Electronic Reference Databases
African American Biographical Database
array('c', 'Brings together in one resource the biographies of thousands of African Americans, many not to be found in any other reference source. These biographical sketches have been carefully assembled from biographical dictionaries and other sources. This extraordinary collection contains extended narratives of African American activists, business people, former slaves, performing artists, educators, lawyers, physicians, writers, church leaders, homemakers, religious workers, government workers, athletes, farmers, scientists, factory workers, and more--both the famous and the everyday person. AABD draws its initial content from Chadwyck-Healey’s acclaimed Black Biographical Dictionaries 1790-1950 and includes descriptive listings of individuals taken from Black Biography, 1790-1950: A Cumulative Index, edited by Randall K. Burkett, Nancy Hall Burkett, and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Biographical portraits from newly uncovered dictionaries as well as from other published reference sources, obituary files, slave narrative collections, internet sites, etc. will be added as the database expands.')
URL: http://aabd.chadwyck.com/
Annual Review of Anthropology
array('c', 'The Annual Reviews series provides researchers, professors, and scientific professionals with a definitive academic resource in 15 disciplines. Annual Reviews saves you time by synthesizing the vast amount of primary research literature and identifying the principal contributions in your field. Editorial committees comprised of the most distinguished scholars in the discipline select all topics for review, and the articles are written by authors who are recognized experts in the field. Annual Reviews publications are among the highest cited publications by impact factor according to the Institute for Scientific Information(R) (ISI). The following Annual Reviews are available:\n\nAnnual Review of Anthropology, Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Annual Review of Biochemistry, Annual Review of Biophysics, Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, \nAnnual Review of Entomology, \nAnnual Review of Genetics, \nAnnual Review of Medicine, \nAnnual Review of Microbiology, \nAnnual Review of Nutrition, \nAnnual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology, \nAnnual Review of Physiology, \nAnnual Review of Psychology, \nAnnual Review of Public Health, and\nAnnual Review of Sociology.')
URL: http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/loi/anthro
Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
See Annual Review of Anthropology above.
URL: http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/loi/astro
Annual Review of Biochemistry
See Annual Review of Anthropology above.
URL: http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/loi/biochem
Annual Review of Biophysics
See Annual Review of Anthropology above.
URL: http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/loi/biophys
Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics
See Annual Review of Anthropology above.
URL: http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/toc/ecolsys/35/1
Annual Review of Entomology
See Annual Review of Anthropology above.
URL: http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/loi/ento
Annual Review of Genetics
See Annual Review of Anthropology above.
URL: http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/loi/genet
Annual Review of Medicine
See Annual Review of Anthropology above.
URL: http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/loi/med
Annual Review of Microbiology
See Annual Review of Anthropology above.
URL: http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/loi/micro
Annual Review of Nutrition
See Annual Review of Anthropology above.
URL: http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/loi/nutr
Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology
See Annual Review of Anthropology above.
URL: http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/loi/pharmtox
Annual Review of Physiology
See Annual Review of Anthropology above.
URL: http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/loi/physiol
Annual Review of Psychology
See Annual Review of Anthropology above.
URL: http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/loi/psych
Annual Review of Public Health
See Annual Review of Anthropology above.
URL: http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/loi/publhealth
Annual Review of Sociology
See Annual Review of Anthropology above.
URL: http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/loi/soc
Annual Reviews
See Annual Review of Anthropology above.
URL: http://www.annurev.org/
ARTstor
array('c', 'As part of its ongoing effort to become a community resource, ARTstor is developing a rich digital library that will offer coherent collections of art images and descriptive information as well as the software tools to enable active use of the collections. The ARTstor Library’s initial content includes approximately 500,000 images covering art, architecture and archeology.')
URL: http://www.artstor.org
Black Literature Index
array('c', 'Black Literature Index—Over 70,000 bibliographic citations for fiction, poetry and literary reviews published in 110 black periodicals and newspapers between 1827–1940.')
URL: http://bsc.chadwyck.com/search/initAdvancedSearch.do
Book Index with Reviews
array('c', 'Book Index with Reviews (BIR) helps you find information on the books you want and need to read. BIR is a cooperative effort between NoveList, EBSCO Publishing and Baker & Taylor.')
