LEARNING RESOURCE CENTERS

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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Last updated: 11/01/09