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Access Science
Type: Reference
Coverage: Latest edition
Description: Full access to 7100+ articles, 115,000 dictionary terms, and hundreds of Research Updates in all areas of science and technology updated daily. Also includes over 2000 biographies of leading scientists, weekly updates of breakthroughs and discoveries in science and technology, a science dictionary, and links to related websites.
Accessible Archives
Type: Reference
Description: Provides selected text from newspaper collections: Pennsylvania Gazette 1728-1800; The Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective (Nov. 1860-Apr. 1865); African American Newspapers: The 19th Century.
ADB and NDB
Type: Reference
Mode of access: Ask for CD-ROM at the Reference Desk. Software has been installed on Reference workstation 30. Select start, programs, then "ADB & NDB".
Description: Includes biographical core data of over 80,000 people in German history. Simple or advanced searching possible.
American Film Institute Catalog
Type: Reference
Coverage: 1893-1970
Description: Enables users to access information on more than 17,000 American films, made from 1893 to 1970. Access is possible via keyword, film title, character name, cast and crew production, release information, subject, genre, and songs. Plot summaries included in most entries.
Users: Licensed for one concurrent user.
American National Biography
Type: Reference
Description: Biographical resource for more than 17,000 notable people in American history; updates include recently deceased notables as well as figures from the past who were not subjects in the print edition.
Anchor Bible Dictionary on CD-ROM
Type: Reference
Mode of access: Ask for CD-ROM at the Reference Desk. Software has been installed on Reference workstations 30 and 31. Select the All Titles folder, then Anchor Bible dictionary.
Description: Includes all entries in all six volumes of the Anchor Bible Dictionary as well as photos, drawings and bibliographies, plus the King James and the New Revised Standard Versions of the Bible.
AP Archive
Type: Reference
Description: "The AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive is an electronic library containing the AP's current photos from their 50 million image print and negative library, as well as charts, graphs, tables, and maps from the AP's graphics portfolio."
Users: Licensed for one simultaneous user.
Architectural Elements. Traditional Construction Details
Type: Reference
Description: A collection of 1,300 CAD-compatible traditional standard details searchable by name, category, CSI division, appropriate project types, and other categories, ready for downloading and customizing.
Users: Licensed for one simultaneous user.
Architectural Graphic Standards
Type: Reference
Description: Based on and contains all information from the printed 10th ed. of Architectural Graphic Standards.
Users: Licensed for 3 simultaneous users.
Army Official Records
Type: Reference
Mode of access: Ask for CD-ROM at the Reference Desk. Software has been installed on Reference workstations 30 and 31. Select the All Titles folder, then Official records of the Union and Confederate armies.
Description: Identical to the book version (128 vols., 131,000 p., with maps, tables, illustrations and general index) with enhanced searching capabilities.
ARTFL Database
Type: Reference, eBooks & eTexts
Description: Provides full-text of classical French writings, including literary works, political tracts, philosophical writings, and technical treatises.
ASAE Standards
Type: Reference
Coverage: 1999
Mode of access: Available only from public access computers in Hesburgh Library or any ND branch library. Path: Start/Library and Information Resources/All Titles A-Z/ASAE Standards 1999.
Description: Consensus documents developed and adopted by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers to meet standardization needs for agricultural field equipment, farmstead equipment, structures, soil and water resource management, turf and landscape equipment, forest engineering, food and process engineering, electric power applications, plant and animal environment, and waste management.
Bar Ilan's Judaic Library
Type: Reference, eBooks & eTexts
Mode of access: Ask for CD-ROM at the Reference Desk. Software has been installed on Reference workstation 31. Select the All Titles folder, then Bar Ilan's Judaic library
Description: Searchable database of the Old Testament and rabbinical literature.
Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World Map-by-map Directory
Type: Reference
* The directory, in PDF format, accompanies the Barrington atlas (located in the Reference Atlas section, call number G 1033 .B3 2000).
Description: Provides information about every place or feature in the Barrington Atlas, including references to ancient testimony or modern studies.
Users: Licensed for one concurrent user.
Baxter's Violin and Bow Makers Database
Type: Reference
Description: Searchable database of 18,000+ makers of violins, violas, cellos, basses, bows, and lutes; viols and other older bowed instruments. Search terms include names, dates, teachers, places, and values where available.
BibleWorks 6
Type: Reference
Mode of access: Ask for CD-ROM at the Reference Desk. Software has been installed on Reference workstation 30. Select the All Titles folder, then BibleWorks 6.
