Department of Reference Services
Description of regularly subscribed CD-ROM/Web Databases
| Title | Publisher | Formate | Typeof Data | |
| 1 | Association unlimited (complete set 5 modules) | Gale Research inc | Web | Full-text |
| 2 | BNB (British National Bibliography) 1950 to current | Chadwych-Heally | CD | Full-text |
| 3 | Business Source Elite | EBSCO | Web | Full-text |
| 4 | Complete Marquis Who’s Who on CD, The | Bowker | CD | Bibliographic with Full-text |
| 5 | Computer Database | EBSCO | Web | Ful-text |
| 6 | Dissertation Abstract on Disc | ProQuest | CD +Web | Abstract |
| 7 | EBSCO (Master file premier) | EBSCO | Web | Full-Text |
| 8 | Economist, The | Chadwych-Healey | CD | Full-Text |
| 9 | EIU Country Reports (middle east / N. Africa) | Silverplatter | CD | Full-Text |
| 10 | Encyclopedia Britannica | Encyclopedia Britannica Press | CD | Full-Text |
| 11 | Encyclopedia of Islam | Micro Info | CD | Full-Text |
| 12 | ERIC Plus Text | ProQuest | Web | Full-text + image |
| 13 | Global Books in Print | Bowker | CD | Bibliographic with Full-text |
| 14 | Guardian,The | Chadwyck-Healley | Web | Full-Text |
| 15 | Information science Abstract | Silverplatter | CD | Bibliographic + Abstract |
| 16 | International Who’s Who | Europa Publication. | CD | Full-text |
| 17 | ISBN (International Standard Book Number) Directory | K.G. Saur | CD | Reference |
| 18 | ITS for windows with LC Marc English | The Library Corporation | CD | Reference |
| 19 | LC MARC Foreign | The Library Corp. | CD | Reference |
| 20 | Multimedia & CD-ROM Directory | Waterlow New Media Information | CD | Directory |
| 21 | Newspaper Source | EBSCO | Web | Full-text |
| 22 | New York Times, The | Chadwych-Healey | Web | Full-text |
| 23 | ProQuest ABI/Inform | ProQuest | CD | Full-Text +Images |
| 24 | ProQuest GPO II (General Periodical'sOn disc)/Academic Research Library(online version of GPO PAR II) | UMI | CD + Web | Full-Text +Images |
| 25 | ProQuest Social Science Index/Plus Text | UMI | CD + Web | Full-Text +Images |
| 26 | Saudi National Bibliography) | King Fahd National Library | CD | Bibliographic |
| 27 | Ulrich’s +International Periodicals Directory | Silver Platter | CD | Bibliographic + Full-Text |
| 28 | Wilson Current Biography | H. W. Wilson | CD | Full-Text |
| 29 | Wilson Library literature & Information Science (1984 +) | Silverplatter | CD | Bibliographic + Full-Text |
Description
| 1-Association unlimited (complete set 5 modules) Association Unlimited is a premier source on associations, professional societies and nonprofit organizations all over the world. The series now contains more than 158,000 detailed listing, from local chamber of commerce to Medical Associations. In addition, IRS information on over 300,000 nonprofit organization has been added to Association Unlimited. |
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| 2-BNB (British National Bibliography) 1950 to current This database covers over 1.6 million catalogue records for books and serials published in the UK and the Republic of Ireland and deposited with the British Library since 1950. The current file is a subscription service providing all records since 1986. The Back file covers the period 1950 – 1985 |
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| 3-Business Source Elite Business Source Elite offers coverage of such topics as accounting, banking, finance, international business, management, marketing, real estate, regional studies, sales, trade and technology. It indicative abstracts and indexing for nearly 1,590 business journals and cumulative full text for nearly 1,060 journals. There is company information from Dun & Bradstreet is included for 3,000,000 companies. |
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| 4-Complete Marquis Who’s Who on CD, The Marquis Who's Who®, which combines biographies from twenty print volumes since 1985, includes professional and personal profiles of more than 950,000 key international figures. It contains detailed biographical information on newsmakers in a wide variety of professions and virtually every important field of endeavor. From finance, industry, government, and education to science and technology and the arts, users get the facts on outstanding achievers, past and present. Each entry provides detailed biographical information, including current occupation, career highlights, family information, birthplace, date of birth, education and much more. |
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| 5-Computer Database Computer database provides researchers with the latest information and current trends in high technology. This database covers 250 full text periodicals abstracts and indexing over 320 titles. It covers various topics such as computers, telecommunications, electronics, and the Internet. |
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| 6-Dissertation Abstract on Disc Dissertation Abstracts indexed more than 1.6 million doctoral dissertations and master's theses, dating from the first U.S. dissertation in 1861 and Thousands more are added yearly including bibliographic information. It represents more than 1,000 universities and is searchable by subject, title, keyword, author, institutions, degree date and academic advisor. |
