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All Library Databases

 

General Databases
Academic OneFile Provides access to peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. Extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects.
Academic Search Premier Contains full-text for nearly 4,650 serials, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed publications.
Biography Resource Center Supports the study of notable individuals in the arts, business, government, history, popular culture, sports and more. Biography Resource Center contains more than 435,000 biographies on more than 340,000 people.
Biography and Genealogy Master Index Biography and Genealogy Master Index is designed to help you easily determine which publication to consult for biographical information. Indexed sources cover both living and deceased persons from every field of activity and from every country in the world. Typically current, readily available, standard reference works are indexed.
CQ Global Researcher Provides definitive, in-depth coverage of global affairs from a number of international viewpoints. CQ Global Researcher offers focused, readable, single-topic reports on vital world issues. These reports make use of such popular sections as "current situation," "pro-con," and a new feature called "voices from abroad."
CQ Researcher Offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues, with regular reports on topics including health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy.
Credo Reference Credo Reference is the world's largest online reference service featuring over 250 full-text reference titles covering all subject areas with over 3 million entries all aggregated and integrated in a robust search engine. Credo Reference has many new unique interactive features such as dynamic table functionality for world state, and county statistics, an interactive world atlas, flash animations, videos, poetry/literature readings, and a data visualization tool called the concept map. Credo Reference also features over 175,000 images, over 200,000 audio pronunciations, and a citation formatter in APA, MLA, and Chicago formats.
Discovering Collection Provides quick access to accurate information via an intuitive interface that takes the guesswork out of research. Discovering Collection allows students to get the "whole picture" on any curriculum topic.
Expanded Academic ASAP Multi-disciplinary database with over 1,400 peer-reviewed journals and 1,800 magazines.  Most titles are full text.
Gale Virtual Reference Library This is a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
General Reference Center Gold A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources in one easy-to-use interface. Use General Reference Center Gold to find articles from newspapers, reference books, and periodicals, many with full-text and images. Find the latest current events, popular culture, business and industry coverage, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more.
General OneFile More than 1,400 peer-reviewed journals and 6,600 magazines and other resources.  Most titles are full text.
GreenFILE GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment.
Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming,
green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database
provides indexing and abstracts for approximately 295,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for
more than 4,600 records.
JSTOR: Arts & Sciences Collection I Includes the complete back runs of 119 titles in fifteen disciplines. Established in 1997, it is JSTOR's first collection and includes many of the core research and society published journals in economics, history, political science, and sociology, as well as in other key fields in the humanities and social sciences. This collection also includes a selection of titles in the more science-oriented fields of ecology, mathematics, and statistics.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts Library, Information Science & Technology Abstract (LISTA) indexes more than 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s.
MasterFILE Premier Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 1,950 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also includes nearly 500 full text reference books, 84,011 biographies, 83,472 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 192,999 photos, maps and flags.
NetLibrary/Electronic Books NetLibrary provides access to digital versions of books, journals, and database content.
Opposing Viewpoints
Resource Center
Provides a complete one-stop source for information on social issues. Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.
 
What Do I Read Next?

Provides over 115,000 titles, more than 62,500 plot summaries, 561 awards titles, recommended reading lists and biographical information. Genres include inspirational, mystery, romance, science fiction, fantasy, horror, western and historical novels, general fiction, classic fiction and non-fiction.

 

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Health/Psychology

Medline Provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more.
CINAHL Indexing and abstracts for over 1,200 nursing and allied health journals.  No full text, but linked to full text in Academic Search Premier.
Health & Wellness Resource Center Health information from magazines, journals, newsletters, newspapers, pamphlets, and reference sources.  Most titles are full text.
Health Reference
Center Academic
This database contains articles on fitness, pregnancy, medicine, nutrition, diseases, public health, occupational health and safety, alcohol and drug abuse, HMO's, prescription drugs, etc.
PsycArticles A definitive source of full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology. The database contains more than 122,000 articles from 60 journals - 49 published by the APA and its imprint, the Educational Publishing Foundation.
PsycINFO Coverage of psychology and the psychological aspects of related disciplines.
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection Covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.

