Database Comparison
Comparing the Waggoner Library Databases
All databases can be accessed from the Electronic Resources page
All databases can be accessed from the Electronic Resources page
| Database Name | Description | Full Text? |
| ABI/INFORM | Dateline, Global, Tax Periodicals, and Trade & Industry ABI/INFORM collections. Part of ProQuest. | Yes |
| Academic OneFile | Premier source for peer-reviewed articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. Interdisciplinary with over 3 million articles. Part of the Gale Cengage databases. | Yes |
| Accounting & Tax Periodicals | Part of ProQuest. | Yes |
| African-American History Online | Primary source documents, images,biographies, timelines and many in depth articles all pertaining to African American history. | Yes |
| Agriculture Collection | Part of Gale Cengage collections. Covers topics from practical aspects of farming to cutting edge scientific research in horticulture. | Yes |
| American History in Video | Provides the largest and richest collection of video available online for the study of American history, with 2,000 hours and more than 5,000 titles on completion. Includes a clip maker for insertion into presentations or lectures. | Yes |
| Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA) |
An indexing and abstracting tool covering health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations and education. |
No |
| Arts Module | Search periodicals on subjects such as arts, dance, theater, cinema, and more in this module of ProQuest Research Library. | Yes |
|
ATLA Serials with ATLA Religon Database |
Major collection of religion and theology journals selected by leading religion scholars and theologians. Accessed through EBSCO. | Yes |
| Banking Information Source | From ProQuest. | Yes |
| Booklist | Book reviews from the American Library Association with blogs, video clips and ratings. | Yes |
| Books & Authors | Combines over 140,000 titles, 50,000 authors, and thousands of read-alike, award winner and librarian's favorite's lists; Books & Authors helps bring leaders and literature together. A readers advisory resource. | Yes |
| Business Economics & Theory | From Gale Cengage. | Yes |
| Business Module | Search periodicals on business subjects such as economics, personal finance, marketing, and more in this ProQuest Research Library module. | Yes |
| Business Source Complete | World's largest full text business database it provides full text for nearly 3,300 scholarly business journals including full text for more than 1300 peer reviewed business publications. Includes SWOT analysis; HBR Faculty Seminar video series; | Yes |
| Canadian Business & Current Affairs (CBCA) | Subject coverage is comprehensive. Information is present from all areas including: current events, business, education, science and medicine, arts, law, academia, and lifestyles, all with a Canadian focus. | Yes |
| Canadian Newsstand Complete | Full text of nearly 300 newspapers from Canada's leading publishers. The core of the database is the Canadian Major Dailies collection which includes national and leading regional newspapers such as The Globe and Mail, National Post, Montreal Gazette, Toronto Star, Vancouver Sun and the Victoria Times Colonist. | Yes |
| Career & Technical Education | From ProQuest. | Yes |
| CDRI: Cooperative Digital Resources Initiative | The Cooperative Digital Resources Initiative of the American Theological Library Association is a repository of digital resources contributed by member libraries. Provides access to digital images of woodcuts, photographs, slides, papyri, coins, maps, postcards, manuscripts, sermons, shape-note tune books, plus other forms of Christian art, architecture and iconongraphy. | Yes |
| Children's Literature Comprehensive Index | An acquisition, research, and reference service that offers 900,000 MARC records and more than 130,000 reviews of children's books | Yes |
| Children's Module | Search for current information for or about children in this module of ProQuest Research Library. | Yes |
| Christian Periodical Index | Indexes more than 136 publications, offers a broad spectrum of knowledge base, and covers major doctrinal positions within evangelical Christianity. Published by the Association of Christian Librarians, CPI provides access to English language articles and reviews from an evangelical perspective. | No, Citation |
| Computer Database | Use this database to find computer-related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications and the application of technology. | Yes |
| Communication and Mass Media Collection | From Gale Cengage. | Yes |
| Criminal Justice Collection | From Gale Cengage. | Yes |
| Criminal Justice Periodicals | From ProQuest. | Yes |
| Custom Newspapers | Search a collection of more then 650 newspapers, both national and international. | Yes |
| Dissertations and Theses | With more than 2 million entries, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses is the single, central, authoritative resource for information about doctoral dissertations and master's theses. Full text dissertations. Includes the most current Trevecca Ed.D dissertations. | Yes |
| Ebrary | ebook collection with over 30,000 books titles viewable full text 24/ 7. | Yes |
| EBSCOHost Electronic Journals Service | From EBSCO. | Yes |
| Education Module | Search all education titles on subjects such as administration, policy, teaching practices and more. Access through ProQuest. | Yes |
| Educator's Reference Complete | A selection of more than 450 full-text academic journals, hundreds of full-text reports, and many premier reference sources. Included content focuses on educational principles, child development and psychology, and best practices in education. Majority of the full-text titles included are also found in the ERIC database. | Yes |
| Educator's 200 |
Perfect for educating future teachers and administrators, this set covers the latest technologies, developments, instruction and coaching breakthroughs. From Gale Cengage. |
