Off campus access: Remote access is available to UMKC students, faculty, and staff. Others must come to one of the UMKC libraries to use the database. For remote (off-campus) access, after you select a database, UMKC students, faculty, and staff will be prompted to provide a Single Sign-On user name and password or a 9-digit UMKC ID number followed by the letter k (example: 0123456789k) and last name, as needed. (These databases are marked with an R in the table below.)
Databases noted as "free on the Web" are available to everyone. You do not have to be a UMKC student, faculty or staff member to use these databases. (These databases are marked with a W in the table below.)
For additional information on UMKC Libraries databases see Database Information and Guides.
For assistance, contact: Miller Nichols: (816) 235-1534; Dental: (816) 235-2030; Health Sciences: (816) 235-1880; Leon E. Bloch Law: (816) 235-1650.
Other resources: Residents of the Kansas City area, with a public library card, have access to a wide range of resources. The metropolitan area public libraries work together to provide reciprocal use of the books and databases they have. Contact a public library in the area for specific information about the resources available to you.
For information about changes in available databases, see Database Changes.
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F = Full text or some full text.
R = Remote / off campus access available. (Note: Access may be restricted.)
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| F | R | 18th Century Collections Online See Eighteenth Century Collections Online. |
| R | 19th Century Masterfile (Paratext) 1786 - 1922. 19th century literature. Link to a description of the database. Provider: MERLIN consortium |
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| F | R |
19th Century U.S. Newspapers (Gale)
1800 - 1899. Full text 1800 - 1899. Full-text access to 19th century U.S. newspapers. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC subscription |
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| F | R |
ABI/INFORM
Dateline (ProQuest), 1985 - present. Selected full text Business, company information from local and regional sources. Link to a description of the database. Provider: MERLIN consortium |
| F | R | ABI/INFORM Global (ProQuest) 1971 - present. Selected full text 1985 - present. Business, management, product info. Link to a description of the database. Provider: MERLIN consortium |
| F | R |
ABI/INFORM
Trade and Industry (ProQuest) 1971 - present. Selected full text. Business and industry. Link to a description of the database. Provider: MERLIN consortium |
| F | R |
Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost) 1975 - present. Selected full text 1975 - present. Science, technology, humanities, public administration, social sciences. Includes Academic Search Elite. Link to a description of the database. Provider: MOREnet and MOBIUS consortium |
| F | R | Academic Universe See LexisNexis Academic |
| F | R | Accessible Archives (Web Interface) |
| F | R | ACM Digital Library 1954 - present. Selected full text 1954 - present; coverage varies by title. Computer science. Link to a description of the database. Provider: MERLIN consortium |
| F | R | ACS Publications (American Chemical Society) 1879 - present. Full text 1879 - present. New Now available: full text from 1879-1995 has been added through purchase of the ACS Legacy Archives. Chemistry and related fields. Link to a description of the database. Provider: MERLIN consortium |
| F | R |
African
American Experience (Greenwood Press) 18th century - present. Full text. Historical and cultural information about African Americans. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC subscription |
| F | R | African-American Newspapers: The Nineteenth Century, Part I (Accessible Archives) Full text. Nineteenth century newspapers published by and for African-Americans. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC subscription |
| W | Ageline
(AARP) 1978 - present, with selected coverage 1966-1977. Citations and abstracts for articles and other publications related to older adults (age 50+) and aging. Link to a description of the database. Provider: Free on the Web. |
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| W | AGRICOLA 15th century - present. Indexes citations to books, journals and other publications in agriculture and allied fields. Link to a description of the database. Provider: Free on the Web |
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| F | R | Alt HealthWatch (EBSCOHost) 1990 - present. Full text 1990 - present; coverage varies by title. Alternative health care and wellness. Link to a description of the database. Provider: MOREnet |
| R | America: History and Life (ABC-Clio) 1964 - present. Note: Access will be moving to EBSCOhost in May 2008. America: History and Life (EBSCOhost) 1964 - present. History of the US and Canada. Link to a description of the database. Provider: MOBIUS consortium |
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| F | R |
American
Accounting Association journals (Atypon) 1999 - present; coverage varies
by title. Full text 1999 - present; coverage varies by title. Accounting and tax journals. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC subscription |
| R | American Film Institute Catalog (Chadwyck-Healey) 1893 - 1970. Acting and production credits, plot summaries, references. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC subscription |
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| F | R | American Institute of Physics 1975 - present. Selected full text. Physics and allied fields. Link to a description of the database. Provider: MERLIN consortium |
| F | R | American Physiological Society Journal Legacy Content See APS Journal Legacy Content |
| F | W | American Religion Data Archive See ARDA |
| R |
L'Année
Philologique Current edition. Classical studies. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC subscription |
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| F | R | Annual Reviews (Annual Reviews) 1996 - present. Selected full text 1996 - present. Reviews of primary research in 30 focused disciplines in the biomedical, physical and social sciences. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UM Electronic Resources Initiative |
