Coverage includes the current year plus three previous years. OCLC FirstSearch gives you access to a variety of databases you can search to find books, articles, films, computer software, Internet resources, and other materials on the subjects you need. The Library currently allows access to 49 of their databases, and there are four databases which might be particularly relevant for this assignment. The OCLC ArticleFirst Database ArticleFirst describes items listed on the table of contents pages of individual issues of nearly 13,000 journals. Each record describes one article, news story, letter, or other item from a journal.
Most records provide a list of libraries that hold the journal title.
Subjects include business, the humanities, medicine, popular culture, science, social sciences, and technology. New records are added daily. The OCLC NetFirst Database NetFirst is an authoritative database of Internet- accessible resources. NetFirst contains bibliographic citations, complete with summary descriptions and subject headings that describe resources such as Web pages, interest groups, library catalogs, FTP sites, Internet services, Gopher sites, electronic lists, electronic journals, and newsletters. Records contain location information that can be used to connect users to resources of interest.