American Reference Center
On-Line Databases
LEXIS-NEXIS http://www.lexis-nexis.com/research
Lexis-Nexis provides on-line full-text legal, news, and business information from over 3,200 legal and business publications. The Lexis service contains major archives of federal and state case law, continuously updated statuses of all 50 states, state and federal regulations, and public records from major U.S. states. Nexis is a leading full-text news and business information service with an online archival source for the New York Times.
PROQUEST DIRECT http://www.umi.com/proquest
This on-line database offers access to up-to-date summaries of articles from over 5,000 publications, many of which are in full text, full image format.
FACTIVA http://www.factiva.com/
Factiva, a Dow Jones & Reuters Company, provides world class global content, including Dow Jones and Reuters Newswires and The Wall Street Journal - unduplicated in a single service elsewhere. Factiva offers the only single content solution with multiple language interfaces and multilingual content covering nearly 8,000 sources.
Factiva's products and services help companies integrate news and business information into their daily workflow to increase organizational intelligence and leverage external and internal content within the knowledge management function. Factiva's content management and integration services are used by leading organizations around the world.
Built on industry standards and open architecture, Factiva products deliver flexible, extensible, customizable solutions to enable easy integration and use in the enterprise. Editorial and technical consulting, taxonomy application, integration expertise and e-learning programs reflect Factiva's innovative approach to delivering solutions beyond the content.
STAT-USA http://www.stat-usa.gov/
The U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration support this on-line information resource. It contains crucial and timely business and economic information produced by Federal agencies. This mostly text version of Stat-USA is accessible through World Wide Web.
GPO ACCESS http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs
A service of the U.S. Government Printing Office. Connection to GPO access allows you to search in the official Federal Government databases: Code of Federal Regulations; Commerce Business Daily; Congressional Bills; Congressional Record; Federal Register; Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications; Public Laws; U.S. Code, and other important government documents. Most databases are updated by 6 a.m. EST daily. The Congressional Record is usually available by 11:00 a.m. EST.
FIRST SEARCH http://www.ref.oclc.org/
First Search provides access to more than 60 databases and gives users an easy-to-use interface. This powerful tool increases the availability of reference information by providing seamless access to bibliographic, abstract, and full text information with photographs, and other images. Users can just point and click their way through First Search on the World Wide Web. Net First, the authoritative directory for Internet resources is available on the First Search, visit here for a demo on the World Wide Web.
EBSCOHost http://search.ebscohost.com/
Academic Search Elite
Academic Search Elite offers full text for more than 2,000 serials, including more than 1,500 peer-reviewed titles. This multi-disciplinary database covers virtually every area of academic study. More than 100 journals have PDF images back to 1985. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost.
Business Source Elite
This business database provides full text for nearly 1,100 business publications, including full text for nearly 500 peer-reviewed business publications. The rich collection of titles in Business Source Elite provides information dating back to 1985. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost.
Regional Business News
This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. This database is updated on a daily basis.