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Library Databases and Reference Sources

Database Title Access Restrictions Categories Index
: full text database covering a variety of disciplines. USA ID General, Political Science A
"contains full text versions of a number of major medical texts including Hurst's The HeartHarrison's Online and Metabolic and Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease (MMBID). Among other things AccessMedicine also includes a USMLE study resource, Diagnosaurus (McGraw-Hill's differential diagnosis tool), Practice Guidelines (from Current Practice Guidelines in Primary Care), patient education information, and health news." USA ID Health, Medicine, Nursing, E-books A
:  AccessNeurology is an online neurology resource covering the entire spectrum of neurology from the basics to specialty-specific content – it includes access to procedural videos, self-assessment, and leading neurology textbooks. USA ID Health, Medicine, Nursing, E-books A
:  Access Pediatrics is a pediatrics education and training resource featuring leading pediatrics textbooks, multimedia, Q&A, algorithms, and case studies. USA ID Health, Medicine, Nursing, E-books A
: Contains reference material covering all major scientific disciplines. Provided through Alabama Virtual Library.  USA ID Sciences A
: Integrated online resource that provides medical students, surgical residents, and practicing surgeons with quick answers to surgical inquiries from trusted sources. Organized around the ACGME's (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education) mandate for a Core Curriculum, AccessSurgery delivers content in context.  USA ID Health, Medicine A
USA ID Health, Medicine A
: Choose Advanced Search to search and Browse the ACM Publications for tables of contents access. USA ID Computer Science A
: Includes bibliographic citations from major publishers in computing. Links to available full text from ACM Digital Library. USA ID Computer Science A
: USA has access to Web editions of the American Chemical Society journals only. Includes all journals from year of first issue. USA ID Sciences, Chemistry A
, 1827-1998: Part of America's Historical Newspapers. USA ID History, Ethnic Groups, Newspapers A
: Physics ebooks on such subjects as condensed matter, chemical physics, nanotechnology, and more. Also includes an archive of classic texts from the American Association of Physics Teachers. USA ID Sciences, Physics A
Public History, Military, Government Documents A
Public Alabama, Government Documents, History A
: Part of America's Historical Newspapers. USA ID History, Alabama, Newspapers A
: digital collection of materials on Alabama's history and culture. Public History, Images, Alabama
: The Alabama Virtual Library provides all students, teachers, and citizens of the State of Alabama with online access to essential library and information resources. Accessible from any computer geolocated in the state of Alabama. Public General A
: Streaming video from a variety of disciplines. USA ID Streaming Video A
: covers holistic medicine. USA ID Health, Medicine, Nursing A
: American Antiquarian Society periodical collections from this time period. USA ID History A
: access is for the journals to which we have print subscriptions, Conformal Geometry and Dynamics, Representation Theory, Journal of the AMS, Proceedings of the AMS, and Transactions of the AMS USA ID Sciences, Math, Statistics A
:  American Antiquarian Society collection of periodicals that cover the social, religious and political movements of the time. USA ID History A
: American Antiquarian Society collection of popular political publications of the time. USA ID History A
: Access to American Meteorological Society journals Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (1970-current), Journal of Applied Meteorology (1962-2004, including Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climate, 1983-1987), Journal of Climate (1988-1996), and Weather and Forecasting (1986-2004). USA ID Sciences, Meteorology A
"3D human anatomy medical software for education, for students, professional and educators. Resource for 3D anatomy images and animations." USA ID Health, Medicine A
AnthroSource is a digital searchable database containing past, present and future American Anthropological Association publications. USA ID Anthropology A
: provides access to archival collection descriptions USA ID History A
