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| General | Reference
| Art | Books | Business
| Education | Health & Nursing
| History |
| Humanities | Language
& Literature | Music
| Newspapers | Political
Science |
| Psychology | Religion
& Philosophy | Science | Sociology
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General
Database
Name
(Database host) |
Description |
ProQuest
Research Library
(ProQuest) |
Coverage: 1971-
Number of Sources: 2,600+
Full Text, Approximate percentage: Yes, 90%
The most comprehensive database in the library that provides access
to full-text journals across a wide range of subject areas, including
business, education, literature, political science, and psychology. |
Academic
Search Premier
(EBSCOhost) |
Coverage:
1975-
Update Frequency: Daily
Number of Sources: 8,000+
Full Text, Approximate percentage: Yes, 57%
This is a multidisciplinary database, covering virtually every area
of academic study. |
JSTOR
(JSTOR) |
Coverage: depends on journal
Number of Sources: 445
Full Text, Approximate percentage: Yes, 100%
All articles are from archived scholarly journals in art, architecture,
folklore, language, literature, religion, philosophy, history, political
science, music, sociology, performing arts, and more. |
ArticleFirst
(FirstSearch) |
Coverage: 1990-
Update Frequency: Daily
Number of Records: 14.3 million+
Number of Sources: 12,000+
Full Text, Approximate percentage: No
This contains information from journals in science technology, medicine,
social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture. |
GPO
(FirstSearch)
|
Coverage: 1976-
Update Frequency: Monthly
Number of Records: 455,000+
Full Text, Approximate percentage: No
This consists of records published by the Government Publishing Office
including congressional committee reports and hearings, debates, documents
from executive departments, and more. |
Electronic
Collections Online
(FirstSearch)
|
Update Frequency: Daily
Number of Records: 1.3 million+
Number of Sources: 4,300+
Full Text, Approximate percentage: No
This collection gives you access to a growing collection of journals
in a variety of subject areas. |
MasterFILE
Premier
(EBSCOhost) |
Coverage: 1975-
Update Frequency: Daily
Number of Sources: 1,100+
Full Text, Approximate percentage: Yes, 45%
This is designed specifically for public libraries and is a multidisciplinary
database, which includes reference sources, biographies, primary source
documents, and images. |
PapersFirst
(FirstSearch) |
Coverage: 1993-
Update Frequency: Biweekly
Number of Records: 4.4 million+
Full Text, Approximate percentage: No
This database covers every congress, symposium, exposition, workshop,
and meeting added to the British Library Document Supply Centre's
vast proceedings. |
ProceedingsFirst
(Conference Proceedings)
(FirstSearch) |
Coverage: 1993-
Update Frequency: Biweekly
Number of Records: 135,000+
Full Text, Approximate percentage: No
This provides tables of contents of papers presented at conferences
worldwide. |
Topic
Search (Current Events)
(EBSCOhost) |
Number of Records: 64,000+
Number of Sources: 3,000+
Full Text, Approximate percentage: Yes, 50%
This current events database allows researchers to explore social,
political, economic, scientific, and other popular topics. |
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Reference
Database
Name
(Database host) |
Description |
Biographies
Plus Illustrated
(Wilson)
|
Update Frequency: Daily
Number of Records: 111,000+
Full Text, Approximate percentage: Yes, 90%
This contains biographies, picture, and obituaries from famous people
of the world. |
CollegeSource
(CollegeSource) |
Full
Text, Approximate percentage: Yes
This contains over 25,000 cover-to-cover college catalogs representing
2-year, 4-year, graduate, professional, and international schools. |
CountryWatch
(CountryWatch) |
Full
Text: Yes
Provides critical country-specific intelligence and data. CountryReviews
has up-to-date series of publications for each country including demographic,
political, economic, business, cultural and environmental information.
CountryWire gives daily news coverage for every country
and archived articles. There is also CountryWatch Data
(compare data of one or more countries), CountryWatch Map
Gallery, CountryWatch at School (curriculum
options), Global Guide (international hot spots and
global thematic maps), and more. |
Credo
Reference formally Xreferplus
(Xreferplus)
|
Number
of Records: 100 Reference Books
This contains a listing of library material held in most libraries
worldwide.