Description: BibleWorks is an electronic Bible concordance and morphological analysis program. It includes texts of the Hebrew O.T., Greek O.T. and N.T. and a wide range of English and modern foreign language texts. It also has Bible dictionaries and other aids.
Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Type: Reference
Description: Indexes reference works (biographical dictionaries, who's who editions, subject encyclopedias, etc.) containing multiple biographies on individuals, living and deceased, from every field of activity worldwide.
Users: Licensed for two concurrent users.
Biography Resource Center
Type: Reference
Description: Database of biographical information on more than 200,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas, containing approximately 300,000 biographies from Gale sources and full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals.
Books in Print With Reviews
Type: Reference
Description: An index of books and book reviews currently available from North American publishers. Search by author, title, subject, ISBN, keyword, etc.
Cambridge Structural Database System
Type: Reference
Coverage: 2004:July release
Mode of access: For information regarding access to this database, ask at the Chemistry-Physics Library Reference Desk.
Description: Includes bibliographic, chemical and crystallographic information for organic molecules and metal-organic compounds whose 3D structures have been determined using X-ray diffraction or neutron diffraction.
Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
Type: Reference
Description: Consists of "biographies of the 20th century cardinals and of the events and documents concerning the origin of the Roman cardinalate and its historic evolution."
Catholic Encyclopedia
Type: Reference, eBooks & eTexts
Description: Articles transcribed from the 1913 ed. of the Catholic Encyclopedia; includes links to the document The Making of the Catholic Encyclopedia (1917) and to New Advent Catholic supersite home page.
CCH Internet Tax Research Network
Type: Reference
Description: Provides comprehensive U.S. federal and state tax information, including tax codes, regulations, court cases, IRS publications, editorial commentary and explanation.
Center for Research Libraries Catalog
Type: Reference
Description: Provides online access to over 500,000 bibliographic records representing CRL's scholarly research resources (monographs, newspapers, serials, archival materials in microform, microform sets and title analytics).
ChemFinder.com
Type: Reference
Description: Interface enabling searching of the CS database by chemical name, CAS Number, molecular formula, or molecular weight.
Choice Reviews
Type: Reference, eJournals
Coverage: 1988:Sept.-
Description: "Concise, evaluative reviews ... originally published in the journal CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. The reviews of English-language books are written by college and university faculty and librarians and provide multidisciplinary coverage of publications in the humanities, science and technology, and the social and behavioral sciences."--"about" screen.
CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online
Type: Reference
Coverage: 1991-
Description: Contains searchable full text of international affairs working papers from university research institutes, conference proceedings, policy briefs, economic indicators, foundation-funded research projects and links to international affairs centers, institutes, and further resources.
Cinema Ireland
Type: Reference
Description: Provides creative and technical details for over 1600 Irish films produced 1896-1986; includes film type, description, references, director, leading artists, production company, etc.
Users: Licensed for one concurrent user.
Compact D/SEC
Type: Reference, Data/Statistics/GIS
Coverage: 1988-Dec. 2001
Mode of access: Available at the BIC (Business Information Center).
Description: Provides business and financial information on public companies in the U.S. (domestic and foreign companies listed on national, regional and over-the-counter U.S. stock exchanges). Up to 15 years of annual and quarterly financial statement data from SEC filings as well as company-supplied Annual Reports to Shareholders and other publicly available reports.
Users: Discs for 1988-1999 licensed for one simultaneous user for the set; 2000-2001 licensed for 5 simultaneous users.
Comprehensive Composite Materials
Type: Reference
Description: Provides an online version of the 6-vol. print encyclopedic work covering key aspects of naturally occurring and synthetic composite materials including history, mechanical properties, physical properties, structural design, structural analysis, manufacturing processes, quality assurance, test methods, applications, recycling and disposal.
Counties in Time
Type: Reference
Description: Provides a sample of records held in the National Archives of Ireland for each of Ireland's 32 counties, covering the period from late 16th century to mid-20th century. Includes scanned images or transcriptions of documents reflecting local history, with timelines, glossary, and photographic images supplementing county histories.
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
Type: Reference
Coverage: 80th ed.(1999/2000)
Description: Contains frequently used data in chemistry and physics (basic constants, units, and conversion factors; symbols, terminology, and nomenclature; physical constants of organic compounds; properties of the elements and inorganic compounds; information on molecular structure; etc.)
Users: Licensed for one concurrent user.