USA ID General A
: contains nearly 2000 texts including classic works of French literature USA ID Literature & Language, E-books A
: Art work can be viewed and printed on library workstations. Advanced features are available on personal computers (campus and home.) USA ID Art, Images A
: electronic archive of full text research papers in physics, computation and language, math and nonlinear sciences. Public Sciences, Physics, Math, Computer Science, Statistics A
: Civil Engineering. full text journal articles and conference proceedings. Includes backfiles to 1983 for journals and 1996 for proceedings. USA ID Sciences, Engineering A
: Mechanical Engineering. full text only available for Transactions Journals, 2000-present. 12 of the journals are also indexed in EBSCO's USA ID Sciences, Engineering  A
: First time users will need to click to agree to the license before receiving access. USA ID Sciences, Engineering A
delivers head-to-toe and systems-based physical examination techniques for the (Advanced) Assessment or Introduction to Clinical Medicine course. Bates' Visual Guide features Bates' physical examinations skills videos, as well as OSCE Clinical Skills videos. USA ID Health, Medicine, Streaming Video B
: (1969 - present).  Indexing and abstracting for life sciences. Includes links to full text articles in ScienceDirect, BioOne1, and other databases USA ID Sciences, Biology B
: full text bioscience research journals USA ID Sciences, Biology B
1/1/2019 to present. Backfiles available on microfilm.  USA ID Alabama, Newspapers B
: Primary source documents related to African-American History. Provided by the Alabama Virtual Library and accessible from computers geolocated in Alabama. Public History B
USA ID General, Encyclopedias, Reference B
USA ID Business B
: includes trade journals, country economic reports, industry reports and market research reports.  USA ID Business B
USA ID Business B
: The Marx Library subscribes to Accounting, Economics & Finance, Management, Marketing, and Educational Curriculum & Methods. USA ID Business, Directory, Reference, Education C
USA ID General  C
: census data Public Statistics C
(GPO) Public Government Documents C
USA ID Education, General C
: nursing and allied health USA ID Health, Medicine, Nursing C
: Historical newspapers and documents USA ID History, Newspapers C
: Index of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities USA ID General, Spanish Language C
: Includes medical and surgical journals and e-books with guidelines, point-of-care and drug monographs,videos, images, and procedure and patient education documents. USA ID Health, Medicine, Streaming Video C
: The Clinical Pharmacology website contains information on prescription, OTC, new and investigational drugs; herbal and nutraceutical products. USA ID Health, Medicine, Nursing C
: resource for evidence-based medicine reviews. USA ID Health, Medicine C
USA ID Communication, Media, Social Sciences C
Public Government Documents, Law C
: bio-bibliographical. Current writers USA ID Literature & Language C
: current controversial topics. Please log out when finished as the Marx Library only has 5 simultaneous users for this database. USA ID General, Current Controversy, Reference, Political Science C
, 95th edition USA ID Reference, Chemistry, Physics, Sciences C
USA ID History, General, Encyclopedias C
:  American Antiquarian Society collection that focuses on cultural concerns of the time. USA ID History C
: American Antiquarian society collection of periodicals almost 3 centuries of notable events. USA ID History C
: Dramatic texts, poetry, and performance.  USA ID Streaming Video, Literature & Language, Drama D
USA ID General, Dissertations & Theses D
: access to the dissertations and theses from graduate students at the University of South Alabama. USA ID General, Dissertations & Theses D
: Directory of open access journals Public General,  D
: Includes the DSM-5, DSM-5-TR, DSM-5 Handbook of Differential Diagnosis, DSM-5 Clinical Cases, and Guía de Consulta de los Criterios Diagnósticos del DSM-5 USA ID Reference, Psychology D
: Evans, 1639-1800 USA ID History E
: Historical newspapers. Includes the Mobile Register from 1833-1870. USA ID History, Alabama, Newspapers E
USA ID General E
: E-books for checkout USA ID General, E-books E
: original NetLibrary collection of e-books USA ID General, E-books E
USA ID Business E