| R | Anthropological Literature See Anthropology Plus. | |
| R | Anthropology Plus (FirstSearch) 19th century - present. Anthropology, archaeology and allied fields. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC subscription |
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| F | R | APA Style Guide to Electronic Resources (American Psychological Association) 2007
edition. Full text. How to cite online and other electronic resources using APA style. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC purchase |
| F | R |
APS Journal Legacy Content (American Physiological Society) 1898 - 1998;
coverage varies by title. Full text 1898 - 1998; coverage varies by title. Full text of journals published by the American Physiological Society. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UM Electronic Resources Initiative |
| F | W |
ARDA
(Association of Religion Data Archives) 1855 - present. Full text. Statistical data on churches and church membership, religious professionals, and religious groups. Link to a description of the database. Provider: Free on the Web |
| F | R | Art Full Text (Wilson) 1984 - present. Selected full text 1997 - present. Art. Link to a description of the database. Provider: MOBIUS consortium |
| F | R |
Art
Museum Image Gallery (WilsonWeb) 3000 B.C.E. - present. New Full text. A rich digital resource of art images, rights-cleared for educational use. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC subscription |
| F | R |
ARTFL 13th - 20th centuries. Full text. French language studies. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC subscription |
| F | R | ArticleFirst (FirstSearch) 1990 - present. Links to full text 1997 - present. Business, science, humanities, social sciences, technology. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC subscription |
| F | R | Arts & Humanities Citation Index See ISI Web of Science |
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ASCE Publications 1973 - present. Selected full text 1993 - present. Civil engineering. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC subscription |
| R | ATLA Religion Database (FirstSearch) 1949 - present. Religion. Link to a description of the database. Provider: MERLIN consortium |
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| R | Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (CSA) 1934 - present, with selective coverage back to 1741. Architecture, archaeology, design, preservation. Link to a description of the database. Provider: MERLIN consortium |
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| Ballet on CD-ROM. Accessible only from the computers in the Information Commons on the First Floor and in the Music/Media Library on the Ground Floor of the Miller Nichols Library. Ask for assistance at the Reference Desk or Music/Media Desk. Ballet dancing. Link to a description of the database. |
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| R | Bibliography of the History of Art (FirstSearch) 1973 - present. European and American art. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC subscription |
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| Biography and Genealogy Master Index. 1995. Accessible only from the computers in the Information Commons on the First Floor of the Miller Nichols Library. Ask for assistance at the Reference Desk. Biographical information for people from the beginning of time. Link to a description of the database. |
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| R | Biography Index (FirstSearch) 1984 - present. Note: This database will no longer be available after June 30, 2008. Biographical information from English language sources. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC subscription |
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| F | R |
Biography
Reference Bank (Wilson Web) 1949 - present. Full text 1949 - present. Over 500,000 full text biographies. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC subscription |
| R | Biological Abstracts (Ovid) 1980-present. Biological Abstracts (Ovid) 1985-present. Biological Abstracts (Ovid) 1997-present. Link to a description of the database. Provider: MERLIN consortium |
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| F | R |
BioOne 2000 - present. Full text. Coverage varies by title. Biology journals. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UM Electronic Resources Initiative |
| F | R | BioOne
Abstracts and Indexes (CSA) 2000 - present. Links to full text. Coverage varies by title. Biology. Indexes and abstracts BioOne journals. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UM Electronic Resources Initiative |
| Black Studies On Disc. 1600s - present. Accessible only from the computers in the Information Commons on the First Floor of the Miller Nichols Library. Ask for assistance at the Reference Desk. African American studies. Link to a description of the database. |
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| F | R | BNA Accessible only to faculty, students, and staff of the Law School. For more information, see the Law Library's databases page. Law. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC Law subscription |
| R | Book Review Digest (FirstSearch) 1983 - present. Note: This database will no longer be available after June 30, 2008. Book reviews for U.S., Canadian and British publications. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC subscription |
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| F | R |
Books@Ovid (Ovid) Full text. Electronic health science books. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC subscription |
| R | Books In Print (Bowker) Current edition. Books and audiovisual materials available from North American publishers. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC subscription |
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| F | R |
Business
Source Premier (EBSCOhost) 1922 - present; coverage varies by title Selected full text 1922 - present; coverage varies by title. Business, companies, and economics. Link to a description of the database. Provider: MOREnet |
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| F | R |
Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities.
Current edition.
