The American Library

Collection

ONLINE PUBLIC ACCESS CATALOG
The Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) provides members with a listing of all material available in the Libraries in Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and New Delhi. The database is searchable by author, title, subject, call number, keyword, location, and barcode. OPAC is a user-friendly system, which enables the patron to determine the location and status of a particular book. Contact the Library staff for assistance in using the OPAC. It can also be accessed on the Internet at: http://americanlibrary.in.library.net/.


Periodicals

ABA Journal (M) + Online Access
African American Review (Q)
American Anthropologist (Q)
American Artist (M)
American Cinematographer (M)
American Economic Review (5/Yr.) + Online Access
American Enterprise (Bi-M)
American Heritage Magazine (Bi-M)
American Historical Review (5/Yr.) + Online Access
American Jrl. of International Law (Q)
American Journal of Psychology (Q)
American Jrl. Of Public Health (M) + Online Access
American Journal of Sociology (Bi-M) + Online Access
American Libraries (11/Yr.)
American Literature (Q) + Online Access
American Poetry Review (Bi-M)
American Political Science Review (Q) + Online Access
American Prospect  (10/Yr.)
American Quarterly  + Online Access
American Scholar (Q)
American Studies (3/Yr.)
American Theatre (10/Yr.)
Annals of the Am. Academy of  Pol. & Soc. Sc.(Bi-M) + Online Access
Antioch Review (Q)
Architectural Record (M)
Arms Control Today (10/Yr.) + Online Access
Art in America (M)
Asia-Pacific Defense Forum (U.S. Govt. Pub.)
Asian Affairs (Q)
Asian Survey (Bi-M) + Online Access
Asian Wall Street Journal (D) [Local]  
Atlantic Monthly (M)
Aviation Week & Space Technology (W) + Online Access 
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists  (Bi-M)
Business & Society (Q)
Business Ethics Quarterly
Business Week (W) + Online Access
Challenge (Bi-M) + Online Access
Change (Bi-M)
Choice (11/Yr.)
Chronicle of Higher Education (W) + Online
College English (Bi-M) + Online Access
Columbia Journalism Review [CJR] (Bi-M)
Commentary (M)
Computers in Libraries (10/Yr.)
Conference Board Review (Bi-M)
Congressional Digest (10/Yr.) [No 7-8 issues] + Online Access
CQ Researcher (W) + Bound Volume  
CQ Weekly (W) [Formerly: CQ Wkly. Report] (W)  
Current Biography (M)
Current History (9/Yr.) + Online Access
Daedalus (Q)
Dance Magazine (M)
Discover (M) [Also American Corner Subs.]
Dissent (Q)
Down Beat (M)
E / Environmental Magazine (Bi-M)
Ebony (M)
Economic Development & Cultural Change (Q) + Online Access
E-Content  (10/Yr)
Education Digest (9/Yr.)
Electronic Journal
Energy Journal (Q) + Online Access
English Teaching Forum (Q)
Entertainment Weekly 
Environment (10/Yr.)
Environmental Ethics (Q)
Environmental Forum (Bi-M)
Esquire Magazine (M)
Facts on File (W)  
Film Comment (Bi-M)
Fletcher Forum of World Affairs  (S-A)
Forbes Magazine (Bi-W) 
Foreign Affairs (Bi-M)
Foreign Policy (Bi-M))
Fortune (Bi-W)  
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies (3/Yr.)
Futurist (Bi-M)
Global Governance (Q)
Good Housekeeping (M)
Harper's Magazine (M)
Harvard Business Review (M)
