| DATABASES - | COVERAGE | DESCRIPTION |
| ABC-CLIO
via ABC-CLIO | 1954-present | This is the gateway to the ABC-CLIO databases, America: History and Life and Historical Abstracts. You can search both databases concurrently. |
 ABI/Inform
via ProQuest | 1905-present | Covers publications in business, finance, and economics. Includes four ABI/Inform databases: ABI/INFORM Archive Complete, ABI/INFORM Dateline, ABI/INFORM Global, ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry. |
| ABI/Inform Archive Complete
via ProQuest | 1905-1985 | Covers 140+ historical business journals in business and economics, including corporate strategies, management techniques, accounting, marketing, advertising, ethics, case studies, and more. |
| ABI/Inform Dateline
via ProQuest | 1985-current | Covers 190+ local and regional business publications with coverage of large corporations, privately held companies, local start-ups, executive profiles, local markets, marketing, finance, and industry news. |
| ABI/Inform Global
via ProQuest | 1971-present | Search 1,000+ worldwide business and management periodicals, including information on 60,000+ companies. |
| ABI/Inform Trade and Industry
via ProQuest | 1971-present | Search more than 700 publications for trade and industry information. This database contains publications on every major industry. |
| Academic
via LexisNexis | Varies | Full-text access to a wide range of news, business, legal, medical, government, statistical, and reference information; federal and state case law. |
| Academic Index (Expanded Academic ASAP)
via InfoTrac | 1980-present | Indexes 4,800+ multidisciplinary scholarly and trade journals, popular magazines, and newspapers. Articles in almost all academic disciplines. |
| Academic OneFile
via InfoTrac | 1980-present | Full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources in the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Indexes 11,000+ journals. |
| Academic Press Journals (IDEAL)
via Science Direct | Varies | Academic Press/IDEAL titles are now included in Elsevier ScienceDirect. |
| Access World News
via NewsBank | Varies | Full-text content of over 1480 electronic editions of local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers as well as key international sources. |
| AccessScience
via McGraw-Hill | Varies | Science and technology reference source. Delivers the latest content of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, research updates from the McGraw-Hill Yearbooks of Science & Technology, and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, Science News, biographies, and other related information. |
| AccessUN
via NewsBank | 1945-present | Indexes United Nations documents and publications. |
| Accounting & Tax
via ProQuest | Varies | Covers accounting and tax topics appearing in key industry publications and newspapers. |
| Accounting & Tax Newspapers
via ProQuest | 1971-present | Covers eight accounting and tax newspapers. |
| Accounting & Tax Periodicals
via ProQuest | 1971-present | National and international in scope, 2000+ publications in accounting policies and standards, tax legislation, corporate and individual taxation, compensation and pension plans, corporate financial management, profiles of accounting firms, and CPAs. |
| ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) Journals
via Association for Computing Machinery | Varies | Full-text access to select (20+) ACM journals. |
| ACS (American Chemical Society) Journals
via American Chemical Society | Varies | Library subscribes to all journals. |
| Advanced Polymers Abstracts
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1986-present | Indexes 3,450+ international scholarly journals and other publications on the uses, manufacturing, and properties of thermoset and thermoplastic resins.
Subfile of Engineered Materials Abstracts. |
| Aerospace & High Technology Database
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1962-present | Indexes 3,450+ scholarly journals and other publications in basic and applied research in aeronautics, astronautics, and space sciences.
Subfile of CSA High Technology Research Database with Aerospace. |
| African American Biographical Database
via Chadwyck-Healey | 1790-present | Indexes biographies of thousands of African Americans in all fields |
| AgeLine
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1978-present | Indexes 300+ journals covering all aspects of the study of aging. |
| AGRICOLA
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1970-present | Indexes publications in all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines, including: food and human nutrition, farming and farming systems, agricultural economics, aquaculture, fisheries, and extension and education. |
| AGRICOLA
via National Agricultural Library | 1970-present |
| Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology Abstracts
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1993-2006; No longer updated | Indexes 174 international scholarly journals and other publications in agriculture and environmental biotechnology.
Subfile of Biological Sciences; Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts; Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management.
No longer updated. As of 2007, the content has been combined with Medical and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Abstracts and BioEngineering Abstracts into an archive and included into Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts database cluster. |
| AGU (American Geophysical Union) Journals
via American Geophysical Union | Varies | Library subscribes to eleven journals. |
| AIDS and Cancer Research Abstracts
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1982-present | Indexes 225+ scholarly journals and other publications on AIDS, immunology, virology, and cancer genetics. |
| AIP (American Institute of Physics) Journals
via American Institute of Physics | Varies | Electronic full-text of select (38) scholarly journals published by the American Institute of Physics. |
| Algology Mycology and Protozoology Abstracts (Microbiology C)
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1982-present | Indexes 532+ international scholarly journals and other publications in algae, fungi, protozoa, and lichens.
