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AgricolaThis link opens in a new windowContaining bibliographic records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library, AGRICOLA dates back to 1970 and includes more than 4.8 million citations.
Ebsco eBook CollectionsThis link opens in a new windowAccess thousands of full-text electronic books across multidisciplinary and subject specific collections.
Environment CompleteThis link opens in a new windowContains more than 2.4 million records from more than 2,200 domestic and international titles going back to 1888.
Google ScholarThis link opens in a new windowUse this link to show PennWest full text in your Google Scholar results.
JSTOR CollectionsThis link opens in a new windowA full-text archive of over 1,700 of the best scholarly journals in social sciences, humanities, and life sciences disciplines. Includes access to ARTStor and JSTOR Primary Sources
MEDLINE CompleteThis link opens in a new windowProvides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more, dating back to 1857 with full-text back to 1865. MEDLINE Complete is the world's most comprehensive source of full text for medical journals, providing full text for over 1,800 journals.
Visual and Specialized Resources
Academic Video Online (AVON)This link opens in a new windowThe database includes scholarly video material of virtually every video type: documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs and newsreels, field recordings, commercials, demonstrations, original and raw footage including tens of thousands of exclusive tiles. There are thousands of award-winning films, along with the most frequently used films for classroom instruction, plus newly released films and previously unavailable archival material.
Films on DemandThis link opens in a new windowAccess streaming videos in the humanities, sciences, medicine, business, social sciences, and more.
A multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Ultimate offers students an unprecedented collection of peer-reviewed, full-text journals, including many journals indexed in leading citation indexes.
GreenFILEThis link opens in a new windowOffers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment, and provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,000,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 15,000 records.
OneSearchThis link opens in a new windowOneSearch combines most of the library's resources into a single database. Rather than search databases separately, you can do just "one search." OneSearch includes articles, ebooks and books, and more.
BEFORE you can use SciFinder-n, you need to REGISTER for an account by creating your own username and password. Once you are registered you can use the SciFinder-n link to access the database.
CAS databases from the American Chemical Society. This is the premier database for researching chemistry and the life sciences (including biochemistry, biology, pharmacology, medicine, etc.)
U.S. Newsstream (U.S. Major Dailies upgrade)This link opens in a new windowAccess hundreds of U.S. newspapers, including the New York Times, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Wall Street Journal, and more. Coverage from the 1980's through today. (Proquest)