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Database

Subject

Coverage

Description

Source

    
Academic Search Premier General

 1975-

Full text from 4500 journals, including over 3600 peer-reviewed titles. Covers biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, psychology, religion & theology, and more.

EBSCO

Academic Onefile General

 1980-

Peer-reviewed, full-text articles from leading journals and reference sources. Extensive coverage of physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and more.

Gale

ACLS Humanities
E-Book Project (HEB)
History, Humanities

eBooks 

Over 2800 online books in most humanities disciplines and area studies.  Formerly the known as the ACLS History E-Book Project.

ACLS

American History in Video History

Varies

American History in Video allows students and researchers to analyze historical events, and the presentation of historical events over time, through commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries.

Alexander St. Press

ASCE Research Library Engineering

1970-

Publications of the American Society for Civil Engineering. Includes fulltext to 30+ ASCE journals, back to the first date of a title's publication; abstracts only for proceedings.

ASCE

ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials Religion

1949-

Indexes journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion with ATLA's online collection of fulltext religion and theology journals. Coverage: most 1949-present.  (Some dates back to the 19th century.)   

EBSCO

B
Books & Authors Literature

Varies

Identify books--both fiction and nonfiction--that you might want to read.

Gale

Business Source Premier Business

1886-

Find articles in accounting, banking, finance, international business, management, marketing, real estate, regional studies, sales, trade, and technology--much in fulltext, much from scholarly journals. Includes market research reports, and SWOT analyses. Also try the Business Searching Interface.

EBSCO

C
CAMIO

Art

Images

95,000 art images—photographs, paintings, sculpture, decorative and utilitarian objects, prints, drawings and watercolors, jewelry and costumes, textiles and architecture—plus audio, video and mixed media. Rights-cleared for educational use.

OCLC

CCH IntelliConnect Business, Accounting

1994-

Federal and state tax news and information. Includes tax codes, regulations, court cases, rulings, legislative documents, treaties, and IRS publications, as well as CCH explanation and analysis. Specific resources include the GAAP Online Library, Governmental GAAP Online Library, and GAAS Online Library. CCH requires you to create a new login the first time you use it.  Internet Explorer is recommended.

CCH

CINAHL Plus with Full Text Nursing, Allied Health

1937 -

Source of fulltext articles from 700+ nursing & allied health journals. User info.: Licensed for 4 simultaneous users.

 EBSCO

Computer Database Computer Science

1983-

Articles with computer-related product introductions, news, and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications, and the application of technology.

Gale

Government

Reference 

Overview of the three branches of of the U.S. government. User info.: Licensed for 5 simultaneous users.

CQ

CQ Global Researcher Current Events

2007-

In-depth coverage of global affairs from a number of international viewpoints.

CQ

CQ Researcher Plus Archive Current Events

1923-

More than 3,000 in-depth, unbiased reports and analysis of newsworthy issues and hot topics. Covers health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy.

CQ

Credo Reference Quick Reference

Reference 

Online reference library. Includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, and books of quotations, as well as subject-specific titles covering topics from art to accountancy and literature to law.

Credo

Custom News News
Varies
Searches 650+ national and international newspapers.
Gale
E
EBSCO eBooks (formerly NetLibrary) General

eBooks

More than 60,000 eBook titles in all subject areas. Includes scholarly reference and professional works from leading university, academic, and professional publishers. NOTE:  You must register for a My EBSCO account (free) with EBSCOHost and install Adobe Digital Editions on your computer to view downloaded EBSCO eBooks. (Formerly NetLibrary.)

EBSCO

EBSCOhost General

Varies

Collection of databases in several disciplines. Provides fulltext articles from journals, newspapers, reports, pamphlets, etc.  Includes Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, CINAHL ERIC, PsycARTICLES, PsycINFO, Regional Business News, with an option for cross-searching multiple databases.

EBSCO

EBSCOhost Mobile General

Varies

EBSCOhost Mobile offers the same content as EBSCOhost but in a format optimized for handheld mobile devices.

EBSCO

ERIC Education

1966-

Premier index for education. Includes 2,200+ digests, ERIC documents, and journal articles, much in fulltext.

EBSCO

European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750 History

1493 -1750

This bibliographic database is a valuable index for those interested in European works that relate to the Americas. Contains more than 32,000 entries and is a comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750. Full texts of many books may be found in Google Books.

EBSCO

F
Films On Demand General

Varies

Web-based digital video service providing streaming videos from Films Media Group 24/7. Choose from more than 5,500 educational titles in dozens of subject areas. Special features allow users to organize and bookmark clips, share playlists, and personalize folders.

Films Media Group

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia Quick Reference

Reference

Contains over 25,000 encyclopedic entries. Searchable by subject or keywords within the entry.

EBSCO

G
Gale Virtual Reference Library Quick Reference

Reference eBooks

Gale Virtual Reference Library offers searchable full text of reference books in subjects including business, environment, history, medicine, multicultural studies, religion, and science.