Cuentas Nacionales de México
Type: Reference
Mode of access: Ask for CD-ROM at the Reference Desk.
Description: "El disco compacto Cuentas Nacionales de México contiene la información macroeconómica de las Series Anuales y los indicadores Macroeconómicas de Coyuntura que se han obtenido en el marco del SCNM."
Datastream
Type: Reference
Mode of access: Available only in the Business Information Center (BIC) on its XP workstations. Path: Start/Library and information Resources/All Titles A-Z/Datastream.
Description: Provides international financial, economic, stock market and company data, including coverage of equities, stock market and bond indices, economic statistics, foreign exchange rates, interest rates, fixed income instruments and derivatives. DSWindows software allows data to be downloaded and exported and can be used to create graphics, reports and spreadsheets.
Dead Sea Scrolls, Electronic Reference Library, 2
Type: Reference
Mode of access: Ask for CD-ROM at the Reference Desk. Software has been installed on Reference workstation 30. Select start, programs, then Dead Sea Scrolls.
Description: Comprehensive collection of reference materials on the Dead Sea scrolls and related areas of interest including digitized images of the scrolls, transcriptions, translations, and associated literature.
Dictionary of Old English
Type: Reference
Coverage: A-F
Description: Defines the vocabulary of the first centuries (600-1150 A.D.) of the English language.
Dictionary of Old English, Old English Corpus
Type: Reference, eBooks & eTexts
Description: Database consisting of over 3,000 different Old English texts; constructed from a version supplied by the Dictionary of Old English Project in 1998.
Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970. Indiana
Type: Reference
Description: Includes most of the fire insurance maps of Indiana produced by Sanborn Map Co. from the mid-1880s to around 1950. Black and white digital images produced from microform of Sanborn atlases in Library of Congress collection. Digital collection is searchable by city and date.
Directorio Latinoamericano de Bibliotecas Públicas, Universitarias Y Nacionales /
Type: Reference
Mode of access: Ask for CD-ROM at the Reference Desk. Software has been installed on Reference workstation 30. Select start, programs, then .
Description: Contains information on 4,0000 libraries in the following Latin American countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Perú, Puerto Rico, República Dominicana, Uruguay, Venezuela.
Directorio Latinoamericano de Editoriales, Distribuidoras Y Librerías. 1997-98
Type: Reference
Mode of access: Ask for CD-ROM at the Reference Desk. Software has been installed on Reference workstation 30. Select start, programs, then Directorio latinoamericano.
Description: Contains information on 2,965 publishers, 819 distributors and 1,185 libraries located in 25 Latin American and Caribbean countries.
Directory of Incentives for Business Investment and Development in the United States
Type: Reference
Mode of access: Available only from public access computers in Hesburgh Library or any ND branch library. Path: Start/Library and Information Resources/All Titles A-Z//Directory of Incentives for Business.
Description: Contains state-by-state information on business incentive programs, providing data on eligible firms, permissible activities, terms and conditions, parameters on size of incentive, and contact information.
Directory of Sources for Women's History in Ireland
Type: Reference
Description: Descriptions of over 14,000 collections and sources in several hundred repositories in the Republic of Ireland and in Northern Ireland relating to history of women in Ireland from earliest times to the present.
Dun and Bradstreet's Million Dollar Database
Type: Reference, eBooks & eTexts
Description: Provides information on over 1,600,000 U.S. and Canadian public and private businesses. Company information includes industry information with up to 24 individual 8-digit SICs, size criteria (employees and annual sales), type of ownership, principal executives and biographies.
DYABOLA
Type: Reference
Description: The online subject catalogue of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) in Rome, the most comprehensive library in the world devoted to classical studies. Organized as a hierarchical tree of 32,000 subject and key words, with entries to books and journal articles in classical archaeology, Egyptian archaeology, archaeology of the Near East, Byzantine art history, epigraphs, numismatics, classical history, and antique social and legal history.
Economática
Type: Reference, Data/Statistics/GIS
Description: Provides historical data that tracks pricing, company reports, and local news on nearly 1,000 securities in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela.
EHRAF Collection of Ethnography
Type: Reference
HRAF CD-ROM can also be found in Hesburgh Reference: ask at Reference Desk.
Description: Cross-cultural database of descriptive information on the cultures of the world. Full-text materials subject-indexed at the paragraph level for comparative studies of human behavior, society, and culture.
* User Guides Include tutorial, searching and browsing information, and glossary
Encarta Africana 2000
Type: Reference
Mode of access: Ask for CD-ROM at the Reference Desk. Software has been installed on Reference workstations 30 and 31. Select the All Titles folder, then Encarta Africana.
