Xavier University: Library: P Databases

Papers First (1993-present; updated 2 times/month; some full-text; RefWorks help) indexes papers presented at conferences worldwide. It covers every published congress, conference, exposition, workshop, symposium, and meeting received by the British Library Document Supply Centre. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center).

Patrologiae Graecae (PG) (Christian Church beginnings-1439; all full-text; XLinks) is a collection of the writings of church leaders who wrote in Greek. Originally assembled by J.-P. Migne, a priest from 1824-1833, PG contains more than 160 volumes of material in Greek with Latin translations relevant to the study of the history of the Christian Church from its beginnings through the Council of Florence in 1439. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by the Religion and Technology Center, Inc.

Peace Research Abstracts (1964-present; much full-text; Tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) contains more than 267,000 bibliographic records covering topics such as conflict resolution, international affairs, and peace psychology. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.

Periodicals Archive Online (most from first issue to 1995; RefWorks help; XLinks) provides the backfiles of periodicals in ancient civilizations, history, humanities, linguistics, literature, philosophy, religion, and general studies. This collection was updated in June 2009 with an additional 400 titles. Users can search for articles by keyword, author, article title, journal title, language, journal subject, and year. Users can browse journals by title or journal subject. It is produced by Chadwyck-Healey and the user interface is provided by ProQuest.

Perseus Digital Library (some full-text) is an evolving digital library, engineering interactions through time, space, and language. It includes a wide range of primary source materials for study and research in the humanities, including classics, Duke databank of papyri, the English renaissance, Bolles digital archive and history of London collection, Tufts history, Boyles history of science papers, and American memory of California, the upper midwest and Chesapeake. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Tufts University.

Philosopher's Index (1940-present; updated quarterly; some full-text; tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) is a current and comprehensive bibliographic database covering scholarly research in all major fields of philosophy. It is considered the most thorough index of journal literature on the subject, features author-written abstracts covering scholarly research published in journals and books, including contributions to anthologies and book reviews. The database covers the fifteen fields of philosophy: aesthetics, axiology, philosophy of education, epistemology, ethics, philosophy of history, philosophy of language, logic, metaphysics, philosophical anthropology, metaphilosophy, political philosophy, philosophy of science, social philosophy, and the philosophy of religion. It contains research published in nearly 570 journals from 43 countries with content representing a variety of languages. It is produced by the Philosophers Information Center and the user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing

Play Index (1949-present; some full-text; Tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) includes about 31,000 plays published individually or in collections. It provides classic and historical plays, along with the works of contemporary playwrights. It covers new editions and translations, and includes descriptive annotations to summarize the plot and indicate musical requirements. It includes one-act plays, pageants, plays in verse, radio and television plays, classic drama, and over 600 monologues from playwrights such as Shakespeare, Aeschylus, Euripides, Moliere, and more. It is produced by H. W. Wilson and the user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.

Political Science Complete (Much full-text; Tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) provides extensive coverage on global political topics for students, researchers, and government institutions. It contains the full-text for more than 550 journals, along with indexing and abstracts for more than 2,900 journals. It also includes the full-text for more than 340 reference and other books, as well as the full-text for 38,000 conference papers, including those of the International Political Science Association. It covers topics such as comparative politics, humanitarian issues, international relations, law, legislation, political theory, and non-government organizations. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.

Primary Search (1984-present; updated weekly; much full-text; tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) provides idexing and abstracts from 1984-present for 80 magazines appropriate for elementary school children and full-text from 1990-present for 50 magazines. It includes World Almanac of the U.S.A, World Almanac for Kids, Encyclopedia of Animals (formerly EBSCO Animals), Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia, and more than 100 pamphlets. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.

Proceedings First (1993-present; updated 2 times/week; RefWorks help) offers citations of every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop, and meeting received by the British Library Document Supply Centre. It contains in each record a list of the papers presented at each conference. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center).

