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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
AATA Online: Abstracts of International Conservation Literature
Aluka
America: History and Life
American National Biography
American Periodicals from the Center for Research Libraries
Anthropology Plus
AnthroSource
Art Bibliographies Modern
Art Full Text (H.W. Wilson)
Art Index Retrospective (H.W. Wilson)
Artfact (See Library staff; for use at NMAA/NPG Library)
Artnet Price Database (See Library staff for access)
Artprice
AskArt
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
Berg Fashion Library
Bibliography of Asian Studies
Bibliography of Native North Americans
Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Biological Abstracts (OvidSP)
BioOne
Birds of North America Online
Blueprints.com
Chicago Manual of Style Online
CHOICE REVIEWS Online
COS Funding Opportunities
COS Papers Invited
COS Scholars Universe
Design Abstracts Retrospective
Design ProFILES
Ellis and Messina Catalogues
Encyclopaedia Britannica
FirstSearch Databases
Fish, Fisheries & Aquatic Biodiversity Worldwide
GeoRef (OvidSP)
Gordon's Print/Photography Prices
GreenFILE
Grove Art Online
HarpWeek (Harper's Weekly)
Historical Statistics of the United States
History Vault: Black Freedom 1 & 2 (ProQuest trial)
Index to 19th Century American Art Periodicals
IngentaConnect
JSTOR
JSTOR 19th Century British Pamphlets
JSTOR Auction Catalogs
JSTOR Plant Science
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA)
Oxford English Dictionary (OED) Online
Periodical Titles in OCLC (FirstSearch)
ProQuest Historical Newspapers
Textile Technology Index
This Dynamic Planet
Web of Science
Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide
WorldCat/OCLC
Zasshi Kiji Sakuin Shusei Detabesu (Japanese language software required)
Zoological Record (OvidSP)


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