: (Now LearnTechLib). AACE journals and conference proceedings USA ID Education E
: Over 1500 professional and scholarly journals. USA ID Education E
: journals in engineering, business, management, marketing and information science. USA ID Engineering, Business, Library Science E
Public Alabama, Encyclopedias, Reference E
: Comprehensive overview of the languages of the Slavic language family and the ways in which they are studied USA ID Encyclopedias, Literature & Language, History E
: (1967- current) EBSCO USA ID Education E
: (1964 - current) Public Public Education E
: journals, magazines, and newspapers from ethnic and independent presses. USA ID Ethnic Groups, Newspapers E
: guide to records about the Americas that were printed in Europe. USA ID History E
- Exam Master Online provides test preparation software for medical students (USMLE exams), residents (USMLE and Board Certification), and physicians (Board Certification and SPEX).  To register users must use their USA email address (@southalabama.edu - @jagmail.southalabama.edu or @health.southalabama.edu) USA ID Health, Medicine E
 (ProQuest) USA ID Government Documents, Political Science E
Public Business, Reference, Government Documents E
: Streaming video USA ID Streaming Video F
medical review guides to help users to prepare on USMLE, clerkships and specialty board exams USA ID Health, Medicine, E-books F
industry and geographic profiles from Mergent and First Research USA ID Business F
: Users must register and request access to view videos. Allow up to three business days for access to be granted.  USA ID History, Streaming Video F
USA ID General, Encyclopedias, Reference F
: encyclopedias and reference materials USA ID General, Encyclopedias, Reference G
: Periodical collection supported hospitality, tourism, and leisure topics. Provided by Alabama Virtual Library. USA ID Business, Hospitality & Tourism G
: Access to Alabama legal forms. Provided by Alabama Virtual Library. USA ID Business G
: Provides full text coverage of all business disciplines including accounting, economics, finance, marketing, management and strategy, as well as business theory and practice. Combines the former Business Index ASAP and General Business File ASAP. USA ID Business G
USA ID General G
: Index to articles about geology and the earth sciences. USA ID Geology & Geography, Sciences G
: USA ID required to log in from off-campus via this link, which will indicate full text available at USA. Note: Some browsers (including Chrome) do not support this and you may need to link to the library manually.  To set links manually or use the public Google Scholar interface from off-campus, you will need to link to USA by selecting settings, then library links and searching for the ÌìÃÀÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½ (instructions). You should only need to link it once.  USA ID General G
: LibGuide that lists government databases and registries with annotations Public Government Documents G
: access to the full text of many government publications Public Government Documents G
(FirstSearch): US government publications USA ID Government Documents G
: covers the human impact on the environment.
USA ID Sciences, Environment G
: Online music encyclopedia, offering comprehensive coverage of music, musicians, music-making, and music scholarship. USA ID Music G
: 501 titles USA ID General, E-books H
 (HAPI): abstracts, reliability and validity scores for measurements. USA ID Health, Medicine, Psychology & Psychiatry, Testing H
: full text access to articles, pamphlets and reference books. USA ID Health, Reference H
: full text access to scholarly articles and other information in nursing and allied health. USA ID Health, Nursing H
: health services, technology, administration, and research USA ID Health, Medicine H
: legal journals and cases. USA ID Law, Government Documents, Political Science H
: Provides free access to all of H-France's publications. Contains useful information with regard to the study of French history, including links to major libraries and archival holdings, links to web-based research material, and other scholarly and practical information. Public Literature & Language H
: encyclopedias, reference books and primary material USA ID History, Reference H
: Collection of industry market research and industry risk rankings USA ID Business I
