General Information Sources

Indexing and browsable tables of contents for over 2,800 journals in all subject areas, with full text for the 351 of them subscribed to by the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. (An OCLC FirstSearch database.)

1995 - (but varies by journal)

Art Abstracts™ is a comprehensive resource for art information featuring high-quality indexing and abstracting of over 600 periodicals dating back to 1984, including 280 peer-reviewed journals, as well as indexing and abstracting of over 13,000 art dissertations, and indexing of almost 200,000 art reproductions, which provide examples of styles and art movements, including works by emerging artists. The database covers fine, decorative and commercial art, folk art, photography, film, and architecture, and also includes a database-specific thesaurus.

1929 - (Indexing); 1994 - (Abstracting); 1997 - (Full Text of selected articles)

Includes the major prose fiction of the Romantic and Victorian periods, as well as many neglected or little-known works, most of them out-of-print or difficult to find. NCF includes 250 complete works of British prose fiction from 1781-1901.

Searchable access to the backfile of the Los Angeles Times from the first issue (December 4, 1881) through the December 31st issue of 23 years ago. (One year of additional content from 23 years ago is added annually.)  Reproduces the complete full text of every issue in its original printed form, in full page images digitized from microfilm.

Note:  For access to the full text of the Los Angeles Times from recent years, use ProQuest Newsstand.  For combined online access to the complete backfile from 1881 up through today's issue, use ProQuest News & Current Events.

1881 - 1987

The Early English Prose Fiction collection contains over 200 works of prose fiction dating from 1500-1700. It includes Elizabethan fiction, Jest Books, collections of short pieces and novellas, Restoration fiction and works of popular fiction.

Collections of digitized images of artworks, cultural and historical artefacts, etc., from museums and other sources maintained by the UM Digital Library Production Service.

Varies by collection.

This release of The World Shakespeare Bibliography Online provides annotated entries for all important books, articles, book reviews, dissertations, theatrical productions, reviews of productions, audiovisual materials, electronic media, and other scholarly and popular materials related to Shakespeare and published or produced between 1965 and early 2004. The scope is international, with coverage extending to more than 118 languages and representing every country in North America, South America, and Europe, and nearly every country in Asia, Africa, and Australasia. The more than 97,679 records in this version cite several hundred thousand additional reviews of books, productions, films, and audio recordings.

1965-2004

Provides 100+ open-access biomedical electronic journals. Articles are also immediately available on publication thru PubMed Central. UM author charges are prepaid by the UM Library.

Varies by title

A comprehensive collection of college catalog and course data, with over 42 million course descriptions and more than 56,000 cover-to-cover college catalogs available in PDF format from 2-year, 4-year, graduate and professional schools, from the U.S. and abroad. In addition to catalogs, the profiles for each institution include maps, web site links, accreditation data, calendar/unit types, transcript keys, etc. Also includes links to websites for: assessment testing and preparation; associations of education & library professionals; career resources; college guides and planning; financial aid resources; and state Departments of Education.

Current and past editions of course catalogs. Includes all catalogs issued since 1996 for most institutions, plus selected historical catalogs back to 1969 for some institutions. 1969 - (Varies by school)

"The International Guide to the Academic World": A directory of universities, libraries, learned societies, research institutes, museums, galleries, international cultural, scientific and educational organizations, etc., in all countries worldwide.

Current Edition.