Full Text, Approximate percentage: Yes, 100%
This contains 100 reference books from the world's leading publishers,
from all disciplines. |
EBSCO
Animals
(EBSCOhost)
|
Full Text, Approximate percentage:
Yes
This provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating
to animals. |
Encyclopedia
Britannica Online
(Britannica)
|
Full Text, Approximate percentage:
Yes
This is an online version of Encyclopedia Britannica. |
|
Funk
& Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia
(EBSCOhost) |
Number of Records:
25,000+
Full Text, Approximate percentage: Yes
This encyclopedia covers a variety of subject areas. |
LATLearnATest
(Learning Express) |
Update Frequency:
Yearly
Full Text, Approximate percentage: Yes,
Sharpen your skills and improve your score with online practice tests,
instant scoring, personalized evaluations, and self-paced courses.
Examples of tests; GRE, Praxis, NCLEX, GMAT, Law Enforcement. |
LexisNexis
Academic
(LexisNexis) |
Update Frequency:
Daily
Full Text: Yes, 90%
Full-text documents from over 5,900 news, business, legal, medical,
and reference publications |
NoodleTools
(NoodleTools) |
Full Text, Approximate percentage:
NA
Generate, edit, and publish an MLA Works Cited list or APA References
list that complies with the rules of the current MLA Handbook and
APA Publication Manual. NoodleBib takes care of punctuation, alphabetization
and formatting, producing a polished source list for import into Word. |
Vocational
and Career Collection
(EBSCOhost) |
Coverage: Current
Number of Sources: 400
Full Text, Approximate percentage: Yes
This database includes full text coverage for 400 trade and industry-related
periodicals. |
| WestLaw
Campus Research
(Westlaw)
|
Update Frequency: Daily
Full Text: Yes, 90%
Campus Research is a comprehensive collection of news, business and
law-related information for students. |
WorldAlmanacs
(FirstSearch) |
Coverage: Current
Update Frequency: Quarterly
Number of Records: 32,000+
Full Text, Approximate percentage: Yes, 100%
This provides information on five almanacs: The World Almanac and
Book of Facts, The World Almanac of the USA, The World Almanac of
US Politics, The World Almanac for Kids, and Funk & Wagnall's
New Encyclopedia. |
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Art
Database
Name
(Database host) |
Description |
|
ArtIndex
(FirstSearch)
|
Coverage:
1984-
Update Frequency: Weekly
Number of Records: 596,000+
Number of Sources: 377
Full Text, Approximate percentage: No
This database contains an index with some abstracts to articles
on art, art history, graphic arts, film, painting, photography, sculpture,
television, video, and archaeology. |
JSTOR
(JSTOR) |
Coverage:
depends on journal
Number of Sources: 445
Full Text, Approximate percentage: Yes, 100%
Archived articles are from scholarly journals in political science,
history, sociology, philosophy, mathematics, business, art, literature,
language, music, religion, botany, ecology, etc. |
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Books
Database
Name
(Database host) |
Description |
WorldCat
(Library Catalogs)
(FirstSearch)
|
Coverage: 2100 BC
Update Frequency: Daily
Number of Records: 1 billion+
This contains a listing of library materials held in most libraries
worldwide. |
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Business
Database
Name
(Database host) |
Description |
Business
Source Premier
(EBSCOhost) |
Coverage:
1926-
Update Frequency: Daily
Number of Sources: 8,800+
Full Text, Approximate percentage: Yes
Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business.
|
| Human
Resource Library
(BNA)
|
Full Text, Approximate
percentage: Yes
BNA's Human Resources Library provides practical, comprehensive,
and timely coverage of workplace issues of interest to HR professionals,
consultants, and attorneys.
HR Library explains federal and state compliance requirements;
summarizes key state laws and regulations; discusses compensation
and benefits, EEO, employee relations, organizational development,
safety and health, and staffing issues; and gives tips on writing
and implementing work rules and policies.