Subfile of Biological Sciences. |
| Almanac (World Almanac)
via FirstSearch | 1998-present | Includes Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia and four almanacs. Facts, statistics, tables, charts of general information in all topics, including economics, environment, and social issues. |
| Alternative Press Index
via FirstSearch | 1991-present | Indexes 700+ alternative, radical and left periodicals, magazines, and newspapers published in 1969-1990. |
| Alternative Press Index Archive
via FirstSearch | 1969-1990 | Indexes 300+ alternative, radical and left periodicals, magazines, newspapers and some scholarly journals. |
| Aluminium Industry Abstracts
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1972-present | Indexes 3,450+ international scholarly journals and other publications on aluminum, production processes, products, applications, and business developments.
Subfile of CSA Materials Research Database with METADEX. |
| America: History and Life
via ABC-CLIO | 1954-present | Indexes 2,000+ scholarly journals in history covering the United States and Canada. If you use ABC-CLIO, select "United States and Canadian History" from the drop down menu next to "Search." |
| America: History and Life
via EBSCOhost | 1954-present |
| American Accounting Association Journals
via American Accounting Association | Varies | Full text of 12 journals published by the American Accounting Association. "Teaching Notes" are not available. |
| American Chemical Society (ACS) Journals
via American Chemical Society | Varies | Library subscribes to all journals. |
| American Geophysical Union (AGU) Journals
via American Geophysical Union | Varies | Library subscribes to eleven journals. |
| American Institute of Physics (AIP) Journals
via American Institute of Physics | Varies | Electronic full-text of select (38) scholarly journals published by the American Institute of Physics. |
| American Mathematical Society (AMS) Journals
via American Mathematical Society | 1996-present | Library subscribes to all 9 journals. |
| American Meteorological Society (AMS) Journals
via American Meteorological Society | Volume 1-present | Electronic full-text of 4 journals published by the American Meteorological Society. FIU subscribes to Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences (1944, volume 1 - present), Monthly Weather Review (1873, volume 1 - present), Weather and Forecasting (1986, volume 1 - present), Journal of Climate (1988, volume 1 - present). |
| American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Journals
via American Society of Civil Engineers | Varies | Library subscribes to all journals. |
| American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Journals
via American Society of Mechanical Engineers | Varies | Library subscribes to all 19 journals and Applied Mechanics Reviews. |
| American State Papers, 1789-1838
via Readex | 1789-1838 | Digital version of 38 volumes of the American State Papers. Contains 6,354 legislative and executive documents of Congress during the period 1789 to 1838: 1st Congress, 1st Session through 25th Congress, 2nd Session . Does not include House and Senate journals. The original publication was divided into ten topical classes or series: Foreign Relations; Indian Affairs; Finances; Commerce and Navigation; Military Affairs; Naval Affairs; Post Office Department; Public Lands; Claims; Miscellaneous. For Congress documents during the period 1817 to 1914 (15th Congress - 63rd Congress) see U.S. Congressional Serial Set. These two resources chronologically overlap from 1817 to 1838. |
| America's Historical Newspapers: Early American Newspapers Series 1, 1690-1876
via Readex | 1690-1876 | Full text articles, advertisements, shipping news, prices; birth, matrimony and death notices; letters, election returns, legislative acts from more than 1,000 U.S. historical newspapers, including titles from all 50 states. FIU has access to Early American Newspapers, Series 1, 1690-1876. |
| America's News Magazines
via NewsBank | Varies (1991-present) | Full-text articles from 27 familiar magazines, such as Fortune, Entertainment Weekly, Time, U.S. News & World Report, Sports Illustrated, etc.. Covers U.S. and international news, business, lifestyle, entertainment, sports, science and technology. |
| AMICO (now called CAMIO)
via OCLC | Varies | Catalog and images for over 88,000 works of art from over 30 leading museums. Formerly AMICO. |
| AMS (American Mathematical Society) Journals
via American Mathematical Society | 1996-present | Library subscribes to all 9 journals. |
| AMS (American Meteorological Society) Journals
via American Meteorological Society | Volume 1-present | Electronic full-text of 4 journals published by the American Meteorological Society. FIU subscribes to Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences (1944, volume 1 - present), Monthly Weather Review (1873, volume 1 - present), Weather and Forecasting (1986, volume 1 - present), Journal of Climate (1988, volume 1 - present). |
| Animal Behavior Abstracts
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1982-present | Indexes 260+ international scholarly journals and other publications in behavioral and related studies.
