Introduction


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OmniFile Full Text, Select Edition

100% full-text multi-disciplinary full-text database covering Art, Education, Social Science, the Humanities, Business, Science, Current Events, and more. Includes full-text from more than 2500 journals

OmniFile Select contains all the full text from OmniFile Mega.

Applied Science & Technology Abstracts

Indexing and abstracts covering the core literature in the field—over half from peer-reviewed journals. Find information from a wide variety of applied science specialties—acoustics to aeronautics, neural networks to nuclear engineering—from leading trade and industrial journals, professional and technical society journals, specialized subject periodicals, buyers' guides, directories, and conference proceedings.

Art Abstracts

The database covers fine, decorative, and commercial art as well as photography, folk art, film, architecture, and much more. In recent years, its coverage of Latin American, Canadian, Asian, and non-Western art has expanded greatly, along with its material on new artists, contemporary art, exhibition reviews, and feminist criticism.

Education Abstracts

Developed to meet the needs of education students, professionals, and policy makers, while still containing much of interest to the regular reader, Education Abstracts is a complete source of education scholarship. The database encompasses an international array of English-language periodicals, monographs, and yearbooks. It’s clear abstracts and precise indexing to ensure greater coverage than any competing resource.

Humanities Abstracts

The most comprehensive resource available in its field, Humanities Abstracts provides abstracts and bibliographic indexing of the most noted scholarly sources in the humanities, as well as numerous lesser-known but important specialized magazines. The database indexes, abstracts and delivers the full text of feature articles, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, original works of fiction, drama, and poetry, book reviews, and reviews of ballets, dance programs, motion pictures, musicals, operas, plays, radio and television programs, and more.

Readers' Guide Abstracts

The index that revolutionized the world of research, Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature, has been reinvented as a more powerful, convenient, affordable, and flexible resource than ever. As an online database, Readers’ Guide becomes the ultimate tool for educators, students, or any library patron seeking comprehensive current events coverage, curriculum support, or access to quality periodicals.

General Science Abstracts

Easy-to-use and designed specifically for students and non-specialists, General Science Abstracts is the first place to look for answers to science-related questions. In-depth abstracts of 50 to 150 words—written by professionals with science backgrounds—let users know instantly if a cited article is useful to their research.

Social Sciences Abstracts

Enjoy fast access to a wide assortment of the most important English-language journals published in the U.S. and elsewhere with abstracting and indexing of hundreds of journals. An in-demand resource for a wide variety of users from students to social workers, Social Sciences Abstracts covers the latest concepts, trends, opinions, theories, and methods from both applied and theoretical aspects of the social sciences.

Wilson Business Abstracts

provides access to a multitude of outstanding magazines and scholarly journals, including indexing and abstracts for key publications such as The New York Times Business Section and The Wall Street Journal. Users can easily find citations to feature articles, product evaluations, interviews, biographical sketches, corporate profiles, obituaries, surveys, statistical rankings, book reviews, reports from associations, societies, trade shows and conferences, and more.

Applied Science technology Index

This database presents the same indexing offered in Applied Science & Technology Full text, but without links to full text articles or abstracts . The same journals are covered.

Art Index

This database presents the same indexing offered in Art Full text, but without links to full text articles or abstracts . The same journals are covered.

Biography Index 1984-Present

Search biographical content from any of more than 3,000 periodicals, and citations to select books. Covers notables across all disciplines and subject areas: writers, artists, statesmen, sports figures, politicians, religious leaders, scientists, educators, actors, business people, and more.

Biological & Agriculture Index

Biological & Agricultural Index Plus offers researchers convenient online access to the core literature of biology and agriculture—much of it from peer-reviewed journals.

Book Review Digest

OCLC First Search users are automatically upgraded to Book Review Digest Plus. Book Review Digest Plus is an essential library tool that brings together book reviews on a wide range of topics and from a variety of sources. Unlike reviews on book-sale sites and the open Internet, which are often either thinly disguised marketing materials or the opinions of readers and customers, many of the reviews are serious, academic works.

Education Index

This database presents the same indexing offered in Education Full text, but without links to full text articles or abstracts . The same journals are covered.

Essay and General Literature Index

This unique reference offers precise access to nearly 86,000 essays contained in some 7,000 anthologies and collections—a wealth of information that might be otherwise hidden away in your library. Some 300 single and multi-author collections are indexed annually, plus more than 20 selected annuals and serials. Coverage spans the entire range of the humanities and social sciences, including literary works, art history, drama, and film.

General Science Index

This database presents the same indexing offered in General Science Full text, but without links to full text articles or abstracts . The same journals are covered.

Humanities Index

This database presents the same indexing offered in Humanities Full text, but without links to full text articles or abstracts . The same journals are covered.

Index to Legal Periodicals & Books

TRelied on for over 50 years for complete coverage of the most important English language legal information, Index to Legal Periodicals indexes over 1,025 legal journals, law reviews, yearbooks, institutes, statutes, bar association publications, university publications, and government publications Users will appreciate international coverage and access to scholarly articles, symposia, jurisdictional surveys, court decisions, legislation, books, book reviews, and more. This is an excellent resource for attorneys, educators, business people, law librarians, students, paralegals, and others involved with the law.