Updated frequently by BNA's HR-expert editors and reporters, HR
Library consists of detailed reference information, software tools,
and research aids. |
LexisNexis
Academic
(LexisNexis) |
Update Frequency:
Daily
Full Text: Yes, 90%
Full-text documents from over 5,900 news, business, legal, medical,
and reference publications |
Regional
Business News
(EBSCOhost) |
Update Frequency: Daily
Number of Records: 75
Full Text, Approximate percentage: Yes
This database contains journals, newspapers, and news wires from all
metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. |
| WestLaw
Campus Research |
Update
Frequency: Daily
Full Text: Yes, 90%
Campus Research is a comprehensive collection of news, business and
law-related information for students. |
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Education
Database
Name
(Database host) |
Description |
Education
Full-Text
(Wilson) |
Coverage: 1983-
Update Frequency: Daily
Full Text, Approximate percentage: Yes, 70%
This contains information relating to many education topics from around
the world. |
ERIC
(Education)
(EBSCOhost)
|
Number
of Sources: 3,200+
Full Text, Approximate percentage: Yes, most ED's |
ERIC
(Education)
(FirstSearch) |
Coverage:
1966-
Update Frequency: Monthly
Number of Records: 1 million+
Number of Sources: 1,016
Full Text, Approximate percentage: Yes, most ED's
The Educational Resource Information Center (ERIC) contains published
and unpublished sources on thousands of educational topics. All "ERIC
documents (ED's)" are full-text. |
Professional
Development Collection (Education)
(EBSCOhost) |
Coverage:
1965-
Number of Sources: 1,300+
Full Text, Approximate percentage: Yes, 38%
This is designed for professional educators and is a comprehensive
education database. |
MAS
Ultra - School Edition (For High School Students)
(EBSCOhost) |
Coverage: 1975-
Update Frequency: Daily
Number of Sources: 4,865+
Full Text, Approximate percentage: Yes, 40%
This is designed specifically for high school libraries and contains
reference publications and articles on virtually every subject area
of general interest. |
| Middle
Search Plus (For Jr. High Students) (EBSCOhost) |
Coverage:
1984-
Update Frequency: Daily
Number of Sources: 350+
Full Text, Approximate percentage: Yes, 75%
This provides information on more than 150 popular magazines for middle
and jr. high school research. |
Primary
Search (For Elementary Students)
(EBSCOhost) |
Coverage: 1990-
Update Frequency: Daily
Number of Sources: 260+
Full Text, Approximate percentage: Yes, 60%
This provides information from popular magazines for elementary school
research. |
Teacher
Reference Center
(EBSCOhost) |
Number of Sources:
280+
Provides indexing and abstracts for over 280 of the most popular teacher
and administrator trade journals to assist professional educators.
|
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Health & Nursing
Database
Name
(Database host) |
Description |
| CINAHL
Plus with Full Text
(EBSCOhost)
|
Coverage:
1982-
Update Frequency: Weekly
Number of Records: 750,000+
Number of Sources: 1,200+
Full Text, Approximate percentage: Yes
CINAHL covers nursing, allied health, biomedical, and consumer health
journals. |
Clinical
Pharmacology
(EBSCOhost)
|
Update
Frequency: Daily
Full Text, Approximate percentage: Yes, 100%
This provides up-to-date, concise and clinically-relevant drug monographs
for all US prescription drugs, hard to find herbal and nutritional
supplements, over the counter products, and new and investigational
drugs. |
Health
Source: Consumer Edition
(EBSCOhost) |
Number of Sources: 1,547+
Full Text, Approximate percentage: Yes, 20%
This provides information on many health topics including medical
sciences, food sciences, nutrition, childcare, sports medicines, and
general health. |
Health
Source: Nursing/Academic
(EBSCOhost) |
Update
Frequency: Daily
Number of Sources: 1,450+
Full Text, Approximate percentage: Yes, 70%
This provides scholarly journals focusing on many medical disciplines,
especially nursing. |
LexisNexis
Academic
(LexisNexis) |
Update Frequency:
Daily
Full Text: Yes, 90%
Full-text documents from over 5,900 news, business, legal, medical,
and reference publications |
MEDLINE
with Full-Text (Medicine)
(EBSCOhost) |
Coverage: 1965-
Update Frequency: Daily
Number of Records: 12 million+
Number of Sources: 9,584+
Full Text, Approximate percentage: Unknown
MEDLINE with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive source of
full text for medical journals, providing full text for more than
1,240 journals indexed in MEDLINE. Of those, more than 1,220 have
cover-to-cover indexing in MEDLINE. |
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History
Database Name
(Database host) |
Description |
JSTOR
(JSTOR) |
Coverage:
depends on journal
Number of Sources: 445
Full Text, Approximate percentage: Yes, 100%
Archived articles are from scholarly journals in political science,
history, sociology, philosophy, mathematics, business, art, literature,
language, music, religion, botany, ecology, etc. |
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Language & Literature
Database Name
(Database host) |
Description |
JSTOR
(JSTOR) |
Coverage:
depends on journal
Number of Sources: 445
