Online Resources by Subject

These online resources are available from any computer with an Internet connection. If you are asked for a username and password, use your JBU username and password. If you do not know your JBU username and password, e-mail help@jbu.edu.

Select a subject area from the list: click here... Multi-Subject Collections of Journal Articles Books Reference Newspapers & Current Events Government Information & Statistics Conference Papers & Proceedings Biblical Studies Business Communication & Fine Arts Education Engineering & Construction Management Humanities & Social Sciences Natural Science

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Multi-Subject Collections of Journal Articles

• Academic Search Elite Full-Text
  Full-text articles and citations from 4,000 journal titles
• ArticleFirst
  Index of articles from the contents pages of 12,000 journals
• ECO
  Index of 3,000 scholarly journals
• FirstSearch
  11 databases; indexes, world-wide catalog
• JSTOR Journals Full-Text
  The complete back runs of nearly 400 journal titles in 28 disciplines.
• ProQuest Direct Full-Text
  Index to citations and abstracts; full text and/or images for select publications.

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Books

• ChoiceReviews.Online Full-Text
  Reviews on books and electronic resources by subject experts for academic libraries.
• Ebrary E-books: Religion Collection FULL-TEXT
  800 full-text e-books on religion and theology.
• JBU Catalog
  Find books and other materials held at the JBU Library
• NetLibrary E-Books Full-Text
  10,400 full-text e-books
• WorldCat
  Catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide.

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Reference

• A to Z Maps Online Full-Text
  5,000 political, physical, thematic, and outline maps, updated continuously.
• Britannica Online Full-Text
  Encyclopedia Britannica, with links to sound and video clips
• Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia Full-Text
  Provides access to up-to-date, concise drug monographs for all U.S. prescription drugs, herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products, and new drugs.
• LexisNexis Academic Full-Text
  Full-text documents from over 5,600 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications.
• MasterFILE Premier Full-Text
  Full text for 1,950 general reference publications as far back as 1975. Includes 316 full text reference books, 88,000 biographies, 83,500 primary source documents, and an image collection of 107,000 photos, maps and flags.
• Oxford English Dictionary Online Full-Text
  The most authoritative and comprehensive dictionary of English, now online.
• World Almanac Full-Text
  Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and four almanacs

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Newspapers & Current Events

• Associated Press Multimedia Archive Full-Text
  Searchable library of AP photos, graphics, text, and audio clips
• Chronicle of Higher Education Online Full-Text
  10-year archive of the print journal and daily updates on grant opportunities, developments in higher education, and job announcements. E-mail library@jbu.edu for username and password.
• Facts on File: World News Digest
  U.S. and world news from newspaper sources, 1940 to the present.
• LexisNexis Academic Full-Text
  Full-text documents from over 5,600 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications.
• Newspaper Source Full-Text
  Selected full text for 180 regional U.S. newspapers, international newspapers, and news wires.
• Topic Search Full-Text
  Current events database contains full text for more than 1,500 periodicals.
• Wall Street Journal Full-Text

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Government Information & Statistics

• The Gallup Brain Full-Text
  Gallup polls from 1935 to the present.
• GPO Full-Text
  U.S. government publications
• Historical Statistics of the United States Online Full-Text
  The standard source for the quantitative facts of American history.
• LexisNexis Academic Full-Text
  Full-text documents from over 5,600 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications.
• SIRS Government Reporter Full-Text
  Full text documents on a variety of subjects, published by the federal government.
• World Data Analyst Online Full-Text
  Detailed statistical comparisons of countries around the world

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Conference Papers & Proceedings

• PaperFirst
  Index of papers presented at conferences worldwide
• Proceedings
  Index of worldwide conference proceedings

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Biblical Studies

• ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials Full-Text
  Citations for 1500 religion and theology journals; over 50 titles are full-text.
• Biblical Archaeology Society Online Archive Full-Text
  Articles from the bimonthly magazine, Biblical Archaeology Review, from 1975 to the present.
• Christian Periodical Index
  Indexes articles from 120 evangelical publications; includes some full-text articles.
• Encyclopedia of the Qur'an Full-Text
  A comprehensive reference work on Islam's primary religious text. Also available in print format in the library.
• Guide to Social Science and Religion
  Searchable index of social science and religion journals.
  
• Theological Journal Library OnlineFull-Text
  Current issues and complete archives of 22 theological journals.
• Philosopher’s Index
  Index to 570 philosophy journals from 43 countries.
  

