Databases: G

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

• Gale Directory Library (2008 - )
  Full-text directories. Includes Publishers Directory beginning with the 2008, 32nd ed., and Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media, beginning with the 2008, 143rd edition.
• Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media: Search Gale Directory Library
  Full-text directories. Includes Publishers Directory beginning with the 2008, 32nd ed., and Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media, beginning with the 2008, 143rd edition.
• Gale Literary Index
  Indexes the Gale literary series, allowing you to find which Gale literature series include entries on an author and to search for the title of a literary work to see who wrote it and/or where it's discussed in Gale's literature criticism series. Note that the WUStL Libraries do not own all the series indexed, but we do have most of them. More info
• Gale Virtual Reference Library
  Full-text reference books. The Libraries have purchased more than 50 reference books from Gale, on a wide variety of topics. You can search them all at one time here.
• Gallup Brain (1935 - )
  Full-text. 'The Gallup Brain is a searchable, living record of more than 70 years of public opinion. Inside, you'll find answers to hundreds of thousands of questions, and responses from millions of people interviewed by The Gallup Poll since 1935. This unparalleled public opinion database also houses Gallup Poll and Gallup Management Journal articles that feature in-depth public opinion and management data analyses.' (through October, 2007; from database homepage)
• GAO Reports
  GAO's primary products are reports, often called "blue books," and testimony before Congress. GAO also issues correspondence (letters), which are narrower in scope, of more limited interest, and do not contain recommendations. With virtually the entire federal government subject to its review, the agency issues a steady stream of products, usually over 900 separate products a year.
• Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Life: see LGBT Life
  Journal/magazine index. 'LGBT Life is the premier resource to the world's literature regarding Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender issues.' More info
• GenderWatch (1974 - )
  Full-text. Journal index. A full-text collection of international journals, magazines, newsletters, regional publications, special reports, and conference proceedings devoted to women's and gender issues. Over 31,000 full text articles from approximately 115 publications and archival material dating as far back as 1974. Updated quarterly. More info
• General BusinessFile (InfoTrac©) is no longer available. Please use Business Source Complete (EBSCOhost©) instead. More info
• General Science Abstracts is no longer available. Please try either Academic Search Premier or the Sciences, General set of databases in Find it!
• Generation X: Americans Born 1965 to 1976 (2006)
  Full-text. 'Includes demographic and lifestyle data on Generation X. Provides the latest statistics on the labor force participation, living arrangements, incomes, health, spending, and wealth of this generation.' (from ebook homepage) Part of American Generations Series.
• GEOBASE (1980 - )
  Journal index. More than 500,000 records covering the worldwide literature on geology, geography, and ecology. Updated monthly. More info
• GeoRef (1785 - )
  Journal index. Now includes abstracts! Nearly 2 million records about geology and earth sciences. 1785 to the present (North American); 1933 to the present (entire world). Updated bi-monthly. More info
• German Books in Print (VlB)
  Verzeichnis Lieferbarer Bucher. Interface is in German. More info
• The Gerritsen Collection-Women's History Online, 1543-1945
  Full-text. More than 4,700 publications from continental Europe, the U.S., the United Kingdom, Canada, and New Zealand, dating from 1543-1945. The anti-feminist case is presented as well as the pro-feminist; many other titles present a purely objective record of the condition of women at a given time. More info
• GLBT Life, see LGBT Life
  Journal/magazine index. 'LGBT Life is the premier resource to the world's literature regarding Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender issues.' More info
• Global Books in Print
  Records of in-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming books and other materials from all English-speaking countries; updated quarterly. You might also want to try Amazon.com. More info
• globalEDGE™
  Created by the International Business Center at Michigan State University, globalEDGE™ is a knowledge web-portal that connects international business professionals worldwide to a wealth of information on global business activities. globalEDGE™ offers country insights, industry profiles, a blog, resources for teachers, diagnostic tools, and more.
• Global Health (1973 - present) and Global Health Archive (1912 - 1983)
  Journal Index. Global Health is a public health database that provides information on international health, biomedical life sciences, non-communicable diseases, public health nutrition, food safety and hygiene, and much more. Global Health Archive provides information on public health, tropical and communicable diseases, nutrition, helminthology, entomology, and mycology. Search both databases at once.
• Global Market Information Database
  From Euromonitor International, provides business intelligence on industries, countries and consumers. It offers integrated access to internationally comparable statistics, full-text market reports, insightful comment from expert industry and country analysts as well as thousands of sources of further information.
• Global NewsBank has been converted to Access World News.
