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Name Academic Universe
Subject Coverage company profiles and financial reports, government transcripts, trade journals, academic and legal databases
Source(s) Lexis-Nexis Universe, with over 18,300 sources
Dates of Coverage  
Document Type(s) full-text documents from general interest wire services, newspapers, and magazines from around the world

Name AgeLine
Subject Coverage AgeLine on the Web is a comprehensive bibliographic database about aging, middle age, and the elderly. Topics covered include psychology, public policy, healthcare, business, gerontology, and consumer issues.
Source(s) Created by AARP, vendor SilverPlatter
Dates of Coverage 1978 to present
Document Type(s) AgeLine contains references and original abstracts to material. The references found in AgeLine are indexed and abstracted from journals, books, book chapters, reports, and government documents. Indexing from journals ranges from peer-reviewed titles to general interest publications.

Name Biological Abstracts (BA)
Subject Coverage life sciences from "Agriculture to microbiology to zoology"
Source(s) BIOSIS
Dates of Coverage 1980 to present
Document Type(s) journal literature

Name Biological Abstracts/RRM (BA/RRM)
Subject Coverage life sciences
Source(s) BIOSIS
Dates of Coverage 1989 to present
Document Type(s) meetings, books, CD-ROMs, literature reviews, reports, references, patents

Name CAB - Center for Agriculture & Biosciences Abstracts
Subject Coverage agriculture, forestry, some aspects of human health, human nutrition, animal health and management and conservation of natural resources
Source(s) Center for Agriculture & Biosciences International
Dates of Coverage 1973 to present
Document Type(s) journals and other serial publications, conference proceedings, books, theses, annual and other reports, and patents and standards

Name CINAHL - Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature
Subject Coverage nursing and allied health
Source(s) Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature by CINAHL Information Systems
Dates of Coverage 1982 to present
Document Type(s) journals, books, publications from ANA & NLN, software, AV material, pamphlets, research instruments and dissertations

Name Congressional Universe
Subject Coverage information published by and about Congress, CIS/Index to Publications of the US Congress, Congressional Record, legislation, Federal Record, and the National Journal
Source(s) Lexis-Nexis Universe, with over 18,300 sources
Dates of Coverage CIS/Index to Publications of the US Congress: 1970 to present;
Committee Reports from 1990 to present;
Congressional Testimony from 1988 to present
Document Type(s) indexes, abstracts, and some full text of Committee Reports

Name Clinical Pharmacology
Subject Coverage pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and nutritional product information
Source(s) Gold Standard Multimedia, Inc.
Dates of Coverage current
Document Type(s) full monographs and "mini" monographs

Name Dissertation Abstracts (via FirstSearch)
Subject Coverage every doctoral dissertation completed in the US at accredited institutions; includes master's theses and foreign language dissertations
Source(s) UMI
Dates of Coverage 1849 to present; abstracts since 1980 for dissertations and since 1988 for theses
Document Type(s) doctoral dissertations; master's theses and foreign language dissertations

Name EBSCOhost Web
Subject Coverage Academic Search Elite - social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education
Business Source Premier - scholarly business journals
Health Business FullText - business of health care administration and more
Source(s) 2,710 scholarly journals
Dates of Coverage varies by source
Document Type(s) full text journal articles

Name Evidence-Based Medicine Reviews
Subject Coverage evidence-based medicine
Source(s)

Best Evidence,Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and DARE - Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness
Dates of Coverage 1991 to present
Document Type(s) journal articles; Best Evidence contains full-text of 2 journals: ACP Journal Club and Evidence-Based Medicine. Cochrane Database contains full text of systematic reviews.

Name ERIC
Subject Coverage broad coverage of education and related fields
Source(s) RIE (Resources in Education) & CIJE (Current Index to Journals in Education)
Dates of Coverage current file (1988 to present); backfile (1967 to 1987)
Document Type(s) journal articles, published and unpublished resources

Name Gale Virtual Reference Library
Subject Coverage Arts, Biography, Business, Education, Environment, History, Law, Literature, Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Nation and World, Religion, Science, and Social Science.
Source(s) eBook format include multi-volume encyclopedias, biographical collections, business plan handbooks, company history compilations, consumer health references, and specialized reference sources.
The list is custom tailored for UF.
Dates of Coverage varies
Document Type(s) eBooks

