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ABI Inform Global-ProQuest   "One of the world's first electronic databases, ABI/INFORM has been a premier source of business information for more than 30 years. The database contains content from thousands of journals that help researchers track business conditions, trends, management techniques, corporate strategies, and industry-specific topics worldwide."   Back To Databases


Academic Search Complete   "Full-text database of peer-reviewed academic journals, offering critical information from many sources found in no other database.The journals offered cover nearly all areas of study – including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, etc."   Back To Databases


Access World News   "The electronic editions of record for valuable local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers--all in one easy-to-search database.Each paper provides unique coverage of local and regional news, including companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and people in the community. Paid ads are excluded."   Back To Databases


Accessible Special Collections   "Published in Philadelphia from 1728 through 1800, The Pennsylvania Gazette is considered The New York Times of the 18th century. It provides the reader with a first hand view of colonial America, the American Revolution and the New Republic, and offers important social, political and cultural perspectives of each of the periods. Thousands of articles, editorials, letters, news items and advertisements cover the Western Hemisphere, from the Canadian Maritime Provinces, through the West Indies and North and South America, giving a detailed glimpse of issues and lifestyles of the times. Also included is the full-text of such important writings such as: the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, Letters from a Farmer, Thomas Payne`s Common Sense, The Federalist Papers, etc."   Back To Databases


AccuNet/AP   "The AccuNet™ /AP® Multimedia Archive is the most extensive online collection of copyright-released multimedia material available. It contains The Associated Press' current year's photo library and a wide selection of images from their vast negative and print library, dating from the 1840s. Today, the Multimedia Archive contains over 750,000 photos and continues to grow daily as hundreds of new photos are added to the Archive."   Back To Databases


ACM Digital Library   "Full text of every article ever published by ACM-Association for Computing Machinery.".   Back To Databases


Agricola-Ebsco   "The records describe publications and resources encompassing all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines, including animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, plant sciences, forestry, aquaculture and fisheries, farming and farming systems, agricultural economics, extension and education, food and human nutrition, and earth and environmental sciences. Although the AGRICOLA database does not contain the materials, thousands of AGRICOLA records are linked to full-text documents online, with new links added daily."   Back To Databases


America History & Life   "Is a complete bibliographic reference to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Published since 1964, the database comprises over 490,000 bibliographic entries for periodicals dating back to 1954."   Back To Databases


American Chemical Society Journals   "The Publications Division strives to provide its members and the worldwide scientific community a comprehensive collection, in any medium, of high-quality information products and services that advance the practice of the chemical and related sciences. Currently, over 30 peer-reviewed journals and magazines are published or co-published by the Publications Division."   Back To Databases


American National Biography   "Offers portraits of more than 17,400 men and women -- from all eras and walks of life -- whose lives have shaped the nation. updated quarterly, with hundreds of new entries each year and revisions of previously published entries to enhance their accuracy and currency."   Back To Databases


American State Papers 1789-1838   ""A rich source of primary material on many aspects of early American history, American State Papers, 1789-1838, features not only new bibliographic records for every one of its 6,354 publications, but also superior images created by digitizing every page of every publication from the print volumes issued between 1832 and 1861."   Back To Databases


Annual Reviews   "Distinguished researchers and editors synthesize and filter the vast amount of primary research in specific disciplines to guide you to the principal contributions of the field. Each year, Annual Reviews critically reviews the most significant primary research literature to help you keep up to date in your area of research."    Back To Databases"


Article First   "OCLC index of articles from the contents pages of journals. Includes items listed on the table of contents pages of journals. Not full-text."   Back To Databases


Bibliography of Native North Americans   "A bibliographic database covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life. This resource covers a wide range of topics including archaeology, multicultural relations, gaming, governance, legend, and literacy. BNNA contains more than 80,000 citations for books, essays, journal articles, and government documents of the United States and Canada. Dates of coverage for included content range from the sixteenth century to the present. The database is an essential research tool for anthropologists, educators, historians, political scientists, sociologists, psychologists, legal and medical researchers, linguists, theologians, ethnobotanists, and policy makers. BNNA will appeal to anyone interested in exploring the contributions, struggles, and issues surrounding North America's indigenous peoples."   Back To Databases


Biography Resource Center   "Is a comprehensive database of biographical information on over 320,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas."   Back To Databases


Books In Print   "The industry’s largest Web-based bibliographic resource for professionals. Find what you're looking for quickly and easily, using our unbiased, authoritative, and comprehensive database of over 5 million book, audio book, and video titles."   Back To Databases


BNA Tax Practice Library   "Expert Analysis, Productivity Tools,Primary Sources, News and Commentary, Journals and Special Reports. The BNA Tax Management Library is the only tax planning resource to offer expert analysis and practice tools from the world's leading tax authorities along with the rest of the tax resources you need in one, integrated Library." Not a full subscription.   Back To Databases


Britannica Online   "Encyclopædia Britannica Online includes the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, Britannica Student Encyclopedia and the Britannica Book of the Year. You can also use Encyclopædia Britannica Online to search an Internet directory that includes more than 300,000 links to Web sites selected, rated, and reviewed by Britannica editors."   Back To Databases


