Databases by Title using Old Passwords
Login Information for Library Databases
From the main campus in Central or from any of the Regional Education Centers, you should not need to enter any passwords or user IDs. If this is not the case, please contact us immediately. This indicates that there is a problem that needs to be corrected.
From home, your place of employment, or other location, you will be able to access most of the databases by using a user ID and password.
Login Hints
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User ID: starts with r Password: starts with w |
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Student ID number is no longer used. Use the password for EBSCOhost databases. |
- The orange sheet you received at orientation provides the current login information, with one exception, noted below.
- MySWU also has login information on the Library's page. You will need to login to MySWU for the page to load.
- Contact the Library if you need additional assistance.
From a library other than SWU's Rickman Library, you may encounter difficulties if the other library does not subscribe to the same databases as does SWU. Ask for assistance from a librarian at the library you are using or from us.
Click HERE for a list of databases by SUBJECT
Note: List is incomplete. Still adding in databases.
Academic OneFile
Description
This interdisciplinary database includes links to full text and citations for academic journal articles, popular magazine articles, reference sources, and multimedia on a broad range of topics.
Offsite Access
***Temporarily: To access Gale Databases from off site, use the password for EBSCOhost. (Hint: It starts with a "w.") Contact the library if you have difficulty accessing this database.***
Academic Search Premier
Description
This database covers most topics and disciplines. Full text is available for nearly 4500 journals.
Offsite Access
Offsite access is available with a user ID and password. To get the ID and password, look on the orange sheet provided to you at orientation or contact the library. The password is also available in MySWU. Select the Library section and look for the passwords under the "Online Databases" header.
ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
Description
This database indexes journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion. Many full-text articles are available.
Offsite Access
Offsite access is available with a user ID and password. To get the ID and password, look on the orange sheet provided to you at orientation or contact the library. The password is also available in MySWU. Select the Library section and look for the passwords under the "Online Databases" header.
Biography Resource Center
Description
This database provides biographical information on current and historical figures, gathered from Thomson Gale biographies, magazine articles, and websites.
Offsite Access
Offsite access is available with your student ID number. Contact the library if you have difficulty accessing this database.
Book Review Index Online Plus
Description
This comprehensive reference database for locating reviews of books, periodicals, books-on-tape and electronic media contains the entire backfile of Book Review Index print content (1965-), more than 5 million review citations, and more than 634,000 full-text reviews.
Offsite Access
Offsite access is available with your student ID number. Contact the library if you have difficulty accessing this database.
Britannica Online Academic Edition
Description
A comprehensive source of encyclopedia content and related materials:
- Includes Encyclopaedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary & Thesaurus
- Links to Web sites for The New York Times and BBC News
- Additional content sources include World Data Analyst, Notable Quotations and Gateway to the Classics
- Access to the Britannica Blog, stimulating dialogue covering a wide range of topics
Offsite Access
This database can be accessed by anyone.
Business and Company Resource Center with PROMT and Newsletters
Description
This database provides access to detailed company and industry news, including company profiles and rankings, brand information, and investment reports.
Offsite Access
***Temporarily: To access Gale Databases from off site, use the password for EBSCOhost. (Hint: It starts with a "w.") Contact the library if you have difficulty accessing this database.***
Business Source Premier
Description
This database provides citations and much full text for scholarly and popular journals in all areas of business, including marketing, management, accounting, finance, economics, MIS, and POM.
Offsite Access
Offsite access is available with a user ID and password. To get the ID and password, look on the orange sheet provided to you at orientation or contact the library. The password is also available in MySWU. Select the Library section and look for the passwords under the "Online Databases" header.
Christian Periodical Index
Description
The Christian Periodical Index is a bibliographic citation index updated four times per year. It is produced and owned by the Association of Christian Librarians. Its purpose is to provide access to articles and reviews written from an evangelical Christian perspective or of interest to the evangelical community. Beginning in 1956 with twenty titles, CPI currently indexes over 130 selected publications from the broad spectrum of knowledge including religion, science, literature, medicine, music, philosophy, history, sociology, nursing, and education. Coverage is representative of the major doctrinal positions within evangelical Christianity. The online version includes added current indexing as well as ongoing efforts to provide retrospective indexing for titles back to their initiation or the beginning of the index.
