review, Contemporary Literary Criticism (vol.1 - present), Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800, Nineteenth-Century Literary Criticism (vol.1 - present), Poetry Criticism (vol.1 - present), Short Story Critisicm (vol.1 - present), Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism (vol. 1 - present)
|
| Literature Resource Center |
Current |
Literature |
| M |
|
McGraw-Hill Nursing eBook Library |
Current |
Nursing |
| MEDLINE |
1946 to present |
Medicine & health
|
| Mental Measurement Yearbook SEE Also Tests in Print |
1985 to present |
Tests & evaluations |
| Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary |
Current |
All-purpose dictionary
|
| Middle Search Plus |
1984 to present |
Education, Middle Schools
|
| MLA Directory of Periodicals |
Current |
Information on Journals included in the MLA Bibliography |
| MLA International Bibliography |
1926 to present |
Literature, folklore, & linguistics
|
| N |
| Navy Official Records |
1861 to 1922 |
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion |
| New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians Online SEE Oxford Music Onine |
Current |
Music |
| NewsBank SEE Access World News |
|
|
Newspaper Directory
|
Coverage varies |
National, international, local, & collegiate newspapers
|
| Newspaper Source |
Coverage Varies |
National & International Newspapers
|
| The New York Times (Historical) |
1851 to 2001 |
All articles available full text
|
| O |
| Oxford Language Dictionaries Online |
Current |
Millions of words, phrases, and translations, in French, German, Spanish and Italian.
|
| Oxford Music Online |
Coverage Varies
|
The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Grove Music Online, The Oxford Companion to Music |
| P |
| PapersFirst |
1993 to present |
Interdisciplinary |
| Pennsylvania Digital Library (PADL) |
Coverage Varies |
Digital resources created by Pennsylvania libraries, museums, educational institutions, and other cultural heritage organizations
|
| The Philadelphia Inquirer Online |
1981 to present |
All articles available full text |
| Philly.com |
Current |
The Philadelphia Inquirer & The Philadelphia Daily News
|
| Primary Search |
1990 to present |
Education, Elementary schools
|
| Proceedings (ProceedingsFirst) |
1993 to present |
Interdisciplinary |
| Project Gutenberg |
Coverage Varies |
Interdisciplinary. Free Public Domain Books
|
| ProQuest Central |
1970 to present |
Interdisciplinary NOTE: some articles available full text |
PsycARTICLES
|
1988 to present |
Psychology NOTE: all articles available full text |
PsycInfo
|
1887 to present |
Psychology
Find Preferred Terms for Life Stages/Age Groups (PDF) |
| PubMed |
1966 to present |
Medicine & health |
| PubMed Central |
Coverage Varies |
Medicine & health
|
| R |
| Regional Business News |
Current |
US Newspapers |
| Renaissance & Reformation (Online Journal) |
2000 to present |
Renaissance & Reformation History |
| S |
| Science Direct |
Coverage Varies |
Science, Technology, & Medicine
|
| Scirus |
1930 to present |
Science |
| SocialSciAbs SEE EBSCOHost |
|
|
| Social Work Abstracts |
1977 to present |
Social work
|
| SocINDEX with Full Text |
1895 to present |
Sociology
Find Preferred Terms for Life Stages/Age Groups (PDF)
Social Work Research Guide
|
| SPORTDiscus with Full Text |
Unknown |
Sports and Sports Medicine. NOTE: Some aticles available in Full Text |
| T |
Tests in Print
SEE Also Mental Measurment Yearbook |
Most Recent |
Tests & Evaluations |
| W |
| The Wall Street Journal (Historical) |
1889 to 1986 |
All articles available full text |
| Wiley Online Library |
Coverage Varies |
Interdisciplinary NOTE: All articles available full text
|
WorldAlmanac
|
1998 to present |
All-purpose almanac |
| WorldCat (Catalog to library collections worldwide) |
Before 1000 BC to present |
Interdisciplinary |
| WorldCat Dissertations |
Coverage Varies |
All dissertations and theses available in WorldCat |