Database Information
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ABC-CLIO Ebooks
Contains over 3,000 searchable ebooks on a wide range of subjects
Academic Search Complete
Academic Search Complete is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 7,900 full-text periodicals, including more than 6,800 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 11,900 journals and a total of more than 12,600 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.
ACLS Humanities Ebook Collection
An online collection of over 3,700 high quality books in the humanities.
Alt HealthWatch
Offers libraries full text articles for more than 180 international journals and reports on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.
America: History and Life
America: History and Life™ is the definitive index of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. With indexing for 1,700 journals from as far back as 1910, this database is without question the most important bibliographic reference tool for students and scholars of U.S. and Canadian history
American Chemical Society Journals
Full text access to the Journal of Chemical Education, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Organic Chemistry, and Chemistry and Engineering News Online, and searchable abstracts for the other ACS journals.
American Civil War: Letters and Diaries
This 100,000-page collection contains detailed, firsthand descriptions of historical characters and events, glimpses of daily life in the army, anecdotes about key events and personages, accounts of sufferings at home, a rich battles database, and others.
America's Historical Newspapers, 1690-1900
Contains hundreds of historic newspapers listed in Clarence Brigham's authoritative bibliography and in additional subsequent bibliographies.
America's News Magazines (Newsbank)
10 magazines in areas of business, news, entertainment, science and technology, lifestyle and sports.
America's Newspapers (Newsbank)
Provides full-text articles from the electronic editions of record for more than 700 U.S. newspapers
Annual Reviews
Full-text access to Annual Review titles published by Academic Press.
ARTstor
Digital image repository including architecture, painting, photography, sculpture, decorative arts and design, as well as archeological and anthropological objects
Associates Programs Source
Updated weekly with primary focus on disciplines of study within associate degrees and certification programs.
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Biography in Context
This database contains over 600,000 biographies on more than 500,000 people gathered from more than 170 award-winning Gale reference sources.
BioOne
Includes a broad selection of the full-texts, peer-reviewed journals and bulletins published by AIBS (American Institues of Biological Sciences) member societies and other closely related organizations
Business Source Complete
Business Source Complete contains searchable cited references for more than 1,300 journals. Business Source Complete also contains detailed author profiles for the 40,000 most-cited authors in the database.
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Cambridge Books Online
Cambridge University Press is one of the largest and most prestigious
academic publishers in the world and we are widely respected as a world
leader in publishing for subjects as diverse as astronomy, Shakespeare
studies, economics, mathematics and politics.
The Civil War: Antebellum to Reconstruction, 1843-1877
This unique resource features more than 150 newspapers from all regions of the United States—plus approximately 50,000 government documents and 4,000 rare broadsides and pieces of ephemera. Together, this diverse collection of primary materials provides unprecedented local and national coverage of American culture, politics and society from 1840 through 1877—a tumultuous time that redefined a nation.
Communication & Mass Media Complete
CMMC offers cover-to-cover ("core") indexing and abstracts for more than 550 journals, and selected ("priority") coverage of nearly 200 more, for a combined coverage of 737 titles. Furthermore, this database includes full text for over 440 journals. Many major journals have indexing, abstracts, PDFs and searchable cited references from their first issues to the present (dating as far back as 1915). CMMC contains a sophisticated Communication Thesaurus and comprehensive reference browsing (i.e. searchable cited references for peer-reviewed journals covered as "core").
Computers & Applied Sciences Complete
Covers the research and development spectrum of the computing and applied sciences disciplines.
Consumer Health Complete
A full-text, comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content that is designed to foster an overall understanding of health-related topics covering all areas of health and wellness.
Contemporary Women's Issues
Contemporary Women's Issues (CWI) is a multidisciplinary, full-text database that brings together relevant content from mainstream periodicals, "gray" literature, and the alternative press -- with a focus on the critical issues and events that influence women's lives in more than 190 countries.
CQ Electronic Library
The definitive reference resource for research in American government, politics, history, public policy, current affairs, and global issues.
Credo Reference
Hundreds of reference books in a broad range of subjects (formerly XreferPlus)
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Early American Imprints
The definitive resource for information about every aspect of life in 17th- and 18th-century America, from agriculture and auctions through foreign affairs, diplomacy, literature, music, religion, the Revolutionary War, temperance, witchcraft, and just about any other topic imaginable. Upon completion, Evans Digital will consist of more than 36,000 works and 2,400,000 images.
Early American Newspapers, 1690-1900
Contains hundreds of historic newspapers listed in Clarence Brigham's authoritative bibliography and in additional subsequent bibliographies.
Early Encounters in North America
Documents the relationships among peoples in North America from 1534 to 1850 focusing on personal accounts, and provides unique perspectives from traders, slaves, missionaries, explorers, soldiers, native peoples, and officials, both men and women. It also includes nearly 1,000 prints, drawings, paintings, maps, bibliographies, letters, photographs, and original facsimile pages.