Name HaPI - Health and Psychosocial Instruments
Subject Coverage rating scales, questionnaires, checklists, tests, interview schedules, and coding schemes/manuals for health and social sciences
Source(s) Behavioral Measurement Database Services
Dates of Coverage 1985 to present
Document Type(s) journal articles and books

Name Health and Wellness Resource Center
Subject Coverage medical topics, nursing and allied health, nutrition, and healthy lifestyles
Source(s) Gale Group
Dates of Coverage past three years to present
Document Type(s) provides bibliographic references, some include abstracts, while others provide full text information; a medical dictionary; audiovisuals, excerpts from reference and text books; contact information for support groups, directories and hotlines of research centers; and pamphlets issued by leading health organizations

Name International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (IPA)
Subject Coverage biopharmaceuticals and the pharmaceutical industry
Source(s) American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Dates of Coverage 1970 to present
Document Type(s) journals articles, presentation abstracts from the American Pharmaceutical Association and the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, and all state pharmacy journals.

Name Institute for Scientific Information (ISI)
Subject Coverage shared portal to Current Contents Connect (CCC), Web of Science (WOS), and Journal Citation Report (JCR)
Source(s) varies with datadase
Dates of Coverage varies with datadase
Document Type(s) journal articles, meeting abstracts, book reviews, and review articles

Name Knovel Library
Subject Coverage chemistry; engineering; materials science, hazardous materials
Source(s) varies with material
Dates of Coverage varies with material
Document Type(s) books, databases

Name Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)
Subject Coverage CSA Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) assists both generalists and specialists in keeping abreast of cutting-edge developments in disciplines concerned with the nature and use of language. The database covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Complete coverage is also given to various fields of linguistics including descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical and geographical linguistics. LLBA is published by Sociological Abstracts, a division of Cambridge Scientific Abstracts.
Source(s) varies
Dates of Coverage 1973 - date
Document Type(s) journal articles

Name  Mental Measurements Yearbook
Subject Coverage Mental Measurements Yearbook, from the Buros Institute, contains descriptive information and critical reviews of more than 2,000 commercially-available standard English-language educational, personality, aptitude, neuropsychological, achievement and intelligence tests.
Reviews standard published tests in achievement, development, education, art, math, neuropsychology, personality, reading, vocations, and social studies. A critical evaluation and description of the test in addition to information on the test's purpose, audience, publisher, reliability and validity are provided for each entry.
Each entry includes test name and classification; author(s); publisher, publication date; price; time requirements; existence of validity and reliability data; score descriptions; levels; and intended populations
Source(s) OVID
Dates of Coverage 1985 to present
Document Type(s) book

Name MD Consult
Subject Coverage renowned medical texts, clinical journals, practice guidelines, drug information, patient education handouts, CME, and daily medical updates
Source(s) Elsevier
Dates of Coverage Varies
Document Type(s) medical texts, journal articles, practice guidelines, drug information, patient education handouts, CME, and daily medical updates

Name Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database
Subject Coverage The natural medicines refer to all herbal and non-herbal supplements. Some supplements may not be produced from natural sources, but are included because they are generally categorized along with natural products.
Source(s) Therapeutic Research Faculty
Dates of Coverage 1986 to present
Document Type(s) One of the most comprehensive and reliable natural medicine resources published today in the US or Canada. Collected from best practical data and consensus of scientific information on natural medicines.

Name PsycARTICLES
Subject Coverage Psychology and its related fields. PsycARTICLES at UF contains more than 25,000 searchable full-text articles from 42 journals published by American Psychological Association (APA) and allied organizations.
Source(s) American Psychological Association
Dates of Coverage Varies with each journal title
Document Type(s) Full-text journal articles


Name PsycINFO via APA
Subject Coverage experimental psychology (human, animal, and comparative), psychosexual behavior, educational psychology, applied psychology, and sports psychology. The results from a PsycINFO search here will also contain a link across to the PsycArticles full-text record if the article is available in PsycArticles.
Source(s) American Psychological Association
Dates of Coverage 1887 to current
Document Type(s) original research and journal articles, literature reviews, reports of surveys, case studies, theoretical discussions, bibliographies, and descriptions of tests and apparatus


Name PsycINFO via EBSCO
Subject Coverage experimental psychology (human, animal, and comparative), psychosexual behavior, educational psychology, applied psychology, and sports psychology. The results from a PsycINFO search here will also contain a link across to the PsycArticles full-text record if the article is available in PsycArticles.
Source(s) EBSCO
Dates of Coverage 1887 to current
Document Type(s) original research and journal articles, literature reviews, reports of surveys, case studies, theoretical discussions, bibliographies, and descriptions of tests and apparatus