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| 7-EBSCO (Master file premier) EBSCO Master File Premier provides full text for over 1,880 general reference, business, health, general science, and multi-cultural periodicals. In addition to the full text, This database offers indexing and abstract for nearly 2,830 periodicals. Full text backfills go as far as January 1990, while indexing and abstract backfills go as far as January of 1984. This database is updated daily on EBSCO host. |
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| 8-Economist The title contains the full text of the Economist magazine, including graphics, charts, maps and tables, economic, financial and emerging market indicators and information, as well as the Economist index. |
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| 9-EIU Country Reports (middle east / N. Africa) Provides overview of the latest economic, political and market conditions for all regions of the world. Each disc offers detailed country-specific data and analysis. Available for six separate regions of the world. The Americas, Asia /pacific, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Middle East/North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa. EIU Country Reports on Disc: Middle East/North covers Africa--Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, The Occupied Territory, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen. |
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| 10-Encyclopedia Britannica Encyclopedia Britannica 2002 Deluxe Edition CD-ROM, the all-in-one resource featuring a comprehensive, visually-enhanced encyclopedia, plus dictionary and world atlas. Its new and update features like, Visual Tours –Timeline- World Atlas- Research Organizer- Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate® Dictionary, 10th Edition make it unique one in its field. |
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| 11-Encyclopedia of Islam The Encyclopedia of Islam sets out the present state of our knowledge of the Islamic world from religion and history to politics and culture. It embraces articles on distinguished Muslims of every age and land, on tribes and dynastic, on the crafts and sciences, on political and religious institutions, on the geography, ethnography, flora, and fauna of the various countries and on the history, topography and monuments of the major towns and cities. Its geographical and historical scope encompasses the old Arab-Islamic countries of Iran, Central Asia, the Indian sub-continent and Indonesia, the Ottoman Empire and all modern Islamic states. |
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| 12-ERIC Plus Text ERIC Plus Text database provides comprehensive coverage of educational journals and documents with full-text and/or full-image articles from nearly 260 leading journals and give the latest teaching concepts, methodologies, and findings. Subject Area: Social sciences, education, & humanities Formats: Abstracts and indexing, ASCII full text, full image, Text+Graphics Overall dates of coverage: 1966-present . Total titles covered: 1,050+ Users can find the exact information they need by searching up to 24 indexed fields, including author, publisher, target audience, descriptors, document type, and many more. |
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| 13-Global Books in Print Allows users to identify the entire book market by author, title, publisher, ISBN, LCCN, keyword, subject, children’s subject, audience, price, publication year, language, grade level, illustrations, and series titles. Citations may be displayed in six different formats. Including facility for creating electronic orders, purchase orders and special orders. |
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| 14-Guardian, The Contains the full text of The Guardian newspaper, including news, features and editorials. From January 1992, it also contains hundreds of selected graphs, charts and maps. Virtually every word in the databases is indexed. Includes the observer. |
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| 15-Information science Abstract Contains literature citations of journal articles, monographs, patents, conference proceedings and reports relating to all aspect of library and information science and technology. The database contains over 249,000 records from over 450 publications. Gives converge of abstracting and indexing, classification, online information retrieval, information management, library administration, and telecommunications. |
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| 16-International Who’s Who This database contains bibliographical details of some 18,500 personalities. Heads of state, politicians, internationally renowned businessmen and women, diplomats, writers, composers, entertainers, artists, administrators, leading academics and researchers are drawn from every country of the word. In this new update edition of 2001, nearly 1,000 selected new entries are included. |
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| 17-ISBN (International Standard Book Number) Directory The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is a short readable code that identifies unambiguously any book published internationally. The ISBN accompanies the publisher’s products from production through distribution to sale. With the help of ISBN Directory, one can easily find the addresses and ISBNs of the thousands of publishers: 499,021 publishers from 210 countries are listed. |
