Research Databases & Print Indexes

HighWire: Library of the Sciences and Medicine 
Location: http://highwire.stanford.edu/   
Publisher: Stanford University
Description: Provides full-text of many journals in medicine and science.  HighWire Press, a division of Stanford University Libraries, partners with influential scholarly societies, university presses and publishers to create a collection of the finest, fully searchable research and clinical literature online. Together, these partners produce nearly half of the 200 most-frequently-cited journals publishing in science. HighWire Press hosts the largest repository of free full-text life science articles in the world, with more than 600,000 free, full-text articles online. 

Medline
Location 1: In PubMed [Limit retrieval to MEDLINE citations by clicking on Limits on the PubMed Home Page and selecting MEDLINE from the Subsets pull-down menu. Citations prior to the mid-1960s are located in oldmedline.]
Location 2 : Link to Web of Knowledge and click on the "Select a Database" tab. Covers 1950-present.
Publisher: National Library of Medicine
Description: Provides citations and abstracts of articles in journals (and some complete articles) for health professionals.  This premier database indexes the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences.  It covers health services research including clinical (emphasizing the evaluation of patient outcomes and the effectiveness of procedures, programs, products, services, and processes) and non-clinical (emphasizing health care administration, economics, planning, and policy) aspects of health care delivery. Many articles report very specialized research by experts and may be difficult for non-experts to understand. 

Medlineplus
Location: Medlineplus  
Publisher: National Library of Medicine
Description: Provides health articles for consumers (the general public). Browse and alphabetic list of  "Health Topics" or use the search box to search for articles. This resource is designed to assist the public in locating "appropriate, authoritative health information sources." The emphasis is on information available from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It includes links to searches of Medline (the NLM database that indexes medical literature) and to many full-text publications produced by the NIH institutes.

Physical Education Index (1990 - present)
Location 1: print index tables in library (1990-2003) -- REFERENCE GV201 .P534
Location 2 : online CSA Physical Education Index 
Description: Indexes articles on dance, health, physical therapy, recreation , sports, and sports medicine

PubMed
Location: PubMed 
Publisher: National Library of Medicine
Description: Includes MEDLINE (see Medline database above) and some additional article citations/abstracts.

Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) (1992-present)
Location :  Link to Web of Knowledge, click on the "Select a Database" tab, and select "Web of Science".
Publisher: Thomson Reuters
Description:  Science Citation Index Expanded is a multidisciplinary index to the journal literature of the sciences. It fully indexes 5,900 major journals across 150 scientific disciplines.

For more health information see National Library of Medicine Databases and Online Resources

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Hospital and Health Administration Index  (1976-1999)
Location 1: in print in Reference Collection in library (1976 - 1999) -- REFERENCE Z6675.H75 A5
Description: Indexes articles relevant to hospital management and practices and to health information management. Print index ended when content moved into Medline database in PubMed . 

Images
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AP Images (1860's - present)      formerly called AP Multimedia Archive
Location : search AP Images       || more information || how to search
Description: Provides photographs, graphics, and audio -- which may be used for educational purposes in papers, presentations, and on the Web,  but may not be used for profit. The photo archive adds 800-1000 photos every day, and you will find up-to-the-minute photos of events as they are happening.  Also, the archive includes photographs back to the 1860's.  There are special search techniques that let you find images about concepts (e.g. friendship, power, cold), or with certain colors (e.g. red backgrounds), or from specific time periods and dates.

AP Multimedia Archive (1860's - present) - SEE: AP Images (above)

Journals/Magazines
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****Items below provide information about journals and magazines. To search for articles in journals and magazines, identify appropriate research databases by subject.****

Cabell's Directories of Publishing Opportunities
Location :  Cabell's Directories
Publisher: Cabell Publishing, Inc.
Description:  Cabell's Directories help faculty, researchers, and students evaluate journals for publication opportunities by providing acceptance rates, type of review, manuscript guidelines, contact information, and more.  Cabell's journal directories include: Accounting; Economics and Finance; Marketing; Management; Educational Curriculum and Methods; Educational Psychology and Administration; and Educational Technology and Library Science.  

Law and Public Affairs
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Alternative Press Index (1991 - present)
Location : Link to FirstSearch and select database "AltPressIndex" 
Description: Indexes journals covering cultural, economic, political & social change. Indexes over 250 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines. Includes selected abstracts from research journals. 