: Access to the complete IEEE Explore Digital Library, including all IEEE conference proceedings and all journals and backfiles. USA ID Sciences, Engineering, Computer Science I
: Spanish language magazines. USA ID General, Spanish Language ¡
: Database of scholarly literature on Western art USA ID Art I
 (International Monetary Fund) USA ID  Business, Statistics I
: Access to Institute of Physics journals as well as the first two releases of the Expanding Physics and Concise Physics ebook collections USA ID Physics, Sciences I
: provides resources on evidence-based medicine to help decision makers identify the best available evidence by providing guides to the systematic consideration of the validity, importance, and applicability of claims about the assessment of health problems and the outcomes of health care. USA ID Health, Medicine J
Joanna Briggs Institute is a leading source in evidence-based practice content. The JBI EBP database contains systematic reviews, evidence summaries, best practice information sheets, consumer information sheets, systematic review protocols, and technical reports all searchable through the Ovid interface. USA ID Health, Medicine J
: Presents a survey of literary theory and criticism's most important figures, schools, and movements. USA ID Literature  & Language J
"presents quantifiable statistical data that provides a systematic, objective way to evaluate the world's leading journals and their impact and influence in the global research community." USA ID Health, Medicine J
JoVE Science Education: JoVE educational videos empower effective teaching of science concepts and laboratory methods in undergraduate and graduate courses at universities and colleges. These videos enable quick in-depth comprehension of complex STEM subjects to increase student engagement and learning outcomes, and support innovative teaching initiatives such as blended learning and flipped classroom. USA Libraries subscribe to: , ,  and USA ID Health, Medicine, Sciences, Streaming Video J
JoVE Research products (journals):  Filmed at the world’s top scientific institutions, JoVE videos bring to life the intricate details of cutting-edge experiments enabling efficient learning and replication of new research methods and technologies. USA Libraries subscribe to: , , and . USA ID Health, Medicine, Sciences, Streaming Video J
: E-books and journals. The Marx Library subscribes to the Arts & Sciences Collections I-XI, Life Sciences, Ecology & Botany, and Business I. [Note: The original Arts & Sciences Collection was funded by a grant from the USA Foundation.] USA ID History, Humanities, Sciences, E-books, Anthropology, Business J
: Streaming video.  USA ID Streaming Video K
(Mergent): Access to competitive benchmarking data.  USA ID Business K
: scholarly monographs Public General, E-books K
: (Formerly EdITLib). AACE journals and conference proceedings USA ID Education L
: Drug database offering drug monographs, dose calculators, interaction and toxicology information, IV compatibility, drug ID, and patient education materials USA ID Health, Medicine, Nursing L
LexisNexis Academic is now : database of news, business and legal research. For educational activities only. USA ID Law, Business, Newspapers L
USA ID Library Science L
: includes Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select and the Dictionary of Literary Biography, as well as full text journal articles. USA ID Literature & Language L
: includes poems, essays, stories, plays and speeches USA ID Literature & Language L
: primary sources Public History M
: database for mathematics and statistics. USA ID Sciences, Math, Statistics M
USA ID Medicine M
: corporate manuals back to the 1900s. Formerly Mergent WebReports USA ID Business M
: corporate bond reports, annual reports, and industry reports USA ID Business M
: Company information from Moody's Manuals and Fact Sheets. USA ID Business M
: Spans drugs, diseases, acute care, toxicology, alternative medicines, and includes a comprehensive tool to educate patients USA ID Health, Medicine M
 (EBSCO) USA ID  Government Documents, Military,  Social Sciences, Political Science M
: Ninth edition of the MLA Handbook USA ID General, Literature & Language, Reference M
: Modern Language Association database of publications about literature. USA ID Literature & Language M
: 1992 - present. Data from 10/01 to 1/10/03 is currently unavailable.
USA ID Alabama, Newspapers M
: 1/1/19 to present. Backfiles are available on microfilm.