EBSCO eBook Collection
Formerly NetLibrary, this is a collection of over of 80,000 ebooks from major publishers
EconLit
EconLit, published by the American Economic Association, provides bibliographic coverage of a wide range of economics-related literature.
Economia y Negocios
A collaborative effort between EBSCO Publishing and ESAN (Escuela de Administración de Negocios para Graduados) to provide coverage for over 300 Spanish and Portuguese-language periodicals published in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Spain, the United States and elsewhere.
Education Research Complete
Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing.
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
Unique and dynamic resource that covers the entire range of life sciences research
Environment Complete
Covers applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more.
ERIC (ProQuest)
Provides a public Web site for searching nearly 1.2 million citations going back to 1966 and, with contributor permission, accessing more than 110,000 full-text materials in the subject area of education.
European Views of the Americas: 1493-1750
This database is a comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750. It covers the history of European exploration as well as portrayals of native American peoples. A wide range of subject areas are covered; from natural disasters to disease outbreaks and slavery.
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Factiva
Provides essential business news and information
FirstSearch
Includes ERIC, Medline, and WorldCat
Fuente Academica
This multi-disciplinary database provides full text (including PDF) for a rapidly growing collection of scholarly Spanish language journals.
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Gale Powersearch
Cross search General Onefile and the Gale Virtual Reference Library. Also provides access to additional Gale biography and literature databases.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research
General Onefile
News and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social sciences, sports, technology, and many general interest topics
GreenFILE
GreenFILE is a bibliographic database of information about environmental concerns going back 35 years and covers scholarly as well as non-scholarly titles. It contains almost 300,000 records with searchable cited references and has some limited full-text articles.
GREENR (Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources)
GREENR is an authoritative online resource that focuses on the academic study of sustainability and the environment. It includes news, video, primary source documents and more
GPO Monthly Catalog
Covers all types of U.S. government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by executive departments (Defense, State, Labor, Office of the President, etc.). This database includes only bibliographic citations, however online access links are included wherever possible. 1976 to the present.
Grove Art Online
Provides web access to the entire text of The Dictionary of Art (1996, 34 vols.) and The Oxford Companion to Western Art (2001) (now Oxford Art Online)
Grove Music Online
An integrated music resource on the web, including the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (second edition; 29 volumes; London, 2001), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera (4 volumes; London, 1992), and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (second edition; 3 volumes; London, 2002) (now Oxford Music Online)
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HarpWeek
Harper’s Weekly, America's leading 19th century illustrated newspaper
Health Source: Consumer Edition
Health Source: Consumer Edition provides access to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines on many health topics.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines and also features the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide.
Historical Abstracts
Covers periodical literature and some books dealing with world history, excluding the U.S. and Canada, since 1450
Hospitality & Tourism Complete
Contains more than 721,000 records from more than 650 titles covering scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism.
Human Kinetics Journals
Search abstracts of Human Kinetics journals. The following journals are full text: International Journal of Athletic Therapy and Training, Journal of Sport Management, Journal of Sport Rehabilitation, Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, and Sociology of Sport Journal.
Humanities International Complete
Produced by Whitston Publishing (an imprint of EBSCO Publishing), this database includes all data from Humanities International Index .
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In the First Person
Index to English language personal narratives, including letters, diaries, memoirs, autobiographies, and oral histories
Ingenta
This database gives access to around 4,500 journals and to over 20,000 abstracts in all subject fields.
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JSTOR
Online journal collection that contains the backfile of journals from a variety of subject areas
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Legal Collection
Contains full text for more than 250 of the world's most respected, scholarly law journals with information on current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world.
LEXIS-NEXIS Academic
Access to a wide range of regional, local, and international news; company and financial information; and legal, medical and reference information.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
Coverage on subjects such as librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more
Literature Resource Center
Single-search access to an assortment of traditional literary reference works; critical information on authors and their works; current journal articles; and additional resources
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Mango Languages
Mango Languages includes a variety of resources to help patrons learn practical conversation skills for languages spoken all around the world. First time users must create a Mango account.
MasterFILE Premier
MasterFILE™ Premier contains full text for more than 1,750 periodicals, full text for nearly 500 reference books, 86,019 biographies, 105,787 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 293,480 photos, maps & flags.
MathSciNet
Covers the world's mathematical literature since 1940. MathSciNet provides Web access to the bibliographic data and reviews of mathematical research literature contained in the Mathematical Reviews Database.
MedicLatina
A collection of medical research and investigatory journals from renowned Latin American and Spanish publishers in native Spanish.
Medline
MEDLINE on this service contains over 4 million citations and abstracts, providing unparalleled access to worldwide biomedical literature. The database contains a broad range of medical topics relating to research, clinical practice, administration, policy issues, and health care services.
Mergent Horizon
Seamless capabilities for finding, filtering and organizing information about companies and industries.
Mergent Online
Information on over 35,000 publicly traded companies -- approximately 12,000 domestic public companies, 24,000 international public companies, and 10,000 extinct (due to merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, etc) global public companies. Company histories and over 200,000 annual reports in pdf, 30 years of stock prices, and more.
