University Libraries

Databases: M

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

• The Making of Modern Law (1800 - 1926)
  Full-text. Covers the watershed period of legal development during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; a full-text collection of Anglo-American legal treatises of the period. More info
• The Making of the Modern World: The Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature (1460 - 1850)
  Full-text. Presents more than 61,000 books from the period 1460-1850, and 466 pre-1906 serials. In almost 12 million pages, it focuses on economics interpreted in the widest sense, including political science, history, sociology, and special collections on banking, finance, transportation, and manufacturing. More info
• Marquis Who’s Who on the Web (1 concurrent user allowed)
  Full-text. Comprehensive profiles on over 1.3 million of the most accomplished individuals from all fields of endeavor including: government, business, science and technology, the arts, entertainment, and sports. More info
• MAS Ultra (1975 - )
  Full-text. Complements Academic Search Premier; contains full text for more than 700 popular magazines, plus biographies, primary source documents, pamphlets, and reference books. More info
• Materials for Medical Devices Database
  Full-text. A comprehensive and authoritative set of mechanical, physical, biological response, and drug compatibility properties for the materials and coatings used in medical devices. More info
• Media Review Digest is no longer available, having been discontinued by its publisher.
• MathSciNet (1940 - )
  Journal index. Includes Mathematical Reviews, including review texts (abstracts), from 1940 to the present. More info
• Media Review Digest is no longer available, having been discontinued by its publisher.
• Medieval and Early Modern Sources Online (MEMSO)
  Full-text. '...provides a large and growing resource of essential medieval and early modern sources online.' More info
• Medieval Sourcesonline
  Full-text. 'Developed from the Manchester University Press Medieval Sources series, this is an exciting electronic project which provides the full text of all of the books in the series for students, academics, colleges and universities.' More info
• MEDLINE (NIH/PubMed)(1949 - ) OR MEDLINE (FirstSearch) (1965 - )
  Journal index. More than 3,500 journals published internationally, covering all areas of medicine. Updated daily. More info and other options
• Mental Measurements Yearbook
  A comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments, covering psychology, education, business, leadership, and more. More info
• Merck Index (14th ed., 2006)
  Full-text. Merck Index - An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals, now available and searchable through Knovel Library. Older editions are available in print.
• Methods in Organic Synthesis (2000 - )
  An alerting service covering the most important current developments in organic synthesis. More info
• Middle English Compendium
  Full-text. Includes access to the Middle English Dictionary (1100-1500), the HyperBibliography of Middle English, and the Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. More info
• Military & Government Collection
  Full-text. Journal index. Complementing Academic Search Premier, and designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military, this database provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals, plus pamphlets and indexing of additional titles. More info
• John Milton Bibliography
  "This bibliography tries to bring together all manuscripts and editions of John Milton's works and all studies and critical statements concerning his life and works, all allusions and quotations, and all significant imitations during the years 1624-1799." More info
• MLA Bibliography (1926 - )
  Journal index. Literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore from over 4,000 journals and series published worldwide. Updated ten times per year. More info
• MUSE (Project MUSE)
  Full-text, journal index. About 100 scholarly journals, most recent 3-5 years. Journals can be searched individually, in groups, or all together. More info
• Music Index
  This subscription has been replaced with a subscription to International Index to Music Periodicals Full Text. More info