University of Delaware Library
Electronic Library Resources
Library Networked Databases
The University of Delaware Library has more than 120 databases listed on the Library Networked Databases web page available to UD faculty, students and staff. Some databases provide references and summaries of journal articles and others are full text and contain entire articles. Databases are accessible at designated library workstations, in UD microcomputing sites or from microcomputers in residence halls, offices, off campus and at home that can access UD's computing network via the World Wide Web. From home, use University of Delaware PPP connection and Netscape, or if using a non-UD Internet service provider access the Web Proxy Server (see <http://www.udel.edu/help/> for instructions).
A database exists for virtually every subject. Some databases are general and broadly cover many subjects. Examples of databases that cover many subjects are Expanded Academic ASAP, Britannica Online, LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe, Web of Science, Current Contents and OCLC FirstSearch Article1st. More than a dozen databases are "full text" and include entire articles.
Other databases focus on a particular subject area, such as MEDLINE for medicine, ERIC for education, ABI/INFORM for business, Sociofile for sociology and Agricola for agriculture.