Electronic Resources

*Off campus users must access databases from the Off Campus Access links below

The James B. Duke Memorial Library provides access to a variety of multidisciplinary scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers and e-books via our electronic resources databases. These subscription based resources are offered to supplement the library's print resources and to provide the most current information available for research and information needs.

Access to databases is permitted within the library, as well as from any location on or off campus. However, due to licensing restrictions access to some electronic resources are limited to current JCSU students, faculty, and staff with valid user ID's and passwords.

Please contact the Reference Desk at 704-371-6732 for assistance.

 

Databases NEW!  African American Newspapers This enormous collection contains a wealth of information about African American cultural life and history during the 1800s.  With the addition of 10 to 12 million words of new text each year downloaded monthly, this database will ultimately contain the complete text of the major black newspapers published in the United States during the 19th century. Never before has such important original source material – written by African-Americans for African-Americans – been readily available for research and fresh scholarly interpretation. Off Campus Access NEW!  Black Studies Center A fully cross-searchable gateway to Black Studies including scholarly essays, recent periodicals, historical newspaper articles, and much more.  It combines several resources for research and teaching in Black Studies: Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, International Index to Black Periodicals (IIBP), historical black newspapers, and the Black Literature Index. Off Campus Access NEW!  Project Muse a unique collaboration between libraries and publishers providing 100% full-text, affordable and user-friendly online access to over 300 high quality humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from 60 scholarly publishers. MUSE is also the sole source of complete, full-text versions of titles from many of the world's leading university presses and scholarly societies. Off Campus Access AccessScience This database is the online version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology. This updated full search database includes recent research developments in the fields of science and technology, biographies of scientists, noble prizewinners in all fields and provides links to related selected web sites.                                                                                                                        Off Campus Access Academic Search Premier Magazines and journals on many subjects, includes peer-reviewed and scholarly works. Thousands of articles available in full-text.                                                                                                                        Off Campus Access                                                                                                                       African-American Poetry Nearly 3,000 poems written by African-American poets in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Coverage: Indexed from 1750 to 1900. Off Campus Access American Poetry Over 40,000 poems by more than 200 American poets from the Colonial Period to the early twentieth century. Coverage: Indexed from 1600 to 1900. Off Campus Access American Slavery: A Composite Autobiography A collection of the life histories of former slaves in the United States compiled through nearly 4,000 interviews with ex-slaves.                                                                                                                                                                                      Off Campus Access America's Newspapers Full-text content of 10 U.S. newspapers, each the complete electronic edition of record. Each paper provides unique coverage of local and regional news, including companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and people in the community. Paid ads are excluded. In addition, several North Carolina newspapers are offered. Off Campus Access America's Newspapers: North Carolina Several North Carolina newspapers with unique coverage of local and regional news, including companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and people in the community. Paid ads are excluded. Off Campus Access   Britannica Online Academic Edition Over 120,000 articles, an updated world atlas, thousands of images and videos, an online dictionary and thesaurus, over 300,000 articles from respected magazines and journals, news headlines, a guide to the Web's best sites, and much more. Off Campus Access Business Source Premier Business journals, peer-reviewed publications and magazines. Contains thousands of full-text articles and Datamonitor company profiles. Off Campus Access CAMIO Provides rights-cleared, high-quality art images for class projects, art history and studio art programs, course Web sites, lectures, presentations, and research resources. Off Campus Access CINAHL w/Full Text Covers nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines. Off Campus Access   Communication and Mass Media Complete Contains abstracts for over 390 journals and full text for 285 journals in the fields of communication, mass media, public relations, and other closely related fields.                                                                                                                        Off Campus Access Computers and Applied Sciences Complete Covers the spectrum of the applied sciences, representing knowledge on traditional engineering challenges and providing material for research concerning the business and social implications of new technology. Full Text is available for more than 500 periodicals. Subject areas include the many engineering disciplines, computer theory, and new technologies.                                                                                                                        Off Campus Access CQ Researcher Online Provides original, comprehensive, in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the U.S. economy. Off Campus Access CQ Weekly Complete source for expert coverage of the U.S. Congress: status of bills, votes and amendments, floor and committee activity, and back room maneuvering. Off Campus Access         Encyclopedia of Animals Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals. Off Campus Access English Poetry Essentially the complete English poetic canon from 600 to 1900. Over 165,000 poems by more than 1,250 poets drawn from nearly 4,500 printed sources. Off Campus Access ERIC Documents Online Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) is a nationwide information network sponsored by the Institute of Educations Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education. This database allows you to search for articles, technical reports, and related documents in the field of education. Provides over 107,000 full-text non journal documents issued from 1993- 2004. Our library microfiche collection holdings from 1994 through 2001 are located in the microfiche cabinets on the first floor of the library.                                                                                                                                           