Agricola is the catalog of the United States Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Library.   It provides citations to agricultural literature.

 

 

 

 

Use this database to research thousands of people, from all eras and walks of life, whose lives have shaped the United States of America.

 

 

 

This database contains the legislative and executive documents of Congress from 1789 to 1838. The collection includes documents that cover the years 1789 to 1817 – a time period not covered by the U.S. Congressional Serial Set database.

 

 

 

 

Annual Reviews publishes reviews of scientific literature within the biomedical, physical, and social sciences disciplines.

 

 

 

 

This index describes articles, news stories, letters, and other items from journals. It then provides a list of libraries that have the journal titles.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Associations Unlimited provides data from the Encyclopedia of Associations and from the IRS. and from the IRS.

Uses for this database include locating associations, monitoring association trends, and identifying related associations.

 

 

 

 

 

This interdisciplinary database offers abstracts and citations to a wide range of research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology and ecology, and some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use this bibliographic database of print, video, and audio materials to determine if resources are in-print, out-of-print, or forthcoming.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This website links to college catalogs, maps, school profiles, and school websites. Use this website to find information about schools around the world or to search the catalogs of the schools in The University of Montana system, including Western.

 

 

 

 

 

This work includes important developments and achievements in modern insect science.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This database holds information on chemical substances such as descriptive and numerical data on chemical, physical, and biological properties of compounds. It includes systematic and common names of compounds, literature references, and structure diagrams and their associated connection tables.

 

 

 

This full-text database contains all Congressional Quarterly publications, including the CQ Researcher and the CQ Encyclopedia of American Government.

 

 

 

 

This is a database of newspaper articles from newspapers around the world.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This link takes you to a list of Ebsco publishing databases to which Western subscribes. Choose one database to search or search them all at once.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the electronic version of Chilton’s Total Car Care Series. Use this database to search for auto repair manuals for vehicles manufactured from 1946 to the present.

 

 

 

 

This is a business research database, providing full-text articles. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business.

 

 

 

Although primarily a bibliographic database, CINAHL does contain some full-text. The CINAHL database is a source of information for the professional literature of nursing, allied health, biomedicine, and healthcare.

 

 

 

This is a companion database to CINAHL. Ebsco is currently working to merge the two databases.

 

 

 

 

This database provides full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of business journals, newspapers and newswires from metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. This database is updated on a daily basis.

 

 

 

 

This database provides full-text coverage for trade and industry related periodicals covering a variety of fields such as health and medicine, mechanics, advertising, and business and management.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This database of scholarly journals provides bibliographic information for all journals, as well as abstracts and full-text articles from journals to which Western subscribes.

 

 

 

 

This resource contains a collection of education reference works, sample lesson plans, and an archive of questions and responses concerning the practice, theory, and research of education.

 

 

 

 

Emerald provides access to articles from management journals, library information science journals, and engineering and applied science and technology journals.

 

 

 

 

This is the online version of the Encyclopedia Britannica and also the Merriam-Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus.

 

 

 

 

This electronic reference work covers all aspects of geology including earth history, earth materials, surface processes, regional geology, economic geology, engineering geology, petroleum geology, geochemical and mineral exploration, and the history of geology.

 

 

 

 

ERIC contains annotated references to non-journal material issued in the monthly Resources in Education (RIE) and to journal articles issued in the monthly Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE).

 

 

 

 

ERIC contains annotated references to non-journal material issued in the monthly Resources in Education (RIE) and to journal articles issued in the monthly Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE). FirstSearch provides information on locating the full-texts of articles.

 

 

 

 

Bibliographic citations and full-text articles are included in this database featuring U.S. racial and ethnic minority newspapers, consumer magazines, and some journals. The database focus is on African American, American Indian, Asian American, and U.S. Latino publications.

 

 

 

 

This multiple subject database meets research needs across all academic disciplines, including arts and the humanities, social sciences, science, and technology. Use this database to access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers.

 

 

 

 

This webpage index links to PDF versions of federal and state court forms, other government forms, and business contract forms. 

 

 

 

 

Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.

 

 

 

 

This database provides historical and current perspectives on the evolution of gender roles as they affect both men and women.  It supports gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender studies; family studies; gender studies, and women’s studies.