Business & Company Resource Center   "Is a comprehensive research tool that meets core curriculum requirements in undergraduate and graduate case study work as well as the business research needs of the job seeker or casual investor. It offers dynamic, accurate, and up-to-date topical business information and company and industry intelligence on thousands of global companies."   Back To Databases


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Business Source Complete   "Designed specifically for business schools and libraries, provides full text for more than 8,500 scholarly business journals and other sources, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications."    Back To Databases


Cabell's Directories   "Preface & How to Use the Directory, How the Directory helps You to Publish Ideas, Journal Entries & Index,EACH JOURNAL ENTRY INCLUDES Editor’s Name, Address, Phone, Fax, Email & Web Address Manuscript Guidelines; Acceptance Rate Review Type, Process & Time; Number of Reviewers; Circulation & Price; & Type of Readership DIRECTORY INDEX CLASSIFIES Journals by different Topic Areas & provides information on: Type of Review, No. of External Reviewers & Acceptance Rate".   Back To Databases


CCH Tax Research Network   "Access to the IRS Code, Federal Tax Ruglations, Cases, Letter rulings & IRS positions, Rulings & other docs, IRS publications, Internal Revenue Manual, information on all Tax areas and much more."    Back To Databases


Choice Reviews Ohnline   "Provides Web access to the entire database of CHOICE reviews published since September 1988. The database is updated monthly, generally at mid-month, with reviews that will be printed in the next monthly issue of CHOICE. The newest reviews appear, arranged by academic discipline and broad cross-disciplinary topic, in Current Issue."   Back To Databases


Chronicle of Higher Education   "Is the No. 1 source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators. Online, The Chronicle is published every weekday and is the top destination for news, advice, and jobs for people in academe. The Chronicle's Web site features the complete contents of the latest issue; daily news and advice columns; thousands of current job listings; articles published since September 1989; vibrant discussion forums; and career-building tools such as online CV management, salary databases, and more."   Back To Databases


Clase and Periódica   "CLASE indexes documents published in Latin American journals specializing in the social sciences and humanities. PERIODICA covers journals specializing in science and technology. Offers access to more than 300,000 bibliographic citations from documents published in 2,600 scholarly journals published in the Spanish, Portuguese, French and English languages."   Back To Databases


Classical Music Library   "Classical Music Library is the world's largest multi-label database of recordings for listening and learning in libraries. Coverage of repertoire is increasing as new labels are added (currently over 32 labels), with a particular focus on contemporary music and women composers."    Back To Databases


Computer Source   "Provides researchers with the latest information and current trends in high technology. This database offers full text for nearly 300 publications, covering topics such as computer science, programming, artificial intelligence, cybernetics, information systems, robotics, and software. In addition, this database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 450 publications.   Back To Databases


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Conference Board's Research Collection Online   "Creates and disseminates knowledge about management and the marketplace to help businesses strengthen their performance and better serve society. Working as a global, independent membership organization in the public interest, we conduct research, convene conferences, make forecasts, assess trends, publish information and analysis, and bring executives together to learn from one another."    Back To Databases


Congressional Universe-CIS   "Source for Congressional publications, legislative information, text of bills, legislative history of a law, Congressional members informations, committees and much more."    Back To Databases


Consumer Health Complete   "Provides convenient access to easily understandable health and medical information. You can search and browse within medical encyclopedias, popular reference books, and magazine articles."    Back To Databases


CQ Researcher   "Offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy. Each 12,000-word CQ Researcher report is a unique work, investigated and written by a seasoned journalist. It can be read in its entirety or by section, which include a background and chronology; an assessment of the current situation; tables and maps; pro/con statements from representatives of opposing positions; and bibliographies of key sources."    Back To Databases


Criminal Justice Abstracts   "Criminal Justice Abstracts covers crime trends, crime prevention and deterrence, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, police, courts, punishment and sentencing. The database contains indexes and summaries of international journal articles, books, and governmental and non-governmental reports on a wide range of topics in criminal justice."    Back To Databases


Dallas Morning News   "From August 12, 1984-present."    Back To Databases


Dallas Morning News Historical Archive   "Dallas Morning News from January 1885-December 1977."    Back To Databases


Dictionary of Literary Biography   "Provides nearly 10,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of influential literary figures from all eras and genres."    Back To Databases


Dissertations & Thesis   "Which allows you online access to citations and abstracts for every title in the Dissertation Abstracts database. Titles published since 1997 are available in PDF digital format and have 24 page previews available."    Back To Databases


Directory of Open Access Journals   "Provides indexing, abstracting, and free full text access for selected international scholarly journals in many subject areas, including agriculture and food science, biology, chemistry, health science, languages and literature, mathematics, physics, engineering, the arts, business, environmental science, history, law, political science, philosophy, religion, and social science."   Back To Databases


Early American Imprints, Series I-Evans   "Based on the renowned American Bibliography by Charles Evans. The definitive resource for 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."    Back To Databases


Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker   "Chronicles the people, ideas and events behind the early political, social, cultural and geographic growth of the United States, allowing researchers to explore the development of the American nation as never before. Designed for researchers of varying skill levels, the intuitive interface offers both simple and advanced searching as well as in-depth browsing within author lists and subject categories. Bibliographic records from the American Antiquarian Society are integrated. Students and faculty can study the emergence of American arts and literature, follow the progression of American economic, religious and scientific thought, track the westward expansion, and much more."    Back To Databases


Early American Newspapers, Series I, 1690-1876   "Early American Newspapers features cover-to-cover reproductions of hundreds of historic newspapers, providing more than one million pages as fully text-searchable facsimile images. For students and scholars of early America, this unique collection -- based largely on Clarence Brigham's "History and Bibliography of American Newspapers,1690-1820" -- offers an unprecedented look back into the extraordinary history of the United States -- the story of its people, ideals, commerce and everyday life."    Back To Databases


Ebook Library   "Welcome to EBL where you will find a wide selection of ebooks in all subject areas. All of the titles you find here can be browsed, read online or downloaded to your PC or laptop or transferred to Palm-based PDAs. Our Full Record pages will give you comprehensive access information for each title."    Back To Databases


Ebrary   "Academic Complete, a growing eBook collection that spans all academic subject areas."   Back To Databases


Ebsco Databases--All   "All the Ebsco databases that the Library subscribes to."   Back To Databases


Ebscohost Electronic Journals Online   "EBSCOhost Electronic Journals Service (EJS) is your gateway to thousands of e-journals containing millions of articles from hundreds of different publishers, all at one web site."    Back To Databases


Ebsco Health   "Searches these Ebsco Health related databases: Alt Health Watch, Health Source-Consumer Edition, Health Source-Nursing Academic, and Clinical Pharmacology."    Back To Databases


Education Research Complete   "Education Research Complete is the definitive online resource for education research. This massive file offers the world's largest and most complete collection of full text education journals. It is a bibliographic and full text database covering scholarly research and information relating to all areas of education. 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. Education Research Complete also covers areas of curriculum instruction as well as administration, policy, funding, and related social issues. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,820 journals, as well as full text for more than 900 journals. This database also includes full text for more than 71 books and monographs, and full text for numerous education-related conference papers."    Back To Databases


Eighteenth Century Collections   "Access the digital images of every page of 150,000 books published during the 18th Century. With full-text searching of approximately 33 million pages, the product allows researchers new methods of access to critical information in the fields of history, literature, religion, law, fine arts, science and more."    Back To Databases


Electric Library   "Delivers one of the largest collection of periodical and digital media content. Researchers use the powerful, yet easy-to-use search interface to find the answers they need from more than 2,000 full-text magazines, newspapers, books, transcripts--plus thousands of maps, images, web links, and audio/video titles."    Back To Databases


Encyclopedia of Science & Technology   "AccessScience delivers the latest content of the trusted McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 9th Edition, and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th Edition."   Back To Databases


Economia y Negocios    "Economía y Negocios is the result of a collaborative effort between EBSCO Publishing and ESAN (Escuela de Administración de Negocios para Graduados). This continuously updated bibliographic database is an indispensable tool for research conducted in the areas of business and economics. Search functionality is enhanced through the incorporation of author keywords supplied in Spanish and English. More than 60,000 records, dating back to the early 1980s, provide coverage for over 200 Spanish and Portuguese-language periodicals published in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Spain, the United States and elsewhere. Active titles include Revista de la CEPAL, Revista de Administraçao, Estudios Empresariales, and Agroeconómico.   Back To Databases


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Entrez-NCBI'    "Established in 1988 as a national resource for molecular biology information, NCBI creates public databases, conducts research in computational biology, develops software tools for analyzing genome data, and disseminates biomedical information - all for the better understanding of molecular processes affecting human health and disease. A cross-database search page."   Back To Databases


ERIC-First Search    "ERIC via the First Search interface. 1966-present."    Back To Databases


ERIC-Ebsco   "ERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and resources. The database provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. ERIC provides full text of more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 1,000 educational and education-related journals."    Back To Databases


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Ethnic Newswatch   "Is an interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. Designed to provide the "other side of the story," ENW titles offer additional viewpoints from those proffered by the mainstream press. Coverage begins in 1990."    Back To Databases


Fiction Connection   "Discover titles similar to books you already enjoy."   Back To Databases


FirstSearch-All Databases   "All the First Search databases that the Library subscribes to."   Back To Databases


Fuente Academica   "Fuente Academicais a unique collection of scholarly journals from renowned Latin American and Spanish publishers. This multi-disciplinary database offers full text content to many academic areas including business & economics, medical sciences, political science, law, computer science, library & information sciences, literature, linguistics, history, philosophy and theology. This database provides full text (including PDF) for 260 scholarly Spanish language journals. Content is provided in Spanish from respected publishers worldwide, including Revista de Arquitectura, Estudios Sobre Educacion, Revista de Estudios Hispanicos, Comunicacion y Sociedad, Revista de Ciencia Politica, Revista Historia, and more."    Back To Databases


Gale Virtual Reference Library   "Database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7. Because each library creates its own eBook collection, the content you see may vary if you use the database at different libraries (your school, your public library, or your office)."    Back To Databases


