RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
1967-.
Primary index for journal articles, dissertations, and book chapters in music.
RILM Abstracts is the primary resource for indexing of music journal articles, dissertations, book chapters, and festschriften. It covers approximately 350 music journals dating back to 1969, and is the only index that covers book chapters and dissertations in music. Materials covered are scholarly in nature, and entries contain detailed abstracts on the article, dissertation, or book cited.
Alternate name: Repertoire International de Litterature Musicale
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The premier resource for music information.
Oxford Music online (formerly Grove Music Online) contains the New Grove Dictionary and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, and The Oxford Dictionary of Music. It is acknowledged as the premier authority in English on all aspects of music. Entries are extensive and contain work lists, bibliographies, terminology, and many other facets of music. Entries are updated and date stamped when needed. Oxford Music Online should be the first stop for any research or information seeking in music.
Alternate name: The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd Edition
Vendor name: Oxford University Press
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An archive of more than 700 important scholarly journals covering business, ecology, education, ethnic studies, history, literature, mathematics, music, philosophy, political science, and sociology with content ending 3-5 years ago.
JSTOR digitally archives more than 700 scholarly journals. Subjects include African-American studies, anthropology, Asian studies, business, ecology, economics, education, finance, history, literature, mathematics, music, philosophy, political science, and more.
Vendor name: JSTOR
Update frequency: constant
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
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Index to journal articles in music.
IIMP contains citations to journal articles and some newpapers, covering all aspects of music from popular and rock to classical. Abstracts are included for articles from 1996 on. It currently indexes over 375 international music periodicals, including such titles as the Rolling Stones and Fanfare, as well as The New York Times and The Washington Post.
Alternate name: IIMP
Vendor name: ProQuest/Chadwyck Healey
Update frequency: monthly
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Index to music journals.
The Music Index covers more than 725 international music periodicals back to 1975. Periodicals indexed covers both classical and popular music subjects. The Music Index is a primary resource for indexing performance, book, and record reviews, as well as obituaries.
Vendor name: Harmonie Park Press
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Taranto, Cheryl
Oxford University Press journals covering a variety of disciplines.
Search or browse the full text of more than 180 Oxford University Press journals covering a variety of disciplines. Humanities content areas include art, language, literature, and music. Biochemistry, biology, health science, mathematics, and medicine are some of the science topics covered. Social science areas include economics, history, law, psychology, and sociology. Over half of the journals have full text beginning in the late nineties though some start as late as 2003.
Vendor name: Oxford University Press
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Haslam, Michaelyn
Searchable articles from academic and professional journals and magazines covering every academic discipline.
This excellent one-stop resource lets you search citations and summaries by keyword and then instantly retrieve the full text of articles from journals online. The Get Text button helps you locate any article without linked full text in alternate online sources or in UNLV's print journal collection.
Alternate name: EbscoHOST, ASP
Vendor name: Ebsco
Update frequency: Updated daily
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Scholarly journals in the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others.
Vendor name: Johns Hopkins UP
Update frequency: monthly
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More info: Searching in JSTOR will link you to results available in Project Muse.
UNLV Library Catalog
Find out which books, encyclopedias, periodicals, audiovisual items, maps and government documents are available from UNLV Libraries by searching the library catalog. Includes links to books available online.
The LOCATION and CALL NUMBER information helps you physically locate each item in the library.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Del Bosque, Darcy
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Full text of most dissertations produced after 1997; citations and abstracts for others.
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses contains over 1.5 million entries, providing citations to North American and European dissertations from 1861 forward, with abstracts from 1980 forward. It also provides citations and abstracts for theses from 1988 forward. Full text of UNLV theses and dissertations available from 1996 to the present. Full text from all other institutions available from 1997 to the present.
Alternate name: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
Update frequency: Updated quarterly
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Digital copies of more than 30,000 complete books, reports and other resources covering all academic subject areas.
