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Periodical Abstracts


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ABI/Inform

Compustat

LEXIS/NEXIS Academic Universe 
Moody's International Company Data 
Moody's US Company Data

Periodical Abstracts


Online Catalog

Other Library Catalogs 

Other Electronic Databases 

Blume Library Information 

Collections & Services 

Blume Library

St. Mary's University
Evaluating Information


St. Mary's University
Blume Library
 

Brief Descriptions of Subscription Databases



The following are accessible only on the St. Mary's University campus.  

Periodical Abstracts--Research II provides citations and abstracting and indexing to significant articles in more than 1,600 general and academic periodicals.  The database covers a broad range of topics, including biology, communications, history, law, medicine, political science, sociology, sports, other current interest topics, and reviews of books, concerts, films, and theater.  The full-text from over 600 of the periodicals indexed is included. This database is made available through the TexShare program. 

  • Available: Through the Web on the St. Mary's University campus ONLY!
  • Coverage: 1986-present
  • Abstracts: Yes
  • Full-text: About 40% of periodicals indexed (no graphics, tables, or photos included)
  • Local Holdings Information: No
  • Updated: monthly
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LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe is a full-text online service containing hundreds of text files that cover topics in business, medicine, law, and many other subjects. Information in LEXIS-NEXIS includes the full-text of newspapers, magazines, newsletters, news wire reports, financial reports, directory information, legal cases, and legal analyses. 

  • Available: Through the Web on the St. Mary's University campus ONLY!
  • Coverage: generally mid-1980s-present
  • Most full-text (no graphics, tables, or photos included)
  • Updated: some portions hourly
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ABI/Inform Global Edition provides citations and 150-word abstracts and indexing for articles in over 1,000 management, marketing, and business periodicals from North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The database incorporates management, industry- and company-specific information, as well as theoretical information on business topics. The full-text from over 500 of the periodicals indexed is included. This database is made available through the TexShare program. 

  • Available: Through the Web on the St. Mary's University campus ONLY!
  • Coverage: 1985-present
  • Abstracts: Yes
  • Full-text: 50% of periodicals indexed (no graphics, tables, or photos included)
  • Local Holdings Information: No
  • Updated: monthly
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Moody's US Company Data and Moody's International Company Data provides the following company information: history, brief business description, subsidiaries, officers, directors, income statement, balance sheet, long-term debt, capital stock, interim financials, and newsworthy events. The International Company database contains information for over 11,500 companies, while the US Company database contains over 9,600 companies.

  • Available: on the Blume Library LAN only
  • Coverage: up to 10 years of financial data
  • Format: text and numeric data (Windows)
  • Updated: monthly
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    Compustat PC Plus is primarily a numeric database containing 20 years of annual, 12 years of quarterly, 7 years of business and geographic segment, and 240 months of stock prices and dividend data. Contains data for over 10,000 active US and Canadian companies, as well as data for inactive companies that no longer file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Contains many report templates allowing for manipulation and analysis of data. 
    • Available: on stand-alone computer near Reference Desk (data must be downloaded to a disk)
    • Coverage: up to 20 years
    • Format: Numeric data (Windows)
    • Updated: annually

    updated July 28, 1998
    The URL for this page is http://library.stmarytx.edu/subject/misc/dbdesc.htm