GenderWatch   "Is a full text database of unique and diverse publications that focus on how gender impacts a broad spectrum of subject areas. With its archival material, dating back to 1970 in some cases, GenderWatch is a repository of an important historical perspective on the evolution of the women's movement and the changes in gender roles. Publications include scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books, and NGO, government and special reports."    Back To Databases


GenSciAbs   "General science literature from the U.S. and Europe via the FirstSearch interface."    Back To Databases


GPO-USGov.Pubs   "U.S. government publications via the FirstSearch interface."    Back To Databases


GrantSelect   "Is the online version of the GRANTS Database, containing approximately 10,000 funding opportunities provided by more than 4,000 sponsoring organizations."    Back To Databases


Handbook Of Texas Online   "A digital gateway to Texas history. By clicking on the tabs at the top of this page, you can access the Handbook of Texas Online; order award-winning TSHA books; explore the Southwestern Historical Quarterly and SHQ Online; and learn about the TSHA's many educational offerings."    Back To Databases


Health & Wellness Resource Center    "Use this Resource Center to find magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, and information on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, Prescription Drugs, etc. Included are links to diet, cancer, and health assessment sites as well as government databases."    Back To Databases


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Health Reference Center-Academic    "Use this database to find articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc."    Back To Databases


Heritage Quest   "Provides libraries with a unique, growing collection of research materials for tracing family history and American culture."    Back To Databases


History Resource Center: U.S. & World   "Provides integrated access to over 1,000 historical (primary) documents, more then 30,000 reference articles, and over 65 full-text journal covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present. The material also includes access to the citations for over 180 additional history journals from the Institute for Scientific Information's Arts and Humanities Citation Index. History Resource Center: Modern World has always featured extensive coverage of the 20th century. History Resource Center: World broadens this focus both geographically and chronologically, with the addition of new content on the ancient Mediterranean, Near East, Asia, Middle East, Latin America, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. From antiquity to the present, world history curricula is reflected by content from over 2,000 primary sources, 25 reference titles and from 110 academic journals."    Back To Databases


Homeland Security Digital Library   "The HSDL collection provides quick access to important U.S. policy documents, presidential directives, and national strategy documents as well as specialized resources such as theses and reports from various universities, organizations and local and state agencies. The resources are reviewed and selected by a team of homeland security researchers and organized in a unique homeland security taxonomy."    Back To Databases


Hoover's   "Delivers comprehensive company, industry, and market intelligence that drives business growth. Our database of 12 million companies, with in-depth coverage of 40,000 of the world's top business enterprises, is at the core of our business tools and services that customers find vital to their business operations."    Back To Databases


Humanities Abstracts   "Abstracts covering diverse subject areas of the humanities."    Back To Databases


IEEE Xplore   "Delivering full text access to the world's highest quality technical literature in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics."    Back To Databases


InfoTrac Newspapers   "Growing collection of over 100 newspapers from the U.S. and around the world, including several Texas newspapers. Dates of coverage vary with start dates beginning January of 1996, and a 365 day rolling file for the New York Times."    Back To Databases


Information Science, Library and Technology Abstracts   "leading database in the areas of information science. Coverage includes classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management, search engines, printed and electronic information sources, the information industry, scholarly communication, electronic publishing, and more. ISTA indexes journal articles from more than 450 publications plus books, research reports, and conference proceedings and patents, with ongoing comprehensive coverage of the most important periodicals in this field. With coverage extending back to the mid 1960s, it is the oldest continuously produced database covering the field of information science."    Back To Databases


International Index to Music Periodicals   "Is a music information resource with indexing, abstracts and selected full text from many sources, covering the scholarly to the popular. Offering the widest span of scholarship available, IIMP Full Text ranges from 1874 to the most recent issues."    Back To Databases


Internet and Personal Computing Abstracts   "provides abstracts and indexing for literature related to personal computing products and developments in business, the Internet, the home, and all other applied areas. This resource contains content coverage that extends back to the 1980s. Over 400 of the most important trade publications, mainstream computer magazines, and professional journals are covered, including those that focus on specific topics such as Macintosh and Windows platforms, programming, web development and more. Special emphasis is also given to hardware and software reviews. The product includes content from such titles as Byte.com, PC World, Macworld, and Linux Journal. The product also includes editor-selected articles from hundreds of popular magazine titles."    Back To Databases


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Institute of Physics Electronic Journals   "Fulltext access to the journals that the Institute of Physics publishes. Articles are in PDF format."    Back To Databases


ITER   "Online bibliography of more than 600,000 records for articles, essays, books and reviews. Updated daily and with thousands of new records added annually, this powerful research tool will be of great use to scholars interested in the Middle Ages and / or Renaissance (400-1700)."    Back To Databases


JSTOR   "Full-text articles in PDF format from journals in many disciplines:Arts & Sciences, Business, Education, Music, Language & Literature, Math & Statistics and Ecology & Botany. The journals are available from the beginning of the journal's publication--the 5 current years are not available."    Back To Databases


