Pre-1970 Databases
| Database | Indexing | Full-text | Subjects | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19th Century Masterfile: Series I | 1786-1922 for some titles | No | interdisciplinary | British and US periodicals; very limited subject searching |
| AATA Online: Abstracts of International Conservation Literature |
1955+ | No | literature related to the preservation and conservation of material culture and heritage | cites books, journals, conference proceedings, occasional papers, electronic resources, audio visual resources, dissertations |
| America: History and Life | 1964+ | links to full text when available | US and Canadian studies | cites journals, books, and dissertations |
| American Periodical Series | 1741 - 1900 | 1741 - 1900 | special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, children's and women's magazines | cites periodicals that first began publishing between 1740 and 1900; full text is scanned image of article |
| Anthropological Index Online | 1957+ | No | anthropology and archaeology international scope, but special focus on Eastern Europe |
cites journals and special interest publications |
| Anthropological Literature | Late 19C+ | No | anthropology | cites journals and monographs |
| Art Index Retrospective | 1929-1984 | No | art, architecture, graphics, crafts, decorative arts, industrial and interior design, photography, film and video | cites articles and reproductions |
| ATLA Religion Database | 1949+ | 1949+ for some titles | religion and theology | gradually adding full text |
| Database | Indexing | Full-text | Subjects | Comments |
| Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals | 1930+ (selective coverage dating back to the 1860s) |
No | all aspects of architecture (archaeology, decorative arts, interior design, landscape architecture, city planning, and housing) | cites journals |
 Beilstein/Gmelin CrossFire |
1771+ | No | Beilstein (organic chemistry) and Gmelin (inorganic, organometallic, polymer chemistry) | Client information. Searchable by chemical structure, formula, physical property parameters, chemical reaction, and bibliographic data |
| Biological Abstracts | 1969+ | No | Anatomy, bacteriology, behavioral sciences, bioengineering, biotechnology, cell biology, clinical medicine, genetics, immunology, microbiology, nutrition, parasitology, pathology, pharmacology, physiology, radiation and systematic biology, toxicology, virology, and zoology | |
| British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography | 1695 - 1991 (check print index in Memorial Reference for coverage after 1991) |
No | archaeology of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland | cites journals |
| British Library's Oriental and India Office Collections holdings of 19th-century Indian publications | 19th century | No | reflects territorial interests and activities of the East India Company and the India Office; includes literature and documents on India, Pakistan, Burma, Bangladesh and neighbouring countries, Iran and the Gulf states, South Africa, St. Helena, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, China and Japan. | |
| CAB | 1910+ | No | Agriculture, animal sciences, biotechnology, entomology, microbiology, nutrition, plant sciences, soil science | |
| Canadian Music Periodical Index | 1890+ | No | all aspects of Canadian music | cites journals |
 ChemInform Reaction Library |
1946+ | No | Novel syntheses and preparative methods in organic chemistry | Client information. Structure searches via Reaction Browser |
| Database | Indexing | Full-text | Subjects | Comments |
| Chicano Database | 1967+ | No | all aspects on Chicano studies | cites journals and books |
| Tribune (see ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Chicago Tribune) | ||||
| Child Abuse and Neglect Information (see National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information) | ||||
| Criminal Justice Abstracts | 1968+ | No | criminology international scope |
cites journals, books,reports, dissertations, and unpublished papers |
| Current Research @ University of Wisconsin | 1892+ | 1997+ | All dissertations completed at UW-Madision that are in the ProQuest Digital Dissertations database. Does not include Masters theses. | |
| Dance Catalog | 1450+ | No | worldwide scope all forms of dance |
indexes periodicals, unpublished material, non-print media |
| Dissertations and Theses (see guide) | ||||
| Dyabola Web (Ancient/Classical Art and Archaeology) | 1956+ | No | early Christian, Byzantine, early Medieval, and ancient Middle Eastern art and archaeology | cites journals international scope |
| Database | Indexing | Full-text | Subjects | Comments |
| Education Index Retrospective | 1929-1983 | No | education | complements Education Full Text |
| Energy Citations Database | 1948+ | links to full text when available | Contains energy and energy related scientific and technical information collected by the Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessor agencies, the Energy Research & Development Administration (ERDA) and the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). | |
