Library Databases
 Academic Search Complete
Academic Search Complete Formats: Articles Full Text: Some Years: Varies; most publications are full run Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Multi-disciplinary, general database covering most academic topics. Includes more than 7,000 full-text periodicals, including nearly 6,000 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 11,000 journals and a total of more than 11,600 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.
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IEEE Computer Society Digital Library
IEEE Computer Society Digital Library Formats: Articles, reports, conference proceedings Full Text: All Years: Journals from first issue to current, and conferences from 1995 to current Vendor: IEEE Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Full text access to computer science papers published by IEEE Computer Society in their peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings. |
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ACM: Association for Computing Machinery
ACM: Association for Computing Machinery Formats: Articles, conference proceedings, newsletters Full Text: Articles only; all other sources are not full text Years: Complete coverage of every ACM issue Vendor: Association for Computing Machinery Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Computer science. Full text articles from 15 ACM periodicals. Requires Acrobat Reader for articles, which are in .pdf format.
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Inspec
Inspec Formats: Citations for articles, conference proceedings, books, dissertations, patents and reports Full Text: Linked full text Years: 1969 - present. Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Inspec provides citations and abstracts to the world's scientific and technical papers in physics, electrical engineering, electronics, communications, control engineering, computing, information technology, manufacturing, production and mechanical engineering. Inspec provides coverage from over 3,800 journals and 3,000 conference proceedings. In addition to the core subject areas, Inspec also provides significant coverage in related disciplines such as materials science, oceanography, nuclear engineering, geophysics, biomedical engineering and many more. |
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ACS: American Chemical Society
ACS: American Chemical Society Formats: Articles Full Text: All Years: Archives cover from 1879 to 4 years ago; current searches cover the current 4 years. Vendor: American Chemical Society Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Chemistry and related topics. Full text articles from 35 American Chemical Society periodicals. Requires Acrobat Reader.
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International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text
International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text Formats: Articles, book excerpts, chapters, dissertation abstracts Full Text: Some Years: 1984 - current Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: These volumes comprise a fully indexed, cross-referenced and annotated databank of over 60,000 journal articles, books, book articles and dissertation abstracts on all aspects of theatre and performance in 126 countries. International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text contains full text for more than 100 periodicals and more than 100 books & monographs. |
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Agricola
Agricola Formats: Articles, book citations, book chapters, reports Full Text: None Years: 1970 - present Vendor: Free access from the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Number of Users: Unlimited Description: To retrieve articles: 1. Search Agricola to find articles 2. Look up the title of the journal in the Journal Titles lookup on the home page of the library website 3. If the title comes up, click the Find It button to find out if it is available full text online, in print in the library, or if you must use ILL to get it 4. If the title does not come up, you will have to use ILL to get it 5. If you must use ILL to retrieve the article, submit the form through our ILL form from the library website and allow 7 days for delivery Disciplines covered: 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. Two databases make up Agricola: The National Agricultural Library (NAL) contains citations to books, serial titles, audiovisuals, and other resources; and The Article Citation Database, which includes citations, many with abstracts, to journal articles, book chapters, reports, and reprints.
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International Encycl. of the Social & Behavioral Sciences
International Encycl. of the Social & Behavioral Sciences Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Elsevier Number of Users: Unlimited Description: IESBS is the first attempt in a generation to map the social and behavioral sciences on a grand scale. It is the largest reference work ever published for the social and behavioral sciences and will be the first to appear in both print and electronic formats. A single verified starting point for research, referencing the more detailed primary literature featuring international contributors, ensuring a wide range of authoritative information. |
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America: History and Life
America: History and Life Formats: Articles, book chapters, reviews Full Text: Some linked full text Years: 1964 - present Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: 6 concurrent users Description: America: History & Life is the definitive index of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. With indexing for 1,700 journals from 1964 to present, this database is the most important bibliographic reference tool for students and scholars of U.S. and Canadian history. Strong English-language journal coverage is balanced by an international perspective on topics and events, including abstracts in English of articles published in more than 40 languages. For topics outside North America, use Historical Abstracts.
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International Monetary Fund: Intl. Financial Stats.
International Monetary Fund: Intl. Financial Stats. Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: 1948 - current Vendor: International Monetary Fund Number of Users: Not listed Description: International Financial Statistics (IFS) is the International Monetary Fund’s principal statistical publication and is the standard source for all aspects of international and domestic finance. It reports, for most countries, time series data on exchange rates, balance of payments, international liquidity, money and banking, interest rates, prices, production, international transactions, government accounts, national accounts and population. Selected data, including data on Fund accounts, international reserves and international trade, are also aggregated into regional and world tables. |
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American Accounting Association
American Accounting Association Formats: Articles (papers of the AAA) Full Text: All Years: Approximately 2000 - current Vendor: American Accounting Association Number of Users: not listed Description: Fifteen journals published by The American Accounting Association. The Association is a voluntary organization of persons interested in accounting education and research.
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IOP Science (Institute of Physics)
IOP Science (Institute of Physics) Formats: Articles Full Text: All Years: 1874 - current (or journal's entire run) Vendor: Institute of Physics Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Searches 86 journals published by the Institute of Physics, a British organization. Covers the subjects of physics, mathematics, engineering, chemistry and biological physics. |
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American National Biography
American National Biography Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Covers American history; updated quarterly Vendor: Oxford University Press Number of Users: 1 user Description: The American National Biography Online provides authoritative, in-depth information on over 18,000 people from all eras who have influenced and shaped American history and culture. Articles include hyperlinked cross-references, up-to-date bibliographies, 2,000 of photographs and illustrations, and links to external web resources. ANB Online also includes 900 articles from The Oxford Companion to U.S. History.
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Iter
Iter Formats: Articles, books, essays, letters, other sources Full Text: Some Years: Primary sources from 400; journals from 1853 - current Vendor: University of Toronto Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Collection of databases with literature about the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700). Article databases include 518 scholarly journal titles. Iter is path in Latin. |
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American Periodicals Series Online
American Periodicals Series Online Formats: Newspapers, journals, magazines Full Text: All Years: 1740-1940 Vendor: ProQuest Number of Users: Not listed Description: Over 1,100 periodicals that first began publishing between 1740 and 1900, including special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, children's and women's magazines, and many other historically-significant periodicals. Contains more than 7 million pages of full text periodicals.
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JSTOR: Journal Storage
JSTOR: Journal Storage Formats: Articles Full Text: All Years: Some from 1800s; most articles are 3-5 years old Vendor: JSTOR Number of Users: Unlimited Description: JSTOR offers back issues of journals. Searching in Project Muse or EBSCOHost will link to older articles in JSTOR. JSTOR provides full text from 117core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. The most recent issues are 3-5 years from date of publication. |
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Art and Architecture Complete
Art and Architecture Complete Formats: Articles, reference works, full text books, images Full Text: Most Years: Varies Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Art & Architecture Complete provides full-text coverage of more than 330 periodicals and 215 books. In addition, Art & Architecture Complete offers cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for nearly 730 academic journals, magazines and trade publications. The database also provides selective coverage for more than 70 additional publications and an Image Collection of approximately 65,000 images provided by Picture Desk and others.
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Left Index (The Left Index)
Left Index (The Left Index) Formats: Articles, pamplets, ephemera Full Text: Some full text Years: 1982 - present Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: The Left Index is a complete guide to the diverse literature of the left, with an emphasis on political, economic, social and culturally engaged scholarship inside and outside academia. Other topics covered include the labor movement, ecology and environment, race and ethnicity, social and cultural theory, sociology, art and aesthetics, philosophy, history, education, law and globalization. |
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ARTbibliographies Modern
ARTbibliographies Modern Formats: Abstracts of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, PhD dissertations Full Text: None Years: 1974 - current Vendor: CSA Number of Users: Unlimited Description: ARTbibliographies Modern (ABM) provides citations and abstracts for modern and contemporary arts dating from the late 19th century onwards, and including photography since its invention. It includes abstracts of English and foreign-language material on famous and lesser-known artists, movements, and trends. The coverage of ABM is wide-ranging and includes performance art and installation works, video art, computer and electronic art, body art, graffiti, artists' books, theatre arts, conservation, crafts, ceramic and glass art, ethnic arts, graphic and museum design, fashion, and calligraphy, as well as traditional media including illustration, painting, printmaking, sculpture, and drawing.
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LexisNexis
LexisNexis Formats: Articles, short-entry reference works, law codes Full Text: Most Years: Current Vendor: LexisNexis Number of Users: 99 concurrent users Description: LexisNexis offers information in the following areas: Law: Federal and state case law, statutes, codes, regulations, legal news, law reviews, and international legal information. Includes full text journal articles from law reviews and accounting, auditing, and tax information. News: Full text newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts (news sources include non-English language). News information is updated daily and wire services several times daily. Companies: Company financial information, SEC filings and reports, and industry and market news, SEC filings such as 10-K, 10-Q, and their exhibits; company, industry, and market news; company financial information. LexisNexis also offers minor coverage of country information and brief biographical information, primarily on prominent people in business and law. |
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ArticleFirst
ArticleFirst Formats: Articles Full Text: Some links to full text in other databases Years: 1990 - current Vendor: FirstSearch Number of Users: 20 concurrent users statewide Description: Multidisciplinary database indexing over 16,000 journals, more than any other library database. Contains citations for articles taken from the tables of contents of each issue of the journals covered.
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LGBT Life
LGBT Life Formats: Articles, books Full Text: All Years: Varies Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered) Life with Full Text covers 190 journals, with 120 in full text, as well as more than 140 full-text books. The database also includes indexing to reference works and a comprehensive LGBT Thesaurus containing over 6,400 terms. All relevant bibliographic data from NISC's Sexual Diversity Studies is also included. |
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ARTstor
ARTstor Formats: Images and descriptions Full Text: All Years: Not applicable Vendor: ARTstor Number of Users: Unlimited Description: ARTstor is a digital library of nearly one million images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images for research and teaching purposes. Users may set up folders and store images, share sets of images, and export to an offline viewer or PowerPoint for presentations. Folders time out after 120 days of inactivity.
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Library Literature & Information Science Index
Library Literature & Information Science Index Formats: Articles, book reviews, conference proceedings, reports Full Text: Some articles link to full text in other EBSCOHost databases Years: 1969 - present Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Article citations and book reviews from key library and information science periodicals. Coverage for over 300 books, 380 journals, chapters in collected works such as conference proceedings, library school theses and pamphlets. Includes English and non-English records. Subjects covered include Automation, Cataloging, Censorship, Children's Literature, Circulation Procedures, Classification, Copyright Legislation, Education for Librarianship, Government Aid, Information Brokers, Internet Software, Library Associations & Conferences, Library Equipment & Supplies, Personnel Administration, Preservation of Materials, Public Relations, Publishing, and Web Sites. |
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ArXive
ArXive Formats: Articles, pre-print reports Full Text: All Years: Varies; most are 1991 - current Vendor: Free website from Cornell University Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Searches 12 sets of archives in the areas of physics, mathematics, non-linear science, computer science, and quantitative biology.
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LitFinder
LitFinder Formats: Primary sources, poems, essays, short stories, more Full Text: All Years: Varies Vendor: Gale Group Number of Users: Unlimited Description: LitFinder provides access to primary literature content, including the full-text of poems, short stories, essays, speeches, and plays. Some works may only be available as citations or excerpts. LitFinder also includes biographies, work summaries, photographs, and a glossary. The database is international in scope and covers all time periods. |
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ASME: Mechanical Engineering
ASME: Mechanical Engineering Formats: Full text journal articles from publications of the ASME Full Text: All Years: Not listed Vendor: ASME Number of Users: Not listed Description: Includes 20 publications of the ASME, covering aspects of mechanical engineering such as materials science, biomechanics, fluid mechanics, energy and resources, and others.
