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Many of our research tools are accessible off-campus. HF students, staff, and faculty must contact a librarian for the username and current password.

Journal Locator: Use this tool if your article is not full-text! Search by the journal name, and if the journal is available in print or online, you'll see a list of locations & dates for which it is available. The locator does NOT index individual articles within journals. Best used when you already have a citation.

Complete A-Z list of databases. Click a database name to begin.

Name	Abstracts or Full Text?	Description
Academic Search Premier (EbscoHost)	Abstracts and selected full text	This comprehensive, multidisciplinary database references articles from 4,650 journals and magazines. Selected full text articles date from 1975 to the present. Available off-campus. Click here for searching instructions.
Applied Science & Technology Full Text (WilsonWeb)	Abstracts and selected full text	This bibliographic database includes articles on engineering, computer technology, energy, fire prevention, physics, and many more. Indexing begins in 1983, with selected full-text articles included beginning in 1997. Select "Applied Science & Technology" in the "Subject Area" dropdown menu Available off-campus. Click here for searching instructions.
Art Full Text (WilsonWeb)	Abstracts and selected full text	This bibliographic database includes articles on art, art history, and other related topics. Indexing begins in 1984, with selected full-text articles included beginning in 1997. Select "Art" in the "Subject Area" dropdown menu to search. Available off-campus. Click here for searching instructions.
Biological and Agricultural Index Full Text (WilsonWeb)	Abstracts and selected full text	References journal and magazine articles in biology, biochemistry, agriculture, and food science topics. Indexing begins in 1983, with selected full-text coverage from 1997 to the present. Select "Biological & Agricultural" in the "Subject Area" dropdown menu to search. Available off-campus. Click here for searching instructions.
Business Full Text (WilsonWeb)	Abstracts and selected full text	References journal and magazine articles in business and industry. Indexing runs from 1982, with selected full text coverage from 1995 to the present. Available off-campus. Click here for searching instructions.
CINAHL Plus with Full Text (EbscoHost)	Abstracts and selected full text	CINAHL abstracts articles in nursing and allied health journals, dating from 1982 to the present. Also includes full-text articles from 337 nursing journals. Available off-campus. Click here for searching instructions.
Credo Reference	Full text	With more than 300 dictionaries, encyclopedias, and reference books available through a single search, this is a great first step for any research project. Available off-campus.
Education Full Text (WilsonWeb)	Abstracts and selected full text	References journal articles and books related to education. Provides indexing from 1983 and selected full text articles dating from 1996 forward. Available off-campus. Click here for searching instructions.
ERIC (Department of Education)	Abstracts only	Comprehensive database offering abstracts of journal articles, conferences, reports and more. Covers all fields of educational research from 1966 to the present. Available off-campus. No password required. Click here for searching instructions.
FAITS: Faulkner's Advisory for IT Studies	Full text	Provides technical reports and standards, market information, news, and tutorials for the information technology industry. Topics include IT infrastructure, wireless communications, networking, security, telecommunications, enterprise systems, and the Internet. Available off-campus. Click here for searching instructions.
FirstSearch	Abstracts only	FirstSearch is a multidisciplinary collection of databases of journal articles, books, and other materials. Subjects include technology, business, medicine, education, science, arts, humanities & social science. For a list of databases, click on FirstSearch and then "Databases". For on campus use only! Click here for searching instructions.
General Science Full Text (WilsonWeb)	Abstracts and selected full text	References journal and magazine articles in biology, chemistry, earth science, health, math, physics and related fields. Provides indexing from 1984 and selected full text articles from 1995 on. Available off-campus. Click here for searching instructions.
Health Source: Nursing (EbscoHost)	Abstracts and selected full text	Provides full-text articles and citations about nursing, medicine, and health. Includes information from 1975 to the present. Available off-campus. Click here for searching instructions.
Hoover's	Full text reports	Business reports, news, and financial information on companies, industries, and executives for top US companies. Available off-campus.
Humanities Full Text (WilsonWeb)	Abstracts and selected full text	Journal articles in art, history, literature, music, and religion. Provides indexing from 1984 and selected full text articles from 1995 on. Available off-campus. Click here for searching instructions.
In the First Person	Links to summaries and full-text oral histories	Links to 2,500 collections of oral history, including first-person accounts of the civil rights movement, military events, and even drug addiction. Search the database by keyword, or use the menu to browse through interviews by name, place, date, or topic. Available off-campus.
