Databases & GALILEO A-Z List: C

Includes over 160,000 hours of coverage of C-SPAN programs since 1987. Records, indexes, and archives all C-SPAN programming for historical, educational, research, and archival uses, records all 3 C-SPAN networks 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. Programs are indexed by subject, speaker names, titles, affiliations, sponsors, committees, categories, formats, policy groups, keywords, and location. The congressional sessions and committee hearings are indexed by person with full-text. All C-SPAN programs since 1987 are digital and can be viewed online for free.

A comprehensive bibliographic full-text reference and current events database. CBCA Complete combines full text and indexed content from Business, Current Events, Education, and Reference. Subject coverage is comprehensive and information is available from the broadest range of Canadian sources. With over 4.5 million records and more than 1730 titles, CBCA Complete is ideal for anyone interested in current events, business, science, the arts, and academic information as produced in Canada. Combines high-quality indexing with direct access to full-text articles, including nearly 640 periodicals and daily news sources, plus indexing to an additional 1100 other titles.

Includes the complete available electronic backfile for nearly 300 newspapers, providing full access to the articles, columns, editorials, and features. Some backfiles date as far back as the late 1970s and 1980s. Canadian Newsstand content is updated daily so researchers always have timely access to new information. The Canadian Major Dailies collection includes national and leading regional newspapers such as The Globe and Mail, National Post, Montreal Gazette, Ottawa Citizen, Toronto Star, Regina Leader Post, Edmonton Journal, Vancouver Sun and the Victoria Times Colonist.

Career & Technical Education includes several hundred full-text titles in the area of vocational information, including Computing science, Healthcare, Building trades, Auto mechanics, Sales and retail, Accounting, Graphic design, and Photography.

As early as 1853 the University of Georgia started issuing a listing of faculty, officers and graduates, entirely printed in Latin. The work was periodically reissued with more recent graduates being added. By the time the last issue appeared in 1906, the Catalogue of the Trustees, Officers, Alumni and Matriculates was being published in convenient English and had accumulated a wealth of biographical information about the men associated with more than 100 years of the institution's history. Officers and faculty of the University are listed in the first 16 pages of the Catalogue, followed by graduates and matriculates arranged by class. To find the class year of an individual, check under their name in the student index beginning on page 209. A listing of honorary degrees granted will be found on page 204.

The finding tool for electronic and print publications from the U.S. government. These publications make up the National Bibliography of U.S. Government Publications. The CGP contains descriptive records for historical and current publications and provides direct links to those that are available online. The CGP contains more than 500,000 records generated since July 1976, and it is updated daily. The catalog will grow to include records for publications dating back to the late 1800s, making the CGP the central point for locating new and historical government publications. For publications issued prior to 1976, the printed Monthly Catalog should be consulted. Print editions of the Monthly Catalog and many of the publications indexed in it were distributed through the Federal Depository Library Program. To locate the depository library nearest you, use GPO's Locate Libraries service at: https://catalog.gpo.gov/fdlpdir/FDLPdir.jsp

Offers a variety of options for researching current health issues including, up-to-date information on current diseases and illnesses, vaccine information, general health information, safety, and wellness. Information is available not only for consumers, but for health care professionals as well. Access to statistical data and CDC publications is available.

Offers the most comprehensive demographic data for the United States. The site includes information and statistics on the nation's population, housing, business and manufacturing activity, international trade, farming, and state and local governments.

Provides references to the current and historical literature related to growth and development of children through the age of 21. Includes all of the issues of Child Development Abstracts & Bibliography 1927-2001 previously published by the Society for Research in Child Development, plus new coverage on child rights and welfare issues. Book reviews and abstracts from hundreds of journals and a bibliography of thousands of technical reports, books, book chapters, theses and dissertations covering biomedical and social sciences worldwide are indexed in this database.

This illustrated series covers more than 600 writers and illustrators for children and young adults. Typical entries consist of a listing of major works and awards and criticism from significant reviews and commentaries on the author's or artist's works. Each volume includes cumulative author name and nationality indexes as well as a volume-specific title index.

Provides news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators, serving as a major news service for US academic affairs. All content from 1989 to present is available.

Provides access to nearly 3000 digitized newspapers. The site was developed as an Internet-based, searchable database of U.S. newspapers with descriptive information and select digitization of historic pages. 1789 to 1963.

Provides access to full text for more than 600 journals indexed in CINAHL. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the CINAHL index - with no embargo.

