Research Databases
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Access PA POWER Library	Library Access	Remote Access
Pennsylvania Online World of Electronic Resources, access to 35 of the databases listed here, including Ebscohost, Oxford Art, Oxford Music, Litfinder and many more! The 2010 state budget includes a 57.1% cut to electronic resources. We are waiting to hear which, if any, databases will be affected. To help us plan, we need your feedback! Click here to e-mail Reference Services and tell us which electronic resources are important to you!
Access Pennsylvania On-Line Catalog	Library Access	Remote Access
Shared catalog for materials owned by most PA libraries.
African American Experience	Library Access	Remote Access (CLP Card)
Full text information on African American history and culture.
African American Song	Library Access	Remote Access
African American Song is now a part of American Song! To listen to historical recordings of African American music, visit American Song or Music Online Plus
American History in Video	Library Access	Remote Access (CLP Card)
Log in to watch historic newsreels, award-winning PBS shows, History Channel content and more directly in your web browser. Browse by historical subject/era or search for specific topics. Also includes video transcripts and specialized playlists, as well as the option to create your own list of historical favorites.
American Song	Library Access	Remote Access (CLP Card)
Streaming audio of 50,000 tracks from America's musical past. Includes songs of Civil Rights, political campaigns, Prohibition, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, anti-war protests and more.
Ancestry Library Edition ProQuest	Library Access	NO Remote Access
A comprehensive source of information for conducting genealogical and local history research.
AP Multimedia Archives	Library Access	Remote Access
Current and historic photos and graphics from the Associated Press.
Applied Science & Technology Full Text	Library Access	Remote Access (CLP card)
Provides articles from major scientific and technical journals in all areas of engineering and technology, including topics ranging from acoustics to waste management.
ARBAOnline	Library Access	Remote Access (CLP card)
American Reference Books Annual online.
Art Full Text + Art Index Retrospective	Library Access	Remote Access (CLP card)
Index to articles from art, architecture & design magazines, back to 1929. Some full text and abstracts.
ArtFact	Main Library Access Only	NO Remote Access
Auction records for antiques & collectibles, used by the experts on the Antiques Roadshow
Artnet.com: Price Database	Main Library Access*	NO Remote Access
Auction records (1985-present) for fine arts. *This database requires a Username and Password so it is available ONLY in the Main Library (Oakland) with the assistance of a librarian.
Associations Unlimited	Library Access	Remote Access (CLP Card)
Detailed information on national, international and regional associations.
Auto Repair Reference Center	Library Access	Remote Access
Detailed and diagrammed automotive repair and maintenance information covering most major manufacturers.
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (within FirstSearch)	Library Access	Remote Access (CLP Card)
A comprehensive listing of journal articles published worldwide on architecture and design, archaeology, city planning, interior design, landscape architecture, and historic preservation. Avery indexes not only the international scholarly and popular periodical literature, but also the publications of professional associations, US state and regional periodicals, and the major serial publications on architecture and design of Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Australia. Coverage is from the 1930s (with selective coverage dating back to the 1740s) to the present. Updated weekly.

Biography and Genealogy Master Index - Gale Group	Library Access	Remote Access (CLP Card)
Comprehensive index to biographical reference works.
Biography Reference Bank (HW Wilson)	Library Access	Remote Access
Contains full text biographical articles from hundreds of reference sources. Includes citations for magazine articles (some are available in full text).
Biography Resource Center - Gale Group	Library Access	Remote Access
Comprehensive database of biographical information. Includes full text biographical articles from many popular magazines.
BookFLIX	Library Access	Remote Access
Read or listen to children's books online.
Book Collection: Nonfiction	Library Access	Remote Access
Full text and summaries of nonfiction books covering social studies, science & other research topics.
Business and Company Resource Center	Library Access	Remote Access
Company profiles, industry descriptions, association information, investment reports, full-text articles and citations.
Business Source Premier	Library Access	Remote Access
Full text articles with an international scope on such topics as accounting, management, marketing, economics, finance, and international business.

