Databases A-Z
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WorldCat FirstSearch
WorldCat is a union catalog that merges the catalogs of thousands of libraries. Built and maintained collectively by librarians, WorldCat is continually updated and includes records for a wide variety of works including manuscripts written as early as the 11th century through books, videos and DVDs being published today.
This is the FirstSearch service, which provides advanced search and other advanced options for working with the WorldCat catalog. A simpler interface and basic functions are openly available at WorldCat.org
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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration / policy. The database is building on the merged backfiles of Political Science Abstracts, published by IFI / Plenum, 1975-2000, and ABC POL SCI, published by ABC-CLIO, 1984-2000. Over 1,700+ titles are being monitored for coverage; of these, 67% are published outside the United States. -
Wright American Fiction, 1851-1875
Wright American Fiction online is a collection of almost 3000 volumes of 19th-century American fiction by almost 1500 authors. Based on Lyle Wright’s bibliography American Fiction, 1851-1875, it includes almost every novel published in the United States from 1851 to 1875.