 

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Business

ABI/Inform Complete More than 1,600 business publications and information about over 60,000 companies.  Most titles are full text.
Business & Company
Resource Center
Detailed company, stock, and industry information.  Most titles are full text.
Business Source Premier This database offers information in nearly every area of business including management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, and more.
Regional Business News Incorporates 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

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Humanities
ARTstor ARTstor is a digital library of nearly one million images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes.
JSTOR: Arts & Sciences Collection I Includes the complete back runs of 119 titles in fifteen disciplines. Established in 1997, it is JSTOR's first collection and includes many of the core research and society published journals in economics, history, political science, and sociology, as well as in other key fields in the humanities and social sciences. This collection also includes a selection of titles in the more science-oriented fields of ecology, mathematics, and statistics.
Literary Reference Center LRC contains detailed information on the most studied authors and their works. Provides users with a broad spectrum of reference information from antiquity to the present day. LRC is a completely full-text database that combines information from over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, hundreds of literary journals, and unique sources not available anywhere else.

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Education
Educator's Reference Complete Articles from more than 300 journals and magazines, aimed at teachers, administrators, and school media specialists. Most titles are full text.
ERIC Indexing and abstracts for education journals and documents.  No full text, but linked to full text in Academic Search Premier.
Professional Development Collection Over 500 journals and more than 400 magazines aimed at education professionals.  Most titles are full text.
Teacher Reference Center This index contains over 260 titles from the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals, periodicals and
books. This database provides coverage on key education topics such as Assessment, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, Science & Mathematics, and more.

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Science
GreenFILE GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment.
Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming,
green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database
provides indexing and abstracts for approximately 295,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for
more than 4,600 records.
JSTOR: Biological Sciences The Biological Sciences Collection brings together the 29 journals available in our existing Ecology & Botany Collection (see Discipline-specific Collections below) with more than 100 titles that span the sciences. The collection is particularly strong in ecology and evolutionary biology, plant and animal sciences, paleontology, and conservation.
Science Resource Center Provides a one-stop resource for all science-related research needs. Coverage includes Earth Science, History of Science, Life Science, Physical Science, Science and Technology, Science as Inquiry and Space Science. Features include:
  • More than 50 proprietary reference titles, offering subject-specific topic overviews, biographies, science experiments and more
  • 270 full-text science magazines, ranging from those intended for a general audience to scholarly academic journals
  • More than 14,800 multimedia records, including pictures, illustrations, audio clips and video clips
  • Links to more than 500 Web sites, all chosen for their authoritative content and relevancy to the curriculum

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History
Biography Resource Center Supports the study of notable individuals in the arts, business, government, history, popular culture, sports and more. Biography Resource Center contains more than 435,000 biographies on more than 340,000 people.
Biography and Genealogy Master Index Biography and Genealogy Master Index is designed to help you easily determine which publication to consult for biographical information. Indexed sources cover both living and deceased persons from every field of activity and from every country in the world. Typically current, readily available, standard reference works are indexed.
History Resource Center: U.S. Covers U.S. history from pre-colonial times to the present. History Resource Center: U.S. brings together a broad collection of facts, primary documents and scholarly analysis. Includes encyclopedic articles, full-text periodicals and scholarly history journals, links to digitized special collections, audio and video clips of historic speeches and events and original materials from primary source microfilm's digital archives.
History Resource Center: World Offers users integrated access to a virtual library of resources needed to study the history of the world. The World collection consists of reference books, full-text periodicals and an extensive collection of primary source documents.
JSTOR: Arts & Sciences Collection I Includes the complete back runs of 119 titles in fifteen disciplines. Established in 1997, it is JSTOR's first collection and includes many of the core research and society published journals in economics, history, political science, and sociology, as well as in other key fields in the humanities and social sciences. This collection also includes a selection of titles in the more science-oriented fields of ecology, mathematics, and statistics.

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Newspapers
iConn Newsstand/
ProQuest Newspapers
5 newspapers:  Hartford Courant, Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and Washington Post.   All full text.
Newspaper Source 159 regional U.S. newspapers, 18 international newspapers, and 16 newswires.  Most articles are full text.

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Legal
LegalTrac Indexes over 875 titles including major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals. It also contains law-related articles from business and general interest titles. 

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