 

 

 

 

Use this multiple subject database to find articles from newspapers, reference books, and periodicals. Find the latest current events, popular culture, business and industry coverage, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more.

 

 

 

 

The GeoRef database provides citations and abstracts to geosciences literature. The database contains references to geosciences journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports and theses. It covers the geology of North America from 1693 to the present and the geology of the rest of the world from 1933 to the present.

 

 

 

 

This database is the collaborative work of a number of leading earth science organizations. It is intended for use in geoscience research.

 

 

 

 

This database of U.S. government publications contains all types of U.S. government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by executive departments.

 

 

 

 

This is the online version of the 34-volume 1996 publication, The Dictionary of Artand the online version of the 2001 publication, The Oxford Companion to Western Art. Current articles and images are added on an ongoing basis.and the online version of the 2001 publication, . Current articles and images are added on an ongoing basis.

 

 

 

This is the online version of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (second edition), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (second edition). Current information is added on an ongoing basis.

 

 

 

 

Find alternative medicine-focused magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, videos, and reference information.  Included are links to diet, cancer, health assessment sites, and government databases.

 

 

 

Use this database to find articles on fitness, pregnancy, medicine, nutrition, diseases, public health, occupational health and safety, alcohol and drug abuse, HMOs, prescription drugs, etc.

 

 

 

This source of quantitative facts of American History is broad in scope. Users can merge columns from multiple tables to create custom tables, which can be downloaded, printed, or graphed.

 

 

 

 

History Resource Center: U.S. is a collection of current full-text periodicals, multimedia reference articles, and overviews and facsimiles of historic documents.

 

 

 

 

This periodical database is designed for students in junior high and middle school. It contains magazines, newspapers and reference books with information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

 

 

 

 

This periodical database is designed for elementary school students. It provides access to full-text magazines, newspapers, and reference books with information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports, and more.

 

 

 

 

This database is designed for high school students. It provides access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers, and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports, and more.

 

 

 

 

Ingenta offers citations and many abstracts to academic and professional research articles. Ingenta charges per article for full text. Most of the articles found on Ingenta can be obtained through Inter-Library loan, usually for free.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JSTOR is an archive of scholarly journals. JSTOR provides scanned images of journal issues and pages as they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated. The journals archived in JSTOR span many disciplines.

 

 

 

 

Kids InfoBits meets the research needs of students in Kindergarten through Grade 5. It features a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, a subject-based topic tree search and full-text, age-appropriate, curriculum-related magazine articles, newspaper articles, and reference content.

 

 

 

 

Use this database to find articles in major law reviews, law journals, specialty law and bar association journals, and legal newspapers. Included are articles on federal and state cases, laws and regulations, legal practice, and taxation.

 

 

The Leisure Tourismdatabase provides access to leisure, recreation, tourism, and hospitality research. This resource includes information that maps and mirrors the latest research developments in key areas of the industry.

 

 

 

LISTA indexes periodicals, books, research reports, and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, and information management.

 

 

 

 

Updated daily, this database contains information about all areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing.

 

 

 

 

 

PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources. that includes citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The New York Times (1851-2003) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.

 

 

 

 

Infotrac OneFile is a one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics. It provides millions of full-text articles, many with images, and it is updated daily.

 

 

 

 

 

Opposing Viewpoints is a source for information on social issues. This database contains articles, topic overviews, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites.

 

 

 

This resource contains numerous reference works published by the Oxford University Press. It contains an ever-expanding and continually updated list of Oxford publications including dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauri, atlases, quotations, timelines, subject-specific reference works, etc.

 

 

 

Papers First is the OCLC index of papers presented at conferences worldwide.

 

 

 

 

Use this database to search for published proceedings such as meetings, conferences, workshops, etc.

 

 

 

 

Infotrac Professional Collection is an on-line collection of professional journals for educators. It features professional journals published expressly for teachers and administrators.

 

 

 

This American Psychological Association database contains the full text of articles from many APA journals and EPF (Educational Publishing Foundation) journals.

 

 

 

 

The Reference USA database contains information on U.S. businesses, U.S. households, U.S. health care providers, Canadian businesses, and Canadian residents.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This research management tool helps researchers gather, manage, store and share references, as well as generate citations and bibliographies.