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MAS Ultra (School Edition)
MAS Ultra (School Edition) Formats: Articles, short-entry reference works Full Text: Most Years: 1975 - current Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: General interest, current events. Includes 550 popular magazines and publications, 550 full text pamphlets, 237 full text reference books, 91,600 biographies, 75,000 primary source documents, and an image collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. Designed for K-12 schools. |
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Associations Unlimited
Associations Unlimited Formats: Short-entry reference work Full Text: All Years: Current year Vendor: Gale Group Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Brief information for approximately 460,000 international and U.S. national, regional, state, and local nonprofit organizations in all fields, including IRS data.
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MasterFILE Premier
MasterFILE Premier Formats: Articles, reference works Full Text: Most Years: 1975 - current Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: General reference, business, health, education, general science, social sciences, arts and humanities. Provides full text for 1,950 general reference publications. Includes 350 full text reference books, 91,600 biographies, 75,000 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. Designed for public library use. |
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Bibliography of Native North Americans
Bibliography of Native North Americans Formats: Book citations, essays, journal articles, and government documents Full Text: Some linked full text Years: Documents from 16th century - current; journals from late 1800s Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Covers 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.
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MathSciNet
MathSciNet Formats: Journals, books, proceedings Full Text: None Years: 1864-current, coverage varies Vendor: American Mathematical Society Number of Users: Unlimited Description: MathSciNet contains over 2.2 million items and over 800,000 links to original articles in more than 1000 journals from more than 250 publishers. Over 85,000 new items are added each year, most of them classified according to the Mathematics Subject Classification. Each year over 65,000 reviews are added, written by experts around the world. |
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BioDigest
BioDigest Formats: Articles Full Text: None Years: 1989 - current Vendor: FirstSearch Reference available only in library - ask librarian for login at reference desk Number of Users: 2 concurrent users Description: Biology, life sciences, microbiology, ecology, botany. Provides detailed abstracts written in a nontechnical style for students and interested nonscientists. Conveys solid, factual information useful to life scientists exploring areas outside their specialties.
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Medline with Full Text
Medline with Full Text Formats: Articles Full Text: Full text from 1965 without embargo Years: 1945 - current Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: The world's most extensive collection of published medical information, coordinated by the National Library of Medicine. Indexes using MESH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree, tree hierarchy, subheadings and explosion capabilities to search citations from over 4,800 current biomedical journals. |
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Biography Master Index
Biography Master Index Formats: Reference work Full Text: None Years: 1984 - current (biographical information for people from antiquity to present) Vendor: Gale Group Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Citations for biographical information on more than 5 million people. Indexes articles, books, and autobiographies for graphical subjects from antiquity to the present. Includes individual and collective biographies from all fields and nationalities.
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Mental Measurements Yearbook
Mental Measurements Yearbook Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: 9th yearbook - current Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: 4 concurrent users Description: Mental Measurements Yearbook, produced by the Buros Institute, includes consumer-oriented test reviews. The purpose of the Yearbook is to provide evaluative information to promote informed test selection. Typical test entries include descriptive information, professional reviews, and reviewer references. To be included, a test must be commercially available, be published in the English language, and be new, revised, or widely used since it last appeared in the series. The MMY in print in the Reference Collection goes back to the first volume. Tests in Print is a finding tool for reviews, some of which have reviews in MMY. TIP is integrated in MMY, so that when a test review is available in MMY, there will be a link for the review on the TIP record. |
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Biography Reference Bank
Biography Reference Bank Formats: Short-entry reference work Full Text: Most, with links to external resources Years: Antiquity to present Vendor: WilsonWeb Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Biography Reference Bank contains more than 95,000 short biographies and obituaries and 26,000 photographs from more than 100 volumes of biographical reference books, including Current Biography, the World Author Series, Nobel Prize Winners, World Artists, World Film Directors, American Reformers, and others. Includes all entries from Biography Index Plus, biographical material appearing in periodicals, current books of individual and collective biography, and incidental biographical material in otherwise non-biographical books. These entries are enhanced with abstracts and the full text of articles where available.
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Mergent Online
Mergent Online Formats: Short-entry reference works, reports, government filings Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Mergent Number of Users: 5 concurrent users Description: Data, annual reports, and SEC filings for 10,000 U.S. public companies; international company data with annual reports. |
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Biological Abstracts
Biological Abstracts Formats: Articles Full Text: Some linked full text to other EBSCOHost databases Years: 1985 - present Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: 2 concurrent users Description: Life sciences, biology, botany, agriculture, biochemistry, biotechnology, ecology, environment, genetics, gerontology, health science, horticulture, human development, medicine, microbiology, neuroscience, nutrition, pediatrics, pharmacology, physiology, public health, toxicology, zoology, and general science. Article citations are from 4,000 journals worldwide.
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Middle Search Plus
Middle Search Plus Formats: Articles, reference works, pamphlets Full Text: Most Years: 1990 - current Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Designed for for middle and junior high school students. Contains full text from 120 education, general reference, health and science magazines. Offers indexing and abstracts for 150 magazines. This database includes 2,000 charts, tables and graphs; full text of 43 reference books; full text of hundreds of pamphlets; over 5,000 full text Magill Book Reviews; Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia; CIA World Factbook; Essential Documents in American History and The Encyclopedia of Animals. |
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BioMed Central
BioMed Central Formats: Articles Full Text: All Years: Varies Vendor: Free website Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Biology, medicine, biotechnology, medical research, internal medicine, surgery, physiology, women's health, diseases and treatments. Over 100 open access, peer-reviewed journals published online by a British association of biomedical scientists. The research articles are available online without charge, but some journals require an institutional or a personal subscription to view other content such as reviews or reports. You must complete a free registration to search for articles, but you may browse without registering.
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Military & Government Collection
Military & Government Collection Formats: Articles, pamphlets, country reports Full Text: Some Years: Varies Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Current military news, full text for 320 military periodicals, 245 pamphlets over various topics and indexing and abstracts for over 350 magazines. |
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BioOne
BioOne Formats: Articles Full Text: All Years: Some journals from 1998, but most are 2000 - current Vendor: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Biology, ecology, environmental sciences, biochemistry, geosciences, sciences and technology. Contains full text articles from 65 bioscience journals.
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MLA (Modern Language Association) International Bibliography
MLA (Modern Language Association) International Bibliography Formats: Articles, book chapters, monographs, working papers, proceedings, bibliographies, other sources Full Text: Articles, book citations, dissertation abstracts, Years: 1926 - current Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Indexes 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. |
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Book Collection: Nonfiction - Elementary School Edition
Book Collection: Nonfiction - Elementary School Edition Formats: Book excerpts, chapters, reference Full Text: All Years: Varies Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Book Collection Nonfiction: Elementary School Edition contains abstracts and searchable full text for more than 1,290 popular nonfiction books. The database includes high interest titles on animals, weather, holidays, Native Americans, United States, Canada, biographies, civics and more.
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MLA Directory of Periodicals
MLA Directory of Periodicals Formats: Reference work Full Text: Brief entries Years: Current Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Detailed publication information on over 7,100 journals, with 4,400 currently indexed in the International Bibliography. Not an index to articles. |
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Book Collection: Nonfiction - High School Edition
Book Collection: Nonfiction - High School Edition Formats: Book excerpts, chapters, reference Full Text: All Years: Varies Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Book Collection Nonfiction: High School Edition contains abstracts and searchable full text for more than 2,440 popular nonfiction books. The database includes high interest titles on careers, health, ethnicity, disabilities, technology, biographies, music, science, history, civics and more.
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Music Index
Music Index Formats: Article citations, conference reports, dissertation abstracts, news, reviews Full Text: None Years: 1976 - current Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Indexes 725 international music periodicals from over 40 countries in 23 languages. Covering all styles and genres of music, The Music Index cites book reviews, obituaries, periodicals, and news and articles about music, musicians, and the music industry. |
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Book Collection: Nonfiction - Middle School Edition
Book Collection: Nonfiction - Middle School Edition Formats: Book excerpts, chapters, reference Full Text: All Years: Varies Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Book Collection Nonfiction: Middle School Edition contains abstracts and searchable full text for more than 3,100 popular nonfiction books. The database includes high interest titles on careers, health, ethnicity, disabilities, technology, biographies, history, science, women, civics and more.
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National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Formats: Articles, short-entry reference Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: NFPA Number of Users: 1 concurrent user Description: NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) provides 300 codes and standards that influence every building, process, service, design, and installation in the United States. The website includes Codes & Standards, Research & Reports, and Publications. |
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Book Review Digest
Book Review Digest Formats: Articles Full Text: Excerpts of full text reviews Years: 1983 - present. For reviews of older books, see the print Book Review Digest (Z1219 .C96) Vendor: FirstSearch Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Citations and excerpts of book reviews for current English-language fiction and nonfiction books including adult and children's literature. Covers periodicals published in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. Reviews more than 7,000 books per year.
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Natural Standard
Natural Standard Formats: Reports, reference entries, linked citations Full Text: All - article citations are linked to Medline Years: Current Vendor: Natural Standard Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Natural Standard is an international research collaboration that aggregates and synthesizes data on complementary and alternative therapies. Using a comprehensive methodology and reproducible grading scales, information is created that is evidence-based, consensus-based, and peer-reviewed, tapping into the collective expertise of a multidisciplinary Editorial Board. The mission of this collaboration is to provide objective, reliable information that aids clinicians, patients, and healthcare institutions to make more informed and safer therapeutic decisions. |
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Books in Print
Books in Print Formats: Short-entry reference work Full Text: All book reviews are full text Years: 1979 - current Vendor: Bowker Number of Users: Site license Description: Records for approximately 2.5 million books that are in print, forthcoming, or declared out-of-print or out-of-stock indefinitely since 1979. Includes 500,000 full text book reviews.
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Naxos Music Library
Naxos Music Library Formats: Audio files with accompanying information Full Text: All Years: Not applicable Vendor: Naxos Number of Users: 5 concurrent users shared between Naxos Music Library and NML: Jazz Description: Contains more than 40,000 CDs, over 600,000 tracks of music. 1,000 CDs are added every month. Includes opera synopses and libretti, composer and artist biographies and other essential information. Please note: Once you have chosen your selections and are streaming your music, please close the database page so that others may access the database without exceeding the user limit. |
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Business Source Complete
Business Source Complete Formats: Articles Full Text: Most Years: Varies; most publications are 1985 - present Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Covers business, including marketing, management, ISOM, accounting, finance and economics. Indexing and abstracts for scholarly business journals back to 1886 are included. Searchable cited references provided for more than 1,200 journals. Contains detailed author profiles for the 20,000 most-cited authors in the database. Additional full text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, and SWOT analyses.
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Naxos Music Library: Jazz
Naxos Music Library: Jazz Formats: Audio files with accompanying information Full Text: All Years: Not applicable Vendor: Naxos Number of Users: 5 concurrent users shared between Naxos Music Library and NML: Jazz Description: Contains music from all eras and types of jazz. Please note: Once you have chosen your selections and are streaming your music, please close the database page so that others may access the database without exceeding the user limit. |
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Business Source Complete (enhanced interface)
Business Source Complete (enhanced interface) Formats: Articles Full Text: Most Years: Varies; most publications are 1985 - present Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Covers business, including marketing, management, ISOM, accounting, finance and economics. Indexing and abstracts for scholarly business journals back to 1886 are included. Searchable cited references provided for more than 1,200 journals. Contains detailed author profiles for the 20,000 most-cited authors in the database. Additional full text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, and SWOT analyses.
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NetLibrary
NetLibrary Formats: Full text books Full Text: All Years: Varies Vendor: OCLC Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Nearly 30,000 e-books on a wide variety of topics. Not all books are scholarly. |
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Chambers Library Catalog
Chambers Library Catalog Formats: Books, CDs, videos, DVDs, maps, kits, cassettes, microfilm, microfiche Full Text: Links to e-books Years: Not applicable Vendor: Endeavor Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Catalog of materials in Chambers Library.
