ACU Library All Databases: A-C

One of the most comprehensive business databases on the market, offering the latest business and financial information for researchers at all levels. It includes in-depth coverage from thousands of publications, most of them in full-text.

Full-text of Abilene's local paper from 2003 to present. (There may be a fee required for some articles.)

Search more than one EBSCO Academic database at a time.

A premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles for academic libraries from the world's leading journals, this comprehensive resource covers the physical and social sciences, technology, medicine, engineering, the arts, technology, literature, and many other subjects.

Full text database of peer-reviewed academic journals. Contains full text articles from over 4,500 scholarly publications, and abstracts and indexing for nearly 8,000 scholarly journals. Areas covered include social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, etc.

Most comprehensive video subscription available to libraries. It delivers video titles spanning the widest range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more.

An online collection of approximately 4,000 books of high quality in the humanities. These titles are offered by the ACLS in collaboration with thirty learned societies, over 100 contributing publishers, and the Michigan Publishing division at the University of Michigan Library. The result is an online, fully searchable collection of high-quality books in the Humanities, recommended and reviewed by scholars. These are works of major importance that remain vital to both scholars and advanced students, and are frequently cited in the literature.

Features more than 170 unique publications spanning from 1829 through 1922. This collection includes periodicals, newspapers, and magazines, in addition to reports and annuals from various African American organizations, including churches and educational and service institutions.

Materials relating to all aspects of agriculture, forestry and animal science. (Some full-text)

World literature related to all aspects of agriculture and technology. Reports cover 1975 to date and represent over 100 countries. Mostly citations only, but contains links to full-text where freely available. (Some full-text)

Search the library catalog for books, ebooks, music, DVDs, journal titles, and more. ACU faculty, staff, and students can renew materials, check their account, and place holds on books from libraries in the Abilene Library Consortium (Abilene Public, Hardin-Simmons, McMurry, and Howard Payne).

Catalog of books, periodical titles, audio-visual materials, and government documents located in the Abilene Library Consortium (ACU, Abilene Public Library, Hardin-Simmons, McMurry, Howard Payne). (Some ebooks are also available)

This alternative health database provides full text for 180 publications in the collection, including many peer-reviewed journals. Provides in-depth coverage across many subject areas covered by complementary and alternative medicine dating back to 1990.

Guide for authors and editors in the health and medical fields. Offers guidance on references, grammar, capitalization, punctuation, etc. Published by Oxford University Press for the American Medical Association.

Covers the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. With full-text coverage of hundreds of journals and books, and selective indexing for journals dating back nearly 60 years.

The AAS Historical Periodicals Collection contains more than 6,500 historical periodical titles dating from 1693 to 1877. The collection represents over two centuries of print culture, ranging from early works imported by the colonists to later titles published on American soil. Subjects covered in the collection reach into every facet of American life, including science, literature, medicine, agriculture, women's fashion, family life, and religion.

The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society provides the worldwide scientific community with a comprehensive collection of the most cited peer-reviewed journals in the chemical and related sciences. ACS Publications offers 35 prestigious journals in addition to its weekly newsmagazine covering the chemical enterprise, Chemical & Engineering News. With the ACS Journal Archives, ACS Publications provides searchable access to over 130 years of original research in chemistry, including more than 750,000 articles contained in 3 million plus pages of chemistry findings, dating back to the introduction of the Journal of the American Chemical Society in 1879.

Multimedia collections of digitized documents, photographs, recorded sound, moving pictures, and text from the Library's Americana collections.

Contains full text articles of more than 17,000 men and women who are important in American history.

A six-volume state-of-the-art dictionary of the Bible offering the most up-to-date and comprehensive treatment of biblical subjects and topics.

Offers full text for almost 1,200 journals and citations to millions of articles. The content within Applied Science & Technology Source derives from numerous sources, including leading trade journals, professional and technical society journals, and conference proceedings.

An OCLC index of articles from nearly 12,500 journals. (Some full-text)

From the Gale Virtual Reference Library, it includes 54 books from the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Some titles include: Classroom Assessment and Grading That Work, Exemplary Practices for Secondary Math Teachers, Teaching with the Brain in Mind, and more.

An abstract service provided by NASA in the areas of Astrophysics, Planetary Sciences, and Solar Physics.

Atla Religion Database with AtlaSerials PLUS offers 436 full-text journals in many diverse areas of religion and theology, with full-text content in 16 languages from more than 30 different countries. AtlaSerials PLUS includes all of the journal titles in Atla's original project, AtlaSerials and 108 additional full-text titles as of January 2018.

As the leading newspaper in the capital of Texas, the historical Austin American Statesman provides researchers with unique insight into the political, economic, cultural, and social life of Texas, as well as the southwest U.S. from the late 19th through the 20th century. The paper has strong central Texas coverage, especially for political reporting.

Provides a comprehensive, rich, and diverse collection of videos and texts for anyone studying or teaching in the area of mental health. Programs in counseling, social work, nursing, psychology, and behavioral health will all benefit from the wide variety of content in this collection, which includes clinical mental health demonstrations, actual therapy sessions, compelling documentaries on the human condition, psychotherapy transcripts, as well client narratives and reference works.

Covers all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life. Includes topics such as archaeology, multicultural relations, gaming, governance, legend, and literacy. Contains more than 80,000 citations for books, essays, journal articles, and government documents of the United States and Canada. Coverage ranges from the sixteenth century to the present.

The Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) is the world's most comprehensive bibliography of scholarly writing about the history of western art. BHA includes articles from over 1,200 journals. Free from The Getty Website.

Over 2 million review citations, many with generous excerpts, from review sources such as newspapers, popular magazines, and academic journals with more than 118,000 new reviews added each year.

Offers online access to the following reference works in medieval studies:

-- Encyclopedia of Medieval Pilgrimage (2009)
-- Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle (2010, with updates in 2014, 2016, and 2021)
-- Encyclopedia of Medieval Dress and Textiles of the British Isles c. 450-1450 (2012, with updates in 2016, 2018, and 2021)
-- Brill's Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages (2016)

Access to Brill E-Books in Biblical Studies Subject Collection.

Access to E-Books in the subject area of Philosophy from Brill

Access to e-books in the subject area of Religious Studies from Brill

E-Books available in the subject area of Theology and World Christianity from Brill

Gives access to the online content available back to the year 2000 of Brill´s journal program.

Reference work devoted to the plurality of Buddhist traditions across Asia, offering readers a balanced and detailed treatment of this complex phenomenon in thematically arranged volumes

Focuses on the history of early Christian texts, authors, ideas. Its content is intended to bridge the gap between the fields of New Testament studies and patristics, covering the whole period of early Christianity up to 600 CE.

Full text includes complete encyclopedia, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and the Britannica Book of the Year. Also includes a searchable Internet directory.

Contains full-text articles from hundreds of key publications, and provides access to product evaluations, interviews, biographical sketches, corporate profiles, obituaries, surveys, statistical rankings, book reviews and reports from associations, societies, trade shows, conferences and more.

Full-text database designed to support continuity experts and information professionals. It covers all aspects of business continuity and disaster recovery (BC/DR), including risk evaluation, emergency preparedness and crisis communications.

Comprehensive international business intelligence compiled into a logical, useable context. Designed for business professionals, entrepreneurs, students, and general researchers, this resource enables users to spend less time searching and more time connecting their discoveries to practical applications.

Contains full text of more active, peer-reviewed, business related journals than any other database currently available. Indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals date back to 1886.

Cambridge Core is the place to find valuable, useful and inspirational research and academic information. With over 1.6 million journal articles and 36,000+ books, Cambridge Core is an important destination for academic research.

Contains over 250 volumes published since 1960, equating to around 196,000 pages of unrivalled scholarship that covers over 15 different academic subjects with Citation export functionality.

An essential reference resource for scholars of global hymnody, with information on the hymns of many countries and languages, and a strong emphasis on the historical as well as the contemporary.

CC Advisor provides access to comprehensive reviews of academic databases, websites, and tools.

The 16th & 17th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style with state-of-the-art recommendations on editorial style and publishing practices in the digital age.

Authoritative, money-saving car-care guidance. Delivers reliable automotive help, trusted by automotive enthusiasts and professionals for more than 100 years.

CHOICE reviews significant current books and electronic resources of interest to those in higher education. Each year CHOICE publishes more than 6,500 reviews by subject experts. Access is ful text to the entire database of CHOICE reviews published since September 1988.

The No. 1 source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators.

Provides indexing for 1,835 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health. Contains searchable cited references for more than 930 journals and provides full text for hundreds of journals, plus legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, and more. PDF backfiles to 1982 are also included.

Index of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities.

A database that provides reviews from over 38 review sources including the ALAN Review, Booklist, KIRKUS, VOYA, NSTA Recommends, and many more. A variety of search options helps to find books by subject, age level, and genre. Curriculum Tools features lesson plans, teaching guides, discussion guides, book trailers, and the like.

Provides in-depth research summaries, data, and interpretations of clinical trial results with a focus on evidence-based medicine and healthcare.

Upgrade from Comm & Mass Media Complete with additional content. Includes CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association), and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Pennsylvania State University). (Some full-text)

Provides researchers with the latest information and current trends in high technology. This database offers full text for nearly 300 publications and indexing and abstracts for nearly 450 publications.

Supports the information needs of patients and fosters an overall understanding of health-related topics. This resource provides content covering all key areas of health and wellness, from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary and holistic medicine.

The Coronavirus Research Database brings together trusted content from journals, preprints, conference proceedings, dissertations and more related to COVID-19 and other coronaviruses. This database brings together not only content from open-access journals, but also pre-prints and additional content being made freely available by major publishers from around the world.

Contains more than 2,400 hours of footage from actual therapy sessions, training videos, and reenactments conducted by renowned counseling professionals.

CQ Researcher is noted for its in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. Reports are published weekly in print and online 44 times a year by CQ Press. Each single-themed, 12,000-word report is researched and written by a seasoned journalist. The consistent, reader-friendly organization provides researchers with an introductory overview; background and chronology on the topic; an assessment of the current situation; tables and maps; pro/con statements from representatives of opposing positions; and bibliographies of key sources.

Credo Reference is an online resource of authoritative reference content covering disciplines such as the humanities, science, education, medicine, psychology, nursing, business, religion, technology and more. There are over 650 titles including encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, atlases, and also includes some videos and images. Credo is a good place to start research to find out more about a topic or to get definitions of terms.

The Current Index to Statistics (CIS) is a bibliographic index of publications in statistics, probability, and related fields. It includes data from approximately 160 core journals, 1,200 additional journals in related fields, and 11,000 books. The bulk of the content in CIS is from 1975-2017.