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ABI / Inform

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Provides abstracts and selective full text of articles on U.S. and international business and management from over 3000 academic journals and other business publications from 1971 to the present. Updated weekly. Available through FirstSearch. At the FirstSearch screen, use "Jump to Advanced Search" and select "ABI_INFORM."

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AccessScience

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Online version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology. Authoritative and comprehensive coverage of all disciplines in science and engineering. Updated regularly.

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Annual Reviews

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Indexes critical reviews of current research in the biomedical, physical, and social sciences. Full text available if the library subscribes to the title. Dates of indexing, abstracting, or full text vary by title.

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Art Full Text

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Indexes and provides selective abstracts and full text of peer-reviewed publications in the arts from 1984 to the present. Coverage includes Latin American, Canadian, Asian and other non-Western art, new artists, contemporary art, exhibition reviews, and feminist art criticism. Available through WilsonWeb. At the WilsonWeb screen select "Art Full Text."

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Biology Digest

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Provides substantial non-technical abstracts of articles from over 600 sources in the life sciences from 1989 to the present. Updated nine times a year. Available through FirstSearch. At the FirstSearch screen, use “Jump to Advanced Search” and select “BioDigest.”

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Books In Print

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Provides reviews and information on in-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming books, audios, and videos since 1979. Updated weekly. Available through FirstSearch. At the FirstSearch screen, use “Jump to Advanced Search” and select “BooksInPrint.”

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Business and Industry

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Provides abstracts and selective full text articles from over 1,600 primary sources. Covers business and industry facts, figures, and key events for international public and private companies, industries, products, and markets from 1994 to the present. Updated daily. Available through FirstSearch. At the FirstSearch screen, use “Jump to Advanced Search” and select “BusIndustry.”

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Business and Management Practices

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Indexes articles, including case studies, on practical aspects of business management from approximately 1200 business publications from 1995 to the present. Updated weekly. Available through FirstSearch. At the FirstSearch screen, use “Jump to Advanced Search” and select “BusManagement.”

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Business Dateline

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Indexes articles on regional business activities and industry trends from over 800 North American newspapers and business publications from 1985 to the present. Updated weekly. Available through FirstSearch. At the FirstSearch screen, use “Jump to Advanced Search” and select “BusDateline.”

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Catholic Periodical and Literature Index Online (CPLI)

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Indexes journal and magazine articles published in Roman Catholic periodicals, Papal documents, church promulgations, and books about the Catholic faith that are authored by Catholics and/or produced by Catholic publishers.  Coverage in the database dates back to 1981.  Available through EBSCOhost. At the databases screen, click "Catholic Periodical and Literature Index." Indexing for Catholic Periodical and Literature Index Online corresponds to the print version, The Catholic Periodical and Literature Index, which the library has back to 1930.

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Chicago Manual of Style Online

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Online version of The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition. Includes, in addition to the searchable manual, a question and answer section and tools for manuscript preparation.

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CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online)

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Provides full text access to working papers, conference proceedings, recent journal articles, book chapters, and other resources for international affairs. Dates vary with some material back to 1990.

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Contemporary Authors

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Online version of Thomson Gale's Contemporary Authors series. Provides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors.

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Contemporary Women’s Issues

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Indexes and provides selective full-text to over 2200 books, journals, newsletters, and research reports from non-profit groups and governmental and international agencies concerning women’s health and human rights issues from 1992 to the present. Updated weekly. Available through FirstSearch. At the FirstSearch screen, use “Jump to Advanced Search” and select “CWI.”

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Credo Reference

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Electronic collection of nearly 500 reference titles including encyclopedias, dictionaries and handbooks. Subjects cover all major fields including art, literature, history, social sciences, law, psychology, religion, philosophy, business, science, medicine and more.

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ECO (Electronic Collections Online)

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Indexes and provides selective full-text to over 5,000 scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, science, law, business, medicine, and social sciences from 1995 to the present. Updated daily. Available through FirstSearch. At the FirstSearch screen, use “Jump to Advanced Search” and select “ECO.”

