Services

Alumni Access to Library Databases

Alumni can access databases within the Sprague Library on campus and we encourage you to do so.

Due to contractual issues, we are not permitted to provide off-campus access to some of our databases. The contracts for these databases limit access to currently enrolled Montclair State University faculty, staff, and students.

The MSU Alumni Association continues to support an annual contract that provides alumni access to the Ebsco Academic Search Premier database. In order to access this database, you’ll need to secure an alumni ID by calling the Office of Alumni Relations at 973-655-4141.

If you already have your alumni ID, click here to access the Ebsco Academic Search Premier database.

There are some databases that are freely available.  These databases are:

Ageline: Index of articles, books and other publications on older adults and aging from the AARP.

Agricola: Index to books and articles on all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines.

Anthropological Index Online: Index to anthropological material contained in current periodicals of the Museum of Mankind Library at the British Museum.

CAIRSS: Index to the research literature in music education, music psychology, music therapy, and music medicine.

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications: Index to publications available through the Federal Depository Library Program, of which Sprague Library is a participant.

Child Abuse, Child Welfare and Adoption Database: Index to books, journal articles, documents, and other materials related to Child Abuse and Welfare. Login Required: (Username: sprague1 | Password: welcome).

Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies: Collection of bibliographies of scientific literature in computer science.

ERIC (Free version): Free version of ERIC available from the federal government.

GreenFile: A bibliographic database of information about environmental concerns including global warming, energy conservation, natural resources, and pollution.

Highwire Press: Index to journals in the sciences and other fields published by Stanford University Press. Many articles are available for free.

Ingenta: (Formerly Uncover) Index and table-of-contents of over 20,000 journals on a wide variety of subjects. Articles are only available in full-text for a fee.

JerseyClicks: Anyone with a library card from a New Jersey public library can use this collection of business, health, and newspaper databases.

Kinesiology: Keyword and author access to the Health, Physical Education and Recreation, Dance, Exercise and Sport Sciences Microfilm Publications collection, a microfiche collection of dissertations and theses. The publications are available in the Multimedia Resources Department.

NCJRS: The National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts Database is an index to more than 170,000 criminal justice publications.

Pubmed: Index to articles published in 3900 biomedical journals.

Teacher Reference Center: This database provides coverage on key education topics such as Assessment, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, Science & Mathematics, and more for K-12 Teachers & Librarians.

Please contact Steven Shapiro if you have any questions about alumni use of our databses.

Last Updated: Nov. 2, 2004