| Engineering Index (Compendex) | 1884+ | No | Interdisciplinary engineering database referencing 5,000 engineering journals, conferences and technical reports. | Accessed via Engineering Village 2 interface |
| ERIC - Educational Resources Information Center | 1966+ | No | education and child development international scope |
cites journals, educational reports, project descriptions, curriculum guides, and dissertations |
| Ethnic NewsWatch | 1960+ | 1960+ | ethnic, minority and native press in US Spanish language publications are presented in Spanish |
covers newspapers, magazines and journals |
| Film Index International | 1900+ | No | plot summaries, cast lists, and brief biographies | each film entry has bibliography of citations to journal articles |
| Food Science and Technology Abstracts (FSTA) | 1969+ | No | Beverages, cocoa and chocolate, commodity technology, dairy products, dietetic foods, fats and oils, fermentation technology, fish, flour and bakery products, food additives and engineering, food hygiene, food laws, meat and poultry, sugars, and toxicology | |
| GEOREF | 1785+ | No | Earth sciences | Indexes articles, conference papers and abstracts, guidebooks, maps, reports, theses and some monographs |
| The Gerritsen Collection: Women's History Online | 1543-1945 | 1543-1945 | condition of women, the evolution of feminist consciousness, and women's rights international scope |
books and periodicals |
| Database | Indexing | Full-text | Subjects | Comments |
| Historical Abstracts | 1955+ | links to full text when available | world history and the related social sciences and humanities, excluding the U.S. and Canada | covers journals, collections of essays, conference papers, dissertations, and books |
| Index of Articles on Jewish Studies (RAMBI) | 1966+ | No | Judaica | journal articles in English, Hebrew, Yiddish and major European languages. |
| Index to Legal Periodicals Full Text and Retrospective | 1918+ | for selected titles | US and Commonwealth law | indexes legal periodicals, court decisions, legislation and law books (beginning with 1993) |
| Index to Nineteenth-Century American Art Periodicals | 1844-1907 | No | artists and illustrators, painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, architecture and design, exhibitions and sales, decoration and collecting | indexing for some titles incomplete because of missing issues |
| INSPEC | 1896+ | No | Physics, electronics and electrical engineering, computers and control, and information technology | |
| International Index to Black Periodicals | 1902+ | 1998+ for some titles | cultural and artistic, economic, historical, religious, social, and political issues of importance to the Black Studies discipline | scholarly and popular |
| International Index to Music Periodicals | 1874+ for some titles |
1990+ | music | international coverage, scholarly and popular |
| Database | Indexing | Full-text | Subjects | Comments |
| International Index to the Performing Arts | 1864+ for some titles |
1998+ for some titles |
dance, film, television, drama, theater, stagecraft, musical theater, broadcast arts, circus performance, comedy, storytelling, opera, pantomime, puppetry, magic | biographical profiles, conference papers, obituaries, interviews, discographies, reviews and events |
| International Medieval Bibliography | 1967+ | No | medieval studies (c. 400 - 1500) | cites journals, conference proceedings, essay collections and Festschriften |
| Internet Library of Early Journals | 18C -19C (Dates vary) | 18C -19C (Dates vary) | 20 year runs of six important British journals from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries | searchable digital images |
| JSTOR: Journal Storage Project | Dates vary | Dates vary | African-American studies, anthropology, Asian studies, botany, ecology, economics, education, finance, history, literature, mathematics, music, philosophy, political science, population/demography, sociology, and statistics | Full-text coverage begins with first issue of 100+ scholarly journals and extends to within 5 years of most recent issue |
| Times (see ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Los Angeles Times) | ||||
| Magazine Stacks | 1827+ dates vary by title |
No | tables of contents of European (including British) historical journals | limited keyword searching cites journals, monographic series, papers |
| Materials Science Database with METADEX | Dates vary | No | Combination of databases, including: Aluminium Industry Abstracts (1972+), Ceramic Abstracts/World Ceramics Abstracts (1975+), Copper Data Center Database (1965+), Corrosion Abstracts (1980+), Engineered Materials Abstracts (1986+), Materials Business File (1985+), Mechanical Engineering Abstracts (1981+), METADEX (1966+), and WELDASEARCH (1967+) | |
| MathSciNet | 1940+ | No | Mathematics, statistics, computer science, and related fields | |