Issues & Controversies (Facts on File)	Full text	Topical database on current issues, presenting opposing points of view. Available off-campus. Click here for searching instructions.
JSTOR	Full text	Provides full-text of journals in sciences and humanities. No current journals, only those 2-5 years old or older. For on campus use only! Click here for searching instructions.
Legal Periodicals Full Text (WilsonWeb)	Abstracts and Selected full text	References articles and legal information from journals, books, and court decisions. Provides indexing from 1981 and selected full text articles from 1994 to the present. Select "Legal" in the "Subject Area" dropdown menu to search. Available off campus. Click here for searching instructions.
NetLibrary Electronic Books	Abstracts and full text	This collection of over 2,800 digital books covers a diverse array of topics, including business, natural and health sciences, humanities, education, psychology, criminal justice, and information science. NOTE: To access off campus, users must first create a personal NetLibrary account while on campus. Available off-campus. Click here for searching instructions.
Newspaper Source Plus	Full text	Provides cover-to-cover full text for 149 national and international newspapers, including U.S.A. Today and The Times (U.K.). Also includes selective full text for 410 U.S. newspapers, including The Philadelphia Inquirer and The New York Times, along with full-text television and radio news transcripts. Available off campus.
OmniFile (WilsonWeb)	Abstracts and selected full text	OmniFile searches through all of the databases the library subscribes to from Wilson. Use OmniFile for interdisciplinary searches or when you are not sure which database to choose. Available off-campus. Click here for searching instructions.
PA POWER Library If you live outside of Philadelphia, click here to locate the login page for your library.	Abstracts and Selected full text	The POWER Library is a collection of databases and resources provided by public libraries in Pennsylvania. You must have a card from your public library to log in.
PsycARTICLES (EbscoHost)	Full text	Contains links to the full text of articles from journals published by American Psychological Association and its affiliates, from 1990 to the present. Available off-campus. Click here for searching instructions.
PsycBOOKS (EbscoHost)	Full text	Contains over 25,000 chapters in PDF from over 1,600 books published by APA and other distinguished publishers, plus the exclusive electronic release of more than 1,500 authored entries from the APA/Oxford University Press Encyclopedia of Psychology. Available off-campus.
PsycINFO (EbscoHost)	Abstracts and selected full text	References articles, book chapters, dissertations and reports of psychology literature in over 1,500 journals, from 1887 to the present. Available off-campus. Click here for searching instructions.
PubMed (National Library of Medicine)	Abstracts only	PubMed indexes medical and life science journals back to the 1950's. Available off-campus. Click here for searching instructions.
Reader's Guide Full Text (WilsonWeb)	Abstracts and selected full text	References articles in general interest, popular magazines. Provides indexing from 1983 and selected full text articles from 1994 to the present. Available off-campus. Click here for searching instructions.
SAGE Premier (SAGE Journals)	Abstracts and full text	Provides full text from 1999 through the present from hundreds of leading peer-reviewed journals. SAGE journals cover business, humanities, social science, criminology, science, technology and medicine. For a complete list of titles, click here. Available off-campus. Click here for searching instructions.
Social Sciences Full Text (WilsonWeb)	Abstracts and selected full text	References articles concerning all aspects of the social sciences, including: psychology, sociology, social work, criminology, addiction studies, family studies, anthropology and related fields. Provides indexing from 1983 and selected full text articles from 1995 to the present. Available off-campus. Click here for searching instructions.
TDNet Journal Locator	Identifies and links to full text journals	Search for electronic journals available at Holy Family University. Use the "Search TDNet" feature to search for journals by subject. If the journal is available online, the service provides a list of databases where it can be found, a link to the journal, and the dates for which it is available. It does not index individual articles within journals. Available off-campus.
TeachingBooks.net	Multimedia and text	Provides original, up-close profiles of authors and illustrators, audio excerpts of book readings, guides to thousands of titles and a wealth of resources on children's and young adult literature. Available off-campus. To login from on or off campus, you MUST enter the current password. (You do not need to enter your email address.) Click here for searching instructions.
WorldCat	Search for books at libraries around the world	WorldCat searches the collections of thousands of libraries around the world. Use it to find books published on a topic which you can order through interlibrary loan, or to find out if another local library has a copy of a book you need. Available off-campus.

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