Online Resources / Research Databases: Detailed Descriptions

Books24x7, IT Pro Collection

NOTE: e-Books in the Books24x7 IT Pro Collection can also be searched individually by subject, title, author in NEIT Library Online Catalog.

NEIT students, faculty, and staff only:
Follow the directions on the Passworded Databases Page.

STUDENTS: Use Blackboard username (9 digit student ID) and password
FACULTY: Use ATS ID and password
STAFF: Contact Sharon Charette for username and password

If you you have trouble accessing this database off-campus, send an email to the library.
[Note: The Passworded Databases page may work differently ON or OFF campus. The Passworded Databases page on administrative computers on campus will take you directly into Books24x7.]

Books 24x7's ITPro offers thousands of books with broad and deep coverage of over 100 technology topics.

EBSCO A-to-Z®
This is a locator tool listing all of the e-journals that are full-text in NEIT Library's research databases and publisher packages. Use the Index tab to view the list of providers of the electronic full-text titles found in this list; use the Titles tab to browse a list of the titles arranged alphabetically; use the Subject tab to browse a list of subject areas covered by the titles in the databases (the subject headings are based on the Library of Congress Subject Headings); or use the Search tab for a more advanced search to search by title name, publisher, ISSN, and to control search type (begins with, contains, etc.). Try now.

Periodical Holdings List
This is a list of all current and bound periodicals titles that the Library owns. The list includes the physical location of the print subscriptions in the Library or in storage and whether or not back issues are available in bound format, online, or both.
Go to Periodical Holdings List.

EBSCOhost consists of a number of individual databases.
Detailed descriptions of each database:

Databases in EBSCOhost:

General/Scholarly Database
Academic Search Premier
This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,500 journals, including full text for more than 3,700 peer-reviewed titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles. [07/08]
MasterFILE Premier
Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 1,750 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also includes nearly 500 full text reference books, full text from 86,017 biographies, 105,786 full text primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 341,655 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost. [07/08]

Business Databases
Business Source Premier
Business Source Premier is the industry’s most used business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. Business Source Premier is superior to the competition in full text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost. [07/08]
Regional Business News
This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. This database is updated on a daily basis. [07/08]

Health Databases
CINAHL Plus with Full Text
CINAHL Plus with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive source of full text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 750 journals indexed in CINAHL. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the CINAHL index – with no embargo. CINAHL Plus with Full Text is the definitive research tool for all areas of nursing and allied health literature. [11/08]
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
This database provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition also features the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names. [07/08]
Health Source: Consumer Edition
This database is the richest collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Health Source: Consumer Edition provides access to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines. [07/08]
MEDLINE®
MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree, tree hierarchy, subheadings and explosion capabilities to search citations from over 4,800 current biomedical journals. [07/08]
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
This database provides nearly 575 full text publications, including nearly 550 peer-reviewed titles. Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Nearly every full text title included in this database is indexed in PsycINFO. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost. [07/08]

Education Databases
ERIC
ERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center, contains more than 1,194,000 records and links to more than 100,000 full-text documents from ERIC. [07/08]
NEW >> Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) indexes more than 500 core journals, more than 50 priority journals, and 125 selective journals; plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s. [07/08]
Professional Development Collection
Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of 520 high quality education journals, including nearly 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports. Professional Development Collection is the most comprehensive collection of full text education journals in the world. [07/08]
NEW >> Teacher Reference Center
Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 270 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators. [07/08]

Specialized Databases
NEW >> GreenFILE
GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,700 records. [07/08]
Military & Government Collection
Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites. The Military & Government Collection provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for nearly 400 titles. [07/08]
Newspaper Source Plus
Provides cover-to-cover full text for 149 national & international newspapers, including The New York Times, The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, The Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The Times (London), The Age, The Australian, The Toronto Star, The Irish Times and others. The database also contains selective full text for more than 410 U.S newspapers, including The Chicago Tribune, The Detroit Free Press, Providence Journal, San Jose Mercury News, etc. In addition, full-text television & radio news transcripts are provided from CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, National Public Radio (NPR), etc. [07/08]
Religion & Philosophy Collection
Religion & Philosophy Collection provides extensive coverage of such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. Religion & Philosophy Collection offers nearly 300 full text journals, including more than 250 peer-reviewed titles, making it an essential tool for researchers and students of theology and philosophical studies. [07/08]
Sociological Collection
This database provides coverage of more than 500 full text journals, including nearly 500 peer-reviewed titles. Sociological Collection offers information in all areas of sociology, including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, culture and social structure. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost. [07/08]