Yes |
| ERIC Plus Text | The world's largest source of education information. The database contains more than one million abstracts of education-related documents and journal articles. | Yes |
| Expanded Academic ASAP | From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images! | Yes |
| FAITS - Faulkner's Advisory for Information Technology Studies | This one-of-a-kind online technology reports database was created especially for the academic community. It contains a virtual library of clearly-written reports covering such key technology areas as IT infrastructure, telecom, data networking, wireless communications, security, enterprise systems, the Internet and World Wide Web. | Yes |
| Fine Arts & Music Collection | From Gale Cengage. | Yes |
| First Research: Hoovers | Provides first-class industry intelligence to help users easily understand the challenges, opportunities and operations for a variety of industry segments. With First Research you have access to the in-depth, up-to-date information and insight you need to provide greater value to students, professors, small business owners and job seekers. | Yes |
| Gale Literary Index | From Gale Cengage. This source is the online index to all Gale print literary reference works. | No, index |
| Gale Virtual Reference Library | Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7. | Yes |
| General Business File ASAP | Analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics. Access to a combination of broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and company directory listings with full text and images available. | Yes |
| General Business File International | Analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics in the global world. | Yes |
| General Interest Module | Search periodicals on general interest subjects such as hobbies, fashion, consumer information, travel, and more in this ProQuest Research Library module. | Yes |
| General OneFile | A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily. | Yes |
| A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources - newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications. Find articles on current events, popular culture, business and industry trends, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more. | Yes | |
| General Science Collection | From Gale Cengage. | Yes |
| Global Issues in Context | Provides international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. | Yes |
| GreenFILE | Indexes scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports. This resource offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the environment. Drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, GreenFILE serves as an informative resource for anyone concerned about the issues facing our planet. | Yes |
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Grove Music Online |
Universally acknowledged as the unsurpassed authority on all aspects of music. | Yes |
| Guide to Reference | ALA's top reference resource recommendations. | Yes |
| Health & Medical Complete | Designed to serve a wide range of people who need health information -- from hospital administrators to medical professionals to consumers. The database provides coverage from leading health journals and essential medical journals in key medical specialties. | Yes |
| Health Module | From ProQuest. | Yes |
| Health & Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI) | Information about behavioral measurement instruments.Records contained in HaPI provide information on questionaires, interview schedules, vignettes/scenarios, coding schemes, rating and other scales, checklists, indexes, tests, projective techniques and more. | No, Citation |
| Use this Resource Center to find magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, and information on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, Prescription Drugs, etc. Included are links to diet, cancer, and health assessment sites as well as government databases. The material contained in this Resource Center is intended for informational purposes only. | Yes | |
| Use this database to find articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc. The material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only. | Yes | |
| HeritageQuest Online™ |
Combines digital, searchable images of |
Yes |
| Hoover's Academic | Delivers comprehensive company, industry, and market intelligence that drives business growth. The database of 12 million companies, with in-depth coverage of 40,000 of the world's top business enterprises, is at the core of business tools and services that customers find vital to their business operations. | Yes |
| Humanities Module | Search all humanities titles on subjects such as communication, history, journalism, literature, philosophy, religion and more. This module is a part of the ProQuest General Reference. | Yes |
| Informé |
Una colección de revistas hispánicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias. |
Yes |
| Information Science & Library Issues | From Gale Cengage. | Yes |
| InfoTrac Small Business Collection | From Gale Cengage | Yes |
| InfoTrac Vocations: Careers & Technical Education | From Gale Cengage. | Yes |
| International Module | From ProQuest. | Yes |
| IPA (international Phonetic Alphabet) | IPA Source is the web's largest library of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions and literal translations of opera arias and solo art songs. Now with over 2250 texts. | |
| iPreach Bible Reference | iPreach offers the finest in contemporary biblical study and preaching resources to pastors and teachers. This extensive collection of commentaries, Bible dictionaries, and other reference works provides a breadth of substantial, searchable materials with which to prepare sermons and lessons--all in one place. | Yes |
