Databases: N

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

• 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
• NBER (National Bureau of Economic Research) Data
  A cornucopia of links to statistical information from a wide variety of sources prepared by the NBER. Emphasis is on U.S. but some other country data is also available. Also contains NBER Working Papers.
• NCES (National Center for Education Statistics) DataLab
  Statistics compiled by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the U.S. and other nations.
• 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
• New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics (1993)
  Full-text. 'Provides a comprehensive reference for those interested in the history of poetry or in any aspect of the technique or criticism of poetry. Provides surveys of national poetries; descriptions of poetic forms and genres; detailed explanations of the devices of prosody and rhetoric; and overviews of all major schools of poetry ancient and modern, Western and Eastern.' (from ebook homepage)
• 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 - 2005)
  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
• Nihon Rekishi Chimei Taikei (1 concurrent user allowed)
  Online database version of the 51 volumes of Japanese historical gazetteer. Includes 200,000 headings and function of creating spreadsheets and distribution maps. This is a shared subscription with 10 other universities in the United States. Please be considerate of our partner institutions by logging out when you are finished.
• 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 1,517 plays by 330 playwrights, together with detailed information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more. 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 7,000 pages of previously unpublished materials. More info
• NTIS (1964 - )
  Publications and products available from the National Technical Information Service, on all subjects. More info