Full text. Manuscript guidelines for peer-reviewed journals in business, education, and psychology. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC subscription |
| F | R | CALI Access available to Law School students, faculty and staff. For more information, see the Law Library's databases page. Computer-mediated legal instruction. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC Law subscription |
| W |
Canary Database (1970 - present) Indexes articles relating to animals as sentinels of human environmental health hazards. Link to a description of the database. Provider: Free on the Web |
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| F | R | CCH Tax Research Network (CCH) Selected full text. Accessible to faculty, students, and staff of the Law School. Password required. For more information, see the Law Library's databases page. Tax database. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC Law partnership with the School of Business and Public Administration |
| F | R | Cell Press journals (ScienceDirect) Coverage varies Full text. Coverage varies by title. Access through ScienceDirect Biology journals. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UM Electronic Resources Initiative |
| F | R | Checkpoint (RIA) Full text. Federal, state and local taxation, estate planning, pensions and benefits. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC Law partnership with the School of Business and Public Administration |
| F | R | CINAHL (Ovid) 1982 - present. Selected full text 1993 - present. Nursing, allied health, biomedical. Link to a description of the database. Provider: MERLIN consortium |
| F | R |
Clinical Pharmacology (Gold Standard) Current edition Full text. Drug information for physicians and patients. Includes PDA component. Link to a description of the databases. Provider: UMKC subscription |
| R | Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials See EBM Reviews - Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials | |
| R | Cochrane Controlled Trials Register See EBM Reviews - Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials | |
| F | R | Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews See EBM Reviews - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews |
| F | R |
College Source Current edition. Full text. College catalogs. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC subscription |
| F | R |
Communication & Mass Media Complete (EBSCOHost) 1915 - present. Selected full text 1915 - present. Communication, media. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UM Electronic Resources Initiative |
| F | R | Company of Biologists journals (Company of Biologists) 1923
- present; coverage varies by title. Full text 1923 - present; coverage varies by title. Full text of the journals published by the Company of Biologists. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UM Electronic Resources Initiative |
| R | Compendex See Ei Compendex Plus | |
| F | R | Congressional Research Digital Collection
(1830 - present.) Full text 1830 - present. Access is through LexisNexis Congressional. Full text of Congressional Research Service reports and committee papers of the U.S. Congress. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC Law subscription |
| F | R | Contemporary Women's Issues (FirstSearch) 1992 - present. Selected full text 1992 - present. Women's issues. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC subscription |
| F | R | ContentsFirst See ArticleFirst |
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CQ
Almanac - 1945 - 2006. Full text 1945 - 2006. Authoritative coverage of the people, elections, legislation, and controversies in the U.S. Congress. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC subscription |
| F | R |
CQ
Researcher Online 1923 - present. Full text 1923 - present. Offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of political, economic and social issues. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC subscription |
| F | R | CQ
Weekly 1983 - present. Full text, 1983 - present. Magazine on U.S. government, commerce and politics. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC subscription |
| F | R |
Criminal Justice Periodicals Index Online (ProQuest) 1981 - present. Selected full text 1994 - present. Criminal justice, law and related disciplines. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC subscription |
| R |
CSA
Illumina (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
Coverage varies.
Access to Cambridge Scientific Abstracts databases. Architecture, materials science, aeronautics, computer science, electronics, physics, engineering, education, international affairs, social services, and sociology. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UM Electronic Resources Initiative and MERLIN consortium |
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| R |
CSA Technology Research Databases Materials science, aeronautics, computer & information technology, electronics, physics, engineering. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UM Electronic Resources Initiative |
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| W |
CUFTS Journal Search Current edition Online journal locator. Link to a description of the database. Provider: Free on the Web |
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| F | R | Current Contents (Ovid) July 1993 - present. Links to full text 1998 - present. Science, engineering, medicine, technology, humanities. Link to a description of the database. Provider: MERLIN consortium |
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| F | R | Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects See EBM-Reviews - Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects |
| F | R |
Database of Recorded American Music (DRAM) Current edition. Streaming audio from many recording labels specializing in American Music. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC subscription |
| F | W |
Directory of Open Access
Journals
Links to full text. Indexes and links to scholarly open access (free on the Web) journals. Link to a description of the database. Provider: Free on the Web. |
| F | R |
Discovering
Collection (Gale) Current edition. Full text; includes images, sound and video. Basic overview of topics in history, science, literature, geography, cultures, and social studies. Link to a description of the database. Provider: MOREnet |
| F | R |
Dissertations
& Theses (ProQuest) 1861 - present. Selected full text 1963 - present (Includes UMKC dissertations and theses only). Citations and abstracts of dissertations and theses. Link to a description of the database. Provider: MERLIN consortium |
| F | R |
Dissertations & Theses @ University of Missouri - Kansas City (ProQuest) 1958 - present. Selected full text 1963 - present. Citations and abstracts of UMKC dissertations and theses. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC subscription |
| F | R | DRAM See Database of Recorded American Music |