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New York Times (Historical)
New York Times (Historical) Formats: Full-page images of newspaper Full Text: All Years: 1851-2005 Vendor: ProQuest Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Full-image archive that brings you the entire historical run of The New York Times, the definitive voice of American journalism since 1851. It provides every page of every issue from cover to cover, with full-page and article images in downloadable PDF, from 1851-2002. Another year of coverage will be added each year. |
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Choice Reviews Online
Choice Reviews Online Formats: Book and media reviews Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Choice Number of Users: Campus-wide access Description: Choice Reviews Online is the premier source for reviews of academic books, electronic media, and Internet resources of interest to those in higher education. Each year Choice publishes more than 7,000 reviews.
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Newspaper Source Plus
Newspaper Source Plus Formats: Articles Full Text: All Years: 1995 - current Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Newspaper Source Plus includes 1,520 full-text newspapers, providing more than 28 million full-text articles. The database contains comprehensive full text for major newspapers such as The New York Times (from January 1985 to present), The Boston Globe, The Christian Science Monitor, The Daily Mail (UK), The Irish Times (Ireland), The San Francisco Chronicle, The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), The Times of London, The Toronto Star, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, and others. In addition, Newspaper Source Plus features more than a half-million television and radio news transcripts, videos & podcasts, including: ABC News (American Boadcasting Company), ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), CBS News, CNBC, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, MSNBC, National Public Radio, PBS, and more. |
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Christian Science Monitor (Historical)
Christian Science Monitor (Historical) Formats: Full page images of newspaper Full Text: All Years: 1908-1991 Vendor: ProQuest Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Famous for its international news coverage, independent voice, quality journalism, Christian Science Monitor is respected by researchers around the world. It provides every page of every issue from cover to cover, with full-page and article images in downloadable PDF, from 1908-1991. Another year of coverage will be added each year.
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Oklahoma Periodicals Index
Oklahoma Periodicals Index Formats: Articles Full Text: None Years: 2000 - current Vendor: Free website from Oklahoma State University Library Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Index to articles about people, places, history, culture, wildlife, and natural history in the state of Oklahoma with some coverage outside the state. The index consists of four key periodicals: The Chronicles of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Today, Outdoor Oklahoma, and Persimmon Hill. |
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CINAHL - Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature
CINAHL - Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature Formats: Articles Full Text: Some CINAHL reports are full text; other articles link to full text in other EBSCOHost databases Years: 1982 - current Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines from 1,700 journals. Full text material includes 58 journals plus legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments, clinical trials.
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Oklahoman Archives
Oklahoman Archives Formats: Articles Full Text: All Years: 1901 - current Vendor: OPUBCO Number of Users: Not listed Description: All information from every issue of the Oklahoman, including articles, photos, and advertisements. Complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are included. |
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Clase Periodica
Clase Periodica Formats: Articles, essays, reports, more Full Text: None Years: Clase: 1975 to present; Periodica: 1978 to present Vendor: FirstSearch Number of Users: 20 concurrent users statewide Description: Combines two databases: 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. Contains information from articles, essays, book reviews, monographs, conference proceedings, technical reports, interviews and brief notes published in journals edited in 24 different countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as from publications that focus on Pan-American issues.
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Opposing Viewpoints
Opposing Viewpoints Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Thomson Gale Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Opposing Viewpoints is a source for information on social issues. Sections include viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles. |
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Clinical Pharmacology
Clinical Pharmacology Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Current, concise drug information for all U.S. prescription drugs, herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products and new and investigational drugs. Drugs may be searched by their generic or brand names. Clinical Pharmacology is made up of Drug Monograph and Patient Education Records. Drug Monographs include description, mechanism of action, and pharmacokinetics. Patient Education Records contain such information as what the medication is used for, what their health care professional should know before taking the medication, how the medication should be taken, what they should do if a dose is missed, what other medications can interact, possible side effects, what to watch for, and where to keep the medication.
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Oxford Art Online
Oxford Art Online Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Artworks from prehistoric to present Vendor: Oxford University Press Number of Users: 3 concurrent users Description: Contains the full text of:
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College Catalogs
College Catalogs Formats: Short-entry reference work Full Text: All Years: Usually 2 years previous - current Vendor: College Catalogs Number of Users: 2 concurrent users Description: Full text reproductions of 9,500 College Catalogs in complete cover-to-cover original page format including 2-year, 4-year, graduate and professional schools.
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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Antiquity - 2000 Vendor: Oxford Number of Users: 1 concurrent users Description: Contains 50,000 biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of the British past, from the earliest times to the end of the year 2000. Includes extensive internal cross-referencing, access to articles from the original DNB, navigation by themes and multiple search options. |
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Columbia Granger's Poetry
Columbia Granger's Poetry Formats: Reference work Full Text: 50,000 poems, related reference material Years: Antiquity to present Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Contains works of poetry found in anthologies and volumes of collected works, as well as selected works for individual poets. There are over 400,000 poem citations and nearly 50,000 poems in full text. Also included is bibliographic information for 1,800 anthologies. Supplemental information includes over 1,100 commentaries and nearly 500 biographies. Hyperlinking exists throughout the commentaries, biographies, and poem full text. Users can easily jump from poems to relevant commentary or author biographies when appropriate. A glossary is also provided, giving users detailed definitions for almost 200 poetry specific terms.
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Oxford English Dictionary
Oxford English Dictionary Formats: Short-entry reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Oxford University Press Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Recognized authority on the evolution and usage of the English language; provides a guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. Demonstrates the background on the current and historical usage of words through over 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of English-language sources. |
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Communication & Mass Media
Communication & Mass Media Formats: Articles Full Text: Some Years: Some journals indexed to early 20th century Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Communication, journalism, media, and related fields. Full text articles from 200 journals and indexing for hundreds more, as well as journalism reviews, an encyclopedia and handbook information in communications studies.
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Oxford Music Online
Oxford Music Online Formats: Reference works Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Oxford University Press Number of Users: 3 concurrent users Description: Oxford Music Online provides full text access to:
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Compendex Engineering
Compendex Engineering Formats: Articles, books, patents, standards, and conferences, government, and technical reports Full Text: No full text articles, but reference works, reports, patents are full text Years: Compendex: 1970 to the present. INSPEC: 1969 - present. Vendor: Elsevier Engineering Number of Users: Unlimited Description: The following collections may be searched together or separately. Compendex - Chemical and process engineering, computers and data processing, applied physics, electronics and communications, civil, mechanical and materials engineering. Abstracts from over 5,000 engineering journals, conferences and technical reports. INSPEC - Electrical and electronic engineering, physics, information technology, and computer and control systems. Citations from 3,500 scientific and technical journals and 1,500 conference proceedings. ENGnetBASE - 190+ full text engineering books. Techstreet Standards - Industry standards and specifications from 350+ organizations. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - Six million U.S. patent details. Esp@cenet - Patent information from Europe, the World Intellectual Property Organization and Japan. Scirus - Searches both free and journal sources by covering science-related Web pages
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Oxford Reference Online - All Topics
Oxford Reference Online - All Topics Formats: Short-entry reference works Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Oxford University Publishing Number of Users: 5 concurrent users Description: Search 120 reference titles simultaneously or separately, from general reference to subject-specific works for humanities, science, social sciences, business, and medicine. Subject-specific works include: architecture, art, biology, business, classics, computer science, earth and environmental sciences, economics, English dictionaries and thesauri, English language reference, food and nutrition, general resources, history, law, literature, mathematics, medicine, military history, modern languages, mythology and folklore, physical sciences, political science, performing arts, philosophy, religion, social sciences and theater. |
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Computer Science Index
Computer Science Index Formats: Articles, professional publications, and reference works Full Text: Some Years: Some journals indexed from 1950s Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Artificial intelligence, expert systems, system design, data structures, computer theory, computer systems and architecture, software engineering, human-computer interaction, new technologies, social and professional context, and related topics.
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Oxford Reference: Art & Architecture
Oxford Reference: Art & Architecture Formats: Online reference works Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Oxford Reference Number of Users: 5 concurrent users Description: This group of six specialized reference works from Oxford Reference covers all eras and subjects of art and architecture and contain short biographical information on artists. These dictionaries and companions focus on art and architecture of the western hemisphere, but there is some coverage of the eastern hemisphere. |
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Computers and Applied Sciences Complete
Computers and Applied Sciences Complete Formats: Articles, professional publications, reference sources Full Text: Approximately half is full text Years: Not listed Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Covers the research and development spectrum of the computing and applied sciences disciplines. CASC provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,900 academic journals, professional publications, and other reference sources from a diverse collection. Full text is also available for more than 830 periodicals. Subject areas include the many engineering disciplines, computer theory & systems, new technologies, and social & professional context. Research is aided by the inclusion of searchable cited references for key journals.
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Oxford Reference: Bilingual Dictionaries
Oxford Reference: Bilingual Dictionaries Formats: Online reference works Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Oxford Reference Number of Users: 5 concurrent users Description: These fourteen bilingual dictionaries translate and define words from English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, and Latin. |
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Consumer Health Complete
Consumer Health Complete Formats: Reference, reports, images, videos, animations, articles Full Text: Most Years: Varies Vendor: EBSCOHost third-party Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Consumer Health Complete (CHC) provides full text for more than 200 health reference books, thousands of full-text evidence-based health reports, medical images and diagrams, physician-generated videos, animations, 550 consumer health related periodicals, pamphlets, leaflets, and full text of the United Press International Health Newswire.
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Oxford Reference: Biological Sciences
Oxford Reference: Biological Sciences Formats: Online reference works Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Oxford Reference Number of Users: 5 concurrent users Description: This group of six specialized reference works provide brief descriptions of concepts in biology, botany, biophysics, biochemistry, ecology, zoology, medicine, anatomy, chemistry, and more. Also provides brief biographical information on well-known scientists. |
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Cork Database
Cork Database Formats: Articles, books, book chapters, and reports Full Text: None Years: Late 1970s - current Vendor: Free website Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Alcohol and substance abuse, clinical and treatment methods, outcomes, health insurance and costs of care, etiology and genetics, employee assistance programs, prevention. Sources are mainly from bibliographic records in Dartmouth College Library.
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Oxford Reference: Business & Economics
Oxford Reference: Business & Economics Formats: Online reference works Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Oxford Reference Number of Users: 5 concurrent users Description: These three specialized dictionaries define terms in the areas of accounting, business, economics, finance, banking, and related disciplines. |
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COS - Faculty/Student Research Funding
COS - Faculty/Student Research Funding Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: ProQuest Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Community of Science (COS) identifies funding opportunities, with more than 24,000 records representing nearly 400,000 opportunities, worth over $33 billion. It also provides 500,000 profiles of researchers from 1,600 institutions throughout the world. Discover who is doing what - current research activity, funding received, publications, patents, new positions and more.
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Oxford Reference: Classics
Oxford Reference: Classics Formats: Online reference works Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Oxford Reference Number of Users: 5 concurrent users Description: This group of five specialized reference works covers aspects of Greek and Roman life in the classical era, including history and politics, ethics and morals, law and punishment, social and family life, language, literature, and art, religion and mythology, technology, science, and medicine. Includes brief biographical information on important figures of Greek and Roman culture. |
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Counseling and Therapy in Video
Counseling and Therapy in Video Formats: Videos, transcripts, teaching and discussion guides Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Alexander Street Number of Users: unlimited Description: Counseling and Therapy in Video is an online collection of videos for social work, psychotherapy, psychology, and psychiatric counseling. It also contains teaching and discussion guides, searches and browses powered by Semantic Indexing and searchable transcripts synchronized to the video. Users may make playlists and clips for discussion and classwork. When completed, CTIV will contain 330 videos.