Gale

General Business File ASAP Business

1980-

Analyze domestic company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics. Access broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and company directories with full text and images.

Gale

General Business File International Business

1980-

Analyze international company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics.

Gale

General Reference Center Gold General

1980-

General Reference Center GOLD is a general interest database from a variety of sources - newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications. Find articles on current events, popular culture, business and industry trends, the arts and sciences, and more.

Gale

GreenFILE Environment

Varies

Offers information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. Provides indexing and abstracts for nearly 295,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,600 records.

EBSCO

H
Health and Wellness Resource Center Health & Medicine

1980-

Access carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials. Includes nearly 400 health/medical journals, numerous reference volumes, 700+ health videos from partner Healthology Inc., pamphlets, and health-related articles from 2200 general interest publications. Material is intended for informational purposes only.

Gale

Health & Medicine

1980-

Covers all aspects of health and medicine, including fitness, pregnancy, medicine, nutrition, diseases, public health, occupational health and safety, alcohol and drug abuse, HMOs, prescription drugs, and many other topics.

Gale

HeinOnline Political Science

Varies

HeinOnline PoliSci Basic offers the full-text of 50 influential legal journals, along with all U.S. treaties and agreements and the U.S. Presidential Library.

Hein

HeritageQuest History, Genealogy

Varies

Brought to you by the Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL), HeritageQuest offers data for genealogists and historians. Includes all U.S. Censuses until 1930, an index of 6,500 local history and genealogy periodicals (PERSI), bank records of African Americans from 1865-1874, a database of Revolutionary War pension and bounty-land warrant, plus full text of 25,000 local histories and family histories.

ProQuest

Sciences

1995-

* Please note that not all articles in this database are free.*
Highwire Press is a database of over 300 academic science journals. Many journals available in Highwire provide free access to full text of some articles. Click here to see the list of free full-text HighWire journalsNote: If you find a citation for an article that is not free, be sure to check for the journal at CBU here: Find Journals or request it via Interlibrary Loan.

WWW

I
Image Search General

Varies

Find images from within the search results of EBSOhost databases.

EBSCO

In the First Person Biography

Varies

Index to personal narratives, including letters, diaries, memoirs, autobiographies, and oral histories, publicly available on the Web or held by repositories and archives.

WWW

Informe! (Revistas en espanol) General (Spanish Language)

1999-

Una colección de revistas hispánicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias.

Gale

J
JSTOR General

Varies, up to most recent 2-5 years

Fulltext access to full backfiles of subscribed journals. (CBU subscribes to only three backfile collections.) Index access to all articles in all backfile collections back to first data of publication; U.S. articles published before 1923 freely available regardless of subscription. Current or recent articles typically NOT AVAILABLE.

JSTOR

JSTOR Plant Science Science

Varies

Historic writings and images in the field of botany. Search or browse by plant, family, or genus name, as well as by media type. Media represented in the collection include artefacts, articles, books, drawings, letters and correspondence, photos, reference works, and specimens.

JSTOR

K
Knovel Science, Engineering

Reference

Access to online books in Biochemistry, Biology & Biotechnology, Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, and General Engineering & Engineering Management collections. 

Knovel

L
LearningExpress Library Reference, Test Prep

Varies

Interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutors fpr both academic and employment licensing tests. Includes some Graduate Entrance Exams: GMAT, GRE, LSAT and MCAT. Requires (free) registration.

Learning
-Express

LexisNexis Academic News, Legal, Business

Varies

Covers news, business, and legal research. Business covers company, industry and market news, company financial information, accounting, auditing, and tax information. Legal Research covers law reviews, federal case law, U.S. Code, and state legal research. Also includes general medical and health topics and medical abstracts.

Lexis-
Nexis

Literature Online Reference Edition Literature

Varies

Literary criticism and reference, biography and bibliography. Includes 128 full-text literary journals and 6,500 essays from literary reference and textbooks covering: literary movements, world fiction, poetry, biographies of contemporary and canonical authors, and bibliographic information. User Info: Licensed for 4 simultaneous users.

Proquest

Literature Resource Center - LRC Literature

Varies

Offers biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline. Literature Resource Center covers more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers - with in-depth coverage of 2500 of the most-studied authors.

Gale

M
MD Consult Medicine

1995-

Elsevier's searchable collection of fulltext medical books and journals; includes drug information, practice guidelines, patient education material, and evidence-based medicine resources. Mobile interface available with individual registration.

Elsevier

Mergent Online Business

1993- 

Suite of global business and financial information products. Includes U.S. Company Data covering 10,000 public companies and their SEC filings; International Company Data; U.S. Annual Reports with current and historical annual reports on 10,000 U. S. public companies; and International Annual Reports. User info.: Licensed for 3 simultaneous users.

Mergent

Military & Government Collection Military & Government

1990-

Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government. The Military & Government Collection provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for more than 400 titles.

