Information Resource Center

CD-ROM Databases

The following CD-ROM Databases are available for your use in the Information Resource Center:

1. ProQuest: General Periodicals On Disc
2. InfoUSA
3. The Environmental Movement in the United States
4. ScholarSearch 2000
5. History of the American Legal System

Dow Jones Interactive/Factiva

Dow Jones Interactive is the World Wide Web version of Dow Jones News/Retrieval. It provides same day, full-text coverage, for The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angles Times, The New York Times, The Financial Times of London, and business sections from 54 papers around the country. It also provides full-text of over 265 regional newspapers and 175 international publications and papers. Approximately 2800 business and trade publications are also included.

First Search (OCLC)

First Search provides access to more than 65 databases and gives users an easy-to-use interface. This powerful tool increases the availability of reference information by providing seamless access to bibliographic, abstract, and full-text information with photographs and other images.

ProQuest Direct

Accessible on the internet through the World Wide Web, ProQuest Direct provides immediate access to an extensive collection of newspapers, journals, periodicals, magazines, and other information sources. It provides citations and/or abstracts of over 2800 U.S. periodicals and newspapers.

Lexis-Nexis

A full text database of current and historic federal legislation, bill tracking, bill texts, state legislation, case law, law reviews and over 6,000 full text news sources and periodicals including the New York Times, Washington Post and AP wires

Leadership Directories (The Yellow Books)

Leadership Directories - the Leadership Library on the Internet - is a comprehensive database of who's who in the leadership of the United States.

GaleNet

Gale's Ready Reference Shelf is an integrated resource that incorporates 15 of the Gale Group's most popular general reference databases. Users can access more than 320,000 entries for associations, research centers, publishers, publications (ranging from newspapers and newsletters to periodicals and directories), databases, television and radio stations and more.

InfoTrac OneFile is a one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily.

STAT-USA (Dept. of Commerce)

The U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration support this online information resource. It contains crucial and timely business and economic information produced by Federal agencies. This mostly text version of Stat-USA is accessible through World Wide Web.

Columbia International Affairs Online

Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is designed to be the most comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 on that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, and proceedings from conferences.

The Foundation Directory Online

The Foundation Directory Online offers extensive program details for 1,000+ leading foundations; detailed application guidelines for 6,000+ foundations; and sponsoring company information for corporate givers. This service also includes a searchable file of approximately 150,000 grants of $10,000 or more awarded by the top 1,200 funders. The Trustees, Officers, and Donors search field and its corresponding index allow users to search among 300,000 trustee, officer and donor names.

Chronicle of Higher Education-Academe Today

1. This on-line full-text service is accessible via World Wide Web for individual, paid subscribers to the Chronicle of Higher Education. It includes daily reports about news in higher education; a guide to the academic resources on the Internet; updates on legislation affecting higher education; new federal-grant competitions.