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The Wachovia Business Library Endowment funds continuing subscriptions to key electronic business reference resources such as the Dun and Bradstreet Million Dollar Database, which contains vital information on both public and private companies in the United States. The endowment fulfills a dream of providing access both campus wide and remotely to the kind of informational resources our students and faculty need to achieve global excellence. The Elliott White Springs Business Library and the University Libraries appreciate the generosity and foresight of Wachovia in establishing the Wachovia Business Library Endowment that strengthens this vital statewide economic resource. 
This is a sponsor that provides resources for the University Libraries. Below are the resources that are provided courtesy of this sponsor. For more information on this sponsor click on the link above or on Full Details.


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Factiva includes full-text of the Wall Street Journal along with access to global news and business information, including local newspapers, same-day newswires, company reports, and media programs.  Some content is unavailable to academic accounts.


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The Washington Post (1877-1996) offers full page and article images with searchable full text.
Category: History, Journalism & Mass Communications
Material Type: Newspapers
Access: On & Off Campus
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Notes: No additional information provided.

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Web of Science includes three indexes:
  • Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975 to present)
  • Social Sciences Citation Index (1956 to present)
  • Science Citation Index Expanded (1899 to present)


This database indexes multidisciplinary information from approximately 8,500 of the most prestigious, high impact research journals in the world. Web of Science also provides a unique search method, cited reference searching.
Category: African-American Studies, Anthropology & Archaeology, Art, Astronomy, Biology, Business, Business-Economics, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Classical Studies, Comparative Literature, Computer Science, Counseling, Education, Engineering, English Literature, Environment, Exercise & Sports Science, Film Studies, Foreign Language & Literatures, General Purpose Databases, Geography, Geology, History, Library Science, Linguistics, Marine Science, Mathematics, Medicine, Music, Nursing, Pharmacy, Philosophy, Physical Education, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Public Administration, Public Health, Religious Studies, Science - General, Social Sciences, Social Work, Sociology, Statistics, Theatre & Dance, Women's & Gender Studies
Material Type: Journals
Access: On & Off Campus
Coverage: Varies by Index (See Notes)
Notes: Coverage includes:

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Features comprehensive profiles on over 1.4 million of the most accomplished individuals from all fields of endeavor including: government, business, science and technology, the arts, entertainment, and sports. Search by name, gender, occupation, geography, hobbies and interests, religion and much more.

On Campus Only (no wireless access)

**Access is for one user at a time.  Please remember to logoff at the top right of the screen when you are done searching Marquis Who's Who on the Web.  Closing your browser does NOT end the session and you will not be able to access the database again for 10 minutes.**

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Only those journals to which USC-Columbia subscribes are available full text.
Category: General Purpose Databases, Science - General
Material Type: Journals
Access: On & Off Campus
Coverage: Varies by Title
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All electronic journals accessible to USC-Columbia students, faculty, and staff are available via the online journal collection.

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Brings together books, images, documents, scholarly essays, commentaries, and bibliographies, documenting the multiplicity of women’s activism in public life.
Category: History, Women's & Gender Studies
Material Type: Biographies, Books, Journals, Newspapers, Reference Sources
Access: On & Off Campus
Coverage: 1600 - 2000
Notes: More information about this database
How to cite sources from this database

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Women's Studies International covers the core disciplines in Women's Studies to the latest scholarship in feminist research.

Women's Studies International includes the following database files: Women Studies Abstracts, Women's Studies Bibliography Database, Women's Studies Database, Women Studies Librarian, Women of Color and Southern Women: A Bibliography of Social Science Research, and Women's Health and Development: An Annotated Bibliography.
Category: Business, Business-International Business, Business-Management, Women's & Gender Studies
Material Type: Audio and Visual
Access: On & Off Campus
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World Bank Group now provides free, open, and easy access to its comprehensive set of data on living standards around the globe—some 2,000 indicators, including hundreds that go back 50 years— through its new data portal. This new site currently contains the full World Development Indicators (WDI), Global Development Finance (GDF), and Africa Development Indicators (ADI) as well as several other World Bank databases such as Global Economic Monitor (GEM), Education Statistics, etc.
Category: Business, Business-Economics, Business-International Business, Education, Geography, Political Science
Material Type: Statistics
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Coverage: 1960 - current
Notes: The data catalog is a listing of available World Bank data sources. These resources include databases, pre-formatted tables and reports.

CD-ROM version is available in Business Library. Ask Business Library staff for assistance.

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Video content is pulled from commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries.  Historical eras range from prehistory through the late 20th century.  There is more content for Europe, Asia, and Africa than other regions.

You may also be interested in the University Libraries own Moving Image Research Collections.
Category: History
Material Type: Audio and Visual
Access: On & Off Campus
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Notes: No additional information provided.

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World Newspaper Archive is a fully searchable collection of historical newspapers from around the globe. Current modules cover African, Latin American, and South Asian newspapers. Created in partnership with the Center for Research Libraries - one of the world’s largest and most important newspaper repositories.
Category: Foreign Language & Literatures, Geography, History
Material Type: Newspapers
Access: On & Off Campus
Coverage: Varies by title
Notes: Series currently available include:
  • Latin American Newspapers
  • African Newspapers

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The World Shakespeare Bibliography Online is a searchable electronic database consisting of the most comprehensive record of Shakespeare-related scholarship and theatrical productions published or produced worldwide between 1960 and 2010.
Category: English Literature, History, Theatre & Dance
Material Type: Journals
Access: On & Off Campus
Coverage: 1960 - current
Notes: Users Guide (PDF)

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Worldwide statistical and graphic data on climate and weather.
Category: Geography
Material Type: Reports, Statistics
Access: Free Internet Resource
Coverage: Earliest from 1700s
Notes: CD-ROM available in Map Library only. Ask Map Library staff for assistance.

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WorldCat is the world’s foremost bibliographic database, with millions of bibliographic records representing 400 languages. WorldCat covers information from before 1,000 BC to the present, and includes holdings information from libraries in 45 countries.

On Campus Only (no wireless access)

Only two simultaneous users permitted.  If you are blocked from access try using the free version.
Category: General Purpose Databases, History, Library Science
Material Type: Books, Dissertations & Theses, Reference Sources
Access: On Campus
Coverage: Dates Vary
Notes: Our license is for two users only. No off-campus access. Please exit WorldCat with the Exit button located on top right of page.

If you are unable to access the subcription version of WorldCat, try www.worldcat.org (beta).

Information about Worldcat.org.

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WorldCat.org is a modified version of the Worldcat database and does not link to all the library holdings you will find in the subscription version, but you can acccess it from on or off campus.  This link goes through the library's proxy so you'll be able to link to your Interlibrary Loan account.  You can also go directly to the free Internet version at www.worldcat.org

To search OAIster go to http://oaister.worldcat.org  OAIster is a catalog of digital resources from open archive collections. Digital resources include: born-digital texts, audio files, images, movies, and datasets.
Category: General Purpose Databases, History, Library Science
Material Type: Books, Dissertations & Theses, Reference Sources
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Coverage: Dates Vary
Notes: Information about www.worldcat.org.

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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.
Category: Law, Political Science, Public Administration, Social Sciences, Sociology
Material Type: Book Reviews, Books, Dissertations & Theses, Journals, Proceedings, Reports
Access: On & Off Campus
Coverage: 1975 - present
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