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A major periodicals database related to communication and mass media.  Includes citation coverage of over 40,000 articles related to mass media and published in over 60 research journals, as well as major journalism reviews, recent encyclopedias, and handbooks in the area of communications studies.  Coverage varies by journal.

Includes communication-related articles, reports, papers, and books from a variety of publishers, research institutions, and information sources.  Recently expanded coverage now includes international literature in film studies, the role of technology in human communications, risk communication, crisis communication and public opinions.  1977 to present.

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Provides in-depth coverage of business conditions, trends, corporate strategies and tactics, management techniques, competitive and product information, and a wide variety of other topics.  Full text is provided for more than 600 of the business and management publications included in ABI-INFORM.  1971 to present.

Provides full text for over 7,000 journals covering the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education and much more.  Coverage varies by publication.  Some full-text PDFs from 1985 to present.

Database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the alternative and independent press.  This interdisciplinary resource contains over 170 titles providing a source of viewpoints and perspectives to complement and challenge the coverage of the mainstream media.  1995 to present.

Research on American and Canadian history and culture.  Includes bibliographic citations and abstracts of periodical articles, book and media reviews, and dissertations.   1964 to present. 

Online full text of the daily newspaper from 1849-1986.  Also available online are daily issues from 1963 to the present.  Microfilm covering 1864 to 1872 is available on the lower level of Raynor.

This database includes 16 full-text titles in the area of communication studies.  Most journals are 1982 to present.

Multidisciplinary database providing full-text access to global information on women’s issues and gender studies.  Extensive international coverage from 190 countries (all material is in English) is provided from mainstream periodicals and the alternative press, including journals, newsletters, research reports, governmental agencies, non-profit groups, and pamphlets.  1992 to present.

Contains full text articles on controversial current events and social, political, economic, and international issues.  Each issue includes topic summaries, historical perspectives, recent developments, opposing viewpoints, and sources for additional research.  This resource is an EXCELLENT starting point for research on contemporary topics.  1960 to present.  VPN required for off-campus access.

Database of primary sources dating between 1450 and 1910 copied largely from research libraries in Great Britain.  Primarily "advice literature," the sources address such themes as household management, education, leisure, shopping, sexuality, consumption, and sports.  The material is arranged thematically, along with essays by leading scholars.  The database is in five segments.  Defining Gender includes indexing that directs researchers to larger holdings of similar literature available on microform.  VPN required for off-campus access.

This database contains records for more than 2 million doctoral dissertations and master's theses.  Also included is the full text content for nearly 900,000 dissertations.  Includes extensive coverage of North American graduate schools, with coverage of some European universities beginning in 1989.  Includes bibliographic record of dissertations written in the United Kingdom and Ireland from as far back as 1716, with full abstracts, for titles available from 1986 in 'ProQuest Dissertations and Theses.  A separate database contains the subset of Marquette University doctoral dissertations in full text.

Indexes and provides full text articles from newspapers and magazines published for ethnic communities in the U.S. Some material is in Spanish. Includes publications for African Americans, European Americans, Hispanic and Latino Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, Jewish Americans, and Arab Americans.  1991 to present.

Subject coverage includes film & television theory, preservation & restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews.  The database has been designed for use by a diverse audience that includes film scholars, college students, and general viewers.  Covers over 300 journal and magazine titles for film and television reviews, scholarly and critical analysis of cinema and television, and articles of popular interest about film and television.  Provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 300 publications and selected coverage of 300 more.  About half the journals and magazines are film periodicals and the other half cover film and television with some regularity.  Full-text for 50 journal titles is provided.  Coverage varies by journal.

Original research related to Information Technology and Business and Industry.  Includes current news, research reports, and white papers all related to information technology and how it affects various areas of business.  Those focus areas include: application integration, communication services, customer relationship management (CRM), enterprise applications, health care, higher education, IT management and services, security, semiconductors, servers, wireless technologies, and more.  Requires Checkmarq login.

Full text database composed primarily of the many ongoing periodicals that focus on women and women's issues, including academic and scholarly journals, regional publications, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, booklets and reports.  GenderWatch contains a significant body of archival material, in some cases as far back as 1974.

