What’s in Smart Search?
Smart Search allows you search a variety of University of Iowa Libraries information resources at once.
Find Resources allows you to search the Libraries online catalog – InfoHawk; the Libraries rich collection of e-journals, e-books, databases and the Iowa Digital Library.
When you search Find Articles, you can find journal articles from several onlne publications for a variety of subject areas with one search. Following is a list of databases that are searched for each of the subject areas:
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General Resources
Academic Search Elite (EBSCO), Periodicals Index Online (Historical), Readers’ Guide Retro (WILSON) and Newspaper Source (EBSCO). - Art
Art Full Text (WILSON), Art Index Retro (WILSON), Avery Index to Architecture, Bibliography of the History of Art, JSTOR Art & Art History and JSTOR Architecture & Architectural History - Business
ABI/Inform (ProQuest), Business Source Complete (EBSCO), EconLit, JSTOR Business, JSTOR Economics, Factiva, and PsychINFO (Ovid) - Communication
CIOS/ComAbstracts, Communication & Mass Media Complete (EBSCO), Film & Television Literature Index, and Academic Search Elite (EBSCO)
- Education
Academic Search Elite (EBSCO), Education Full Text (WILSON), ERIC (OVID), PsycINFO (Ovid), and Web of Science (ISI). - Engineering
Compendex and Inspec (Ei Village 2), Web of Science (ISI), and Academic Search Elite (EBSCO) - Government Resources
CQ Researcher Plus Archive, GPO Access via Firstgov and SourceOECD - Health Sciences
CINAHL Plus (EBSCO), Health Reference Center (Gale), Health Source: Nursing (EBSCO), and PubMed - Law
Academic Search Elite (EBSCO), CQ Researcher Plus Archive, CQ Supreme Court Collection, Law Journal Library (Hein Online), and JSTOR (All Subjects) - Math
MathSciNet (AMS), Science Direct (Elsevier), SpringerLink (MetaPress), and Web of Science (ISI) - Music
International Index to Music Periodicals Full Text (ProQuest), JSTOR Music, Project Muse, and RLIM Music (OCLC) - Physics
Institute of Physics Journal (IOP), Science Direct (Elsevier), SpringerLink (MetaPress), Inspec (Ei Village 2), and Web of Science (ISI) - Political Science
CQ Weekly (CQ Press), JSTOR Political Science, PAIS International (CSA), Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (CSA) and Academic Search Elite (EBSCO) - Psychology
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (CSA), PsycINFO (Ovid), PubMed, and Web of Science (ISI) - Religion
Academic Search Elite (EBSCO) and ATLA with ATLA Serials (EBSCO) - Social Work
AgeLine (CSA), PsycINFO (Ovid), Social Services Abstracts (CSA), Social Work Abstracts (EBSCO), Sociological Abstracts (CSA), and Academic Search Elite (EBSCO) - Sociology
AgeLine (CSA), GenderWatch (ProQuest), JSTOR Sociology, PsychINFO (Ovid), Sociological Abstracts (CSA), and Academic Search Elite (EBSCO).

On November 27th, 3 new digital collections were added to Primo:
The School of Art and Art History Graduate Archive – UI student art including ceramics, graphic design, intermedia, metal arts, paintings, drawings, photographs, prints, and sculpture; The University of Iowa Museum of Art and images from the Daily Palette
Comment by Suzanne Julich — November 28, 2007 @ 9:01 am