Kids Search   "Kids Search makes it easy for students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful search results. Results can be easily sorted by source type - -magazines, reference books, photos, flags, etc."   Back To Databases


Legal Collection   "Centered on the discipline of law and legal topics, Legal Collection is a collection of respected, scholarly peer-reviewed publications including law journals, documents, and case studies. This database is an authoritative source for information on current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world. Legal Collection offers full text for nearly 250 of the world's best law journals. This database provides information centered on the discipline of law and legal topics such as criminal justice, international law, federal law, organized crime, medical, labor & human resource law, ethics, the environment and much more. Full text journals contained in this database include: American Journal of Criminal Law, California Law Review, and many more. In addition to full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for all journals in the collection. The majority of full text titles are available in native (searchable) PDF, or scanned-in-color. Full text information in this database dates as far back as 1965."   Back To Databases


Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts   "Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management, search engines, printed and electronic information sources, the information industry, scholarly communication, and electronic publishing. LISTA indexes journal articles from more than 600 publications as well as books, research reports, and conference proceedings. Coverage extends back to 1966."    Back To Databases


Literature Resouce Center   "Provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline. Combining Gale Group's core literary databases in a single online service, the Literature Resource Center covers more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors."    Back To Databases


MAS Ultra: School Edition   "This comprehensive database, designed specifically for high school libraries, contains full text for more than 700 popular, high school magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for 84,774 biographies and 100,554 primary source documents. Additionally, MAS Ultra™ (School Edition) contains 518 pamphlets, more than 350 reference books (including the Columbia Encyclopedia, the CIA World Fact Book and World Almanac & Book of Facts), an Image Collection of 202,164 photos, maps & flags, color PDFs and expanded full text backfiles (back to 1975) for key magazines."   Back To Databases


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MasterFILE Premier   "Designed specifically for public libraries, provides full text for more than 2,050 general periodicals covering a broad range of disciplines including general reference, business, education, health, general science, multi-cultural issues and much more. In addition to the full text, this database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 2,700 titles."    Back To Databases


MedicLatina   "Spanish language collection of medical research and investigative journals published by renowned Latin American medical publishers. This unique database provides access to full text for nearly 100 peer-reviewed medical journals in native Spanish. The majority of full text titles are available in native (searchable) PDF, or scanned-in-color. A wide range of topics are covered including neuroscience, cardiology, nephrology, biomedicine, clinical research, pediatrics, human reproduction, clinical pathology, cancer research, and hematology."   Back To Databases


Medline:PubMed   "PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, includes over 15 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources."    Back To Databases


Medline-FirstSearch   "All areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing. Uses First Search interface."    Back To Databases


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MEDLINE-Ebsco   "Provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree numbers, tree hierarchy and explosion capabilities to search abstracts from over 4,600 current biomedical journals."    Back To Databases


Mental Measurements Yearbook   "From the Buros Institute, contains the most recent descriptive information and critical reviews of new and revised tests from the Buros Institute's 9th-to the present. The database covers more than 2,200 commercially-available tests in categories such as personality, developmental, behavioral assessment, neuropsychological, achievement, intelligence and aptitude, educational, speech & hearing, and sensory motor."    Back To Databases


Mergent Online   "Has U.S. Compnay data, International company data, U.S. Annual Reports, and International Annual Reports which offer a wealth of detail on items including business description, history, property, subsidiaries, officers and directors, long-term debt and capital stock."    Back To Databases


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Middle Search Plus   "Contains full text for nearly 140 popular, middle school magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies, historical essays and student pamphlets. Additionally, Middle Search Plus contains primary source documents including Essential Documents in American History, reference books including the Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia and American Heritage Dictionary, 4th Edition from Houghton Mifflin, the Encyclopedia of Animals, and an Image Collection of 202,164 photos, maps and flags. Middle Search Plus also includes the Our States reference book series from Great Neck Publishing, a new collection made up of 54 titles on each of the states, commonwealths and territories in the United States. This comprehensive series has carefully-written, in-depth articles covering each state’s history, averaging 10 pages in length, and includes information on the economy, geography, natural resources, wildlife, state flags and landmarks."    Back To Databases


Military & Government Collection   "Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites. The Military & Government Collection provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 400 journals and periodicals. The database also includes full text for 245 pamphlets and offers indexing and abstracts for more than 500 titles."    Back To Databases


MLA International Bibliography   "Is an index of journal articles, books and dissertations. Produced by the Modern Language Association, the electronic version of the Bibliography dates back to 1963 and contains over 1.5 million citations from more than 4,400 journals and series and 1,000 book publishers. Coverage is international and subjects include literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing. Listings on rhetoric and composition and the history, theory and practice of teaching language and literature are also included."    Back To Databases


MUSE   "Offers nearly 250 quality journal titles from 40 scholarly publishers. As one of the academic community's primary electronic journals resources, Project MUSE covers the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others."    Back To Databases


Natural & Alternative Treatments   "Natural & Alternative Treatments contains detailed information on more than 180 different conditions and the conventional and natural treatments used to treat them, over 200 herbs and supplements, plus drug-herb and drug-supplement interactions for more than 75 drug categories."    Back To Databases