Description: Multimedia encyclopedia with more than 3600 articles, over 2900 media elements (videos, audio clips, maps and photographs), an interactive timeline of Africans and people of African descent, and a civil rights chronology.
Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Type: Reference
Description: Consists of a fully searchable and browsable collection of authoritative references, including Britannica's latest article database, articles not yet in the print Britannica encyclopedia, Merriam-Webster's collegiate dictionary (tenth edition), and the Britannica book of the year.
Encyclopaedia Judaica
Type: Reference
Mode of access: Available only from public access computers in Hesburgh Library or any ND branch library. Path: Start/Library and Information Resources/All Titles A-Z/Encyclopaedia Judaica.
Description: Covers all aspects of Jewish life and knowledge, with complete text of the original 16-volume print edition, as well as subsequent yearbooks and decennials (1982, 1992), updated and with hyperlinks, rare film clips, photographs, slide shows, music, maps, charts, and tables.
Encyclopedia Americana 1999
Type: Reference
Mode of access: Ask for CD-ROM at the Reference Desk. Software has been installed on Reference workstations 30 and 31. Select the All Titles folder, then Encyclopedia Americana.
Description: Searchable digital version of the 30-volume Encyclopedia Americana as well as the Chronology of World History, the complete tenth edition of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, and the Academic Press dictionary of science & technology. Includes printable maps, flags, tables, charts, graphs, diagrams, and illustrations.
Encyclopedia of Music in Canada.
Type: Reference
Description: The National Library of Canada presents an online version of the 1992 second edition of "The Encyclopedia of Music in Canada." The encyclopedia is offered in English and French. The work includes bibliographies, lists, and discographies on Canadian musicians and music. A list of contributors' names and abbreviations used in the encyclopedia is available.
Energy Citations Database
Type: Reference
Coverage: 1948-
Description: The Energy Citations Database (ECD) provides one-stop shopping access to historical and current announcement records (1948 to the present) for energy and energy-related scientific and technical information.
English Short Title Catalogue
Type: Reference
Description: Contains bibliographic records for publications printed in British territory or in English anywhere in the world from 1473 to 1800; includes reel numbers for the microfilm collections "Early English Books, 1473-1700," "Thomason Tracts," and "The Eighteenth Century Collection." (Microfilm reel numbers only appear for publications that have been microfilmed; they do not appear for publications that have not yet been microfilmed.) Notre Dame does not own the "Thomason Tracts" collection at this time.
EpiGraph Database of Roman Inscriptions
Type: Reference
Description: Contains searchable Latin text of almost 40,000 inscriptions found in the city of Rome. Based on reports published in vol. 6 of Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, but omits related information such as find spot, present location of inscription, manuscript tradition on which based, etc., from CIL, vol. 6.
Users: Licensed for one simultaneous user.
FARS
Type: Reference
Coverage: July 1996-
Description: AICPA and FASB reports, general industry standards.
Users: Licensed for 12 users.
Financial Accounting Research System
(Use FARS)
Global Development Finance
Type: Reference
Coverage: 1999
Description: Contains data on external debt and financial flows to developing countries. Data can be exported to Excel, Access, SAS, dbase, ascii; can map and graph data sets.
GPO Access
Type: Reference
Description: Provides free electronic access to information products produced by the U.S. Federal Government's legislative, executive, and judicial branches. Information provided on this site is the official, published version; information retrieved from GPO Access can be used without restriction, unless specifically noted.
GrayLIT Network
Type: Reference
Description: Provides a full-text search across the gray literature of multiple government agencies within a science portal of technical reports It taps into the search engines of distributed gray literature collections, enabling the user to find information without first having to know the sponsoring agency.
Great Buildings Collection
Type: Reference
Mode of access: Available on the public AFS workstation in the Architecture Library. Select the Great Buildings CD-ROM icon.
Description: Multimedia CD-ROM-based designer's library of architecture. Represents more than 750 important buildings from around the world and throughout history. Includes photographic images, drawings, videos, textual commentary, interactive 3-D models of the buildings, and bibliographical references. Searchable by geographic location, historical period, architectural characteristics, and keyword. Also includes DesignWorkshop lite, a three-dimensional modeling program for architectural design and related endeavors.
Grove Dictionary of Art Online
Type: Reference
Description: Contains articles on all aspects of the visual arts from prehistory to the 1990s; art and culture of Asia, Africa, Europe, the Americas and the Pacific, with links to images and additional information in museum and other art-related web sites.
