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Items marked with an asterisk(*) are available to the UWI (Cave Hill) community only. Full descriptions of the databases are available at the database sites. Databases are listed in alphabetical order.
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ABI/INFORM.* Via ProQuest. A major business periodicals database, coverage includes advertising, economics, financial marketing, human resources and management.

Academic Research Library.* Via ProQuest. Covers a range of subjects including arts, business, children, education, general interest, health, humanities, international, law, military, multicultural, psychology, sciences, social sciences, and women's interests.

Academic Search Premier.* Via EBSCO. Provides access to scholarly publications in various fields including the social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, agriculture, sports and fitness and ethnic studies.
Academic Search Premier Title List.

Agricola. A catalogue and article citation database of agricultural information.

AGRIS/CARIS. Agriculture database, includes aquaculture, animal husbandry, fisheries, forestry and nutrition.

AIDSinfo. HIV/AIDS information from the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services.

African Women's Bibliographic Database. Contains citations from 1986 to current, includes books and government documents; articles appearing in edited books; periodical and journal articles; theses and Ph.D. dissertations; conference papers; and videocassettes.

Alt HealthWatch.* Via EBSCO. "Provides in-depth coverage across the full spectrum of subject areas covered by complementary and alternative medicine."
Alt Health Watch Title List.

American Chemical Society (ACS) Journals.* Full text access to core Chemistry journals published by the American Chemical Society.

Article First.* Via OCLC. Articles from the contents pages of journals in business, humanities, medicine, popular culture, science, social science and technology.

ATLAReligion.* Via OCLC. For religious and theological literature.

ATLAS.* ATLA Serials Database. Via OCLC. Full-text articles on religion and theology.

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BioMed Central.* Access to peer-reviewed biomedical research.

BIREME. Virtual Health Library for access to various databases including:

LEYES Latin American and Caribbean Basic Health Legislation

LILACS Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature

MedCarib Caribbean Health Sciences Literature

Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938. Database of first-person accounts of slavery and of black-and-white photographs of former slaves.

British Library National Sound Archive Catalogue. Includes both published and unpublished recordings in all genres from pop, jazz, classical and world music, to oral history, drama and literature, dialect, language and wildlife sounds.

British Library Public Catalogue.

Business Source Premier.* Via EBSCO. Provides access to scholarly business journals. The database is updated daily. Coverage includes company information, management, economics, finance, accounting and international business. You may also use the Business Searching Interface to search this database.
Business Source Premier Title List.

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Cambridge Journals Online. Includes selected full text titles. *

Caribbean Government Information.

Caribbean Labour Statistics. Statistical information on labour and employment. It also includes information on key economic and demographic indicators.

Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME).

CARINDEX. An index of social sciences and humanities literature published in the Caribbean.

Chemical Acronyms Database.

Chicago Manual of Style.*

CINAHL.* Via EBSCO. For nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers. This full-text database contains searchable cited references, legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments and clinical trials.

ClasePeriodica.* Via OCLC. Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities.

Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials.* Via EBSCO. "A bibliography of controlled trials identified by contributors to the Cochrane Collaboration and others, as part of an international effort to hand search the world's journals and create an unbiased source of data for systematic reviews".

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.* Via EBSCO. "Contains full text articles, as well as protocols focusing on the effects of healthcare. Data is evidence-based medicine and is often combined statistically (with meta-analysis) to increase the power of the findings of numerous studies, each too small to produce reliable results individually".

Communication & Mass Media Complete* for students, researchers, and educators interested in any and all aspects of communication and mass media.
Communication & Mass Media Complete Title List

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Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE).* Via EBSCO. Includes abstracts of published systematic reviews on the effects of health care. Provides access to reviews in subjects for which a Cochrane review may not yet exist.

Department of Energy (DOE) Reports. DOE (United States) research and development reports in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, engineering, computer and information science, renewable energy, and other topics. Includes full text.

DynaMed.*Via EBSCO. A clinical reference tool created by a physician for physicians and other health care professionals for use primarily at the 'point-of-care'.

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Ebooks.* Via OCLC. A catalogue of electronic books available through libraries worldwide. Includes Main Library Titles from NetLibrary, as well as publicly accessible NetLibrary titles.

EBSCOhost* Click to see list of databases:

ECLAC Caribbean Documentation Centre. Bibliographic database and Current Awareness Bulletin. Provides access to United Nations publications, with the emphasis on the publications of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.

ECO.* Via OCLC. Electronic Collections Online is a collection of scholarly journals covering a wide range of subjects.