Career Cruising	Library Access	Remote Access (CLP Card)
Career profiles, assessment tools, and other career-related information.
Classical Music Library	Library Access	Remote Access (CLP Card)
Listen to classical music online. Now part of Music Online Plus.
COIN Career Library	Library Access	Remote Access
This career-exploration resource contains assessment quizzes, career and college planning tools, a video library of occupations, and more. Scroll down within EBSCOHost to locate this database.
Contemporary Authors	Library Access	Remote Access
Biographical and critical articles on current writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures and television.
Contemporary World Music	Library Access	Remote access (CLP Card)
A new addition, this site aims to be one that “delivers the sounds of all regions from every continent.” Currently this constantly growing site features over 8,000 tracks of music from around the world.
CQ Researcher	Library Access	Remote Access (CLP Card)
Provides in-depth, non-biased, full text reports on political and social issues & controversies.

DartClix	Library Access	Remote Access
Searchable collection of links to professionally selected, high quality web sites on a variety of subjects.
DRAM Online Digital Recordings of American Music	Library Access CLP-Main Only	NO Remote Access
A scholarly resource of recordings, including liner notes and essays, from New World Records, Composers Recordings (CRI) and other labels such as Albany, Frog Peak, Mode, and XI. Only available within the Main Library of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Dun & Bradstreet's Million Dollar Database - Total U.S.	Library Access	Remote Access (CLP Card)
14 million companies, from the smallest to the largest, with extensive information on each and downloading capabilities.

EBSCO Animals
EBSCO Animals has been renamed The Encyclopedia of Animals, and is now part of Middle Search and Primary Search. It is also accessible via EBSCOhost, Searchasaurus, or Kids Search.
EBSCOhost	Library Access	Remote Access
EBSCO databases, including the magazine & newspaper databases, Novelist Plus, Searchasaurus and more.
EBSCOhost Español	Library Access	Remote Access
EBSCO databases with an interface in Spanish.
EBSCO EJS (Electronic Journal Service)	Main Library Access Only*	NO Remote Access
Citations, with some abstracts & full text, for approximately 200 scholarly journals. *Only available at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Main Library
ERIC	Library Access	Remote Access
Citations, abstracts, and full text articles from education and education-related journals.
Expanded Academic ASAP - INFOTRAC, Gale Group	Library Access	Remote Access
Full-text articles and citations on all topics, from accounting to zoology.

Facts For Learning (Facts On File News Services)	Library Access	Remote Access
A variety of reference sources for elementary and middle school students including magazines, timelines, and almanacs.
FC Search	Foundation Center Only	NO Remote Access
Only available at the Foundation Center, Downtown & Business Search profiles of over 85,000 foundations, corporate funders, and grantmaking public charities nationally, and over 334,000 grants linked to the larger funders.
Footnote	Library Access (Pennsylvania Department Only)	NO Remote Access
A database of original source documents, relating to the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, WWII, US Presidents, historical newspapers, naturalization documents, and many more.
Foundation Directory Online Platinum	Foundation Center Only	NO Remote Access
Only available at the Foundation Center, Downtown & Business Search profiles of over 85,000 foundations, corporate funders, and grantmaking public charities nationally, and over half a million grants linked to larger funders. Updated weekly.
Foundation Grants for Individuals	Foundation Center Only	NO Remote Access
Only available at the Foundation Center, Downtown & Business Search grant and fellowship programs offered to individuals by more than 6,200 foundation and public charity programs that fund students, artists, researchers, and other individual grantseekers.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia	Library Access	Remote Access
Contains over 25,000 articles on various topics.