USA ID Alabama, Newspapers M
: 1833 - 1870 USA ID Alabama, Newspapers M
Public  Sciences, Astronomy, Statistics, Physics, Government Documents N
: Providing access to NASA's technology, research, and science Public Government Documents, Sciences, Engineering, Astronomy, Physics N
: 1874-1982 Public Social Sciences N
: citations and abstracts for criminal justice literature from the U.S. government. Public Social Sciences, Criminal Justice, Political Science, Government Documents N
: 1888- present.  USA ID General, Countries, Geology & Geography N
: This Database serves as the central archive for users searching for earth-science information. Public Countries, Geology & Geography, Sciences, Government Documents N
:  Official records of encounters between Indigenous peoples and American Territorial officials as chronicled by the Bureau of Indian Affairs USA ID Social Sciences, Political Science, Anthropology N
: Access to the New York Times current edition and archives going back to 1851, access to certain New York Times apps on your smartphone or tablet, and access to New York Times videos and podcasts. To gain access, search for ÌìÃÀÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½ on the sign in page and create or link your New York Times account. USA ID Newspapers N
: index to U.S. and international newspapers. USA ID Newspapers N
: Formerly LexisNexis Academic. Database of news, business and legal research. For educational activities only. USA ID Law, Business, Newspapers N
(FirstSearch): indexes OA content from Biomed Central, DOAJ, JSTOR, OAPEN, OpenEdition, and PLOS USA ID General, Biology, Environment O
Academic journals from across the humanities disciplines Public Humanities, Literature & Language O
: search tool for open access science journals. Public Sciences O
: covers controversial topics. USA ID General, Current Controversy, Political Science O
USA ID General O
USA ID Dictionaries, Reference, General, Language & Literature O
: Multidisciplinary collection of journals. Marx Library access is for 1996-current USA ID General O
  USA ID Encyclopedias, Reference, General O
: The Marx Library has access to books in these specific modules: Mathematics, Social Work, Public Health and Epidemiology, and Business and Management. USA ID Math, Sociology, Social Work, Business, Health, Medicine, Nursing, E-books O
: backfiles for periodicals in the humanities and social sciences. The Marx Library subscribes to collections 1 through 10. USA ID History, Humanities, Sciences P
: American Antiquarian Society collection focusing on the development of America's westward expansion. USA ID History P
: American Antiquarian Society collection, that while covering other British colonies, chiefly focuses on colonial North America. USA ID History P
Funded by Mr. Ross Sloan's Albert Schweitzer Endowment. USA ID Philosophy & Religion P
: covers controversial topics. USA ID Current Controversy, General P
: Contains test preparation, college readiness, and career preparedness resources. USA ID General, Testing, Careers P
: index to conference publications received by the British Library. USA ID General P
: educational topics USA ID  Education  P
: The Marx Library subscribes to the Premium Collection  USA ID  Humanities, History, Literature & Language, E-books  P
USA ID General, Dissertations & Theses P
: access to the dissertations and theses from graduate students at the University of South Alabama. USA ID General, Dissertations & Theses P
Formerly EBL and ebrary. Books can be checked out. is required to download. USA ID General, E-books P
:  Searchable full text of the New York Times, 1851-2013 USA ID Newspapers, History P
  USA ID  Newspapers P
  USA ID  Newspapers P
: access to full text of open access dissertations and theses  Public General, Dissertations & Theses P
: includes APA journals USA ID Psychology & Psychiatry, Education, Social Sciences P
: Citations and abstracts for the literature of psychology USA ID Psychology & Psychiatry, Education, Social Sciences, Health, Medicine P
:  Video streams on a Mac or Windows computer and iOS mobile devices (iPad/iPhone). USA ID Psychology & Psychiatry, Education, Social Sciences, Streaming Video
P
: the National Library of Medicine's free search service to MEDLINE, Pre-Medline and other related databases.  USA ID Health, Medicine P
: citations and abstracts for Rand publications. Rand's research area of interest is public policy research and analysis. Public Political Science, Social Sciences R
: 1890-1982 USA ID General R
: Includes wire services from all over the world. USA ID  Newspapers, Business R
RIA Checkpoint: now USA ID  Business R
  USA ID Health, Medicine, Social Sciences, Political Science, Sciences, Humanities, Education, History, Law, Business, Anthropology S
