Waggoner Library

Trevecca Nazarene University

 

 

FULL TEXT ONLINE RESOURCES

 

Waggoner Library has full text online journal and book collections.  They are accessed through the library web site using the 'Electronic Resources' link. You can select the name of the database to search or peruse the subject lists for recommended databases.  From off campus you will be asked to verify you are a Trevecca user by entering your name and 11 digit barcode number (taken from your TNU ID) when prompted.  Databases index articles from scholarly and non scholarly journals.  Waggoner Library's collection of Full text journal articles and books can be located in several different ways:

 

By journal title:  From the library homepage, enter the name of the journal in the search box near the top.  Change the tag to read “Journal Title” then enter.  If your journal is full text in one of our databases the result will include a link to the database where you can access the full text. Your results will also indicate if there are any print, back issues or microfilm copies of your journal title.  If there were no hits you can complete online an ILL form requesting a journal article reprint. Allow 7 days for receipt of the reprint.  http://library.trevecca.edu

 

By subject:  Electronic Resources Link: You can choose by topic or name of database.  Accessing databases off campus access requires you to provide your name and the ID number from your student ID.  Click on ‘Electronic Resources’, select the database you’d like to search and complete the login form. http://library.trevecca.edu/screens/internet.html

 

Result List The search result list appears in the order a record was entered into the catalog.  The holdings line provides call number as well as indicates whether a book has been checked out by using the phrase “No copies available.”  Also included in the library holdings are ebooks from netLibrary which are indicated by the phrase [electronic resource] in the title line.

 

Checking out/Renewing library books    Books are checked out at the Main Desk with a maximum of ten books for at least four weeks. Your TNU I.D. card serves as your library card. Books cannot be checked out from the Web site.

 

Materials can be renewed online.  From the library home page click on the “My Account” link on the menu. Follow instructions to view your account. The renew link will appear on the screen.  Books cannot be renewed if they are overdue.

 

Database Descriptions

 

         The following databases are available online and can be accessed from the library web page by clicking on the “Electronic Resources” link.  Off campus access is available for all databases and most patrons.  Users are required to enter their name and 11 digit I.D. number from their Trevecca I.D. before the databases will open off campus.

 

ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials – an online full text database of journals indexed in the ATLA Religion Indexes also including abstracts and citations for religion related topics.  ATLASerials is an ongoing collection of religious journals.

 

African American History Online- explores more than 500 years of the African American experience. Materials are culled from many of Facts on File's critically acclaimed print titles

 

Business Source Premier – an online database providing full text business and economic articles.  Harvard Business Review is full text in this database.

 

Christian Periodical Index – an online abstracted index to religious publications not commonly found in the major indexes such a Holiness Today.

 

ebrary- over 28,000 full text electronic books are included in this database.  Links to books in this collection are provided by searching the Waggoner catalog. 

 

ERIC – Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) is a database that covers all aspects of education. From recreation programs for prison inmates to training interns how to work with closed head injured patients to the traditional education topics like classroom management. There are two types of materials indexed in ERIC, ED’s (ERIC Documents) which are reproduced full text on microfiche or available online through the new ERIC site [http://www.eric.ed.gov] and EJ’s (ERIC Journals) which are located by journal title within the library’s periodical collection. ERIC can be searched through ProQuest.

 

ERIC Plus Text Linking the entire ERIC database with full-text and/or full-image articles only from nearly 260 leading journals, ERIC PlusText, part of part of ProQuest. It is a primary source for any educationally related topic.

 

The SearchERIC site includes thesaurus browsing, a search wizard, as well as expert searches to choose from.  http://searcheric.org   Syracuse University sponsors the Educators Reference Desk at http://www.eduref.org/ Along with searching the database this site includes lesson plans, TV companion guides.

 

Hoover's Academic - provides marketing and research data necessary in creating effective marketing plans for all types of companies and products.

 

InfoTrac Databases/TEL – The Tennessee Electronic Library provides access to a collection of InfoTrac databases.  Many of the articles are available full text online. It is accessible from the library’s Web site “Databases” link. The password “elvis” is needed when accessed off campus. The collection includes the following databases:

·               Academic OneFile    1980-present.  Extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects.

·                       Professional Collection – 1980-present. Aspects of education.

·                       Business & Company ASAP – 1980 – present.  All aspects of business and management topics. Includes directory listings for over 150,000 companies as well as information on Finance, Trade, New Technologies, Trends and more.

·                       Computer Database – 1980-present. Computer applications & products.

·                       Religion and Philosophy – 1980-present. 

·                       Expanded Academic ASAP – 1980 to present. From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, across all academic disciplines.

·                       Military and Intelligence – includes some basic reference materials that are updated annually: The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia and The World Almanac and Book of Facts.  Additionally included are more than 500 titles and more than 10 million articles.

·                    Health Reference Center Academic- 1996 to present. Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health & Safety. The material contained in this database is for informational purposes only.

 

Hoovers Academic - delivers comprehensive company, industry, and market intelligence that drives business growth. Our database of 12 million companies, with in-depth coverage of 40,000 of the world's top business enterprises,.

 

Library Literature & Information Science – This full text online database, part of WilsonWeb, is accessed from the Electronic Resources link on the library Web site.  Covers all aspect of librarianship and information science.

 

netLibrary- over 25,000 full text ebooks. Links to books in this collection are provided by searching the Waggoner catalog. 

 

PQD (ProQuest Direct) –This online full text database covers all major subject areas.  It is accessible from all workstations in the library, computer labs on campus as well as can be accessed off campus with an account number and password.  PQD is very complementary to the InfoTrac databases.

 

ProQuest Digital Dissertations – This online database provides access to over 2 million dissertations published in the United States since 1980.

UMI offers over 1.8 million titles for purchase in microfilm or paper formats. More than 600,000 are available full text in native or image PDF formats for immediate free download. 

 

PsycARTICLES  Full text articles from 58 selected psychology journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe & Huber.

 

PsycINFO – 1806-present. An abstracted online database that is the authoritative source in the field of psychology.  It is the electronic version of Psychological Abstracts. PsycINFO indexes professional journal articles as well as dissertations in the field of psychology.  Dissertations have to be ordered using Interlibrary Loan.                                                                  

                                                                                

Social Science Full Text – A full text online database, part of WilsonWeb, covering all aspects of the social sciences; social welfare, social work, psychology from 1995 - present.        

         

 

 

Important Disclaimer!  All electronic databases may change their format, search

 strategies and topics indexed at any given time.  Consequently, Waggoner Library may

 drop a database if cost to maintain it becomes too prohibitive

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