Subject Librarian
email Gregory Bobish

emailgbobish@albany.edu
phone(518) 442-3591
location_onUniversity Library: LI-318

Key Databases

Gale Literature Resource Center

Alternative/Former Name(s) & Keywords: Literature Resource Center

Gale's Literature Resource Center focuses on undergraduate students and provides access to biographical, bibliographical, and critical analysis from the core sources Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography, and Contemporary Literary Criticism, although additional Gale sources are represented. It includes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, and journalism. In addition, it includes a link to the full-text of Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature, 1995. Please review the LRC's own "about file" for information on the database's coverage and updates that will appear frequently. User guide/tutorial

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Coverage:
Ongoing
Updated:
Regularly
Fulltext:
Yes
Access limitations:
No limitation on concurrent users
ERIC [via EBSCO]

ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) database provides access to education literature and resources in the Current Index of Journals in Education (CIJE) and Resources in Education (RIE). ERIC documents include conference papers, reports, instructional materials, research articles, and other materials. This database provides full text of more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 1,000 educational and education-related journals. Through the ERIC Microfiche Digitization Project, more than 30,000 documents published on microfiche by ERIC between 1982 and 1992 have been made available in full text. User guide/tutorial

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Coverage:
1966 -
Updated:
Quarterly
Fulltext:
Yes, selected
Access limitations:
No limitation on concurrent users

Other Databases

Book Review Digest Retrospective: 1908-1982 (H.W. Wilson)

Excerpts from and citations to reviews of adult and juvenile fiction and non-fiction. Covers 300,000 books and 1.5 million book reviews.

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Coverage:
1905-1982
Updated:
N/A
Fulltext:
Yes, selected
Access limitations:
No limitation on concurrent users
Dissertations & Theses Global

The complete range of academic subjects appearing in dissertations accepted at accredited institutions. Also includes master's theses, educational specialist materials, and other projects accepted for master's degrees by accredited colleges and universities.

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Coverage:
1861 + Indexing dissertations
1980 + Abstracting dissertations

1997 + Full text
Updated:
Monthly
Fulltext:
Yes, selected
Access limitations:
No limitation on concurrent users
Educational Administration Abstracts

Indexes more than 200 journals published in the U.S. and some Western European countries on issues and research related to the administration of primary, secondary and post-secondary educational facilities and programs. User guide/tutorial

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Coverage:
Volume 1 - ; 1966 +
Updated:
Twice monthly
Fulltext:
No
Access limitations:
No limitation on concurrent users
Project MUSE

400 Scholarly journals in literature humanities, social sciences, mathematics, cultural and gender studies from Johns Hopkins University Press. The journal list is available for browsing.

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Coverage:
1993 +
Updated:
Varies
Fulltext:
Yes
Access limitations:
No limitation on concurrent users
Theses Canada Portal

Includes bibliographic records of all theses in the National Library of Canada theses collection.

Coverage:
1965 +: indexing
1998 - August 31, 2002: full text
Updated:
Ongoing
Fulltext:
Yes
Access limitations:
No limitation on concurrent users
Ulrichsweb

Alternative/Former Name(s) & Keywords: Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory

Also known as Ulrichsweb.com, this site provides users with essential serials bibliographic and access information ranging from subscription prices to the latest web sites. Covers nearly 250,000 consumer and trade magazines, academic and scholarly publications, monographic series, newsletters, newspapers, electronic publications, and 'zines published throughout the world on all subjects.

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Coverage:
Varies
Updated:
Monthly
Fulltext:
Yes
Access limitations:
Limited to five concurrent users
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