Grant Explorer	Foundation Center Only	NO Remote Access
Only available at the Foundation Center, Downtown & Business. Search over 2.5 million grants of $5,000 or more from over 48,000 private foundations.
GrantSelect	Foundation Center Only	NO Remote Access
Only available at the Foundation Center, Downtown & Business. Search grants offered by federal and state governments, commercial organizations, and foundations, with an emphasis on the arts, education, and research.
GreenFILE	Library Access	Remote Access
This collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles on environmental issues. Topics include global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, and recycling.
Grove Art Online (Now within Oxford Art Online)	Library Access	Remote Access
Encyclopedia of art, architecture & design.
Grove Music Online (now within Oxford Music Online)	Library Access	Remote Access
Encyclopedia of music of all kinds, especially classical, ethnic, opera and jazz.

Health Source Plus Consumer Edition	Library Access	Remote Access
Information on health and medicine, food and nutrition, childcare, and sports medicine from consumer health publications and magazines.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition	Library Access	Remote Access
Abstracts and selective full text articles from scholarly nursing and medical journals.
Historic Pittsburgh	Available to everyone
View thousands of images documenting Pittsburgh history, as well as historic maps, and much, much more
History Resource Center: United States	Library Access	Remote Access
One-stop source for U.S. history, including primary documents, full-text articles, images, maps and more.
History Resource Center: World	Library Access	Remote Access
One-stop source for world history, including primary documents, full-text articles, images, maps and more.

IEEE Xplore	LIMITED* Library Access	NO Remote Access
IEEE Journals accessible online IEEE Xplore contains a comprehensive collection of full text documents, reports and standards, providing access to the world's most highly cited journals in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics. * ONLY accessible in Downtown & Business, the Main Library, and Squirrel Hill.
Internet Bird Collection (IBC)	Available to Everyone
The Internet Bird Collection (IBC) is a non-profit endeavour with the ultimate goal of disseminating knowledge about the world's avifauna. It is an on-line audiovisual library of the world's birds (based on Handbook of the Birds of the World) that is available to the general public free of charge, though registration is required.

The Jazz Discography	Library Access	Remote Access
Everything you need to know about virtually any jazz record ever released. The Jazz Discography gives you accurate, detailed information on over 100 years of recorded jazz in all genres.
The Jewish Criterion	Available to everyone
The Pittsburgh Jewish Newspaper Project from the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries features The Jewish Criterion (1895-1962). Two other Jewish newspapers, The American Jewish Outlook (1934-1962), and The Jewish Chronicle (1962-Present) will be added to the PJN database.
JSTOR	Library Access (CLP Only)	NO Remote Access
Search full-text archives of many core scholarly journals, particularly in the humanities, social sciences & music.

Kids Search (for grades K-5)		Library Access		Remote Access
All-in-one search tool to find magazine & newspaper articles, dictionary & encyclopedia entries, and images on a wide variety of topics.

Lexis Nexis Congressional Papers & United States Serial Set	Library Access	NO Remote Access
There are four databases you can search, all using the same search page or interface. Use advanced search to limit it to only one database. Congressional This collection includes the full text of congressional publications, finding aids, a bill tracking service, and the full text of public laws and other research materials. Congressional Hearings, 1824 - 1979 Both published and unpublished Hearings contain the full transcripts of proceedings, including all oral statements, committee questions, and discussion. They also contain texts of related reports, statistical analyses, correspondence, exhibits, and articles presented by witnesses or inserted into the record by committee members and staff. United States Serial Set Considered one of the most important sources for the study of American history, politics and society, this collection of government publications begins in 1789 with the American State Papers and details Congressional business through 1969. It includes reports and documents either produced or ordered by Congress, as well as presidential communications and treaty materials. United States Serial Set Maps The more than 56,000 maps found in the collection, some of which represent the first geological, soil and population maps of many states and territories, are of paramount importance to historians, other social scientists, students and scholars.
LGBT Life with Full Text	Library Access	Remote Access (CLP Card)
Full text articles and citations on LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) issues
Literature Resource Center (LRC) - Gale Group	Library Access	Remote Access
Author information, literary criticism and plot summaries for authors from every age and literary discipline.
LitFinder	Library Access	Remote Access
Full text of poems, stories, essays, plays & speeches.
Live Homework Help	Library Access	Remote Access (CLP Card)
Got homework? Get online help from real tutors! Live Homework Help offers online tutoring for 4th grade to College level questions in English, Math, Science and Social Studies. Non-traditional students and adult learners can take advantage of essay writing, skills building, GED prep, and other tutoring services designed specifically for adults. To find out how it works, sign up for an account and click their "Check out our FAQs" link. Every day from 3 pm to 10 pm!