Users: Licensed for five concurrent users.
Grove Music
Type: Reference
Description: Contains full text of the printed edition, search capabilities, and links to thousands of related sites, including sound archives and illustrations; incorporates New Grove Dictionary of Opera. To be updated quarterly and annually.
Users: Licensed for 2-3 concurrent users.
Henkind Talmud Text Databank
Type: Reference
Description: Includes full manuscript texts of tractates, first printed editions and Genizah fragments.
Information Bridge
Type: Reference
Coverage: 1995-
Description: Access to full-text U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) research and development in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental cleanup, energy technologies, and other topics; includes the full-text and bibliographic records of DOE-sponsored report literature produced by the DOE and DOE contractor research and development community.
Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism
Type: Reference
Important: TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE
Description: A full-text searchable database of articles and primary source materials on individual critics and theorists and critical and theoretical schools and movements.
Journalism.org
Type: Reference
Coverage: 2004-
Description: "The joint Internet presence of the Project for Excellence in Journalism and the Committee of Concerned Journalists. ... Designed to be a portal and a utility for people interested in journalism - citizens, news people or students. It offers a catalog of tools, techniques and ideas, lists of principles, empirical research, links to other journalism sites, job links, compilations of ethics codes and many other resources for journalists and citizens alike."--Frequently asked questions.
Labyrinth
Type: Reference
Description: The Labyrinth provides free, organized access to electronic resources in medieval studies through a World Wide Web server at Georgetown University. The Labyrinth's easy-to-use menus and links provide connections to databases, services, texts, and images on other servers around the world. This project not only provides an organizational structure for electronic resources in medieval studies, but also serves as a model for similar, collaborative projects in other fields of study. The Labyrinth project is open-ended and is designed to grow and change with new developments in technology and in medieval studies.
LexisNexis Statistical
Type: Reference
Coverage: 1973-
Description: Provides access to statistics issued by the U.S. government (1973- ) via Congressional Information Service (CIS)' American Statistics Index, including Statistical abstract of the United States; issued by private and state government sources (1980- ) via CIS' Statistical Reference Index; and issued by international intergovernmental organizations (1983- ) via CIS' Index to International Statistics.
Libros en Venta en América Latina Y España
Type: Reference
Coverage: 12.ed.(2001)
Description: Bibliographic citations and ordering information for 300,000+ titles in print in the Spanish language from all countries on all subjects.
Literature Resource Center
Type: Reference
Description: Provides biographical, bibliographical, and critical content on literary figures from all time periods; draws on Gale Group's Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, and Dictionary of Literary Biography; selected full text from Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, and Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism; includes full text of numerous literary journals and periodicals.
Users: Licensed for two concurrent users.
Lumen
Type: Reference
Description: Website for highlighting University of Notre Dame faculty and student research, scholarship, creativity and teaching.
Market Insight
Type: Reference
Description: Browseable and searchable interface to a variety of finance-related information, including profiles of companies, industries and nations. Includes information from EDGAR, CIA World FactBook, and DRI/WEFA.
Masterplots
Type: Reference
Description: Includes the complete contents of 31 sets of reference books, including nearly 20 Masterplots and Masterplots II titles, the Cyclopedia of world authors, the Cyclopedia of literary characters, as well as 10 years of Magill's literary annual and Magill book reviews.
Merck Index
Type: Reference
Coverage: version 12:3(1999)
Description: Contains concise descriptions of 10,000+ chemical compounds. Descriptions include structure, formula, registry number, physical data, references to journal and patent literature, and toxicity data.
Users: Licensed for one concurrent user.
Mergent Online
Type: Reference
* You must be using a PC and Internet Explorer or Netscape 6 or greater to use FIS/Mergent Online.
Description: Successor to FIS online, provides access to fully searchable data on more than 10,000 companies on the NYSE, AMEX and Nasdaq exchanges, including SEC filings and annual reports. Replaces print products from Moody's (Mergent): Bank and Finance Manual, Transportation Manual, International Manual, Public Utility Manual, OTC Unlisted Manual, OTC manual.
Middle English Compendium
Type: Reference
Description: Provides integrated access to three major Middle English electronic resources: the Middle English Dictionary, a HyperBibliography of Middle English prose and verse, based on the MED bibliographies, and an associated network of electronic resources, including a large collection of Middle English texts.
Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures
Type: Reference
Description: "... gives requirements for dead, live, soil, flood, wind, snow, rain, ice, and earthquake loads, and their combinations, that are suitable for inclusion in building codes and other documents."--Abstract.
Missionary Periodicals Database
Type: Reference
Description: Provides searchable bibliographic descriptions of periodicals published 1700s-mid 1900s in Britain by missionary societies and commercial publishers on foreign missions. Entries in the database (part of Currents in World Christianity, a research project directed from University of Cambridge) include periodical title, issuing body, denomination, dates of publication, publisher, frequency, region of work, etc.
Morningstar Principia Mut[u]al Funds Advanced
Type: Reference
Coverage: data as of 08/31/02-
Mode of access: Available only in the BIC (Business Information Center); one NT workstation only, inquire with BIC staff.
Description: Provides data on 10,000+ mutual funds, including historical data, an archive of analyst reviews and commentaries, and fund manager profiles.
Music Catalog
Type: Reference
Coverage: 1960-
Description: Contains catalog records from the Library of Congress for musical scores; books, periodicals, and audiovisual materials about music; sound recordings (LPs, CDs, tapes, 78's, etc.) and non-music recordings.
Users: Licensed for one simultaneous user.
National Bureau of Economic Research
Type: Reference
Description: Contains information about NBER, contact addresses, and order and subscription information for its publications, with an option for online ordering. Many of its publications are available online and for downloading via FTP, including its working papers, NBER reporter, and NBER digest. Also provides information on forthcoming publications, and links to other economics sites.
National Technical Information Service
Type: Reference
Coverage: 1990-
Description: Contains references to 370,000 technical publications, datafiles, CD-ROMs, and audiovisual materials added to the NTIS collection within the last 10 years.
Native American Collection
Type: Reference
Mode of access: Ask for CD-ROM at the Reference Desk. Software has been installed on Reference workstations 30 and 31. Select the All Titles folder, then Native American Collection.
Description: Includes Dawes Final Rolls with names of citizens and freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes of Indian Territory, Chilocco Indian School Records, 1896 Dawes enrollment applications, Dawes Rejected Names, microfilm catalog of Oklahoma Historical Society and National Archives Native American and Southwest Regional Archives in Fort Worth, scanned photographs of prominent tribal members and their families, directory of addresses of Native American tribes. The texts of D.C. Gideon's Indian Territory, H.F. and E.S. O'Beines' Indian Territory and Paul W.H. Dewitz's Notable Men of Indian Territory are also included.
Networked Computer Science Technical Reference Library
Type: Reference, eJournals, Indexes & Articles
Description: Citations and abstracts with links to full text where available of computer science research reports and papers made available for non-commercial use from a number of participating institutions and archives.
NIST Chemistry Webbook
Type: Reference, eBooks & eTexts, Data/Statistics/GIS
Description: Provides thermochemical, thermophysical, and ion energetics data compiled by NIST under the Standard Reference Data Program.
NIST Critically Selected Stability Constants of Metal Complexes
Type: Reference, Data/Statistics/GIS
Description: Covers interactions for aqueous systems of organic and inorganic ligands with protons and various metal ions; related to 6-vol. Critical stability constants, by Martell and Smith.
Users: Licensed for one concurrent user.
North American Title Count, 1997
Type: Reference
Description: Database containing an enumeration and analysis of the number of titles (including serial titles) held by selected U.S. libraries in 685 Library of Congress and National Library of Medicine call number ranges.
North American Title Count, 2001
Type: Reference
Description: Database containing an enumeration and analysis of the number of titles (including serial titles and titles in electronic format) held by selected U.S. libraries in 688 Library of Congress and National Library of Medicine call number ranges. Canadian libraries, absent from the 1997 count, are again represented in the 2001 count.
OED : Oxford English Dictionary
Type: Reference
Description: Authoritative usage and meaning of English words and phrases from 1150 to the present. Full text of the 2nd ed., 1989, the Additions 1993-1997, the 3rd ed. (in progress) Mar. 2000-, and a projection of 1,000 new and revised words added each quarter.
On Common Ground : World Religions in America
Type: Reference
CD-ROM in Hesburgh Reference; ask at Reference Desk.
Description: Multimedia CD-ROM exploring the history, beliefs, and current practices of fifteen religious traditions in the United States through primary documents and other texts, photographs, images, sound files and movies.
On-line Reference Book for Medieval Studies
Type: Reference
Description: A cooperative effort on the part of scholars across the Internet to establish an online textbook source for medieval studies on the World-Wide Web, including links to existing medieval resources on the Internet.