Offsite Access
Offsite access is available with a user ID and password. To get the ID and password, look on the orange sheet provided to you at orientation or contact the library. The password is also available in MySWU. Select the Library section and look for the passwords under the "Online Databases" header.
CINAHL
Description
CINAHL Plus with Full Text is the a comprehensive source of full text for nursing and allied health journals, providing full text for more than 640 journals.
Offsite Access
Offsite access is available with a user ID and password. To get the ID and password, look on the orange sheet provided to you at orientation or contact the library. The password is also available in MySWU. Select the Library section and look for the passwords under the "Online Databases" header.
Classical Music Library (old interface)
Connect | Search Tips | Compatibility
Description
Classical Music Library contains access to online streaming of more than 55,000 tracks of classical music by all major composers on more than 40 labels. The music can be accessed by browsing or by searching. Anthologies of major music history and appreciation texts are available in the Themed Playlist section.
Offsite Access
This database is currently only available at Southern Wesleyan University learning sites, including the main campus.
Classical Music Library (new interface)
Computer Source
Description
This database provides information and current trends in high technology though citations and abstracts for 450 publications and full text for 300 publications.
Offsite Access
Offsite access is available with a user ID and password. To get the ID and password, look on the orange sheet provided to you at orientation or contact the library. The password is also available in MySWU. Select the Library section and look for the passwords under the "Online Databases" header.
CultureGrams
Custom Newspapers
Description
This database provides full-text articles from over 100 U.S. and international newspapers.
Offsite Access
***Temporarily: To access Gale Databases from off site, use the password for EBSCOhost. (Hint: It starts with a "w.") Contact the library if you have difficulty accessing this database.***
Credo Reference
Educator's Reference Complete
Description
Intended for professional educators and undergraduate and graduate students in the field of education, this database contains more than 1,100 full-text periodicals covering a variety of disciplines and levels from preschool to college, 200 reports from the U.S. Department of Education, and resources on educational specialties and issues related to administration, funding, and policies.
Offsite Access
***Temporarily: To access Gale Databases from off site, use the password for EBSCOhost. (Hint: It starts with a "w.") Contact the library if you have difficulty accessing this database.***
Encyclopedia Britannica
ERIC
Description
The Educational Resource Information Center (ERIC) contains citations for education and education-related journals and documents.
Offsite Access
Offsite access is available with a user ID and password. To get the ID and password, look on the orange sheet provided to you at orientation or contact the library. The password is also available in MySWU. Select the Library section and look for the passwords under the "Online Databases" header.
Expanded Academic ASAP
Description
This interdisciplinary database provides access to scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers. Many articles are available full-text, and some contain images.
Offsite Access
***Temporarily: To access Gale Databases from off site, use the password for EBSCOhost. (Hint: It starts with a "w.") Contact the library if you have difficulty accessing this database.***
Ferguson's Career Guidance Center
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Description
This database provides over 25,000 entries on a variety of topics. It is a general encyclopedia and may not be an acceptable source for many assignments.
Offsite Access
Offsite access is available with a user ID and password. To get the ID and password, look on the orange sheet provided to you at orientation or contact the library. The password is also available in MySWU. Select the Library section and look for the passwords under the "Online Databases" header.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Description
This database brings together encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
Offsite Access
Offsite access is available with your student ID number. Contact the library if you have difficulty accessing the database.
General Business File ASAP
Description
This business resource provides information on company performance and activity, industry trends, and management news through broker reports, trade publications, journal articles, and newspapers.
Offsite Access
***Temporarily: To access Gale Databases from off site, use the password for EBSCOhost. (Hint: It starts with a "w.") Contact the library if you have difficulty accessing this database.***
General OneFile
Description
Formerly called "InfoTrac OneFile," this interdisciplinary database contains millions of full-text articles and is updated daily. A wide array of academic disciplines is covered, along with general interest topics.