Name PubMed
Subject Coverage medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the preclinical sciences, nutrition, delivery of health care, pharmacology, environmental health, pathology, toxicology, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and psychiatry
Source(s) MEDLINE and PREMEDLINE from the National Library of Medicine
Dates of Coverage 1966 to present
Document Type(s) journal articles

Name RefWorks
Subject Coverage RefWorks is a Web-based bibliography and database manager that allows you to create your own personal database by importing references from text files or online databases. You can use these references in writing papers and automatically format the paper and the bibliography in seconds.
Source(s) RefWorks
Dates of Coverage varies
Document Type(s) varies

Name STAT!Ref
Subject Coverage Biomedical textbooks
Source(s)

AHFS DRUG INFORMATION® (2004)

BASIC & CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY - 9th Ed. (2004)

CURRENT DIAGNOSIS & TREATMENT IN CARDIOLOGY - 2nd Ed. (2003)

CURRENT DIAGNOSIS & TREATMENT IN GASTROENTEROLOGY - 2nd Ed. (2003)

CURRENT DIAGNOSIS & TREATMENT IN ORTHOPEDICS - 3rd Ed. (2003)

CURRENT MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS & TREATMENT - 43rd Ed. (2004)

CURRENT OBSTETRIC & GYNECOLOGIC DIAGNOSIS & TREATMENT - 9th Ed. (2003)

CURRENT PEDIATRIC DIAGNOSIS & TREATMENT - 16th Ed. (2003)

DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL - TEXT REVISION (DSM-IV-TRT, 2000)

FAMILY MEDICINE: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE - 6th Ed. (2003)

GERIATRIC MEDICINE: AN EVIDENCE BASED APPROACH - 4th Ed. (2003)

GRIFFITH'S 5-MINUTE CLINICAL CONSULT - 12th Ed. (2004)

MEDICAL IMMUNOLOGY - 10th Ed. (2001)

PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE - 4th Ed. (1999)

PRINCIPLES OF SURGERY - 7th Ed. (1999)

REVIEW OF GENERAL PSYCHIATRY - 5th Ed. (2000)

REVIEW OF MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY - 21st Ed. (2003)

RUDOLPH'S PEDIATRICS - 21st Ed. (2002)

SMITH'S GENERAL UROLOGY - 16th Ed. (2004)

TREATMENTS OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS - 3rd Ed. (2001)

USP DI® DRUG INFORMATION FOR THE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL - 24th Ed. (2004)

WILLIAMS OBSTETRICS - 21st Ed. (2001)

Dates of Coverage Curent editions
Document Type(s) full text of medical textbooks and some periodicals

Name TOXLINE
Subject Coverage pharmacological, biochemical, physiological and toxicological effects of drugs and chemicals
Source(s) National Library of Medicine
Dates of Coverage 1967 to present (for some subfiles)
Document Type(s) books, conference proceedings, dissertations, journal articles, patents and meeting reports

Name Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory
Subject Coverage selected periodicals and serials published throughout the world, including annuals, continuations and conference proceedings, and discontinued titles
Source(s) Ulrich International
Dates of Coverage titles dating as far back as 1974, updated quarterly
Document Type(s) complete bibliographic citations, buying and ordering information, subject information, and the Dewey Decimal Classification Number

Name Web of Science
Subject Coverage (Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index)/Journal Citation Reports (164 scientific disciplines)
Searching for references and/or compiling a bibliography? Trying to find those interdisciplinary materials that fall between the sciences and the social sciences? Search the Web of Science! Learn keyword and author searching while exploring this database's ability to move backward and forward through reference lists. Determine what sources were used in writing a given article and what subsequent publications cited that particular article. Find related articles that cite several of the same references in their bibliographies or find out who has cited your articles. Also learn to use the Journal Citation Reports that rank journals by impact factor, half-life, etc.
Source(s) Institute for Scientific Information
Dates of Coverage 1977 to present
Document Type(s) journal articles, meeting abstracts, book reviews, and review articles

Name ZOOLOGICAL RECORD
Subject Coverage all aspects of zoology
Source(s) The Zoological Society and BIOSIS
Dates of Coverage 1978 to present
Document Type(s) journals, books, newsletters, reviews, annuals, meeting proceedings, monographs and reports