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D&B Million Dollar Database Dun & Bradstreet Million Dollar Database provides brief information on 15 million private and public U.S. companies and 8 million international companies. The directory information includes: address, sales, number of employees, industry classification (SIC and NAICS), type of ownership, and names of chief executives. You can generate lists of companies meeting specific criteria (geography, sales size, employee size, industry) and download the results. [Info]

Dance Collection Catalog of the New York Public Library The Dance Catalog lists works about all forms of dance, from all cultures, in print and other media. It includes materials in many languages and serves as an index to an international range of dance periodicals. [Info] (Free database--open to all users)

Das Schweizer Buch (Swiss National Bibliography) The Swiss National Bibliography lists titles published in Switzerland as well as publications from other countries related to Swiss topics, beginning in January, 2001. It includes books, maps, sheet music, multimedia, journals, newspspers, yearbooks, and series. [Info] (Free database--open to all users)

DaSinD - Women Writers in Germany, 1945- Bibliographischer Index der Datenbank Schriftstellerinnen in Deutschland. [Info] (Free database--open to all users) Available in Central Library only Available in Central Library only

Data Archives and Related Resources sites recommended by Vanderbilt librarians [Info] (Free database--open to all users)

Database of Research on International Education Contains details of books, articles, conference papers and reports on various aspects of international education from publishers in Australia and abroad. Coverage is from 1990 onwards. [Info] (Free database--open to all users)

Databases available through the Eskind Biomedical Library [Info]

DDB (Digital Dictionary of Buddhism) A compilation of Chinese logograph-based terms, texts, temple, schools, persons, etc. found in Buddhist canonical sources. The content of this reference work is pan-Buddhist in character. Dictionaries and other reference sources are in many Asian languages (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Pali, Sanskrit and Tibetan). [Info] Full Text Resource!

Dead Sea Scrolls Electronic Reference Library v. 1 Published under the auspices of the Israel Antiquities Authority. All eight hundred or so texts from the eleven caves of Khirbert Qumran, representing some 2,700 photographs, are digitally captured and published here.

Retrieve CD-ROM from Divinity Library Room 224 (BM 487.A1 1997) and take to the CD-ROM Workstation (in the periodicals area of the Divinity Library) to use the database. [Info] Full Text Resource! Available on CD-ROM Workstation in the Divinity Library

Dead Sea Scrolls Electronic Reference Library v. 2 Prepared by the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies and its Center for the Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. The database covers all non-biblical Hebrew, Aramaic, Nabatean, and Greek texts from Qumran and a selection of texts from Wadi Murrabba'at and Nahal Hever. Other files in the database contain the Hebrew Bible, the Septuagint, the Vulgate, and the King James Version, as well as the English Translation of the Dead Sea Scrolls published in "The Dead Sea Scrolls Translated" by F. Garcia Martinez.

Retrieve CD-ROM from Divinity Library Room 224 (BM 487.A1 1999) and take to the CD-ROM Workstation (in the periodicals area of the Divinity Library) to use the database. [Info] Full Text Resource! Available on CD-ROM Workstation in the Divinity Library

Declassified Documents Reference System (DDRS) DDRS, a database of declassified government documents, consists of over 100,000 documents and more than 500,000 pages covering major domestic and international events since the end of World War II. Documents include cabinet meeting minutes, correspondence, diary entries, intelligence reports, political analyses and technical studies from the White House, State Department, National Security Agency, FBI, and CIA. [Info] Full Text Resource!

DemographicsNow (Gale) - Demographics Now Offers a variety of ready-made demographic data reports, which can be customized by geography. Identify patterns and trends regarding household expenditures, market penetration and location of goods and services. Gives current demographic information, consumer earnings and expenditures, white collar vs. blue collar, business patterns, and other statistics for states, counties, census tracts, and other U.S. geographic areas.
At the database homepage, click on “get started.” At “New Geography,” click on the level of geography you want (state, county, place, etc.) and then on “continue.” Then make the appropriate choice and “continue” until you can click on “complete.” You can click on the “Report Package” tab and choose one or more of the report packages. Then view the report or email it to yourself. [Info]

Deutsche Nationalbibliografie (DNB) online The Deutsche Nationalbibliografie (DNB) online provides a listing of all publications issued in Germany, and all holdings at the Deutsche Bibliothek from 1945, including Hochschulschriften, Dissertationen, and Habilitationsschriften at German universities, and Dissertationen and Habilitationsschriften in German at universities abroad. [Info] (Free database--open to all users)

DGRweb (Directory of Graduate Research) Most comprehensive source of information on chemical research and researchers at universities in the U.S. and Canada. [Info]

Diccionario de Maria Moliner This electronic dictionary includes the complete 1st edition of Moliner's printed reference tool, with inmediate access to the author's definitions, notes on its use, lists of synonyms and similar words, idioms. [Info] Available in Central Library on Reference CD-ROM workstation

Diccionario de uso del español [Info] Available in Central Library on Reference CD-ROM workstation

Diccionario general de la lengua espanola [Info] (Free database--open to all users) Available in Central Library only

Dictionary of Literary Biography (Gale) Includes Dictionary of Literary Biography Yearbook and Dictionary of Literary Biography Documentary Series Features comprehensive literary biographies written by recognized literary scholars and critics. Includes profiles of more than 143,000 past and present authors, historians, journalists, screenwriters, publishers, and playwrights. The biographies discuss the lives and careers of the literary figures profiled, along with the critical response to their works. [Info] Full Text Resource!