Books and other materials are arranged in five main subject areas - business and economics, career and general education, computers, engineering and applied sciences, humanities, social/behavioral sciences and life/physical sciences. The ebrary reader is required to view books and can be downloaded for free from ebrary. A free account is needed In order to access some features (i.e. saving notes and highlights).
Vendor name: Ebrary
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Cover to cover digital reproductions of the New York Times with searchable full text.
For 2003- present see ProQuest Newspapers
Vendor name: ProQuest-CSA
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Full text of the London Times though 1985
The Times Digital Archive, 1785-1985, presents searchable full text and page images of The Times (London). The Times is the "world's newspaper of record" and covers all major international historical events from the French Revolution to the Falkland War. Search the full text of the entire newspaper, including articles, editorials, and advertising.
Alternate name: London Times
Vendor name: Gale
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Regional newspapers and broadcast television transcripts.
Newspaper Source provides selected full text coverage for more than 240 newspapers and other sources. This collection includes cover-to-cover full text for USA Today, The Christian Science Monitor, and The Times (London), as well as selected full text from more than 180 regional newspapers including: Boston Globe, Detroit Free Press, Houston Chronicle, Miami Herald, San Jose Mercury News, etc. Full text transcripts are also included from Face the Nation, CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, 60 Minutes, O'Reilly Factor, Hannity & Colmes, National Public Radio, and more.
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Web of Knowledge
A&HCI ® provides access to current and retrospective bibliographic information and cited references found in nearly 1,130 of the world's leading arts & humanities journals. Use this tool to identify how often a particular author has been cited in the work of peers or to identify the most influential scholarship on a topic. (Covering period: 1975-present. Update frequency: Updated weekly. )
Classical Music Reference Library
Essential music reference works.
This resource contains essential music reference works, including full text of Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Within this resource one can find information on over 11,000 composers, 7,000 performers and ensembles, definitions of musical terms, photographs and images of musicians, instruments, and ensembles.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Taranto, Cheryl
Database of music scores (PDF format)
Classical Scores Library is a database of music scores available in PDF format. It currently contains full scores of approximately 825 musical works, and will continue to grow, eventually containing over 8,000 scores, including the entire Boosey & Hawkes catalog. The musical works contained in the database are standards of the musical repertoire, and access is available from any computer for UNLV students and faculty.
Vendor name: Alexander Street Press
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Dictionaries, specialized encyclopedias, quotations, thesauri, and bilingual dictionaries.
Full text of encyclopedia entries plus over 20,000 searchable images including photographs, fine art, scientific diagrams and more. Covers a broad range of topics from biography to medicine and Shakespeare to technology.
Alternate name: xreferplus
Vendor name: Credo Reference
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Complete books, pamphlets and broadsides published in North America before 1800.
Books, pamphlets and broadsides listed in Charles Evans' American Bibliography and Roger Bristol's Supplement to Evans' American Bibliography. These searchable full text materials are primary sources documenting every aspect of life in 17th- and 18th-century America, including agriculture, foreign affairs, literature, music, religion, the Revolutionary War, and slavery.
Alternate name: Evans Early American Imprints
Vendor name: Readex
Update frequency: complete
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Early American imprints, 1639-1800 [microform] : based on the 13-volume Charles Evans bibliography, including supplements and corrections to Evans
Complete books, pamphlets and broadsides published in North America between 1801 and 1819.
These searchable full text materials are primary sources documenting every aspect of life in 17th- and 18th-century America, including agriculture, foreign affairs, literature, music, religion, the Revolutionary War, and slavery. This is the online equivalent of microfilm research collections based on lists from Evans' American Bibliography (and supplements) and Shaw and Shoemaker's American Bibliography, 1801-1819.
Alternate name: Shaw-Shoemaker
Vendor name: Readex
Update frequency: complete
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American Bibliography: A Preliminary Checklist For 1801-1819 / compiled by Ralph R. Shaw And Richard H. Shoemaker, available in UNLV Reference.
Books on all subjects published in England between 1475 and 1700.