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Oxford Reference: Computing
Oxford Reference: Computing Formats: Online reference works Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Oxford Reference Number of Users: 5 concurrent users Description: These three specialized dictionaries define terms in computing science, telecommunications, software and hardware, concepts and theories, issues relating to the Internet, and weights, measures, and units. |
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CQ Researcher Global
CQ Researcher Global Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: CQ Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Each CQ Researcher report 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 report includes 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. CQ Researcher Global expands CQ Researcher to include international topics such as separatist movements and global hunger. Content from CQ Global contains a green "G" beside the report title.
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Oxford Reference: Dictionaries & Thesauri
Oxford Reference: Dictionaries & Thesauri Formats: Online reference works Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Oxford Reference Number of Users: 5 concurrent users Description: General dictionaries and thesauri |
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Criminal Justice Abstracts
Criminal Justice Abstracts Formats: Abstracts for articles, books, and reports from governmental agencies Full Text: Linking to full text Years: 1968 - current Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Full coverage of 270 journals, with indexing for 130 more journals. Crime and criminals, criminology, forensics, police procedures and methods, prevention and safety, crime trends, corrections, jails, prisons, juvenile delinquency, courts, offende tracking, probation, victims, sentencing, and alternative sentencing.
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Oxford Reference: Earth & Environment
Oxford Reference: Earth & Environment Formats: Online reference works Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Oxford Reference Number of Users: 5 concurrent users Description: These five specialized dictionaries cover earth science, ecology, geography, geology, climatology, oceanography, vulcanology, planetary science, remote sensing, statistical measures, and related disciplines. |
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Design and Applied Arts Index
Design and Applied Arts Index Formats: Articles Full Text: None Years: 1973 to current Vendor: CSA Number of Users: Unlimited Description: The Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI) contains over 130,000 annotated references from more than 500 design and craft journals and newspapers published from 1973 onwards, and data on over 50,000 designers, craftspeople, studios, workshops, firms etc., making it the largest index of its kind in the world. Research articles are covered, along with topical news items, conference and seminar reports, and book, video and exhibition reviews. Each reference includes full bibliographic details and a brief abstract.
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Oxford Reference: Encyclopedias
Oxford Reference: Encyclopedias Formats: Online reference works Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Oxford Reference Number of Users: 5 concurrent users Description: General encyclopedias |
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Dissertation Abstracts
Dissertation Abstracts Formats: Citations and abstracts Full Text: Abstracts only Years: 1861 - current Vendor: FirstSearch Number of Users: 4 concurrent users Description: Abstracts of research documents written for doctoral degrees and some master's theses at over 1,000 institutions. Available in library only. Ask at Reference Desk for login.
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Oxford Reference: English Language
Oxford Reference: English Language Formats: Online reference works Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Oxford Reference Number of Users: 5 concurrent users Description: This set of eleven specialized reference works covers English etymology, grammar, abbreviations, eponyms, foreign terms in English, idioms, linguistics, proverbs, and usage. See Oxford English Dictionary for definitions of words in English. |
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EconLit
EconLit Formats: Articles, conference proceedings, books, book reviews, working papers, dissertations Full Text: Some links to full text articles in other EBSCOHost databases Years: 1969 - current; abstracts after 1987 Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Economic trends, forecasts, macroeconomics, microeconomics, international and national budgets and finance, business and industry analysis, domestic monetary and financial theory, institutional economics, economic growth, fluctuations, quantitative economic methods and data, systems, technological change, theory, urban and regional economics, public finance planning and implementation.
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Oxford Reference: Food & Drink
Oxford Reference: Food & Drink Formats: Online reference works Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Oxford Reference Number of Users: 5 concurrent users Description: These three specialized reference works provide definitions for subjects related to diet, nutrition, exercise, sports, weight control, strength, stamina, food science and technology, safety, and other issues. |
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Education Research Complete
Education Research Complete Formats: Articles, full text books, conference papers Full Text: Most Years: Varies Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Education Research Complete offers the world's largest and most complete collection of full-text education journals. It covers all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, as well as areas of curriculum instruction as well as administration, policy, funding, and related social issues. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 2,100 journals, as well as full text for nearly 1,300 journals. This database also includes full text for more than 550 books and monographs, and full text for numerous education-related conference papers.
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Oxford Reference: History
Oxford Reference: History Formats: Online reference works Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Oxford Reference Number of Users: 5 concurrent users Description: These 22 specialized reference works cover topics relating to history, including archaeology, dynasties, politics, lineages, military campaigns and strategies, biographical sketches, and government. |
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Emerald Management
Emerald Management Formats: Articles, articles from books Full Text: All Years: Vendor: Emerald Insight Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Covering a range of topics around management studies, from management history, managing projects to modelling in management, this collection provides valuable information on the foundations and concepts of management theory.
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Oxford Reference: Law
Oxford Reference: Law Formats: Online reference works Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Oxford Reference Number of Users: 5 concurrent users Description: These three specialized reference works provide definitions for legal terms, the legislative and judicial process, and related topics. Includes Supreme Court decisions. For more reference works in law and law reporters, see Lexis-Nexis. |
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Encyclopedia of Analytical Science
Encyclopedia of Analytical Science Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Elsevier Number of Users: Unlimited Description: The articles in this encyclopedia cover the scope of modern analytical science. The articles fall mainly into three classes: • Analysis for particular analytes • Analysis of particular types of samples • Analytical techniques
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Oxford Reference: Literature
Oxford Reference: Literature Formats: Online reference works Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Oxford Reference Number of Users: 5 concurrent users Description: These 12 specialized reference works provide biographical information about authors, and critiques and plot summaries of their works. Emphases: American, African-American, Classical, British, and Irish literature. |
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Encyclopedia of Animals
Encyclopedia of Animals Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Basic descriptions of animals including physical description, population, geographic distribution, habitat and habits. Includes some photos.
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Oxford Reference: Maps & Illustrations
Oxford Reference: Maps & Illustrations Formats: Online reference works Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Oxford Reference Number of Users: 5 concurrent users Description: Topical and political maps, flags, and a visual dictionary |
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Encyclopedia of Applied Plant Sciences
Encyclopedia of Applied Plant Sciences Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Elsevier Number of Users: Unlimited Description: The reader will learn about the use of transgenic plants with altered metabolism that enhances accumulation of proteins and carbohydrates, alkaloids and terpenoids, and other components. Other chapters report the state of the science and recent breakthroughs in genetics and biochemistry of photosynthesis, plant growth and development, and plant nutrition. There is also a much needed update on the many experimental approaches to develop transgenic plants with novel characteristics, including enhanced resistance to pests and pathogens; biofortification and enhanced food safety; altering seed biology; reducing ripening times and post-harvest losses; bioremediation, and so on. The advances that have been made in the field are truly remarkable and are a testament to the many opportunities that modern genetics and biotechnology have brought to plant sciences.
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Oxford Reference: Medicine & Psychology
Oxford Reference: Medicine & Psychology Formats: Online reference works Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Oxford Reference Number of Users: 5 concurrent users Description: These five specialized reference works provide definitions for topics in health and medicine, anatomy, physiology, nursing, drugs, and psychology |
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Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology
Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Elsevier Number of Users: Unlimited Description: The Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology encompasses applications of psychological knowledge and procedures in all areas of psychology. This compendium is a major source of information for professional practitioners, researchers in psychology, and for anyone interested in applied psychology. The topics included are, but are not limited to, aging (geropsychology), assessment, clinical, cognitive, community, counseling, educational, environmental, family, industrial/organizational, health, school, sports, and transportation psychology. The entries drawn from the above-referenced areas provide a clear definition of topic, a brief review of theoretical basis relevant to the topic, and emphasize major areas of application.
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Oxford Reference: Military History
Oxford Reference: Military History Formats: Online reference works Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Oxford Reference Number of Users: 5 concurrent users Description: These four specialized reference works provide companions for topics in military history. Includes a reference work for World War II. |
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Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences
Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Elsevier Number of Users: Unlimited Description: This authoritative resource covers all aspects of atmospheric sciences—including both theory and applications. Nearly 350 articles and over 1,900 figures and photographs are presented, many in full-color. The Encyclopedia is an ideal resource for academia, government, and industry in the fields of atmospheric, ocean, and environmental sciences. It is written at a level that allows undergraduate students to understand the material, while providing active researchers with the latest information in the field. The Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences has been developed alongside the award-winning Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences. Together these references provide readers with a comprehensive resource and a link between these two fields.
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Oxford Reference: Mythology & Folklore
Oxford Reference: Mythology & Folklore Formats: Online reference works Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Oxford Reference Number of Users: 5 concurrent users Description: These six specialized reference works cover myths and folklore around the world, including African, Asian, Celtic, and British. Includes a dictionary of superstitions. |
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Encyclopedia of Biodiversity
Encyclopedia of Biodiversity Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Elsevier Number of Users: Unlimited Description: The Encyclopedia of Biodiversity brings together, for the first time, a study of the dimensions of diversity. It examination of the services biodiversity provides, and measures to protect it. Major themes of the work include the evolution of biodiversity, systems for classifying and defining biodiversity, ecological patterns and theories of biodiversity, and an assessment of contemporary patterns and trends in biodiversity.
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Oxford Reference: Names & Places
Oxford Reference: Names & Places Formats: Online reference works Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Oxford Reference Number of Users: 5 concurrent users Description: Also referred to as a gazetter, these resources include a dictionary of British and world place names, and a guide to countries. |
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Encyclopedia of Biological Chemistry
Encyclopedia of Biological Chemistry Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Elsevier Number of Users: Unlimited Description: This compilation of more than 500 different entries encompasses all aspects of biochemistry, as well as the extensions of this subject into the related fields of molecular biology, cell biology, genetics and biophysics.
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Oxford Reference: Natural History
Oxford Reference: Natural History Formats: Online reference works Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Oxford Reference Number of Users: 5 concurrent users Description: These resources include information on animal behavior, zoology, biology, and botany. |
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Encyclopedia of Cancer
Encyclopedia of Cancer Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Elsevier Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Written by a distinguished panel of authors, entries cover a variety of aspects of cancer such as: Oncology Immunology Epidemiology Gene therapy Oncogenes/tumor suppressor genes Pharmacology
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Oxford Reference: Performing Arts
Oxford Reference: Performing Arts Formats: Online reference works Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Oxford Reference Number of Users: 5 concurrent users Description: These eight specialized reference works cover topics relating to performing arts, including drama, dance, opera, Shakespeare, theatre arts, and biographical sketches of prominent persons. |
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Encyclopedia of Dairy Sciences
Encyclopedia of Dairy Sciences Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Elsevier Number of Users: Unlimited Description: The Encyclopedia of Dairy Sciences is a complete resource for researchers, students and practitioners involved in all aspects of dairy science and related food science and technology areas. Extensively cross-referenced, it covers the core theories, methods, and techniques employed by dairy scientists. It enables readers to access basic information on topics peripheral to their own areas, provides a repository of the core information in the area that can be used to refresh the researcher's own memory, and aids teachers in directing students to areas relevant to their course work.
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Oxford Reference: Philosophy & Religion
Oxford Reference: Philosophy & Religion Formats: Online reference works Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Oxford Reference Number of Users: 5 concurrent users Description: These twelve specialized reference works cover topics in religion and philosophy, including Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and brief coverage of other religions. Includes brief biographical information on prominent persons. |
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Encyclopedia of Endocrine Diseases
Encyclopedia of Endocrine Diseases Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Elsevier Number of Users: Unlimited Description: The Encyclopedia of Endocrine Diseases is an authoritative reference developed by 16 international experts who recruited the world's top scientists for contributions. This stellar reference work focuses on nearly 500 endocrine diseases addressing everything from acromeglay, diabetes, hypertension, osteoporosis, thyroid disease, Von Hippel-Lindau Disease, unexplained weight loss, to androgen related disorders.