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Encyclopedia Britannica Online

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Online version of The Encyclopedia Britannica

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ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center)

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Provides abstracts and selective full text of journal articles and reports on education research and practice from 1966 to the present from more than 1000 sources. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. Updated monthly. Available through FirstSearch. At the FirstSearch screen, use “Jump to Advanced Search” and select “ERIC.”

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FirstSearch

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A collection of approximately twenty databases covering a wide range of subjects. Many of these databases have been listed elsewhere on the online resources page. To view the entire list of FirstSearch databases, select “List all databases” on the FirstSearch screen.

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GPO Monthly Catalog (Government Printing Office)

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Indexes documents from all branches of the U.S. government, including Congressional reports, hearings, and debates; judiciary materials; and documents issued by the executive departments including Defense, State, Labor, and the Office of the President from 1976 to the present. Updated monthly. Available through FirstSearch. At the FirstSearch screen, use “Jump to Advanced Search” and select “GPO.”

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Humanities E-Book Project

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A digital collection of over 2500 full-text, cross-searchable titles in the humanities offered by the American Council of Learned Societies in collaboration with various member societies of the ACLS and 250 publishers. Subjects include: African, American, Asian, Latin American, European (Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, and Modern), Middle Eastern, World/Comparative, Byzantine/Mediterranean and Australasian/Oceanian history, plus history of the Native Peoples of the Americas and of Science and Technology. 500 titles are added annually.

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JSTOR

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Provides full text access to a core collection of nearly 600 academic journals in the arts and sciences from the first published issue to the most recent two to five year moving wall with links to more recent issues of selected titles in Project Muse. The disciplines covered are: African American Studies, African Studies, Anthropology, Archaeology, Art & Architecture, Asian Studies, Business & Finance, Classical Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Film Studies, History, Jewish Studies, Language & Literature, Latin American Studies, Mathematics & Statistics, Middle East Studies, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Religion, Slavic Studies, Sociology, and Women's Studies.

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Lexis-Nexis

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Provides full text access to local, regional, U.S., and international news sources in English and other languages. It also provides access to business, legal, and medical news and journals. Dates vary.

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Literary Encyclopedia

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Contains over 6400 articles covering English, American and international literature. Profiles the life and works of writers as well as providing contextual timelines, comparisons and topical essays.

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Literary Market Place Online

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Online version of Literary Market Place and International Literary Market Place. Provides access to a directory of book industry data including publishers, agents, distributors, manufacturers, associations and more.

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Literature Criticism Online

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Online version of the Thomson Gale series: Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Short Story Criticism, and Shakespearean Criticism. Coverage begins with volumes published in January, 2007. For earlier volumes, consult the print collection in the Library's periodicals room, 112.

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MEDLINE

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Provides abstracts and selective full text of over 19,000 sources in the international biomedical literature from 1950 to the present. MEDLINE is the electronic version of Index Medicus, Index to Dental Literature, and International Nursing Index. Health services administration, nutrition, psychiatry, toxicology, and veterinary medicine are also covered. Published by the National Library of Medicine. Updated daily. Available through FirstSearch. At the FirstSearch screen, use “Jump to Advanced Search” and select “MEDLINE.”

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MLA International Bibliography

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Indexes over 6,500 journals, books, essay collections, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies concerning literature, language, linguistics, and folklore from 1926 to the present. Updated nine times a year. Available through EBSCOhost.  At the databases screen, click "MLA International Bibliography." 

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NetLibrary eBook Collection

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Provides access to electronic versions of selected printed books. The collection may be browsed for 15 minutes for quick research and reference, or the patron may create a personal account and books may be checked out. eBooks are automatically returned at the end of the checkout period of 24 hours. SEPCHE e-books is made possible by a Library Services and Technology (LSTA) grant from the Office of Commonwealth Libraries to SEPCHE, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Consortium for Higher Education, of which Rosemont College is a member.