Full Text, Approximate percentage: Yes, 100%
Archived articles are from scholarly journals in political science,
history, sociology, philosophy, mathematics, business, art, literature,
language, music, religion, botany, ecology, etc. |
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Music
Database Name
(Database host) |
Description |
JSTOR
(JSTOR) |
Coverage:
depends on journal
Number of Sources: 445
Full Text, Approximate percentage: Yes, 100%
Archived articles are from scholarly journals in political science,
history, sociology, philosophy, mathematics, business, art, literature,
language, music, religion, botany, ecology, etc. |
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Newspapers
Database
Name
(Database host) |
Description |
LexisNexis
Academic
(LexisNexis) |
Update Frequency:
Daily
Full Text: Yes, 90%
Full-text documents from over 5,900 news, business, legal, medical,
and reference publications |
| Newspaper
Source
(EBSCOhost) |
Number of Sources:
3
Full Text, Approximate percentage: No
This provides abstracts for the New York Times, USA Today, and the
Wall Street Journal. |
National
Newspaper Abstracts
(ProQuest) |
Update Frequency: Daily
Number of Sources: 215+
Full Text, Approximate percentage: Yes, 100%
This provides full text for over 180 regional US newspapers, international
newspapers, news wires, newspaper columns and other sources. |
Regional
Business News
(EBSCOhost) |
Update Frequency: Daily
Number of Records: 75
Full Text, Approximate percentage: Yes
This database contains journals, newspapers, and news wires from all
metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. |
| WestLaw
Campus Research |
Update Frequency:
Daily
Full Text: Yes, 90%
Campus Research is a comprehensive collection of news, business and
law-related information for students. |
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Political Science
Database Name
(Database host) |
Description |
JSTOR
(JSTOR) |
Coverage:
depends on journal
Number of Sources: 445
Full Text, Approximate percentage: Yes, 100%
Archived articles are from scholarly journals in political science,
history, sociology, philosophy, mathematics, business, art, literature,
language, music, religion, botany, ecology, etc. |
LexisNexis
Academic
(LexisNexis) |
Update Frequency:
Daily
Full Text: Yes, 90%
Full-text documents from over 5,900 news, business, legal, medical,
and reference publications |
WestLaw
Campus Research
|
Update
Frequency: Daily
Full Text: Yes, 90%
Campus Research is a comprehensive collection of news, business and
law-related information for students. |
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Psychology
Database
Name
(Database host) |
Description |
APA
PsycNET (PsycARTICLES & PsycINFO)
(APA PsycNET) |
Coverage: PsycARTICLES
1998- ; PsycINFO 1872-
Number of Sources: PsycARTICLES 49; PsycINFO 1,884+
Full Text, Approximate percentage: PsycARTICLES Yes, 100%;
PsycINFO No
PsycARTICLES - This contains full text articles from the American
Psychological Association and selected Educational Publishing Foundation
journals.
PsycINFO - Contains bibliographical references worldwide from psychological
literature. |
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Religion & Philosophy
Database
Name
(Database host) |
Description |
ProQuest
Religion
(ProQuest) |
Coverage: 1986-
Number of Sources: 90+
Full Text, Approximate percentage: Yes, 90%
This is an indispensable resource for anyone researching religious
issues and perspectives. |
JSTOR
(JSTOR) |
Coverage:
depends on journal
Number of Sources: 445
Full Text, Approximate percentage: Yes, 100%
Archived articles are from scholarly journals in political science,
history, sociology, philosophy, mathematics, business, art, literature,
language, music, religion, botany, ecology, etc. |
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Science
Database Name
(Database host) |
Description |
ACS
Publications
(American Chemical Society) |
Number of Sources: 39
journals
Full Text, Approximate percentage: Yes, 100%
This contains 31 journals published by the American Chemical Society. |
Botany
Collection
(JSTOR)
|
Coverage:
1890-
Number of Sources: 8 journals
Full Text, Approximate percentage: Yes, 100%
This contains full text archives of 8 botany journals and 21 ecology
journals. |
Ecology
Collection
(JSTOR) |
Coverage:
1867-
Number of Sources: 21
Full Text, Approximate percentage: Yes, 100%
This contains full text archives of 21 ecology journals and 8
botany journals |
ProQuest
Biology Journals
(ProQuest) |
Coverage:
1992-
Number of Sources: 290+
Full Text, Approximate percentage: Yes
The database covers a wide range of biology-related topics such as
biological chemistry, biophysics, botany, cytology and histology,
environmental studies, microbiology, microscopy, and zoology. |
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Sociology
Database Name
(Database host) |
Description |
JSTOR
(JSTOR) |
Coverage:
depends on journal
Number of Sources: 445
Full Text, Approximate percentage: Yes, 100%
Archived articles are from scholarly journals in political science,
history, sociology, philosophy, mathematics, business, art, literature,
language, music, religion, botany, ecology, etc. |
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