LexisNexis legal resources
Location : LexisNexis Academic   
Description: Indexes and provides complete text of articles and other publications related to U.S. law. Select  "Law Reviews," "Legal News," "Federal Case Law," "U.S. Code, Constitution, & Court Rules," or "State Legal Research."

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PAIS --Public Affairs Information Service (1969-1993)  
Location 1: in print in Reference Collection in library (1969 - 1993) -- REFERENCE Z7163 .P9
Description: Indexes articles about public policy (law, legislation, etc.) on a wide range of issues.

Literary Biography and Criticism
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Gale Literary Index
Location:  Gale Literary Index
Description: This is an index to the literary reference collections published by Gale Group, so it will tell you if there is information about a specific author in Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Dictionary of Literary Biography, and many more.  With this information, you can find the correct print volume with the information in the library. If the biography happens to be in Contemporary Authors, it is also available online.

Lit Finder
Location :  Lit Finder
Description: Includes Poem Finder ( search first lines of poems, poet names, & subjects to find poetry), Story Finder (provides thousands of full-text short stories plus explanations, biographies, pictures and more) and Essay Finder (database of full-text essays and discursive writing. The essays focus on the humanities and social sciences, and include biographies and literary criticism). 

Oxford English Dictionary
Location :  Oxford English Dictionary  -- Click on "enter OED online" to begin. 
Location 2:  In print in the Mundt Library at REFERENCE PE1625 .O87 1989
Description:  Often referred to as the "OED", this is "the" etymological dictionary for the English language. It provides a word's definition, quotes its earliest use English literature, and gives pronunciation, etc.

Maps
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Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 (historical maps of South Dakota communities)
Location : Digital Sanborn Maps
Description: Provides detailed maps for more than 80 South Dakota towns from 1867-1970, including such characteristics as size and shape of buildings, construction materials, streets and sidewalks, and house numbers. 

Newspaper Articles
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LexisNexis news
Location : LexisNexis Academic   
Description: Indexes and provides complete text of articles from a variety of newspapers around the country. Select  "Top News" (for today's news) or "General Topics" (for articles in newspapers published before today). 

National Newspapers Abstracts
Location : Link to Proquest and select National Newspaper Abstracts from the dropdown menu for databases
Description: Citations and brief abstracts for articles in the New York Times, USA TODAY, Wall Street Journal.

Newsbank (for South Dakota newspapers -- Aberdeen American News and Sioux Falls Argus Leader)
Location: Newsbank; then click on title of newspaper to be searched.
Description: Provides full text access to two South Dakota newspapers -- Aberdeen American News and the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader

Obituary Index for the Madison Daily Leader
Location: http://www.departments.dsu.edu/library/obit/search.html 
Description: Indexes obituaries published in the Madison Daily Leader (Madison, SD) from 1930 - March 2001.

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Deadwood Historical Newspaper Index (1876-1894)
Location: South Dakota Library Network (SDLN)  
Description: Indexes the various newspapers published in and around Deadwood,
South Dakota during the 1870's and 1880's. This index is being developed by the Deadwood Public Library.

Indian Country Today Index (1996 - June 2003)
Location: South Dakota Library Network (SDLN)  
Description: Indexes Indian Country Today, America's largest Indian (Native American)  newspaper. 

New York Times Article Archive: 1851-1980 (page image pdf format) & 1981-present (text format)
Location: Link to the New York Times Archive, and select the 1851-1980 or the 1981-present link. In each case use the Advanced Search to limit to a specific date or year.
Description: Provides an index to articles published in the NY Times from 1851 to present and provides full access to articles published prior to about 1925. The Mundt Library has 1857-1899 and 1967 to present issues of the newspaper on microfilm.

Rapid City Journal Index (1999 - 2005)
Location: South Dakota Library Network (SDLN)  
Description: Indexes Rapid City Journal, the newspaper of South Dakota's second-largest city.

Sioux Falls Argus-Leader Index  (1979 - July 2003)
Location 1: South Dakota Library Network (SDLN)  (1979 - July 2003)
Location 2: in print in Reference Collection in library (1979 - 1994)
Description: Indexes Sioux Falls Argus-leader, the newspaper of South Dakota's largest city. Provides citations to articles of local, state or regional interest.