Offsite Access
***Temporarily: To access Gale Databases from off site, use the password for EBSCOhost. (Hint: It starts with a "w.") Contact the library if you have difficulty accessing this database.***
General Reference Center
Description
This general reference resource provides information from magazines, reference books, and newspapers, with many full-text entries and images.
Offsite Access
***Temporarily: To access Gale Databases from off site, use the password for EBSCOhost. (Hint: It starts with a "w.") Contact the library if you have difficulty accessing this database.***
GreenFILE
Description
This database focuses on the relationship between human beings and the environment, with full text for more than 4,600 records.
Offsite Access
Offsite access is available with a user ID and password. To get the ID and password, look on the orange sheet provided to you at orientation or contact the library. The password is also available in MySWU. Select the Library section and look for the passwords under the "Online Databases" header.
Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module
Description
This database provides access to trusted medical reference materials through a variety of sources, including medical journals, pamphlets, videos, and general interest publications.
Offsite Access
***Temporarily: To access Gale Databases from off site, use the password for EBSCOhost. (Hint: It starts with a "w.") Contact the library if you have difficulty accessing this database.***
Health Reference Center Academic
Description
This database provides full-text access to nursing and allied health journals.
Offsite Access
***Temporarily: To access Gale Databases from off site, use the password for EBSCOhost. (Hint: It starts with a "w.") Contact the library if you have difficulty accessing this database.***
Health Source - Consumer Information
Description
This database provides consumer information on many health topics, including medical information, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine, and general health. Full text is provided for 130 consumer health magazines.
Offsite Access
Offsite access is available with a user ID and password. To get the ID and password, look on the orange sheet provided to you at orientation or contact the library. The password is also available in MySWU. Select the Library section and look for the passwords under the "Online Databases" header.
Health Source - Nursing / Academic Edition
Description
This database provides indexing, abstracts, and full text for journal articles in the medical field. 550 scholarly journals are provided in full text.
Offsite Access
Offsite access is available with a user ID and password. To get the ID and password, look on the orange sheet provided to you at orientation or contact the library. The password is also available in MySWU. Select the Library section and look for the passwords under the "Online Databases" header.
History Resource Center: US
Description
This resource provides access to over 4,000 historical (primary) documents, reference books, and journal articles, covering United States history from pre-Colonial times to the present.
Offsite Access
Offsite access is available with your student ID number. Contact the library if you have difficulty accessing the database.
History Resource Center: World
Description
This resource provides access to over 1,500 historical (primary) documents, reference books, journal articles, and more than 1,600 historical maps and atlases covering global history from antiquity to the present with a multicultural point of view.
Offsite Access
Offsite access is available with your student ID number. Contact the library if you have difficulty accessing the database.
Institute of Physics
Description
This database contains journal archives of the Institute of Physics between 1874 and 1992.
Offsite Access
This database is available at any Southern Wesleyan University learning site, including the main campus.
JSTOR
Description
This interdisciplinary database contains complete coverage of selected journal titles from the journal's inception until 5 years ago. The library currently subscribes to the Arts & Sciences I Collection, which includes the complete back runs of 119 titles in fifteen disciplines. (View Arts & Sciences I title list.)
Offsite Access
This database is only available at Southern Wesleyan University learning sites, including the main campus.
Junior Edition - K12
Description
Designed for students in junior high and middle school, this periodical database provides access to magazines, newspapers, and reference books.
Offsite Access
Offsite access is available with your student ID number. Contact the library if you have difficulty accessing the database.
Kids InfoBits
Description
Designed for students in grades K-5, this database uses a visually graphic interface to access elementary reference resources and magazines.
Offsite Access
Offsite access is available with your student ID number. Contact the library if you have difficulty accessing the database.
Learning Express Library
LegalTrac
Description
This database indexes over 1,400 legal publications, including law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals, and international legal journals.
Offsite Access
***Temporarily: To access Gale Databases from off site, use the password for EBSCOhost. (Hint: It starts with a "w.") Contact the library if you have difficulty accessing this database.***
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
Description
This database covers librarianship, online retrieval, and informatin managment through indexing of periodicals, books, conference proceedings, and research reports.
