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The most frequently-used databases

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window

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Updated daily. A comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database, with more than 5,300 full text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. Offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.

Features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for 1,000 journals.

Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window

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1990 - present. Unlimited users. Usage Rights

Updated monthly. A scholarly business database providing a collection of bibliographic and full text content in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Indexing and abstracts for scholarly business journals back to 1886 are included.

Searchable cited references provided for more than 1,200 journals. Contains detailed author profiles for the 20,000 most-cited authors in the database.

Additional full text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, and SWOT analyses.

Mintel This link opens in a new window

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Most current edition. Unlimited users. Usage Rights

Updated regularly. Includes market research reports for Europe, the UK, and the US. Reports cover a variety of sectors including consumer goods, travel and tourism, financial industry, internet industry, retail, and food & drink. Reports discuss market drivers, market size & trends, market segmentation, supply structure, advertising and promotion, retail distribution, consumer characteristics, and market forecasts.

In order to use Mintel, you must first agree to the terms of Mintel Academic Access. After you agree, you then need to sign in with your Mintel Reports Personal Profile before you can use the database. New users can create a profile using an online form that provides Mintel with your name, email address and a password of your own choosing; however, the email address must include the ""utexas.edu"" domain [e.g. @mccombs.utexas.edu, @mail.utexas.edu, @austin.utexas.edu]. Addresses from other domains [e.g., @yahoo.com, @gmail.com, @utexas.net] will not be accepted.

New Databases

The following databases are newly acquired this semester.

American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 1 This link opens in a new window

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1684 - 1820. Unlimited users.

From the library of the American Antiquarian Society, this collection contains more than 500 periodicals related to America from the colonial era through the first years of the Republic. See here for a list of titles included.

American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 2 This link opens in a new window

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1821 - 1837. Unlimited users.

From the library of the American Antiquarian Society, this collection of more than 1,200 periodicals represents the Jacksonian Democracy era in history and is broad in scope including agriculture, entertainment, history, literary criticism, and politics. See here for a list of titles included.

American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 3 This link opens in a new window

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1838 - 1852. Unlimited users.

From the library of the American Antiquarian Society, this collection of more than 2,000 periodicals includes contemporary coverage from the era of the Second Great Awakening, the early temperance movement, and the abolitionist movement. See here for a list of titles included.

American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 4 This link opens in a new window

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1853 - 1865. Unlimited users.

From the library of the American Antiquarian Society, this collection of more than 1,700 periodicals focuses on the Civil War and a diverse record of the continuance of daily life for many Americans—both leading up to and during the war. See here for a list of titles included.

American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 5 This link opens in a new window

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1866 - 1912. Unlimited users.

From the library of the American Antiquarian Society, this collection of more than 2,800 periodicals covers all aspects of American life from the Reconstruction through the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era. See here for a list of titles included.

Film Platform This link opens in a new window

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Coverage varies. Unlimited.

This streaming service provides access to over 350 critically acclaimed documentaries of social, political, and cultural importance. Being a global company, Film Platform’s catalog includes many international titles on various topics and in a wide selection of languages. Full access is available either through the library catalog (by title) or directly on the Film Platform UT portal.

IPA Source This link opens in a new window

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Dates of coverage vary. Unlimited users.

Developed to benefit singers, teachers, and all those interested in the correct and knowledgeable performance of vocal literature, IPA Source is the largest collection of literal translations and International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions on the web. The goal of IPA Source is to promote the comprehension and accurate pronunciation of foreign language texts in art song and opera in order that the singer may imbue each syllable with the appropriate emotional content.

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Latin American History This link opens in a new window

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Most current edition. 5 users.

The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Latin American History is a comprehensive digital research encyclopedia that describes Latin America’s peoples and experiences from 1491 and before to contemporary times. Updated monthly, the encyclopedia contains in-depth, peer-reviewed articles by leading scholars in the field.