Netlibrary   "Access to over 38,000 electronic books in the Gee Library collection. Access to 3,407 publicly accessible eBooks, like Shakespeare's Hamlet."    Back To Databases


Newspaper Source   "Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for 20 national (U.S.) & international newspapers, including The Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Times (London), Toronto Star, etc. The database also contains selected full text for more than 230 regional (U.S.) newspapers, including The Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Detroit Free Press, The Miami Herald, Daily News (New York), San Jose Mercury News, etc. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts are provided from CBS News, FOX News, NPR, etc."    Back To Databases


NoveList   "NoveList is a fiction database that provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more for over 125,000 fiction titles. It also includes other content of interest to fiction readers, such as Author Read-alikes, What We’re Reading, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Annotated Book Lists. For school media specialists and teachers there are Picture Book Extenders and articles on Teaching with Fiction."    Back To Databases


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OregonPDF in Health & Performance   "KinPubs collects studies from a multifaceted field in which movement or physical activity is the intellectual focus. This field includes health as it relates to physical activity, physical fitness, activities of daily living, work, sport and athletics, recreation, dance, and play."    Back To Databases


Oxford Art Online   "Provides web access to the entire text of The Dictionary of Art (1996, 34 vols.) with annual additions of new material and updates to the text, plus extensive image links and all the sophisticated search advantages possible with an online reference source."    Back To Databases


Oxford English Dictionary   "Is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books."    Back To Databases


Oxford Music Online   "Comprises the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London, 2001), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, edited by Stanley Sadie (London, 1992), and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, second edition, edited by Barry Kernfeld (London, 2002). Articles that have been updated since their appearance in print are date-stamped in the upper right corner of the screen."    Back To Databases


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. contains over 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. It is a fully-indexed, cross-searchable database of these books, giving subscribers unprecedented access to a comprehensive information resource."    Back To Databases


Papers First   "OCLC index of papers presented at conferences worldwide."   Back To Databases


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Physical Education Index   "These abstracts feature a wide variety of content, ranging from physical education curricula, to sports medicine, to dance. Other coverage includes sport law, kinesiology, motor learning, recreation, standardized fitness tests, sports equipment, business and marketing, coaching and training, and sport sociology/psychology. Health education and physical therapy are also covered as they continue to become more prevalent in our society."    Back To Databases


PILOTS   "The PILOTS database is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Its goal is to include citations to all literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health sequelae of traumatic events, without disciplinary, linguistic, or geographical limitations, and to offer both current and retrospective coverage."    Back To Databases


Primary Search   "Designed specifically for elementary school libraries and public library children’s rooms, contains full text for nearly 70 popular, elementary school magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 100 magazines. Full text is also available for over 100 student pamphlets."   Back To Databases


Proceedings First   "An OCLC index of worldwide conference proceedings."    Back To Databases


Professional Development Collection   "Designed for professional educators, provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 550 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports. This is the most comprehensive and most valuable collection of full text education journals in the world. In addition to full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for more than 700 journals."   Back To Databases


PsycCritiques   "A new searchable database of book reviews in psychology. The database replaces the print journal Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, providing major enhancements, very current reviews, and much more content."   Back To Databases


PsycARTICLES   "Definitive source of searchable full text articles on current issues in psychology. The PsycARTICLES database covers general psychology and specialized, basic, applied, clinical and theoretical research in psychology. The database contains more than 34,000 searchable full text articles from 43 journals published by the American Psychological Association and 8 from allied organizations."    Back To Databases


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Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection   "A comprehensive database providing nearly 575 full text publications, including 550 peer-reviewed journals. The database covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. In addition to the full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for all journals in the collection."    Back To Databases


PsycINFO-Ebsco   "Contains nearly two million citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books and dissertations, all in the field of psychology. Journal coverage, which spans from 1872 to the present, includes international material selected from nearly 2,000 periodicals in over 35 languages. More than 60,000 records are added each year. It also includes information about the psychological aspects of related disciplines such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business and law."    Back To Databases


Reader's Guide Abstracts   "Abstracts of articles from popular magazines."    Back To Databases


Regional Business News   "Regional Business News incorporates 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States."    Back To Databases


Religion & Philosophy   "A comprehensive database covering such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. This database offers more than 300 full text journals, including more than 250 peer-reviewed titles, making it an essential tool for researchers and students of theology and philosophical studies. In addition to the full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for all journals in the database."    Back To Databases


Safari Tech Books Online   "O'Reilly & Associates and The Pearson Technology Group joined forces to create a joint venture, Safari Books Online. The premise was simple: Take the best IT books from the best authors and publishers. Put them into an online, searchable database. Offer it to IT professionals as a means of addressing their never-ending need to quickly pinpoint reliable code examples and technical information. Books from cover to cover. Be sure to LOGOUT from the site when finished."    Back To Databases


Science & Technology Collection   "Contains over 800 leading full text journals covering relevant aspects of the scientific and technical community. Topics include aeronautics, astrophysics, biology, chemistry, computer technology, geology, aviation, physics, archaeology, marine sciences and materials science. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 1,700 publications."   Back To Databases