Offsite Access
Offsite access is available with a user ID and password. To get the ID and password, look on the orange sheet provided to you at orientation or contact the library. The password is also available in MySWU. Select the Library section and look for the passwords under the "Online Databases" header.
Liebert Online
Description
This database contains the full text archives of over 60 journals published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. The journals include the disciplines of biotechnology, medicine, life sciences, complimentary/alternative medicine, engineering, law, philanthropy, psychology, and public health/policy.
Offsite Access
This database is only available at Southern Wesleyan University learning sites, including the main campus.
Literature Resource Center
Description
This database contains biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on nearly 130,000 writers. It also contains materials from the Scribner Writers Series, Twayne's World Authors Series, Twayne's U.S. Authors Series, and Twayne's English Authors Series.
Offsite Access
***Temporarily: To access Gale Databases from off site, use the password for EBSCOhost. (Hint: It starts with a "w.") Contact the library if you have difficulty accessing this database.***
LitFinder
Description
This is a collection of full-text literature, citations and excerpts, and sources that provide context to authors and their works. Its full-text content includes poems, stories, essays, plays, and speeches. There are 850,000 poem citations and excerpts, biographies, work summaries, photographs, and a glossary. Also included are 850 Spanish-language poems with English translations. Represented are works from writers of diverse nationalities and ethnicities, dating from antiquity to the present.
Offsite Access
Offsite access is available with your student ID number. Contact the library if you have difficulty accessing the database.
MAS Ultra - School Edition
Description
This database is designed to provide high school students with magazine articles, reference information, biographies, primary documents, photos, maps, and flag images.
Offsite Access
Offsite access is available with a user ID and password. To get the ID and password, look on the orange sheet provided to you at orientation or contact the library. The password is also available in MySWU. Select the Library section and look for the passwords under the "Online Databases" header.
MEDLINE
Description
Created by the National Library of Medicine, this database provides authoritative information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and more. Citations and limited full text are available for over 4,800 biomedical journals.
Offsite Access
Offsite access is available with a user ID and password. To get the ID and password, look on the orange sheet provided to you at orientation or contact the library. The password is also available in MySWU. Select the Library section and look for the passwords under the "Online Databases" header.
Military & Government Collection
Description
This database provides current news and academic journal articles relating to all branches of the military and government.
Offsite Access
Offsite access is available with a user ID and password. To get the ID and password, look on the orange sheet provided to you at orientation or contact the library. The password is also available in MySWU. Select the Library section and look for the passwords under the "Online Databases" header.
MLA International Bibliography
Description
This database provides a bibliography of journal articles, books, and dissertations about language and literature published since the 1920s. A directory is available that lists periodicals that are indexed.
Offsite Access
Offsite access is available with a user ID and password. To get the ID and password, look on the orange sheet provided to you at orientation or contact the library. The password is also available in MySWU. Select the Library section and look for the passwords under the "Online Databases" header.
Music Index
Description
This database includes book reviews, obituaries, news periodicals, and news and articles about music, musicians, and the music industry. The Music Index online coverage spans from 1976 to the present and contains surveyed data from 775 international music periodicals from over 40 countries, with English translations from 22 languages. The library owns the print index from 1960-2000.
Offsite Access
Offsite access is available with a user ID and password. To get the ID and password, look on the orange sheet provided to you at orientation or contact the library. The password is also available in MySWU. Select the Library section and look for the passwords under the "Online Databases" header.
Nature Magazine
Description
Nature is a weekly international journal publishing peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology. Articles are available from 1997-2007.
Offsite Access
This database is currently only available at Southern Wesleyan University learning sites, including the main campus.
Nursing Resource Center
Description
This database provides a collection of core content from recognized reference, textbook, and journal publications in the nursing field, including more than 20 full-text reference books, more than 200 animations from Blausen Medical's Human Atlas, search results returned in tabs that correlate to the nursing process, and disease and drug overviews, sample care plans, and a Nursing Toolbox.
Offsite Access
Offsite access is available with your student ID number. Contact the library if you have difficulty accessing the database.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Description
This is a database of contemporary social issues with content structured to promote critical-thinking skills and information literacy. It contains more than 400 reference book titles, more than 8,700 pro and con viewpoint articles, and a variety of periodicals, podcasts, reviewed Web links, images, statistical tables, charts, and graphs.
