New Databases on the Online Research Center
Compiled by Terri Holtze, Ekstrom Library, Reference Department

NBER Working Papers
Over 7500 economic research working papers. (National Bureau of Economic Research)
Listed on the Online Research Center page under the following topics: All Databases List; Full-Text Databases; Business & Economics; Politics & Government.
Date added: 20 November 2001.

International Index to Black Periodicals
Includes current and retrospective bibliographic citations and abstracts from over 150 scholarly and popular journals, newspapers and newsletters from the United States, Africa and the Caribbean—and full-text coverage of 40 core Black Studies periodicals. (Chadwyck-Healey)
Listed on the Online Research Center page under the following topics: All Databases List; Full-Text Databases; History; Pan-African Studies; Women’s Studies; Politics & Government.
Date added: 20 November 2001

African American Biographical Database
Contains extended narratives of African American activists, business people, former slaves, performing artists, educators, lawyers, physicians, writers, church leaders, homemakers, religious workers, government workers, athletes, farmers, scientists, factory workers, and more—both the famous and the everyday person. (Chadwyck-Healey)
Listed on the Online Research Center page under the following topics: All Databases List; Full-Text Databases; History; Pan-African Studies; Women’s Studies; Politics & Government; Reference.
Date added: 20 November 2001

Kentucky Encyclopedia
Over 2000 entries dealing with all aspects of Kentucky and Kentuckians. Full-text online version of the 1993 print edition.
Listed on the Online Research Center page under the following topics: All Databases List; Full-Text Databases; History; Reference.
Date added: 20 November 2001

Religion & Philosophy Collection
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. Some full text. Funded by KYVL. (EBSCOhost)
Listed on the Online Research Center page under the following topics: All Databases List; Full-Text Databases; Philosophy & Religion.
Date added: 9 November 2001

Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection
A comprehensive database with nearly 470 full text titles covering topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Funded by KYVL. (EBSCOhost)
Listed on the Online Research Center page under the following topics: All Databases List; Full-Text Databases; Psychology.
Date added: 9 November 2001

Sociological Abstracts
Abstracts to articles from 2,300 journals on all aspects of sociology.
EBSCOhost: Connects to some full-text through EBSCOhost’s Sociological Collection. Funded by KYVL. We also currently subscribe to this database through SilverPlatter
Listed on the Online Research Center page under the following topics: All Databases List; Full-Text Databases; Anthropology; Education; Communication Studies; Criminal Justice; Social Work; Sociology; Women’s Studies; Urban Studies.
Date added: 9 November 2001

Sociological Collection
A comprehensive database with nearly 570 full text titles. This database provides information on all areas of sociology, including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, culture and social structure. Funded by KYVL. (EBSCOhost)
Listed on the Online Research Center page under the following topics: All Databases List; Full-Text Databases; Anthropology; Education; Communication Studies; Criminal Justice; Social Work; Sociology; Women’s Studies; Urban Studies.
Date added: 9 November 2001

AGRICOLA
Compiled by the U.S. National Agricultural Library, AGRICOLA is a comprehensive source of bibliographic citations in agriculture and life sciences. EBSCOhost: Funded by KYVL.
We also subscribe to AGRICOLA through FirstSearch
Listed on the Online Research Center page under the following topics: All Databases List; Biology; Environment.
Date added: 9 November 2001

Health Source: Consumer Edition
A resource for finding authoritative information on health-related questions specifically geared to the general public. Includes some full-text. Funded by KYVL. (EBSCOhost)
Listed on the Online Research Center page under the following topics: All Databases List; Full-Text Databases; Health Sciences
Date added: 8 November 2001 Previously available as “Health Source Plus.”

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Provides more than 520 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong. Includes some full-text. Funded by KYVL. (EBSCOhost)
Listed on the Online Research Center page under the following topics: All Databases List; Full-Text Databases; Health Sciences
Date added: 8 November 2001. Databases Added October 2001

Alt-PressWatch
Alt-PressWatch is a full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the alternative and independent press. It complements and challenges the coverage of the mainstream media and serves a broad spectrum of subject areas.
Listed on the Online Research Center page under the following topics: All Databases List; Full-Text Databases; News; Politics & Government
Date added: 24 October 2001. Databases Added August 2001

Sanborn Maps - Kentucky Collection
Sanborn fire insurance maps are large-scale plans containing data that can be used to estimate the potential risk for urban structures. Includes maps for many Kentucky cities and date from the 1890s to the 1950s. Full-text images of the maps are provided.
Listed on the Online Research Center page under the following topics: All Databases List; Full-Text Databases; History; Art & Architecture; Urban Studies
Date added: 29 August 2001