Subfile of Biological Sciences. |
| Ant Bibliography (FORMIS)
via Florida Center for Library Automation | 1650-2000 | Indexes publications on all aspects of the world's ant literature. |
| ANTE: Abstracts in New Technologies and Engineering
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1981-present | Indexes 350+ U.S. and U.K. periodicals, conference proceedings, books and other publications in information technology, computing, electronics, engineering, biotechnology, and medical technology. |
| Anthropology PLUS
via FirstSearch | 1800's-present | Indexes 5,500+ scholarly journals in anthropology and archaeology. Includes all data from Anthropological Literature and Anthropological Index, which combined provide an extensive worldwide index to all subfields of anthropology, plus ethnology, archaeology, and folklore. |
| AnthroSource
via American Anthropological Association | Varies | Full text of all (30+) AAA (American Anthropological Association) journals. Access to current issues as well as archives. |
| APA PsycArticles
via American Psychological Association | Varies | Electronic full text of 50+ APA (American Psychological Association) and EPF (Educational Publishing Foundation) journals. FIU subscribes to all titles. |
| Applied Science and Technology Full Text
via WilsonWeb | 1983-present | Indexes 600+ international scholarly journals and other publications in the applied sciences and technology. Full text coverage begins in 1997. |
| Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts, ASSIA
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1987-present | Indexes 500+ journals in social services, psychology, sociology, health, economics, politics, race relations, and education. |
| Aquaculture Abstracts, ASFA
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1984-present | Indexes 390+ international scholarly journals and other publications in marine and freshwater aquaculture.
Subfile of ASFA: Aquatic Science and Fisheries Abstracts; Biological Sciences. |
| Aquatic Pollution and Environmental Quality, ASFA 3
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1990-present | Indexes 2,620+ international scholarly journals and other publications in marine and aquatic pollution.
Subfile of ASFA: Aquatic Science and Fisheries Abstracts; Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management. |
| Aquatic Science and Fisheries Abstracts, ASFA
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1971-present | Indexes 5,000+ international scholarly journals and other publications in science, technology and management of marine environments and organisms. |
| Archive of Americana
via Readex | 17th century-present | Gateway to Readex historical collections. Allows to search across multiple collections: Early American Newspapers, Series 1; American State Papers, 1789-1838; U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1980. |
| ArchiveGrid
via OCLC | Current | Finding aids/collection descriptions from thousands of libraries, museums, and archives. Researchers searching ArchiveGrid can learn about the many items in each of these collections, contact archives to arrange a visit to examine materials, and order copies. |
| Archives Florida
via PALMM | Varies | Finding aids describing the contents of some of the collections of organizational records and personal papers held in Florida archives. |
| Art Full Text
via WilsonWeb | 1984-present | Indexes 480+ international scholarly and trade journals in the arts. Full text coverage begins in 1997. |
| Art Full Text and Art Retrospective
via WilsonWeb | 1929-present; Full text: 1997-present | Indexes international publications in the arts, including journals, yearbooks, and select museum bulletins. Full text coverage begins in 1997. Allows to search Art Full Text and Art Retrospective concurrently. |
| Art Retrospective
via WilsonWeb | 1929-1984 | Indexes 600+ international publications in the arts, including journals, yearbooks, and select museum bulletins. |
| ArticleFirst
via FirstSearch | 1990-present | Indexes and provides tables of contents from 13,000 multidisciplinary journals. |
| Arts and Humanities Citation Index
via ISI Web of Knowledge | 1977-present | Indexes 1,144+ multidisciplinary scholarly journals and other publications in the arts and humanities, with cited references. Very useful for finding articles which cite earlier articles. |
| Arts and Humanities Search
via FirstSearch | 1980-present |
| ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) Journals
via American Society of Civil Engineers | Varies | Library subscribes to all journals. |
| ASFA 1: Biological Sciences and Living Resources
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1971-present | Indexes 3,550+ international scholarly journals and other publications in basic and applied research on aquatic organisms.
Subfile of ASFA: Aquatic Science and Fisheries Abstracts; Biological Sciences. |
| ASFA 2: Ocean Technology, Policy and Non-Living Resources
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1971-present | Indexes 900+ international scholarly journals and other publications in physical and chemical oceanography and limnology, marine geophysics, geochemistry and geology, marine technology, ocean policy, and nonliving resources.
Subfile of ASFA: Aquatic Science and Fisheries Abstracts. |
| ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution and Environmental Quality
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1990-present | Indexes 2,620+ international scholarly journals and other publications in marine and aquatic pollution.
Subfile of ASFA: Aquatic Science and Fisheries Abstracts; Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management. |
| ASFA Aquaculture Abstracts
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1984-present | Indexes 390+ international scholarly journals and other publications in marine and freshwater aquaculture.
Subfile of ASFA: Aquatic Science and Fisheries Abstracts; Biological Sciences. |
| ASFA Marine Biotechnology Abstracts
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1989-present | Indexes 110+ international scholarly journals and other publications in marine biotechnology, molecular biology and molecular genetics as they relate to marine and aquatic organisms.
