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Making of America: Cornell University
All Full Text
Coverage:
1850-1877 (updates vary)
Description:
Making of America (MOA) is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collections at Cornell and Michigan are particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. The collections currently contain books, monograph volumes and journal articles with 19th century imprints. Making of America is made possible by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Access:
WWW
Primary Subjects:
Genealogy, History
Material Type:
E-Books, Full Text, Historical/Primary Resources
Making of America: University of Michigan
All Full Text
Coverage:
1850-1877 (updates vary)
Description:
Making of America (MOA) is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collections at Cornell and Michigan are particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. The collections currently contain books, monograph volumes and journal articles with 19th century imprints. Making of America is made possible by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Access:
WWW
Primary Subjects:
Genealogy, History
Material Type:
E-Books, Full Text, Historical/Primary Resources
Making of Modern Law
Primarily Full Text
Coverage:
1800s and early 1900s
Description:
“The Making of Modern Law offers important research material for researchers of social, legal, economic, political, and cultural history as well as criminology, religion, social welfare, and sociology. It also provides source and background material for victorian literature, and 19th- and early 20th- century studies. Society and its changing morality can be studied through titles on the morality of the law. Discussion of cases, procedures and reasons for a change in the law, offer the historian a fascinating insight into attitudes, predominant prejudices and the manner in which society functioned.”
Access:
UA, Remote
Primary Subjects:
Law
Material Type:
Full Text, Government Information, Historical/Primary Resources
Marquis Who's Who
All Full Text
Coverage:
Description:
A source of biographical information on 1.2 million persons from all professions and walks of life. Also includes historical biographies of deceased individuals from Who Was Who in America 1607-present. Limited to 1 simultaneous user. Use is restricted to students, faculty, and staff of the University of Alabama.
Access:
UA
Primary Subjects:
General-purpose Databases
Material Type:
Biographies
Coverage:
Abstracting 1984-present, full-text 1990-present
Description:
Provides full text from 440+ periodicals covering general reference, health, science, and other areas. Contains indexing and abstracts for 530+ magazines and 3,000+ charts, tables and graphs. Also includes 5,000 full-text Magill Book Reviews; full text of 144 Macmillan books; 540+ full-text health and science-related pamphlets; coverage of the CIA World Factbook; and Essential Documents in American History.
Access:
UA, Remote
Primary Subjects:
General-purpose Databases, K-12 Resources
Material Type:
Digital Images, Full Text, Maps, Scholarly Journals
Coverage:
Abstracting 1984-present, full-text 1990-present
Description:
Provides full text from over 1,810 general reference, business, consumer health, general science, and multi-cultural periodicals. In addition to the full text, offers indexing and abstracts for over 2,780 periodicals. Full text backfiles go as far back as January of 1990, while indexing and abstract backfiles go as far back as January of 1984.
Access:
UA, Remote
Primary Subjects:
General-purpose Databases
Material Type:
Book Reviews, Digital Images, Full Text, Maps, Scholarly Journals
Materials Connexion Materials Database
All Full Text
Coverage:
Varies
Description:
Materials Library is a library of advanced, innovative, sustainable materials and processes. Materials are chosen through a strict review process. Between 50 and 60 new materials are independently juried into the library every month. A resource for designers of all disciplines - industrial, furniture, packaging, graphics, fashion, interior design, landscape architecture and transportation - looking for the latest new materials.
Access:
UA, Remote
Primary Subjects:
Clothing, Textiles, & Interior Design
Material Type:
Digital Images, Full Text, Reference Sources and Tools
MathSciNet
Some Full Text
Coverage:
1940-current
Description:
MathSciNet is a database produced by the American Mathematical Society, and it indexes new published contributions to mathematical research. MathSciNet provides Web access to Current Mathematical Publications (CMP), which is a subject index of bibliographic data for recent and forthcoming publications, and Mathematical Reviews (MR), which provides reviews or summaries from 1600 journals, serials and books. Records can be searched by standard methods of author, title, keyword, etc., or through the database's subject classification system. Covers 1940-present: CMP data is updated daily, MR monthly. (Source=UIUC)
Access:
UA, Remote
Primary Subjects:
Engineering, Mathematics, Science
Material Type:
Book Reviews, Indexes and Abstracts
Coverage:
1950 to present
Description:
MEDLINE, a service from the National Library of Medicine provides access to over citations in all areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing.
Access:
Primary Subjects:
Nursing & Medicine
Material Type:
Full Text, Indexes and Abstracts, Scholarly Journals
Coverage:
10th edition (1989)-present
Description:
Descriptions and reviews of tests and assessments in 18 major categories, mostly related to education and psychology.
Access:
UA, Remote
Primary Subjects:
Education, Psychology, Social Work
Material Type:
Reference Sources and Tools
Mergent Digital Manuals
All Full Text
Coverage:
Varies by manual series. Earliest begins 1909.
Description:
Dating as far back as 1909, the complete Mergent (Moody’s) Manual collection is delivered through the Mergent WebReports website. The manuals encompass year by year company information including financials, a detailed textual business and history description, listings of officers and directors, stock and dividend information, listings of subsidiaries and more. This corporate manuals database also includes some relatively current information, but the primary source for in-depth company information is the separate Mergent Online database.
