Xavier University: Library: I Databases

Images from the Akron Art Museum (XLinks) is part of OhioLINK's Digital Media Center: Art and Architecture Digital Media. It contains 102 digital images of prints, paintings, photographs and sculptures located at the Akron Art Museum. Each entry includes the title, creator, creation date, object type, measurements, materials, context, owner, owner credit, accession number, contributor and a stable link to the item. The user interface is provided by OhioLINK.

IMF eLibrary (formerly IFS - International Financial Statistics; time series from 1948-present; all full-text & data) provides statistics on all aspects of international and domestic finance. It provides tabular data that can be displayed in spreadsheet format. It includes exchange rates, liquidity, money, banking, interest rates, prices, production, transactions, balance of payments, investment position, government finance, and national accounts. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This subscription is limited to 5 simultaneous users.

In the First Person (1550-present; all full-text; XLinks) is an in-depth index of more than 3,350 collections of personal narratives in English from around the world. Users can keyword search more than 650,000 pages of full-text by more than 15,000 individuals from all walks of life. It also contains pointers to some 3,500 audio and video files and 30,000 bibliographic records. The index contains approximately 20,500 months of diary entries, 63,000 letter entries, and 17,000 oral history entires. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Alexander Street Press in collaboration with the University of Chicago. Although this database is free, it links to other subscription-only Alexander Street databases, many of which have been purchased by Xavier's library.

Index to Nineteenth Century American Art Periodicals (19^th Century; full-text unlikely; RefWorks help) indexes articles, art notes, illustrations, stories, poems, and advertisements from 42 journals published in the United States from 1800-1899. It offers essential information on artists and illustrators, painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, architecture, design, exhibitions and sales, decoration, and collecting. It is produced by the Marquand Library of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University, and the user interface is provided by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center).

Info-Line (1984-present) is a collection of documents focusing on employee orientation, training, motivation, etc. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by the American Society for Training and Development. Find the document(s) you want from the list of available titles in the Index to Content. Go to ILLiad (Xavier's interlibrary loan services) and set up an account, if you don't already have one. Then request the document you want as if it were an article. Alternatively, browse the print collection of documents at HF5549.5 .I54 (arranged by date) on the third floor of McDonald Library.

INSPEC (1969-present; updated weekly; some full-text; RefWorks help; video tutorial; saving searches) provides access to the world's scientific and technical literature in physics, electrical engineering, electronics, communications, control engineering, computers and computing, and information technology. It is produced by the Institution of Electrical Engineers and the user interface is provided by OhioLINK.

INSPEC Archive (1898-1968; RefWorks help; video tutorial) provides access to Science Abstracts journals and covers over 70 years of international scientific and technical literature in physics and engineering. It is produced by the Institution of Electrical Engineers and the user interface is provided by OhioLINK.

Insurance Periodicals Index (1965-present; much full-text; tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) indexes and abstracts over 200 insurance industry journals and magazines. It is useful for researchers in economics, social scientists, and insurance and government organizations. It features a controlled vocabulary of index terms which reflect current industry terminology. It was formerly produced by the NILS Publishing Co., Inc. in cooperation with the Insurance & Employee Benefits Division (IEBD) of the Special Libraries Association (SLA). Tthe user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.

InteLex Past Masters (all full-text; RefWorks help) is a collection of electronic books. Included are the works of Aquinas, Aristotle, Augustine, Austen, Dewey, Plato, Mary Shelley, and the continental rationalists. In addition there are the works of British philosophy from 1600-1900 and political philosophy form Machivelli to Mill. Users can browse by title or subject and a keyword search is also available. After an author's work is selected, searching for words within the work is permitted. Printing is available. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by the InteLex Corporation.

International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance (IBTD) (much full-text; tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) is the online version of the print IBTD in 14 volumes. It indexes journal articles, books, book chapters and dissertation abstracts on all aspects of theatre and performance in 126 countries. It is a multicultural and inter-disciplinary research tool for theater students, educators and professionals. Initiated by the American Society for Theatre Research, the IBTD is now published by the Theatre Research Data Center (TRDC) at Brooklyn College. The user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.

International Medieval Bibliography (IMB) (1967-present) contains more than 300,000 bibliographic records for current articles published in journals, conference proceedings, collected essays, Festschriften and exhibition catalogues. Articles relate to the Middle Ages, within the date range of 400-1500 AD. Geographical areas covered are Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Users can search the Bibliographie de Civilisation Medievale (BCM) database separately or along with the IMB database for book bibliographic records. Click Enter Databases and then Go to begin. This subscription is limited to 3 simultaneous users. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Breopolis Publishers.

International Political Science Abstracts (most 1951-present; some full-text; tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) indexes and abstracts the 900 of the world's leading journals in political science. It is produced by the International Political Science Association and the user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.

Iter (400-1700; updated daily; RefWorks help) is a database of materials pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance. It contains bibliographic records for materials published in 500 scholarly journals. Available databases in this subscription include the Iter Bibliography, Baptisteria Sacra, NTMRS 1, International Directory of Scholars, Aestimatio, Medici Archive Project, and Electronic Capito Project. Click Search a Database to see available databases.