Subfile of ASFA: Aquatic Science and Fisheries Abstracts; Biological Sciences; Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts. |
| ASFA: Aquatic Science and Fisheries Abstracts
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1971-present | Indexes 5,000+ international scholarly journals and other publications in science, technology and management of marine environments and organisms. |
| ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Journals
via American Society of Mechanical Engineers | Varies | Library subscribes to all 19 journals and Applied Mechanics Reviews. |
| ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1987-present | Indexes 500+ journals in social services, psychology, sociology, health, economics, politics, race relations, and education. |
| Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Journals
via Association for Computing Machinery | Varies | Full-text access to select (20+) ACM journals. |
| Associations Unlimited
via GaleNet | Current | Directory information for over 156,000 international, U.S., national, regional, state, and local non-profit organizations. Incorporated into Gale's Directory Library. |
| ATLA Religion Database
via EBSCOhost | 1949-present | Indexes 650+ scholarly journals, book reviews, and collections of essays in religious studies. |
| ATLA Serials (ATLAS)
via American Theological Library Association | Varies | Full text collection of 60+ religion and theology journals selected by leading religion scholars and theologians. |
| Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1741-present | Indexes 2,800+ international scholarly and trade journals as well as popular magazines in architecture and design. |
| Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B)
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1982-present | Indexes 400+ international scholarly journals and other publications on pure bacteriology, biochemistry, and genetics; provides access to clinical findings.
Subfile of Biological Sciences; Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management. |
| Bankruptcies; SDC Platinum
via UP - ERC | 1980-1988, limited; 1988-present, full | Based on SEC documents, bankruptcy court filings, reorganization plans, and news sources, provides data searchable by various factors, from company name to creditors, securities, financial profile, etc. Includes U.S. companies with assets of $1million (1980-88) or, after 1988, public with $10 million or private with $50 million in assets. Available through computers near windows in ERC (Green Library, 2nd floor). |
| BankSource
via Highline Financial Services | Varies | Used for researching and analyzing the banking industry. Content includes Company Analysis, Market/Branch Analysis, Mergers & Acquisitions Data, Publicly Traded Banking Data, Regulatory Banking Data, Branch Deposit Data and News and Research. FIU only has access to the Bank and S&L segments of Company Analysis |
| Basic BIOSIS
via FirstSearch | 1994-present | Indexes 350+ scholarly journals in the life sciences. |
| bepress Journals
via Berkeley Electronic Press | Varies | Electronic journals in economics, business, marketing, law, political science, public affairs, humanities, health, medicine, science and technology. FIU subscribes to most titles. |
| Berkeley Electronic Press Journals (bepress)
via Berkeley Electronic Press | Varies | Electronic journals in economics, business, marketing, law, political science, public affairs, humanities, health, medicine, science and technology. FIU subscribes to most titles. |
| Bibliografia del Mito de Don Juan
via UP - ERC | 1998 | Available at the Electronic Research Center, Green Library, 2nd floor, University Park Campus. |
| Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA)
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1973-present | Indexes 4,819+ publications in European and American art history. |
| BiblioLine
via BiblioLine | Varies | This is the gateway to the BiblioLine databases: INFO-LATINOAMERICA and Index to Printed Music: Collections & Series (IPM). Only 1 user at a time can access this database. |
| Biochemistry Abstracts 1
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1982-1993; No longer updated | Covers research in biological membranes.
Subfile of Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts
No longer updated. Some of the content was rolled into any other appropriate Life Science database (bacterial membranes = Bacteriology Abstracts; nervous system membranes = CSA Neurosciences Abstracts; etc.) |
| Biochemistry Abstracts 3
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1982-1993; No longer updated | Covers research in amino acids, peptides and proteins.
Subfile of Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts
No longer updated. Some of the content was rolled into any other appropriate Life Science database (bacterial proteins = Bacteriology Abstracts; viral proteins = Virology Abstracts; etc.) |
| BioEngineering Abstracts
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1993-2006; No longer updated | Indexes 467 international scholarly journals and other publications on biochemical and microbial technology as applied to bioengineering.
Subfile of Biological Sciences; Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts.
No longer updated. As of 2007, the content has been combined with Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology Abstracts and Medical and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Abstracts into an archive and included into Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts database cluster. |
| Biographical Information - LexisNexis Academic
via LexisNexis | Current | Biographical information on directors, politicians, celebrities and other leading figures in their field. The information may contain data such as positions, date of birth, education, achievements and interests. |
| Biography and Genealogy Master Index
via GaleNet | Varies | Indexes more than 16 million biographical sketches from 1,000+ volumes and editions of current and retrospective biographical reference sources. |
| Biography Index
via WilsonWeb | 1984-present | Indexes 3,000+ publications with biographical information. |
| Biography Resource Center
via GaleNet | Varies | Biographies on more than 165,000 people from 470+ scholarly journals, magazines, and reference sources. Also includes The Complete Marquis Who's Who (20 Marquis sources). |
| Biological & Agricultural Index Plus
via WilsonWeb | 1983-present | Indexes 375+ international journals in biology and agriculture. Full text coverage begins in 1997. |
| Biological Abstracts (BIOSIS)
via EBSCOhost | 1969-present | Indexes 4,000+ scholarly journals and other publications in biology, biomedicine, and the biosciences. |
| Biological Sciences
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1982-present | Indexes 6,760+ international scholarly journals, technical reports, conference proceedings, and other publications in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology, ecology and some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science. |
| Biological Sciences and Living Resources, ASFA 1
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1971-present | Indexes 3,550+ international scholarly journals and other publications in basic and applied research on aquatic organisms.