Harvard Law Review (8/Yr.)
HR Magazine (M)
Hudson Review (Q)
Human Rights Quarterly + Online Access
Inc. (13/Yr.)
Information Technology & Libraries (Q)
Insurance & Technology (M)
Interior Design (15/Yr.)
International Herald Tribune (D)
International Organization  (Q) + Online Access
International Security (Q) + Online Access
Issues in Science & Technology (Q)
Journal of Accountancy (M)
Journal of Advertising
Journal of American History (Q) + Online Access
Journal of Asian Studies (Q)
Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media (Q)
Journal of Business Strategy (Bi-M) + Online Access
Journal of Conflict Resolution (Bi-M) + Online Access
Journal of Democracy (Q)
Journal of Economic Issues (Q)
Journal of Economic Literature (Q)
Journal of Economic Perspectives (Q) + Online Access
Journal of International Affairs (S-A)
Journal of Marketing (Q) + Online Access
Journal of Ops. Management (Bi-M) + Online Access
Law & Contemporary Problems [RWO]
Library Journal (20/Yr.) + Online Access
Library Trends (Q)
MELUS (Q)
MIT Sloan Management Review (Q)
Modern Fiction Studies (Q) + Online Access
MS (Q)
National Geographic Magazine (M)
National Geographic Traveler (8/Yr.)
National Interest (Q) + Online Access
National Review (Bi-W) 
Natural History (10/Yr.)
New Republic (W) + Online Access 
New York Review of Books (Bi-W) [mthly. In Jan.,Jun.,Aug., Sep., & Dec.]
New York Times (D) 
New York Times Book Review (W)  
New York Times Magazine (W) 
New York Times NY 2005 Microfilm [Bell & Howell]
New Yorker (48/Yr.)  
 Newsweek (W) [Domestic] 
Newsweek [International] (W) [Local] 
Non-Proliferation Review (3/Yr.)
Online Magazine (Bi-M)
Orbis (Q) + Online Access
PC Magazine (Bi-W)
PC World (M) + Online Access
People (W) 
Perspectives on Politics (Q)
Physics Today (M)
PMLA [Publications of the Modern Language Assoc. of America] (Bi-M) + Online Access
Poetry (M)
Policy Review (Bi-M)
Political Science & Politics [PS] (Q)
Popular Photography (M) 
Popular Science (M)
Psychology Today (Bi-M)
Public Administration Review (Bi-M) + Online Access
Public Opinion Quarterly+ Online Access
Public Relations Quarterly
Publishers Weekly (W) + Online Access 
Quill (10/Yr.)
Reader's Digest (M)
Reference Services Review [RSR] (Q) + Online Access
Reference Shelf (6/Yr.) [H.W. Wilson]
Science (51/Yr.) + Online Access  
Scientific American (M)
Searcher (M)
Signs: Jrl. Of Women in Culture & Society (Q) + Online Access
Smart Computing in Plain English (M) + Online Access
Smithsonian Magazine (M)
Social Justice (Q)
Social Science Quarterly (Q) + Online Access
Society (Bi-M) + Online Access
Sports Illustrated (W) 
Studies in Conflict & Terrorism (Bi-M) + Online Access
Survey of Current Business (M) + Online Access
T+D[Fly.: Training & Dev.] (M)
Technology Review (Bi-M) + Online Access
Time (W) (Domestic)   
Time International (W) 
U.S. News & World Report (W) 
Utne Reader (Bi-M)
Vital Speeches of the Day (Bi-W) 
Washington Quarterly (Q) + Online Access
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents (W)  
Wildlife Conservation (Bi-M)
Wilson Quarterly
Wired Magazine (M)
World Politics (Q) + Online Access
World Watch Papers
Writers Digest (M)