Obituaries

Obituary Index for the Madison Daily Leader
Location: http://www.departments.dsu.edu/library/obit/search.html 
Description: Indexes obituaries published in the Madison Daily Leader (Madison, SD) from 1930 - May 2005.

Patents

United States Patent & Trademark Office Databases
Location: USPTO Patent and Trademark Databases
Description: Search and retrieve fulltext U.S. patents.

Lexis-Nexis Patents
Location :  LexisNexis Academic
Description:  In Lexis-Nexis, link to "Legal Research", then to "Patents" to search for patents

European Patent Office Database
Location: European Patent Office search
Description: Search and retrieve fulltext European patents.

WIPO Intellectual Property Database
Location: WIPO International Patent Database
Description: Search and retrieve international patents.

Radio & TV transripts
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LexisNexis News.
Location :  LexisNexis Academic
Description:  Radio and tv transcripts may be found in the LexisNexis "News" category in a sub-category called "Transcripts."

Science and Math
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Math & Science - all topics

Access Science
Location : Link to Access Science
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Description: Online version of multi-volume science encyclopedia that provides information on a wide range of topics.  

Article@INIST
Location 1:  Article@INIST
Publisher: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
Description: Indexes articles in all areas of science. Source of the index is the Institut de l'information Scientifique et Technique.

 CiteSeer : Scientific Literature Digital Library
Location 1: CiteSeer
Publisher: NEC Research Institute, NEC Inc. & Penn State School of Information Sciences & Technology
Description:  Free, full-text index of scientific literature (being Beta tested). In addition to citation for each article, provides "context" -- a sentence from the article in which the words occur. This database allows you to search both citations (i.e. is a citation index) and documents. 

HighWire: Library of the Sciences and Medicine 
Location: http://highwire.stanford.edu/   
Publisher: Stanford University
Description: Provides full-text of many journals in medicine and science.  HighWire Press, a division of Stanford University Libraries, partners with influential scholarly societies, university presses and publishers to create a collection of the finest, fully searchable research and clinical literature online. Together, these partners produce nearly half of the 200 most-frequently-cited journals publishing in science. HighWire Press hosts the largest repository of free full-text life science articles in the world, with more than 600,000 free, full-text articles online. 

Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) (1992-present)
Location :  Link to Web of Knowledge, click on the "Select a Database" tab, and select "Web of Science".
Publisher: Thomson Reuters
Description:  Science Citation Index Expanded is a multidisciplinary index to the journal literature of the sciences. It fully indexes 5,900 major journals across 150 scientific disciplines.

Scirus
Location: http://www.scirus.com/ 
Publisher: Elsevier
Description:  Free. Comprehensive science-specific search engine leading to journal citations, reports, etc. To get articles that are not accessible in full text, request the Mundt Library to get the article for you through Interlibrary Loan.

Scitopia
Location: scitopia.org
Publisher:
Description:  Free. "...free federated search portal to the digital libraries of several leading science and technology societies." To get articles that are not accessible in full text, request the Mundt Library to get the article for you through Interlibrary Loan.

WorldWideScience.org: The Global Science Gateway
Location: Link to WorldWideScience.org
Description: Free. With one search box, search many science databases from around the world. This federated search is a collaborative effort of science agencies in many countries. To get articles that are not accessible in full text, request the Mundt Library to get the article for you through Interlibrary Loan.

DATABASES

Math

MathSciNet
Location : MathSciNet
Publisher: American Mathematical Society
Description: provides access to the world's mathematical literature since 1940, with bibliographic data and reviews of mathematical research literature. Journals, conference proceedings, and books of mathematics research are covered.

DATABASES

Science - Biology and Agriculture

Agricola (1970-present; and some older materials)
Location: Agricola
Location 2 : Select Agricola database in OCLC Firstsearch
Publisher: National Agricultural Library
Description: Provides citations and abstracts for materials on all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines, including animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, plant sciences, forestry, aquaculture and fisheries, farming and farming systems, agricultural economics, extension and education, food and human nutrition, and earth and environmental sciences. Although AGRICOLA does not contain the materials, thousands of AGRICOLA records are linked to online full-text documents.

Biology Digest (1989 - present)
Location : Link to Firstsearch and select database "BioDigest"
Publisher: Plexus Publishing, Inc.
Description: Life science information; provides detailed abstracts written in a non-technical style for students and interested nonscientists.

