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PAIS international
Provider: CSA
Provides abstracts of journal articles, books, government documents, statistical compilations, committee reports, intergovernmental, and private organizations reports. Areas covered include political, economic, social and public policy issues. Covers 1915-present.
Paper of record
Paper of Record is an historical archive of full-page newspaper images that you can search for unique coverage of past events. The archive is created from newspaper collections on microfilm, preserving the original format of the paper.
PapersFirst
Provides citations to papers included in every congress, conference, exposition, workshop, symposium, and meeting received at The British Library. Covers October 1993-present.
Past Masters
Provider: InteLex
A collection of primary-source, full-text humanities databases. Provides access to scholarly complete editions or selections from classics in philosophy, political science, and economics. Coverage varies.
Patrologia Latina
Contains the complete Patrologia Latina, including all prefatory material, original texts, critical apparatus and indexes. An electronic version of the first edition of Jacques-Paul Migne's work, published between 1844 and 1855,it includes the four volumes of indexes published between 1862 and 1865. Comprises the works of the Church Fathers from Tertullian in 200 AD to the death of Pope Innocent III in 1216. Migne's column numbers and essential references for scholars, are also included.
Pennsylvania gazette
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Full text from: Folio 1 (1728) - Folio 4 (1800)
Publisher: Malvern, PA : Accessible Archives, [1728-1800]
Provider: AA
Provides full-text access to the Pennsylvania gazette a newspaper published in Philadelphia from 1728-1800. This archive is fully digitized.
Pennsylvania Newspaper Record
Contains full-text transcriptions of articles, advertisements and statistics from newspapers published in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Covers works published from 1819-1870.
Pennsylvania State Government
Lists publications of the Governor's Office, State Agencies, Boards and Commissions, Other State Related Agencies, plus the State Constitution, Budget, and Regulations.
Periodical Abstracts
Provides abstracts of general and academic journals covering business, current affairs, economics, literature, religion, psychology, women's studies, and other fields. Covers 1987-present.
Periodicals index online (Chadwyck)
Index to journal articles in the arts, humanities, and social sciences, including some published as far back as 1770. Includes periodicals in English, German, Italian, French, Spanish, and other Western languages.
Perry-Castaneda Library map collection
Provides more than 11,000 digital images produced from originals in the map collections of the University of Texas. Physical, political, historical, topical and thematic maps from nearly every region in the world are included.
PerseĢe
Provides full-text online versions of back issues of selected French journals in the humanities and social sciences.
Perseus digital library
Includes a large database of images (coins, vases, sculpture), Greek and Latin texts and translations, resources for textual studies, and English word searches of the texts.
Philadelphia Architects and Buildings
FREE REGISTRATION REQUIRED FOR SEARCHING. Brings together the collections, data, images and professional expertise of The Athenaeum of Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania Architectural Archives, the Philadelphia Historical Commission, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, and several local cultural institutions, enabling free access to information on the built environment of the five-county Philadelphia area.
Philadelphia inquirer (Philadelphia, Pa. : 1969)
Holdings:
(Bryn Mawr College) Available from 1981-present.
(Haverford College) Available from 1981-present.
(Swarthmore College) Available from 1981-present.
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Triangle Publications,
PhillyHistory.org
Provides online access to over 50,000 photographs from the collections of the Philadelphia Department of Records. Also provides digital access to the Philadelphia historical streets index and the Philadelphia historical photograph index.
Philosopher's index
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Coverage from: 1940-
Publisher: Bowling Green, OH : Philosopher's Information Center ;
Provider: CSA
Provides citations and abstracts of journal articles, books, anthology contributions and book reviews published worldwide. Topics covered include: ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology, philosophy of law, religion, science, history, education, and language. Covers 1940-present. Contains over 328,000 records as of August 2005. Monitors over 550 journals from more than 40 countries.
PolicyFile
Provider: Chadwyck-Healey
Provides online access to abstracts and full-text articles on public policy research and analysis from think tanks, university research programs, research organizations and publishers.Covers a wide range of topics from international trade to health care reform, from telecommunications regulation to terrorism. Coverage varies.
Political handbook of the world
Publisher: Washington, DC : CQ Press,
Provider: CQPress
This authoritative reference book provides detailed information on the major aspects of each country's government and political party system. International organizations, from the African Union to the World Trade Organization, are profiled as well. Good source for information on current events, elections, political history, and more.
Polling the nations
A compilation of more than 14,000 surveys conducted by more than 700 polling organizations in the United States and more than 80 other countries from 1986 to the present. All the surveys reported were conducted using scientifically selected random samples. Covers 1986-present.
Population Index on the web
Provides access to issues of the Population Index. Includes abstracts of demographic literature published in the index. Covers 1986-2000.
PrimateLit
Provides citations to the scientific literature on nonhuman primates. Publications include: journal articles, books, abstracts, technical reports, dissertations and book chapters. Subject areas include: behavior, ecology, reproduction, veterinary science, psychology, physiology, evolution, taxonomy, developmental and molecular biology and genetics. Covers 1940-present.
ProceedingsFirst
Provides citations of every congress, symposium, conference, exposition,workshop and meeting received at the British Library. Covers October 1993-present.
Professional development collection
Offers abstracts and full text of journal articles and reports in the field of education. All levels of education is covered, and subject coverage is comprehensive. More than 500 journal titles include full text. Covers 1965 - present.
Project Muse
Provides access to journals published by the Johns Hopkins University Press. Disciplines covered are humanities, social sciences, and mathematics.
ProQuest Research Library
Provider: ProQuest
Provides citations and full-text magazine and journal articles in a wide variety of disciplines, both scholarly and popular in scope. Covers 1971-present.
PsycCritiques
Publisher: Ipswich, MA : EBSCO Pub.
The PsycCritiques database contains book reviews featuring full text reviews of current scholarly and professional books in psychology as well as critiques of popular films and trade books from a psychological perspective. More than 36,000 reviews are included, dating back to 1956.
PsycINFO
Provider: SilverPlatter
Provides abstracts of journals, books, book chapters, technical reports and dissertations. Areas covered include psychology and related disciplines, sociology, linguistics, education, medicine, law, physiology, business, psychiatry, and anthropology. Covers 1887-present.
PubChem
This resource provides information on the chemical structures and biological activities of small organic molecules. Includes substance information, compound structures, and bioactivity data in three primary databases, PCSubstance, PCCompound, and PCBioAssay, respectively. Provides a search engine, compound neighboring, sub/superstructure, similarity structure, bioactivity data, and other searching features.
Publications warehouse
Searchable database of USGS reports and thematic maps. Contains more than 69,000 USGS bibliographic citations, including USGS numbered series begun as early as 1880. Many recent documents are available full text.
PubMed
Provider: NCBI
Includes over 15 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. Includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.
PubMed central
Provides full-text access to life sciences journal literature. Sponsored by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Coverage dates vary by journal.