A dataset compiled from personal interviews of over 40,000 U.S. participants responding to over 3.500 different questions from the time period of 1972-1998.  Main areas covered by the GSS include: socioeconomic status, social mobility, social control, the family, race relations, sex relations, civil liberties and morality.  Other areas include: religion, health, culture, job experiences, interracial friendships, gender, emotions, political preferences, etc.  Numerical data is in SPSS portable file format (readable by SPSS program.)  Accompanying Codebook (in PDF format) is included with dataset.  A web-based version of the GSS Codebook is freely available from the following Web URL: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/GSS/  In addition, a print copy of the GSS Codebook is available for limited checkout from the Raynor Library Reserve Desk

Covers popular magazine and scholarly journal articles on a wide range of arts and humanities topics including literature, history, fine arts, performing arts, philosophy, religion, communications, and linguistics.  1986 to present.

Provides full text content for over 1,000 journals related to literary, scholarly and creative thought

Abstracts, longitudinal studies, project overviews, data collection instruments, and descriptions of variables found in the dataset.  Most datasets and documentation can be downloaded, from on campus computers, for research and personal use.  ICPSR holds a wealth of data from a number of sources.  Among them:

National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
Health and Medical Care Archive
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive
International Archive of Education Data
2000 Census Data
Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys
Crimestat
Data Preservation Allicance for the Social Sciences
Data Sharing for Demographic Research
General Social Survey Data and Retrieval Information Systems
Homicide Research Working Group
Human Subject Protection and Disclosure Risk Analysis
Mexican American Trajectories: Family, Geography, and Intermarriage Across a Century
Minority Data Resource Center
Population and Environment in the U.S. Great Plains
Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods
Terrorism & Preparedness Data Resource Center

Before retrieving data users will be asked to create a "MyData" account and to provide information verifying their Marquette status.  Tutorials on downloading and reading data into SAS, SPSS, and STATA are avaialble in the Data User Help Center.

This full-text database contains in-depth and balanced articles dealing with contemporary issues and controversies.  Keyword and subject searching is available as well as being able to browse by topic.  A list of current hot topics is provided.  This resource (in addition to CQ Researcher) is an EXCELLENT starting point for research on contemporary topics.  September 25, 1995 to present.

This unique multidisciplinary resource presents quantifiable statistical data that provides a systematic way to determine the relative importance of journals within their subject categories, including highest impact journals, most frequently used journals, ‘hottest’ journals, and largest journals. The "Science" portion covers about 5,000 leading international science journals from ISI database and the "Social Science" portion covers 1700 leading journals from Social Science Citation Index.  Basic information about each journal is also included, e.g. publisher, frequency, title changes, subject categories assigned, etc.  Covers 2004 to 2006.  VPN recommended for off-campus access.

Features a rich variety of full text sources providing up-to-date information on current events, business, law, and medicine.  It includes regional, national, and international newspapers; magazines; wire services; business publications (trade journals, corporate annual reports, tax sources); legal resources (law reviews, court cases, briefs, federal and state codes); government documents; medical information (medical journals); and reference sources (directories, biographical information).  Coverage varies by title; very good coverage from the early 1990s to present, with some coverage as early as the mid-1970s.

New software interface for Lexis Nexis Academic. Currently in Beta version, but should be totally functional, and will become the new interface by the end of Dec. 2009. Easier to search than current Lexis Nexis Academic version.

Features a rich variety of full text sources providing up-to-date information on current events, business, law, and medicine.  It includes regional, national, and international newspapers; magazines; wire services; business publications (trade journals, corporate annual reports, tax sources); legal resources (law reviews, court cases, briefs, federal and state codes); government documents; medical information (medical journals); and reference sources (directories, biographical information).  Coverage varies by title; very good coverage from the early 1990s to present, with some coverage as early as the mid-1970s.

Includes text and status of Congressional bills; information about members of Congress and their districts, text of prepared statements before Congressional hearings, text of National Journal articles, and text of Congressional Record and Federal Register.  Analysis of appropriate bills gives information about relevant public policies. Click on "Publications" button to get online version of CIS/Index.  Index coverage is 1970 to present.  Full text coverage varies.