Brings together a diverse offering of publications covering civil rights in the United States as their legal protections and definitions are expanded to cover more and more Americans. Containing links to more than 500 scholarly articles, hearings and committee prints, legislative histories on the landmark legislation, CRS and GAO reports, briefs from major Supreme Court cases, and publications from the Commission on Civil Rights, this database allows users to educate themselves on the ways our civil rights have been strengthened and expanded over time, as well as how these legal protections can go further still. Also includes varied collection of books on many civil rights topics and a list of prominent civil rights organizations. ONLY AVAILABLE ON CAMPUS.

Promotes an enhanced understanding of the Civil Rights Movement. Links to primary sources and other educational materials from 75 libraries, archives, museums, public broadcasters, and others on a national scale. Features a collection of more than 30 hours of unedited news film from the WSB (Atlanta) and WALB (Albany, Ga.) television archives. These 450 clips cover a broad range of key civil rights events including the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas; the Atlanta Temple bombing; Atlanta sit-ins; Freedom Rides; desegregation of the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech; the Albany Movement; desegregation of Ole Miss and University of Alabama; the Americus Movement; and Birmingham demonstrations; among many other topics. 1954 to 1970.

Records of the Freedman's Bureau documenting the 1868 Camilla Massacre. Located at the DeSoto Trail Library and comprised of photostatic copies from the Freedman's Bureau records held by the National Archives of the United States, consists of letters, affidavits, reports and a newspaper clipping relating to a violent episode in Camilla, Georgia, in 1868 involving local republicans, freedmen, and townspeople.

These first-person accounts, compiled in the postwar period and early 20th Century period, chronicle the highs and lows of army life from 1861 through 1865.

The Digital Public Library of America provides primary resources about the American Civil War, 1861-1865. Primary documents include pamphlets, cartoons, maps, illustrations and more.

These generals' reports of service represent an attempt by the Adjutant General's Office (AGO) to obtain more complete records of the service of the various generals contacted. Seeking both comprehensiveness and uniformity, the AGO requested of each general that he include certain kinds of information in his report. As a result, most of the reports consist of chronologically arranged sketches of activities associated with battles and other engagements.

Provides online access to early handwritten minutes of the Columbus Public Library Association, documenting the origin and initial development of the Columbus Public Library, later to become today's Chattahoochee Valley Regional Library System. The online content presents 144 pages of minutes, providing historic page images with full transcriptions, and offering full-text searching as well as browsing by date. Reflecting the city's "New South" urban industrial prosperity, these documents offer insight into the complex role of the library as a social and cultural institution. They highlight the formation of gender, class, and racial identities and their effect on the development and operations of the Columbus Public Library. They also speak to the role of the library as an institution in Georgia and the South. January 1881 to April 1883.

Jim Alexander's Photographs of the Neighborhood Arts Center from the Auburn Avenue Research Library consists of fifty-five documentary photographs of the Neighborhood Arts Center (1975-1989) that capture significant African American-centered cultural and community events in and around the Atlanta-based organization. This body of images documents a visits to the Center from the legendary artists, Atlanta-area outreach projects, arts festivals and social demonstrations that took place during the 1970s and 1980s. Taken by photographer, community activist, and Neighborhood Arts Center staff member Jim Alexander, these photographs demonstrate the Center's service commitment and its promotion of urban, community arts. 1977 to 1987.

Provides a comprehensive monthly update on the latest theoretical research and practical applications around the world. This database provides international coverage as well as coverage of numerous non-serial publications. Sources covered include over 3000 periodicals, conference proceedings, technical reports, trade journal/newsletter items, patents, books, and press releases. ABSTRACTS ONLY.

Comprehensive coverage of computer topics. The database includes over 430 titles, with over 350 available in full text. Includes resources on computing topics, including: Artificial intelligence, Computer games, Computer graphics, Computer networks, Computer programming, Computer security, Computer systems, Database management, Electronic data processing, Hardware, Information science and information theory, and Software.

Contains nearly 300 full text journals and magazines covering topics such as computer science, programming, artificial intelligence, cybernetics, information systems, robotics, and software. Provides a balance of full text technical journals and full text consumer computer titles

Computers & Applied Sciences Complete is a full-text database covering computing, technology, and engineering disciplines. It provides access to 498 active full-text journals.

Offers fully text-searchable images of the British Foreign Office information files gathered from across German-occupied territories as well as neutral states following the collapse of peacetime diplomacy. These first-hand reports (letters from diplomats, telegrams, news clippings and more) and the official discussions surrounding them form a complete record of the raw intelligence that shaped Britain's war effort.