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Oxford Reference: Physical Science & Math
Oxford Reference: Physical Science & Math Formats: Online reference works Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Oxford Reference Number of Users: 5 concurrent users Description: These seven specialized reference works cover topics relating to physical sciences, mathematics, astronomy, chemistry, physics, and statistics. Includes a dictionary of weights, measures, and units. |
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Encyclopedia of Energy
Encyclopedia of Energy Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Elsevier Number of Users: Unlimited Description: The Encyclopedia of Energy provides an entry point to the field for the specialist or the non-specialist looking for information on a subject related to their own expertise. Library and information scientists may use it as a first point of reference for research into a particular field of energy. Managers and policy -makers may refer to it in their decision making. Alternatively, it could be used by practicing professionals searching for a specific detail, or students trying to gain an overview of the essentials of a subject.
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Oxford Reference: Politics & Social Sciences
Oxford Reference: Politics & Social Sciences Formats: Online reference works Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Oxford Reference Number of Users: 5 concurrent users Description: These nine specialized reference works cover topics such as geography, political biography, political systems, sociology and social systems, psychology, and government. |
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Encyclopedia of Food Microbiology
Encyclopedia of Food Microbiology Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Elsevier Number of Users: Unlimited Description: The Encyclopedia of Food Microbiology, is the largest comprehensive reference source of current knowledge available in the field of food microbiology. Consisting of nearly 400 articles, written by the world's leading scientists, the Encyclopedia presents a highly structured distillation of the whole field--from Acetobacter to Zymomonas. Each article in the Encyclopedia is approximately 4,000 words in length and contains tables, line drawings, black-and-white photographs, or electron micrographs, where appropriate. The articles critically review the current state of knowledge of the topic in question. A list of suggested further reading is provided at the end of each article allowing the interested reader to research the subject more closely.
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Oxford Reference: Pre-History
Oxford Reference: Pre-History Formats: Online reference works Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Oxford Reference Number of Users: 5 concurrent users Description: These resources include information on archaeology, earth science, and astronomy. |
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Encyclopedia of Food Sciences and Nutrition
Encyclopedia of Food Sciences and Nutrition Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Elsevier Number of Users: Unlimited Description: The Encyclopedia of Food Sciences and Nutrition is an extensively revised, expanded and updated version of the successful Encyclopedia of Food Science, Food Technology and Nutrition (1993). Comprising more than 1,000 articles, this new edition provides a comprehensive coverage of the fields of food science, food technology, and nutrition. Every article is thorough in its coverage, the writing is succinct and straightforward, and the work presents the reader with the best available summary and conclusions on each topic.
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Oxford Reference: Quotations
Oxford Reference: Quotations Formats: Online reference works Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Oxford Reference Number of Users: 5 concurrent users Description: These resources include quotations from science, and historical and famous figures. |
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Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences
Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Elsevier Number of Users: Unlimited Description: The Encyclopedia covers the field of forensic science from crime-scene analysis through pathological and analytical techniques to legal issues. It is written in a style that is accessible to forensic scientists, lawyer and law enforcement professionals in more than 200 articles and its highly structured and cross-referenced format makes it the ideal resource. Coverage includes: accident investigation, alcohol, analytical techniques, causes of death, clinical forensic medicine, crime scene examination, drugs of abuse, explosives, facial identification, fibers, fingerprints, fire invetigation, firearms, forgery and fraud, hair, pathology, pattern evidence, psychology and psychiatry, serology, toxicology.
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Oxford Reference: Science
Oxford Reference: Science Formats: Online reference works Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Oxford Reference Number of Users: 5 concurrent users Description: These 20 reference works cover astronomy, biology, anatomy, chemistry, ecology, mathematics, medicine, history of science, nursing, physics, plant sciences, psychology, statistics, climatology, zoology, and related disciplines. |
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Encyclopedia of Forest Sciences
Encyclopedia of Forest Sciences Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Elsevier Number of Users: Unlimited Description: The Encyclopedia of Forest Sciences covers forests and forestry, relevant biology and ecology, different types of forestry (e.g. tropical forestry and dryland forestry), scientific names of trees and shrubs, and the applied, economic, and social aspects of forest management.
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PAIS - Public Affairs Information Service
PAIS - Public Affairs Information Service Formats: Articles, books, government documents, statistics, directories, reports Full Text: Some linked full text to other EBSCOHost databases Years: 1972 - current Vendor: FirstSearch Number of Users: Unlimited Description: International and national affairs, government, geopolitics, political science, elections. Provides selective subjects and bibliographic access to periodicals, books, hearings, reports, gray literature, government publications, Internet resources, and other publications from 120 countries. Contains 500,000 records, each with bibliographic information and brief, descriptive abstracts. Includes materials in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish with English language abstracts and subject headings. Links to web resources and publisher websites. |
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Encyclopedia of Gastroenterology
Encyclopedia of Gastroenterology Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Elsevier Number of Users: Unlimited Description: This comprehensive three-volume Encyclopedia is a comprehensive study of the entire digestive pathway, with nearly 500 focused articles. Each specific anatomical site such as the esophagus, stomach, liver, and pancreas is covered in its own subject area. The biology of gastroenterology is dealt with in areas such as anatomy and development, cell biology, and hormones, while clinical issues are also thoroughly covered in sections such as surgery, cancer, parasitology, and radiology and endoscopy. This stellar reference work will appeal to academic and clinical gastroenterologists, nephrologists, endocrinologists, physiologists, hepatologists, as well as general medical practitioners and nutritionists. Also covers the following disciplines: Immunology, Physiology, Medical, Endocrinology & Metabolism, Nephrology.
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PapersFirst
PapersFirst Formats: Conference proceedings Full Text: None Years: 1993 - current Vendor: FirstSearch Number of Users: 20 concurrent users statewide Description: Citations for papers presented at conferences. Covers every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received by The British Library Document Supply Centre. |
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Encyclopedia of Genetics
Encyclopedia of Genetics Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Elsevier Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Dr. Sydney Brenner, the 2002 Nobel Prize winner for Physiology or Medicine, and Professor Jeffrey H. Miller of UCLA supported by a distinguished group of Associate Editors, all experts in their particular disciplines, have together gathered over 700 of the world's top geneticists to contribute to this outstanding collection. Diverse information is compiled into a single, comprehensive source, containing a clear presentation of cutting-edge knowledge. Easy-to-use and well-organized, the Encyclopedia of Genetics is an invaluable reference work for everyone from the academic researcher or clinician to the life science student.
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Philosopher's Index
Philosopher's Index Formats: Articles, books, anthologies Full Text: None Years: 1940 - current Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Philosophy, history of philosophy, logic, ethics, epistemology, metaphysics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology, and metaphysical logic as well as material on the philosophy of law, religion, science, education, and language. |
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Encyclopedia of Geology
Encyclopedia of Geology Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Elsevier Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Encyclopedia of Geology is divided into 340 articles, each covering one aspect of geology. The concepts and theory are explained at a level that allows undergraduates and educated lay people to understand them. The reference has been planned and structured to provide the user with a comprehensive coverage of the core knowledge in each area.
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Physical Review
Physical Review Formats: Articles Full Text: All Years: 1893 - current Vendor: American Physical Society Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Searches journals published by the American Physical Society. Chambers Library subscribes to the entire database, including archives and current content, letters and series. |
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Encyclopedia of Grain Science
Encyclopedia of Grain Science Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Elsevier Number of Users: Unlimited Description: The Encyclopedia of Grain Science is an in-depth and authoritative reference covering all areas of grain science. Coverage includes everything from the genetics of grains to the commercial, economic and social aspects of this important food source. Also covered are the biology and chemistry of grains, the applied aspects of grain production and the processing of grains into various food and beverage products.
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Primary Search
Primary Search Formats: Articles, reference works, pamphlets Full Text: Most Years: 1984 - current Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Designed for elementary schools, this database contains full text from 50 children's magazines appropriate for elementary schools and children's reading rooms. Includes indexing and abstracts for 80 magazines. Other full text sources include almanacs, concise encyclopedias, and over 100 pamphlets. |
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Encyclopedia of Hormones
Encyclopedia of Hormones Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Elsevier Number of Users: Unlimited Description: The Encyclopedia of Hormones is a comprehensive reference work on hormones in vertebrate, invertebrate, and plant systems. It covers all aspects of hormones: their chemical structure and biological synthesis; the major physiological systems in which they operate; the cellular and subcellular site of their action; the nature of the signal transduction mechanisms used in the hormone's action; and the biological consequences of an excess or deficiency of the hormone.
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Proceedings
Proceedings Formats: Reports Full Text: None Years: 1993 - current Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: 20 concurrent users statewide Description: Citations to papers delivered at conferences and seminars. Covers every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received by The British Library Document Supply Centre. |
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Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition
Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Elsevier Number of Users: Unlimited Description: In the major update in 2005 every article is reviewed and more than 90% updated. Additionally, new material is added on clinical nutrition and dietary management. Coverage of gastrointestinal and liver diseases, genomics, nutritional impact of genetically modified food and nutrient gene interactions is expanded. Links to the original articles have been maintained where relevant.
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Professional Development Collection
Professional Development Collection Formats: Articles, pamphlets Full Text: Pamphlets are full text; some linked full text articles to other EBSCOHost databases Years: 1984 - current Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Resources for professional educators. Sources include 530 journals of interest to educators, with full text from 440 of education titles. Over 160 full-text pamphlets, most from the U.S. Department of Education, also are available. Subject coverage includes education, counseling, administration and supervision, educational evaluation and assessment, and library and information science. |
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Encyclopedia of Immunology
Encyclopedia of Immunology Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Elsevier Number of Users: Unlimited Description: With more than 700 expert authors from 22 different countries, the Encyclopedia of Immunology, provides a broad scope and high level of expertise to the many aspects of the field of immunology and related areas, including microbiology, virology, and parasitology. Arranged into 31 subject areas with extensive cross-referencing and subject indexes in each volume, the Encyclopedia is easy-to-use for virtually any researcher, regardless of his or her field. Concise definitions of the subject area also introduce each entry.
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Project Muse
Project Muse Formats: Articles Full Text: All Years: Varies (most 1995 - 18 months ago) Vendor: Muse Number of Users: Unlimited Description: General (multidisciplinary) database covering many topics with special emphasis on arts and humanities. Other listed topics include: anthropology, art, business, classics, culture and society, economics, education, ethnic studies, geography, history, languages, library science, literature, music, philosophy, political science, psychology, religion, sociology,and women's studies. Project Muse offers complete coverage for more than 400 university press journals. |
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Encyclopedia of Information Science & Technology
Encyclopedia of Information Science & Technology Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Idea Group Reference Number of Users: Unlimited Description: This work is also available in print in the reference section of the library - call number Z1006 .E566. The Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology maps the ever-changing field of information science. It is the most comprehensive, research-based encyclopedia consisting of contributions from over 900 noted researchers in over 50 countries. This five-volume encyclopedia includes more than 550 articles highlighting current concepts, issues and emerging technologies. These articles are enhanced by special attention that is paid to over 5,000 technical and managerial terms. These terms will each have a 5-50 word description that allow the users of this extensive research source to learn the language and terminology of the field. In addition, these volumes offer a thorough reference section with over 11,500 sources of information that can be accessed by scholars, students, and researchers in the field of information science and technology.