Page images accurately reflect the way the works appeared in their original printed editions. Included are works by such authors as Malory, Spenser, Bacon, More, Erasmus, Boyle, Newton, and Galileo. The database also includes musical exercises by Henry Purcell, novels by Aphra Behn, prayer books, pamphlets, proclamations, almanacs, calendars, and many other primary resources. This is the online equivalent of the Early English Books microform series, which is based on the Short-Title Catalogue (Pollard & Redgrave, 1475-1640); the Short-Title Catalogue II (Wing, 1641-1700); the Thomason Tracts, and the Early English Books Tract Supplements.
Vendor name: ProQuest
Update frequency: annual
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Books on all subjects published in English between 1701 and 1800.
Digitized books, pamphlets, broadsides and ephemera in English and foreign languages published in the British Empire and in English elsewhere in the world, from 1701-1800. It includes digital reproductions of every page of a variety of primary source materials-by many well-known and lesser-known authors.
Alternate name: ECCO
Vendor name: Thomson Gale
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
More info: The collection is an ongoing project based on The English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC), a machine-readable union list of the holdings of the British Library, as well as those from more than 1,500 university, private, and public libraries worldwide.
The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online is a comprehensive online resource devoted to ethnic music research of cultures throughout the world.
Vendor name: Alexander Street Press
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Taranto, Cheryl
More info: It contains more than 9,000 pages of material with entries by more than 700 expert contributors. It is the most complete body of work focused on world music.
Grove Music Online
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Oxford Music Online
The premier resource for music information. Title has changed to Oxford Music Online.
IRIS - Illinois Researcher Information Service
current listings.
Database of grants, fellowships and scholarships for individuals and institutions.
Over 9,000 funding opportunities in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities can be located in this resource. Advanced and basic search features are offered as well as links to the websites of the funding organization. The database has an alert service that allows users to be notified of relevant funding. An expertise service allows individuals to create a profile by institution for others to view their activities.
Vendor name: Illinois Researcher Information Service
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Grays, Lateka
Books available for 1-3 day delivery to UNLV Libraries.
LINK+ is a book request service that uses a shared library catalog to allow UNLV students, staff and faculty to search for and borrow over 8 million books and documents from over 40 libraries throughout California and Nevada.
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UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information
Digital copies of more than 3,000 complete books, reports and other resources covering all academic subject areas.
Browse e-books for quick research and reference or create a free account to check out items, create notes, and list favorites.
Vendor name: NetLibrary
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Opera performances on streaming video, including staged productions, interviews, and documentaries.
Once complete, Opera in Video will contain 250 of the most important opera performances, captured on video through staged productions, interviews, and documentaries.
Vendor name: Alexander Street Press
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Taranto, Cheryl
More info: Selections represent the world's best performers, conductors, and opera houses and are based on a work's importance to the operatic canon.
Subject dictionaries and reference works.
Access to over 100 language and subject dictionaries and reference works containing over 60,000 pages of material. Includes sources covering general reference, language, science, medicine, humanities, social sciences, and business. List of full text reference books.
Vendor name: Oxford University Press
Update frequency: Updated regularly
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To discover whether UNLV Libraries offers online access or owns a print copy of a particular journal, search for the name of the magazine or journal in this list.
A link to "University of Nevada Las Vegas Holdings" will show you information about print copies of the journal. Links to online subscriptions will list the range of dates available for that journal.
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WorldCat
11th century -.
Use WorldCat to search the holdings of academic, public and special libraries around the world.
This union catalog contains records of books and other items in libraries worldwide. Items owned by UNLV Libraries are indicated; UNLV students, faculty and staff may request books via Document Delivery Services.
Vendor name: OCLC FirstSearch
Update frequency: Updated daily
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Credo Reference
Encyclopedias in many academic disciplines. Title has changed to Credo Reference.
General Indexes
Academic Search Premier
full text
1975-present.
Searchable articles from academic and professional journals and magazines covering every academic discipline.
