Database by Subject: Current Issues and News
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1990 - present |
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Updated monthly. Provides full text for 5,256 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. Includes full-page images as well as color embedded images. | |
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Some full text available |
Aimed at HIV/AIDS patients, the general public, health care providers, and researchers, this easily navigated site provides a central source for information on clinical trials for patients with HIV and AIDS, federally approved HIV treatment and prevention guidelines, and medical practice guidelines. | |
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Some full text available |
This site offers one-stop shopping for facts, statistics, and trivia on professional baseball. Organized by categories such as all-star games, awards, fabulous feats, famous firsts, hall of fame, player stats, record book and year in review, the site also features current baseball news and "Today in Baseball History" notes. Advertising is present on the site, as are some links to eCommerce sites such as eBay offering baseball related memorabilia; however, all of the information on the Baseball Almanac site itself is free. | |
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1771 to present |
Some full text available |
This searchable directory provides biographical information on the more than 13,000 persons who have served in the U.S. Congress, including those who served in the Continental Congress. Also included are territorial delegates, resident commissioners, and U.S. Vice presidents. Based on the print publication Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, the online version has been augmented with images from Congressional photo collections, information on related research collections including personal and business papers and oral histories, as well as bibliographies from related publications | |
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1985 - present |
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Updated regularly. Provides users with the latest information and current trends in high technology. Offers full text for nearly 300 publications, covering topics such as computer science, programming, artificial intelligence, cybernetics, information systems, robotics, and software. In addition, this database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 450 publications. Leading general magazines are also provided including: eWeek, Fast Company, MacWorld, PC Magazine, PC World, Red Herring, Software Magazine, etc. Full text information in this database dates as far back as 1985. | |
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Some full text available |
Updated regularly. Consumer Health Complete (CHC) is a resource for consumer-oriented health content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic, and integrated medicine. This full text database covers topics such as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, men's & women's health, and children's health. CHC offers access to 4,100 evidenced-based full text health reports written for the lay person covering diseases, conditions, injuries, and procedures. Includes full text for more than one thousand consumer health pamphlets & leaflets from trusted organizations. Many consumer-friendly drug information resources including Clinical Pharmacology are included in CHC. In addition, 5,000 Spanish-language health reports and a Spanish-language health newswire are provided | |
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Dozens of reference sources in many subjects. | |
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This Beta site searches 4500 news sources worldwide, displaying related headlines and photos, so users may quickly compare how different news organizations are reporting the same story. A unique feature is the use of an automated grouping system based on computer algorithms which match stories with search terms without human intervention. When a headline is displayed, a link to that news story is displayed along with a link to other reports on the subject. | |
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The objective of this site is to "describe some of the warnings, offers, and pleas for help that are filling our mailboxes, clogging our mailservers, and that generally do not have any basis in fact." Suspected hoaxes can easily be verified by keyword searching, through an index, or by investigating pre-set categories such as Urban Myths, Giveaways, etc. | |
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Updated daily. Provides full-text access to over 100 newspapers, including titles of local interest like the Austin-American Statesman and the Houston Chronicle. Search articles by title, headline, date, author or section. | |
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1980's - present |
No full text |
Updated regularly. Provides abstracts and indexing for literature related to personal computing products and developments in business, the Internet, the home, and all other applied areas. Over 400 of the most important trade publications, mainstream computer magazines, and professional journals are covered, including those that focus on specific topics such as Macintosh and Windows platforms, programming, web development and more. Special emphasis is also given to hardware and software reviews. Content coverage extends back to the 1980s. | |
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Updated daily. Provides access to information, including Congressional Indexes from 1789 to the present, from and about the U.S. Congress. Includes legislation and public policy, statistical information including projections and analyses, legislative history, federal regulations, voting and financial records for individual members as well as members of various congressional committees. | |
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Some full text available |
Updated regularly. A complementary and alternative medicine database designed specifically for the consumer-health researcher. Contains almost two hundred articles on medical conditions presented in an evidence-based manner that alternative medicine therapies proposed for use in their treatment. It also contains detailed, evidence-based information on herbs and supplements, functional foods, and other alternative therapies such as acupuncture and homeopathy. An additional section, linked to the others, provides comprehensive information on drug/herb/supplement interactions. The articles contained in the database are entirely based on double-blind, placebo-controlled studies and other forms of meaningful scientific evidence. At present, more than 12,000 such studies are cited in the material, and new studies are added regularly. The evidence-based content has been developed and reviewed by a team of physicians and pharmacologists with the goal of providing consumers with reliable information. | |
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Some full text available |
Updated frequently throughout the day, the New York Times' web site offers comprehensive and detailed coverage of national and international news, business, technology, sports and the arts. While selected areas of the site are available to all, users are required to complete a free registration in order to access all of the information provided on the site. Registration also provides searching access to the NYT's web archive of over 500,000 articles dating back to January 1996. Full-text articles published within the past seven days can be accessed without charge while searches for older articles generate free abstracts with an option to purchase the full text of these articles. | |
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Updated daily. Provides cover-to-cover full text for 20 national (U.S.) & international newspapers, including The Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Times (London), Toronto Star, etc. Also contains selected full text for more than 230 regional (U.S.) newspapers, including The Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Detroit Free Press, The Miami Herald, Daily News (New York), San Jose Mercury News, etc. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts are provided from CBS News, FOX News, NPR, etc. | |
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Updated daily. Full text newswire database that incorporates 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. | |
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1975 - present |
Some full text available |
Updated daily. A comprehensive database covering such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. Offers more than 300 full text journals, including more than 250 peer-reviewed titles. In addition to the full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for all journals in the database. Full text information in this database dates as far back as 1975. | |
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Most Current |
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Updated regularly. Provides access to the most up-to-date and accurate bibliographic information as well as current pricing structures for popular serials. It contains over 184,000 U.S. and international titles, including newspapers; historical data for an additional 20,000 titles; data from nearly 83,500 publishers worldwide, including e-mail and Internet addresses; and Library of Congress and Dewey Decimal Classifications for every entry. | |
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Updated weekly. Includes more than 80 full text journals and books about Texas history, ethnic & cultural diversity, gender studies, literature, public health, business as well as home & garden and sports & leisure. The database contains biographies portraying famous historical and contemporary Texans. Also available in the Texas Reference Center is the Spanish-language newspaper El Sol de Texas with Texas and national news coverage. | |
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Some full text available |
The US government's Official Web Portal |