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Databases: D

Some databases are restricted to the Washington University community. Information about access from outside WU campuses.

• DemographicsNow
  'With DemographicsNow you can analyze the demographic and market potential of any geography in the U.S.' More info
• Design & Applied Arts Index (1973 - )
  Journal Index. Indexes design and craft journals and newspapers published from 1973 onwards. More info
• DGRWeb
  Full-text. ACS Directory of Graduate Research. More info
• Dictionary of American Family Names
  Full-text. 'The Dictionary of American Family Names contains more than 70,000 of the most commonly occurring surnames in the United States, giving their comparative frequencies, linguistic and historical explanations, selected associated forenames, and occasional genealogical notes...it explains the meanings—some intuitive, some amusing, and some quite surprising—of the family names for more than 90 percent of the U.S. population.' (from database homepage)
• (New Palgrave) Dictionary of Economics
  Full-text. 'The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd edition, edited by Steven N. Durlauf and Lawrence E. Blume, contains over 1,850 articles by more than 1,500 of the world's leading economists.' (from database homepage) More info
• The Dictionary of Substances and their Effects (DOSE) Database
  Full-text. The DOSE database contains data on 4123 chemicals which have been studied for environmental impact or toxicity, and provides all the required information for the assessment of risks associated with the use of those chemicals. No userid and password are required. More info
• (Oxford) Dictionary of National Biography
  Full-text. '50,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2000.' More info
• Digital National Security Archive (1945 - )
  Full-text. Includes more than 63,000 of the most important declassified documents regarding critical U.S. policy decisions. More info
• Digitale Bibliothek Deutscher Klassiker
  Full-text. Contains a wide array of classic German literature, from early German texts to the major German writers of the 19th century. More info
• Directory of Published Proceedings (1965 - )
  Directory. Identifies material from more than 40,000 conferences, meetings & symposia. Also contains MInd: The Meetings Index, free information on more than 10,000 conferences, meetings & symposia.
• Disclosure Corporate Snapshots (current data )
  Corporate and financial information on corporations whose shares are traded in the U.S. Updated weekly. More info
• DiscoveryGate
  A web-based interface for accessing a number of chemistry databases. Accessible only by Washington University students, faculty, and staff. More info
• Dissertation Abstracts Online
  Access via FirstSearch has been replaced by access to the ProQuest version of this database, below. The citations are the same - but you also get 24-page previews for many dissertations and theses in the ProQuest version. More info
• Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest) (1861 - )
  The complete range of academic subjects appearing in dissertations accepted at accredited institutions since 1861. Abstracts included from July 1980; abstracts for masters theses beginning Spring 1988. Updated monthly. You might also want to look at Dissertations & Theses @ Washington University in St. Louis, below. More info
• Dissertations & Theses @ Washington University in St. Louis (1996 - )
  Full-text. Citations and abstracts of dissertations and theses submitted by Washington University and published in UMI's Dissertation Abstracts database. You can view 24 page previews of dissertations and theses published after 1996, and download the full text (free from WUStL campus IP addresses). More info
• Dyabola (Archäologische Bibliographie via Projekt Dyabola)
  Based on the catalog of the German Archaeological Institute, the Archäologische Bibliographie is the major bibliographical database for classical archaeology. More info