BIOSIS Previews (1991-present)   
Location : Link to Web of Knowledge and click on the "Select a Database" tab.
Description: Life sciences and biomedical research from journals, meetings, books, and patents. BIOSIS Previews combines journal content from Biological Abstracts with supplemental, non-journal content, from Biological Abstracts/RRM  (Reports, Reviews, Meetings). Access literature in such areas as pre-clinical and experimental research, methods and instrumentation, animal studies, and environmental and consumer issues.

Public Library of Science
Location: http://www.plos.org/
Publisher: PLoS
Description:  The Public Library of Science (PLoS) is a non-profit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource. Establishing a new series of peer-reviewed journals that will be free on the Internet, PLoS launched October 13, 2003 with PLoS Biology.

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Science - Chemistry and Physics

Knovel: Online Interactive Books and Databases
Location: see links in "description" below.
Publisher: Knovel
Description: Knovel brings together many scientific and engineering references at their site www.knovel.com; however, the Mundt Library has access only to these 3 free titles:
International Critical Tables of Numeric Data, Physics, Chemistry and Technology - "classic and well-known reference was originally published from 1926 - 1930 for the National Research Council in 7 volumes."  
knovel Critical Tables - "new 2nd Edition has been updated with over 40 new interactive tables which include new tables covering 503 Heat Capacity and Thermal Conductivity, 3,133 Reaction Thermodynamics and Equilibrium Constants, 854 Density and Compressibility, 13,332 Vaporization and Vapor Pressure, 185 Thermal Expansion, 377 Transport and Flow, and 1902 Electrical Properties data."
Smithsonian Physical Tables - "Originally published by Smithsonian Institution Press in 1954, this classic reference source comprises 901 tables of general interest to scientists and engineers, and of particular interest to those involved with physics in its larger sense."

SciFinder
Location : SciFinder 
Publisher: American Chemical Society
Description: Indexes journal articles and patents from many scientific disciplines, including biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, materials science, agricultural science, etc. Also, it provides organic and inorganic substance information.

Scitation
Location : Scitation
Publisher: American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Provides access to articles published about physics and related fields in journals of the AIP, including: Physical Review A, Physical Review B, Physical Review C, Physical Review D, Physical Review E, Physical Review Letters, Reviews of Modern Physics, Applied Physics Letters, Applied Physics Letters Back File, CHAOS, Journal of Applied Physics, Journal of applied Physics Back File, Journal of Chemical Physics Back File, The Journal of Chemical Physics, Journal of Mathematical Physics, Journal of Mathematical Physics Back File, Physics of Fluids, Physics of Fluids Back File, Physics of Plasmas, Physics of Plasma Back File, Review of Scientific Instruments, Review of Scientific Instrument Back File, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data. 

DATABASES

Science - Energy, Environment, Ecology, Geography, Geology

 Energy Citations Database (1948 to present)
Location: http://www.osti.gov/energycitations/ 
Publisher: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) 
Description: It includes citations to report literature, conference papers, journal articles, books, dissertations, and patents in disciplines of interest to DOE such as chemistry, physics, materials, environmental science, geology, engineering, mathematics, climatology, oceanography, computer science and related disciplines. Provides energy and energy-related scientific and technical information from the Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessor agencies, the Energy Research & Development Administration (ERDA) and the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). 

 GreenFile
Location : ACS Web Editions 
Publisher: EBSCO Publishing
Description: Indexes articles about environmental concerns; with some full articles.

GEOBASE  (1980 to present)
Location : Link to Firstsearch and select database "GEOBASE" 
Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co.
Description: Provides citations and abstracts for the worldwide literature on geography, geology, and ecology. Covers journals, books, monographs, conference proceedings, and reports.

 Office of Scientific and Technical Information
Location: http://www.osti.gov 
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE), Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)
Description: Provides links to tools for cross searching bibliographic citations, full-text technical reports, preprints, and journals citations residing in multiple databases and Web sites.

PRINT INDEXES COVERING EARLIER YEARS - MATH & SCIENCE

General Science Index  [1978-1999 only; print format]
Location 1: in print in Reference Collection in library (1978 - 1999) -- REFERENCE Z7401 .G46
Publisher: H. W. Wilson Co.
Description: Indexes and provides citations for articles in all areas of science, except applied science and technology.  