This excellent one-stop resource lets you search citations and summaries by keyword and then instantly retrieve the full text of articles from journals online. The Get Text button helps you locate any article without linked full text in alternate online sources or in UNLV's print journal collection.
Alternate name: EbscoHOST, ASP
Vendor name: Ebsco
Update frequency: Updated daily
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information
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Citations and abstracts of articles published in alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers, and magazines.
Provides citations and occasional abstracts for articles in alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines. Subjects include anarchism, democracy, ecology, feminism, gay and lesbian issues, indigenous peoples, labor, national liberation, and socialism.
Vendor name: OCLC FirstSearch
Update frequency: quarterly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Skarl, Susie
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Alternative Press Index Archive for 1969-1990.
Print volumes v.24(1992)-v.35(2003) available in LASR.
Citations and abstracts of articles published in alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers, and magazines.
Provides citations and occasional abstracts for articles in alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines. Subjects include anarchism, democracy, ecology, feminism, gay and lesbian issues, indigenous peoples, labor, national liberation, and socialism.
Vendor name: OCLC FirstSearch
Update frequency: complete
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Alternative Press Index for 1991-.
Print volumes v.24(1992)-v.35(2003) available in LASR.
Historical newspapers from every state in the U.S.
Search full text and view page images for articles in categories such as news/opinion, election returns, letters, poetry, legislative information, prices, advertisements, matrimony notices and death notices.
Alternate name: Archive of Americana, Early American Newspapers Series 1-3
Vendor name: Readex
Update frequency: complete
Scope: U.S.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
More info: Can also be searched in combination with Early American Imprints I and II.
Series I, 1690-1876: provides images and full-text content access to historic newspapers listed in Clarence Brigham's bibliography, History and bibliography of American newspapers, 1690-1820, as well as other bibliographies; Series II, 1758-1900: focuses on the period between 1820 and 1860; Series III, 1829-1922: focuses on the period between 1861 and 1920 providing in-depth coverage of the Civil War, Reconstruction, the Gilded Age, the Progressive Era and beyond.
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Magazines and journals published in the U.S. before 1900.
Use this resource to search the full text of American journals and magazines published between 1741 and 1900, including Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine, the first American professional journals, and several popular magazines still in publication, such as Vanity Fair, Harper's, and Ladies' Home Journal.
Alternate name: APS Online
Vendor name: ProQuest
Update frequency: quarterly
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More info: Derived from the microform collections--American periodical series, eighteenth century; American periodical series, 1800-1850; and: American periodical series, 1850-1900.
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Articles in all subject areas from more than 16,000 journals.
Subject coverage in science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture is particularly strong.
Vendor name: OCLC FirstSearch
Update frequency: daily
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Heaton, Shelley
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A group of indexes covering criminal justice, design, education, environment, geoscience, government, political science, and sociology with links to full text articles.
More than 20 indexes searchable through the Illumina interface. Areas of focus include criminal justice, design, education, environment, geoscience, government, political science, and sociology. Citations have links to the full text of articles. Use the "Specific databases" link to see a list of more than 20 databases with a brief description of each. From the list choose a single database to search or select multiple databases to search simultaneously.
Alternate name: CSA Illumina
Vendor name: ProQuest-CSA
Update frequency: varies most are weekly or monthly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information
Chicago Tribune, 1849-1985
full text
1849-1985.
Cover to cover digital reproductions of the Chicago Tribune from 1849-1985 with searchable full text.
Complete issues of the Chicago Tribune, including news, ads, obituaries, reviews, editorials, legal notices, comics, and photographs. Search by full text and view digital reproductions of newspaper pages. Output is a PDF image of the article as it appeared in the paper.
Vendor name: ProQuest
Update frequency: complete
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More info: Can be searched in combination with historical NY Times, historical LA Times, and American Periodical Series.
For access to the text of Chicago Tribune articles after 1985 see ProQuest Newspapers.
CQ Electronic Library
full text
Combined access to the CQ Public Affairs Collection, the CQ Researcher and the CQ Weekly.
These three resources can be searched simultaneously or individually.