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PsycArticles
PsycArticles Formats: Articles Full Text: All Years: 1987 - current Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Full-text articles from approximately 47 journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe & Huber. PsycInfo also provides links to PsycArticles, but may not have as complete coverage as a separate search. |
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Encyclopedia of Information Systems
Encyclopedia of Information Systems Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Elsevier Number of Users: Unlimited Description: The Encyclopedia of Information Systems provides essential answers to questions increasingly asked by people in all walks of life. People can no longer claim that information about computer viruses, for example, is unimportant to their work, or that advances in speech recognition and encryption will leave them unaffected. The Encyclopedia is therefore more useful than one might suspect to people well beyond the walls of information systems departments. Offering both general and technical information about major elements, issues, opinions, and key studies, as well as cross-references to related subjects, it captures the dynamic growth and complexity unique to our era.
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PsycCritiques
PsycCritiques Formats: Book reviews Full Text: All Years: 1956 - current Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: PsycCritiques, produced by the American Psychological Association (APA), provides reviews of current scholarly and professional books in psychology, as well as critiques of popular films and trade books from a psychological perspective. It contains more than 36,000 reviews dating back to 1956. |
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Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications
Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Elsevier Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Everyone agrees that we're living in the Information Age. How have we shaped the Information Age, and how has it shaped us? The Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications exhaustively explores the ways that editorial content--from journalism and scholarship to films and infomercials--is developed, presented, stored, analyzed, and regulated around the world.
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PsycInfo
PsycInfo Formats: Articles, citations for books, book chapters, dissertations and technical reports Full Text: Some linked full text in other EBSCOHost databases Years: 1887 - current Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Psychology, mental health, addictions and treatment, therapies, experiments, case studies, pharmacology, physiology, psychiatric nursing, linguistics, social work. PsycInfo also provides links to PsycArticles, which contain full text articles from all publications of the American Psychological Association. |
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Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics
Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Elsevier Number of Users: Unlimited Description: The Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics covers the full range of topics in contemporary linguistics, with coverage across all aspects of language, whether spoken, written or signed. Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics gives full attention to formal and functional approaches to the fundamental linguistic disciplines of phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics and discourse as they relate to the description, analysis and use of individual languages and to typological, historical, comparative and variationist approaches to language and to languages.
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PubMed
PubMed Formats: Articles Full Text: Limit your search to "free full text" Years: 1950 - current Vendor: US National Library of Medicine Number of Users: Unlimited Description: PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes approximately 20 million citations from MEDLINE and 35 other databases and individual life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources. PubMed also provides access to the molecular biology databases included in NCBI's Entrez retrieval system. |
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Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology
Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Elsevier Number of Users: Unlimited Description: The Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology presents around 1,800 articles written by experts in their fields, resulting in a comprehensive coverage of this broad and wide-ranging subject. It is the only encyclopedia available that covers all of materials science and technology, focussing on the following areas: Functional Phenomena Structural Phenomena Fundamental Core Theory Structural Materials Polymers and Materials Chemistry Functional Materials
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Reader's Guide Retro
Reader's Guide Retro Formats: Articles Full Text: None Years: 1890 - 1982 Vendor: WilsonWeb Number of Users: 2 concurrent users Description: Comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States during the late 19th and 20th centuries. |
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Encyclopedia of Meat Sciences
Encyclopedia of Meat Sciences Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Elsevier Number of Users: Unlimited Description: The Encyclopedia of Meat Sciences is an impressive and important body of work. Prepared by an international team of experts, this reference work covers all important aspects of meat science from stable to table, including animal breeding, physiology and slaughter, meat preparation, packaging, welfare, and food safety, to name a few. This encyclopedia further covers important topics such as food microbiology, meat in human nutrition, biotechnological advances in breeding and many more.
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Reference USA
Reference USA Formats: Short-entry reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: InfoUSA Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Listings for 12 million U.S. businesses, with company overviews, comparative statistics, marketing, executive names, geographic, demographic, parent and subsidiary information. |
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Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences
Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Elsevier Number of Users: Unlimited Description: published in the last twenty years to bring together comprehensive coverage of all aspects of ocean sciences. This ambitious work includes contributions from leading scientists around the world on the physical processes that drive the oceans and the chemical, biological, and geological disciplines. The Encyclopedia also covers ancillary topics such as ocean technology, law of the oceans, global programs, marine policy, the use of the oceans for food and energy, and the impact of pollution and climate changes. The many different methods used to study the oceans are covered, from ship-based systems to satellite remote sensing. It brings together classic scientific theories with the newest discoveries, technologies, and applications.
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Regional Business News
Regional Business News Formats: Articles Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Full text 75 regional business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. This database is updated daily. |
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Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology
Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Elsevier Number of Users: Unlimited Description: This encyclopedia is a compendium of chemistry, molecular biology, mathematics, and engineering. It includes an increased emphasis on information processing and biotechnology, which reflects the recent rapid growth of these areas. The print version comprises 18 volumes and more than 14,000 pages.
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RILM Music Abstracts
RILM Music Abstracts Formats: Articles Full Text: Very little, but a few linked to full text in other EBSCOHost databases Years: 1969 - current Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: RILM is a comprehensive music bibliography featuring citations, abstracts, and indexes. Publications originate from 151 countries and are in 214 languages. Covers all aspects of music, including historical musicology, ethnomusicology, instruments and voice, dance, and music therapy. Contains citations for articles, books, bibliographies, catalogues, conference proceedings, discographies, dissertations, Festschriften, films, and videos. Concert reviews, recording notes, and pedagogical manuals are included if they are of scholarly interest. |
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Encyclopedia of Psychotherapy
Encyclopedia of Psychotherapy Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Elsevier Number of Users: Unlimited Description: This Encyclopedia addresses over 200 topics by experts in psychotherapy. Topics were selected in order to give broad coverage of the field so as to encompass the most contemporary schools and approaches that have clearly defined techniques, some form of systematic study, and measurement of outcomes. Eclectic and integrative approaches have also been considered. Additional topics that transcend all schools, such as the impact of culture and the importance of the therapeutic relationship, have also been included as well as discussion of the treatment for some specific disorders.
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Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Routledge Number of Users: 1 concurrent user Description: The full content of the 10-volume set remains at its core, but REP Online also includes over 25,000 hot-linked cross-references between articles and new links to other editorially reviewed websites, and regularly upgraded with new material, revisions, and bibliographic updates. The print version of this work is also available in print in the reference section of the library - call number B51 .R68 1998. |
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Encyclopedia of Rose Science
Encyclopedia of Rose Science Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Elsevier Number of Users: Unlimited Description: The Encyclopedia of Rose Science brings together a wealth of information on the rose, long treasured for its captivating perfumes and splendid colors. Now, more than ever, science plays a central role in the production of this flower at the center of one of the world's biggest floricultural industries.
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Sage Premier
Sage Premier Formats: Articles Full Text: All from 1999-current Years: 1999-current Vendor: Sage Publications Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Multi-disciplinary, general database covering many academic topics. |
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Encyclopedia of Separation Science
Encyclopedia of Separation Science Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Elsevier Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Separation Science is the science of separating mixtures into their components and identifying the nature of these components. It covers virtually every area of the hard sciences, from chemistry, biology, medicine, pharmacy, clinical chemistry, petroleum, cosmetic, nuclear, food, agrochemical, brewing and winemaking industry and environmental sciences. The print edition of the Encyclopedia was published in August 2000 in ten volumes.
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Sage: All Sources in Sage Ereference
Sage: All Sources in Sage Ereference Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Sage Publications Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Sage Ereference provides online access to subject encyclopedias on many topics in social science, health, medicine, politics, history, and environmental studies. |
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Encyclopedia of Social Measurement
Encyclopedia of Social Measurement Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Elsevier Number of Users: Unlimited Description: The Encyclopedia of Social Measurement captures the data, techniques, theories, designs, applications, histories, and implications of assigning numerical values to social phenomena. Responding to growing demands for transdisciplinary descriptions of quantitative and qualitative techniques, measurement, sampling, and statistical methods, it will increase the proficiency of everyone who gathers and analyzes data. Covering all core social science disciplines, the 300+ articles of the Encyclopedia of Social Measurement not only present a comprehensive summary of observational frameworks and mathematical models, but also offer tools, background information, qualitative methods, and guidelines for structuring the research process. Articles include examples and applications of research strategies and techniques, highlighting multidisciplinary options for observing social phenomena.
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Sage: Encyc. of U.S. Campaigns, Elections, and Behavior
Sage: Encyc. of U.S. Campaigns, Elections, and Behavior Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Sage Publications Number of Users: Unlimited Description: The Encyclopedia of U.S. Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral Behavior covers virtually everything one would want to know about American political campaigns. With more than 450 entries, these two comprehensive volumes present a significant array topics of campaigns, elections, and electoral behavior. The encyclopedia’s diverse content shows that although the subject matter of campaigns, elections, and electoral behavior is inherently related, each topic has a distinct focus. |
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Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment
Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Elsevier Number of Users: Unlimited Description: The Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment encompasses the present knowledge of the world's variegated soils, their origins, properties, classification, and roles in the biosphere. Concise articles surveying specific aspects of soils (soil genesis, soil chemistry and mineralogy, soil physics and hydrology, and soil biology) will be complemented by articles covering cross-disciplinary aspects, such as the role of soils in ecology, the history of soil utilization for agricultural and engineering purposes, and soils in relation to the remediation of pollution and the mitigation of global climate change.
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Sage: Encyclopedia of Bilingual Education
Sage: Encyclopedia of Bilingual Education Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Sage Publications Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Bilingual education is the use of two languages in the teaching of curriculum content in K-12 schools. Encyclopedia covers:
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Encyclopedia of Spectroscopy and Spectrometry
Encyclopedia of Spectroscopy and Spectrometry Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Elsevier Number of Users: Unlimited Description: The Encyclopedia of Spectroscopy and Spectrometry provides authoritative and comprehensive coverage of the whole topic of spectroscopy, from theory to applications. Short articles, each covering one aspect of spectroscopy, provide the professional spectroscopist working in academia or industry with the essential facts and background on areas of spectroscopy peripheral to their own. Each article is flagged as to which area of spectroscopy it covers ("Mass Spectroscopy", "Magnetic Resonance", etc.) and whether it covers theory, methods and instrumentation, or applications.
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Sage: Encyclopedia of Counseling
Sage: Encyclopedia of Counseling Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Sage Publications Number of Users: Unlimited Description: The Encyclopedia of Counseling provides a comprehensive overview of the theories, models, techniques, and challenges involved in professional counseling. With approximately 600 entries, this definitive resource covers all of the major theories, approaches, and contemporary issues in counseling. The four volumes of this Encyclopedia are flexibly designed so they can be use together as a set or separately by volume, depending on the need of the user. |
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Encyclopedia of the Human Brain
Encyclopedia of the Human Brain Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Elsevier Number of Users: Unlimited Description: The Encyclopedia presents articles on the entire range of human brain research. Written in an engaging, accessible style, the encyclopedia not only is an important major reference work but also can be browsed informally by anyone who seeks answers about the activities and effects of the brain, such as why and how we dream, what parts of the brain are involved in memory, how we recognize human faces and other objects, what are the brain mechanisms involved in cognition and language, what causes phantom limb pain, what are the implications of left-handedness, or what current treatments are available for Parkinson’s disease.
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Sage: Encyclopedia of Education Law
Sage: Encyclopedia of Education Law Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Sage Publications Number of Users: Unlimited Description: The Encyclopedia of Education Law is a compendium of information drawn from the various dimensions of education law that tells its story from a variety of perspectives. The entries cover a number of essential topics, including the following:
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Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences
Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Elsevier Number of Users: Unlimited Description: The Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences explores all areas of the discipline in its 1,000+ focused entries on a wide variety of topics in neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry and the related neuroscience. The concise entries are all written at a level of comprehension not previously seen in existing literature. Contributing authors present an eclectic and diverse view of all aspects of neurology from many viewpoints and disciplines to provide a complete overview of the field.