Subfile of ASFA: Aquatic Science and Fisheries Abstracts; Biological Sciences. |
| Biology Digest
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1989-present | Indexes worldwide journals and magazines in the life sciences. Primarily for high school and undergraduate students. |
| BioMed Central
via BioMed Central | Varies | Open access collecion of peer-reviewed biomedical research articles from 176 journals. |
| BIOSIS (Biological Abstracts)
via EBSCOhost | 1969-present | Indexes 4,000+ scholarly journals and other publications in biology, biomedicine, and the biosciences. |
| Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1982-present | Indexes 670+ international scholarly journals and other publications in biotechnology and bioengineering, including medical, pharmaceutical, agricultural, environmental and marine biology. |
| Black Studies
via UP - ERC | 1996 | Indexes international journals about the African diaspora. Emphasizes the Americas, the Caribbean, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Available at the Electronic Research Center, Green Library, 2nd floor, University Park Campus. |
| Blackwell Publishing - Synergy Journals
via Blackwell Synergy | Varies | Library subscribes to approximately 818 journal titles. Subscription includes two Blackwell collections: STM (Scientific, Technical and Medical) and HSS (Humanities and Social Sciences). Most journals are available from 1997 to present. |
| BNA Core Plus with Tax Management Package
via Bureau of National Affairs | Varies | Bureau of National Affairs newsletters, reporters, and reference libraries. |
| BNA Environment Library
via UP - ERC | 2000-2002 | Major federal and state environmental, chemical, and hazardous laws and regulations. Available at the Electronic Research Center, Green Library, 2nd floor, University Park Campus. |
| Book Review Digest Plus
via WilsonWeb | 1983-present | Indexes 109 English language publications for book reviews of fiction and non-fiction. Provides many full-text reviews. |
| Books in Print
via Bowker | Current | Directory of current and forthcoming books published or distributed in North America. Includes books declared out-of-print since 1979. |
| Botanica
via UP - ERC | 1997 | An illustrated encyclopedia of 10,000+ garden plants and how to cultivate them. Available at the Electronic Research Center, Green Library, 2nd floor, University Park Campus. |
| Britannica Online, Encyclopaedia
via Britannica | Current | Web version of the Encyclopedia Britannica. Includes multidisciplinary articles, internet links and images. |
| Buros Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY) and Tests in Print (TIP)
via EBSCOhost | MMY: 1916 (Volume 9)-present; TIP: Current | Produced by the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements. MMY covers over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments within such diverse areas as psychology, education, business, and leadership. Entries contain descriptive information (e.g., test purpose, publisher, pricing) and edited review(s) written by leading content area experts. TIP is a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language. |
| Business and Company Resource Center
via GaleNet | Varies | Indexes 5,000+ scholarly and trade journals, popular magazines, and newspapers in business and industry. Also includes company profiles, company brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, and more. Predicast's PROMT, Newsletters ASAP and Thomson Financials' Investext Plus databases are fully integrated in this database. |
| Business and Industry
via RDS | 1994-present | Indexes 1,850+ trade journals and selected industry-related documents. |
| Business File ASAP, General
via InfoTrac | 1980-present | Indexes 1,000+ scholarly and trade journals, popular magazines, and newspapers in business, industry, economics and politics. Also covers broker research reports and company directory listings. |
| Business Full Text
via WilsonWeb | 1982-present | Indexes 650+ major magazines and scholarly journals in business. Full text coverage begins in 1995. |
| Business NewsBank
via NewsBank | 1993-present | Articles from 400+ U.S. newspapers, newswires, and local business journals covering companies, industries, executives, and products. |
| Business Organizations
via FirstSearch | | As of 01/01/2007, this database is no longer available. Please contact the Reference Desk (305-919-5726, 305-348-2454, e-mail: asklib@fiu.edu) for alternative databases. |
| Calcium and Calcified Tissue Abstracts
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1982-present | Indexes 770+ international scholarly journals and other publications in calcium research.
Subfile of Biological Sciences. |
| Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA)
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | Varies | This is the gateway to the databases of Cambridge Scientific Abstracts. |
| Cambridge University Press Journals
via Cambridge University Press | Varies | Library subscribes to most titles (287+). To see FIU subscriptions, click "Subscribed to" link located on the left side of the page under "Browse journals." |
| CAMIO (OCLC's Catalog of Art Museum Images Online)
via OCLC | Varies | Catalog and images for over 88,000 works of art from over 30 leading museums. Formerly AMICO. |
| CARINDEX
via International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications | Varies | Indexes West Indian journals, published in the Caribbean region, including theses, papers presented at conferences, collections of working papers, etc. CARINDEX is published in two parts: CARSAH covers publications in the social sciences and humanities from 1983-present; and CARSCI covers publications in science and technology from 1960-present. |
| Catalogue of Foraminifera, Ellis and Messina
via Micropaleontology Press | 1942-present | Complete descriptions of more than 46,000 Foraminifera genera and species, including full scale reproduction of original figures and charts. |
| CCH Health and Human Resources
via CCH Internet Research NetWork | Current | Laws, regulations, industry news, cases, and other information on health care and human resource management. Click Enter on the left-hand side under Log In. You will be asked to enter your e-mail address. |
| CCH OmniTax
via CCH Tax Research NetWork | Current | Indexes tax regulations and cases, both federal and state, plus has newsletter and IRS materials, analysis and practice tools. Click Enter on the left-hand side under Log In. You will be asked to enter your e-mail address. |
| Ceramic Abstracts/ World Ceramics Abstracts
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1975-present | Indexes 3,450+ international scholarly journals and publications on the ceramics industry, including manufacturing, processing, applications, properties, and testing.