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Business

• ABI Inform Complete Full-Text
  Nearly 3,000 full-text business journals and 14,000 business dissertations. Includes ABI Inform Global, Trade & Industry, Dateline, and Archive.
• Business Source Elite Full-Text
  Full text for more than 1,100 scholarly business journals, dating back to 1985.
• Hoover's Company Records Full-Text
  Continuously updated information about public and private companies worldwide.
• LexisNexis Academic Full-Text
  Full-text documents from over 5,600 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications.
• MarketResearch.com Academic Full-Text
  Up-to-date data and analysis of industries, markets, and products
• Regional Business News Full-Text
  Comprehensive full text coverage of r regional business publications - 75 business journals, newspapers and news wires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. This database is updated on a daily basis.
• STAT-USA Full-Text
  Business, trade, and economic data.
• The Gallup Brain Full-Text
  Gallup polls from 1935 to the present.
• Wall Street Journal Full-Text

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Communication & Fine Arts

• Associated Press Multimedia Archive Full-Text
  Searchable library of AP photos, graphics, text, and audio clips
• LexisNexis Academic Full-Text
  Full-text documents from over 5,600 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications.
• Newspaper Source Full-Text
  Selected full text for 180 regional U.S. newspapers, international newspapers, and news wires.

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Education

• EBSCO Animals Full-Text
  Provides indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals.
• ERIC Full-Text
  Contains more than 2,200 digests along with citations and abstracts from over 980 education-related journals.
• Gale Discovering Full-Text
  Full-text research materials for students K - 12.
• MAS Ultra: School Edition Full-Text
  Full text for over 500 popular general interest and current events publications. Provides 550 full text pamphlets and 253 full text reference books.
• Middle Search Plus Full-Text
  Full text for 150 popular magazines for middle and jr. high school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles).
• Primary Search Full-Text
  Full text for 60 popular magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles).
• Professional Development Collection Full-Text
  A highly specialized collection of over 500 full text educational journals, including nearly 350 peer-reviewed titles.

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Engineering & Construction Management

• IDEAL/Science Direct Full-Text
  171 full-text journals in science and related fields.
• The Thomas Register Full-Text
  A comprehensive resource for industrial information, products, services, CAD drawings, and more.

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Humanities & Social Sciences

• ClasePeriodica
  Index of 1,200 Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities.
• Early American Newpapers Collection FULL-TEXT
  Fully searchable digital facsimiles of over 125 significant 19th- and 20th-century newspapers.
• Facts on File: World News Digest
  U.S. and world news from newspaper sources, 1940 to the present.
• Guide to Social Science and Religion
  Searchable index of social science and religion journals.
• Historical Statistics of the United States Online Full-Text
  The standard source for the quantitative facts of American history.
• JSTOR Journals Full-Text
  The complete back runs of 117 journal titles in fifteen disciplines.
• Legal Collection Full-Text
  Full text for 250 scholarly law journals.
• LexisNexis Academic Full-Text
  Full-text documents from over 5,600 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications.
• LISTA
  Library Information Science and Technology Abstracts. Indexing and abstracts for more than 600 library/information science periodicals.
• Literary Reference Center Full-Text
  Over 300 literary journals, plus author interviews and biographies, short stories, poems, and plot summaries.
• MLA International Bibliography
  1.4 million citations from scholarly materials in the fields of literature, linguistics, and folklore.
• Oxford English Dictionary Online Full-Text
  The most authoritative and comprehensive dictionary of English, now online.
• PsycINFO
  Database of psychological literature abstracts from 1887 to the present.

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Natural Science

• ACS - American Chemical Society Journals Full-Text
  Forty full-text journals in chemistry.
• American Society for Microbiology Journals Full-Text
  Twelve premier journals in microbiology; delay of six months due to publisher’s restriction.
• Annual Reviews Full-Text
  A comprehensive database of review literature in the sciences.
• Annual Review of Biochemistry
  Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics
  Annual Review of Genetics
  Annual Review of Immunology
  Annual Review of Microbiology
  Annual Review of Nutrition
  Annual Review of Physiology
  Annual Review of Psychology
  Annual Review of Environment and Resources
  Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry
• BioOne Full-Text
  Eighty-two full-text journals in biology.
• ClasePeriodica
  Index of 1,200 Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities.
• Faculty of 1000 Biology Full-Text
  Thousands of selections and evaluations of the most important papers within all areas of biological research, continuously updated.
• Health Source: Consumer Edition Full-Text
  Information on the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health, including full text for over 190 journals.
• Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition Full-Text
  Nearly 600 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines, with abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals.
• IDEAL/Science Direct Full-Text
  171 full-text journals in science and related fields.
• Knovel's Chemical References Full-Text
  4 interactive chemistry handbooks/tables
• MEDLINE
  Information on all areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing.
• Nature Full-Text
  

  International weekly journal of science, starting in January 2008.  Full text from 1987 – 1990, 1999 – 2008, available in the library in paper.  Full text for 1996 – 1998 is on microfiche.  Full text from 1997 to the present (with 12 month delay) available at EBSCO Academic Search Elite

• Public Library of Science
  8 peer-reviewed journals in science

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