URL: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=BIR&defaultdb=kdh
CCH - Tax On The Net
array('c', 'a complete state and federal tax research service')
URL: http://tax.cchgroup.com/ipnetwork
Chicago Defender and the Daily Defender
array('c', 'Chicago Defender and the Daily Defender—full text access to these newspapers from 1910–1976; 1999 to present available in Ethnic Newswatch, q.v., below.')
URL: http://bsc.chadwyck.com/search/initAdvancedSearch.do
Collegesource
array('c', 'A virtual library representing 32,081 college catalogs in full cover-to-cover, original page format with two-year, four-year, graduate, professional and international schools.')
URL: http://www.collegesource.org/
Credo Reference
array('c', 'xreferplus is a giant online reference library that provides you with access to a selection of over 200 reference books. xreferplus includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and books of quotations, not to mention a range of subject-specific titles covering everything from art to accountancy and literature to law.')
URL: http://www.xreferplus.com
CSU MegaSearch
array('c', 'With one easy to use interface, CSU MegaSearch searches across multiple databases. This federated search engine is a convenient tool for finding materials within a subject.')
URL: http://wfxsearch.webfeat.org/wfsearch/search?cid=10325
Directory of Open Access Journals
array('c', 'This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals with an aim to cover all subjects and languages. There are now 2801 journals in the directory.')
URL: http://www.doaj.org
EBSCO Animals
array('c', 'offers in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals.')
URL: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp?profile=web&defaultdb=ani
EBSCO AtoZ
array('c', 'Contains full-text electronic journals at CSU')
URL: http://atoz.ebsco.com/home.asp?ID=cgcsu
Encyclopedia Britannica
array('c', 'Encyclopedia Britannica is the world’s most comprehensive reference product, a distinction it has held since its first publication in 1768. Encyclopedia Britannica Online includes the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, Britannica Student Encyclopedia and the Britannica Book of the Year. You can also use Encyclopedia Britannica Online to search an Internet directory that includes more than 300,000 links to Web sites selected, rated, and reviewed by Britannica editors.')
URL: http://www.search.eb.com/
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (ELS)
array('c', 'Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (ELS) is the most comprehensive reference work ever published in the biological sciences. Spanning the entire spectrum of life sciences, The Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (ELS) features more than 4,100 specially commissioned and peer-reviewed articles. An essential read for life scientists as well as a valuable resource for teaching, the articles are written by leaders in the field to provide comprehensive and authoritative coverage.')
URL: http://www.els.net/
FACTS.com
array('c', "presents the full text of Facts On File World News Digest since 1940, plus a live news feed from Reuters® and thousands of in-depth features, images, charts, and primary documents using more than half a million internal hyperlinks. Facts.com also provides full text access to Issues & Controversies, Today's Science, and the World Almanac Reference Database.")
URL: http://www.2facts.com/stories/mainmenu.asp
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
array('c', 'For students and adults alike, the Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia database indexes over 25,000 records, covering an array of topics. Full text for each record may be easily accessed by double clicking on the topic from the display. The database contains various images, offers brief biographies as well as information in a variety of subject areas. This database is updated annually. ')
URL: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp?profile=web&defaultdb=funk
Google Scholar
array('c', "NB: Using this interface may result in being offered information for a fee. Please do not pay for service if requested. CSU may, and probably does, have costfree ways of finding this information. Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. We are adding the link at this time in preparation for the Library Links Program and direct linking. Ask the reference desk, 773-995-2235, for information regarding OCLC's Open WorldCat support for this library.")
URL: http://scholar.google.com
GreenFILE
array('c', 'GreenFILE is a new database that focuses on the relationship between human beings and the environment, with topics ranging from global warming to recycling to alternate fuel sources. GreenFILE offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the ecology. Comprised of both scholarly as well as general interest titles, GreenFILE will serve as an informative resource for anyone concerned about the issues facing our planet. Also includes selected government documents and reports. GreenFILE’s indexes more than 600 titles and full text is provided for more than 4,600 records. ')
URL: http://www.greeninfoonline.com/
HarpWeek
array('c', "Provides electronic access to Harper’s Weekly, the illustrated 19th century “Journal of Civilization” for a 56-year period: 1857-1912. Harper's Weekly is perhaps the most important primary resource for examining 19th-century America on a cumulative week-to-week basis. Included access to news stories, illustrations, cartoons, editorials, biographies, literature and even advertisements that shaped and reflected public opinion in this era.")