Subfile of CSA Materials Research Database with METADEX. |
| CGP (Current Geographical Publications)
via American Geographical Society Libary | Recent issue | Tables of contents of the most current issues of geographical journals. |
| Checkpoint, RIA
via RIA
Log in to RIA with your personal account
(See instructions in right column) | Current | Designed for tax research, includes indexes tax regulations and cases. Includes seven WG&L tax-related treatises.
ACCESS INFORMATION: The RIA Checkpoint link on the left provides direct access to this resource without the ability for personal customizations. Register for a student course-related account and use personalization features. (See registration instructions). Student accounts expire on January 1 and August 1. If you already have your personal account, follow this link: RIA Checkpoint log in page. You do not need to "Connect from Home" if you have your personal account. |
| Chemoreception Abstracts
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1982-present | Indexes 650+ international scholarly journals and other publications in chemoreception research.
Subfile of Biological Sciences; Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts. |
| Chicano Database
via FirstSearch | 1960's-present | Indexes 2,470+ publications on Mexican-Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, and Central American immigrants.
Includes the Spanish Speaking Mental Health Database. |
| Children's Books In Print
via Bowker | Current | Directory of current and forthcoming children's and young adults books published or distributed in North America. Includes educational publications, textbooks, audio books, DVDs, videos, and e-books. |
| Christian Science Monitor
via NewsBank | 1987-present | Full text of articles from Christian Science Monitor. |
| CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online)
via Columbia University Press | 1991-present | Worldwide coverage of the literature in international relations, including: working papers, conference proceedings, journal abstracts, books, a schedule of events, policy briefs, economic indicators, original essays, links and resources, maps and country data. Working papers, essays, and policy briefs are full-text. |
| CINAHL Plus with Full Text
via EBSCOhost | 1937-present | Indexes 3,000+ journals from the fields of nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines. Searchable cited references for more than 1,155 journals are included. Full text for 330+ journals, plus legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments and clinical trials. |
| CIRR (Corporate and Industry Research Reports)
via UP - ERC | 1979-1991 | Provides hundreds of investment house reports on companies and industries.
Continued by Investext Plus. Available at the Electronic Research Center, Green Library, 2nd floor, University Park Campus. |
| CIS (Current Index to Statistics)
via ASA and IMS | 1975-present | Indexes 100+ core journals and books in statistics. |
| Civil Engineering Abstracts, CSA/ASCE
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1966-present | Indexes 3,450+ journals and other publications in civil engineering and its complementary fields, including forensic engineering, management and marketing of engineering services, engineering education, theoretical mechanics and dynamics, and mathematics and computation. Many records also include the references cited in the bibliography of the source article. |
| Clase/Periodica
via FirstSearch | 1975-present | Indexes over 2,600 scholarly journals published in Latin American and the Caribbean. Clase indexes documents specializing in the social sciences and humanities, while Periodica covers journals specializing in science and technology. |
| Clinical Pharmacology
via EBSCOhost | | Clinical Pharmacology is no longer available as of July 2007. This product will be replaced by Lexi-PALS drug content. Clinical Pharmacology drug content used to be included in EBSCO Health Source databases. |
| Cochrane Library
via Wiley InterScience | Current | Consists of a collection of evidence-based medicine databases, including The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Provides up-to-date information on the effects of interventions in health care and evidence to support decisions taken in health care and to inform those receiving care. |
| Collection of Ethnography, eHRAF
via Human Relations Area Files | Historical to present | Note: This collection is now called eHRAF World Cultures. Contains descriptive information on cultures and ethnic groups of the world. Documents (books, articles, and dissertations) have been indexed and organized according to HRAF's culture and subject classification systems: the Outline of World Cultures (OWC), and the Outline of Cultural Materials (OCM).