Military & Government Collection
Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government through a collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content.
MLA
The MLA International Bibliography indexes books, articles and dissertations published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics, providing coverage from 1926 to the present. It includes the MLA Thesaurus and the MLA Directory of Periodicals, which lists detailed information on over 5,500 journals, including over 4,400 indexed in the bibliography
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Nature
International weekly journal of science, topics range from Bone Marrow to Spinal cord; from biology to Physics
NAXOS
Naxos Music Library is the most comprehensive collection of classical music available online. It includes the complete Naxos, Marco Polo and Dacapo catalogues of over 85,000 tracks, including Classical music, Jazz, World, and Folk music. While listening, you can read notes on the works being played as well as biographical information on composers or artists in Naxos's extensive database
Newsbank
Provides full-text articles of current newspapers, magazines, historical newspapers, and early American imprints
Newspaper Source Plus
Cover-to-cover full text for 131 national & international newspapers and selective full text for more than 335 U.S newspapersas well as full-text television & radio news transcripts.
North American Women's Letters and Diaries
Contains 1,500 American and Canadian women’s diaries and correspondence. Spanning more than 300 years , the 150,000 pages of materials provide a detailed record of women's daily life.
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Oxford Art Online
A database that includes Grove Art Online and other Oxford Art resources.
Oxford English Dictionary
Searchable online version of the Oxford English Dictionary
Oxford Music Online
Formerly Grove Music Online
Oxford Reference Online
Brings together language and subject reference works from one of the world's biggest reference publishers into a single cross-searchable resource
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PAIS International and PAIS Archive
Contains references to more than 553,300 journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports, publications of international agencies, microfiche, Internet material, and more
Polling the Nation
"Compilation of more than 14,000 surveys conducted by more than 700 polling organizations in the United States and more than 80 other countries from 1986 to the present"
Project Muse
Full text of scholarly journals in the humanities, the social sciences, and mathematics published by Johns Hopkins University Press
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: Full Text
PQDT — Full Text includes 2.7 million searchable citations to dissertations and theses from around the world from 1861 to the present day together with 1.2 million full text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format
PsycArticles
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PsycInfo
Contains more than 2 million citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection
Covers information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods
PubMedCentral
Digital archive of life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), developed and managed by NIH's National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) in the National Library of Medicine (NLM)
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Regional Business News
Regional business publications (including titles from Crain Communications) with full text for more than 50 sources and 67 periodicals indexed and abstracted.
Religion and Philosophy Collection
Extensive coverage of such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy through nearly 300 full text journals
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Salem Health
The online versions of Salem Health: Cancer, Complementary & Alternative Medicine, Genetics and Inherited Conditions, Infectious Diseases & Conditions, Magill's Medical Guide, and Psychology and Mental Health through Salem Health.
Salem History
The online version of the Salem Press Decades series, Encyclopedia of American Immigration, Historical Encyclopedia of American Business, Milestone Documents in African American History, Notorious Lives, and Survey of American Industry and Careers.
Salem Literature
The online version of Critical Surveys (Long Fiction; American Poets; British, Irish, and Commonwealth Poets; European Poets; World Poets; Cumulative Indexes: Poetry, and Topical Essays: Poetry) and Critical Insights (Pride and Prejudice) through Salem Literature.
Salem Science
The online version of Applied Science, Earth Science, the Encyclopedia of Energy, the Encyclopedia of Global Resources, the Encyclopedia of Environmental Issues, and the Encyclopedia of Mathematics & Society.
Salud en Espanol (CHC Spanish Version)
Consumer Health Complete designed for the everyday consumer of Spanish-language health care information
Scifinder Scholar
Bibliographic and reference research database from Chemical Abstracts Services (CAS). Only one user license is available at a time. First time users click here for registration.
Scirus
Comprehensive science-specific search engine, searches over 250 million science-specific Web pages
Statesman's Yearbook World
Arranged by nation, Statesman’s Yearbook offers access to quick facts and figures concerning politics, culture and economics. You can browse via region or nation. Other important features include a detailed international year in review and the ability to compare basic statistics from two nations side by side.
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Teacher Reference Center
Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 270 of popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators.
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Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
Source of detailed information on more than 290,000 periodicals of all types -- academic and scholarly journals, Open Access publications, peer-reviewed titles, popular magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and more from around the world
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Vente et Gestion(French Business Source)
Vente et Gestion provides full text coverage for French language business journals.
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Wiley Online Library
(search catalog for indivdual titles)
Women's Studies International
Women’s Studies International, produced by NISC, covers the core disciplines in Women’s Studies to the latest scholarship in feminist research, spanning from 1972 and earlier to the present.
World History in Context
Includes reference works, periodicals, primary source materials, news, and maps/multimedia.
WorldCat
Includes millions of bibliographic records for items cataloged by OCLC member libraries, representing material in over 400 languages
