The following databases can be
accessed
within the Kuwait University Campus without username/password. To access
these databases from a remote location "For Faculty members and Assistants
and graduated Students", please contact the librarian to get
username/password.
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Academic Search Complete
is a
multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for nearly 4,650
serials, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed publications. PDF backfiles
to 1975.
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ACM Digital Library
is a vast
collection of citations and full text from ACM journal and newsletter
articles and conference proceedings.
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Adam Mathew Confidential
Print: Middle East, 1839-1969
This collection
consists of the Confidential Print for the countries of the Levant and the
Arabian peninsula, Iran, Turkey, Egypt and Sudan.
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Analytical Abstracts
is a
specialist database for analytical scientists. Analytical Abstracts gives
you access to new analytical methods, abstracted from all major analytical
journals.
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Applied Science and Technology
Index/Abstracts/Full Text gives
you access to the most important sources in applied science and
technology—much of it from
peer-reviewed
journals. This database features full text, graphs, charts, diagrams,
photos, and illustrations in scientific and technical articles.
[List of Full Text Journals
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Arts Index/Abstracts/Full Text
is
a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles from
periodicals published throughout the world. Full-text coverage for selected
periodicals is also included.
[List of Full Text Journals
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ASTM COMPASS
Provides Profissional, comprehinsive, and cost-effective training focused on construction material testing |
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Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
is a
comprehensive American guide to the current literature of architecture
and design.
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Biological Abstract
is a complete
collection of bibliographic references covering life science and biomedical
research literature published from more than 4,000 journals internationally.
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Biological Abstracts Archive
is an
abstracting and indexing reference publication for life sciences
information. The database includes bibliographic references (records) with
abstracts derived from life sciences research journals published worldwide.
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Books in Print
Whether you're looking for
information on books, audio books, or videos, you've come to the right
place! With millions of titles, GlobalBooksInPrint.com is an essential
bibliographic tool for libraries, booksellers, and publishers worldwide.
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Business
Periodicals Global with ABI/Inform Global
database
contains nearly 1800 worldwide business periodicals with in-depth coverage
of business and economic conditions, management techniques, theory, and
practice of business, advertising, marketing, economics, human resources,
finance, taxation, computers, and more.
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CAB Abstract - CABI
the most
comprehensive database of its kind, CAB Abstracts gives researchers
instant access to over 7.3 million records from 1973 onwards, with over
350,000 abstracts added each year. its coverage of the applied life
sciences includes agriculture, environment, veterinary sciences, applied
economics, food science and nutrition. |
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Chemical Abstracts
database
includes over 20 million citations to the worldwide literature of
chemistry and its applications from 1967 forward.
This database is now available through SciFinder
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Communication and Mass Media Complete
provides
quality research solution in areas related to communication and mass
media.
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Current Contents
Connect
is a
multidisciplinary current awareness Web resource providing access to
complete bibliographic information from over 8,000 of the world's leading
scholarly journals and more than 2,000 books.
This database is now available through ISI Web of Knowledge link.
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DAAI:Design
and Applied Arts Index
is the
leading source of abstracts and bibliographic records for articles, news
items, and reviews published in design and applied arts periodicals from
1973 onwards.
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Design
Management Institute Membership (DMI)
DMI is
the largest community of design and innovation leaders across industries and
across the globe. Members have connection to peers, academics and industry
thought leaders in every aspect of design, design thinking, design
management and design education. In addition, members gain exclusive access
to the worlds largest and foremost body of design management & business
content, with hundreds of articles, updated conference video, and case
studies.
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Derwent Innovations Index
Derwent
Innovations Index provides access to more than 14,800,000 patents with links
to cited and citing patents, cited articles, and full-text patent data
sources.
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Dissertations & Theses
is a
Full text database the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations
and theses. Full Text includes 2.4 million dissertation and theses citations from
around the world from 1861 to the present.