Access:
UA, Remote
Primary Subjects:
Business
Material Type:
Full Text, Reference Sources and Tools
Mergent Online
All Full Text
Coverage:
Varies. May provide ten years of financial statement summaries and over ten years of annual reports.
Description:
A suite of extensive financial information on US and international public companies, provides digital images of annual reports to shareholders, complete text of SEC filings, equity research reports, global historical stock prices, corporate and municipal bond data, and industry reports. Also includes Dun & Bradstreet Private Company Data.
Access:
UA, Remote
Primary Subjects:
Business
Material Type:
Full Text, Statistics
Coverage:
Indexing 1984-present, full-text 1990-present
Description:
Middle Search Plus provides full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays. Also includes contains biographies, primary source documents, and an Image Collection of photos, maps and flags as well as Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia; coverage of the CIA World Factbook; Essential Documents in American History; and The Encyclopedia of Animals.
Access:
UA, Remote
Primary Subjects:
K-12 Resources
Material Type:
Digital Images, Full Text, Maps
Coverage:
Varies
Description:
Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites. The Military & Government Collection provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for nearly 400 titles.
Access:
UA, Remote
Primary Subjects:
Material Type:
Digital Images, Full Text, Government Information, Maps
Milton: A Bibliography
No Full Text
Coverage:
1624-1799
Description:
This bibliography tries to bring together all manuscripts and editions of John Milton's works and all studies and critical statements concerning his life and works, all allusions and quotations, and all significant imitations during the years 1624-1799.
Access:
UA, Remote
Primary Subjects:
English
Material Type:
Historical/Primary Resources
Mintel Reports
All Full Text
Coverage:
2005 - current
Description:
Mintel reports provide market information on markets for consumer products, travel, lifestyles and leisure. Industries covered include airlines, automotive, beauty and personal products, apparel, food and food service, health and wellness, technology, and retailing. Each report combines data & analysis of the competitive landscape, market-share analysis and consumer profiles.
Access:
UA, Remote
Primary Subjects:
Business
Material Type:
Full Text, Statistics
MIT CogNet
Primarily Full Text
Coverage:
Current information, with journal coverage from the '90s
Description:
Resources for brain/cognitive sciences from MIT. Full text MIT journals and books, plus MIT OpenCourseWare and Video.
Access:
UA, Remote
Primary Subjects:
Biology & Agriculture, Psychology
Material Type:
E-Books, Full Text, Reference Sources and Tools, Scholarly Journals
MLA International Bibliography
Some Full Text
Coverage:
1926-present
Description:
Produced by the Modern Language Association of America, consists of bibliographic records pertaining to literature, language, linguistics, and folklore, and includes coverage from 1926 to the present. Provides access to scholarly research in over 3,000 journals and series, and covers relevant monographs, working papers, proceedings, bibliographies, and other formats.
Access:
UA, Remote
Primary Subjects:
American Studies, Classics, Communicative Disorders, English, French, German Language & Literature, Italian, Latin American Studies, Linguistics, Russian, Spanish & Portuguese, Theater and Dance
Material Type:
Dissertations and Theses, Indexes and Abstracts, Scholarly Journals
Coverage:
1895-1976
Description:
The Monthly Catalog is a comprehensive index to information produced by the U.S. government from 1895-1976, including those of the Congress and all executive departments. The database does not include full text, but it can help identify items in the UA Libraries’ government documents collection that are not represented in the Libraries’ Catalog.
Access:
Primary Subjects:
Material Type:
Monumenta Germaniae Historica (Brepolis)
All Full Text
Coverage:
Description:
The print edition of the Monumenta Germaniae Historica, a series of critical editions of historical medieval texts, was begun in 1819. This expanded online version offers more than 1,450 texts, covering a wide range of historical documents. It is arranged in five major Series: Scriptores, Leges, Diplomata, Epistolae, and Antiquitates. The database is cross-searchable with other full-text Brepolis databases.
Access:
UA, Remote
Primary Subjects:
Classics
Material Type:
Full Text
Morningstar Document Research (formerly 10-K Wizard)
All Full Text
Coverage:
Varies. Covers filings from mid-1990s to present.
Description:
Search engine that provides for expanded coverage and advanced search capabilities of corporation reports in the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) database. Enables real-time searches on up-to-the-miniute filings in the SEC EDGAR system, plus custom reports and downloads.
Access:
UA, Remote
Primary Subjects:
Business
Material Type:
Full Text
Morningstar Investment Research Center
All Full Text
Coverage:
Description:
Morningstar Investment Research Center is an Internet-based research service covering 6,000 stocks, 16,000 mutual funds, and 150 exchange-traded funds. Includes 3,700 Fund and Analyst reports. Limited to 4 simultaneous users. Use is restricted to students, faculty, and staff of the University of Alabama.
Access:
UA, Remote
Primary Subjects:
Business
Material Type:
Reference Sources and Tools
Music Index Online
Some Full Text
Coverage:
1979-present
Description:
Published since 1949, The Music Index: A Subject-Author Guide to Music Periodical Literature indexes over 600 international periodicals about music. A broad range of subjects is covered including: composers and performers, the history of music, forms and types of music, and music instruments. Book reviews, music reviews, and reviews of performances are indexed, and first performances and obituaries are noted. The online version of Music Index provides coverage from 1979.
Access:
UA, Remote
Primary Subjects:
Music, Theater and Dance
Material Type:
Dissertations and Theses, Indexes and Abstracts
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