ELECTRONIC DATABASES

These electronic databases, selected from the library's collection of databases, could be useful in studying and researching the current crisis in the Catholic Church regarding sexual abuse by priests and other church workers.

• Academic Search Premier
         Academic Search Premier is the world’s largest scholarly, multi-discipline, full text database designed specifically for academic institutions. This resource indexes over 4300 periodicals and contains full text for over 3400 scholarly publications. Academic Search Premier includes full-page images as well as color embedded images. This scholarly collection provides full text journal coverage for nearly all academic areas of study - including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.
   
• LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe
         Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe provides searchable access to a comprehensive spectrum of full-text information from over 5,600 sources, selected to meet academic research needs.
   
• Newspaper Source  
         Newspaper Source provides selected full text coverage for more than 240 newspapers and other sources. This collection includes cover-to-cover full text for USA Today, The Christian Science Monitor and The Times (London) as well as selected full text from more than 180 regional newspapers including: Boston Globe, Detroit Free Press, Houston Chronicle, Miami Herald, San Jose Mercury News, etc. Full text transcripts are also included from Face the Nation, CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, 60 Minutes, O'Reilly Factor, Hannity & Colmes, CNN, CNBC, National Public Radio (NPR), etc.
   
• Religion and Philosophy Collection
        The Religion & Philosophy Collection is a comprehensive database covering such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. This database offers nearly 300 full text journals, including nearly 250 peer-reviewed titles.