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EconLit with Fulltext
EconLit™ with
Full Text contains all of the indexing available in EconLit, plus full text
for more than 500 journals, including the American Economic Association
journals with no embargo (American Economic Review, Journal of Economic
Literature, and Journal of Economic Perspectives)
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EDRA (Environmental Design Research Association)
is an
international association of design professionals, researchers, students,
and others committed to advancing and disseminating environment design
research. EDRA is committed to improving the relationships between people
and places, and helping to create places that respond to human needs.
Refer to Engineering Library for username and Password
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Education Index
Abstracts / Full Text covers
the latest concepts, trends, opinions, theories and methods from both
applied and theoretical aspects of education. It includes citations and
abstracts from over 500 English-language periodicals, and full-text for over
200 of these periodicals.[List of Full Text Journals
Available]
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Emerald Elite
1) Emerald
E-Journal Premier collection with 311 titles
2) Emerald 3 major e-books collection - Social Sciences,
Business Management & Economics, Transport
3) Emerald e-Cases full bundle
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Encyclopedia
Britannica
includes the
complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
and Thesaurus, Britannica Student Encyclopedia and the
Britannica Book of the Year.
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Engineering Village
Engineering
Village is the premier web-based discovery platform meeting the information
needs of the engineering community. By coupling powerful search tools, an
intuitive user interface and essential content sources, Engineering Village
has become the globally accepted source of choice for engineers, engineering
students, researchers and information professionals. |
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Environmental Impact - CABI
is an internet resource
created in response to demand from the scientific community, policy makers
and information specialists for a single comprehensive bibliographic
information resource on climate change and other influences of humans on the
biosphere |
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Environmental Sciences and Pollution Mgmt
This
multidisciplinary database, provides unparalleled and comprehensive coverage
of the environmental sciences. Abstracts and citations are drawn from over
10,000 serials including scientific journals, conference proceedings,
reports, monographs, books and government publications. |
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Eric Abstracts
is the
complete database on educational materials providing bibliographic
information on a wealth of education-related documents and journal articles.
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Eric Online Full Text
is a database
of journal and non-journal education literature. The ERIC online system
provides a centralized ERIC Web site for searching the ERIC bibliographic
database of more than 1.1 million citations going back to 1966.More than
107,000 full-text non-journal documents (issued 1993-2004) are also
available.
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Food
Science & Technology Abstracts (FSTA)
contains over
500,000 references; annual updates add approximately 18,000 references per
year. FSTA covers all areas of food science, food technology, and human
nutrition, including basic food science, biotechnology, toxicology,
packaging, and engineering.
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General Science Index/Abstracts / Full Text
is a
bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles plus the full
text of selected periodicals. Subjects Covered include Astronomy,
Atmospheric Science, Biology, Botany, Chemistry, Conservation, Earth
Science, Environment, Food, Genetics, Health, Mathematics, Medicine,
Microbiology, Nutrition, Oceanography, Physics, Physiology, Zoology.
[List of Full Text Journals
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GEOBASE (geography, geology, and ecology)
Worldwide literature on geography, geology, and ecology Bibliographic database for the earth geographical and ecological sciences. Coverage of 2,000+ international journals, including both peer-reviewed titles and trade publications Ninety-nine percent of entries include English abstracts. .
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GeoRef Academic
GeoRef,
produced by the American Geological Institute, is a comprehensive
geosciences database containing over 3 million bibliographic records to the
geoscience literature of the world. Among the subjects covered in GeoRef
are: environmental and engineering geology, hydrology, economic geology,
geophysics, petrology, paleontology, marine geology and oceanography, and
mineralogy.
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Historical Abstracts
is your
complete reference guide to the history of the world from 1450 to the
present (excluding the United States and Canada)
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Humanities Index/Abstracts/Full Text is
a bibliographic database that cites articles from English-language
periodicals, plus the full text of selected periodicals in the fields of
Archaeology, Area Studies, Art, Classical Studies, Communications, Dance,
Film, Folklore, Gender Studies, History, Journalism, Linguistics, Literary &
Social Criticism Literature, Music, Performing Arts, Philosophy, Religion
and Theology.