 

 

 

 

ScienceDirect is the largest electronic collection of science, technology and medicine full text and bibliographic information. It provides access to books, journals, and reference works.

 

 

Scientists are the intended user-group for this database. Scopus is an abstract and citation database of scientific research literature and web sources.

 

 

Use this database to find entry requirements for thousands of colleges and graduate schools.  Find guides for succeeding at graduate school entry exams, and take on-line practice versions of the exams.

 

 

 

The U.S. Serial Set, an ongoing collection of U.S. Government publications compiled under the directive of Congress, captures every aspect of American life from the early 19th century onward. This database provides full-text access to all of the information included in the Serial Set.

 

 

 

 

What Do I Read Next? is a database of titles, plot summaries, award information, etc. It is a reader’s advisory tool that generates lists of suggested reading based on user interests.

 

 

 

 

This database searches abstracts on articles in the fields of science and medicine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the online version of the library classic, Book Review Digest. It indexes reviews of current fiction and non-fiction, and provides excerpts of some reviews and the full text of others.

 

 

 

 

Business Full Text provides access to sources such as the New York Times Business Section, the Wall Street Journal, business magazines, and scholarly journals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Updated daily, Science Full Text features articles, plus graphs, charts, diagrams, photos, and illustrations that convey an abundance of scientific information.

 

 

 

 

Humanities Full Text includes noted scholarly sources in the humanities, as well as numerous lesser-known but important specialized magazines.

 

 

 

 

The Index to Legal Periodicals includes more than periodicals. The international coverage includes scholarly articles, symposia, jurisdictional surveys, court decisions, legislation, books, and book reviews.

 

 

 

 

This database contains articles and book reviews of key library and information science periodicals published in the United States and elsewhere. Books, chapters in collected works such as conference proceedings, library school theses, and pamphlets are also indexed.

 

 

 

 

This is the online and full text version of the periodical index that has been a reference staple for over 100 years. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature is a database containing comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and Canada.

 

 

 

 

 

Social Sciences Full Text covers the latest concepts, trends, opinions, theories, and methods from both applied and theoretical aspects of the social sciences.

 

 

 

 

The full text World Almanac contains the online versions of Funk & Wagnall’s New Encyclopedia and four almanacs:The World Almanac and Book of Facts, The World Almanac of the U.S.A., The World Almanac of U.S. Politics, and The World Almanac for Kids. , , and

 

 

 

 

WorldCat is a catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide – libraries that are members of the Online Computer Library Center. Use WorldCat to search millions of bibliographic records.

 

 

American Journal of Education

 

This quarterly publication provides a forum for dialogue between educational scholars and practitioners.

 

 

American Journal of Sports Medicine

 

 

 

American Quarter Horse Journal

 

 

Content for this journal focuses on training and breeding advances, veterinary procedures, health, show activities, show results, and show and sale calendars.

 

 

Bozeman Daily Chronicle

 

 

This daily newspaper covers the news and events in Bozeman, Montana and the Gallatin County.

 

 

Business Week

 

 

 

Business Week is a news magazine that reports on current events relevant to the international business community.

 

Children's Literature in Education

 

 

Meant for teachers, this publication provides information on children’s literature. Content includes ideas for successful reading projects and critiques of children’s literature, including poetry.

 

 

Choice Reviews

 

 

Choice Reviews is a source for reviews of academic books, electronic media, and Internet resources of interest to those in higher education.

 

 

 

The Chronicle of Higher Education is a source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators. is a source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators.

 

Discover

 

 

Discover magazine reports on current events, primarily in the areas of science and technology.

 

 

Early Education & Development

 

 

This is a professional journal for those involved in educational and preschool services for children and their families.

 

 

Ecological Monographs

 

 

 

Published by the Ecological Society of America, this quarterly journal is peer-reviewed.

 

 

Economist

 

 

 

 

Elementary School Journal
 

 

Designed to serve both the researcher and the practitioner in elementary and middle school education, this journal explores education theory, problems of the classroom, and the latest relevant research.

 

 

Federal Reserve Bulletin

 

Federal Reserve Bulletin is a publication providing coverage and analysis of the banking, finance, and accounting industries.