Vendor name: CQ Press
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Lowe, Sidney
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Reporting on vital public policy issues with statistical and historical analyses; also includes the full text of historic documents and primary source materials concerning public affairs.
Organized by key public affairs subject headings - like advocacy and public service, education, environment and natural resources, health, and national security - the CQ Public Affairs Collection features in-depth reporting on vital public policy issues, statistical and historical analyses, and the full text of many historic documents and primary source materials.
Vendor name: CQ Press
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Lowe, Sidney
Comprehensive roundup of virtually all Capitol Hill activity from the previous week.
Excellent source of current information on hot legislative topics in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate.
Alternate name: Congressional Quarterly
Vendor name: CQ Press
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Lowe, Sidney
Dictionaries, specialized encyclopedias, quotations, thesauri, and bilingual dictionaries.
Full text of encyclopedia entries plus over 20,000 searchable images including photographs, fine art, scientific diagrams and more. Covers a broad range of topics from biography to medicine and Shakespeare to technology.
Alternate name: xreferplus
Vendor name: Credo Reference
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Heaton, Shelley
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Full text of most dissertations produced after 1997; citations and abstracts for others.
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses contains over 1.5 million entries, providing citations to North American and European dissertations from 1861 forward, with abstracts from 1980 forward. It also provides citations and abstracts for theses from 1988 forward. Full text of UNLV theses and dissertations available from 1996 to the present. Full text from all other institutions available from 1997 to the present.
Alternate name: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
Update frequency: Updated quarterly
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Digital copies of more than 30,000 complete books, reports and other resources covering all academic subject areas.
Books and other materials are arranged in five main subject areas - business and economics, career and general education, computers, engineering and applied sciences, humanities, social/behavioral sciences and life/physical sciences. The ebrary reader is required to view books and can be downloaded for free from ebrary. A free account is needed In order to access some features (i.e. saving notes and highlights).
Vendor name: Ebrary
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More than 30 databases indexing all subject areas with a heavy focus on business, education, film, health, psychology, sociology, and sports.
Lists more than 30 databases available through the EBSCOhost interface. The databases index all subject areas with solid coverage of business, education, film, health, psychology, sociology, and sports. For each database there is a description of the content and some link to a Title List of indexed journals. The databases contain full text articles and link to more articles. Choose a single database to search or select multiple databases and search them simultaneously
Alternate name: EbscoHOST
Vendor name: Ebsco Publishing
Update frequency: varies
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information
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Continuously updated news and business information from major news sources.
The full text of all editions of Dow Jones publications, the Wall Street Journal and Barron's, plus the Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, three months of the New York Times, and 8,000 other publications. 20,000 company reports and 8,500 editorially selected business Web sites are also available through the Factiva service.
Contains television and radio transcripts, general business and industry magazines, company reports, and historical market data.
Vendor name: Factiva
Update frequency: continuous
Languages: 22 languages
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Grays, Lateka
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Database of public opinions. Also contains in-depth public opinion and management data analyses.
Searchable database of public opinion including answers to questions and responses from more than 3.5 million people interviewed by The Gallup Poll since 1935. It also contains Gallup Poll News Service articles, Gallup Poll Tuesday Briefing articles, and Gallup Management Journal articles that feature in-depth public opinion and management data analyses. Replicas of historical news stories and press releases are also included.
Vendor name: Gallup Organization
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Skarl, Susie
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In-depth reports describe and analyze important issues and current events.
These in-depth reports describe and analyze public policy controversies. Expert journalists present balanced information on all sides of an issue, including data from government agencies, comments from experts in the field, numerous charts and graphs, a pro-con feature, a chronology, a lengthy bibliography for additional research, and a list of contacts. CQ Researcher addresses current events, campus life, ethical dilemmas, and trends in American culture and is an excellent starting point for students trying to select or narrow down a paper topic!
Alternate name: CQ Researcher
Vendor name: CQ Press
Update frequency: weekly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information
Google Books
Search the full text of digitized books.