Professional Development Collection (formerly within Education Research Complete; much full-text; tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) provides a highly specialized collection of electronic information especially for professional educators, professional librarians, and education researchers. It includes indexing and abstracts for over 700 journals, the full-text for nearly 520 journals, and the full-text for more than 200 educational reports. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.

ProQuest Ancestry Library Edition (multimedia; all full-text; users guide; YoutTube video introduction) is a world-wide genealogy resource that covers North America, the UK, Europe, Australia, China, and more. This database contains billions of records in census data that include birth, death, marriage, military (from the colonial to the Vietnam eras), immigration, emigration, burial, and baptism records, as well as family histories (including Jewish families), court and legal documents, ship lists, phone and other directories, photos, maps and more. Multimedia include family and gravestone photos, postcards, newsreels and more. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by ProQuest. This database is only available on-campus.

ProQuest Congressional (formerly LexisNexis Congressional; selected publications 1970-present; updates vary from daily to annually; all full-text) contains comprehensive coverage of U.S. Congress and covers CIS Index, congressional publications, testimony, bills, laws, regulations, members, committees, an insider's perspective, hot topics, and Internet links. It includes the Federal Register, CIS Legislative Histories, the Congressional Record, and U.S. Code of Federal Regulations. Some information is produced by the Congressional Information Service and the user interface is provided by ProQuest.

ProQuest Digital Microfilm (all full-text; updated quarterly) offers actual page images of three newspapers: the Cincinnati Enquirer (2010-forward), the New York Times, Late Edition, East Coast (2008-forward), and the Wall Street Journal, Eastern Edition (2008-forward). This resource is best used if you know the year and month of a particular article. Users can scroll through page images and search within a particular year, month, and day. It is produced by the newspapers and the user interface is provided by ProQuest Digital Microfilm.

ProQuest Dissertations and Theses (PQDT) (1861-last semester; updated daily; first 24 pages free full-text; RefWorks Help) contains over 2 million entries for doctoral dissertations and master's theses from over 1,000 North American graduate schools and European universities. More recent dissertations and theses are available electronically and may be downloaded for a fee. Frequently, users may also obtain a copy without cost through the library's document delivery services. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by ProQuest.

ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source (Formerly ProQuest Nursing Journals; 1986-present; all full-text; RefWorks help; XLinks; title list) offers the full-text of 444 nursing and related publications. Special resource links on the home page includes Evidence Summaries, Systematic Reviews, and Best Practice Information Sheets from the Joanna Briggs Institute. There are also cultural competency briefs by religion and ethnicity as well as 75 video training programs. Study paths permit users to view full-text articles recommended by a board of experienced nurse educators on topics relevant to the typical nursing curriculum in practical and registered nursing. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by ProQuest.

ProQuest Statistical Datasets (formerly LexisNexis Statistical; exportable data; users guide) includes datasets from many sources, including the US government, international organizations, and the private sector. It covers all subject areas, including banking and finance, criminal justice and law, education, energy resources and demand, food and agriculture, government and politics, health and vital statistics, housing and construction, industry and commerce, international; labor and employment, natural resources and environment, population and income, prices and cost of living, stocks and commodities, and transportation and travel. Users can search datasets by keyword; browse datasets by subject or source; display datasets by trend, map or ranking; and output datasets in print, PDF, delimited, Excel or SAS formats. Datasets can be limited by date and geographic area (country, state, county). Years available varies by dataset; for example, births 1999-present and breast cancer 1973-present. It also features datasets currently in the news, such as crude oil price, 30-year fixed mortgage rate, airline on-time arrival rate, campaign contributions for both Obama and McCain, gasoline prices, the prime rate and the unemployment rate. It is compiled by and the user interface is provided by ProQuest. Users will need to run the Java installation.

PsycCRITIQUES (1995-present; updated weekly; all full-text; tutorials; XLinks) provides access to reviews of current books and films. Users can view weekly releases; browse by author/editor, book/film title, or publication year; and search for reviews by author, title, keyword, year, reviewer, population group and language. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by the American Psychological Association. It is distributed by EBSCO Publishing.

Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection (1984-present; much full-text; tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) provides indexing and abstracts from 1984-present for over 490 journals, many peer-reviewed, and full-text from 1990-present for 510 journals. It covers emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry, psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.

PsycINFO in EBSCO (1872-present; updated weekly; some full-text; RefWorks help; Video tutorials; XLinks) is the online version of the print resource, Psychological Abstracts. It provides abstracts and indexing to the scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations, and technical reports in psychology, the behavioral sciences and mental health. It also covers topics related to psychology such as psychiatry, management, business, education, social science, neuroscience, law, medicine, and social work. Journal coverage includes more than 1,900 international periodicals written in over 24 languages. Current chapter and book coverage includes worldwide English-language material published from 1987-present. It is produced by the American Psychological Association (APA) and the user interface is provided by EBSCO. Evidence-Based Practice Tip: To limit search results to articles with some level of evidence: Type your search strategy in the textboxes provided. At your search results, click All Limit Options (in the gray section). In the Methodology selectbox hold down the Ctrl key and click all methods that apply. Click the Limit Results Now button at the bottom of the page.

PsycINFO in PsycNET (1872-present; much full-text; RefWorks help) is the online version of the print resource, Psychological Abstracts. It provides abstracts and indexing to the scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations, and technical reports in psychology, the behavioral sciences and mental health. It also covers topics related to psychology such as psychiatry, management, business, education, social science, neuroscience, law, medicine, and social work. Journal coverage includes more than 1,900 international periodicals written in over 24 languages. Current chapter and book coverage includes worldwide English-language material published from 1987-present. It is produced by the American Psychological Association (APA) and the user interface is provided by PsycNET.

PsycNET (much full-text; RefWorks help) searches the following PsycNET databases individually or all at once: PsycARTICLES, a full-text database of journals published by the American Psychological Association (APA) and other publishers in subject areas such as applied psychology, health, theory, research, personality and more; PsycTHERAPY, a database of streaming videos of psychotherapy demonstrations; PsycTESTS, a database of the full text of psychological tests and measures as well as a rich source of structured information about the tests; APA Books, a subset of the PsycBOOKS database which includes the full text of APA books from one or more copyright years; and PsycINFO (1872-present), a collection of more than 1,900 international periodicals written in over 24 languages as well as books, book chapters, and theses and dissertations. PsycNET is compiled by the APA and the user interface is provided by PsycNET.

Public Affairs Index (Much full-text; Tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) covers all aspects of national and global contemporary public policy issues, ranging from public health, the environment, housing, human and civil rights, international commerce, and conflict. It includes scholarly journals, conference papers, trade publications, and government documents. Topics include banking, public finance, criminal justice, economic policy, taxation, education, emigration, immigration, energy, government, humanitarian issues, industry, labor, law, legislation, natural disasters, poverty, politics, elections, social policy, and transportation. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.

PubMed (mid1950s-present; updated daily; some full-text; RefWorks help; XLinks) provides free access to the bibliographic information contained in MEDLINE and OLD MEDLINE. It provides abstracts and indexing for over 5,000 periodicals in medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, health care and preclinical sciences. Coverage is worldwide with extensive links to genomic information. It also includes the MEDLINE subsets AIDSLINE, BIOETHICSLINE, and HEALTHSTAR - search these subsets separately by clicking Topic-Specific Queries and then selecting the subset you want. It is produced by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the user interface is provided by the Entrez retrieval system of the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Evidence-Based Practice Tip: To limit search results to articles with some level of evidence: Click Clinical Queries in the left sidebar. Select an appropriate Category and Emphasis. Use a broad Emphasis to retrieve more articles. If necessary, select other limits (e.g., English language or date) to reduce retrieval.

PubMed Central (all full-text) is a free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), developed and managed by NIH's National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) in the National Library of Medicine (NLM).