Databases by Name

  • GeoFRED

    See FRED Maps
  • A search tool for lithologic and geochronologic unit names. Provides the lexicon of geologic names of the United States.
  • Contains citations to over 22,000 titles from journal articles, books, theses, conference proceedings and reports in the geology and earth sciences.
  • Covers research and communications in the earth sciences, which is built on a core database of peer-reviewed journals and is integrated with the GeoRef database.
  • Find newswire content and news archives from around the world (1990-present).
  • Brings together manuscript, printed and visual primary source materials for the study of global commodities in world history.
  • The sole repository for statistics on the external debt of developing countries, with data for 135 individual countries that report to the World Bank’s Debtor Reporting System.
  • Provides comprehensive business travel, telecommunications, and business culture reference information on 175 countries.
  • Use Google Scholar through the library to be automatically linked to the full text of articles we own.
  • Information products produced by the federal government. Most databases date back to 1994, with digitized historical content dating back to 1793. Includes FDsys and GPO Monthly Catalog.
  • GPO Monthly Catalog

    See GovInfo
  • Scholarly and general interest journals, as well as government documents and reports covering all aspects of human impact on the environment.
  • Oxford Art Online contains the full text of the The Grove Dictionary of Art with over 45,000 articles and thousands of images.
    Access note: Limited to 11 simultaneous users.
  • The authoritative resource for music research with over 52,000 articles written by nearly 9,000 scholars charting the diverse history, theory, and cultures of music around the globe.
  • Digitized editions of Harper's Weekly from 1857 to 1877, America's leading 19th century illustrated newspaper.
  • In-depth coverage from over 1,500 publications with almost 1,300 available in full text and of these, over 900 include MEDLINE® indexing.
  • Provides access for around 800 key journals in the field of health administration.
  • A comprehensive database for health-related U.S. survey questions, covering eighty years of national polling.
  • Provides full text access to more than 540 scholarly journals and citations with abstracts to 800 other magazines and health care publications.
  • Find your ancestors, trace their paths across America, and learn what life was like in the areas where they settled.
  • The collection features over 200 Spanish-language newspapers published in the U.S. during the 19th and 20th centuries.
  • The experience and impact of Hispanic Americans as recorded by the news media, 1704 to 2009.
  • Provides citations with abstracts to over 1,700 journals, book and media reviews, and dissertations covering world history (excluding the U.S. and Canada) from 1450 to the present.
  • A collection of primary and secondary sources on global history from ancient times to the present day.
  • Downloadable audio and ebooks on a variety of topics, including language learning, history, biography, classic literature, and more.
    Access note: Users must create a Hoopla account to access. Choose "Appalachian State University" as your library. For "Library Card" enter your email address, and then register with your App State email address.
  • Resources to assist North Carolina citizens, libraries, and others impacted by the devastation of Hurricane Helene, put together by the State Library of North Carolina.
  • Industry research reports with the very latest content on every U.S. industry.
  • ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research) offers more than 500,000 digital files containing social science research data.
  • Provides access to nearly 200 journals published by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and its publishing partners in the fields of computing, engineering, and others.
  • Presents a unique insight into interactions between American Indians and Europeans from their earliest contact.