Science Direct   "Is the world's largest electronic collection of science, technology and medicine full text and bibliographic information."    Back To Databases


SciFinder   "SciFinder is a research tool that allows you to access the world's largest collection of biochemical, chemical, chemical engineering, biology, medical, and other related information. You can explore one single source for scientific information in journals and patent literature from around the world."    Back To Databases


Searchasaurus
(Children's Interface)

(Children's Interface)   "Searchasaurus Map is the first screen that will display. The map is a screen containing all the reference materials that are available for you to search. Databases can be thought of as a collection of reference materials. Reference materials within a database may include: magazines, encyclopedias, newspapers, books and more. To begin searching, simply click on an island to select which database you want to search. For example, to search for information on "cats" you might click on the Encyclopedia of Animals island."    Back To Databases


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Serials Directory   "Provides access to the most up-to-date and accurate bibliographic information as well as current pricing structures for popular serials. It contains over 184,000 U.S. and international titles, including newspapers; historical data for an additional 20,000 titles; data from nearly 83,500 publishers worldwide, including e-mail and Internet addresses; and Library of Congress and Dewey Decimal Classifications for every entry.   Back To Databases


Social Science Abstracts   "Abstracts of articles on the social sciences using the FirstSearch interface."    Back To Databases


Social Sciences Collection-Cambridge Scientific Abstracts   "Social Services Abstracts provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. The database abstracts and indexes over 1,406 serials publications and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations, and citations to book reviews. Sociological Abstracts abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,809 serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. Records added since 1973 contain in-depth and nonevaluative abstracts of journal articles."    Back To Databases


Social Services Abstracts-Cambridge Scientific Abstracts   "Social Services Abstracts provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social elfare, social policy, and community development. The database abstracts and indexes over 1,406 serials publications and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations, and citations to book reviews."    Back To Databases


Social Work Abstracts   "Offers extensive coverage of more than 450 social work and human services journals dating back to 1977. Produced by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), the database provides citations and abstracts dealing with all aspects of the social work field, including theory and practice, areas of service and social issues and problems."    Back To Databases


Sociological Abstracts-Cambridge Scientific Abstracts   "Abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,809 serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. Records added since 1973 contain in-depth and nonevaluative abstracts of journal articles."    Back To Databases


Source OECD Periodicals   "Is the online library of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. comprises 20 Book collections by theme, containing all our monographs and reports; 24 periodicals; a reference title; and the OECD statistical databases."    Back To Databases


SPORTDiscus w/fulltext   "Is the world's most comprehensive source of full text for sports & sports medicine journals, providing full text for 415 journals indexed in SPORTDiscus. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the SPORTDiscus index - with no embargo. With full-text coverage dating back to 1985, SPORTDiscus with Full Text is the definitive research tool for all areas of sports & sports medicine literature."    Back To Databases


SpringerLink   "Currently offers over 500 fully peer reviewed journals and a growing roster of series, comprising more than 2000 books online. Free access is provided to search functions, tables of contents, as well as keyword and tables of contents alerts. Subscribers to a journal title receive online access to that title whether by a print plus online or an electronic-only subscription."    Back To Databases


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Stat!Ref   "Is an electronic medical library that enables users to cross-search more than 35 medical resources such as Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment, Mosby’s Drug Consult®, and the Griffith 5 Minute Clinical Consult, among others."    Back To Databases


Student Resource Center
Youth Interface)   "Aimed at middle and high school students, this database offers award winning content based on national curriculum standards. Information for homework assignments, research papers and essays can be found using this database of reference materials, primary source documents, and magazines about literature, science, history and biography."    Back To Databases


Taylor&Francis Online Journals   "The 1,050 Taylor and Francis journals cover the humanities, social sciences, life sciences, and physical sciences."    Back To Databases


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Testing & Education Reference Center   "Search for information on colleges, distance learning, graduate schools, specialty career programs. Practice exams for college/graduate schools admissions, exams to help you earn college credit, civil service/lices=nsing exams, military entrance exams and the G.E.D."    Back To Databases


Tests In Print   "Produced by the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements at the University of Nebraska, Tests in Print (TIP) serves as a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language. TIP provides vital information to users including test purpose, test publisher, in-print status, price, test acronym, intended test population, administration times, publication date(s), and test author(s)."   Back To Databases


Texas Almanac   "Provides information about the history, culture, politics, climate, and geography of the state of Texas. Find the official bird, tree and song of the State of Texas, as well as information about agriculture, former governors, state parks, population statistics, and much, much more."    Back To Databases


Texas Digital Sanborn Maps   "These digitized maps provide detailed property and land-use records that depicts the architecture of more than 12,000 U.S. towns and cities throughout the past one hundred years. The maps enable researchers to trace the architectural history of individual buildings or entire communities."    Back To Databases