Current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government.  Includes periodicals, academic journals, and other content pertinent to the Military and Government.  Cover-to-cover full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for nearly 400 titles.

This resource is available to all residents of Milwaukee, including Marquette students who reside on or near campus.  You must have a valid Milwaukee Public Library card and personal identification number (PIN) to gain free access to this subscription database.

A multi-dimensional resource on politics and policy.&nbps; It includes the full text of the National Journal, The Hotline, The Congressional Daily, The Almanac of American Politics, Markup Reports & Bill Status, The Technology Daily, Ad Spotlight and Poll Track.  These sources provide a daily news briefing on politics and poling data, a guide to political/special issue ads, information about congressional hearings, updates on important news and trends in information technology politics and policy.

Includes 19 full-text titles in the area of politics and international relations.  Most journals are 1982 to present.

Covers research in political science, international relations, law, public administration.  Indexing and abstracting is provided for over 1300 journals.  1975 to present.

Multidisciplinary database with 11,000+ titles, with over 8,000 titles in full-text.  It serves as the central resource for researchers at all levels in all markets.  Over 160 subjects areas are covered extensively including business and economics, health and medical, news and world affairs, technology, social sciences and more.

Indexing, abstracts and selected full text or full images of articles in a wide range of magazines and journals.  It includes general interest and news publications as well as selected scholarly journals.  Includes bibliographic citations and abstracts of periodical articles; some full text and full image articles.  Coverage varies by title with good coverage for late 1980's to present, some earlier coverage.

Provides indexing of over 300 professional and scholarly periodicals related to psychology.  Includes bibliographic citations and abstracts of periodical articles; some full text and full image articles.  Good coverage for late 1980's to present, with some earlier coverage.

Coverage varies widely over the history of the title.  Indexes articles and provides descriptive, nonevaluative abstracts.  Provides content summaries and tables of contents for book chapters and books.  Subject coverage includes basic and applied psychology, abnormal and clinical psychology, experimental psychology, human and animal development, social psychology, professional psychology and educational psychology.  Also includes bibliographic citations and abstracts of periodical articles, reports and dissertations, books and chapters.  1987 to present for books and chapters; 1872 to present for journal articles and other material.  VPN required if off-campus and also using RefWorks.

Included in Web of Science which combines Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index in one source.  Indexes can be searched individually or combined.  Search by words in author, title, keyword, abstract, journal title and author affiliation fields.  A unique Cited Reference Search feature allows ‘forward’ searching by locating articles that have cited an older document.  VPN recommended for off-campus access.

Covers popular magazine and scholarly journal articles on a wide range of social science topics including history, social policy, law, defense and military issues, psychology, anthropology, culture, criminology, political science, social welfare and urban development.  Includes bibliographic citations, abstracts and selected full text articles.  1986 to present.

Covers research in sociology and related disciplines.  Sociofile indexes over 2000 journals from about 55 countries, providing bibliographic citations and abstracts for the journal articles.  1974 to present.

Includes 28 full-text titles in the area of sociology.  Most journals are 1982 to present.

Combines Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index in one source.  Indexes can be searched individually or combined.  Search by words in author, title, keyword, abstract, journal title and author affiliation fields.  A unique Cited Reference Search feature allows ‘forward’ searching by locating articles that have cited an older document.  1980 to present.  VPN recommnded for off-campus access.

Extensive index of television news indexing more than 30,000 individual network evening news broadcasts from the major U.S. national broadcast networks: ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and Fox News and more than 9,000 hours of special news-related programming including ABC's Nightline since 1989.  Includes online streaming video of NBC newscasts from August 5, 1968 to the present and CNN news broadcasts beginning in 1995.  Current material will be made available 72 hours after originally broadcast.  Note: Requires free RealPlayer software to play video clips.

The World Newspaper Archive will ultimately offer online full-text access to major newspapers from Africa, Latin America, Asia, and Central and Eastern Europe.  It opens with part of its collection from Latin America, including papers from Chile, Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico.  When complete it will offer 35 papers with long publishing histories from the 19th and 20th centuries.