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Licensed Databases for North American Studies
Please note: Access to the licensed databases is limited to computers within the FU intranet. This includes computers which are linked to the intranet via the VPN service of the university’s computing center. The links listed below will direct you to the database entry pages on the university library’s website. At the same time, all databases are accessible via the FU-Bibliotheksportal, the central gateway to all electronic resources at FU.
Journal Indexes (related to specific disciplines, partly with abstracts)
America: History and Life (AHL)Disciplines: history, culture
Coverage: 1964 ff.
Update: monthly
Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL)
Disciplines: language, literature
Coverage: 1892 ff.
Update: annually
Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA)Disciplines: art history, architecture, culture
Coverage: 1990 ff., with predecessors 1973 ff.
Update: quarterly
Bibliography of Linguistic Literature (BLL)
Disciplines: language,
Coverage: 1971 ff.
Update: day-to-day
Crime Fiction IV: A Comprehensive BibliographyDisciplines: literature
Coverage: 1749-2000
Update: sporadically
EconLitDisciplines: economics
Coverage: 1969 ff.
Update: quarterly
GPO (Government Printing Office) Monthly Catalog (OCLC)Disciplines: political science, law, economics
Coverage: 1976 ff.
Update: monthly
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)Disciplines: sociology, political science, economics, cultural anthropology
Coverage: ca. 1980 ff.
Update: quarterly
International Political Science Abstracts (IPSA)Disciplines: political science
Coverage: 1989 ff.
Update: quarterly
Linguistics Abstracts OnlineDisciplines: language
Coverage: 1981 ff.
Update: day-to-day
Linguistics and Language Behavior AbstractsDisciplines: language
Coverage: 1973 ff.
Update: monthly
MLA (=Modern Language Association) International BibliographyDisciplines: literature, language, culture
Coverage: 1926 ff.
Update: monthly
Online Contents Anglistik
Disciplines: literature, language, culture
Coverage: ca. 1993 ff.
Update: regularly
PAIS Archive (Public Affairs Information Service)Disciplines: political science, sociology, economics
Coverage: 1915-1976
Update: completed
PAIS International (Public Affairs Information Service)Disciplines: political science, sociology, economics
Coverage: 1972 ff.
Update: monthly
Publizistik/Massenkommunikation
Disciplines: communication and media studies
Coverage: ca. 1980 ff.
Update: quarterly
Sociological Abstracts / SociofileDisciplines: sociology, political science, cultural anthropology
Coverage: 1963 ff.
Update: monthly
Multidisciplinary Indexes and Catalogs
CanadianaType: national bibliography
Disciplines: all
Coverage: 1950 ff., some older material (Retrospective National Bibliography)
Update: annually
Digital DissertationsType: dissertation abstracts
Disciplines: all
Coverage: 1861 ff.
Update: daily
Global Books in Print (GBIP)Type: directory of books in print
Disciplines: all
Coverage: not applicable
Update: monthly, "Backfile": quarterly
Periodicals Index OnlineType: historical journals index
Disciplines: arts & humanities, social sciences
Coverage: 1770-1995
Update: completed
Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature (RDG)Type: general interest journals index
Disciplines: all
Coverage: 1983 ff.
Update: monthly
Ulrich’s Periodicals DirectoryType: directory of available periodicals
Disciplines: all
Update: quarterly
Web of ScienceType: citation indexes (divided into science, social science and arts & humanities)
Disciplines: all
Coverage:
Science 1945 ff.
Social science 1956 ff.
Arts & humanities 1975 ff.