Economic Papers (European Union). Full text database of economic papers.

Educator's Reference Desk. An Internet-based service providing education information. It includes resource guides, a question archive, and a lesson plan collection.

Electronic Journals Service

Emerald.* Access to information in management, library and information services, engineering and applied science and technology.

ERIC. A database of education information. It contains abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice. Includes free full text documents. You may also search ERIC via OCLC * or at the SearchERIC web site.

ERIC Digests. A full text database containing reports on topics of current interest in education. The reports are designed to provide an overview of information on a given topic, and references to items providing more detailed information.

Essential Science Indicators,* available via ISI Web of Knowledge, "is a resource that enables researchers to conduct ongoing, quantitative analyses of research performance and track trends in science. Covering a multidisciplinary selection of 11,000+ journals from around the world, this in-depth analytical tool offers data for ranking scientists, institutions, countries, and journals."
You may also access Journal Citation Reports* and Web of Science* at this website.

European Union Economic Papers. Full text database of economic papers.

G

GPO.* Via OCLC. U.S. government publications.

H

Handbook of Latin American Studies. A bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars.

HIV/AIDS, Selected Resources. Compiled by Philip Nanton (UWI/HARP).

I

IEEE Explore. * Full text access to technical literature in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics.

ILOLEX. ILO full text database on international labour standards.

Institute of Historical Research Catalogue. Catalogue of printed historical sources in the United Kingdom.

Institute of Physics (IOP) Electronic Journals Service. Includes selected full text titles. *

International Journal of the sociology of Language

International Organisations Web Sites.

ISI Web of Knowledge.* "A fully integrated research environment that delivers a powerful combination of content, tools and technology." It provides access to Essential Science Indicators*, Journal Citation Reports* and Web of Science.*
Additional resources are also available at the Thompson Scientific Homepage.

J

JOLIS. Joint catalogue of the World Bank and the IMF.

Journal Citation Reports.* JCR Web, available via ISI Web of Knowledge, "presents quantifiable statistical data that provides a systematic, objective way to evaluate the world's leading journals and their impact and influence in the global research community."
You may also access Essential Science Indicators* and Web of Science* at this website.

Journal of African Languages and Linguistics

JSTOR.* The Scholarly Journal Archive offers access to both discipline-specific and multidisciplinary collections. The UWI JSTOR collections are Arts & Sciences I, Arts & Sciences II, Business I, and Language & Literature.

K

Kluwer Online Ejournals.* Click on journals. In the alphabetical list, titles to which the library subscribes are indicated by

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Labordoc. ILO database on labour, employment and related social and economic development issues. Includes some full text.

Labotsta. ILO database of labour statistics covering the economically active population, employment, unemployment, wages and related variables.

LEYES. Latin American and Caribbean Basic Health Legislation.

Library of Congress Catalogue.

LILACS. Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature.

Linguistics

M

Main Library Accessions List. A selected list of items acquired by the Main Library, UWI, Cave Hill Campus. Arrangement is by subject. The list is updated monthly.

MasterFILE Premier.* Via EBSCO. A multidisciplinary database. It includes the full text of general reference publications, biographies, primary source documents, and an Image Collection of photos, maps and flags.
Master File Premier Title List.

MathSciNet*, produced by the American Mathematical Society, is a comprehensive database covering the world's mathematical literature since 1940. MathSciNet provides access to bibliographic data and reviews of mathematical research literature. The database also provides links to original articles and other original documents, when available.

MedCarib. Caribbean Health Sciences Literature.

MEDLINE.* Via EBSCO. Full-text. Information on medicine and related fields, including nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences.

MEDLINE.* Via EBSCO. Selected full-text. Information on medicine and related fields, including nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences.

MEDLINE.* Via OCLC. Selected full-text. Information on medicine and related fields, including nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences.

MEDLINE (PubMed). National Library of Medicine search service. Includes citations from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. Includes links to sites providing full text articles and other related resources.

MLA.* Via OCLC. Literature, Language, Linguistics and Folklore. Selected full text.

N

NetLibrary. Via OCLC. A catalogue of publicly accessible electronic books. To limit your search to Main Library purchases, click on Main Library Titles.*

O

OCLC FirstSearch* for access to multiple databases, including those listed below.
Other OCLC databases are available for mediated searches. For this service, please contact the Reference Desk.

Article First contains articles from the contents pages of journals in business, humanities, medicine, popular culture, science, social science and technology.