URL: http://app.harpweek.com/
IEEE Computer Society Digital Library
array('c', 'The University Library now subscribes to the IEEE Computer Society Digital Library. The library now provides access to nineteen full text computer science journals.')
URL: http://library.csu.edu/eresources/ieee.php
IllinoisCatalog
array('c', 'Leads to the OCLC FirstSearch service, connecting you to information in a wide range of subjects in 16 databases. ')
URL: http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org/dbname=IllinoisCatalog;FSIP
International Index to Black Periodicals
array('c', 'The International Index to Black Periodicals covers scholarly and popular Black Studies journals, including full text for many titles. The Marshall Index is a guide to black periodicals, 1940-1946. ')
URL: http://bsc.chadwyck.com/search/initAdvancedSearch.do
Issues and Controversies
array('c', "In-depth investigations of today's top issues")
URL: http://www.2facts.com/icof/issues-home-feature.asp
JSTOR
array('c', 'Arts and Sciences 1 (119 titles) is JSTOR’s first collection includes core journals in economics, history, political science, and sociology, as well as in other key fields in the humanities, social sciences, ecology, mathematics, and statistics. Arts and Sciences IV (112 titles) has a strong focus on the professions of business, education, and law, and also includes titles in psychology, public policy and administration.')
URL: http://www.jstor.org/action/showAdvancedSearch
Kids Search
array('c', 'Designed especially for children in grades K-5, this EBSCO full-text database features topic searches from magazine and newspaper sources in the main categories of animals, arts and music, geography, health, news, language arts, math, science, social studies and sports as well as a list of the five top searches and a spotlight topic. Also includes a dictionary, encyclopedia, an image database, and a teacher resources page with links to curriculum standards, Department of Education websites and EBSCO education databases for adults. Covers 1990 to the present and is updated daily.')
URL: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp?profile=srck5
Library of Congress Classification Web
array('c', 'Library of Congress Classification and Subject Headings on the Web')
URL: http://classweb.loc.gov/Auto/
NASW Clinical Register
array('c', 'The NASW Register of Clinical Social Workers, 13th Edition, provides a listing of clinical social workers who have met national standards for education and experience established by the NASW Competence Certification Commission on recommendation of the Committee on Clinical Social Work.')
URL: http://gateway.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=n&PAGE=main&D=clre
Naxos Music Library
array('c', "Naxos Music Library is the most comprehensive collection of classical music available online. It includes the complete Naxos, Marco Polo and Dacapo catalogues of over 5,000 CD's, including Classical music, Jazz, World, Folk and Chinese music. While listening, you can read notes on the works being played as well as biographical information on composers or artists in Naxos's extensive database. All these can be accessible from computers in academic libraries, home or office. Naxos Music Library and all of its contents are owned by Naxos Digital Services Ltd., part of the Hong Kong-based Naxos Group of Companies.")
URL: http://ChicagoStateUNI.naxosmusiclibrary.com
Naxos Music Library - Jazz
array('c', 'Naxos Music Library Jazz is a comprehensive collection of Jazz music. It offers close to 20,000 tracks of jazz from over 1,900 albums.')
URL: http://ChicagoStateUni.NaxosMusicLibrary.com/Jazz
NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information) Literature Databases
array('c', 'NCBI creates public databases, conducts research in computational biology, develops software tools for analyzing genome data, and disseminates biomedical information - all for the better understanding of molecular processes affecting human health and disease. The literature databases include PubMed, OMIN, OMIA, Books, Journals, PubMed Central, the NLM catalog and the NCBI handbook.')
URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Literature/
NetLibrary
array('c', "This site provides access to your library's eBook collection. When you enter the site from an affiliated library, you will see the name of your library in the box on the right side of the screen. Once you have accessed your library's affiliated site, you are able to search and view the full text of all the eBooks in your library's eBook collection.")
URL: http://www.netlibrary.com/
Oxford English Dictionary
array('c', 'The electronic Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. Presents the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. It also traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations.')