Perseus Project: Art and Archaeology.
Type: Reference
Description: Presents the art and archaeology section of the Perseus Project at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. Contains a search engine for the Project. Notes that the Project contains a library of classical art objects, sites, and buildings. Allows users to search the Project for architecture, coins, vases, and sculpture.
PhiloBiblon
Type: Reference
Coverage: version 2.0C(1999)
Mode of access: CD-ROM in Medieval Institute Reference (Rm. 715)
Description: Bibliographic database of medieval literary texts produced on the Iberian Peninsula, consisting of three component bibliographies: BETA (Bibliografía Española de textos antiguos); BITAGAP (Bibliografia de textos antigos Galegos e Portugueses); and: BITECA (Bibliografia de textos Catalans antics).
Polymer Data Handbook
Type: Reference
* Password may be required, located in holdings record. Ask at reference desk.
Description: Provides information on the syntheses, structures, properties, and applications of more than 200 important polymeric materials.
Powder Diffraction File
Type: Reference, Data/Statistics/GIS
Coverage: Sets 1/51,70/89
Mode of access: CD-ROM in Engineering Library.
Description: A collection of tens of thousands of single phase X-ray diffraction patterns used for identification of crystalline compounds.
Ranking the World's Oil Companies
Type: eBooks & eTexts, Reference, Data/Statistics/GIS
* Fully accessible ONLY in the Mahaffey Business Info. Center. Go to the Information desk and ask to be logged on at workstation #25.
Coverage: 2004
Fully accessible ONLY in the Mahaffey Business Info. Center. Go to the Information desk and ask to be logged on at workstation #25.
RIA Checkpoint
Type: eBooks & eTexts, Reference
Important: Note: The "Options" link and "My Folders" Link on the Checkpoint toolbar are not currently available.
RLG Union Catalog (RLIN)
Type: Reference
* Mediated searching by Reference Librarian
Description: Comprehensive database serving as a major union catalog for over 40 million titles (books, serials, archives, manuscripts, maps, music scores, sound recordings, films, photographs, posters, computer files, and more), reflecting collections of major research and academic libraries; archives and museums; law, medical, and theological libraries; art and music libraries; area studies collections; public and corporate libraries; historical societies and book clubs.
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Type: Reference
Description: Online version of the 10-volume Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, with browsing by philosophical themes, philosophies, historical periods, and religions.
Saggi Musicali Italiani
Type: Reference
Description: Texts on Italian music theory and aesthetics designed to extend Thesaurus musicarum Latinarum, including scanned images of all musical examples, Table of codes and noteshapes for mensural notation, and Principles of orthography for the TML.
Schistosomiasis: Topics in International Health
Type: Reference
Mode of access: Available only from public access computers in Hesburgh Library or any ND branch library. Path: Start/Library and Information Resources/All Titles A-Z/Topics in International Health/Schistosomiasis.
Description: Provides an introduction to this major disease caused by infection with parasites of the genus Schistosoma, its prevention and treatment.
Serials Directory (EBSCO)
Type: Reference
Description: Bibliographic and pricing information for popular U.S. and international serials from thousands of publishers.
Sickle Cell Disease: Topics in International Health
Type: Reference
Mode of access: Available only from public access computers in Hesburgh Library or any ND branch library. Path: Start/Library and Information Resources/All Titles A-Z/Topics in International Health/Sickle Cell Disease.
Description: Provides an introduction, biology, epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and control of sickle cell disease.
Small Press Record of Books in Print
Type: Reference
Coverage: 31st ed.(2002/2003)
Mode of access: Available only from public access computers in Hesburgh Library or any ND branch library. Path: Start/Library and Information Resources/All Titles A-Z/Small Press Record (BIP).
Description: Provides information on more than 46,000 books and other nonperiodical works currently available from some 5,000 small independent publishers worldwide; includes author, title, publisher and subject indexes with full search capabilities.
Social Science Electronic Data Library
Type: Reference, Data/Statistics/GIS
Description: "The Sociometrics Social Science Electronic Data Library (SSEDL) is a premium health and social science resource that consists of ... data sets from ... comprising six topically-focused collections. SSEDL is a unique source of high quality social science data and documentation for researchers, educators, students, and policy analysts ... contains ... data sets from AIDS/STD, Disability in the U.S., American family, Adolescent pregnancy & pregnancy prevention, Aging, Maternal drug abuse, Contextual data archive"--Title screen.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Type: Reference
Description: Includes editorial and copyright information, as well as a site search engine. Offers an alphabetical index to the publication's contents. Contains information on individual philosophers and their beliefs.