Texas Reference Center   "Designed specifically for public libraries, provides full text for more than 1,700 general periodicals covering a broad range of disciplines including general reference, business, education, health, general science, multi-cultural issues and much more. In addition to the full text, this database provides indexing and abstracts for nearly 2,400 titles. This database features: 5,000 full text Magill Book Reviews, nearly 500 full text reference books including the World Almanac & Book of Facts; full text from 84,011 biographies, 83,472 full text primary source documents, American Heritage Dictionary, 4th Edition and an Image Collection of 192,999 photos, maps and flags. Texas Reference Center offers PDF backfiles as far back as 1975 for key publications including American Libraries, Foreign Affairs, History Today, Judaism, Library Journal and National Review."   Back To Databases


Title Source™ 3   "Is the only tool you will ever need to uncover the most recognized comprehensive and accurate title information on over 3 million book, audio and video titles quickly and easily. Helps faculty/staff in ordering of Library materials."    Back To Databases


TOPICSearch   "This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today’s classrooms. Students can use either the dropdown menus for Current Events or Topics to easily locate relevant articles. TOPICsearch contains full text for over 139,800 articles from 4,800 diverse sources including international and regional newspapers, EBSCO’s unparalleled collection of periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information. This database provides full text for more than 1,550 publications. In addition to the full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for more than 1,650 journals. Topics covered include: Aging, AIDS, Alcohol, Computers, Crime, Drugs, Education, Energy, Ethics, Family, Health, Human Rights, Multiculturalism, National Debate, People, Religion, Sports, Women, Work, World Affairs, etc."   Back To Databases


20th Century American Poetry   "An unprecedented collection of poetry written by the most important and influential poets of the 20th century. Many contemporary writers of America's 80s and 90s, who have gained recognition through national poetry awards or inclusion within leading print anthologies, are also represented."    Back To Databases


20th Century English Poetry   "Contains the poetry of over 285 poets from 1900 to the present day, including W.B. Yeats, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Graves, D.H. Lawrence and many others. It also incorporates works by poets such as Sylvia Plath, T.S. Eliot, Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes, Louis MacNeice and Siegfried Sassoon from The Faber Poetry Library."    Back To Databases


Ulrichsweb.com   "Is a bibliographic database providing detailed, comprehensive, and authoritative information on serials published throughout the world. It covers all subjects, and includes publications that are published regularly or irregularly and are circulated free of charge or by paid subscription."    Back To Databases


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U.S. Congressional Serial Set   "The bound, sequentially numbered volumes of all the Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives constitute a rich source of primary source material on all aspects of American history."    Back To Databases


Vocational & Career Collection   "Designed for vocational and technical libraries servicing high schools, community colleges, trade institutions and public libraries. The collection provides full text coverage for nearly 350 trade and industry related periodicals. In addition to the full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for over 600 journals. The majority of full text titles are available in native (searchable) PDF, or scanned-in-color. Full text information in this database dates as far back as 1985."    Back To Databases


Web of Science   "ISI Web of Science provides access to the world’s leading citation databases, with authoritative, multidisciplinary coverage from nearly 9,300 of the highest impact research journals in the world, including Open Access journals. Instead of simply searching a large quantity of content, users can search the right content and find the relevant information they require - whether that information is found in international journals, open access resources, books, patents, proceedings, or Web sites."    Back To Databases


With ISI Web of Science, users have access to powerful searching and analysis capabilities such as cited reference searching, an Analyze Tool, Citation Report, Author Identification Tools, Alerting and RSS Feeds, and EndNote Web." Westlaw Campus Reserach   "Westlaw® is an online legal research service providing quick, easy access to West's vast collection of statutes, case law materials, and other legal resources, as well as current news articles and business information."    Back To Databases


Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering    "Comprehensive reference work that defines the entire discipline, bringing together the core knowledge from every one of the many specialties encompassed by electrical and electronics engineering. In addition to electrical and electronics engineering applications, the Encyclopedia features important topics of interest to engineers, including: education; historical background of fields in electrical and electronics engineering; patents; technology and society; and computer and software engineering."    Back To Databases


Wiley Interscience   "It features over 1,000 journals, major reference works, online books, Current Protocols laboratory manuals, and databases as well as a suite of professional and management resources."    Back To Databases


Wilson Education Abstracts and ProQuest Education Journals   "H.W. Wilson's Education Abstracts with seamless links to the ProQuest Education Journals is an essential resource for any researcher needing information from key education publications covering adult education, higher education, home schooling, primary education, secondary education, special needs education, specialist teaching of the arts, sports, business, science etc, and related topics."    Back To Databases


Wilson Select Plus   "Full text articles in science, humanities, education and business."    Back To Databases


World Almanac   "Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and four almanacs."    Back To Databases


World Cat   "OCLC catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide."    Back To Databases


WorldCat Dissertations and Theses   "A database of all dissertations and theses available in the WorldCat database."   Back To Databases


World History Collection   "offers a global look at history with content from Africa, Asia, North and South America, Europe and the Middle East. World History Collection contains cover-to-cover full text for nearly 150 titles, including many peer-reviewed journals. Full text dates as far back as 1964. These hand-selected information sources cover a wide range of historical topics including anthropology, art, culture, economics, government, heritage, military, politics, regional issues, and more. In addition to the full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for all journals in the collection."    Back To Databases



This page compiled by Marsha Keenan.  Last update January, 2008.


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