Dictionary of Literary Biography Yearbook (Gale) Annual compendium which includes original material covering a given year's literary highlights, including obituaries and tributes. The Yearbook provides signed essays summarizing the year in poetry, fiction, biography, drama and children's books as well as scholarly articles, interviews, biographies and critical studies covering events, organizations, works, writers and the business of literature. [Info] Full Text Resource!

Dictionary of Old English Corpus The Dictionary of Old English electronic corpus is a complete record of surviving Old English except for some variant manuscripts of individual texts. [Info] Full Text Resource!

Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques Comprises extensive articles on the history of the Church, focused on people, places, and institutions. It is the online version of the reference work published by Letouzey et Ané. Supplemented by Bischöfe des Heiligen Römischen Reiches und der deutschsprachigen Länder (BHRR), which includes more than 2000 biographies of bishops who officiated between 1198 and 1648. [Info] Full Text Resource!

Digital Book Index Provides access to more than 73,000 titles. Includes commercial and non-commercial ebooks from more than 1800 publishers. Covers most major disciplines—literature, history, science and the history of science, social sciences, medicine, the arts, religion, and area studies. A reference section includes dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauri, glossaries, bibliographies, and writing and style guides. Includes links to netLibrary ebooks. [Info] (Free database--open to all users)

Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (DDB) A compilation of Chinese logograph-based terms, texts, temple, schools, persons, etc. found in Buddhist canonical sources. The content of this reference work is pan-Buddhist in character. Dictionaries and other reference sources are in many Asian languages (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Pali, Sanskrit and Tibetan). [Info] Full Text Resource!

Digital Karl Barth Library The current release features Barth's magnum opus, Die kirchliche Dogmatik, in its entirety. Also featured are the first 36 volumes of Barth's Gesamtausgabe, which includes hundreds of letters, sermons, lectures, conversations, and academic writings. These volumes are supplemented by seven additional German works that have not yet been published as part of the Gesamtausgabe. New content, including English translations of Barth's major works, will be added on a quarterly basis. [Info] Full Text Resource!

Digital National Security Archive (DNSA) Full-text collection of almost 100,000 declassified documents relating to U.S. foreign policy decisions from post-World War II to the present. [Info] Full Text Resource!

Digital South Asia Library (DSAL) "The Digital South Asia Library provides digital materials for reference and research on South Asia including books and journals, full-text dictionaries, bibliographies, images, maps, and statistical information from the colonial period through the present."

This resource is one of the ecollections of the Center for Research Libraries. [Info] Full Text Resource! (Free database--open to all users)

Diotima: Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World "Diotima serves as an interdisciplinary resource for anyone interested in patterns of gender around the ancient Mediterranean and as a forum for collaboration among instructors who teach courses about women and gender in the ancient world. This site includes course materials, the beginnings of a systematic and searchable bibliography, and links to many on-line resources, including articles, book reviews, databases, and images. [Info] Full Text Resource! (Free database--open to all users)

Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS) - International Monetary Fund (IMF), 1948- Government revenue & expenses and assets & liabilities of general government and its subsectors as reported by member countries. Online covers 2002 to date; CD-ROM covers 1972 to date.

To download data, click on the link in the upper center of the page to sign in or register (using email address as user name). Choose the database needed at the bottom left of the screen and enter variables. [Info]

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) "The aim of the Directory of Open Access Journals is to increase the visibility and ease of use of open access scientific and scholarly journals thereby promoting their increased usage and impact. The Directory aims to be comprehensive and cover all open access scientific and scholarly journals that use a quality control system to guarantee the content. All subject areas and languages will be covered." For further information see:http://www.doaj.org/articles/about (Please note: this directory does not currently support keyword searching of the contents of e-journal articles. It does allow keyword searching for the names of the e-journals included within the Directory. Each journal provides full-text access to its articles.) [Info] (Free database--open to all users)

Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest) - Full-Text Search for dissertations and theses worldwide from 1861 to present. Database provides abstracts for dissertations since July 1980; abstracts of master’s theses since 1988; and offers downloadable full-text (PDF format) for most dissertations added since 1997, with some full-text of even older works. For the United Kingdom and Ireland, coverage of doctoral theses extends back to 1716. [Info] Full Text Resource!

Documenta Catholica Omnia Collection of Catholic Church documents, including Migne's Patrologiae cursus completus, Series Latina and Patrologiae cursus completus, Series Graeca; papal bullae, encyclicals, and other writings; and many other items. Most appear to be in Latin, though translations for some materials are provided in a number of languages. [Info] Full Text Resource! (Free database--open to all users)

DOE Information Bridge -- full text of DOE research report literature from 1996 forward. Full text Department of Energy (DOE) research reports in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, engineering, computer and information science, renewable energy, and more. [Info] (Free database--open to all users)

DRAM DRAM is a non-profit resource that allows online access to music by American composers. DRAM currently contains the full catalogue of New World Records, plus contents from other labels, including CRI, Cedille, Albany, innova, and Pogus. This project was initially funded by the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, and receives ongoing support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. [Info]

Dyabola (Select the flag corresponding to the search interface language you desire) Dyabola, based on the collection of the Deutsches Archäologische Institut, indexes material on all areas of Mediterranean and and Near Eastern archaeology and philology from prehistory to the Byzantine era published from 1956 through the present (update frequency varies). Citations for books, book reviews, chapters, articles, and festschriften are included. [Info]