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Philosopher's Index

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Indexes and abstracts journal articles, book chapters in philosophy and related interdisciplinary fields from 1940 to the present. Topics covered include ethics, aesthetics, metaphysics, the philosophy of religion, philosophy of education, philosophy of science, political philosophy, social philosophy, and more. Updated quarterly. Available through EBSCOhost. At the databases screen, click "Philosopher's Index."

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Project Muse

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Full text collection of over 400 scholarly, peer reviewed journals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences from nearly 30 university presses and scholarly societies, including The Johns Hopkins University Press and The Brookings Institution. Dates vary from 1990 to the present. Links are provided to back issues of selected titles in JSTOR

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PsycARTICLES

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Provides full text access to more than 50 journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe Publishing Group.  Coverage is from 1985 to the present.  Updated daily.  Available through Ovid Technologies.  At the Ovid news page, click the "Continue" button.  Then choose "Your Journals@Ovid" to search PsycARTICLES.

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PsycINFO

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Indexes and abstracts journal articles, books and book chapters, and dissertations on psychology and psychological aspects of other disciplines. Coverage is from 1806 to the present. Available through Ovid Technologies. At the Ovid news page, click the "Continue" button. Then choose "PsycINFO" from the database list. Rosemont College Library has PsycINFO in print from v. 1, 1927 to v. 87, 2000.

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Statistical Abstract of the United States

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Online version of the Statistical Abstract of the United States. Authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States from 1878 to the present. Sources of data include the Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and many other Federal agencies and private organizations.




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WilsonWeb (OmniFile Full Text, Mega Edition)

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Indexes and provides selective abstracts and full text of popular and scholarly periodicals in business, education, science, humanities, social sciences, and general periodical literature. Coverage is from 1982 to the present. Available through WilsonWeb. At the WilsonWeb screen select "OmniFile Full Text Mega."

Rosemont College Library has back indexes in print of:

  • Nineteenth Century Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature, 1890-1899: with supplementary indexing, 1900-1922
  • Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature v. 1 (1900/1904)-v. 56 (1996)
  • Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature Supplement v. 1 (1907/15) – v. 2 (1916/1919)
  • International Index to Periodical Literature v. 3 (1920/1923) - v. 18 (Apr 1964/Mar 1965)
  • Social Science and Humanities Index v. 19 (Apr 1965/Mar 1966) – v. 27 (Apr 1973/Mar 1974)
  • Social Science Index v. 1 (1974) – v. 22 (1996)
  • Humanities Index v. 1 (Apr 1974/Mar 1975) – v. 22 (Apr 1995/Mar 1996)
  • Business Periodicals Index v. 1 (Jan 1958/June 1959) – v. 39, no. 7 (March 1997)
  • Education Index v. 3 (July 1935/June 1938) – v. 46 (July 1995/June 1996)
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Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000

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Provides full-text access to more than 30,000 pages of documents pertaining to women and social movements. Also includes a dictionary of social movements and organizations, a chronology of U.S. women's history, reviews, and teaching tools.

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World Almanacs

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Provides biographies, encyclopedia entries, facts and statistics from Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and four almanacs. Updated annually.  Available through FirstSearch.  At the FirstSearch screen, use "Jump to Advanced Search" and select "WorldAlmanac."

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World Shakespeare Bibliography Online

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Provides annotated citations of articles and books about Shakespeare and his works, reviews of productions on stage and screen, and other popular and scholarly materials published or produced internationally in over 92 languages. Published by the Johns Hopkins University Press for the Folger Shakespeare Library. WSB ONLINE includes and expands the annual bibliography found in Shakespeare Quarterly. Updated regularly. Over the course of a year, coverage will move forward at least one year and backward at least three years.

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WorldCat

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Contains records of millions of books, manuscripts, web resources, videos and other materials published worldwide in over 400 languages from 1000 BCE to the present. Records include a list of libraries region wide owning a given title. Updated daily.  Available through FirstSearch.  At the FirstSearch screen, use "Jump to Advanced Search" and select "WorldCat."

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