EBSCO

Military & Intelligence Database Military & Government

Varies

Over 10 million articles (80% full-text) from more than 500 titles and basic reference materials. The content in this database is also part of Academic One File. 

Gale

MLA International Bibliography Humanities

1926-

Bibliographic index to journal articles, books and dissertations in the fields of literature and languages.

EBSCO

N
National Newspaper Index News

1977-

Indexes America's top five newspapers: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, and The Washington Post.

Gale

NewsBank: Tennessee Newspaper Collection News

Varies

Offers full-text access to the following Tennessee newspapers: Chattanooga Times-Free Press (12/14/2006 - Current), The Commercial Appeal (6/27/1990 - Current), and Knoxville News Sentinel (1991 - Current). 

 Newsbank

O
Ovid Healthcare Journals Nursing, Allied Health

Varies

The LWW Nursing & Health Professions Premier ejournal collection from Ovid includes American Journal of Nursing and roughly 60 other top nursing journals covering general and specialized subjects.

Ovid

Oxford English Dictionary
(OED)
Quick Reference

Reference

The Oxford English Dictionary is the definitive historical dictionary of the English language and includes English language words from the earliest records of written language to the present day. Entries include over 2 million dated quotations from English language, history, literature, and records and facts concerning word forms, changes, and etymology.

Oxford

Oxford Reference Online Quick Reference

Reference

Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection provides the full text of over 100 language and subject dictionaries and reference works. Includes general reference sources on language, science and medicine, humanities, Social Sciences. and business and professional topics. User info.: Licensed for 1 concurrent user.

Oxford

P
PapersFirst General 

1993-

Indexes papers presented at conferences from every congress, conference, exposition, workshop, symposium, and meeting received at The British Library Document Supply Centre.

OCLC

Philosopher's Index Philosophy

1940-

Philosopher's Index is a current and comprehensive bibliographic database covering scholarly research in all major fields of philosophy. Considered the most thorough index of journal literature on the subject, it features author-written abstracts covering scholarly research published in journals and books, including contributions to anthologies and book reviews. User Info: Licensed for 1 concurrent user.

EBSCO

Points of View Reference Center

Current Events, News

  Collection of pro/con opinions on current events and hot topics. Browse by category or search. Also includes newspaper and periodical articles, some primary source material, and selected images.

EBSCO 

ProceedingsFirst General

1993-

Indexes proceedings of every congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received at The British Library Document Supply Centre.

OCLC

PsycARTICLES Psychology

1894-

PsycARTICLES, from the American Psychological Association (APA), offers full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles. Contains over 100,000 articles from 59 journals - 48 published by the American Psychological Association (APA) and 11 from allied organizations.

EBSCO

PsycINFO Psychology

1887-

PsycINFO, from the American Psychological Association (APA), contains nearly 2.3 million citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations. 97% of this material is peer-reviewed. Journal coverage includes international material selected from more than 2,100 periodicals in over 25 languages.

EBSCO

PubMed Health & Medicine

1950-

PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 17 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources.

WWW

R
Business

Varies

Provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Incorporates coverage of 75 business journals newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Database is updated on a daily basis.

EBSCO

Religion & Philosophy Database Religion & Philosophy

Varies

Custom selection of more than 250 magazines and academic journals covering religion and philosophy and the related areas of archaeology and anthropology. The content in this database is in Academic Onefile.

Gale

S
Salem Health Health & Medicine

Varies

Contains Magill's Medical Guide, an up-to-date and easy-to-use compendium of medical information suitable for student research.

Salem Press

Salem Literature Literature

 1977-2011

Contains Magill's Literary Annual, which critically evaluates 200 major examples of serious literature, both fiction and nonfiction, published during the previous calendar year.

Salem Press

ScienceDirect Sciences

Varies

Free index to Elsevier science abstracts and tables of contents of Elsevier journals. Fulltext NOT available. Note: See librarian for assistance in locating ScienceDirect articles from other Memphis libraries, through interlibrary loan, or by pay-per-view purchase of articles.

WWW

T
TEL Databases General

Varies

The Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL) offers a wide selection of Gale InfoTrac databases for all libraries serving the citizens of the state of Tennessee.

Gale

W
General, Sciences

1997-present

Journals covering all subjects, but especially sciences. In addition, CBU has begun adding Wiley e-books. Includes a personal registration option for users to save references for later use.

Wiley

World Book Advanced Quick Reference  Encyclopedia General encyclopedia with 26,000+ articles, plus 12,000+ pictures and maps, 100+ videos and animations, and 10,000 sounds (including pronunciations). Includes World Book Dictionary with 248,000 definitions, World Book Atlas with 750 maps, and full text primary source documents, major literary works, and selected recent articles from magazines. Provided by TEL.
World Book
General

Varies

Provides information on holdings information from OCLC member libraries. Includes books, maps, music scores, videos, serials, as well as manuscripts written as early as the 12th century.

OCLC

General

Varies

Indexes all cataloged dissertations, theses and published material based on theses and dissertations to the present.

OCLC