The OCM topics are crucial in performing powerful searches in the eHRAF databases. You will find the list of OCM topics at: http://library.fiu.edu/files/elibrary/OCM_topics.pdf. |
| Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)
via Columbia University Press | 1991-present | Worldwide coverage of the literature in international relations, including: working papers, conference proceedings, journal abstracts, books, a schedule of events, policy briefs, economic indicators, original essays, links and resources, maps and country data. Working papers, essays, and policy briefs are full-text. |
| ComAbstracts
via CIOS | Varies | Indexes 100+ journals, books, and other sources in fields related to human communication studies (mass communication, human interaction, rhetoric, health communication, communication and new media, journalism, communication history, etc.). |
| Communication Studies: A SAGE Full-Text Collection
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1982-present | Includes the full-text of 19 journals published by SAGE and participating societies. Covers journalism, public opinion, political communication, mass communication, interpersonal communication, cultural studies, television / film studies, media studies, business communication, organizational / management communication, written communication, and literacy studies. Most journals are available from Volume 1. |
| Compact D/SEC
via UP - ERC | 1989-1996 | Includes financial and textual data from 10000+ U.S. companies, searchable by multiple factors. See Global Researcher (available at the Electronic Research Center, Green Library, 2nd floor, University Park Campus) for information from 1996 to 2000 and Thomson ONE Banker - Analytics for current information. Available at the Electronic Research Center, Green Library, 2nd floor, University Park Campus. |
| Compendex (Engineering Index) - Current
via Florida Center for Library Automation | 2000-present | Indexes 2,600+ international scholarly and trade journals and conference proceedings in all aspects of engineering. |
| Compendex (Engineering Index) - Backfile
via Florida Center for Library Automation | 1970-1999 |
| Compendex (Engineering Index)
via Engineering Village | 1884-present |
| Composites Industry Abstracts
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1986-present | Indexes 3,450+ publications on polymers and ceramics reinforced with fibers, honeycombs, whiskers and laminates.
Subfile of Engineered Materials Abstracts. |
| Compustat PC Plus
via Standard and Poor's | Current | Provides reliable financial data, company reports, performance graphs, and textual documents concerning American publicly traded companies. This database is know as Compustat PC Plus and Standard & Poor's Research Insight. Contact the Business Librarian (Green Library, Reference Department, 2nd floor; phone: 305-348-2454) for access. Available only on CD-ROM. |
| Computer Abstracts
via UP - ERC | 1993-1999 | Index to scholarly journals and popular magazines in computers and computing. Available at the Electronic Research Center, Green Library, 2nd floor, University Park Campus. |
| Computer and Information Systems Abstracts
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1981-present | Indexes 3,450+ scholarly journals, conference literature, and other publications in computers and computer applications in fields from bioengineering to applied physics.
Subfile of CSA High Technology Research Database with Aerospace. |
| Computer Database
via InfoTrac | 1980-present | Computer-related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications and the application of technology. |
| Conference Papers Index
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1982-present | Indexes papers and poster sessions presented at major scientific meetings around the world. Subject emphasis since 1995 has been in the life sciences, environmental sciences and the aquatic sciences, while older material also covers physics, engineering and materials science. |
| Congressional
via LexisNexis | Varies | Database of U.S. congressional information, including papers, bills, and biographies. |
| Congressional Serial Set, U.S., 1817-1980
via Readex | 1817-1914 | Digital version of the bound, sequentially numbered volumes of all the reports, documents, and journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Includes committee reports related to bills and other matters, presidential communications to Congress, treaty materials, certain executive department publications, and certain non-governmental publications.
Currently vols. 1 - 6692 are available: 15th Congress - 63rd Congress, 2nd Session, 1817 - 1914. Upon completion, the digital version of the Serial Set will consist of approximately 13,800 volumes.
For legislative and executive documents of Congress during the period 1789 to 1838 (1st Congress, 1st Session through 25th Congress, 2nd Session) see American State Papers. |
| Consumer.gov
via Consumer.gov | Current | Consumer information from the federal government. Includes categories, such as food, health, product safety, money, home & community, children, carrers & education, technology, and transportation. |
| Contemporary Women's Issues
via RDS | 1992-present | Articles from 2,240+ interdisciplinary scholarly journals, research reports, books, and other publications on global women's issues related to sociology, psychology, health, education, and human rights. |
| Copper Data Center Database
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1965-present | Indexes 3,450+ scholarly journals and other publications about copper, copper alloys and copper technology.
Subfile of CSA Materials Research Database with METADEX. |
| Corporate and Industry Research Reports (CIRR)
via UP - ERC | 1979-1991 | Provides hundreds of investment house reports on companies and industries.
Continued by Investext Plus. Available at the Electronic Research Center, Green Library, 2nd floor, University Park Campus. |
| Corrosion Abstracts
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1980-present | Indexes 3,450+ international journals and other publications in general corrosion science, testing, corrosion characteristics, preventive measures, materials construction and performance, and equipment for many industries.