STAT-USA Internet
Type: Reference
* Password required -- available at the BIC (Business Information Center) and Hesburgh Reference
Description: Provides access to approximately 3,000 statistical publications including economic and trade related records.
Talmudic Encyclopedia
Type: Reference
Mode of access: Ask for CD-ROM at the Reference Desk. Software has been installed on Reference workstations 30 and 31. Select the All Titles folder, then Talmudic encyclopedia.
Description: Covers all Halakhic subjects dealt within the Talmud and in post-Talmudic Rabbinic literature, including sources, reasonings, and variations of opinion.
TAQ (NYSE Trade and Quote)
Type: Reference
Coverage: 1993-June 2002
Mode of access: available at the BIC, ask for the CD(s) at the desk. Note: some FORTRAN and/or other programming knowledge is required to fully use the product.
Description: Intraday transactions data (trades and quotes) for all securities listed on the New York Exchange (NYSE) and American Stock Exchange (AMEX), as well as Nasdaq National Market System (NMS) and SmallCap issues.
TAQ2 (NYSE Trade and Quote)
Type: Reference
Coverage: 2002:July-2003:Dec.
Mode of access: available at the BIC, ask for the DVD-ROM(s) at the desk. Note: some FORTRAN and/or other programming knowledge is required to fully use the product.
Description: Intraday transactions data (trades and quotes) for all securities listed on the New York Exchange (NYSE) and American Stock Exchange (AMEX), as well as Nasdaq National Market System (NMS) and SmallCap issues.
Tax Products CD-ROM
Type: Reference
Coverage: 2002, 1st realease
Description: Contains: current tax year forms, instructions and publications; prior tax years' forms, instructions and publications; Internal Revenue Bulletin; audit technique guides; market segment understandings; HTML taxpayer information publications, FAQ and tax topics; IRS earned income tax credit information; IRS e-file information; links to tax related web sites.
Users: Restricted to computers located on the Notre Dame campus.
Thesaurus Diplomaticus
Type: Reference
Mode of access: Available only from public access computers in Hesburgh Library or any ND branch library. Path: Start/Library and Information Resources/All Titles A-Z/Thesaurus Diplomaticus.
Description: "Over 6,000 charters and 13,000 analysed documents ... for studying the medieval history of Western Europe."--Publisher's website.
Thesaurus Formarum Totius Latinitatis
Type: Reference
Description: "Database for the study of the vocabulary of the entire Latin world."--User's guide.
Users: Licensed for one concurrent user.
Tuberculosis: Topics in International Health
Type: Reference
Mode of access: Available only from public access computers in Hesburgh Library or any ND branch library. Path: Start/Library and Information Resources/All Titles A-Z/Topics in International Health/Tuberculosis.
Description: Provides an introduction to tuberculosis, with interactive tutorials, an image collection, and glossary.
Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory
Type: Reference
Coverage: 1979-
Description: "... provides data on over 210,000 regularly published and irregularly issued serials including over 47,000 cessations since 1979. This reference provides purchasing and contact information (conventional and electronic) for over 90,000 publishers in 200 countries."--About page.
Users: Licensed for two concurrent users.
USA Counties
Type: Reference
Coverage: 1992,1994,1996,1998
Mode of access: CD-ROMs in Documents Center (Lower Level Hesburgh).
Description: Demographic, economic, and governmental data for multi-county comparisons or single county profiles.
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
Type: Reference
Description: "... the text of Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged, published in 1961, and subsequent updates which take account of current usage. ... the current vocabulary of standard written and spoken English."--About page.
World Biographical Index
Type: Reference
* Click on language of choice. Click on search type. Enter search data. Click Search button. Click on Hitlist button to view results.
Description: Consists of several million indexed, brief biographical entries for eminent individuals worldwide, with citations to thousands of reference works in which information on the individuals appears.
WorldCat
Type: Reference
Description: Over 50 million bibliographic records of any type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries; includes records describing manuscripts written as early as the 12th century.
Worldscope Global
Type: Reference
Coverage: 1993-2002 (May disc only for each year; content date may vary)
Description: Critical financial and business information on top publicly traded companies worldwide. A companion publication to Compact D/SEC which covers companies in the U.S. and Canada.
Users: Licensed for five simultaneous users.
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