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Database Finder:
Citation & Full-Text Databases from Smithsonian Libraries

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These databases can be accessed only from a networked computer at the Smithsonian Institution.
Database
AGRICOLA
America: History and Life
American National Biography
AMICA Library: Art Museum Images from Cartography Associates
Anthropology Plus
AnthroSource
Art Bibliographies Modern
Art Full Text
Art Index Retrospective
Art Net (See Library staff for access)
AskArt
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
Bibliography of Asian Studies
Bibliography of Native North Americans
Bibliography of the History of Art
Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Biological Abstracts (All Files)
Biological Abstracts (Choose Files)
BioOne
Birds of North America Online
Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Culture, and the Environment
Encyclopaedia Britannica
FirstSearch Databases
Fish & Fisheries Worldwide
GeoRef (All Files)
GeoRef (Choose Files)
Gordon's Print/Photography Prices
GreenFILE
Grove's Dictionary of Art
HarpWeek (Harper's Weekly)
Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI)
Historical Statistics of the United States
Index to 19th Century American Art Periodicals
JSTOR
Library and Archival Exhibitions on the Web
Library of Congress Catalog
North American Indian Thought and Culture
Periodical Titles in OCLC (FirstSearch)
ProQuest Historical Newspapers
Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS)
Smithsonian Libraries' Catalog (SIRIS)
Textile Technology Index
This Dynamic Planet
Web of Science
Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide
WorldCat/OCLC
Zoological Record (All Files)
Zoological Record (Choose Files)

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