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Find Fast Track Resources of Special Interest to EBSL...
The Fast Track to All Resources in the alphabetical list of every LIAS database.
It serves as the gateway to the University Libraries' networked electronic resources. Fast Track consists of:
- full text and bibliographic indexes and abstracts of journal articles and newspapers
- full text materials [government documents, statistical resources, policy papers, etc.]
- reference works [directories, dictionaries, encyclopedias, etc.]
Resources in Bold = Full Text
| Academic Universe | Major U.S. & international newspapers, magazines, newsletters, wire services, transcripts, tv / radio news broadcasts, campus newspapers, and foreign language news; legal information |
| America: History and Life | Index to articles published since 1964 on American and Canadian history. Book and media reviews, books, and dissertations. |
| Annual Review of Psychology | Provides access to critical review articles that synthesize primary research literature in Psychology. Browse a single issue or search across all issues. Full-text articles from 1996 to present, and table of contents from 1984. |
| Associations Unlimited | Includes nearly 144,000 nonprofit membership organizations worldwide: International and U.S. National, Regional, State and Local.. |
| Children's Literature Comprehensive Database | Information about children's books, videos, and audio books ranging from baby board books to novels and nonfiction for young adults. About 10% include full text book reviews. |
| CQ Researcher (contemporary issues) | Weekly "magazine" that explores in-depth a single "hot issue" currently being discussed in the news, including social issues, education, science, and more. Each issue includes an essay outlining the issue, a pro-con feature, a chronology, and a bibliography. |
| Daily Collegian Index | An index of news articles between 1992-2002 that pertain to Penn State and, to a lesser extent, the surrounding area. National and state news items are indexed only if they relate to PSU. Sports section indexes only articles relating to a larger issue, such as gender equity, medicine, etc. |
| Dissertation Abstracts | The primary source for 1.4 million doctoral dissertations (and selected master's theses) from over 1000 North American and European universities. [1851 to date]. |
| E-Journals E-Newspapers (title search for PSU) | Provides title and volume information for over 10,000 full text e-journals and newspapers available in the Libraries' collection. Search by full title or browse by first letter in the title Coverage: 1998-Present. |
| Education Abstracts Full Text (Wilson) | Covers over 625 periodicals, with indexing from 1983, and full text for many since 1994. |
| ERIC (Education) | References to materials on all aspects of education - in about 1000 journals [1966-2003], and to 1 million+ ERIC Documents [1966-2004 --full text curriculum guides, reports, conference papers, etc]. |
| Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences | The online equivalent of the 24 volume encyclopedia published in 2002. Includes extensive indices, searchable full-text, and embedded electronic reference links. Annual updates are planned for release from 2004. |
| Ethnic News Watch | A comprehensive full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. More than 470,000 full-text articles from over 200 publications. Searchable in both English and Spanish, with titles in both languages and more than 100,000 articles in Spanish. |
| GenderWatch | Full text database focusing on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas. Includes journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, books, conference proceedings, government publications, and special reports. |
| Kraus Curriculum Development Library(KCDL)Online | The premier searchable database of retrospective and current collections of curriculum guides, lesson plans, frameworks, standards, and teaching practices for PreK-12, and Adult Basic Education for all disciplines. |
| LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe | See: Academic Universe |
| Linguistic and Language Behavior Abstracts | Covers all aspects of the study of language, including phonetics, hearing and speech pathology, philosophy of language, and applied linguistics |
| Medianet (Penn State's Audiovisual Database) | Films and videotapes available in the University's Media & Technology Support Services collection. |
| Mental Measurements Yearbook | Full text information about, and reviews of, all English-language standardized tests covering educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology, and related areas. |
| MIT CogNet | Provides access to a searchable, full-text library of books, journals, and reference works from the MIT Press, and content and links to resources from other publishers, professional associations, institutions, and individuals. |
| ProQuest Research Library (newspapers, magazines, business) | Indexes 5,000+ magazines, journals, and newspapers. Many are full-text or pdf files. |
| Professional Development Collection | Over 515 full text journals, including nearly 350 peer-reviewed titles, with full text back to 1965. Full text for 167 education pamphlets; a searchable images database. |
| PsycInfo (psychology) | Primary resource for psychology and related disciplines including education, organizational management, psychophysiology, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, etc. Covers 1300 journals from 50 countries; books and chapters. 1887-present. |
| ProQuest Psychology Journals | Full text database subset of PsycINFO, including only 400 full-text journals that are licensed to ProQuest. |
| Social Science Citation Index | A multidisciplinary index to the journal literature of the social sciences. |
| Web of Science | See: Social Science Citation Index |
| WorldCat | Includes over 38 million records for books, periodicals, magazines, computer files, software, etc. cataloged by OCLC libraries. Includes records for material as early as the 11th century. |