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Sage: Encyclopedia of Global Health
Sage: Encyclopedia of Global Health Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Sage Publications Number of Users: Unlimited Description: The Encyclopedia of Global Health is a comprehensive, one stop reference to a broad array of health topics worldwide. Encompassing four volumes with more than 1,200 articles, the Encyclopedia covers all aspects of health, including physical and mental health entries, biographies of major doctors and researchers, profiles of medical institutions, organizations, and corporations, descriptions of drugs and operations, articles on national health policies, and thematic health topics in the humanities. |
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Encyclopedia of Vibration
Encyclopedia of Vibration Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Elsevier Number of Users: Unlimited Description: The Encyclopedia of Vibration is the first and only resource to cover this field so comprehensively. Approximately 190 articles cover everything from basic vibration theory to ultrasonics, from both fundamental and applied standpoints. Areas covered include vibrations in machines, buildings and other structures, vehicles, ships, and aircraft, as well as human response to vibration. Each article provides a concise and authoritative introduction to a topic. Focusing on aspects of interest to practising and research engineers, the Encyclopedia includes essential facts, background information, and techniques for modeling, analysis, design, testing, and control of vibration.
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Sage: Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change
Sage: Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Sage Publications Number of Users: Unlimited Description: The Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change helps readers learn about the astonishingly intricate processes that make ours the only planet known to be habitable. These three volumes include more than 750 articles that explore major topics related to global warming and climate change ranging geographically from the North Pole to the South Pole, and thematically from social effects to scientific causes. |
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Encyclopedia of Virology
Encyclopedia of Virology Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Elsevier Number of Users: Unlimited Description: The Encyclopedia of Virology is the largest single reference source of current virological knowledge. It is also the first to bring together all aspects of the subject for a wide variety of readers. Unique in its use of concise 'mini-review' articles, the material covers biological, molecular, and medical topics concerning viruses in animals, plants, bacteria, and insects.
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Sage: Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence
Sage: Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Sage Publications Number of Users: Unlimited Description: The Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence provides accurate, research-supported information to clarify critical issues and educate the public about different forms of interpersonal violence, their incidence and prevalence, theoretical explanations, public policy initiatives, and prevention and intervention strategies. These two volumes contain more than 500 accessible, jargon-fee entries written by experts and provide cross-references to related entries, as well as suggested readings for further information. |
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Engineering Village
Engineering Village Formats: Articles, books, patents, standards, and conference, governmental, and technical reports Full Text: No full text articles, but reference works, reports, patents are full text Years: Compendex: 1970 - current; INSPEC: 1969 - current Vendor: Elsevier Engineering Number of Users: 1 user Description: The following collections may be searched together or separately. Compendex - Chemical and process engineering, computers and data processing, applied physics, electronics and communications, civil, mechanical and materials engineering. Abstracts from over 5,000 engineering journals, conferences and technical reports. INSPEC - Electrical and electronic engineering, physics, information technology, and computer and control systems. Citations from 3,500 scientific and technical journals and 1,500 conference proceedings. ENGnetBASE - over 300 full text engineering books. Techstreet Standards - Industry standards and specifications from 350+ organizations. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - Six million U.S. patent details. Esp@cenet - Patent information from Europe, the World Intellectual Property Organization and Japan. Scirus - Searches both free and journal sources by covering science-related Web pages.
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Sage: Encyclopedia of Obesity
Sage: Encyclopedia of Obesity Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Sage Publications Number of Users: Unlimited Description: The Encyclopedia of Obesity is as much of a reference resource as it is a tool to raise awareness in the medical and public health communities. With almost 500 entries, these two volume summarize pertinent topics in obesity and related health conditions, including molecular biology, psychology, medicine, public health and policy, food science, environmental health, and pharmaceuticals. The editor has chosen topics that capture the current climate of obesity research while still addressing and defining the core concepts related to this condition. Based on a theme of 'Moving Forward in an Ever Expanding World' articles address topics for a changing society that is slowly adapting to accommodate obesity, including recent lawsuits, new options for medical and dietary treatment, and the importance of prevention in children. |
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ENGNetBASE
ENGNetBASE Formats: Short-entry reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: CRC Number of Users: 1 user Description: Engineering, electronics, operations research, and related topics. Provides access to 300+ full text reference works with more added as they are published. All titles are cataloged in the Chambers Library catalog.
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Sage: Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods
Sage: Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Sage Publications Number of Users: Unlimited Description: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods presents current and complete information as well as ready-to-use techniques, facts, and examples from the field of qualitative research in a very accessible style. In taking an interdisciplinary approach, these two volumes target a broad audience and fill a gap in the existing reference literature for a general guide to the core concepts that inform qualitative research practices. The entries cover every major facet of qualitative methods, including access to research participants, data coding, research ethics, the role of theory in qualitative research, and much more—all without overwhelming the informed reader. |
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Environment Complete
Environment Complete Formats: Articles, full text books Full Text: All books are full text; half of articles are full text Years: Varies; many journals from 1975-current Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Environment Complete covers topics in agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more. Environment Complete contains more than 2,183,500 records from more than 1,900 domestic and international titles going back to the 1940s (including over 1,100 active core titles) as well as more than 130 monographs. The database also contains full text for more than 750 journals.
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Sage: Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society
Sage: Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Sage Publications Number of Users: Unlimited Description: This three-volume reference presents a comprehensive look at the role race and ethnicity play in society and in our daily lives.. The Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society offers informative coverage of intergroup relations in the United States and the comparative examination of race and ethnicity worldwide. Containing nearly 600 entries, this resource provides a foundation to understanding as well as researching racial and ethnic diversity from a multidisciplinary perspective. |
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ERIC - Education Resources Information Center
ERIC - Education Resources Information Center Formats: Articles, documents, lesson plans, technical reports, reviews Full Text: All ERIC digests are full text; some articles have links to full text in other EBSCOHost databases; approximately 80% of ERIC documents from 1993 to present are full text online; ERIC documents on microfiche on 4th floor are from 6/1984 - 12/2002. Years: 1966 - current Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: ERIC articles come from 980 education-related journals. ERIC digests are overviews written by ERIC staff on 2,200 topics; ERIC documents are non-journal resources such as lesson plans, technical reports, case studies, or conference presentations.
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Sage: Encyclopedia of Social Problems
Sage: Encyclopedia of Social Problems Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Sage Publications Number of Users: Unlimited Description: The Encyclopedia of Social Problems offers an interdisciplinary perspective into many social issues that are a continuing concern in our lives, whether we confront them on a personal, local, regional, national, or global level. With more than 600 entries, these two volumes cover all of the major theories, approaches, and contemporary issues in social problems and also provide insight into how social conditions get defined as social problems, and the ways different people and organizations view and try to solve them. |
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ETOH Database
ETOH Database Formats: Articles, documents, reports Full Text: None Years: Varies Vendor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Alcohol, alcoholism, alcohol abuse. NOTE: Use the Expanded Search option for keyword searching.
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Sage: Encyclopedia of Stem Cell Research
Sage: Encyclopedia of Stem Cell Research Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Sage Publications Number of Users: Unlimited Description: The Encyclopedia of Stem Cell Research provides a clear understanding of the basic concepts in stem cell biology and addresses the politics, ethics, and challenges currently facing the field. While stem cells are exciting alone, they are also clearly fueling the traditional areas of developmental biology and the field of regenerative medicine. These two volumes present more than 320 articles that explore major topics related to the emerging science of stem cell research and therapy. |
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Europa World Year Book
Europa World Year Book Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Europa Publications Number of Users: 1 user Description: Europa World Year Book publishes ten well-regarded reference works on political and economic information in over 250 countries and territories, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. Each article has an introductory survey of recent history; government; economic affairs; defense; education; social welfare; statistics; a directory of essential names and addresses and other information covering such areas as the constitution, government, legislature, political organizations, diplomatic representation, religion, the media, finance, trade, industry, transport and tourism. Europa World Year Book also provides information on 1,650 international organizations. Complete coverage of these books is included in the online Europa World Year Book: The Europa World Year Book Africa South of the Sahara Central and South-Eastern Europe Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia The Far East and Australasia The Middle East and North Africa South America, Central America and the Caribbean South Asia The USA and Canada Western Europe
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Sage: Encyclopedia of Survey Research Methods
Sage: Encyclopedia of Survey Research Methods Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Sage Publications Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Encyclopedia of Survey Research Methods presents state-of-the-art information and methodological examples from the field of survey research. Although there are other "how-to" guides and references texts on survey research, none is as comprehensive as this Encyclopedia, and none presents the material in such a focused and approachable manner. With more than 600 entries, this resource uses a Total Survey Error perspective that considers all aspects of possible survey error from a cost-benefit standpoint. |
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Film & Television Literature Index
Film & Television Literature Index Formats: Articles Full Text: Some Years: 1988 - current Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlmited Description: Film and Television Literature Index covers over 300 journal and magazine titles for film and television reviews, scholarly and critical analysis of cinema and television, and articles of popular interest about film and television. About half the journals and magazines are film periodicals and the other half cover film and television with some regularity. Subject coverage includes film & television theory, preservation & restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews.
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Sage: The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism
Sage: The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Sage Publications Number of Users: Unlimited Description: The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism is purposed to be a useful compilation of and introduction to libertarian scholarship. The Encyclopedia starts with an introductory essay offering an extensive historical and thematic overview of key thinkers, events, and publications in the development of libertarian thought. The Reader's Guide groups content for researchers and students alike, allowing them to study libertarianism topically, biographically, and by public policy issues. |
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Films on Demand
Films on Demand Formats: Streaming videos Full Text: All Years: Varies Vendor: Films on Demand Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Provides access to the Master Academic Collection - streaming access to 4,242 titles in the Humanities and Social Sciences, 718 titles in Business and Economics, 1,658 titles in Science and 1,129 titles in the Health Collection.
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Sage: The SAGE Handbook of Healthcare
Sage: The SAGE Handbook of Healthcare Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Sage Publications Number of Users: Unlimited Description: The SAGE Handbook of Healthcare provides an authoritative analysis of the current (and anticipated) developments in the global healthcare industries. Providing a unique perspective that interfaces between the science and business aspects, it combines information on the latest scientific developments with applied, commercial business data from the global marketplace. The Handbook focuses on the aspects of paramount importance in the healthcare sector:
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FORENSICnetBASE/LAWENFORCEMENTnetBASE
FORENSICnetBASE/LAWENFORCEMENTnetBASE Formats: Reference works Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: CRC Number of Users: 1 user Description: Forensic science, law enforcement, investigations, and related topics. Full text reference works. Titles are cataloged in Chambers Library catalog.
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SciFinder (requires free registration)
SciFinder (requires free registration) Formats: Journal articles, reference works, patents, documents Full Text: Reference work entries are full text, but articles are pay-per-view or order through Interlibrary Loan Years: 1947 - current for indexing; 1967 - current for full text Vendor: Chemical Abstracts Service Number of Users: Not listed Description: SciFinder Scholar offers access to Chemical Abstracts (1947-present), Registry (1957-present), and CASREACT (from 30 journals, 1985-present; from patents, 1991-present). Search more than 27 million chemical substances by chemical name, structure, CAS Registry Number, and formula. Information for over 3.7 million organic, organometallic, natural product and biocatalyzed reactions from the CASREACT database is included in SciFinder Scholar. |
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Foundation Directory
Foundation Directory Formats: Short-entry reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Foundation Center Number of Users: 3 concurrent users Description: Grants, foundations, grantwriting, private and public funding sources, philanthropy. Entries for 70,000 foundations and details on more than 150,000 grants. Search limiters include grant or foundation name, geographic area, scholastic discipline, fields of interest, donors, foundation officers and other criteria.
