Databases: I

IBISWorld VCU

Reports for all 723 U.S. industries categorized by NAICS. Includes market size, competitors, forecasting, business valuations, benchmarking. Includes business environment and global industry reports.

ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research) VCU

Coverage: 1962 - present

Archive of social science data for research and instruction. Includes data files for use with statistical software, such as SAS or SPSS. Topical archives include health, aging, education, criminal justice, and substance abuse.

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IEEE Xplore VCU

Coverage: 1988 - present

Full-text articles from over 12,000 publications from IEEE and IEE including journals, magazines, transactions, and proceedings. Select content from 1952-1987.

Immunology Abstracts VCU

Coverage: 1982 - present

Covers studies relating to all aspects of immune systems in man and animals, including normal functions and disorders.

Index Islamicus VCU

Coverage: 1906 - present

Covers publications in European languages on all aspects of Islam and the Muslim world. Includes history, beliefs, societies, cultures, languages, and literature.

Index to 19th-Century American Art Periodicals VCU

Coverage: 1840-1907

Indexes 42 art periodicals published in the United States during the 19th century.

Index to Christian Art VCU

Coverage: 30 CE - 1550 CE

With works ranging from apostolic times to the 16th century, the Index of Christian Art documents art found in a broadly-defined Christian context. This expansive archive contains images and full-text records.

Index to Current Urban Documents (ICUD) VCU

Coverage: Volume 29 - present

Index to and full-text of reports and research generated by various governmental and civic entities in approximately 500 selected cities in the United States and Canada.

IndexCat: Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office, U.S. Army

Coverage: 15th Century - 1950

Comprehensive subject catalog of books, pamphlets, dissertations, reports and some journal articles published from the 1400s through 1950 and held by the National Library of Medicine.

Industrial and Applied Microbiology Abstracts (Microbiology A) VCU

Coverage: 1982 - current

Covers significant findings and practical applications in agricultural, food and beverage, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries.

INSPEC VCU

Coverage: 1898 - present

The premier database for physics, computer science and electrical engineering information. Includes citations, abstracts, and some links to full-text. Part of Engineering Village; one of the default databases.

International Bibliography of Art VCU

Coverage: 2008 - present

International Bibliography of Art, the successor to the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA), covers European art from late antiquity to the present, American art from the colonial era to the present, and global art since 1945.

International Index to Black Periodicals (IIBP) VCU

Coverage: 1998 - present

Full abstracting and indexing for about 85 scholarly and popular current periodicals from 1998 forward. Full-text is provided for 24 of these journals. Also included in the database are retrospective citations from about 40 journals.

International Index to the Performing Arts (IIPA) VCU

Coverage: 1998 - present

Citations and abstracts for information drawn from 200 international performing arts periodicals from 1998 forward. Also included in the database are retrospective citations from about 46 periodicals.

International Medieval Bibliography (IMB) VCU

Leading bibliography of the European Middle Ages (c. 400-1500). Covers articles in journals and miscellany volumes worldwide. Click on "Enter Databases" and then on "Go".

IPA: International Pharmaceutical Abstracts VCU

Coverage: 1970 - present

Abstracts of pharmacology research and information. Produced by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP).

iPOLL VCU

Coverage: 1935-

Contains nearly a half-million questions from surveys conducted since 1935 by over 150 academic, commercial, and media survey organizations such as Gallup, CNN, Pew Research Associates, the Wall Street Journal, and others.

Iter Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance VCU

Portal to resources including a bibliography of citations for books, articles, and essays on all aspects of medieval and Renaissance life. Also includes a directory of scholars, Iter Italicum, a collection of Capito letters, and more.