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  C19: The Nineteenth Century Index

"C19: The Nineteenth Century Index – the most comprehensive and dynamic source for discovering nineteenth-century books, periodicals, official documents and newspapers."

    House of Commons Parliamentary Papers
    Poole's Index to Periodical Literature
    Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals, 1824-1900
    Nineteenth-Century Short Title Catalogue (NSTC)
    Palmer's Index to The Times
    American Periodicals Series Online
    Periodicals Index Online / Periodicals Archive Online (formerly Periodicals Contents Index (PCI) and PCI Full Text)
    ArchivesUSA


Type: Index;

  Cambridge Collections Online

Currently CCO contains the Complete Cambridge Companions, and two sub-collections comprising the Cambridge Companions in Literature and Classics and the Cambridge Companions in Philosophy, Religion and Culture.


Type: Full Text;

  Capstones

DU Electronic Capstones written by students from University of Denver's University College. A few full-text papers are available online. These are identifiable by the PDF icon.


Type: Abstracts; Selected Full Text;

  CenStats

U.S. Census Bureau databases covering Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report, County Business Patterns, Detailed Occupation by Race, Hispanic Origin and Sex data, USA Counties data, ZIP Code Business Patterns, and the Annual survey of manufacturers.


Type: Full Text;

  Census Index

Indexes U.S. Census publications from 1790 to 1972. Produced by Ohio State University Libraries, the focus is on Decennial Census publications. Includes references to Henry J. Dubester's Catalog of United States Census Publications (see Reference Stacks HA214.C665 1996).


Type: Index;

  Central and Eastern European Online Library

C.E.E.O.L. is an online archive which provides access to full text PDF articles from 290 humanities and social science journals and re-digitized documents pertaining to Central, Eastern and South-Eastern European topics.


Type: Full Text;

  Ceramic Abstracts/World Ceramics Abstracts

A comprehensive database for the ceramics industry, providing international coverage on the manufacture, processing, applications, properties and testing of traditional and advanced ceramics. Source materials include over 200 journals, conference proceedings, books, patents, standards and company product literature.


Type: Abstracts;
Coverage: 1975-present

  Checkpoint

From Thomson/RIA, this is a comprehensive tax and accounting research database covering tax and accounting laws and news on the international, federal, state and local levels. Provides access to a variety of primary sources, analysis, journals, news, cases, and rulings.


Type: Full Text;

  CHEMnetBase

CHEMnetBASE - a wealth of chemical information from Chapman & Hall/CRC. It includes:

  • Dictionary of Commonly Cited Compounds
  • Dictionary of Drugs
  • Dictionary of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds
  • Dictionary of Natural Products
  • Dictionary of Organic Compounds
  • Handbook of Chemistry & Physics 84th Ed.
  • Polymers: A Property Database
  • Properties of Organic Compounds


Type: Full Text;

  Chicago Manual of Style

The online 15th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS) provides the full text in HTML or PDF formats as appropriate. The index makes it easier to navigate appropriate sections.


Type: Full Text;

  Chicago Tribune, 1849 - 1985 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)

The Chicago Tribune (1849-1985) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.


Type: Full Text;
Coverage: April 23, 1849 - Dec. 31, 1985

  Chicano Database

The Chicano Database is a comprehensive bibliographic index representing all types of material for information about Mexican-American topics and the only specialized database for and about Chicanos. Updated quarterly, the Chicano Database provides extensive coverage from the 1960s to the present, with selective coverage dating back to the early 1900s. Records added since 1992 have expanded its scope to include the broader Latino experience, including Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, and Central American immigrants. The Chicano Database also includes the Spanish Speaking Mental Health Database, covering psychological, sociological, and educational literature.


Type: Abstracts; Index;
Coverage: 1960-present
Title list
  Child Welfare Information Gateway

Produced by the national Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information and the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse, this gateway site replaces the former Child Abuse, Child Welfare & Adoption database.


Type: Full Text;

  Choice

Selected reviews listed annually in: Outstanding academic books and nonprint materials.


Type: Full Text;

  Christian Science Monitor (Proquest Historical Newspapers)

This database offers full-page images and article images from the Christian Science monitor from 1908 to 1994. The collection includes digital reproductions of every page from every issue, cover to cover, in downloadable PDF files.


Type: Full Text;
Coverage: 1908 to 1994

  Chronicle of Higher Education

The Chronicleis published every weekday and is the top destination for news, advice, and jobs for people in academe.


Type: Full Text;

  CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online

A comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. Sources include working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, and proceedings from conferences.


Type: Full Text;

  CiteSeer

This is a scientific literature digital library and search engine that focuses primarily on the literature in computer and information science. CiteSeer aims to improve the dissemination and feedback of the scientific literature and to provide improvements in functionality, usability, availability, cost, comprehensiveness, efficiency, and timeliness in the access of scientific and scholarly knowledge.


