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  • National Journal Services
    Full-text. Includes access to the National Journal, the Hotline, Congress Daily, and other politics, policy, and government information. More info
  • Natural Product Updates (2000 - )
    Current information in natural product chemistry, providing quick access to recent signficant advances in the subject. Updated monthly. More info
  • NCJRS (National Criminal Justice Reference Service) Abstracts Database (1970 - )
    Covers corrections, courts, drugs and crime, law enforcement, juvenile justice, crime statistics, domestic preparedness, and victims of crime. More info
  • 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 New York Times
    This database is no longer availabe from OCLC FirstSearch. It is available through LexisNexis Academic. More info
  • New York Times, Historical (1851 - 2003)
    Full-text. Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue. More info
  • NewsLink.org
    A compilation of websites of US and international newspapers, US radio and TV stations, and a selection of magazines worldwide. Search Hints: Individual sites may be searchable but searching across sites is not possible. Policies for printing archived articles also vary; you may be required to pay for articles. Consider using ILLiad once you've identified relevant materials.
  • Newspaper Abstracts (1989 - )
    Coverage of over 25 national and regional newspapers, including the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Updated weekly. More info
  • Nichigai MagazinePlus (1 concurrent user allowed)
    Journal Index, and other materials. Contains 5,200,000 citations drawn from over 14,000 scholarly and popular magazines as well as 6,000 books containing essays, academic papers and reviews, etc. Coverage is multidisciplinary covering Japanese humanities, social sciences, science, popular culture, business, and economics. More info
  • Nichigai WHO II (1 concurrent user allowed)
    Consists of biographical information on scholars, authors, writers, critics, and journalists (primarily Japanese). More info
  • 19th Century Masterfile (formerly Poole's Plus) (1802 - 1906)
    Journal index, and other materials. Starting with Poole'sIndex to Periodical Literature, this database will eventually include information about books, newspapers, and government documents, primarily for the 19th century. NOTE: the WU Libraries subscribe ONLY to Series I. More info
  • 19th Century U.S. Newspapers (1800 - 1900)
    Full-text. Provides access to approximately 1.7 million pages (over 28 million articles) of primary source newspaper content from the 19th century, featuring full-text content and images from numerous newspapers from a range of urban and rural regions throughout the U.S. More info
  • NLM Gateway (1953 - )
    Journal index and other materials. Multifile searching in systems from the U.S. National Library of Medicine. More info
  • North American Theatre Online
    Full-text. A comprehensive reference work covering all aspects of the Canadian and American Theatre. More info
  • North American Women's Drama
    Full-text. Presently contains 715 plays by 152 playwrights, together with detailed information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more. When complete, the collection will include more than 1,500 plays. More info
  • North American Women's Letters and Diaries, Colonial-1950
    Full-text. Published letters and diaries from women writing from Colonial times to 1950, plus 4,000 pages of previously unpublished materials. More info
  • NTIS (1990 - )
    Publications and products available from the National Technical Information Service, on all subjects. More info
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