ATLAReligion for religious and theological literature.

ATLAS. ATLA Serials Database. Full-text articles on religion and theology.

ClasePeriodica. Latin American and Caribbean journals in the sciences and humanities

Ebooks. A catalogue of electronic books available through libraries worldwide. Includes selected Main Library Titles from NetLibrary, as well as publicly accessible NetLibrary titles.

ECO. OCLC Electronic Collections Online is a collection of scholarly journals covering a wide range of subjects.

ERIC. Journal articles and reports in education.

GPO. U.S. government publications.

Medline. Selected full-text. Information on medicine and related fields, including nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences

MLA. Literature, Language, Linguistics and Folklore. Selected full text.

PapersFirst. OCLC index of papers presented at conferences worldwide.

Proceedings. An OCLC index of worldwide conference proceedings.

UnionLists includes information about specific periodicals and the libraries that have them.

Wilson Select Plus is a full text database of articles in science, humanities, education and business.

WorldAlmanac. Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and four almanacs

WorldCat is the catalogue of the holdings of OCLC member libraries.

Oxford University Press Journals. Includes selected full text titles. *

P

PapersFirst.* Via OCLC. An index of papers presented at conferences worldwide.

Political Database of the Americas. An Internet-based project that provides reference materials, primary documents, comparative studies and statistical data for countries in the Western Hemisphere.

Population Index. An annotated bibliography of the world's population literature.

Proceedings.* Via OCLC. An index of worldwide conference proceedings.

Project Muse.* Provides full-text access to humanities, arts, and social sciences journals.

ProQuest* for access to the following databases:

ABI/INFORM. A major business periodicals database, coverage includes advertising, economics, financial marketing, human resources and management.

Academic Research Library. Covers a range of subjects including arts, business, children, education, general interest, health, humanities, international, law, military, multicultural, psychology, sciences, social sciences, and women's interests.

U.S. National Newspaper Abstracts.

PsycINFO.* Via EBSCO. From the American Psychological Association (APA). Contains citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, in psychology and related disciplines.

PubMed Central (PMC). U.S. National Library of Medicine's digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.

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Regional Business News.* Via EBSCO. Incorporates coverage of selected business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

Royal Society of Chemistry Journals. Includes selected full text titles. *

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Sci Finder  A tool which allows users to categorize references, save answers, export chemical records from CHEMCATS into Excel and print structures in grid format.  Trial ends July 31st July, 2008

SciELO. Scientific Electronic Library Online. Full text journals with a focus on the needs of developing countries, particularly Latin American and Caribbean countries.

Science Direct  ScienceDirect contains over 25% of the world's science, technology and medicine full text and bibliographic information.

Sigi3.* A comprehensive, up-to-date educational and career planning program. Requires a valid UWI Cave Hill username and password.

Southern African Freedom Struggles, 1950-1994. South Africa's struggle for democracy, anti-apartheid periodicals.

SwetsWise.* An inter-disciplinary database of online periodical titles. Users may search all titles, or may limit searches to titles held by the Library. Includes links to full text when available.

T

Thomson Scientific. "Information based solutions for the academic, business and R&D community".

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UK National Archives Online Catalogue. Includes the records of the Public Record Office (PRO) and the Historical Manuscripts Commission (HMC).

UnionLists* includes information about specific periodicals and the libraries that have them.

United Nations Treaty Collection.

U.S. National Newspaper Abstracts.* Via ProQuest.

UWI (Cave Hill, Barbados). Law Library Catalogue.

UWI (Mona, Jamaica). Library Catalogue. The catalogue of the University of the West Indies (Mona, Jamaica) includes records from the Main Library, the Medical Library, and the Science Library.

UWI (St. Augustine, Trinidad). Library Catalogue. The catalogue of the Main Library of the University of the West Indies (St. Augustine, Trinidad)

UWI Past Examination Papers.

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Web of Science,* available via ISI Web of Knowledge, "provides access to current and retrospective multidisciplinary information from approximately 8,700 of the most prestigious, high impact research journals." Web of Science also provides cited reference searching. The database includes a growing number of full text titles.
You may also access Essential Science Indicators*, Journal Citation Reports* at this website.
Additional resources are also available at the Thompson Scientific Homepage.

Wilson Select Plus.* Via OCLC. A full text database of articles in science, humanities, education and business.

WorldAlmanac.* Via OCLC. Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and four almanacs.

WorldCat.* Via OCLC. The catalogue of the holdings of OCLC member libraries.