Type: Abstracts; Index; Selected Full Text;

  Civil Engineering Database

Provide bibliographic access to all American Society for Civil Engineering (ASCE) publications, including all the journals, conference proceedings, books, standards, manuals, magazines, and newspapers. Engineering subject areas include: Aerospace Engineering, Cold Regions, Construction, Education, Environmental Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Highways, Hydrology, Management, Materials Engineering, Transportation, Urban Planning, Water Resources, and more.


Type: Abstracts;
Coverage: 1972-present

  Clase and Periodica

Clase indexes documents published in Latin American journals specializing in the social sciences and humanities. Periodica covers journals specializing in science and technology. They Offer access to more than 300,000 bibliographic citations from over 2,600 scholarly journals published in the Spanish, Portuguese, French and English languages. Contains information from articles published in journals edited in 24 different countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as from publications that focus on Pan-American issues.


Type: Index;
Coverage: 1978-present

  Classical Music Library

World's largest multi-label database of Classical music recordings for listening and learning in libraries. Coverage of repertoire is increasing as new labels are added (currently over 32 labels).


Type: Full Text;

  Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI)

This is a web-based training program in animal and human research subjects protections. It includes basic courses covering subjects such as: biomedicine, social and behavioral topics, refreshers, good clinical practice, Health Information Privacy and Security (HIPS), laboratory animal welfare, and the responsible conduct of research. When you register, please select the University of Denver as your home institution.


Type: Full Text;

  CollegeSource

Features over 23,133 college catalogs in complete cover-to-cover, original page format representing 2-year, 4-year, graduate, professional and international schools.


Type: Full Text;

  Colorado Grants Guide

Access via password. The publisher of this database only allows access to the product in the library. To use, go to the Penrose Library Research Help Center and we will log you in.

Contains profiles on Colorado:

    Local foundations and trusts
    Corporations
    National funders
    Government agencies
    Religious organizations


Type: Full Text;

  Colorado's Historic Newspaper Collection

This is a project in progress with the goal of digitizing Colorado's historic newspapers from the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries.


Type: Full Text;
Coverage: varies by title

  Columbia Earthscape

A comprehensive aggregation of resources in the Earth and Environmental Sciences. The four sections of the compass provide access to resources for the teacher, student, scientist, or decision-maker.


Type: Abstracts;

  Columbia Gazetteer of the World

A database of names, descriptions, and characteristics of over 165,000 places in the world. Users can search all the information—not just place-names—and segment it.


Type: Full Text;
Title list
  Columbia Granger's World of Poetry

An index to poetry published in anthologies. Indexing by title, first line, author, and subject. Includes some full text.


Type: Selected Full Text;

  Communication & Mass Media Complete

CMMC provides access to the literature in areas related to communication and mass media. It offers cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for over 300 journals, and selected coverage of over 100 more, and includes full text for nearly 200 journals.


Type: Abstracts; Selected Full Text;
Coverage: 1915-present
Title list
  Communications Studies: A Sage Full-Text Collection

Full-text to 22 journals published by SAGE and participating societies covering the following subjects: Journalism, Public Opinion, Political Communication, Mass Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Intercultural Communication, Cultural Studies, Discourse Studies, Television/Film Studies, Media Studies, Business Communication, Organizational/Management Communication, Written Communication, Rhetoric, and Literacy Studies. Some journals go back 20 years.


Type: Full Text;
Coverage: 1982-present

  Company Profiles

Access Datamonitor profiles to 5,000 of the largest companies in the world.


Type: Full Text;
Coverage: Most recent

  Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Citation Index

Contains more than 270,000 bibliographic citations from the Medline Database.


Type: Abstracts; Index;
Coverage: 1965-present

  Computer & Information Systems Abstracts

Abstracts of journal, magazine and "hard-to-find" conference literature. Provides a comprehensive monthly update on the latest theoretical research and practical applications from around the world. Over 350,000 records.


Type: Abstracts;
Coverage: 1981-present

  Computer Database

Use this database to find computer-related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications and the application of technology.


Type: Abstracts; Selected Full Text;
Coverage: 1980-present
Title list
  Computing Reviews

Computing Reviews (CR) aims to provide access to current research, theory and applications in all subdisciplines of computing via the review medium. CR compiles expert, unbiased critical reviews of current books and journal articles. The goals of CR are to provide an overview of developments in computing to both specialists and generalists who wish to survey the field as a whole; isolate and illuminate quality materials; and build and enhance communities of computer scientists and others by promoting the exchange of ideas.


Type: Abstracts;

  Conference Papers Index

Conference Papers provides citations to papers and poster sessions presented at major scientific meetings around the world. Subject emphasis since 1995 has been in the life sciences, environmental sciences and the aquatic sciences, while older material also covers physics, engineering and materials science.