| Database | Indexing | Full-text | Subjects | Comments |
| MLA Bibliography | 1926+ | No | literature, language, linguistics, and folklore international scope |
cites journals, books, book chapters, and dissertations |
| NASA Astrophysics Data System | 19th century + | Yes | Astronomy and Astrophysics | |
| National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information | 1965+ | No | child welfare issues | cites journals, books, published and unpublished papers |
| New York Times (see ProQuest Historical Newspapers: New York Times) | ||||
| Newspapers (see guide) | ||||
| Nineteenth Century Masterfile: Series I (see 19th Century Masterfile: Series I) | ||||
| NTRS: NASA Technical Report Server | varies | varies | Recent full-text reports produced by the NASA centers, selected portion of the information from the NASA RECONplus system, and CASI TRS (Center for Information Technical Report Server) database (1915+) | |
| Database | Indexing | Full-text | Subjects | Comments |
| Nuclear Science Abstracts | 1948-1976 | Nuclear science and technology literature | ||
| Organic Syntheses | 1921+ | No | High-yield synthetic methods and preparations of specific compounds | Client information. Structure searches via Reaction Browser |
| Palmer's Full Text Online | 1790-1905 | 1800-1870 | The London Times | full text is a scanned image of newspaper article |
| Periodicals Index Online (PIO) | Late 18C+ varies by title |
No | humanities and social sciences | international, popular and scholarly |
| Philosopher's Index | 1940+ | No | philosophy and related disciplines | scholarly journals in US and western Europe |
| PrimateLit | 1940+ | No | study of nonhuman primates | cites journals, books, technical reports, dissertations |
| ProQuest Digital Dissertations | 1861+ | 1997+ UW-Madison only | Interdisciplinary | PhD dissertations done in US, some European, some master's theses |
| ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Chicago Tribune | 1849 - 1985 | 1849 - 1985 | The Chicago Tribune | full text is scanned image of newspaper article |
| Database | Indexing | Full-text | Subjects | Comments |
| ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Los Angeles Times | 1881 - 1885 | 1881 - 1885 | Los Angeles Times | full text is scanned image of newspaper article |
| ProQuest Historical Newspapers: New York Times | 1851+ (most recent years in ProQuest Research Library) |
1851+ (most recent years in ProQuest Research Library) |
The New York Times | full text is scanned image of newspaper article |
| PsycINFO | 1872+ | For some titles (links to full text of recent APA journals) |
psychology and related subjects international scope |
cites journals, books, dissertations, technical reports |
| PubMed | 1950+ | |||
| Readers' Guide Retrospective | 1890+ | 1994+ for some titles | interdisciplinary | US popular magazines |
| Reference Library of Synthetic Methodology | 1946 - 1991 | Synthetic chemistry, including functional group transformations, metal-mediated transformations, and synthesis of chiral compounds | Client information. Structure searches via Reaction Browser |
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| SciFinder Scholar | 1907+ | No | All areas of pure and applied chemistry including biochemistry, medicinal chemistry and chemical engineering | Client information. |
| Sociological Abstracts | 1963+ | No | sociology international scope |
cites journals, conference papers, and dissertations |
| Database | Indexing | Full-text | Subjects | Comments |
| SORA: Searchable Ornithological Research Archive | late 19th century + | Yes | Documents the history of ornithology in North America over the last 120 years. | |
| SPORTDiscus | 1949+ | No | Sport: recreation, exercise physiology, medicine; coaching; physical fitness; the psychology, history, and sociology of sport; training; and conditioning | |
| The Times (London) Digital Archive | 1785-1985 | Yes | The London Times | full text is scanned image of newspaper article |
| Victorian Database Online | 1945+ | No | interdisciplinary regarding Victorian Age (1830-1914) | books, dissertations, journal articles |
| Water Resources Abstracts | 1967+ | No | Water resource-related aspects of the physical, social, and life sciences | |
| Web of Knowledge (Science Citation Index) | 1965+ | No* | all science disciplines | In addition to access by author, title, and institution, it is also possible to search by cited authors and to find articles sharing one or more cited references. |
| Wildlife and Ecology Studies Worldwide | 1935+ | No* | Animal behavior, conservation, disease, genetics, habitats, management techniques, parasites, pesticides, propagation, and toxicology | *Full-text book reviews |
| Women’s History Online (see The Gerritsen Collection: Women's History Online) | ||||
| World Shakespeare Bibliography Online | 1968-2003 | No | Shakespeare international scope |
cites books, articles, book reviews, dissertations, theatrical productions, reviews of productions, media |