Journal Article Databases Online

 Databases marked with the MeL logo    are provided to Lawrence Tech
by the Michigan Electronic Library, funded by a statewide sharing initiative

 Below is an alphabetical list of LTU's research databases.  Use these to find articles related to your research topic.  If you have questions, please ask a librarian for assistance.

• For a list of databases by subject, click here
  
• For an alphabetical  list of databases, click here
  
• A-to-Z  Listings of full-text periodicals online
  Links to the 53,000+ electronic periodicals included with LTU’s subscriptions. Search by title or subject.  Journals from all of the items below will be listed here, along with links to the LTU catalog for titles available in print.

 ACM DIGITAL LIBRARY (Association of Computing Machinery)
Citations, abstracts, and full-text of all ACM publications.  Citations and abstracts to selected articles from other publishers.

ACS JOURNALS    (American Chemical Society)  
Citations, abstracts and full-text of all Society journals published since 1879.

ASCE JOURNALS (American Society of Civil Engineers) 
Citations, abstracts and full-text of the Society's journals.

ASME TRANSACTIONS (American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
Citations, abstracts and full-text of the Society's journals.

AVERY INDEX TO ARCHITECTURAL PERIODICALS
Citations to articles published since 1930 and selectively from the late 1800s.  There are no full-text articles in this database.

BUSINESS SOURCE COMPLETE
Extensive full-text of peer-reviewed titles; wide variety of topics; includes Datamonitor reports.

EMERALD MANAGEMENT XTRA ONLINE JOURNALS
Citations, abstracts, management reviews and full-text of articles in a variety of disciplines.

ENGINEERING VILLAGE
Citations and abstracts to journal articles and conference materials covering all facet of engineering from 1969.

FAITS (Faulkner Advisory for Information Technology Service)
What is new in computing, data networking, and telecommunication products and services

FIRSTSEARCH 
Numerous databases including Wilson Select Plus, Art [and Architecture] Abstracts, Applied Science and Technology Abstracts [ASTA] and many more. Many citations have full-text online and holdings listed.

GALE GROUP all databases  (all databases at once)    
Search all databases at once, or just select several to search
Includes New York Times full-text since 1995

IEEE XPLORE  
The IEEE Digital Library has journals,conference proceedings, and standards for the IEEE and IET. There is full-text access items published since 1988 and selectively since 1913.

INFOTRAC all databases  (see Gale Group above)

LEXIS-NEXIS (and STATISTICAL UNIVERSE) (1990-present)
Full-text newspapers, periodicals, newsletters, statistical data.  Choose “Guided News Search” to limit to a specific source.

OPEN J-GATE 
3,000 full-text journals (1,500 peer-reviewed) on all topic areas.

SAE DIGITAL LIBRARY
Paper abstracts since 1900; microfilm 1966-1999; full-text online since 2000

SCIENCEDIRECT PHYSICAL SCIENCES  
Citations and abstracts and full-text to articles published in science, technology, and medicine. 

WILSON SELECT PLUS (1994-present)    
Everything full-text, covering all subject areas

WORLDCAT    
Worldwide list of libraries and book holdings, works like a giant online catalog

Important note regarding electronic databases:

Lawrence Tech leases access to electronic resources via a licensing agreement for enrolled students, faculty, and staff.    The agreements usually stipulate the following rules for users:

Lawrence Tech authorized users are welcome to display, download, print, and copy a reasonable portion of licensed electronic resources to support educational research.  This may typically include a chapter from an electronic book or several articles from the same electronic periodical.

It is inappropriate to use the licensed material for commercial purposes, or to systematically download text to retain substantial portions of the work.   Using cripts, agents, or robots to retrieve information violates these license agreements and is strictly prohibited.

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