:  over 480 videos, including hours of tutorials, interviews, video case studies and mini-documentaries covering the entire research process.  USA ID Sciences, Social Sciences, Business, Education, Psychology & Psychiatry, Political Science, Streaming Video, Anthropology S
: full text journals available 1995 to current USA ID Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities, Business, Education, Psychology & Psychiatry, Medicine, Anthropology, Environment, Biology S
: register at an on-campus computer for access at . We have upgraded our SciFinder access to the new Scifinder-n platform! This includes PatentPak and MethodsNow as well as improved functionality. USA ID Sciences, Chemistry S
: searches AIP, APS, ASCE, ASME journals. USA ID Sciences, Physics, Engineering S
: Citation database covering a multidisciplinary collection of scientific information covering over 14,000 peer-reviewed titles from 4,000 publishers. Includes the ability to do citation searching. USA ID Science, Social Sciences, Humanities S
: critical articles. USA ID Literature & Language S
: American Antiquarian Society collection chronicling the experiences of African Americans during this time period; although the collection mainly deals with slavery, it also covers religion and literature. USA ID History S
: Data visualization.  USA ID General S
: covers social sciences USA ID Social Sciences, Sociology, Social Work S
: materials on sports sciences. USA ID Health, Sports & Leisure S
: full text access to 1997 to current. Also includes access to e-books. USA ID Sciences, Math, Chemistry, Biology, Engineering, Physics, Statistics, Medicine, Philosophy & Religion, Psychology & Psychiatry, Social Sciences, Math, Business, E-books, Environment S
  USA ID Business S
:  Integrates data on over 80,000 topics from over 18,000 sources onto a single professional platform. Categorized into 21 market sectors, it provides direct access to quantitative data on media, business, finance, politics, and a wide variety of other areas of interest or markets. USA ID Business, Statistics S
(Public): 1878-2012. Public General, Statistics, Government Documents S
: Feature films available for educational usage. Only titles purchased by the Marx Library are available. USA Faculty may register as instructors to request titles or contact their liaison librarian. USA ID Streaming Video S
 Alabama's Literary Landscape Public Literature & Language, Reference, Alabama  T
: federal tax database. Formerly RIA Checkpoint. USA ID  Business T
: Index to the London Times USA ID History, Newspapers T
: TRAIL selects, digitizes, and deposits technical reports into trusted repositories: the HathiTrust and the University of North Texas (UNT) Digital Library. TRAIL content in the HathiTrust and UNT repositories is openly accessible to all users. TRAIL now has over 61,500 reports searchable and accessible.  Public Government Documents, Sciences T
: world, English and U.S. authors USA ID Literature & Language T
: Statistics from the United Nations Public Business, Statistics, Countries U
Public Business, Statistics, Countries U
:  UpToDate is an evidence-based clinical decision support resource. It covers over 10,500 topics in over 20 medical specialties and includes more than 28,000 graphics, more than 400,000 references and a drug database. USA ID Health, Medicine U
: The Publications Warehouse provides access to over 160,000 publications written by USGS scientists over the century-plus history of the bureau. Public Sciences, Geology & Geography, Government Documents U
Public Government Documents U
(ProQuest):  1789-1969 USA ID Government Documents, Political Science U
: A comprehensive 3D atlas of the human body USA ID Science, Health, Medicine V
: includes Magill Book Reviews full text. USA ID Careers V
: digital edition USA ID Business, Newspapers W
: Index of scholarly publications covering sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. USA ID Science, Social Sciences, Humanities W
: access is to 1997 to current. Backfiles available for the Education, Psychology, Business & Management, Biotechnology, Biochemistry & Biophysics, and Earth & Environmental Sciences collections. Includes IET open access backfiles. USA ID Sciences, Business, Education, Psychology & Psychiatry, E-books, Engineering, Computer Science, Anthropology, Biology, Environment W
: American Antiquarian Society collection of women's magazines. USA ID History W
: American Antiquarian Society collection of women's magazines. USA ID History W
Public Business, Statistics, Countries W
: OCLC's database of library holdings around the world. Includes ILL request link. USA ID General W
: Public access to WorldCat, enter zip code or state to find local libraries Public General W