Technical Database
Vocational and Career Collection
Vocational & Career Collection is designed for vocational and technical libraries servicing high schools, community colleges, trade institutions and the general public. This collection provides full text coverage for more than 350 trade and industry-related periodicals. [07/08]

Auto Repair Reference Center [EBSCO]

The Auto Repair Reference Center database includes automotive repair information supplied by Point 5 Technologies, Inc., under license from Nichols Publishing, the former publisher of Chilton® Information and information from Delphi Integrated Service Solutions. Auto Repair Reference Center contains information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles, with repair information for most vintage makes starting as far back as 1945. Database content includes more than 31,660 vehicles covered from 1945 to present; over 205,000 drawings and step-by-step photographs; approximately 75,000 technical service bulletins & recalls issued by the original equipment vehicle manufacturer; over 130,000 enhanced wiring diagrams for easy viewing and printing; specifications & maintenance schedules; Labor Time Guide & Estimator; AutoIQ; Quick Tips, a complete guide to vehicle ownership & maintenance; unlimited remote access and much more. New repair procedures and updates will also be added continuously. All of the content in Auto Repair Reference Center has been created by ASE certified technicians.

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Using EBSCOhost Databases [04/10]
EBSCOhost has a number of online video Tutorials that offer detailed straight forward information on searching including Advanced Searching options.
From the EBSCO link, choose "EBSCO Support Site" at the bottom of the page, then choose "Tutorials" from the Quick Links.

>> EBSCO Support Site >> Tutorials

Tutorials are available in many formats including MS Powerpoint, IPOD, more.

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More Help for EBSCOhost
--> "HELP" is available in the upper right hand corner of each EBSCO page
--> Check the Knowledge Base in the EBSCO Support Site
--> Ask a Librarian -- Reference Desk (Ext. 3472) or email a question.
(email is only available during normal Library hours.)

New York Times online is now available from EBSCOhost. (1985 - present)

Procon.org [URL: http://www.procon.org] is a FREE online source that offers Pros and Cons of Controversial Issues. Procon.org is an independent, nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) nonprofit public charity. [05/09]

OT SEARCH is a bibliographic database covering the literature of occupational therapy and related subject areas, such as rehabilitation, education, psychiatry or psychology, and health care delivery or administration. The full text of the indexed resources is not in this database, just the bibliographic information to identify the material and the author's abstract when one exists.

Visit the American Occupational Therapy Foundation website for the most current listing of literature indexed in OT Search.

The Library has access to the following journals indexed in OT Search available in full-text online through EBSCOhost Web Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition or in paper copy on the Library shelves.

eCodes Premium contains all of the current International Codes and ICC Documents listed below. Passwords are needed for access. Contact Sharon Charette, Director of the Library, X3447 or scharette@neit.edu for passwords. Please note: The Library has a subscription for one user. Please log out as soon as you are finished using the codes.

International Codes
ICC Performance Code for Buildings and Facilities
International Building Code
International Energy Conservation Code
International Existing Building Code
International Fire Code
International Fuel Gas Code
International Mechanical Code
International Plumbing Code
International Private Sewage Disposal Code
International Property Maintenance Code
International Residential Code for One- and Two-Family Dwellings
International Wildland-Urban Interface Code
International Zoning Code

ICC Documents
ICC/ANSI
Innovation Toolbox

"National Fire Codes Subscription Service is the source for complete access to current and previous editions of NFPA codes and standards - both online and in PDF."

Passwords are needed for access. Contact Sharon Charette, Director of the Library, X3447 or scharette@neit.edu for passwords. Please note: The Library has a subscription for 10 simultaneous users. Please log out as soon as you are finished using the codes.

NEW[04/10] >> For all news sources including local, national, international in a variety of formats including online newspapers, and other news services, refer to the News Sources page.

Online Periodicals, Journals (Free)

Collections of periodicals or journals that are Internet accessible, and free. Some may require registration. Some may now include a fee for certain articles.

See Online Publications for a complete listing.