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| F | R | e-Duke Scholarly Collection (Duke University Press) Coverage
varies by title. Full text; coverage varies by title. Full text of selected Duke University Press journals. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC subscription |
| F | R | EBM
Reviews - Full text databases only (Ovid) EBM Reviews - All databases (Ovid) Selected full text 1991 - present. Medical research information for clinical problems. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC partnership with the J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library and the Mid-Missouri Area Health Education Center. |
| F | R | EBM Reviews - ACP Journal Club (Ovid) Full text 1991 - present. Medical research information for clinical problems. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC partnership with the J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library and the Mid-Missouri Area Health Education Center. |
| R | EBM Reviews - Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (Ovid) 1953 - present. Information on controlled medical trials. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC partnership with the J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library and the Mid-Missouri Area Health Education Center. |
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| F | R | EBM Reviews - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (Ovid) Current edition. Full text. Health care. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC partnership with the J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library and the Mid-Missouri Area Health Education Center. |
| R | EBM Reviews - Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (Ovid) Current edition. Medicine. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC partnership with the J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library and the Mid-Missouri Area Health Education Center. |
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| F | R |
EBSCO Animals (EBSCOHost) Current edition. Full text Describes the nature and habitat of animals. Link to a description of the database. Provider: MOREnet |
| F | R | EBSCOhost Databases Selected full text. Link to a description of the database. |
| F | R | EconLit (EBSCOhost) 1969 - present. Links to full text 1995 - present. Note: UMKC access to this database has switched to EBSCOhost. Economics journals, books and working papers. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC subscription |
| F | R |
Economagic Current
edition. Full text. Economic times series data. Link to a description of the database. Provider: Bloch School subscription |
| F | W | EDGAR 1994 - present. Full text. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings. Link to a description of the database. Provider: Free on the Web. |
| F | R |
Education Full Text (Wilson) 1983 - present. Selected full text 1996 - present. Education. Link to a description of the database. Provider: MOBIUS consortium |
| R | Ei Compendex Plus (Ovid) 1980 - present. Ei Compendex Plus (Ovid) 1987 - present. Engineering. Link to a description of the database. Provider: MERLIN consortium |
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| F | R | Eighteenth Century Collections Online (InfoTrac/Gale) 1701-1800. Full text 1701-1800. Eighteenth-century English-language books in full text. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC Law Library and UMKC University Libraries |
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Electronic Collections Online (ECO) (FirstSearch) 1995 - present. Selected full text 1995 - present. Science, technology, humanities, social sciences, business. Link to a description of the database. Provider: MERLIN consortium |
| F | R | Encyclopaedia
Britannica Online Current edition. Full text. Link to a description of the database. Provider: KC REACHE |
| F | R | Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science (Dekker) Current edition. Full text. Library and information science. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC subscription |
| F | R | Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (Wiley) Current edition. Full text. Life sciences. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC subscription |
| R |
Engineering Research Database (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts) 1966 - present. Access through CSA Technology Research Databases Civil, earthquake, environmental, mechanical, and transportation engineering. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UM Electronic Resources Initiative |
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| R |
Environmental
Sciences and Pollution Management (CSA Illumina) 1967 - present. Indexes and abstracts journals in environmental science and related fields. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UM Electronic Resources Initiative |
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| F | R | ERIC (CSA) 1966 - present. Links to selected full text, 1993 - 2004. Education. Link to a description of the database. Provider: MERLIN consortium |
| F | R | Ethnic NewsWatch (ProQuest) 1990 - present; coverage varies by title. Full text 1990 - present; coverage varies by title. Current news from ethnic American publications. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC subscription |
| F | W |
EUR-Lex (European Union) Full text. European Union law, treaties, etc. Link to a description of the database. Provider: Free on the Web. |
| F | R | Evidence-Based Medicine Reviews - ACP Journal Club See EBM Reviews - ACP Journal Club |
| R | Evidence-Based Medicine Reviews - Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials See EBM Reviews - Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials | |
| F | R | Evidence-Based Medicine Reviews - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews See EBM Reviews - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews |
| R | Evidence-Based Medicine Reviews - Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects See EBM-Reviews - Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects |
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| R |
Faculty of 1000 (BioMed Central) 2002 - present. Current awareness tool for all fields of biology. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UM Electronic Resources Initiative |
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| W |
Feminae:
Medieval Women and Gender Index 1990 - present. Indexes scholarly resources related to women and gender issues in the Middle Ages. Link to a description of the database. Provider: Free on the Web |
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| R | FIAF Members Publications (SilverPlatter) 1966 - present. Film archives. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC subscription |
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| F | R | Film and Television Literature with Full Text (EBSCOhost) 1915 - present. Selected full text 1915 - present. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC subscription |
| W | Film Literature
Index 1976 - 2001. Inde |