Subfile of CSA Materials Research Database with METADEX. |
| Country Profiles - LexisNexis Academic
via LexisNexis | Varies | Descriptive, political, economic, statistical, and other information about countries. |
| CQ Library
via CQ Press | 1991-present | This is a gateway to CQ Researcher and CQ Weekly. |
| CQ Researcher
via CQ Press | 1991-present | Weekly newsletter of current and controversial issues with lengthy, full-text reports on both sides of the issue. |
| CQ Weekly
via CQ Press | 1983-present | Weekly newsletter with in-depth reports on current and upcoming issues in the U.S. Congress, and a complete wrap up the previous week's news, including the status of bills in play, behind-the-scenes maneuvering, committee and floor activity, debates and all roll-call votes. |
| CRC ENGnetBASE
via CRCnetBASE | Current | Full text of the 150+ handbooks published by CRC Press in various aspects of engineering. |
| CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
via CRCnetBASE | Current | Full text of the CRC Handbook of Chemistry & Physics. |
| Criminal Justice Abstracts
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1968-present | Indexes international scholarly journals and other publications in criminology and related disciplines. |
| Criminal Justice Periodicals
via ProQuest | 1971-present | Covers 200+ journals on criminal justice and related areas. |
| Criminology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1976-present | Includes the full-text of 23 journals published by SAGE and participating societies. Covers criminal justice, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, corrections, penology, policing, forensic psychology, and family and domestic violence. Most journals are available from Volume 1. |
| CSA (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | Varies | This is the gateway to the databases of Cambridge Scientific Abstracts. |
| CSA High Technology Research Database with Aerospace
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1962-present | Indexes 3,450+ international scholarly journals and other publications in aeronautics, astronautics, computer and information technology, electronics, communications, solid state materials and devices, and space sciences. Covers theoretical research and practical application. |
| CSA Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1973-present | Indexes over 1,500+ international scholarly journals and other publications in language and linguistics. |
| CSA Materials Research Database with METADEX
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1966-present | Indexes 3,460+ scholarly journals and other publications on materials science, metallurgy, ceramics, polymers, and composites used in engineering application. |
| CSA Neurosciences Abstracts
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1982-present | Indexes 1,090+ international scholarly journals and other publications in vertebrate and invertebrate neuroscience.
Subfile of Biological Sciences. |
| CSA Social Services Abstracts
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1979-present | Indexes 1,330+ journals and other publications on current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. Many records, added to the database since 2004, also include the references cited in the bibliography of the source article. |
| CSA Sociological Abstracts
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1952-present | Indexes 2,000+ international journals and other publications in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Many records, added to the database since 2002, also include the references cited in the bibliography of the source article. |
| CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1975-present | Indexes 1,680+ international journals within the political science discipline and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration/policy. Many records, added to the database since 2001, also include the references cited in the bibliography of the source article. |
| CSA/ASCE Civil Engineering Abstracts
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1966-present | Indexes 3,450+ journals and other publications in civil engineering and its complementary fields, including forensic engineering, management and marketing of engineering services, engineering education, theoretical mechanics and dynamics, and mathematics and computation. Many records also include the references cited in the bibliography of the source article. |
| Current Geographical Publications (CGP)
via American Geographical Society Libary | Recent issue | Tables of contents of the most current issues of geographical journals. |
| Current Index to Statistics, CIS
via ASA and IMS | 1975-present | Indexes 100+ core journals and books in statistics. |
| DAAI: Design and Applied Arts Index
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1973-present | Indexes 170+ design and craft journals and newspapers. Covers both new designers and the development of design and the applied arts since the mid-19th century, surveying disciplines including ceramics, glass, jewellery, wood, metalsmithing, graphic design, fashion and clothing, textiles, furniture, interior design, architecture, computer aided design, Web design, computer-generated graphics, animation, product design, industrial design, garden design, and landscape architecture. |
| Database of Classical Bibliography
via UP - ERC | 1997 | Available at the Electronic Research Center, Green Library, 2nd floor, University Park Campus. |
| DataStream
via UP - ERC | 1971-present | Statistics and timeseries in the areas of business, economics, and finance. Available at the Electronic Research Center, Green Library, 2nd floor, University Park Campus. |
| Declassified Documents Reference System
via GaleNet | 1941-1997 | Provides online access to over 500,000 pages of U.S. declassified government documents. Covers major international events from Cold War to the Vietnam War and beyond. |
| Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI)
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts | 1973-present | Indexes 170+ design and craft journals and newspapers. Covers both new designers and the development of design and the applied arts since the mid-19th century, surveying disciplines including ceramics, glass, jewellery, wood, metalsmithing, graphic design, fashion and clothing, textiles, furniture, interior design, architecture, computer aided design, Web design, computer-generated graphics, animation, product design, industrial design, garden design, and landscape architecture. |
| Deutsche Nationalbibliografie online
via Deutsche Nationalbibliothek | Current | Catalog holdings for dozens of German libraries. |
| Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Collegiate
via Merriam-Webster | Current | Definitions and etymology for thousands of words. Audio pronunciation is provided for some words. |
| Digital National Security Archive
via ProQuest | Varies | Collection of primary documents. Includes more than 43,000 of the most important declassified documents regarding critical U.S. policy decisions. To view the full text of a document click on its title. |
| Dissertation Abstracts
via ProQuest | 1861-present | Indexes doctoral dissertations and masters' theses in all areas of academic research. |
| Dissertations & Theses @ Florida International University
via ProQuest | Varies | Indexes dissertations and theses written by Florida International University students. Full text is available from 1996. |
| Duke University Press Journals
via Duke University Press | Varies | Full text of 15 journals published by Duke University Press. |
| Early American Newspapers Series 1, 1690-1876 (America's Historical Newspapers)
via Readex | 169 |