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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.
Britannica Online In addition to the the largest, most authoritative encyclopedia in the world, Britannica Online includes:
  • World Data Analyst – Britannica’s exclusive database of current and past statistics on the countries of the world
  • Gateway to the Classics – An extensive collection of significant works in literature, philosophy, history and science
  • Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary & Thesaurus
  • Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Quotations
  • BBC & New York Times daily headlines
  • The Web’s Best
Britannica Original Sources A comprehensive compilation of more than 350,000 documents, authentic images, and 5,500 full-length books. The content is organized in eight major collections: World History, U.S. History, Science and Mathematics, Social Science, Literature, Political Science and Law, Language, and Philosophy and Religion.
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.
Expanded Academic ASAP Multi-disciplinary database with over 1,400 peer-reviewed journals and 1,800 magazines.  Most titles are full text.
Facts.com Contains five core databases: World News 1940-2005, Issues and Controversies, Today's science, The World Almanac, and The World Almanac Encyclopedia.
Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia Indexes over 25,000 records, covering an array of topics. Full text for each record may be easily accessed by double clicking on the topic from the display. The database contains various images, offers brief biographies as well as information in a variety of subject areas.
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.
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.
 
Primary Search Primary Search provides full text for nearly 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. This database is updated daily.

 

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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.
Pre-CINAHL Indexing for current CINAHL journals not yet available in the full database.  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.
Campus Research Campus Research is an online research service that provides a comprehensive collection of news, business, and law related information for students.
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.
Britannica Original Sources A comprehensive compilation of more than 350,000 documents, authentic images, and 5,500 full-length books. The content is organized in eight major collections: World History, U.S. History, Science and Mathematics, Social Science, Literature, Political Science and Law, Language, and Philosophy and Religion.
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
Facts.com - Today's Science Contains five core databases: World News 1940-2005, Issues and Controversies, Today's science, The World Almanac, and The World Almanac Encyclopedia.
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 Reference Center Provides articles from scientific reference books, magazines, journals, biographies and images. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, physics, technology, and wildlife.

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History
History Reference Center Provides articles from magazines, journals, reference and non-fiction books; biographies, documents and speeches; maps and photographs. Also includes film and video clips of social, political and cultural historical events of the 20th Century from 1893 to 1985.
Britannica Original Sources A comprehensive compilation of more than 350,000 documents, authentic images, and 5,500 full-length books. The content is organized in eight major collections: World History, U.S. History, Science and Mathematics, Social Science, Literature, Political Science and Law, Language, and Philosophy and Religion.

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Newspapers
Campus Research Campus Research is an online research service that provides a comprehensive collection of news, business, and law related information for students.
iConn Newsstand/
ProQuest Newspapers
5 newspapers:  The 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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Law
Campus Research Campus Research is an online research service that provides a comprehensive collection of news, business, and law related information for students.
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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Other Resources
EBSCO Animals Offers in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals.
AP Photo Archive More than 750,000 current and historical new photos and graphics from the Associated Press.
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.
Informe! (Revistas en Espanol) Spanish-language and bilingual magazines and journals.  Most titles are full text.
MAS Ultra (tm) (School Edition) This comprehensive database, designed specifically for high school libraries, contains full text for nearly 500 popular, high school magazines including America's Civil War, American Heritage, American History, Archaeology, Astronomy, Bioscience, Careers & Colleges, Civil War Times, Congressional Digest, Discover, Economist, History Today, Nation, National Review, New Republic, New Scientist, Popular Science, Science News, Scientific American, Smithsonian, World War II, etc. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for 84,074 biographies and 86,135 primary source documents.
Student Edition - K12 Formerly SuperTOM, this database is designed for high school students, with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Student Edition Formerly SuperTOM, this database is designed for high school students, with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Junior Edition - K12 Formerly SuperTOM Junior, this periodical database is designed for students in junior high and middle school, with magazines, newspapers and reference books (most are full-text) for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
 
Junior Edition 2003 - Jan 2006 Formerly SuperTOM Junior, this periodical database is designed for students in junior high and middle school, with magazines, newspapers and reference books (most are full-text) for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
 
Kid's Edition - K12 Formerly PrimaryTOM, this periodical database is designed for elementary school students, with easy access to full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
 
Kid's Edition Formerly PrimaryTOM, this periodical datFabase is designed for elementary school students, with easy access to full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
 
Kids InfoBits Jan 2006 Kids InfoBits meets the research needs of students in Kindergarten through Grade 5. It features a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, a subject-based topic tree search and full-text, age-appropriate, curriculum-related magazine, newspaper and reference content for information on current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
 

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Last updated: 11/09/08