[List of Full Text Journals Available]
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ICONDA
(The
International CONstruction Database) covers worldwide technical literature
relating to all aspects of planning and construction.
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IEEE/IEE Electronic Library (IEL)
is an online
delivery system providing full text access to technical literature in
electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics.
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IHS
Industry Standards:
This includes
- DIN Standards, BSI, ACI, PFI, Knowledge Pro Collection
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Index Islamicus
database
indexed literature on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world since
1906. It indexes periodical articles including general history, social
science, history of science and arts titles.
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Index to Legal Periodicals
is a
bibliographic database that cites articles from legal periodicals and
indexes law books published in 1993 and later.
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Institute of Physics
(IOP)
The Institute of Physics is a scientific membership organisation devoted to
increasing the understanding and application of physics. It has an extensive
worldwide membership (currently over 34,000) and is a leading communicator
of physics with all audiences from specialists through government to the
general public. |
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ISI Web of
Knowledge
is a research
platform that delivers easy access to high quality, diversified scholarly
information in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities, as
well as search and analysis tools that enhance this content. |
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JStor
offers a
high-quality, interdisciplinary archive to support scholarship and teaching.
It includes archives of over one thousand leading academic journals across
the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as select monographs
and other materials valuable for academic work. The entire corpus is
full-text searchable, offers search term highlighting, includes high-quality
images, and is interlinked by millions of citations and references. |
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Knovel
Knovel is the world's leading web-based application integrating the depth and breadth of validated engineering content, selected from the most trusted sources and deliveref to engineers quickly and with extreme precision. The delivery of this Academic Engineering database includes the 28 Engineering Subject Areas as specified and requested by Kuwait University |
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Legal Collection
database
contains full text for nearly 250 of the world's most respected, scholarly
law journals. It is an authoritative source for information on current
issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world. |
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LexisNexis Academic
LexisNexis
is a leading global provider of content-enabled workflow solutions to
professionals in law firms, corporations, government, law enforcement, tax,
accounting, academic institutions and risk and compliance assessment.
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Lexis
Library
Lexis
Library provides access to the UK’s most authoritative legal and reference
works available in a single resource. The Legal collection is a unique
service providing access to an extensive range of commentary, legislation,
cases, current awareness and materials. Lawyers and information
professionals can quickly find up-to-date information, resources and expert
opinion from established names such as Butterworths, Tolley and Halsbury’s.
With the most up-to-date statement and explanation of the law, practitioners
can have complete confidence in the advice they provide. s a leading global provider of content-enabled workflow solutions to
professionals in law firms, corporations, government, law enforcement, tax,
accounting, academic institutions and risk and compliance assessment.
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Library and
Information Sciences Abstracts (LISA Plus)
is an
international abstracting and indexing tool designed for library
professionals and other information specialists.
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Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA)
is a
free database accessible by anyone interested in libraries and
information management. This world-class bibliographic database provides
coverage on subjects such as librarianship, classification, cataloging,
bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and
more. Delivered via the EBSCOhost platform, LISTA indexes nearly 600
periodicals plus books, research reports, and proceedings. With coverage
dating back to the mid-1960s, it is the oldest continuously produced
database covering the field of information science.
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Library Literature & Information Science Index/Full Text covers
a wide range of subjects: Automation, Care & Restoration of Books,
Cataloging, Censorship, Children's Literature, Circulation Procedures,
Classification, Copyright Legislation, Education for Librarianship,
Electronic Searching, Indexing, Internet Software, Library Associations &
Conferences, etc.
[List of Full Text Journals
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Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)
contains
abstracts and indexes of international literature in linguistics and related
disciplines in the language sciences. The database covers all aspects of the
study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and
semantics.
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MathSciNet
MathSciNet is
an electronic publication offering access to a carefully maintained and
easily searchable database of reviews, abstracts and bibliographic
information for much of the mathematical sciences literature.
