Databases Available Through Luther L. Gobbel Library Organized by Subject

Databases Available Through Luther L. Gobbel Library

Databases containing articles on all topics (Start your research with one of these databases)

Academic OneFile is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly.

Academic Search Premier – Academic Search Premier is the world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database. It provides full text for nearly 4,650 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975.

Expanded Academic ASAP - Covers all academic disciplines and includes many full-text articles. (Tennessee Electronic Library).

Gale Virtual Reference Library - Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for research in areas such as: business, environment, history, medicine, and multicultural studies.

General Reference Center Gold - A general interest/business database that includes reference books and many full-text articles. (Tennessee Electronic Library)

Informe! - A Spanish-language resource. Una colección de revistas hispánicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias. (Tennessee Electronic Library)

General OneFile - A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily. Searches Expanded Academic ASAP and other TEL databases simultaneously. (Tennessee Electronic Library)

LearningExpress Library(TM) is a online learning platform, geared toward both students and adults, provides the most up-to-date test-preparation and skill-building resources, helping patrons to prepare for a wide range of academic and career-oriented exams as well as to improve basic skills in reading, writing, and math. In addition, job-skills tutorials are available to assist in creating a great resume, honing interviewing techniques, and improving business communications. Patrons also have the option of selecting from more than 130 e-book titles to help learners of all ages prepare for success. (Tennessee Electronic Library)

Lexis-Nexis - Here is where you will find the full text of the New York Times. This database contains national and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and non-English language sources. You will also find legal information from U.S. federal and state case law, codes, regulations, legal news, law reviews, and international legal information Shepard’s® Citations for all U.S. Supreme Court cases back to 1789. Business is also covered with company financial information, SEC filings and reports, and industry and market news.

Military & Intelligence Database - A periodical database that is designed to meet the content needs of libraries serving military personnel. Additionally, the product includes some basic reference materials that are updated annually: The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia and The World Almanac and Book of Facts. The content in this database is also part of General One File. (Tennessee Electronic Library)

National Newspaper Index - Provides citations to The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times - NOT full-text. (Tennessee Electronic Library)

Naxos Music Library - Naxos Music Library is the World’s largest Classical music listening service designed for students, instructors and patrons of public and academic libraries, as well as players and executives of orchestras. Our collection of over 140,000 tracks of music is continually growing, not only from our own label but from other leading independent labels. Our collection is benchmarked against the development suggestions outlined in the Music Library Association’s A Basic Music Library. NML has simple and advanced searching, common (non-proprietary) software requirements, and extensive background information such as complete liner notes.

netLibrary - Provides full-text access to over 41,000 e-books, 97% of which were published since 2000. You must create an account from a computer on the Lambuth network to gain access to the database.

Points of View Reference Center - This is a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides 200 topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (affirmative argument), and counterpoint (opposing argument). Topics covered include affirmative action, cloning, DNA profiling, HIV/AIDS status disclosure, immigration, Iraq, Israel and the Palestinians, Hurricane Katrina and FEMA's response, nuclear proliferation, the separation of church and state, standardized testing, stem cell research, tax cuts, voting machines, and many more.

Tennessee Newspapers - The electronic editions of record for valuable local and regional newspapers--all in one easy-to-search database. Each paper provides unique coverage of local and regional news, including companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and people in the community. Paid ads are excluded

What Do I Read Next? - A reader's advisory service that contains over 80,000 recommended titles (Tennessee Electronic Library).

Databases containing articles on arts and humanities

General OneFile - A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily. Searches Expanded Academic ASAP and other TEL databases simultaneously. (Tennessee Electronic Library).

In the First Person is a landmark index to English language personal narratives, including letters, diaries, memoirs, autobiographies, and oral histories.

Literary Index - Gale's Literary Index is a master index to the major literature products published by Gale. It combines and cross references more than 138,000 author names, including pseudonyms and variant names, and more than 176,000 titles into one source. This covers Literature Resource Center, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, American Writers, British Writers, Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Dictionary of Literary Biography Documentary Series, Literature Criticism from 1400-1800, Something About the Author.

Literature Resource Center provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline. Combining Gale Group's core literary databases in a single online service, the Literature Resource Center covers more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors.

Religion & Philosophy Custom Database - Articles from more than 250 magazines and Journals on religion, philosophy, archaeology, and anthropology, and covers the impact of religion on culture. Many articles are full-text. The content in this database is also part of General OneFile. (Tennessee Electronic Library)

Databases covering business and economics

Business Source Premier - This is the industry's most used business research database, providing the full text for more than 8,800 serials. Business Source Premier provides full text back to 1965 and searchable cited references back as far as 1998. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business. Additional full text, non-journal content includes market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses. (EBSCOhost)

General Business File ASAP - Analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics. Access to a combination of broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and company directory listings with full text and images available.

General Business File International - Resources for company and industry analysis. Access to brokerage reports, industry publications, company directories, newspapers, and scholarly journals covering business and economics. (Tennessee Electronic Library)

Databases containing articles on education

ERIC (Available Campus Wide and Off Campus) - Indexes articles about education research and practice. ERIC resources are maintained by the U.S. Government - . All ERIC Documents published after 1993 are in full-text. Use ERIC Search Tools to search ERIC Digests. Click on the Expert Examples link under the search box in SearchERIC, and find ready-to-go sample searches - on such matters as block scheduling, bullying, peer counseling, and homework policies - developed by some of the country's best reference librarians.

Junior Edition, and Student Edition - Primarily of use to K-12 students and future teachers (Tennessee Electronic Library).

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, newspaper and reference content for information on current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

Professional Collection - Full-text periodicals for teachers and school administrators. (Tennessee Electronic Library)

Databases containing articles on the sciences

Biochemistry, Annual Reviews - Provides full-text access to Annual Reviews of Biochemistry. (Annual Reviews)

Cell & Developmental Biology - Provides full-text access to Annual Reviews of Cell & Developmental Biology. (Annual Reviews)

Computer Database - This database covers news and reviews in computing, electronics, engineering, and information technology. (Tennessee Electronic Library)

Ecology and Systematics - Provides full-text access to Annual Reviews of Ecology and Systematics. (Annual Reviews)

Genetics, Annual Reviews - Provides full-text access to Annual Reviews of Genetics. (Annual Reviews)

Health and Wellness Resource Center - A collection of health information available in pamphlets, journals, and encyclopedias. Also provides access to key health web sites/search engines. (Tennessee Electronic Library)

Health Information Tennessee HIT provides online access to official State of Tennessee data for births, deaths, population, nursing home and hospital facilities, featuring Data Query - that can provide users with customized tables, graphic bar or pie charts, area plots and trends from the Tennessee Department of Health data based on user-specified selection of variables (i.e. year, age, population, ICD-10, race, sex, and county).

Health Reference Center-Academic - Covers all areas of health. (Tennessee Electronic Library)

Microbiology, Annual Reviews - Provides access to full-text of Annual Reviews of Microbiology. (Annual Reviews)

Physiology, Annual Reviews ( - Provides access to full-text of Annual Reviews of Physiology. (Annual Reviews)

Psychology, Annual Reviews - Provides full-text access to Psychology Annual Reviews. (Annual Reviews)

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences - A comprehensive database with nearly 515 full text titles. This database covers information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.

Databases containing articles on the Social Sciences

Academic Search Premier (– Academic Search Premier is the world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database. It provides full text for nearly 4,650 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975.

Law and Social Science - Some areas explored are law and corporate governance, transnational human rights, plea bargaining and the eclipse of the jury, and law, race, and education in the United States. (Annual Reviews)

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