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ABI/INFORM 
Description:  A combination of three fulltext databases covering: business, finance, economics, management, trade and industry and many other related majors. It covers more than 2.500 fulltext journals, magazines and newsletters. 
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AccessMedicine
Description:
from McGraw-Hill is an innovative online resource that provides students, residents, clinicians, researchers, and all health professionals with access to more than 60 medical titles from the best minds in medicine, updated content, thousands of images and illustrations, interactive self-assessment, case files and diagnostic tools.
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Agricola
Description:

 (Agricultural Online Access) database, citations to agricultural literature acquired by the National Agricultural Library and cooperating institutions, and subfiles of related subjects, such as food and nutrition, agricultural economics, parasitology, etc., supplied by information centers.

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ASFA
Description:

 Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) covers all aspects of marine, brackish, and freshwater environments. Subjects include biology; ecology; fisheries; aquaculture; oceanography; limnology; resources and commerce; pollution; biotechnology; marine technology and engineering; marine meteorology and climatology; and non-living resources (oil, gas, minerals, chemicals).

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Bank Scope
Description:

Provides infromation about public and private banks. Over 29,000 banks and finacial institutions are covered.

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BIOSIS Previews (Biological Abstracts)
Description:  Biological Abstracts®, produced by BIOSIS, is a complete collection of bibliographic references covering life science and biomedical research literature published from more than 4,000 journals internationally. This database contains nearly 9.5 million archival records from as far back as 1926, with more than 370,000 citations added each year. 
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Business Source Complete
Description:

(EbscoHost)-- Designed specifically for business schools and libraries, contains 2,804 full text scholarly journals and business periodicals covering management, economics, finance, and international business. 

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>> CAB Abstracts + Full Text :
Description:

 CAB Abstracts (1990 to Present) covers the significant research and development literature in fields of agriculture, forestry, aspects of human health, human nutrition, animal health, as well as the management and conservation of natural resources. This database offers abstracts and indexing for journals, serial publications, conference proceedings, books, theses, annual reports, patents & standards and dates back to 1990. Coverage is international in scope.

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>> CINAHL
Description:

 Is the authoritative resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers. This database provides indexing for 2,857 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health. The database contains more than 1,000,000 records dating back to 1982. 

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>> Compendex
Description:

 via Engineering Village 2 -- Compendex® is the most comprehensive interdisciplinary engineering database in the world with 7.5 million records referencing 5,000 engineering journals and conference materials dating from 1969.

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>> CountryData
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>> ProQuest Dissertations & Theses: UK & Ireland (Index to Theses)
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Derwent Innovations Index:
Description: Value-added patent information from Derwent World Patent Index® as well as patent citation information from Patents Citation Index®.
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>> Eric:
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>> GeoRef:
Description:

 The GeoRef database, established by the American Geological Institute (AGI) in 1966, provides access to the geoscience literature of the world. GeoRef is the most comprehensive AGI database in the geosciences and continues to grow by more than 80,000 references a year. The database contains over 2.6 million references to geoscience journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports and theses. 

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>> Books In Print (Global):
Description:

A bibliographic tool for librarians and users to select new books, audios and videos fro acquisition. Reviews also provided for majoriry of titles.

For help Contact Reference Department

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>> Ibdaa (Arado Portal):
Description:

Arabic portal designed by "Arab Administrative Development Organization" Contains periodicals, Conference Proceedings, Theses from all arab countries in administration and management.

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>> IMF e-library statistics:
Description:

From International monetary fund

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>> Dissertation & Theses (USA & Canda) :
Description:

A comprehensive listing of theses with abstracts accepted for higher degrees by universities in Great Britain and Ireland. This This database covers theses accepted from 1970 to 2003 covering all of volumes 21 to 51 and parts 1 to 4 of volume 52 of the equivalent print publication Index to Theses.

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>> Journal Citation Reports (JCR Web)

Description:

JCR Web Science Edition 2005 : 5.900 journals
JCR Web Social Sciences Edition 2005: 1.700 journals

The Journal Citation Reports could be used to get the most frequently cited journals, highest impact factor and largest journals in a field.

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>> LLBA:
Description:

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts, published by Cambridge Scientific Abstracts under license from Sociological Abstracts LLC, provides non-evaluative abstracts of articles from approximately 2,000 serials published worldwide, coverage of recent books, enhanced dissertation listings from Dissertation Abstracts International, and bibliographic citations for book reviews that appear in journals abstracted for Sociological Abstracts LLC.  

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>> LISA :
Description:
 Library and Information Science, Archives, and Online Information Retrieval     1969- curent.
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>> LISTA :
Description:

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstract (LISTA) indexes more than 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s. 

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>> MathSciNet:
Description:

MathSciNet is a comprehensive database covering the world's mathematical literature since 1940. It also provides Web access to the bibliographic data and reviews of mathematical research literature contained in the Mathematical Reviews Database.

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>> Medline :
Description:

 Medical Database 1996- 

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>> OSIRIS:
Description: A database of financial information, ratings, earnings estimates, stock data and news on globally listed public companies, including companies and insurance firms.
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>> Physical Review :
Description:

 access to the journals of the American Physical Society, the current and the archive too.

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>> ScinceFinder
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(access is restricted to chemistry department) 

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>> SCOPUS
Description: SCOPUS is a multidisciplinary navigational tool that contains records going back to the mid 1960s, offering newly-linked citations across the widest body of scientific abstracts available in one place.
  • More coverage of scientific, technical, medical and social science literature (14,000 titles) than any other database.
  • Full text links directly from the results list. ( depends on institution subscriptions)
  • Abstracts back to 1966, a full 10-year reference backfile by 2005, and daily updates.
  • Innovative tools to help you refine your search to relevant results.
  • Alerts for you to keep abreast of your research topic.
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>> Scirus :
Description:

 Scientific search engine (free)

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>> Ulrich's Periodicals Directory:
Description:

 A bibliographic tool for librarians and users, covers more than 300,000 periodicals and serials from thouzands of publishers around the world .

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>> UpToDate:
Description:

UpToDate is an evidence based, peer reviewed information resource.The material is written by over 3600 clinicians and has over 7300 topics. It also includes a drug database and a list of medical calculators.

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>> Water Resources Abstracts:
Description:
Includes abstracts of current and earlier pertinent journal articles, monographs, reports and other publication formats. These documents cover water resources as treated in the life, physical, and social sciences and the related engineering and legal aspects of the characteristics, supply condition, conservation, control, use, or management of water resources.
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>> WestLaw International Academic :
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 a database for college of Law.

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>> Web of Science-  with Conference Proceedings
Description:

Access the world’s leading scholarly literature in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities and examine proceedings of international conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops, and conventions.

  • Science Citation Index Expanded (1990-present)
  • Social Sciences Citation Index (1990-present)
  • Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1990-present)
  • Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Science (1990-present)
  • Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Social Science & Humanities (1990-present)

 

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>> World Development Indicator (WDI)

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>> Zoological Records :
Description:

 Zoological Record on Compact Disc (ZR on CD), published by BIOSIS, and jointly with the Zoological Society of London until 2003, is the world's most comprehensive index to zoological literature. Records cover every aspect of zoology, including biochemistry, behavior, ecology evolution, genetics, etc. Over 4,500 international serials plus approximately 1,500 non-serial publications are currently monitored, including professional journals, magazines, newsletters, monographs, books, reviews, and conference proceedings. 

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