Offsite Access
***Temporarily: To access Gale Databases from off site, use the password for EBSCOhost. (Hint: It starts with a "w.") Contact the library if you have difficulty accessing this database.***
Primary Search
Description
This database provides full text for nearly 70 popular magazines for elementary school research. Books, images, and primary source documents are also included.
Offsite Access
Offsite access is available with a user ID and password. To get the ID and password, look on the orange sheet provided to you at orientation or contact the library. The password is also available in MySWU. Select the Library section and look for the passwords under the "Online Databases" header.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
Description
This database covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Nearly 550 peer-reviewed titles are available in full text.
Offsite Access
Offsite access is available with a user ID and password. To get the ID and password, look on the orange sheet provided to you at orientation or contact the library. The password is also available in MySWU. Select the Library section and look for the passwords under the "Online Databases" header.
Regional Business News
Description
This database contains coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
Offsite Access
Offsite access is available with a user ID and password. To get the ID and password, look on the orange sheet provided to you at orientation or contact the library. The password is also available in MySWU. Select the Library section and look for the passwords under the "Online Databases" header.
Science Magazine
Description
Science is a leading journal of original scientific research, global news and commentary. Articles are available from 1997-2007.
Offsite Access
This database is currently only available at Southern Wesleyan University learning sites, including the main campus.
Science Resource Center
Description
This is a comprehensive curriculum-oriented database of reference and periodical content covering Life Science, Physical Science, Earth and Space Science. It includes more than 30 reference titles, more than 300 periodicals (scholarly and general), multimedia content, Web site links, and a selection of newspaper science sections. The content is correlated to national and state high school curriculum standards.
Offsite Access
Offsite access is available with your student ID number. Contact the library if you have difficulty accessing the database.
SCIRUS
Scribner Writers Series
Description
This database presents 15-20 page signed essays for over 1,600 authors and literary genres.
Offsite Access
Offsite access is available with your student ID number. Contact the library if you have difficulty accessing the database.
SIRS Discoverer
Description
This database provides articles, pictures, reference information and Web sites on all subjects for students in grades 1 through 9, and therefore may not be acceptable for use on college-level assignments.
Offsite Access
This database is currently only available at Southern Wesleyan University learning sites, including the main campus.
SIRS Knowledge Source
Description
This database provides articles, pictures, reference information and Web sites on all subjects for middle school students through adults and therefore may not be acceptable for use on upper-level college assignments.
Offsite Access
This database is currently only available at Southern Wesleyan University learning sites, including the main campus.
Small Business Resource Center
Description
This database provides resources for prospective and current entrepreneurs and business students and includes full-text periodicals, news sources, reference books, and Web site links.
Offsite Access
Offsite access is available with your student ID number. Contact the library if you have difficulty accessing the database.
SocINDEX with Full Text
Description
This database covers sociology and related disciplines and features more than 1,910,000 records with subject headings from a 19,300 term sociological thesaurus. SocINDEX with Full Text contains full text for 397 "core" coverage journals dating back to 1908, and 150 "priority" coverage journals. This database also includes full text for more than 720 books and monographs, and full text for 6,743 conference papers.
Offsite Access
Offsite access is available with a user ID and password. To get the ID and password, look on the orange sheet provided to you at orientation or contact the library. The password is also available in MySWU. Select the Library section and look for the passwords under the "Online Databases" header.
Student Edition
Description
This interdisciplinary database is designed for high school students and includes indexing and full text for magazines, newspapers, and reference books.
Offsite Access
***Temporarily: To access Gale Databases from off site, use the password for EBSCOhost. (Hint: It starts with a "w.") Contact the library if you have difficulty accessing this database.***
USA.gov
What Do I Read Next?
Description
This database includes over 125,100 recommended titles, more than 67,900 plot summaries, and awards information from 568 awards to help readers select books that will be of interest in their recreational and self-selected readings in courses.
Offsite Access
Offsite access is available with your student ID number. Contact the library if you have difficulty accessing the database.