Social Sciences
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Anthropological Index Online (1950s - present)
Location: Anthropological Index Online 
Description: This is an searchable index of current and older periodicals held by The Anthropology Library at the British Museum (incorporating the former Royal Anthropological Institute library). 

Contemporary Women's Issues - CWI (1992-present)
Location : Link to Firstsearch to select database "CWI"
Publisher: Gale Group
Description: Provides global information on health and human rights of women. Indexes books, journals, newsletters, research reports from non-profit groups, government and international agencies, and fact sheets. Provides some full-text material. 

PsychFirst (current year and most recent 3 update years)
Location : Link to Firstsearch to select database "PsychFirst"
Publisher: American Psychological Association
Description: Indexes and abstracts journal articles, chapters in books, and books about psychology and related fields.

Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)  (1992 - present)
Location :   Link to Web of Knowledge, click on the "Select a Database" tab, and select "Web of Science".
Description: This is a multidisciplinary index to the journal literature of the social sciences and is a citation index (which allows searching for what articles have cited a particular author or article). It fully indexes more than 1,725 journals across 50 social sciences disciplines.  

Social Sciences Research Network
Location: http://www.ssrn.com/
Description: Provides access to work in progress and published papers uploaded to the site by social science researchers, so it serves as a clearinghouse of research in the social sciences.

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International Index to Periodicals (1907 - 1965)
Location: in print in Reference Collection in library -- REFERENCE AI3 .R49
Description: Early title of Social Sciences and Humanities Index.

PAIS International (1969-1993)
Location: in print in Reference Collection in library (1969 - 1993) -- REFERENCE Z7163 .P9
Publisher: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
Description: Indexes articles about global public policy (law, legislation, etc.) on a wide range of issues, including social issues. (PAIS is an abbreviation for Public Affairs Information Service)

Social Sciences and Humanities Index (1965 - 1974)
Location: in print in Reference Collection in library -- REFERENCE AI3 .R49
Description: From 1907-1965, the content of this index was included in the International Index to Periodicals. In 1974, Social Sciences & Humanities Index split to become Social Sciences Index and Humanities Index.

Social Sciences Index  (1974 - 1999)
Location 1: in print in Reference Collection in library (1974 - 1999) -- REFERENCE AI3 .S62
Description: Indexes articles from journals of anthropology, sociology, psychology, economics, geography, political science, criminology and social work. From 1965-1974, it was part of Social Sciences and Humanities Index.

Software Tutorials
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Atomic Learning
Location : Link to Atomic Learning
Description: Atomic Learning provides web-based software training and curriculum resources for more than 110 applications students and educators use every day. Tutorials cover software products -- including Word, Access, Excel, Dreamweaver, IPhoto, Pages, ActivStudio, etc. -- from Microsoft, Apple, Adobe, Promethean, and many others.

Lynda.com
Location :  Lynda 
Access: Limited to two concurrent DSU users.
Description:  lynda.com provides web-based software training. The Online Training Library® courses include video tutorials on such subjects as Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Office, digital photography, Web design, digital video, and many others.

South Dakota
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Aberdeen American News (1995-present)
Location: Newsbank; then click "South Dakota Newspapers"
Description: Newsbank provides full text access to two South Dakota newspapers -- Aberdeen American News and the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader

Sioux Falls Argus-Leader Index (1999-present)  
Location 1 (1999-present) :  Newsbank; then click "South Dakota Newspapers"
Location 2: See PRINT INDEXES listed below for access to earlier years.
Description: Newsbank provides full text access to two South Dakota newspapers -- Aberdeen American News and the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader

PRINT INDEXES AND DATABASES FOR EARLIER YEARS

Deadwood Historical Newspaper Index (1876 - 1894)
Location: Go to South Dakota Library Network (SDLN); then click to search "Library Catalog"; and then use the "Articles & Indexes" tab near the top of the screen to find this index. 
Description: Indexes the various newspapers published in and around Deadwood,
South Dakota during the 1870's and 1880's. This index is being developed by the Deadwood Public Library.

Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 (historical maps of South Dakota communities)
Location : Digital Sanborn Maps
Description: Provides detailed maps for more than 80 South Dakota towns from 1867-1970, including such characteristics as size and shape of buildings, construction materials, streets and sidewalks, and house numbers.

