OCLC FirstSearch Database Descriptions
- ArticleFirst® Database--OCLC
- This database contains bibliographic citations that describe items listed on the table of contents pages of journals in the areas of science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture.
- Subject Coverage
: science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture
- Popular and/or Scholarly
: both
- Fulltext Coverage
: none
- Abstract and Index Coverage
: table of contents pages of nearly 12,500 journals, dating back to 1990
- Features
: over 9,277,000 citations, updated daily; provides a list of libraries that hold the journal title for most items
- Applied Science & Technology Abstracts--H. W. Wilson Company
- This database leads users to the latest findings in every area of science, engineering, and technology.
- Subject Coverage
: engineering, mathematics, physics, computer, and technology
- Popular and/or Scholarly
: scholarly
- Fulltext Coverage
: none
- Abstracts & Indexing
: over 510 international and English-language periodicals since 1983; abstracts since March 1994
- Features
: over 1,000,000 records; updated monthly
- Biological & Agricultural Index--H. W. Wilson Company
- In this index, information ranges from groundwater pollution to genetic engineering and covers the entire range of sciences related to biology and agriculture.
- Subject Coverage
: life sciences, soil cultivation, crop production, raising livestock
- Popular and/or Scholarly
: scholarly
- Fulltext Coverage
: none
- Abstracts & Indexing
: indexes 335 key periodicals in the life sciences and agriculture
- ContentsFisrst® Database--OCLC
- This unique database contains the table of contents pages and holdings information for journals in science, technology, medicine, social sciences, business, the humanities, and popular culture. Although most of the journals are published in English, journals in other languages are also included.
- Subject Coverage
: business, science, the humanities, social sciences, medicine, technology, and popular culture
- Popular and/or Scholarly
: both
- Fulltext Coverage
: none
- Abstracts & Indexing
: more than 12,500 periodical titles since Jan 1990
- Features
: updated daily; over 595,000 records
- Electronic Collections Online (ECO) Database--OCLC
- Electronic Collections Online is a growing collection of journals in a variety of subject areas.
- Subject Coverage
: agriculture, education, history, law, library science, philosophy, technology
- Popular and/or Scholarly
: scholarly
- Fulltext Coverage
: fulltext articles from journals to which your library or institution subscribes; more than 1,300 titles, 1995 to present
- Abstracts & Indexing
: abstracts for articles from journals to which your library or institution subscribes; more than 1,300 titles; 1995 to present
- Features
: over 130,000 records; updated daily
- ERIC--U.S. Department of Education
- The ERIC database is a guide to published and unpublished sources on thousands of educational topics.
- Subject Coverage
: all aspects of education
- Popular and/or Scholarly
: both, professional trade
- Fulltext Coverage
: of the ERIC Digests documents; contains 2,046 Digests published since 1981 through March 1999
- Abstracts & Indexing
: more than 850,000 annotated references to nonjournal material issued in the monthly Resources in Education (RIE) and to journal articles issued in the monthly Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE); 1966 to the present
- Features
: updated monthly; 983,000 records
- GPO Monthly Catalog--U.S. Government Printing Office
- GPO covers all types of U.S. government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by executive departments (Defense, State, Labor, Office of the President, etc.)
- Subject Coverage
: U.S. government information sources
- Popular and/or Scholarly
: both
- Fulltext Coverage
: none
- Abstracts & Indexing
: bibliographic citations for 522,000 records since 1976
- Features
: updated monthly
- MEDLINE--U.S. National Library of Medicine
- This specialized database covers all areas of medicine, including clinical medicine, experimental medicine, dentistry, nursing, health services administration, nutrition, and much more.
- Subject Coverage
: clinical medicine, experimental medicine, dentistry, nursing, health services administration, and nutrition
- Popular and/or Scholarly
: scholarly, professional & trade
- Fulltext Coverage
: linked to corresponding fulltext articles available through Electronic Collections Online
- Abstracts & Indexing
: 3,900 journals since 1966
- Features
: updated monthly
- NetFirst® Database--OCLC
- NetFirst is the premiere database that contains bibliographic citations--complete with summary descriptions and subjects--describing high-quality Internet-accessible resources.
- Subject Coverage
: agriculture, education, history, the humanities, law, social sciences, philosophy, religion & religions, and science
- Popular and/or Scholarly
: both
- Fulltext Coverage
: provides links to electronically published literature
- Abstracts & Indexing
: more than 105,000 records
- Features
: updated monthly
- PAIS International--Public Affairs Information Service, Inc.
- PAIS contains references to articles, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, and statistical directories.
- Subject Coverage
: public affairs
- Popular and/or Scholarly
: scholarly
- Fulltext Coverage
: none
- Abstracts & Indexing
: 1972 to the present; 2,100 titles
- Features
: updated monthly; 449,000 records
- PapersFirst®--OCLC
- This database provides access to individual papers presented at conferences worldwide. It is a major research aid covering every congress, symposium, exposition, workshop, and meeting added to The British Library Document Supply Centre's (BLDC) vast proceedings collection. The BDLC is a document supplier for the OCLC Interlibrary Loan service. The FirstSearch/OCLC ILL link is the best way to obtain conference papers cited in PapersFirst.
- Subject Coverage
: Business, the humanities, medicine, science, social sciences , and technology
- Popular and/or Scholarly
: scholarly
- Fulltext Coverage
: none
- Abstracts & Indexing
: since October 1993
- Features
: updated 24 times a year; 2,378,000 records
- ProceedingsFirst--OCLC
- This database provides the table of contents of papers presented at conferences worldwide. Each record contains a list of the papers presented at each conference.
- Subject Coverage
: Business, the humanities, medicine, popular culture, science, social sciences, and technology
- Popular and/or Scholarly
: scholarly
- Fulltext Coverage
: none
- Abstracts & Indexing
: table of contents for nearly 12,500 since 1990
- Features
: 9,227,000 records; updated daily
- Union List of Periodicals Database--OCLC
- This database includes more than 7,000,000 listings in the WorldCat database.
- Subject Coverage
: Business, the humanities, medicine, popular culture, science, social sciences, and technology
- Popular and/or Scholarly
: both
- Fulltext Coverage
: none
- Abstracts & Indexing
: links to over 750,000 bibliographic records
- Features
: provides local holdings information
- WorldCat Database (the OCLC Online Union Catalog)--OCLC
- WorldCat is the world's most comprehensive bibliography. Covers information back to the 11th Century. It contains records from more than 30 thousand libraries all over the world.
- Subject Coverage
: Business, the humanities, medicine, popular culture, science, social sciences, and technology
- Popular and/or Scholarly
: both
- Fulltext Coverage
: none
- Abstracts & Indexing
: over 40,000,000 bibliographic records
- Features
: updated monthly
- The World Almanac--Primedia Reference, Inc.
- This reference database provides key facts on a wide variety of subjects via almanacs.
- Subject Coverage
: general reference
- Popular and/or Scholarly
: both
- Fulltext Coverage
: The World Almanac-facts on international subjects; The World Almanac of the U.S.A-facts on the United States (current & historical); The World Almanac of U.S. Politics-guidebook to federal, state and local government; The World Almanac for Kids-facts of interests to middle-school children and teachers
- Abstracts & Indexing
: none
- World Book Encyclopedia--World Book, Inc.
- This database contain 1998 version of The World Book Encyclopedia, international edition.
- Subject Coverage
: general reference
- Popular and/or Scholarly
: both
- Fulltext Coverage
: more than 17,500 articles
- Abstracts & Indexing
: none
- Features
: over 1,000 tables, updated annually, and more than 6,200 cross references
Last Updated: 10/12/99
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