Update: weekly
WorldCat (OCLC)
Type: union catalog of the biggest library consortium in the world
Disciplines: all
Coverage: begins with medieval literature
Update: daily
Online Reference
Contemporary AuthorsType: encyclopedia of authors
Disciplines: literature, culture
Update: semi-annually
Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC)Type: library classification system (used for shelf arrangement in the JFKI)
Disciplines: all
Update: completed
Foundation Grants IndexType: directory of grants
Disciplines: all, focus: pedagogics, art, medicine
Update: annually
Historical Statistics of the United States
Type: historical statistics
Disciplines: history (especially economic and social history)
Update: completed
Langenscheidt Online-WörterbücherType: dictionary
Disciplines: all
Update: not applicable
Oxford Reference OnlineType: reference collection of Oxford University Press
Disciplines: all
Update: continuous expansion
Women’s Studies EncyclopediaType: specialized encyclopedia
Disciplines: gender studies (interdisciplinary)
Update: completed
Full Text Collections
America's Historical Newspapers
Type: Archived journal
Disciplines: all
Coverage: 1690-1922
Update: completed
Business Source PremierType: journal articles
Disciplines: economics
Coverage: varies from journal to journal, partly 1965 ff.
Update: daily
Declassified Documents Reference System (DDRS)Type: declassified documents of the U.S. government
Disciplines: political science, history
Coverage: 1945 ff.
Update: completed for the time being
Digital National Security ArchiveType: documents of the U.S. government
Disciplines: political science, history
Coverage: 1945 ff.
Update: new collections annually
Early American Imprints, Series I: EvansType: historical imprints (facsimile and full text)
Disciplines: historical aspects of all disciplines
Coverage: 1639-1800
Update: completed
Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-ShoemakerType: historical imprints (facsimile and full text)
Disciplines: historical aspects of all disciplines
Coverage: 1801-1819
Update: completed
Early English Books OnlineType: historical imprints (facsimile and full text)
Disciplines: historical aspects of all disciplines
Coverage: 1473-1700
Update: sporadically
Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO)Type: historical imprints (facsimile and full text)
Disciplines: historical aspects of all disciplines
Coverage: 1701-1800
Update: completed
English and American LiteratureType: literature
Disciplines: literature, culture
Coverage: 1381-1930
Update: completed
English Language Women’s Literature of the 18th and 19th CenturiesType: literature
Disciplines: literature, culture
Coverage: 1701-1900
Update: completed
Global NewsbankType: news
Disciplines: all
Coverage: 1996-2001
Update: subscription cancelled
JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive
Type: journal archive
Disciplines: all
Coverage: varies from journal to journal
Update: day-to-day
LexisNexis EducationalType: newspapers and other news sources
Disciplines: all, focus: business, law
Coverage: varies from source to source
Update: daily
NBER Working PapersType: reports
Disciplines: economics (especially macro economics)
Coverage: 1994 ff.
Update: regularly
Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers
Type: journal archive
Disciplines: All
Coverage: 1800-1900
Update: Completed
North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories
Type: historical source material
Disciplines: history, culture
Coverage: 1784 ff.
Update: expansion planned
Periodicals Archive Online (PAO)
Type: journal archive
Disciplines: arts & humanities, social sciences
Coverage: until 1995
Update: completed
Project MUSE - Scholarly Journals Online
Type: journal package
Disciplines: arts & humanities, social sciences
Coverage: varies from journal to journal
Update: day-to-day
Regional Business NewsType: regional business news
Disciplines: business
Coverage: varies from source to source, partly 1984 ff.
Update: daily
Twentieth Century North American Drama
Type: plays
Disciplines: literature, culture
Coverage: 1890-2005
Update: expansion planned
U.S. Congressional Serial Set incl. U.S. American State Papers
Type: governmental documents
Disciplines: political science, history, economics, culture
Coverage: 1789-1980
Update: completed
U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs
Type: court records
Disciplines: law, history, social sciences
Coverage: 1832-1978
Update: completed
World AlmanacType: current affairs encyclopedia
Disciplines: political science, economics, sociology
Coverage: 1998 ff.
Update: annually
World Biographical Information SystemType: historical short biographies
Disciplines: all, especially history
Coverage: since antiquity
Update: completed for the time being