Indian Country Today Index (1996 - June 2003)
Location: Go to South Dakota Library Network (SDLN); then click to search "Library Catalog"; and then use the "Articles & Indexes" tab near the top of the screen to find this index. 
Description: Indexes Indian Country Today, America's largest Indian (Native American)  newspaper. 

Rapid City Journal Index (1999 - 2005)
Location: Go to South Dakota Library Network (SDLN); then click to search "Library Catalog"; and then use the "Articles & Indexes" tab near the top of the screen to find this index. 
Description: Indexes Rapid City Journal, the newspaper of South Dakota's second-largest city.

Sioux Falls Argus-Leader Index  (1979-July 2003)
Location 2 (1982 - July 2003): Go to South Dakota Library Network (SDLN); then click to search "Library Catalog"; and then use the "Articles & Indexes" tab near the top of the screen to find the index for 1982-1995 and the index for 1996-July 2003.
Location 3 (1979 - 1994): in print in Reference Collection in library
Description: Indexes Sioux Falls Argus-leader, the newspaper of South Dakota's largest city. Provides citations to articles of local, state or regional interest.

South Dakota Periodicals Index (1982-1991)  
Location: in Reference Collection in library - REFERENCE Z6952.S6 S68 
Description: Indexes articles appearing in better-known South Dakota publications. Covers history, literature, law, business, conservation, and so forth.

Sports and Physical Fitness
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DATABASES

ERIC Database  (sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S.   Department of Education)
Location 1: US Dept of Education - ERIC Database (1966-present) 
Location 2: Educator's Desk Reference - ERIC Database (1966 - present)
Location 3: SearchERIC.org 
Location 4: South Dakota Library Network (SDLN) (1966 - present)
Description: Indexes journal articles and other documents in the field of education and is the premier database for education professionals. Journal articles are assigned identifier numbers that begin EJ, and documents are assigned identifiers that begin with ED.  Journal articles indexed in ERIC may be found in other full-text databases of the Mundt Library, in print at the library, or may be requested through Interlibrary Loan from the library. ERIC documents are available full-text through links directly from the ERIC Database.

Medline
Location: Link to PubMed [Limit retrieval to MEDLINE citations by clicking on Limits on the PubMed Home Page and selecting MEDLINE from the Subsets pull-down menu. Citations prior to the mid-1960s are located in oldmedline.]
Publisher: National Library of Medicine
Description: Provides citations and abstracts of articles in journals (and some complete articles).  This premier database indexes the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences.  Many articles report very specialized research by experts and may be difficult for non-experts to understand.

Physical Education Index
Location 1 : online CSA Physical Education Index (1990 - present)
Location 2: See PRINT INDEXES section below.
Description: Indexes articles on dance, health, physical therapy, recreation , sports, and sports medicine

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Education Index (1929-1999; published by H.W. Wilson) 
Location : in print in Reference Collection in library (1929 - 1999) -- REFERENCE Z5813 .E23
Description: Indexes education journals. An advantage of searching this database in Proquest is that Proquest Education Periodicals includes an abstract and the complete text (text and graphics) of many of the articles.

Physical Education Index (1990-2003)
Location 1: print index tables in library (1990-2003) -- REFERENCE GV201 .P534
Location 2 : See DATABASES section above for current online access in CSA Physical Education Index (1990 - present).
Description: Indexes articles on dance, health, physical therapy, recreation , sports, and sports medicine

Statistics
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LexisNexis Statistical Universe
Location : Link to Statistical Universe
Description: Provides access to statistical data in a variety of federal and state publications. 

For more numeric data on a wide range of topics, see Statistics links compiled by the Mundt Library. 

Technical Reports
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Science.gov
Location: Link to Science.gov
Description: Science.gov is a gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies including research and development results. To search for technical reports, include the phrase "technical report" with other search terms that describe the topic.  An example of such a search would be: technical report information assurance  

Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)
Location: Link to Public STINET
Description:  Provides scientific and technical information of interest to the U.S. Department of Defense.

NASA Technical Reports Server
Location: Link to NTRS
Description: Search for and retrieve fulltext NASA technical reports.

National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
Location: Link to NTIS Search
Description: NTIS serves as central resource for government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business related information.   NTIS charges for copies of the documents found.