URL: http://dictionary.oed.com/
PDR Electronic Library
array('c', "Each full-length entry provides you with an exact copy of the product's FDA-approved labeling.")
URL: http://pdrel.thomsonhc.com/
Primary Sources in African American History
array('c', '— moves the study of African American history dramatically into the digital age. Includes the most essential source materials for scholarship-sources that every scholar in the field must know and will turn to again and again. Included are primary sources on the civil rights movement, the NAACP’s legal campaign against segregation and racism, late 19th and early 20th century peonage cases in the South, African Americans and the New Deal, the crusade against the movie Birth of a Nation, and much more. Also available are rare materials on slavery from colonial through antebellum years, the Civil War, reconstruction, and 20th century political developments. At present, the African American History module contains over 8,700 documents (7,400+ primary source items) composed of nearly 46,000 full-text searchable pages.')
URL: http://cisweb.lexis-nexis.com/histuniv/
RefWorks
array('c', 'RefWorks--an 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.')
URL: http://www.refworks.com
Sanborn Insurance Maps (Illinois)
array('c', "ProQuest Information and Learning's Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 provides academic and public libraries digital access to more than 660,000 large-scale maps of more than 12,000 American towns and cities.")
URL: http://sanborn.umi.com/
Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience
array('c', 'Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience includes interdisciplinary essays and a series of topical studies designed to help define the development of Black Studies as an academic field written by leading scholars on the Black Experience.')
URL: http://bsc.chadwyck.com/search/initAdvancedSearch.do
Statesmans Yearbook
array('c', 'This book is an authoritative and accessible volume containing information essential for diplomats, politicians and all statesmen involved with international affairs.')
URL: http://www.statesmansyearbook.com
The World Almanac
array('c', "The world's most trusted reference source.")
URL: http://www.2facts.com/Formslogin.asp?db=WA
The World Almanac Encyclopaedia
array('c', "An encyclopaedia from the world's most trusted reference source.")
URL: http://www.2facts.com/Formslogin.asp?db=WAE
Webfeat
array('c', 'With one easy to use interface, Webfeat searches across multiple databases. This federated search engine is a convenient tool for finding materials within a subject. CSU Megasearch is the name our school uses for this resource.')
URL: http://wfxsearch.webfeat.org/wfsearch/search?cid=10325
Who's Who? -- Marquis Who's Who on the Web
array('c', "Marquis Who’s Who on the Web, a 'high-speed', searchable online database, features comprehensive profiles on 1.2 million of the most accomplished individuals from all fields of endeavor including: government, business, science and technology, the arts, entertainment, and sports.")
URL: http://search.marquiswhoswho.com
World Almanac
array('c', "Electronic access to Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia, The World Almanac and Book of Facts, The World Almanac of the U.S.A., The World Almanac of U.S. Politics, and The World Almanac for Kids")
URL: http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org/dbname=WorldAlmanac;FSIP
WorldCat
array('c', 'This interface may be more familiar to public library users than the SILC interface below—this interface requires an initial registration. Contains over 1,000,000,000 items in over 10,000 libraries world wide')
URL: http://www.worldcat.org
WorldCat
array('c', 'This OCLC WorldCat at SILC catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide contains all the records cataloged by OCLC member libraries. It offers millions of bibliographic records representing 400 languages.')
URL: http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org/dbname=WorldCat;FSIP
Xreferplus
array('c', 'Credo Reference, the actual name of what was Xreferplus, is a giant online reference library that provides you with access to a selection of reference books.\n\nPlease use Credo Reference instead.')
URL: http://www.xreferplus.com

General Interest Databases

Academic Search Complete is a multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 9,810 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. This scholarly collection offers full text coverage of information in many areas of academic study including: biology, chemistry, food science & technology, general science, and physics

Wilson Select Plus contains full text articles in science, humanities, education and business. It includes U.S. and international publications, academic journals, and trade magazines. Covers 1994 to the present and is updated weekly. Contains over one million records from 2,010 sources.

Newsbank provides full-text articles from the electronic editions of record for nearly 500 U.S. newspapers – including the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, and the Chicago Sun Times.

PerAbs—Periodical Abstracts includes abstracts and some full text from general and academic journals from 1986 to the present.

If you are off campus, click here for remote access.