Type: Abstracts; Abstracts;
Coverage: 1982-present

  Congressional Record

The Congressional Record, and the preceding titles Annals of the Congress of the United States, Register of Debates in Congress, and the Congressional Globe are all available through Hein Online.


Type: Full Text;
Coverage: 1789-present

  Contemporary Authors

Biographical information for approximately 115,000 authors, including current writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, journalists, editors, scholars, TV scriptwriters, screenwriters, and notable international authors who have been translated into English.


Type: Full Text;

  Contemporary Literary Criticism

Excerpts of critical essays and book reviews of authors. The online version contains the same content as the print version starting with volume 95; prior to volume 95, coverage is selective. Entries published between 1973-1999 include authors who died after December 31, 1959, and from 1999-present entries include authors who died after December 31, 1999.


Type: Selected Full Text;

  Contemporary Women's Issues (CWI)

Provides full-text access to global information on women in over 150 countries. Indexes books, journals, newsletters, research reports from non-profit groups, government and international agencies, and fact sheets.


Type: Selected Full Text;
Coverage: 1992-present
Location: Penrose Library Workstations 1&2 (FirstSearch Icon)
Title list
  Contemporary World Music

When complete the database will contain 50,000 tracks that deliver the sounds of all regions from every continent.


Type: Full Text;

  Corporate Affiliations

Use this database to determine whether a company is public, private, and if a subsidiary, who the parent is. This resource provides "insight into nearly 200,000 parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, and divisions" globally.


Type: Full Text;

  CorpTech Directory of Technology Companies

Directory of U.S. high technology companies. The "Custom Search" tab allows you to search by Industry Executives, Geography, Ownership, Company Size, Headquarters/Subsidiary, Company Name Products...and more. Use the product classification system provided for a more precise search. Enhance your information for some companies by using Hoovers Online. To access the database, click on "Corp Tech" once you enter ReferenceUSA.


Type: Index;

  Corrosion Abstracts

Corrosion Abstracts provides the world's most complete source of bibliographic information in the area of corrosion science and engineering. International sources of literature are scanned and abstracted in the areas of general corrosion, testing, corrosion characteristics, preventive measures, materials construction and performance, and equipment for many industries.


Type: Abstracts;
Coverage: 1980-present

  CQ Electronic Library

Searches simultaneously across CQ Research and CQ Weekly. This is an excellent way to keep up-to-date on public policy issues, legislative research, and current events.


Type: Full Text;

  CQ Researcher

Weekly reports covering current hot issues ranging from social and teen issues to environment, health, education, and science and technology. Each report contains charts, graphs, a chronology, bibliographies, and a pro/con section.


Type: Full Text;
Coverage: 1991-present

  Criminal Justice Periodicals

Comprehensive collection of U.S. and international criminal justice journals including information for professionals in law enforcement, corrections administration, drug enforcement, rehabilitation, family law, and industrial security.


Type: Full Text;
Title list
  Criminology: A Sage Full-Text Collection

Full-text to 27 journals published by Sage and participating societies covering the following subjects: Criminal Justice, Juvenile Delinquency, Juvenile Justice, Corrections, Penology, Policing, Forensic Psychology, and Family and Domestic Violence. Some journals go back 20 years.


Type: Full Text;
Coverage: 1982-present

  CSA (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)

Provides access to about 40 databases in many different scientific and social science fields, such as: Agricultural science, biological & medical science, computer technology, earth & environmental Science, engineering, psychology, and more.


Type: Abstracts; Index; Selected Full Text;
Coverage: Varies

  CSA Engineering Research Database

This covers the international serial and non-serial literature pertaining to civil, earthquake, environmental, mechanical, and transportation engineering including their complementary fields of forensic engineering, management and marketing of engineering services, engineering education, theoretical mechanics and dynamics, and mathematics/computation. Content includes basic and applied research, design, construction, technological and engineering aspects of air and water quality, environmental safety, energy production and developments in new technologies.


Type: Abstracts; Index;
Coverage: 1966-present

  CSA Materials Research Database with METADEX

This database brings together in one place the majority of the leading materials science databases, with specialist content on materials science, metallurgy, ceramics, polymers, and composites used in engineering application. Everything from raw materials and refining through processing, welding and fabrication to end uses, corrosion, performance and recycling is covered in depth for all metals, alloys, polymers, ceramics, and composites.


Type: Abstracts; Index;
Coverage: 1966-present

  Current Geographical Publications

Bibliographic catalog to the American Geographical Society Library, a major reference and research library devoted to the literature of geography, cartography, and related fields. The database includes bibliographic citations for journal articles, monographs, pamphlets, maps, atlases and photographs. Also includes the electronic edition of Current Geographical Publication, a monthly report of new publications of geographic interest.


Type: Index;
Coverage: 1985-present

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