| JSTOR: Humanities | The Language & Literature Collection contain articles in several languages, including Arabic, Italian, and German. Developed with the help of the Modern Language Association, this collection includes PMLA and a range of core journals in the diverse fields of literary criticism that have emerged in the last thirty years. Backfiles only. | Yes |
| Law Module | Search all law titles on subjects such as business law, civil law, criminal law and more. This module is a part of the ProQuest General Reference. | Yes |
| LearningExpress Library | Comprehensive, interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help patrons—students and adult learners—succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. | Yes |
| Lexis-Nexis Academic | Provides full-text documents from more than 5,600 news, business, legal, medical and reference publications with a variety of flexible search options. | Yes |
| Library Information Science Abstracts (LISA) | Part of ProQuest. | No, abstracts |
| Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) |
This world-class bibliographic database provides coverage on subjects such as librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more |
No |
| Library Literature & Information Science | Reflecting the latest trends in a rapidly evolving field, this Wilson database indexes English and foreign-language periodicals, selected state journals, conference proceedings, pamphlets, books, and library school theses, plus over 300 books per year. | Yes |
| Literary Criticism Online (LCO) | Gale literary references reach back 20 to 30 years—taken together as print, they could fill 230 feet of shelf space! But now, hundreds of volumes are digitized and ready to read with Literature Criticism Online. | Yes |
| Literature Resource Center | Literature Resource Center provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary discipline. Combining Gale Group's core literary databases in a single online service, the Literature Resource Center covers more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors. | Yes |
| MDConsult | TNU graduate Physician Assistant users only. Student accounts are secured by the PA department directly. Please contact them if you have account access concerns. | Yes |
| Medical Library |
Part of ProQuest. Search a comprehensive database combining MEDLINE indexing with full images for more than 450 key medical titles. Offers coverage of all the major healthcare specialties, including nursing, pediatrics, neurology, pharmacology, cardiology, physical therapy, and others. |
Yes |
| Medline® | Search the premier bibliographic database in bio-medicine and the life sciences through ProQuest. Contains more than 11 million references to journal articles, compiled by The National Library of Medicine and searchable through ProQuest which provides some full text for journal titles indexed by the database. | Yes |
| Mental Measurements Yearbook with Test in Print | Buros Institute of Mental Measurements at the University of Nebraska, the Mental Measurements Yearbook(tm) (MMY) provides users with a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments. The MMY series contains information essential for a complete evaluation of test products within such diverse areas as psychology, education, business, and leadership. All MMY entries contain descriptive information (e.g., test purpose, publisher, pricing) and edited review(s) written by leading content area experts. Tests in Print (TIP) serves as a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language. TIP provides vital information to users including test purpose, test publisher, in-print status, price, test acronym, intended test population, administration times, publication date(s), and test author(s). | Yes |
| Military & Intelligence Database |
Over 10 million articles (80% full-text) from more than 500 titles and basic reference materials. The content in this database is also part of Gale Cengage Academic One File. |
Yes |
| Military Module |
Search periodicals on military subjects such as defense, aeronautics and space flight, and other military issues in this ProQuest Research Library module. |
Yes |
| (D & B) | Provides comprehensive marketing information on both public and private companies and their executives. The database is available in a variety of state, regional, national, and international product options. Company profiles include specialty information like executive biographies and proprietary eight-digit SIC codes. | Yes |
| Multicultural Module | Search the multicultural module to research ethnic minority. This module is a part of the ProQuest General Reference. | Yes |
| National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) | Part of U.S. Department of Justice. | Yes |
| National Newspaper Index | InfoTrac's National Newspaper Index provides quick access to the indexing of America's top five newspapers in one seamless search: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post. | Yes |
| Naxos Music Library | Complete audio files of all genres of music: classical, jazz etc.. | Yes |
| netLibrary® | ebook collection with over 38,000 titles in the collection. | Yes |
| Nursing & Allied Health | Part of Gale Cengage. | Yes |
| Oxford English Dictionary | Part of Oxford University Press. | Yes |
| PAIS International | Part of Proquest. | Yes |
| Pharmaceutical News Index | Part of ProQuest. | Yes |
| Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine Collection | Part of Gale Cengage. | Yes |
| Points of View Reference Center | Designed to assist researchers in understanding the full scope of controversial subjects. Students can use Points of View as a guide to debate, developing arguments, writing position papers, and for development of critical thinking skills. Each Points of View Essay includes a series of questions and additional material to generate further thought. Also included are thousands of supporting articles from the world’s top political and societal publications. | Yes |
| Professional Collection | Full-text periodicals for teachers and school administrators. | Yes |