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MLA International Bibliography
is a
bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations.
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Natural Sciences Collection
is a
interdisciplinary database that offers abstracts and citations to a wide
range of research in biomedicine, biotechnology, aquatic sciences,
environmental sciences, oceanography, toxicology, zoology and ecology, and
some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science.
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NTIS
(National
Technical Information Service) contains summaries of U. S.
government-sponsored research, development, and engineering projects, plus
analyses prepared by federal agencies, their contractors or grantees.
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OnePetro
is an online library of technical literature for the oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) industry.
It contains more than 145,000 documents produced by 18 publishing partners.
Features of OnePetro:-
1-Extensive Body of Knowledge. One of the most comprehensive resources available on upstream oil and gas.
2-Round the Clock Availability. 24/7 direct access to full-text literature.
3-Familiar, User-Friendly Search. Powered by Google with basic and advanced search options.
4-Multi-Organizational Library. One location for industry professionals to find answers to technical questions.
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Oxford Reference Online
Oxford Reference Online combines rich and scholarly resources offered by
acclaimed titles in the Oxford Companions series with authoritative
quick-reference coverage of the full subject spectrum. It also offers
excellent functionality, and a wide range of additional material such as
maps, illustrations, and timelines.
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PAIS International
database is a
bibliographic index to the literature of public policy, social policy, and
the social sciences in general.
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Peace Research Abstracts
Peace
Research Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering essential areas
related to peace research, including conflict resolution, international
affairs, peace psychology, and other areas of key relevance to the
discipline. The index contains 115,000 records, which are carefully selected
from the most important sources within the discipline. |
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Petroleum Abstracts
features
abstracts, a thesaurus, and bibliographic citations from the worldwide
literature on upstream petroleum operations, plus relevant patent
information.
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The Philosopher's Index
The
Philosopher's Index is a bibliographic database with informative,
author-written abstracts covering scholarly research in all areas of
philosophy. The literature covered goes back to 1940 and includes journal
articles, books, book chapters such as contributions to an anthology, and
book reviews. The Philosopher's Index monitors over 550 journals from more
than 40 countries and is updated quarterly. Extensive indexing includes
personal and proper names along with subject terms; there is also the
capability to search for the authors of book reviews.
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Pollution Abstracts
provides access to the environmental information necessary to resolve
day-to-day problems, ensure ongoing compliance, and handle emergency
situations more effectively.
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Project MUSE
is a unique
collaboration between libraries and publishers, providing 100% full-text,
affordable and user-friendly online access to a comprehensive selection of
prestigious humanities and social sciences journals. |
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Proquest Central
is a research tool that brings together 30 of our most highly
used databases to create the largest academic research resource available
today. |
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Proquest
SciTech Collection
is a search tool that combines a number of our
specialized natural science, technology and engineering. |
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PsycARTICLES
is a database of full-text articles from over 50 journals that cover a range
of subjects such as general psychology and specialized basic, applied,
clinical, and theoretical research areas within psychology.
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PsycINFO
provides abstracting and indexing for nearly 2,000 key psychology titles,
with coverage dating from the 1800s.
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Reader's Guide Index/Abstracts / Full Text Mega Edition contains
index with abstracts to popular periodical literature, covering a wide range
of topics, including scientific breakthroughs, international politics,
business news, medicine, religion, the arts, and more. It also contains full
text of over 137 periodicals.[List of Full Text Journals
Available]
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RefWorks
online research
management, writing and collaboration tool is designed to help researchers
easily gather, manage, store and share all types of information, as well as
generate citations and bibliographies.
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ReSearch
Companion
ProQuest Research
Companion is ProQuest’s flagship information literacy product. It was built
to help students do more effective scholarly research and to support
educators as they teach the core information literacy principles of finding,
evaluating, and using information.