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| 18-ITS for windows with LC Marc English Bibliophile ITS for windows is a technical services processing tool designed to handle functions like order consideration to shelving. It features a MARC editor; sensitive help files are hyperlink to standard bibliographic and authority files, with cataloguing information, interpretation and rules. |
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| 19-LC MARC Foreign LC MARC Foreign is a MARC database consisting of non-English publications cataloged by the Library of Congress. Till October 2001, this database contains 2,566,558 records. |
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| 20-Multimedia & CD-ROM Directory The multimedia and CD ROM Directory on CD-ROM provides comprehensive details on over 15000 companies, 28000 publishers and distributors worldwide. The disc also extensively covers multimedia software and hardware producers, production services and other services providers. It also contains information on conferences; books & Journals aimed at multimedia professionals and a glossary. |
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| 21-Newspaper Source This database provides selected full text coverage for more than 200 newspapers, newwires and other sources. It covers to full text for some regional newspapers as well some international newspapers like The Time (London) Australian, and more newswire coverage includes AP Online(Associated Press), Asia Plus, Canadian Press and many more. |
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| 22-New York Times, The The New York Times in abstracts, indexing and in full text. Covers US international, political, business and development affairs. |
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| 23-ProQuest ABI/Inform This research covers over 800 current business, management, industry, academic and trade publications. Records including full image citations, abstracts and indexing. It also contains business trends, conditions, corporate strategies, competitive and product information and industry-specific topics worldwide. |
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| 24-ProQuest GPO II (General Periodical's On disc)/Academic Research Library
(online version of GPO PAR II) This CD+Web database provides access to complete information from journals across a wide range of subject areas, including the arts, humanities, law, military, women's issues, and children's interest. Subject Area: General reference Formats: Abstracts and indexing, full text, full image, Text+Graphics Overall dates of coverage: 1971 - present Total titles covered: 3,000+ |
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| 25-ProQuest Social Science Index/Plus Text Social Sciences Index/ Plus Text is designed to meet the needs of social science professionals as well as students, instructors, researchers and hold collection on topics in such fields as addiction studies, gerontology, economics, international relations, minority studies, urban studies, and hundreds of others. Subject Area: Social sciences, education, and humanities Formats: Abstracts and indexing, ASCII full text, full image, Text+Graphics Overall dates of coverage: 1971/1988 - present Total titles covered: 430. |
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| 26-Saudi National Bibliography) This is about books printed and published in Arabic language (available at KFNL). |
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| 27-Ulrich’s +International Periodicals Directory Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory provides information on virtually every active and ceased periodical, annual, irregular publication, and monographic series published throughout the world, plus thousands of newspapers. This database allows users to retrieve, manipulate, and scrutinize citations from myriad perspectives, including 970 subject categories, ISSN, subscription rates, publisher name, title, editor, electronic availability and more. Updated quarterly, the database also provides contact information for over 80,000 publishers from over 200 countries worldwide. With over 250,000 records. |
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| 28-Wilson Current Biography This database covers all of the profiles and obituaries that have appeared in Current Biography Yearbook. With more than 15,580 biographies and 9,260 obituaries, covering 15,000 individuals prominent from politics, the arts, and sports, to science, the world of media and much more from 1940 through to today, Current Biography provides in-depth biographies of key individuals. Each entry provides detailed bibliographic information, including profession, gender, birthplace, date of birth, education, race/ethnicity and much more. |
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| 29-Wilson Library literature & Information Science (1984 +) Library Literature and Information Science covers the full text of over 91 journals from 1998 to present. The database indexes 200 key library and information science periodicals as well as 600 individual books a year published in the United States and elsewhere. Included in the database are conference proceedings, selected state journals, and library school theses with topics covering censorship, public relations, preservation, copyright legislation, automation, cataloging, and classification. This unique file comprises both English and foreign periodicals. |
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