| ProQuest Asian Business & Reference | Part of ProQuest. | Yes |
| ProQuest Biology | Part of ProQuest | Yes |
| ProQuest Central | Part of ProQuest. | Yes |
| ProQuest Computing | Part of ProQuest. | Yes |
| ProQuest Education Journals | This database covers not only the literature on primary, secondary, and higher education but also special education, home schooling, adult education, and hundreds of related topics. | Yes |
| ProQuest Health and Medical Complete | Part of ProQuest. | Yes |
| ProQuest Medical Library | Search a comprehensive database combining MEDLINE indexing with full images for more than 450 key medical titles. Offers coverage of all the major healthcare specialties, including nursing, pediatrics, neurology, pharmacology, cardiology, physical therapy, and others. | Yes |
| ProQuest Military Collection | Part of ProQuest. | Yes |
| ProQuest Newsstand | Part of ProQuest. | Yes |
| ProQuest Psychology | Part of ProQuest. | Yes |
| ProQuest Religion | Coverage of religious affairs and religious thinking from the top periodicals. | Yes |
| ProQuest Research Library | The full collection of journals, magazines and newspapers for information on a broad range of general subjects including: arts, business, children, education, general interest, health, humanities, international, law, military, multicultural, psychology, sciences, social sciences, and women’s interests. | Yes |
| ProQuest Science Journals | Part of ProQuest. | Yes |
| ProQuest Telecommunications | Part of ProQuest. | Yes |
| PsycARTICLES |
Search the premier database from the American Psychological Association. Access nearly 50 top full-text psychology publications covering the disciplines of Human Physiology, Personality Psychology, Social Psychology, Educational Psychology, and more. |
Yes |
| Psychology Collection | From Gale Cengage. | Yes |
| PsycINFO | Contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports, as well as citations to dissertations, all in the field of psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines. |
No, Citation/
Abstract |
| Psychology Module | Search all titles related to psychology for information on human development, learning, psychiatry and more. This module is a part of the ProQuest Research Library. | Yes |
| PubMed Central | From Medline/Pubmed. | Yes |
| Regional & Business News | EBSCO's Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Updated daily. | Yes |
| Religion & Philosophy Database | Features a custom selection of more than 250 magazines and academic journals covering religion, philosophy, and the related areas of archaeology and anthropology. Use this Gale Cengage database not only to study theological approaches to social issues, but also to learn about the impact that religion and philosophy have had on culture throughout history, including literature, arts, and language. | Yes |
| Research Library Core | Search for basic coverage of a broad range of subject areas including: arts, business, children, education, general interest, health, humanities, international, law, military, multicultural, psychology, sciences, social sciences, and women's interests. | Yes |
| Sage Psychology | A comprehensive database covering information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods from Sage psychology related publications. | |
| Science Database | A Gale Cengage source for periodical articles on a wide range of science related topics with 3,390,896 articles updated as daily. | Yes |
| Sciences Module | Search this ProQuest database for periodicals on science subjects such as agriculture, biology, chemistry, computers, engineering, physics, and more. | Yes |
| Scribner Writers Series | Gale Cengage Scribner Writers Series includes 15-20 page signed essays on more than 2,000 authors and literary genres drawn from the acclaimed Scribner print series. | Yes |
| Small Business Collection | Part of Gale Cengage. | Yes |
| Snapshot Series | Part of ProQuest. | Yes |
| Social Science Full Text | From H.W.Wilson: Covers the latest concepts, trends, opinions, theories, and methods from both applied and theoretical aspects of the social sciences | Yes |
| Social Science Module | Search the social science titles on subjects such as anthropology, culture, criminology, political science, social welfare, urban development and more. This module is a part of the ProQuest Research Library. | Yes |
| Southern Life | This Gale Cengage database contains nearly 5 million full-text articles on topics that relate directly to Southern living, both past and present, including people, places, historical events and more. | Yes |
| Teacher Reference Center | From EBSCO | Yes |
| Tennessee Newspaper Collection | Newspapers from Tennessee's major cities: Memphis, Chattanooga and Knoxville. | Yes |
| Testing & Education Reference Center | Prepare for the GED; CLEP; Dantes; civil service and military entrance exams; licensing tests for law enforcement, real estate, the postal service, and many other fields; plus college and graduate school admissions exams. Several Praxis I practice tests are also available here. | Yes |
| Tests in Print (TIP) |
Produced by the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements at the |
No, Citation |
| Twayne's Author Series | This Gale Cengage database comprises 600 full-text titles from the Twayne Literary Masters series, 200 each from Twayne World, US, and English Authors. | Yes |
| UpToDate | Timely medical resarch content. | Yes |
| U.S. History Collection | From Gale Cengage. | Yes |
| Virtual Training Online Tutorials | Online & CD computer software training. Limited use. | |
| Vocations, Careers & Technical Education Collection | From Gale Cengage. | Yes |
| War and Terrorism Collection | From Gale Cengage. | Yes |
| Women's Interest Module | Search ProQuest periodicals on women's interest subjects such as feminism, history, political science, social science, and general interest as they relate to women's issues. | Yes |
| WorldCat - OCLC | No, Citation | |