TableBase	Library Access	Remote Access (CLP Card)
Tabular data on companies, industries, products and demographics.
Testing & Education Reference Center	Library Access	Remote Access
Database of college, graduate & vocational schools that also offers test preparation & practice exams.
Theatre in Video	Library Access	Remote Access (CLP Card)
Explore 20th-century theatre history via this streaming video database. Contents include the complete BBC Shakespeare performances, live television broadcasts from the 1950s, experimental theatre of the 60s and 70s, important contemporary performances, and theatre documentaries.
Tribune-Review Website Search	Available to Everyone
Site search is limited to articles published on the website since 2001. Does not include all articles published by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
Tuition Funding Sources	Library Access	Remote Access
Students can search the TFS databases for scholarships and other forms of financial aid, take personality and career aptitude tests, and search for detailed college information. TuitionFundingSources.com also maintains a large database of athletic scholarships. When registering, new users should select "Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh" as their school.

USA Trade Online		Limited Library Access*		NO Remote Access
A sister website to STAT-USA by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce it provides U.S. import and export data on over 18,000 commodities. *ONLY accessible in Downtown & Business and Reference Services of the Main Library in Oakland; fee-based offsite.

Mango Languages	Library Access	Remote Access
Learn Chinese, Russian, Spanish, and a host of other languges, or improve your ESL skills, with Mango's web-based lessons.
MarciveWeb DOCS	Library Access	NO Remote Access
Catalog of U. S. Government publications from 1976 to the present.
MAS Online Plus	Library Access	Remote Access
Full text coverage provided for general interest and current events magazines.
MasterFILE Premier	Library Access	Remote Access
Full text coverage of the most popular magazines and journals. Also includes many reference books, photographs and maps.
MedlinePlus®	Available to everyone
Authoritative consumer health information from the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.
Middle Search Plus	Library Access	Remote Access
Search for articles from more than 150 magazines for middle school aged children.
Million Dollar Database (Dun & Bradstreet's) - Total U.S.	Library Access	Remote Access (CLP Card)
14 million companies, from the smallest to the largest, with extensive information on each and downloading capabilities.
Morningstar Investment Research Center	Library Access	Remote Access
Contains mutual fund and stock ratings and reports, including detailed analyst reports, from Morningstar Inc.
Music In Print	Main Library Access Only	NO Remote Access
Lists currently available printed music.
Music Index	Library Access	Remote Access (CLP Card)
Citations to articles appearing in music periodicals back to 1979.
Music Online Plus	Library Access	Remote access (CLP Card)
Explore all of our Alexander Street Press music databases via the Music Online Plus interface. This portal lets you search and use materials from American Song, Classical Music Library, Contemporary World Music, and Smithsonian Global Sound without having to jump from database to database.

