Databases: M

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

• Macroeconomic Advisers
  A St. Louis based company that provides economic forecasts for the United States. Some international data is available. Larry Meyer, former Federal Reserve Governor, is affiliated with this organization. Reports in the Public Reading Room are freely available. NOTE: does not work with Firefox; use Internet Explorer.
• The Making of Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800 - 1926
  Full-text. Covers the watershed period of legal development during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; a full-text collection of Anglo-American legal treatises of the period. More info
• The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources, 1620 - 1926
  Full-text. A fully searchable digital archive of the published records of the American colonies, documents published by state constitutional conventions, state codes, city charters, law dictionaries, digests and more.
• The Making of Modern Law: Trials, 1600 - 1926
  Full-text. A collection of content describing the courtroom dramas that scandalized society in America, the British Empire and the world. The literature of legal transcripts and sensational trial accounts offers an unfiltered narrative into the daily lives of everyday people. Trials publications may be the best historical source we have for sex, gender, class, marriage and divorce and raise interesting questions about the nature of celebrity and crime within a given era.
• The Making of the Modern World: The Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature (1460 - 1850)
  Full-text. Includes more than 59,500 titles (67,000 volumes), of books, serials, pamphlets, essays, and more. In over 11 million pages, it tracks the development of the modern, western world through the lens of trade and wealth. More info
• Marketline has changed names to Datamonitor 360
  Provides company performance data, key personnel, and financials information, along with industry insights.
• MarketResearch
  MarketResearch.com Academic provides libraries with the same vital information used by business professionals around the globe. Academic reports also provide primary research and expert analysis including: Industry Interviews, Competitive Analysis, Market Trends, Product Innovations, Buyer Behavior, Market Share.
• Marquis Who’s Who on the Web (5 concurrent users allowed)
  Full-text. Comprehensive profiles on over 1.3 million of the most accomplished individuals from all fields of endeavor including: government, business, science and technology, the arts, entertainment, and sports. More info
• MAS Ultra (1975 - )
  Full-text. Complements Academic Search Premier; contains full text for more than 700 popular magazines, plus biographies, primary source documents, pamphlets, and reference books. More info
• MathSciNet (1940 - )
  Journal index. Includes Mathematical Reviews, including review texts (abstracts), from 1940 to the present. More info
• Medieval and Early Modern Sources Online (MEMSO)
  Full-text. '...provides a large and growing resource of essential medieval and early modern sources online.' More info
• Medieval Sourcesonline
  Full-text. 'Developed from the Manchester University Press Medieval Sources series, this is an exciting electronic project which provides the full text of all of the books in the series for students, academics, colleges and universities.' More info
• MEDLINE (NIH/PubMed) (1946 - ) OR MEDLINE (EBSCOhost) (1965 - ) or MEDLINE (Web of Knowledge) (1950 - )
  Journal index. More than 3,500 journals published internationally, covering all areas of medicine. Updated daily. More info and other options
• Mental Measurements Yearbook has been merged with Tests in Print (1 concurrent user allowed)
  Mental Measurements Yearbook is a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments, covering psychology, education, business, leadership, and more. Tests in Print is a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language. More info
• Merck Index (14th ed., 2006)
  Full-text. Merck Index - An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals, now available and searchable through Knovel Library. Older editions are available in print.
• Methods in Organic Synthesis (2000 - )
  An alerting service covering the most important current developments in organic synthesis. More info
• Middle English Compendium
  Full-text. Includes access to the Middle English Dictionary (1100-1500), the HyperBibliography of Middle English, and the Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. More info
• The Middle East 1916-2001: A Documentary Record
  Full text. Part of The Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy at the Yale Law School Lillian Goldman Law Library.
• Military & Government Collection
  Full-text. Journal index. Complementing Academic Search Premier, and designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military, this database provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals, plus pamphlets and indexing of additional titles. More info
• John Milton Bibliography
  "This bibliography tries to bring together all manuscripts and editions of John Milton's works and all studies and critical statements concerning his life and works, all allusions and quotations, and all significant imitations during the years 1624-1799." More info
• Mintel Global Market Navigator
  'Mintel Global Market Navigator is a comprehensive database designed to give you and your business instant access to critical market data for consumer industries across the world. Very simply, at the touch of a button, Global Market Navigator will tell you the market size, segmentation and market share along with 5 years' historical and 5 years' forecast data.' (from database homepage) Once connected, scroll down and click 'accept' to enter the site.
• Mintel Reports
  Use this resource to find market research reports for a number of industries. The information in the reports is a mix of primary data collected by Mintel together with secondary source information. Once connected, scroll down and click 'I agree' to enter the site. Free individual registration is required.
• MLA International Bibliography (1926 - )
  Journal index. Literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore from over 4,000 journals and series published worldwide. Updated ten times per year. You may also access MLA Directory of Periodicals separately, or access both MLA International Bibliography and MLA Directory of Periodicals at the same time. More info
• Modern Hebrew Literature: a Bio-Bibliographical Lexicon
  An online database of 2000 entries in Hebrew updated daily with new entries and citations of secondary sources, many of them linked to reviews in Israeli dailies. It succeeds Getzel Kressel's magnum opus, Cyclopedia of Modern Hebrew Literature (1965 - 1967).
• Morningstar Investment Research Center (3 concurrent users allowed)
  Offers a real-time turnkey solution for investment research. Provides access to many popular Premium features of Morningstar.com®, including research and independent opinions on thousands of mutual funds, stocks, and exchange-traded funds.
• MUSE (Project MUSE)
  Full-text, journal index. About 100 scholarly journals, most recent 3-5 years. Journals can be searched individually, in groups, or all together. More info