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Articles - search more than one database at a time: EBSCOhost Research Databases Search CINAHL,  MagillOnLiterature Plus,  MasterFILE Premier, Health Source and Nursing & Allied Health Collection databases simultaneously.

 

  Agent Search several resources AND library catalogs simultaneously; see a list of results from all the resources on one screen.

 

  General OneFile A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images.

 

  Wilson OmniFile Full Text Mega Search abstracts and full-text for Education Full Text, General Science Full Text, Humanities Full Text, Reader's Guide Full Text, Social Sciences Full Text, and Wilson Business Full Text simultaneously.

 

Articles: Expanded Academic ASAP Plus Subset of InfoTrac OneFile; meets research needs from the arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology.
  General Reference Center Gold

Subset of InfoTrac OneFile; find articles from newspapers, reference books, and periodicals,  that include the latest current events, popular culture, business and industry coverage, the arts and sciences, sports, and hobbies.

  MasterFILE Premier Finding magazine articles Provides full text for nearly 1,950 general reference publications with full text information.  Also includes 315 full text reference books,  and an image collection of 116,000 photos, maps and flags.
  Readers' Guide Full Text Part of Wilson OmniFile, it covers popular, general-interest periodicals, e.g. Time, Newsweek,  published in Canada and the United States
Articles: (Scholarly) JSTOR Scholarly Journals about history, sociology, literature and economics.  Can also see results for ArtSTOR when searching this.
 
Articles: (Health)    
  CINAHL with Full Text The authoritative resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers. Provides indexing for over 1,700 current nursing and allied health journals and publications dating back to 1982, totaling over 961,000 records.

 

  Health Source Strong coverage of nursing and allied health journals, going back to 1975.  Also includes up-to-date, concise and clinically relevant drug monographs.

 

  Health & Wellness Resource Center 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.

  Health Reference Center Academic Find articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc.

  Designed for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers, this database provides full text for nearly 400 journals covering the areas of nursing, biomedicine, health sciences, consumer health and allied health disciplines.
 
  PubMed Access citations from biomedical literature and links to the other Entrez molecular biology databases.

  Red Book Online Provides the most up-to-date reliable and clinically useful information on the manifestations, etiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of some 200 childhood infectious diseases.

 

  Stat!REF Article citations and books from professional healthcare sources.

 

Articles (Spanish): ¡Informe!(Revistas en Español) Una coleccion de revistas hispánicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias.

Biography: Biography Resource Center Contains more than 400,000 biographies on nearly 275,000 people from around the world and throughout history from more than 250 full-text periodicals.

Books: Gale Virtual Reference Library Search in one or in several reference books in business, history, environment, science, medicine or multicultural studies.
  Humanities E-book Over 1500 works of major importance to humanities & related studies - includes 250 publishers
 
  NetLibrary eBook Collection An electronic books collection
 
  Oxford Reference Online Includes complete text for over 100 well-known dictionaries and reference books, plus an encyclopedia, covering general reference, language and quotations, science and medicine, humanities and social sciences, and business.
 
  Safari Books Online The premier electronic reference library for programming and IT professionals. Gain access to the electronic versions of a broad range of technical books from leading publishers.

Books
(Recommendations):
What Do I Read Next? Includes over 100,000 recommended titles, more than 58,000 plot summaries, and awards information from 562 awards.  Search by genre, subject, author, title, and series.

Books and Articles: OCLC FirstSearch A wide collection of databases to find books, periodicals citations, selected full-text articles, selected Internet sites, and selected other formats.

Business: General BusinessFile International Analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics. Access to a combination of broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and directory listings with full text and images available.

  Business Full Text Part of Wilson OmniFile, includes The New York Times Business Section and The Wall Street Journal as well as magazines, scholarly journals, corporation information, graphs and charts.

 

College Catalogs: CollegeSource Online Provides cover-to-cover catalogs for colleges, universities and professional schools.

Computers: Computer Database Provides a combination of indexing, abstracts and full text for leading business and technical publications in the computer, telecommunications and electronic industries.

 

Controversial Issues: Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center Full-text of "Opposing Viewpoints" social issues series, as well as a library of current event topics--the facts, as well as the arguments.

Education: ERIC The largest free-content education database in the world, contains more than 1 million records of journal articles, research reports, curriculum and teaching guides, conference papers, and books.
 
  Education Full Text Part of Wilson OmniFile Full-text, covers journals and yearbooks about all aspects of education

 

Encyclopedias: West's Encyclopedia of American Law Includes articles covering important issues, biographies, definitions of legal terms such as the Americans with Disabilities Act, capital punishment, domestic violence, gay and lesbian rights, and physician-assisted suicide.

 

  Wikipedia A free-content encyclopedia, written collaboratively by people from around the world. This site is a wiki, which means that anyone can edit articles, simply by clicking on the edit this page link - this collaboration.

 

Fire Codes: NFPA Codes Online
(only one user at a time)
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)'s complete codes and standards including any revisions, appeals and additions to existing codes.

Humanities: Humanities Full Text Part of Wilson OmniFile Full-text, Includes feature articles, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, original works of fiction, drama, and poetry, book reviews, and reviews of ballets, dance programs, motion pictures, musicals, operas, plays, radio and television programs.

 

Law / News: LexisNexis™
Academic
Finding newspaper articles
Full-Text documents from over 5,600 news (U.S. & International), business, legal, medical, and reference publications.

Literature: Literary Index Provides an index entry to articles in literature reference books such as Short Story Criticism, Poetry Criticism, Contemporary Authors, Something About the Author.

 

  Literature Resource Center Access biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of more than 120,000 authors from every age and literary discipline. Includes 15-20 page signed essays on more than 1,600 authors and literary genres drawn from 13 acclaimed Scribner print series.

  LitFinder™ Includes more than 126,500 full-text poems, 850,000 poem citations and excerpts, 5,000 full-text short stories, 2,800 full-text essays, 1,800 full-text speeches, and 1,000 full-text plays.  Also includes biographies, photographs and glossary.
 
  MagillOnLiterature
Plus
Includes brief plot and character summaries of the most studied works in the history of literature.

Music & Art:    
  Art Index Part of Wilson OmniFile, it covers Latin American, Canadian, Asian and other non-Western art, new artists, contemporary art, exhibition reviews, and feminist criticism.  It also indexes works of art.
  ArtSTOR More than 300,000 digital images of paintings, sculpture, photography, design and decorative arts and the tools to use these images.
 
  Classical Music Library A continually growing catalog of thousands of classical music tracks as well as extensive articles on composers, musical works, genres and periods.

 

  Naxos Music Library Over 2,500 titles of classical music, jazz, New Age and global music.  Also includes some opera synopses, musical definitions and articles about compositions.  To listen to music, disable your Pop-up blocker.

 

Sciences: General Science Full Text Part of Wilson OmniFile, it covers popular science magazines and professional journals published in English; includes The New York Times Science Section.  Full-text begins with 1995.
 
  Library Literature & Information Science Full Text Part of Wilson OmniFile,
  Social Sciences Full Text Part of Wilson OmniFile, it covers criminology, family studies, psychology and social work.  Full text begins with 1995.
 
Videos:
Request the unique username and password from the Reference Desk.
FMG On Demand Films online that cover the arts, short stories, history, specific authors and critiques of plays. 
United Streaming Videos An educational digital video library with 4,000 videos and 40,000 video clips. 

Last updated October 16, 2007

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