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A-Z List of Library Databases 

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    • Wall Street Journal - 1889-1991  
      In ProQuest Historical Newspapers, which includes New York Times (1851-2005), Wall Street Journal (1889-1991), Chicago Tribune (1849-1986), Los Angeles Times (1881-1986) and Washington Post (1877-1992). For more recent issues use Factiva
    • Washington Post - 1877-1992  
      In ProQuest Historical Newspapers, which includes New York Times (1851-2005), Wall Street Journal (1889-1991), Chicago Tribune (1849-1986), Los Angeles Times (1881-1986) and Washington Post (1877-1992). For more recent issues use Factiva
    • Web of Knowledge / Web of Science  
      Includes Science Citation Index (1970-), Social Sciences Citation Index (1981-), and Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1981-) Daily updates make it a good source for very recent information. Citations include number of times the article has been cited.
    • Weldasearch  
      Abstracts of publications on all aspects of joining metals, plastics and ceramics; metal and ceramic spraying; thermal cutting, brazing, soldering and related topics.
    • Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals (1824-1900)  
      Over 90,000 article records and 11,000 contributor records from 43 important British periodicals. Indexed by scholars with author attributions for articles that were originally published anonymously or pseudonomously.
    • What Works  
      What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) gathers studies of the effectiveness of educational interventions (programs, products, practices, and policies) and reports on their strengths and weaknesses.
    • Whitaker's Books in Print  
      British books are included in Global Books in Print.
    • Wikipedia  
      The free encyclopedia written by volunteers. Often excellent, but verify facts and opinions before using them. The versions in other languages can provide more articles and information.
    • WING Short-Title Catalogue - 1641-1700  
      Included in Early English Books Online.
    • Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000  
      A large collection of primary sources, journal articles, and other instructional materials for the history of women in social movements in the U.S.
    • Women Writers  
      Works from the seventeenth to twentieth centuries at the UVA Library's E-Text Center.
    • Women Writers Online (Brown)  
      Writing by women from the Renaissance through the first half of the 19th century.
    • Women's Studies International - 1972-present  
      Find journal articles, books, conference proceedings, reports, theses & dissertations, documents and other materials on all aspects of women's studies.
    • Women's Studies International - Mobile  
    • World Almanac  
      Current facts, statistics, biographies on many topics.
    • WorldCat: FirstSearch  
      Online listing with locations of books, videos, manuscripts, and other materials in thousands of libraries worldwide. This version has all WorldCat holdings and provides the full bibliographic citation for each item.
    • WorldCat.org  
      Online listing with locations of books, videos, manuscripts, and other materials in thousands of libraries worldwide. This version also includes articles and has an easy to use interface, but lacks some holdings and some bibliographic information.
    • WorldCat.org Mobile  
      App download. More information at http://www.worldcat.org/mobile
    • World Development Indicators (WDI) - 1960-present  
      World Bank database provides direct access to more than 700 development indicators, with time series for 208 countries and 18 country groups from 1960 to 2006, where data are available.
    • World Education Encyclopedia  
      Detailed essays on the histories, legal foundations, and primary and secondary educational systems of 233 countries.
    • World News Connection - 1995-present  
      Information from thousands of foreign media sources: speeches, radio, television, newspapers, periodicals, and books. Includes unclassified military, political, environmental, sociological, scientific and technical data. All translated into English.
    • Das Wörterbuch-Netz  
      Includes the first edition of the Grimms' Deutsches Wörterbuch, the Goethe-Wörterbuch, several Middle High German dictionaries and some west German dialect dictionaries. Use Stichwortsuche for a quick lookup of headwords in all the dictionaries.
     
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