Naxos Music Library	Library Access	Remote Access (CLP Card)
Listen to classical, jazz & world music online. You must use the log out button when exiting this database, or future log-ins may be unsuccessful.
Naxos Music Library Jazz	Library Access	Remote Access (CLP Card)
Listen to streaming audio of jazz music. You must use the log out button when exiting this database, or future log-ins may be unsuccessful.
Naxos Music Library Sheet Music	LIMITED* Library Access	Remote Access (CLP Card)
View and download classical and jazz sheet music. This database requires the Freehand Solero Viewer plugin to download and view sheet music. You must use the log out button when exiting this database, or future log-ins may be unsuccessful. * ONLY accessible in Music, Film and Audio, Main Library, Oakland
Naxos Spoken Word Library	Library Access	Remote Access (CLP Card)
Listen to streaming audio of adult and children's classic fiction, non-fiction, plays, and poetry. You must use the log out button when exiting this database, or future log-ins may be unsuccessful.
netLibrary	Library Access	Remote Access*
For Remote Access you must create an account on netlibrary.com from within the library*. Full text electronic books.
NetLibrary.com Audiobook Center: Language Studies	Library Access	Remote Access
Through NetLibrary, the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh offers free downloadable audio language programs for learning English and many other languages.
*New York Times*	Available to Everyone
Free access to full-text articles in .PDF format between 1850-1930, and 1980-present.
Newspaper Archive	Library Access (Pennsylvania Department Only)	NO Remote Access
An historical newspaper database which contains newspapers from every state and 7 foreign countries- over 2,434 titles. The archive's newspapers date from 1759 to the present.
Newspaper Source	Library Access	Remote Access
Provides selected full-text coverage for more than 240 newspapers and other sources.
NoveList Plus	Library Access	Remote Access
NoveList Plus (which includes the content from Novelist) contains over 200,000 fiction and nonfiction titles for adults, teens, older and younger kids. Included are over 400 annotated book lists on high-interest topics, BookTalk for older kids and teens, and Book Discussion Guides.
Novelist K-8 Plus	Library Access	Remote Access
Novelist K-8 Plus offers reading suggestions with over 78,000 fiction and nonfiction titles for juvenile readers. It also includes Grab and Go Book Lists, BookTalks, Recommended Reads book lists, and Book Discussion Guides.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center	Library Access	Remote Access
Full text of books that cover both sides of social issues.
Oxford English Dictionary	Library Access	NO Remote Access
Contains the complete text of the Oxford English Dictionary from its 20-volume Second Edition and its 3-volume Additions Series.
Oxford Art Online	Library Access	Remote Access
Oxford Art Online includes Grove Art Online, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms.
Oxford Music Online	Library Access	Remote Access
Includes The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Grove Music Online (includes the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Grove Dictionary of Jazz and Grove Dictionary of Opera) and The Oxford Companion to Music.
Oxford Reference Online	Library Access	Remote Access
Definitions and translations from over 100 full-text dictionaries on foreign languages, art, history, literature, science, and more.

PA POWER Library	Available to Everyone
Pennsylvania Online World of Electronic Resources, access to 35 of the databases listed here, including Ebscohost, Oxford Art, Oxford Music, Litfinder and many more! The 2010 state budget includes a 57.1% cut to electronic resources. We are waiting to hear which, if any, databases will be affected. To help us plan, we need your feedback! Click here to e-mail Reference Services and tell us which electronic resources are important to you!
Passenger Lists from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)	Available to Everyone
Four series of passenger lists containing over 6 million names of immigrants from Germany, Italy, Russia and the famine years of Ireland.
Pennsylvania Foundations Online	Foundation Center Only*	NO Remote Access
*Only available at the Foundation Center, Downtown & Business Search profiles of over 1,700 Pennsylvania foundations, including searching by city, county, and region.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette NewsBank Database Search	Library Access	Remote Access
Complete full-text content of local and regional news, 1990-present.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Website Search	Available to Everyone
Articles posted on post-gazette.com since 1998. Does not include the entire archives of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Pittsburgh Technology Council Member Directory	Available to Everyone
A searchable directory of the 1,400 Southwestern Pennsylvania member companies of the Pittsburgh Technology Council.
POWER Library	Available to Everyone
Pennsylvania Online World of Electronic Resources, access to 35 of the databases listed here, including Ebscohost, Oxford Art, Oxford Music, Litfinder and many more!
Primary Search	Library Access	Remote Access
Search for articles from more than 60 magazines for elementary school aged children.
PROMT - Predicast's Overview of Markets and Technology	Library Access	Remote Access
Provides comprehensive, reliable, and global coverage of companies, products and technologies including market data.

