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Race Relations Abstracts 
1976- present;Race Relations Abstracts indexes essential areas related to race relations, including ethnic studies, discrimination, immigration studies, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. Records are selected from many of the top titles within the discipline, including Race, Ethnicity & Education and Ethnic & Racial Studies.
Readers' Guide Abstracts 
1983-present; popular periodicals published in the U.S. and Canada. Includes current events and news, and many other subject areas.
Readers' Guide Retrospective
1890-1982; contains comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflects the history of 20th century America. See Readers Guide Abstracts for 1982 to present.
Reaxys
1779-present; Reaxys is a web-based discovery tool that searches across the combined content of databases Crossfire Beilstein (organic data), Crossfire Gmelin (inorganic and organometallic data), and Patent Chemistry. Results include structures, reactions (with multi-step synthetic pathways), physical properties, and pharmacological, toxicological, and ecological data. Search by structure and/or fields or use names or phrases to find structures. Replaces Crossfire Beilstein client software.
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Reference Universe
Current, Reference Universe indexes authoritative reference works in the Brown Library, through deep exploration of specialized, subject encyclopedias. This database contains links to over 6000 works, and includes:
Complete back-of-the-book indexes
Article titles
Articles and indexes in ebooks
Links to online reviews
Links to ebooks
These are all linked to Josiah, the Brown Library Catalog.
Use Reference Universe to identify the authoritative article to begin research, whether it's on our Library shelves or in online resources.
ReferenceUSA
Current; this database of 14 million US Businesses contains verified, accurate data and is updated monthly. Selection criteria include: business name, executive title, business type, sales volume, employee size, and year established.
RefUSA
Current; this database of 14 million US Businesses contains verified, accurate data and is updated monthly. Selection criteria include: business name, executive title, business type, sales volume, employee size, and year established.
Regional Business News
1984-present; incorporates 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Included in this database are Arizona Business, Business North Carolina, Crain's New York Business (and other Crain Communications editions), Des Moines Business Record, Enterprise Salt Lake City, Fort Worth Business Press, Orange County Business Journal, Westchester County Business Journal, etc. Full text is available from 1993-present.
Religion and Philosophy Collection
1975-present; Religion & Philosophy Collection is a comprehensive database covering such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. This database offers over 300 full text journals, including more than 250 peer-reviewed titles.
Religious and Theological Abstracts
Objective summaries of articles appearing in scholarly journals in the fields of religion and theology. Includes a wide variety of periodical literature, including Christian, Jewish, and other world religions. Provides English language abstracts of articles in English,
Hebrew, Afrikaans, and major European languages.
Repertoire d'Art et d'Archeologie
1973-1989; The Repertoire d'Art et d'Archeologie (RAA) database includes abstracts and indexes on all aspects of European and American art and architecture. European art is covered from late Antiquity (4th c.) to 1939. American art is covered from the European discoveries (16th c.) to 1939. Art reflecting the Western tradition in other parts of the world is also included. All types of publication are covered: books, periodical articles, reviews, conference proceedings, Festschriften, collected essays, exhibition catalogues, museum publications, and, doctoral dissertations. 
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RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
1967-present; RILM (Rpertoire International de Littrature Musicale) Abstracts of Music Literature is a comprehensive music bibliography featuring citations, abstracts, and indexes. RILM is international in scope with materials from 150+ countries and in more than 200 languages. There are approximately a half million records in RILM on traditional music, popular music, and classical music. Conference proceedings in
Routledge Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900
The Wellesley CD-ROM Index to Victorian Periodicals provides access to the printed sources of Victorian thought and opinion. While of prime interest to those studying literature, history, and Victorian life, the Wellesley Index also covers articles on politics, religion, economics, art, science, archaeology, and philosophy. (Available on Computer 2 in the Rockefeller computing cluster.)
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