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Catalogs to search for books, journals and audiovisual materials
XPLORE -- Xavier's Online Catalog
Includes all of the library's books, journals, audio recordings, videotapes, and
microform materials.
OhioLINK Central Catalog
OhioLINK provides patron-initiated interlibrary loan for books not owned by XUfrom
all public and many private colleges and universities in Ohio.
Databases to search for journal articles
Business Databases
Business
and Company Resource Center (1980 - present)
Contains detailed company and industry news and information. Includes
company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories,
chronologies, and periodicals.
Business
and Industry (1994 - present)
Provides broad-based business information at an international level. B&I draws
business news, facts and events from over 1000 trade publications, national, international,
regional newspapers, business dailies, and newsletters. It focuses on facts, figures,
key events, market information and intellectual property information.
Business
and Management Practices (1995 - present)
This covers over 300 core management journals and trade publications. 60% of the
cited articles are full-text. Updated weekly.
Business
Dateline (1985 - present)
This gives citations on regional business activities and trends and major stories
on local companies and firms. Updated weekly.
Business
Source Premier (1984 - present; 2710 full-text journals;
more
info)
Indexes over 3200 journal, many of which are scholarly. Covers management, economics,
finance, accounting, international business, etc. More than 200 journals have
PDF full- text back to 1965 or the first issue published. Updated daily. Produced
by EBSCO Publishing. Interface by EBSCO. Complete
title list.
InfoTrac
General Business File (1980 - present)
Abstracts and selected full text coverage to business and management topics in
over 900 journals. Includes directory listings for over 150,000 companies, INVESTEXT
investment reports, as well as information on finance, trade, new technologies,
trends and more.
LexisNexis
Academic
Web version of the LexisNexis database with full-text documents covering a wide
variety of subjects including: State and Federal Law, Government, International
Affairs, Politics and Current Events as well as Business and Medicine
Education Databases
Education
Abstracts (1983 - present)
Covers 423 core international periodicals and books. Abstracts are included from
August 1994 and the full text of more than 133 periodicals is available beginning
in January 1996. Updated monthly, topics include a wide range of contemporary
education issues.
ERIC
1966 - present; some full-text journals; full-text of ERIC documents from 1993-present; more info; RefWorks help
Abstracts and indexing to journal articles and unpublished research materials in education and related fields. Updated quarterly. Produced by the Educational Resource Information Center. Interface by Dataware.
General, Health and Sports Databases
Academic
Search Premier (1984 - present; 3400 full-text journals;
more
info
Provides coverage for nearly all academic areas of study, including social sciences,
humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics,
arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. This scholarly, multidisciplinary
database indexes over 4300 periodicals. Updated daily. Produced by EBSCO Publishing.
Interface by same. Complete
title list.
CINAHL
Comprehensive coverage of journal literature related to nursing and the allied
health disciplines. Updated Monthly.
InfoTrac
OneFile (1980 - present)
Formerly InfoTrac Expanded Academic (ASAP). Covers news and periodicals articles
on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education,
environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature, art,
politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest
topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images
A
Matter of Fact
Contains full-text statistical statements on current social, economic, political,
health and environmental public policy issues from more than 1000 sources. Updated
quarterly.
MEDLINE
An index to journals in medicine, dentistry, and nursing. Computerized version
of Index Medicus, Index to Dental Literature, and the International Nursing Index.
MEDLINE now includes the literature in the AIDSLine, BioethicsLine, and HealthSTAR
databases.
OT
Search
Index to journals on: occupational therapy, rehabilitation, education, psychiatry
or psychology, and health care delivery or administration. Some coverage dates
as far back as the 1890's. Web access available to Xavier faculty, staff and students
ONLY! Please contact the Reference Desk, 745-4808, for login instructions.
PsycARTICLES
(search 1887 - present; full-text 1988 - present) 
This American Psychological Association (APA) resource contains the full-text
of articles from APA journals and selected Educational Publishing Foundation (EPF)
journals, most from 1988 to the present. Search capability from 1887-present.
Full-text articles are in HTML format for direct viewing and printing in a web
browser.
PsycINFO
(1967 - Present)
PsycINFO
(1887 - 1966)
Abstracts and indexing to periodicals in psychology. Computerized version of Psychological
Abstracts.
SPORT
Discus (1975 - Present)
Index to sport and fitness literature. Also includes ATLANTES (1980-96), HERACLES
(1975-97) and Musee OLYMPIQUE
Full Text Books and Journals
Electronic
Journal Center
OhioLINK's collection of full text journals
 (Electronic Journal Locator & more!)
Contains the electronic, full-text journals in most of the library's research
databases and full-text journal collections. Search this resource by journal keyword
or title.
JSTOR
Searchable online archive of the back issues of scholarly journals.
netLibrary
Provides access to about 15,000 electronic books (e-books) on many different topics.
Search by author, title, subject, and keyword. The full-text of these books may
be browsed for 15 minutes or checked-out and read online for 24 hours.
Off-Campus Access Information
Articles not available at the Xavier Library can be ordered through
Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Loan. Fill out an article request form for each
article that you want, filling in all the information.
Online request forms are available
from the Library's home page
or print forms are available at the Reference Desk. Remember it can take
1-2 weeks to get an article through this service.
Library Locations - for answers to many
of your questions and for information about where materials are located in the
library.
xu.tutor five tutorials
that will help you improve your searching for information.
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