Provides the full text of selected publications in non-PDF format, in some cases dating back 30 years or more. Includes abstracts and indexing for congressional publications, and legislative histories. It also includes member biographies, committee assignments, voting records, and financial data; and the full text of key regulatory and statutory resources.

Provides searchable access to the full-text CRS reports. Created by experts, the reports present a legislative perspective on topics such as agriculture policy, counterterrorism operations, banking regulation, veterans issues and much more.

Covers an enormous range of subjects of value in the public library context; from sports injuries to women's health, from food and nutrition to midwifery, from eye care to dentistry. It includes important general medical journals such as The Lancet and The New England Journal of Medicine as well as a strong selection of consumer and news magazines.

Credit and purchasing information for Georgia. Created by the Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs to help Georgians be more informed consumers by learning to make wise purchasing and financial decisions, knowing their rights, and avoiding becoming victims of scams or deceptive practices in the marketplace. Designed with young adults in mind and includes a guide named Consumer Ed, who walks consumers through major purchasing and financial decisions, such as buying a car, purchasing a house, renting an apartment, dealing with credit and debt, managing money, and avoiding foreclosure. Also features current consumer news, financial calculators, and the option to join a Consumer Alert email list to receive monthly consumer news.

Each print volume in this long-standing series profiles approximately 6-8 novelists, poets, playwrights and other creative writers by providing full-text or excerpted criticism taken from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers and scholarly journals.

A multidisciplinary collection of ongoing full-text academic journals, the Continental Europe Database features content that is locally published by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions in many European countries, including France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, and Portugal. All major subject areas of study are represented, including business, science, technology, engineering, social sciences, education, and humanities allowing researchers in all fields to access the latest scholarly articles from their region..

Digital images and transcriptions of original manuscripts, scanned, transcribed, and encoded. A Civil War diary of Lt. (later Capt.) Cornelius C. Platter from November, 1864 to April 27, 1865. Platter's diary from November, 1864 to April 27, 1865 details Sherman's march through Georgia from Rome to Savannah and the march north through the Carolinas. He gives dates, times, and lengths of marches; describes the weather, locale, scenery, and food as well as orders, rumors, positions, troop moral, and administrative duties. Includes a description of the burning of Columbia, South Carolina, the news of the Confederate surrender, and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Also contains a Civil War timeline, related links and archival collections, suggested readings, a name index, and notes on the project.

Consists of items originating from prisoners held in German concentration camps, internment and transit camps, Gestapo prisons, and POW camps, during and just prior to World War II. Most of the materials are letters written or received by prisoners, but also included are receipts for parcels, money orders and personal effects; paper currency; and realia, including Star of David badges that Jews were forced to wear.

CQ Researcher Plus Archive is a database of in-depth, authoritative reports on a full range of political and social-policy issues. Each report is footnoted and includes an overview, background section, chronology, bibliography and debate-style pro-con feature, plus tools to study the evolution of the topic over time. CQ Magazine features in-depth reporting on public policy, politics, congressional legislation, and elections, including: a complete wrap-up of news on Congress, the status of bills in play, behind-the-scenes maneuvering, committee and floor activity, debates, and all roll-call votes.

Explores a single hot issue in the news in depth each week. Topics range from social and teen issues to environment, health, education and science and technology. Often the first source that librarians recommend when researchers are seeking original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news. Noted for its award-winning in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the economy.

A comprehensive database supporting research on crime, its causes and impacts, legal and social implications, as well as litigation and crime trends. Bridges theory with practice by providing information geared to those interested in careers in criminal justice, law enforcement, corrections, drug enforcement, rehabilitation, family law, and industrial security; as well as scholars and other researchers who study the causes, trends, and societal impacts of crime.

Chronicles Cyrus Franklin Jenkins' experiences as an enlisted man in the Meriwether Volunteers, Company B, 13th Georgia Infantry Regiment, during the first year of the war, June 1861 to March 1862. Vividly describes the early euphoria of the war and the regiment's campaigns in western Virginia as part of Floyd's Brigade and in Savannah in Lawton's Brigade. The regiment took part in skirmishes at Sewell Mountain, Laurel Hill, and Whitemarsh Island. While traveling, Jenkins also remarks on the changing scenery he encounters. His account of camp life highlights the medical care available to Confederate soldiers at this stage in the war. Jenkins was killed at Spotsylvania, Virginia, on May 12, 1864. Contains a transcription and images of the diary, a chronology of Jenkins' activities, a civil war timeline covering July 1861 to April 1862, a historical note, brief descriptions of the players and places mentioned by Jenkins, as well as suggested related archival collections and links to a civil war bibliography, related websites, and a map of the Gauley River region.