Databases: D

Some databases are restricted to the Washington University community. Information about access from outside WU campuses.

• DataLab (NCES)
  Statistics compiled by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the U.S. and other nations.
• DemographicsNow
  'With DemographicsNow you can analyze the demographic and market potential of any geography in the U.S.' More info
• Design & Applied Arts Index (1973 - )
  Journal Index. Indexes design and craft journals and newspapers published from 1973 onwards. More info
• DGRWeb
  Full-text. ACS Directory of Graduate Research. More info
• Dictionary of American Family Names
  Full-text. 'The Dictionary of American Family Names contains more than 70,000 of the most commonly occurring surnames in the United States, giving their comparative frequencies, linguistic and historical explanations, selected associated forenames, and occasional genealogical notes...it explains the meanings—some intuitive, some amusing, and some quite surprising—of the family names for more than 90 percent of the U.S. population.' (from database homepage)
• (New Palgrave) Dictionary of Economics
  Full-text. 'The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd edition, edited by Steven N. Durlauf and Lawrence E. Blume, contains over 1,850 articles by more than 1,500 of the world's leading economists.' (from database homepage) More info
• (Oxford) Dictionary of National Biography
  Full-text. '50,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2000.' More info
• The Dictionary of Substances and their Effects (DOSE) Database
  Full-text. The DOSE database contains data on 4123 chemicals which have been studied for environmental impact or toxicity, and provides all the required information for the assessment of risks associated with the use of those chemicals. No userid and password are required. More info
• Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages (2006)
  Full-text. '...contains more than 20,000 brief biographical entries on women, including thousands of entries on non-U.S. figures.' (from ebook homepage)
• Digitale Bibliothek Deutscher Klassiker
  Full-text. Contains a wide array of classic German literature, from early German texts to the major German writers of the 19th century. More info
• Directory of Obsolete Securities (FII Online)
  Click Auto Login and agree to terms. FII Online allows you to point your browser to FII's database and inquire by CUSIP, Issuer / Issue Description, Tickler Date (date of action - e.g. expiration date), Service Type (Called Bonds, Reorganization, Put Options, Warrants, Stock Guide or Bond Guide), Record Type (e.g. Corporate Redemptions, Mergers, etc.), and more.
• Directory of Published Proceedings (1965 - )
  Directory. Identifies material from more than 40,000 conferences, meetings & symposia. Also contains MInd: The Meetings Index, free information on more than 10,000 conferences, meetings & symposia.
• Disclosure Corporate Snapshots (current data )
  Corporate and financial information on corporations whose shares are traded in the U.S. Updated weekly. More info
• DiscoveryGate
  A web-based interface for accessing a number of chemistry databases. Accessible only by Washington University students, faculty, and staff. More info
• Dissertation Abstracts Online
  Access via FirstSearch has been replaced by access to the ProQuest version of this database, below. The citations are the same - but you also get 24-page previews for many dissertations and theses in the ProQuest version. More info
• Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest) (1861 - )
  The complete range of academic subjects appearing in dissertations accepted at accredited institutions since 1861. Abstracts included from July 1980; abstracts for masters theses beginning Spring 1988. Updated monthly. You might also want to look at Dissertations & Theses @ Washington University in St. Louis, below. More info
• Dissertations & Theses @ Washington University in St. Louis (1996 - )
  Full-text. Citations and abstracts of dissertations and theses submitted by Washington University and published in UMI's Dissertation Abstracts database. You can view 24 page previews of dissertations and theses published after 1996, and download the full text (free from WUSTL campus IP addresses and via the proxy server for current WUSTL students, faculty, and staff). More info
• Doing Business
  Provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement. The Doing Business indicators are comparable across 155 economies. They indicate the regulatory costs of business and can be used to analyze specific regulations that enhance or constrain investment, productivity and growth. Produced by World Bank/Internatinal Finance Corporation.
• Dolley Madison Digital Edition (part of Rotunda)
  Full text. 'Dolley Payne Madison was the most important First Lady of the nineteenth century. The DMDE will be the first-ever complete edition of all of her known correspondence. It is currently complete through April 1837, with a total of 964 documents.' (from database homepage) More info
• Duden-Suche
  Full-text. Collection of Duden dictionaries.
• Dyabola (Archäologische Bibliographie via Projekt Dyabola)
  Based on the catalog of the German Archaeological Institute, the Archäologische Bibliographie is the major bibliographical database for classical archaeology. More info