Abbreviations: M-Monthly, Bi-M-Bimonthly, D-Daily, Q-Quarterly, W-Weekly.


CD-ROM Databases

The American Library offers an extensive collection of CDROM databases covering a broad range of resources focused on international relations, economic development & trade, management, intellectual property rights, social and political issues, and human rights. Some of the available CD-ROM databases are:

National Geographic
111 years A collection of 111 years of National Geographic Magazine including over 9,400 articles, more than 182,000 spectacular images and illustrations, and 100+ years of classic advertisements, maps, and cover stories from 1888 - 1999.

ProQuest Business Periodicals OnDisc (BPO)
Contains precise, thorough indexing and summaries of significant articles from more than 800 business and management journals. Also includes digitally scanned full-text images of complete articles from over 300 key business and management periodicals since 1995.

ProQuest General Periodicals OnDisc (GPO)
Contains abstracts and indexing to articles from over 1600 general reference publications and the complete scanned images of articles from over 300 periodicals. It covers a wide range of subjects including social sciences, humanities, business, general science and general interest. Updated monthly with a 6-8 week time lag between the date of print publication and its availability on CDROM.

PowerFinder & Sales Leads
An electronic version of the telephone book for the United States, this database lists business and residential telephone numbers and addresses.

Thomas Register
This is the world's most comprehensive directory of U.S. and Canadian manufacturers, listing over 168,000 industrial product and services companies. It is enhanced with over 8,000 manufacturers' catalogs.

Ulrich's On Disc
Covers more than 125,000 serials being published on a regular basis, annually or irregularly. Includes government reports/documents, monographs, newsletters, periodicals and corporate reports.

Academic Periodicals Collection
Provides access to over 800 full text academic titles covering nearly all areas of academic study including social sciences, humanities, education, sciences, computer science, religion and philosophy, language and linguistics, arts, literature, and ethnic studies.

Books in Print on Disc with Book Reviews
Covers 300,000 book reviews from various eminent sources in the U.S., active and inactive audio and video data, out-of-print titles, and forthcoming books. User-friendly database searchable by author, title, subject, ISBN number, keyword and publisher, etc.

Business Periodicals Collection
A comprehensive database containing over 500 full text titles covering management, economics, finance, accounting and international business. Updated quarterly, complete back files are available from 1990.

General Periodicals Collection
Includes full text articles, reports and special issues from over 600 popular magazines. Also includes over 3000 text-searchable charts, tables and graphs.

MLA International Bibliography
Produced by the Modern Language Association of America, this database consists of bibliographic records of journal articles, books, dissertations, monographs, working papers, proceedings, covering over 4,000 journals and series in literature, language, linguistics, and folklore.

Online Databases
The American Library provides current and up-to-date information on a broad range of issues on international relations, economic development, socio-political processes and global issues using online databases:

Books in Print
An online version of the highly regarded Books in Print, this product is an indispensable resource offering complete, unbiased bibliographic information on over 5 million in print, out of print and forthcoming books, audio, and video titles.

EBSCO
A powerful online reference system that offers a variety of full-text databases on almost all subjects covering sciences, social sciences and humanities. The database Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,700 publications, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals. Another full text database, Business Source Premier, provides full text for nearly 7800 scholarly journals including full text for more than 1,125 peer- reviewed business publications.

Factiva
Provides a single point of access to a deep archive of news and business information not available on the free web, from nearly 9,000 sources in 22 languages, including influential local, national and international newspapers, leading business magazines, trade publications, and newswires, including Dow Jones, Reuters Newswires and The Wall Street Journal. It also provides access to historical market data, interactive charting, financial statements, and company reports from D&B, and Investext.

Galenet Databases
Gale's Info Track One File provides instant, user-friendly access to more than 7,200 periodicals, including 3,700 full-text titles, and puts 21 million database records at users' fingertips with a single search inquiry. Gales Ready Reference Shelf incorporates 15 of Gale's most popular general reference databases, allowing users access to more than 320,000 entries offering facts about associations, research centers, publishers, publications (including newspapers, newsletters, periodicals, and directories), databases, television and radio stations. Biography Resource Center combines awardwinning biographies from respected Gale Group sources.

Lexis-Nexis
A full text database of current and historic federal legislation, bill tracking, bill texts, state legislation, case law, law reviews and over 6,000 full text news sources and periodicals including the New York Times, Washington Post and AP wires.

ProQuest Direct
A database of over 4,000 indexed titles and over 2,000 full text journals with images covering current news and events, fields of research, and corporate information.