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Scitation Physics and Engineering
Scitation Physics and Engineering Formats: Articles Full Text: Very little Years: Complete coverage for all journals Vendor: American Institute of Physics Number of Users: Library only/2 concurrent users Description: Scitation searches 110 journals from physics and engineering societies such as AIP, APS, ASCE, ASME, SPIE, and others. Scitation contains approximately 600,000 articles and grows at the rate of more than 6,000 articles per month. Please note: if you click on an article citation and are prompted for login, this means that Chambers Library does not have online access to that article. You may use Interlibrary Loan to request articles that are not online or in print on 4th floor of the library. |
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Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia
Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia Formats: Short-entry reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: 25,000 encyclopedic entries.
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SciVerse (was ScienceDirect)
SciVerse (was ScienceDirect) Formats: Partial books and selected articles Full Text: Most - if citation asks for login, article is not available Years: Varies Vendor: Elsevier Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Content is "culled from 2,500 journals and 11,000 books" (source: SciVerse website) |
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Gale Directory Library
Gale Directory Library Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Gale/Cengage Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Contains the current year's edition of three important reference works for publishers, broadcasters, and selectors of databases: Gale Directory of Databases, Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media, and Publishers Directory.
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SIRS Discoverer
SIRS Discoverer Formats: Elementary-level magazine and newspaper articles, brief reference, pictures Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: ProQuest Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Apple QuickTime and iTunes are required for best use. SIRS Discoverer contains: Animals, Arts, Countries, Cultures, Drugs & Alcohol, Environment, Health & Human Body, History & Government, Kids Corner, Notable People, Personal Growth, Science, Social Issues, Sports, Technology, Pathfinders, Activities, Biographies, Fiction, Country Facts, Maps of the World, Educators’ Resources, Dictionary/Thesaurus, Current Events Spotlight of the Month, World Almanac for Kids, an Encyclopedia, Discoverer WebFind, and Web Sites for Kids. Linked from SIRS Discoverer, eLibrary Elementary offers information at children's reading level. |
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Gale Literature Criticism Online
Gale Literature Criticism Online Formats: Short-entry reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Thomson Gale Group Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Full text of ten Gale Series for literature criticism, including:
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Small Business Reference Center
Small Business Reference Center Formats: Reference works, books, articles Full Text: Most Years: Varies Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: The Small Business Reference Center is a comprehensive resource for small business owners and those interested in starting a business, offering full-text periodicals and reports, sample business plans, U.S. tax forms, videos and reference books. It supports small business owners in all relevant areas from planning, financing and managing a business to exit strategies. |
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Gale Literature Resource Center
Gale Literature Resource Center Formats: Online reference work, journal articles Full Text: Most Years: Varies Vendor: Thomson Gale Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Critiques of literary works, biographies of authors, bibliographies and links for more information, some full text journal articles, and critical analyses of authors. Brief details on novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors. Includes a browsable timeline and the full text of Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism (Selected articles), Encyclopedia of Literature, Scribners Writers, Twaynes Author Series , and the Dictionary of Literary Biography. Contains nearly 50,000 audio files.
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SocIndex
SocIndex Formats: Articles Full Text: Most Years: 1895 - current Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: SocIndex contains full text for 235 core journals dating back to 1895, and 72 priority coverage journals. This database also includes full text for 545 books and monographs, and full text for 6,601 conference papers. SocIndex covers all subjects in the social sciences, including sociology, anthropology, cultural issues, public policy and administration, social planning, community development, and behavioral studies. |
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Gale Literature Series Index
Gale Literature Series Index Formats: Citations for Gale reference works Full Text: None Years: Current Vendor: Thomson Gale Group Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Searches for citations to essays on authors and literature in reference works published by Gale Group. For full text critiques, Gale Literature Resource Center.
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Sport Discus Full Text
Sport Discus Full Text Formats: Articles, books, book chapters, conference proceedings, reports Full Text: A few linked to full text articles in other EBSCOHost databases Years: 1800 - current Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: 4 concurrent users Description: Sport, fitness, kinesiology and related disciplines. |
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GenderWatch
GenderWatch Formats: Journal articles, magazines, government reports, book excerpts, booklets Full Text: Almost all Years: Varies by publication Vendor: ProQuest Number of Users: Not listed Description: 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, booklets and NGO, government and special reports.
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Standard & Poor's
Standard & Poor's Formats: Short-entry reference works, analytical reports Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Standard & Poor's Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Contains full text versions of Standard & Poor's most popular publications for financial data and analysis, including: Industry Surveys, Stock Reports, Mutual Fund Reports, Bond Guide, Corporation Records, The Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives, The Outlook, and others. |
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GeoBase (in library only)
GeoBase (in library only) Formats: Articles Full Text: None Years: 1980 - current Vendor: Number of Users: Not listed Description: Geology, geography, earth sciences. Available only in library - ask at the reference desk for a login.
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Stat-USA (in library only)
Stat-USA (in library only) Formats: Governmental reports Full Text: Library only: ask librarian for login Years: Mostly current data and some retrospective data Vendor: U.S. Department of Commerce Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Economic indicators, trade, national and international markets, industry research, import/export, trade balance. Contains two parts: State of the Nation, for domestic information on current and historical economic and financial releases and economic data, and Globus and NTDB (The National Trade Data Base), for international market research, trade opportunities, and country analysis. |
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Government Printing Office Monthly Catalog (MoCat)
Government Printing Office Monthly Catalog (MoCat) Formats: Catalog Full Text: None Years: 1976 - current Vendor: FirstSearch Number of Users: Not listed Description: Monthly catalog of materials published by the Government Publishing Office. Citations for all types of U.S. government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by executive departments (Defense, State, Labor, Office of the President, etc.).
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Student Research Center
Student Research Center Formats: Reference work, newspaper and magazine articles Full Text: Most Years: Varies Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Student Research Center includes biographies, brief overviews of topics from encylopedias, facts and statistics from reference sources, and newspaper and magazine articles. Intended audience is middle school through high school. |
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GreenFile
GreenFile Formats: Articles, book chapters and reviews, government documents, pamphlets Full Text: Some linked full text Years: Varies Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: A free database of scholarly, government and general-interest information including content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.
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Tests in Print
Tests in Print Formats: Reference work Full Text: Entries are full text; some but not all are linked to reviews in Mental Measurement Yearbook Years: Current Vendor: Buros Institute, through EBSCOHost Number of Users: 4 concurrent users Description: Tests in Print (TIP) is an annotated bibliography of tests that are currently in print in the English language. Some, but not all, of the tests in TIP have links to critical, candid test reviews in Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY). When a review is available in MMY, there is a link at the bottom of the TIP record. TIP provides test purpose, test publisher, in-print status, price, test acronym, intended test population, administration times, publication date(s), and test author(s). A score index permits users to identify what is being measured by each test. |
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Grove Art Online (now Oxford Art Online)
Grove Art Online (now Oxford Art Online) Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Artworks from prehistoric to present Vendor: Oxford University Press Number of Users: 3 concurrent users Description: Contains the full text of:
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Topic Search
Topic Search Formats: Articles, short-entry reference works Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Current events, controversial issues, social, political & economic issues. Full text for over 64,000 articles from more than 3,000 diverse sources, including nearly 1,600 full text periodicals. Sources are: periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, government information and EBSCO's Current Issues database. |
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Grove Music Online (now Oxford Music Online)
Grove Music Online (now Oxford Music Online) Formats: Reference works Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Oxford University Press Number of Users: 3 concurrent users Description: Oxford Music Online provides full text access to:
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U.S. News & World Report: College Rankings
U.S. News & World Report: College Rankings Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current only Vendor: U.S. News & World Report Number of Users: 1 user at a time Description: U.S. News & World Report compiles rankings of 1,400 schools. You can search for your perfect fit and find details on scholarships, loans, and grants. |
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Guide to Reference
Guide to Reference Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: American Library Association Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Guide to Reference is a selective guide to the best reference sources, organized by academic discipline. Users can set up a profile to create and save lists and notes to use in their reference and research work.
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U.S. News & World Report: Graduate School Rankings
U.S. News & World Report: Graduate School Rankings Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Current only Vendor: U.S. News & World Report Number of Users: 1 user at a time Description: U.S. News & World Report analyzes more than 12,000 graduate programs to bring you this year's rankings. |
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Health Source: Consumer Edition
Health Source: Consumer Edition Formats: Articles, reference work Full Text: Most Years: 1984 - current Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Health and medicine. Non-technical articles on health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Includes Stedman's Medical Dictionary.
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Ulrichs Periodicals Directory
Ulrichs Periodicals Directory Formats: Short-entry reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: Ulrich's Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Publishing information on over 126,000 serials under 788 subject headings. Includes title, publisher, country, ISSN, start year, status, and price. This is not an index to articles. |
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Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition Formats: Articles, reference work Full Text: Some Years: 1984 - current Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Nursing, nursing specialties, health, medicine, alternative medicine, care and treatment options,and allied disciplines. Sources are from 520 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines; abstracts for over 550 journals. Includes Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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ValueLine
ValueLine Formats: Short-entry reference work Full Text: All Years: Current Vendor: ValueLine Number of Users: 6 concurrent users Description: Analysis of public companies, investment advice, trends, beta values, stock research, mutual funds, special situations, options and convertibles. Ratings & Reports are one-page reports on 1,700 companies and 90 industries. Each company report contains analysis of timeliness, safety, and technical ranks, financial and stock price forecasts for the coming 3 to 5 years, and an analyst's written commentary. Summary & Index is an index of all stocks and quick, summary statistics. Selection & Opinion has the latest economic and stock market forecasts, one-page write-ups of interesting and attractive stocks, model portfolios, and financial and stock market statistics. |
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HighWire Press
HighWire Press Formats: Articles Full Text: All Years: Most articles are at least 18 months old Vendor: Free website Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Free database of articles in the biological, medical, physical and social sciences from approximately 170 journals.
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WestLaw
WestLaw Formats: Short-entry reference work Full Text: All Years: Varies Vendor: West Number of Users: Library only/1 concurrent user Description: Case law from federal and appeals courts, statutory law from state and federal legislatures, and administrative law and U.S. Code, legal resources, news, business, law reference materials and pblic records information. Available only to UCO students, staff and faculty in library - ask at reference desk for login |
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Historical Abstracts
Historical Abstracts Formats: Articles, citations to book reviews, books, and other sources Full Text: Some linked full text Years: 1955 - current. Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: 6 concurrent users Description: Historical Abstracts is an exceptional resource that covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more - essential for libraries supporting upper-division and graduate research. This authoritative database provides indexing of more than 1,700 academic historical journals in over 40 languages back to 1955.
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Who's Who (Marquis)
Who's Who (Marquis) Formats: Reference work Full Text: All Years: Updates to biographies made daily, and new biographies added daily Vendor: Marquis Number of Users: 1 concurrent user Description: Comprehensive profiles on over 1 million of the most accomplished individuals from all fields of endeavor including: government, business, science & technology, the arts, entertainment and sports. Includes the following data elements: birth data, family, education and degree, career history, creative works, awards, military history, achievements, current memberships, interests/hobbies, and contact information. This online reference work incorporates 20 Marquis Who's Who titles since 1985. |
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Humanities International Complete
Humanities International Complete Formats: Articles, books Full Text: Full text for 665 journals and some linked full text in other EBSCOHost databases Years: Varies Vendor: EBSCOHost Number of Users: Unlimited Description: Humanities International Complete provides full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world. This database includes all data from Humanities International Index (over 2,000 journals and 2 million records) plus unique full text content, much of which is not found in other databases.
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WorldCat
WorldCat Formats: Library catalogs - books, articles, multimedia, microform, website links Full Text: None Years: Records of materials from 1000 BCE - current Vendor: FirstSearch Number of Users: 20 concurrent users statewide Description: WorldCat searches 54,000 library catalogs in one search with 70 million records. A new record is entered every 10 seconds. Records include many formats: books, serial titles, videos and DVDs, maps, documents, sound recordings, microfiche and microfilm, and some citations to articles. Some website links are included. |
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