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ebrary
Off-Campus access available through proxy server to current Davidson College students, faculty, and staff.
Contains over 38,000 e-books published by over 220 academic, trade, and professional publishers; covers all subject areas. Also includes tools that allow you to create your own virtual bookshelf, bookmark pages, and add and save notes and highlights.
Note: To read ebrary books, you need the ebrary Reader. This plugin is loaded on all library computers, but if you are using your own computer, you can download it by clicking on the "ebrary Reader" button within ebrary.
See also the system requirements for ebrary.
Library Literature & Information Science
Off-Campus access available through proxy server to current Davidson College students, faculty, and staff.
(1984 to present) Indexes articles in over 300 English and foreign-language periodicals in the fields of library and information sciences; also indexes conference proceedings, theses, and some books.
LISA: Library & Information Science Abstracts
Off-Campus access available through proxy server to current Davidson College students, faculty, and staff.
(1969 to present) Indexes articles from over 440 periodicals on topics related to library and information science, computer science, artificial intelligence, and knowledge management.
LISTA: Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
Off-Campus access available; no password required.
(c. 1965 to present) Indexes articles in over 600 periodicals, books, conference proceedings, research reports on a wide variety of library and information science topics.
Web of Knowledge
Off-Campus access available through proxy server to current Davidson College students, faculty, and staff.
(c. 1900 to present) A multidisciplinary resource that provides citations to articles in over 10,000 journals in the social sciences, humanities, and sciences. Includes:
  • Web of Science, an index of current and historical journal articles as well as a powerful tool for finding works that have cited a specific author or article
  • ISI Proceedings (1990 to present), an index of over four million conference papers
  • Medline (1950 to present)
  • ... and more
Use is restricted to current faculty and staff and currently-enrolled students of Davidson College only.
Questions? Please contact Susanna Boylston, Head of Library Instruction and Collection Development (704-894-2494).