 

 

Geological Society of America Bulletin

 

 

 

 

Harvard Educational Review

 

 

 

The Harvard Educational Review is a scholarly journal of opinion and research in the field of education.

 

History Today


 

 

History Today publishes essays on all periods, regions and themes of history.

 

Journal of Aesthetics & Art Criticism

 

This journal publishes current research articles, special issues, and timely book reviews in aesthetics and the arts.

 

 

Journal of Learning Disabilities

 

 

 

Journal of Learning Disabilities is a publication providing coverage and analysis of teaching to students with learning disabilities.

 

 

Journal of Literacy Research

 

 

The Journal of Literacy Research is an interdisciplinary journal publishing research related to literacy, language, and schooling from preschool through adulthood.

 

 

Journal of Mammalogy

 

This is a scientific journal detailing the latest research in the science of Mammalogy.

 

 

Journal of Nutrition

 

 

The contents of this journal include peer-reviewed research covering all aspects of experimental nutrition including nutrient requirements, clinical nutrition, community and international nutrition, and nutritional biochemistry.

 

 

Journal of Popular Culture

 

 

A publication of the Popular Culture Association, the goal of this peer-reviewed journal is to fill in the gaps a neglect of popular culture has left in our understanding of the workings of society.

 

 

 

 

This online journal publishes the results of educational research that is of demonstrable relevance to rural settings.

 

 

Journal of School Health

 

This publication of the American School health Association addresses practice, theory, and research related to the health and well-being of school-aged youth.

 

 

Journal of Small Business Management

 

 

The primary purpose of this publication is to publish scholarly research articles in the fields of small business management and entrepreneurship.

 

 

Journal of Sports Medicine & Physical Fitness

 

The contents of this journal include scientific papers relating to the areas of applied physiology, preventive medicine, sports medicine, and sports psychology.

 

 

Journal of Teacher Education

 

 

 

 

Journal of Wildlife Management

 

 

The Journal of Wildlife Management is a quarterly publication of papers on wildlife research and management.

 

 

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education

 

 

This journal promotes and disseminates disciplined scholarly inquiry into the teaching and learning of mathematics.

 

 

Library Hi Tech Journal
 

 

 

 

Library Journal

 

 

Library Journal reports on current news and research regarding libraries and librarians.

 

 

Modern Language Journal

 

 

The MLJis a refereed, quarterly publication devoted to research and discussion about the learning and teaching of foreign and second languages.is a refereed, quarterly publication devoted to research and discussion about the learning and teaching of foreign and second languages.

 

 

Nation

 

 

The Nation is a news magazine that features current political and social issues.

 

 

 

Nature is a weekly scientific journal. Search back issues, read the current journal online, or listen to it in the freee weekly podcasts that highlight the published news and articles.

 

 

New York Review of Books
 
 

 

 

Perspectives in Biology & Medicine

 

 

This scientific journal covers a wide range of biomedical topics such as neurobiology, biomedical ethics and history, genetics and evolution, and ecology.

 

 

Rural Education News

 

This is the quarterly publication of the National Rural Education Association.

 

 

School Library Journal


 

Topics covered in School Library Journal include curriculum, technology, reading, information literacy, and collection development.

 

 

 

 

Science & Children
 

 

This is the National Science Teachers Association’s journal for elementary school science teachers.

 

Science & Society

 

 

Science & Society is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal of Marxist scholarship.

 

Science Scope

 

 

This is the National Science Teachers Association’s journal for middle school science teachers.

 

Science Teacher

This is the National Science Teachers Association’s journal for high school science teachers.

 

 

Survey of Current Business

 

 

Survey of Current Business is the monthly journal of the Bureau of Economic Analysis, an agency of the US Department of Commerce.

 

Teaching & Teacher Education

 

 

Aimed primarily at teachers and teacher trainees, this journal features research in all areas of education.

 

Teaching Artist Journal

 

Teaching Artist Journal provides ongoing professional development to clarify, enrich, and advance Teaching Artist research and practice.

 

Theory into Practice

 

This educational research journal publishes discussions of current and future concerns of today's educators.

 

 

Western Historical Quarterly

 

The mission statement of this journal is, “to promote the study of the North American West in its varied aspects and broadest sense.”