• Google Patent Search
  All patents available through Google Patent Search come from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Patents issued in the United States are public domain government information, and images of the entire database of U.S. patents are readily available online via the USPTO website. Google Patent Search covers the entire collection of issued patents and millions of patent application made available by the USPTO from patents issued in the 1790s through those most recently issued in the past few months. Does not include international patents, though it may in the future.
• Google Scholar
  Scholarly literature from various sources on the Internet. More info
• GPO Catalog of United States Government Publications (1976 - )
  Listing of publications available from the U.S. Government Printing Office. More info
• [Columbia] Granger's World of Poetry
  Full-text of over 250,000 poems, and 450,000 poem citations. Create your own anthology by signing up for a free MyGranger's account; share folders with your friends and colleagues. Search not only by words in poems, subject, and author but also by gender, schools and movements, language, forms, nationality, era, and cultural identity. Use the split screen function to compare two poems side by side. Also included are audio recordings of some poems, and a history and criticism section with the full-text of award-winning books on poetry.
• GreenFILE
  Information covering all aspects of human impact on the environment. Indexes scholarly, government and general-interest titles. More info
• Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales (2007)
  Full-text. 'The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales offers English-speaking readers a unique introduction to the burgeoning field of folktale and fairy-tale studies... [a] central English-language resource that teachers, students, scholars, and other interested readers could consult to find reliable information about folktales and fairy tales in a global context... The scope of this work is accordingly broad in terms of its geographic and cultural coverage, its historical range, its disciplinary breadth, and its topical variety.' (from Preface on the site)
• Grove Art Online is now part of Oxford Art Online (8 concurrent users allowed)
  Full-text. Dictionary. A comprehensive and authoritative guide with extensive surveys and in-depth articles on the history of art; provides links to museums, galleries, and art collections around the world, as well as images. More info
• Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture (2007)
  Full-text. '...the most current and comprehensive reference resource for the visual arts of the Classical period...Drawing upon the unparalleled scholarship in The Dictionary of Art (1996), and adding dozens of newly commissioned entries on recent archaeological discoveries, fully updated bibliography and over 600 illustrations, this publication sets a new standard in Classical studies.' (from ebook homepage)
• Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts (2006)
  Full-text. '...contains over 3,000 entries covering thousands of years of decorative arts production throughout western and non-western cultures... Also included are hundreds of entries on the qualities and historical uses of materials, concise definitions on art forms and styles, and in-depth articles discussing the history of armor, jewelry, furniture, textiles, and ceramics.' (from ebook homepage)
• Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture (2009)
  Full-text. '...this work offers over 1,600 up-to-date entries on Islamic art and architecture ranging from the Middle East to Central and South Asia, Africa, and Europe and spans over a thousand years of history... Entries provide in-depth art historical and cultural information about dynasties, art forms, artists, architecture, rulers, monuments, archaeological sites and stylistic developments. In addition, over 500 illustrations of sculpture, mosaic, painting, ceramics, architecture, metalwork and calligraphy illuminate the rich artistic tradition of the Islamic world.' (from ebook homepage)
• Grove Music Online is now part of Oxford Music Online (3 concurrent users allowed)
  Full-text. Dictionary. Covers all aspects of music, and includes the New Grove Dictionary of Opera, the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, the Oxford Dictionary of Music, and the Oxford Companion to Music. More info
• Guide to Congress (2008)
  Full-text of the 6th edition. Provides an overview of the U.S. Congress, including origins and development, powers, procedures, etc.
• Guide to Political Campaigns in America (2005)
  Full-text. Provides an overview of political campaigns, including laws and regulations governing campaigns, voters and voting, specific campaings, etc.
• Guide to Reference
  Citations on more than 16,000 reference works on all topics, including dictionaries, encyclopedias, directories, etc. NOTE: to export, print, or email citations, or use the other features of the site beyond basic searching, you must create a free user account.
• Guide to the Presidency (2008)
  Full-text of the 4th edition. Provides an overview of the U.S. Presidency, including origins and development, selection and removal, powers, procedures, biographies, etc.
• Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court (2004)
  Full-text of the 4th edition. Provides an overview of the U.S. Supreme Court, including origins and development, members of the Court, etc.
• Guide to U.S. Elections (2005)
  Full-text of the 5th edition. Provides an overview of the U.S. elections system, political parties, and presidential, congressional, and gubernatorial elections.
• GuideStar (5 concurrent users allowed)
  Full-text. Provides information about the operations, personnel, and finances of nonprofit organizations. More info