Off Campus Access Faber Poetry Library A collection of some of the most influential poets of the twentieth century. Off Campus Access Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia Updated annually, this database includes over 25,000 full text records, covering an array of subject areas. Off Campus Access Gale Virtual Reference Library Provides respected authoritative essays on varied topics from numerous subject areas, all in E-Book reference title format. Off Campus Access Health Source: Consumer Edition Provides consumer oriented information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine, and general health. Off Campus Access Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition Provides more than 400 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines, and provides abstracts and indexing for over 500 journals. Off Campus Access HeritageQuest Provides libraries with a unique, growing collection of research materials for tracing family history and American culture. Off Campus Access   Journal Finder Search Journal Finder to determine if JCSU provides print or electronic access to a specific journal title. Contains direct links to full-text articles when available.                                                                                                                                            Off Campus Access JSTOR An archival database of older scholarly journals in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences. This is a full text database, and contains complete backfiles of core journals starting with first issues, many of which date back to the 1800s. Most titles published within the last 2-5 years are not included.                                                                                                                                           Off Campus Access Learn-A-Test Learn-A-Test is an interactive and comprehensive database that features more than 300 online practice tests that mirror official school and career exams. Database also provides access to self-paced study tools for basic skills improvement and job and career guidance.                                                                                                                                                 Off Campus Access Lexis-Nexis Academic A comprehensive, full text database covering: News, Business, Legal, reference, and Medical resources.                                                                                                                                           Off Campus Access Lexis-Nexis Company Dossier Provides up-to-date information to conduct research on and compare various companies, financial statements and reports, and the latest news the business world.  *Company Dossier is a part of the Lexis-Nexis Academic. Once connected to the interface, under the "Academic Search Forms" select "Business". You will then be able to access all of the business related modules within this section.                                                                                                                                           Off Campus Access Lexis-Nexis Country Analysis Provides quick and easy access to up-to-date information on the financial and market conditions on hundreds of countries and industries. *Country Analysis is a part of the Lexis-Nexis Academic. Once connected to the interface, under the "Academic Search Forms" select "Business". You will then be able to access all of the business related modules within this section.                                                                                                                                           Off Campus Access Lexis-Nexis Statistical A statistical database containing over 30,000 tables produced by federal agencies, states, and intergovernmental organizations.                                                                                                                                           Off Campus Access   MasterFile Premier Covers a wide variety of topics from about 3,100 magazines and journals from 1984 to present. Off Campus Access MEDLINEplus Developed by the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health, the site contains extensive, high quality information on common diseases and conditions, health promotion and wellness, prescription and non-prescription drugs, medical dictionaries and more. Off Campus Access Military & Government Collection Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military, this database offers a thorough collection of military titles, trade publications, and news weeklies. Off Campus Access Morningstar Library Edition Combines in one timely database all the fund and stock information necessary for in-depth research. Off Campus Access National Library of Medicine Offers links to a number of free biomedical literature resources, including PubMed, NCBI Bookshelf, the Public Library of Science, BioMed Central, and the Directory of Open Access Journals.   NC Live A North Carolina statewide-shared electronic information network providing access to a variety of multidisciplinary databases. These databases contain thousands of journals, magazines, newspapers, and eBooks covering a wide range of subject areas. Many databases provide full text availability. Off Campus Access NetLibrary Easy access to the full text of more than 22,000 reference, scholarly, and professional full-text books online. Off Campus Access Newspaper Source Provides abstracts and indexing 1995 to present for The New York Times; Wall Street Journal (Eastern and Western editions); Christian Science Monitor (some full text); The USA Today. Selected full text coverage for The Raleigh News & Observer. Includes some complete articles from over 100 other U.S. newspapers. Off Campus Access North American Women's Letters and Diaries Over 150,000 pages of published letters and diaries plus 4,000 pages of previously unpublished materials depicting the personal experiences of hundreds of women. Off Campus Access NoveList A readers' advisory service that is searchable by author, title, series name, and plot (including character, topic, time period, and setting) to retrieve descriptions, reviews, discussion guides, and feature articles related to books of interest. Off Campus Access   Primary Search (Children's Magazines) Includes many complete articles from 35 children's magazines from 1990 to present. Off Campus Access ProQuest Newspapers Many full text articles from Christian Science Monitor (1988 to present); Los Angeles Times (1988 to present); New York Times (1999 to present); Wall Street Journal (1984 to present); The Washington Post (1996 to present). Off Campus Access ProQuest Psychology Journals Provides bibliographic citations, abstracts and nearly 300 academic journals in psychology and related fields, all in full text from 1992 forward. Off Campus Access PsycINFO Contains more than 2 million citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines, dating as far back as the 1800s. Off Campus Access ReferenceUSA Searchable database with detailed information, including addresses and phone numbers, on more than 12 million U.S. businesses, 102 million U.S. residents, 683,000 U.S. health care providers, and 95,000 Technology Companies and 280,000 Executives Database. Off Campus Access Regional Business News Abstracts for 67 regional business publications. Includes some full text for 52 of those titles. Off Campus Access Sanborn Maps North Carolina Provides digital access to 11,173 large-scale maps of 158 North Carolina towns and cities. Off Campus Access Searchasaurus Colorful and fun graphical search interface intended for elementary and middle school students. Off Campus Access Serials Directory Provides up-to-date information and pricing for popular magazines and other serials. Off Campus Access Twentieth Century African-American Poetry A collection of poetry written by the most important and influential African American poets of the twentieth century. Off Campus Access Twentieth Century American Poetry A database of modern and contemporary American poetry from the early twentieth century to the present. Off Campus Access Twentieth-Century English Poetry Containing tens of thousands of works by 288 poets, Twentieth-Century English Poetry provides an overview of poetry written in the 20th century by both established and emerging writers. Off Campus Access Wilson General Science A full text database covering a range of general science topics from popular science literature through a core collection of peer-reviewed professional journals. Off Campus Access WorldCat A union catalog of materials held in libraries world-wide. Off Campus Access