17th-18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers

Description: The pamphlets, proclamations, newsbooks and newspapers gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney (1757-1817) represent the largest single collection of 17th and 18th century English news media available from the British Library. The present digital collection, that helps chart the development of the concept of 'news' and 'newspapers' and the "free press", totals almost 1 million pages and contains approximately 1,270 titles from England, Ireland, Scotland and a handful of papers from British colonies in the Americas and Asia. Content: All full-text Publisher: Gale. Coverage: 1603-early 1800's.
Paid for by the Washburn University Libraries.
Simultaneous Users Allowed: Unlimited.

Sabin Americana 1500-1926

Description: This collection of many hard-to-find primary sources consists of works about the Americas published not only in the United States but from across the globe. Based on Joseph Sabin’s Bibliotheca Americana, it contains more than 29,000 titles with information about North, Central and South America, the Arctic and Antarctica and the West Indies. Content: All full-text. Publisher: Gale. Coverage: 1500 - 1926.
Paid for by the Washburn University Libraries.
Simultaneous Users Allowed: Unlimited.

SAGE Premier

Description: Online access to 515 leading international peer-reviewed journals including high-impact research journals published on behalf of 245 scholarly and professional societies. Covers a wide range of subject areas, including business, humanities, social science, and science, technology, and medicine. Content: All full-text. Publisher: SAGE Publications. Coverage: 1999 - present.
Paid for by the Washburn University Libraries.
Simultaneous Users Allowed: Unlimited.

SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System

Description: A Digital Library portal for researchers in Astronomy and Physics, operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) under a NASA grant. The ADS maintains three bibliographic databases containing more than 8.5 million records: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Physics, and arXiv e-prints. Content: Citations, abstracts, data sets, some full-text. Publisher: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO). Coverage: 1975 - present.
Free resource.
Simultaneous Users Allowed: Unlimited.

Science Direct College Edition

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Description: Provides online access to over 1600 full text, peer reviewed journals. These journals are available within the two broad subject collections below:
Health & Life Sciences Journals Collection: Worldwide coverage of leading literature in fields including agriculture & biological sciences, biochemistry, environmental sciences, food sciences, genetics & molecular biology, health & nursing professions, immunology & microbiology, medicine & mental health, neuroscience, pharmacology, and more.
Social & Behavioral Sciences Journals Collection: Worldwide coverage of leading literature in fields including accounting & finance, business & management, economics, education, geography, language & linguistics, library & information sciences, psychology, sociology, social policy & political science, and tourism & transportation.
Content: Full text to subscribed journals; citations, abstracts & pay-per-view full text to unsubscribed journals. Publisher: Elsevier. Coverage: 1995 - Present.
Paid for by Washburn University Libraries.
Simultaneous Users Allowed: Unlimited.

SciFinder Registration Instructions
SciFinder (Registered Users Only)

Description: Provides access to the following Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) databases:

CAplus (Chemical Abstracts): comprehensive indexing of chemical literature.
CAS Registry: chemical structures, names, synonyms, some calculated and experimental properties.
CASREACT: single and multistep organic reactions.
CHEMLIST: regulatory information on chemicals.
CHEMCAT: commercial availability of chemicals from major suppliers.
MEDLINE: biomedical literature.

Content: Citations, abstracts, some full-text. Publisher: CAS. Coverage:Early 1800's - present..
Paid for by the Washburn University Libraries.
Simultaneous Users Allowed: One (1) shared.

Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson)
Social Sciences Full Text For Mobile Devices

Description: Access to a wide assortment of English-language journals on all social science topics including anthropology, criminology, economics, gender studies, psychology, social work, sociology, and others. Content: Citations, abstracts, with selected full-text after 1993. Publisher: EBSCO. Coverage: 1983 - present with selected full-text after 1993.
Paid for by Washburn University Libraries.
Simultaneous Users Allowed: Unlimited.

Social Work Abstracts

Description: Contains indexing for social work and other related journals on topics such as homelessness, AIDS, child and family welfare, aging, substance abuse, legislation, community organization, and more. Content: Citations and abstracts. Publisher: National Association of Social Workers. Coverage: 1977 - June 2008.
Paid for by the Washburn University Libraries.
Simultaneous Users Allowed: 12 pooled.

SPORTDiscus
SPORTDiscus For Mobile Devices

Description: Comprehensive bibliographic database covering sports, physical fitness, exercise, sports medicine, physical education, kinesiology, training, disabled persons, drugs, physical therapy, rehabilitation, nutrition, sport psychology, and more. Contains references to articles, books, and over 20,000 dissertations. Content: Mostly citations and abstracts with some full-text available through links. Publisher: EBSCO. Coverage: 1800 - present.
Paid for by the Washburn University Libraries.
Simultaneous Users Allowed: One.

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Description: Authoritative entries on all topics involving ethics, science, religion, politics, and more. Content: All full-text. Publisher: Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University. Coverage: 1997 - present.
Free resource.
Simultaneous Users Allowed: Unlimited.