Depending on copyright status, you may see your search term highlighted in snippets of the text or in a "limited preview" of a few pages of the book. If the book is out of copyright (published before 1923), you'll be able to page through the entire book or download it as a PDF.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Heaton, Shelley
Searches scholarly journal articles. Set preferences to UNLV for full text access!
Google Scholar (Beta) searches for scholarly materials such as peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and reports from many academic and technical fields. It is freely available to anyone searching the Internet; however, many of the links that lead to full text resources are not. On your first visit, go to Google Scholar Preferences and use the Library Links box to set UNLV as your source for no-fee access to many full text articles. For answers to questions about Google Scholar, check out the FAQ.
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Information about government documents published since 1976.
Index to the complete Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications from 1976 to the present, containing over 400,000 records and thousands of links to full text documents.
Alternate name: Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
Vendor name: Autographics
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Lowe, Sidney
Tables of data related to population, work and welfare, and international relations.
A source for quantitative indicators of American history, this database of almost 2000 tables covers nearly every quantifiable dimension in American history, including population, work and welfare, and international relations from the earliest times to the present.
Chapters are preceded by essays that introduce the quantitative history of their subject, provide a guide to the sources, and offer expert advice on the reliability of the data and the limits that might be placed on their interpretation.
Alternate name: HSUS
Vendor name: Cambridge University Press
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Lowe, Sidney
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Index to personal narratives (letters, diaries, memoirs, autobiographies, and oral histories) from online collections.
Some are available on the Web, some through UNLV's subscriptions to Alexander Street Press collections, and some are held by repositories and archives around the world. Perform in-depth field and keyword searches across letters, diaries, oral histories, memoirs, and autobiographies within Alexander Street Press databases and more than one million pages of editorially selected materials spanning 400 years.
Vendor name: Alexander Street Press
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
Database of grants, fellowships and scholarships for individuals and institutions.
Over 9,000 funding opportunities in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities can be located in this resource. Advanced and basic search features are offered as well as links to the websites of the funding organization. The database has an alert service that allows users to be notified of relevant funding. An expertise service allows individuals to create a profile by institution for others to view their activities.
Vendor name: Illinois Researcher Information Service
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Grays, Lateka
The Las Vegas Age newspaper, published between 1905 and 1924.
Complete digital images of the Las Vegas Age newspaper digitized from the print copies from the Special Collections of the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District. Search by date or by keyword or browse page images.
Vendor name: LVCCLD
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
Full text of articles, excluding images, from 1991 to the present.
Full text of articles from 1991 to the present. Articles do not include images.
Alternate name: LVRJ
Vendor name: ProQuest-CSA
Update frequency: daily
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information
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ProQuest Newspapers.
Searchable published news, legal, medical and business information.
The news section delivers the full text of international, national and regional newspapers along with wire services, broadcast transcripts, magazines, and non-English language sources.
The legal section contains U.S. Federal and state case law, codes, regulations, legal news, law reviews and international legal information. This includes Shepard's Citations for all U.S. Supreme Court cases back to 1789.
The medical section supplies information from news and medical journals, and provides abstracts to medical news from Medline.
The business section includes business news journals, company financial information, SEC filings and reports, and industry and market news.
Alternate name: Academic Universe
Vendor name: LexisNexis
Update frequency: Updated daily
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Heaton, Shelley
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Books available for 1-3 day delivery to UNLV Libraries.
LINK+ is a book request service that uses a shared library catalog to allow UNLV students, staff and faculty to search for and borrow over 8 million books and documents from over 40 libraries throughout California and Nevada.
More borrowing options.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information
Cover to cover digital reproductions of the Los Angeles Times from 1881-1984 with searchable full text.
Complete issues of the Los Angeles Times, including news, ads, obituaries, reviews, editorials, legal notices, comics, and photographs. Search by full text and view digital reproductions of newspaper pages. Output is a PDF image of the article as it appeared in print.