Reference Universe	Library Access	NO Remote Access
Reference Universe searches the complete indexes of more than 10,000 designated reference titles, and then indicates which titles are in the collection at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh’s Main Library. Nearly 2,000 of these titles are online editions. Reference Universe places the reference collection of Carnegie Library’s Main Library at your fingertips and is updated monthly.
Reference USA	Library Access	Remote Access
U.S. Businesses: Information on 14 million U.S. Businesses International Business: Profiles of 3 million international businesses with information from OneSource (CLP card) New Businesses: Find newly registered businesses by date and location (CLP Card) U.S. Residential: Information on 135 million US households Please contact Reference USA at 1.800.808.1113 if you have any problems accessing the database with your Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh library card.
Regional Business News	Library Access	Remote Access
Full text coverage for regional business publications around the U.S
Resume Maker	Library Access	Remote Access (CLP Card)
Step-by-step resume instruction, job search advice, and career information are available to you via the ResumeMaker portal. Users can create a free account to save document drafts and other career information. Also contains job and career-related video clips and tutorials.

Salem Health	Library Access	Remote Access
Electronic access to over 1,000 articles on diseases, disorders, treatments, procedures, specialties, anatomy, biology, and medical issues. Also contains over 400 photographs and illustrations. This electronic resource includes the entire contents of both Magill's Medical Guide and Salem Press's reference book, Cancer.
Salem History	Library Access ONLY	NO Remote Access
Salem History provides online access to the following reference books: Milestone Documents of American Leaders, Milestone Documents of American History, Musicians and Composers of the Twentieth Century, The Seventies in America and The Sixties in America. Browse and search for full-text articles and primary sources with this online reference collection.
Science Online (Facts On File)	Library Access	Remote Access (CLP Card)
Science Experiments and more. This database will not only help you find a science experiment, but it will provide definitions, diagrams, facts, timelines, and essays, too.
Science Resource Center	Library Access	Remote Access (CLP Card)
Magazine & journal articles, reference books, websites and more on science topics from biology to polymorphism.
Searchasaurus	Library Access	Remote Access
Searches multiple reference sources for children, including an encyclopedia of animals, magazine searches, photos, maps, and more.
SIRS Discoverer	Library Access	Remote Access
Full-text articles and graphics from newspapers and magazines for elementary and middle school students.
Smithsonian Global Sound	Library Access	Remote Access (CLP Card)
Listen to world, folk and traditional music online.
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage	Library Access	Remote Access (CLP Card)
Online access to Standard & Poor's stock, bond and mutual fund research and reports plus the investment newsletter The Outlook. Also includes access to the in-depth S&P Industry Reports [no remote access], Corporation Records, and directories of corporations, their executives, and securities dealers in North America.
STAT-USA	Limited Library Access*	NO Remote Access
*ONLY accessible in Downtown & Business and Reference Services of the Main Library in Oakland; fee-based offsite. The U.S. Department of Commerce's site for the U.S. business, economic and trade community.
Student Research Center (for grades 6-12)	Library Access	Remote Access
All-in-one search tool to find magazine & newspaper articles, encyclopedia entries, primary sources and images on a wide variety of topics.

WorldCat	Library Access	Remote Access (CLP Card)
Search the holdings of over 9,000 libraries at one time. If you find something that you want, and we don't have it, you can use Interlibrary Loan. Non-CLP cardholders: Search WorldCat
WorldWideScience.org	Available to everyone
A global science gateway-accelerating scientific discovery and progress through a multilateral partnership to enable federated searching of national and international scientific databases and portals.

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