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SAGE
Premier (Humanities and Social Sciences Journal Collection)SAGE
Humanities and Social Sciences Journal Collection gives access to over 480
peer-reviewed, full-text journals and over 314,000 articles, with content
dating back to 1999. SAGE Humanities and Social Sciences includes
electronic access to over 480 highly ranked journals published by SAGE in
the fields of business, humanities, social sciences.
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SAGE
Knowledge (Business & Management, and Education)SAGE
Knowledge includes an expansive range of eBook and eReference content,
including monographs, reference works, handbooks, series, professional
development titles, and more. |
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ScienceDirect
offers more
than a quarter of the world's scientific, medical and technical information
online.
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Over
2,000 peer-reviewed journals
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Hundreds
of book series, handbooks and reference works
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Back to
volume one, issue one
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SciFinder Scholar
SciFinder is a research discovery tool
that allows you to explore the CAS databases
containing literature from many scientific
disciplines including biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering,
materials science, agricultural science, and more!
Follow the instructions to fill
the registration form at the following link:
Register
1. First and second name
2. Email address must be formal (i.e. someone@Kku.edu.kw )
Gmail, Hotmail, …etc will not work
3. Username : must be between 5 to 15 characters
4. Password : from 7 to 15 characters, must have at least 3
of the following 4 conditions:
a. Letters (a,b,c,…)
b. Some must be capital , some small
c. Numbers (1,2,3,….)
d. Special characters (#,$,&,..)
e. Click on Tips for more information
f. you will receive an email with the login details, you need start using Scifinder for the first time within 24 hours of filling the
registration link and for the same PC used in the registration.
* Please Note that you have to copy and paste the URL and not to type by hand.
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Scopus
is the largest abstract and citation database containing both peer-reviewed
research literature and quality web sources. With over 19,000 titles from
more than 5,000 international publishers, SciVerse Scopus offers researchers
a quick, easy and comprehensive resource to support their research needs in
the scientific, technical, medical and social sciences fields and, more
recently, also in the arts and humanities.
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Social
Sciences Full Text
contains
full-text of periodicals covering the social sciences. The database includes
over 480 titles, with more than 260 available in full text.
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Teacher Reference Center (TRC)-Journal Information for K-12 Teachers
& Librarians:
This index of
over 260 titles from the most popular teacher and administrator trade
journals, periodicals, and books is now also offered free via
the EBSCOhost platform. This database provides coverage on key education
topics such as Assessment, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical
Research, Curriculum Development, Instructional Media, Language Arts,
Literacy Standards, Science & Mathematics, and more.
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Ulrich's Plus
provides data
on over 210,000 regularly published and irregularly issued serials.
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UN
Resources(KULA)
contains UN resources available in Jaber Al-Ahmed Central Library,
Special Collections Division.
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UNBIS Plus
is a
database of online versions of several UN print products: UNDOC (as well
as the United Nations Documents Index), the Indexes to Proceedings
(including the voting record file) and the Indexes to Speeches, the
UNBIS Thesaurus, United Nations Document Series Symbols.
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Wiley Reference Works (Engineering Collection)
Wiley Reference Works Engineering Collection contains 16 selected titles of high-quality, multi-volume encyclopedias,
handbooks and dictionaries across various desciplines along with powerful search funtionality,
cross-referencing and taxonomies. |
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database
contains full text for nearly 250 of the world's most respected, scholarly
law journals. It is an authoritative source for information on current
issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world. |
Westlaw International
Westlaw International
is Thomson's powerful online research service, providing legal
professionals with trusted legal, news and business information from
around the world. Whether you need laws from another country or
international information for your practice area, this is your resource
for fast, efficient research.
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WWP
is Worldwide
Specifications and Standards DVD full text product which includes ACI /ASTM
/BSI and PFI standards.
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Zentralblatt MATH
database
contains the information of those documents the reviews of which were
printed in Zentralblatt für Mathematik and in addition the bibliographic
information from those journals, serials, books, and proceedings that are
currently under documentation. |
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