Alternate name: LA Times
Vendor name: ProQuest-CSA
Update frequency: complete
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
Digital copies of more than 3,000 complete books, reports and other resources covering all academic subject areas.
Browse e-books for quick research and reference or create a free account to check out items, create notes, and list favorites.
Vendor name: NetLibrary
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Del Bosque, Darcy
Cover to cover digital reproductions of the New York Times with searchable full text.
For 2003- present see ProQuest Newspapers
Vendor name: ProQuest-CSA
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
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Regional newspapers and broadcast television transcripts.
Newspaper Source provides selected full text coverage for more than 240 newspapers and other sources. This collection includes cover-to-cover full text for USA Today, The Christian Science Monitor, and The Times (London), as well as selected full text from more than 180 regional newspapers including: Boston Globe, Detroit Free Press, Houston Chronicle, Miami Herald, San Jose Mercury News, etc. Full text transcripts are also included from Face the Nation, CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, 60 Minutes, O'Reilly Factor, Hannity & Colmes, National Public Radio, and more.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Haslam, Michaelyn
Subject dictionaries and reference works.
Access to over 100 language and subject dictionaries and reference works containing over 60,000 pages of material. Includes sources covering general reference, language, science, medicine, humanities, social sciences, and business. List of full text reference books.
Vendor name: Oxford University Press
Update frequency: Updated regularly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Heaton, Shelley
Journal articles in the humanities and social sciences published between 1802-1995.
Search international scholarly literature in the humanities and social sciences disciplines from 1802 to 1995. PAO includes pre-1995 issues of over 400 journals, including many journals published in languages other than English.
Vendor name: ProQuest
Update frequency: quarterly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
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Databases from ProQuest.
Current collections: ABI/INFORM, Accounting & Tax Index, Dissertations & Theses, Ethnic NewsWatch, GenderWatch, ProQuest Newspapers, Chicago Tribune, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Los Angeles Times. Historical collections: American Periodicals Series Online, ProQuest Historical Annual Reports, Chicago Tribune (1849 - 1985), Los Angeles Times (1881 - 1985), The New York Times (1851 - 2003)
Vendor name: ProQuest
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information
ProQuest Newspapers
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1980s-.
Searchable current and recent newspapers from ProQuest.
Full text of articles from nine major national newspapers: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Boston Globe, the Chicago Tribune, the Christian Science Monitor, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. Also included are the New York Times Book Review, the New York Times Magazine, and the Las Vegas Review Journal.
Vendor name: ProQuest
Update frequency: Updated daily
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information
Times Digital Archive, 1785-1985
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1785-1985.
Full text of the London Times though 1985
The Times Digital Archive, 1785-1985, presents searchable full text and page images of The Times (London). The Times is the "world's newspaper of record" and covers all major international historical events from the French Revolution to the Falkland War. Search the full text of the entire newspaper, including articles, editorials, and advertising.
Alternate name: London Times
Vendor name: Gale
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
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Links to government web sites.
Government information resources include Congressional laws and hearings, nutrition, crime, diseases, endangered species, immigration, and much more. The U.S. federal government is also the world's greatest collector and publisher of statistics. UNLV Libraries’ tangible collection of government publications is located in Lied Library on the second floor and in LASR (Lied Automated Storage and Retrieval). Ask for assistance at the service desk or call 895-2200.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Lowe, Sidney
Find out which books, encyclopedias, periodicals, audiovisual items, maps and government documents are available from UNLV Libraries by searching the library catalog. Includes links to books available online.
The LOCATION and CALL NUMBER information helps you physically locate each item in the library.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Del Bosque, Darcy
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Use WorldCat to search the holdings of academic, public and special libraries around the world.
This union catalog contains records of books and other items in libraries worldwide. Items owned by UNLV Libraries are indicated; UNLV students, faculty and staff may request books via Document Delivery Services.
Vendor name: OCLC FirstSearch
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UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information;
Heaton, Shelley
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Credo Reference
Encyclopedias in many academic disciplines. Title has changed to Credo Reference.
