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                                 DATABASE DESCRIPTIONS

 Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost) is a multi-disciplinary database with contents dating back to 1975.  It contains 4,400+ full-text serial titles including 3,600+ peer-reviewed journals.  This database is updated on a daily basis.

 AccessScience is a science reference database that includes The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, “Research Updates” from The McGraw-Hill Yearbooks of Science & Technology, over 100,000 definitions from The McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, and much more.

 AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive contains photographs, audio sound bytes, graphics and text provided by the Associated Press. The contents cover over a century and half of history. 

 ACS Web Editions includes over 30 publications from the American Chemical Society. 

 African-American History Online includes biographies, primary sources, timelines, images, and much more from more than 500 years of the African-American experience.

 AGRICOLA (FirstSearch) is a bibliographic database that includes records of the materials held by the National Agriculture Library and cooperating institutions.  These materials relate to agriculture, forestry, and animal science.

 Alt HealthWatch (EBSCOhost) is a database that concentrates on complementary, holistic, and alternative approaches to health care.  It includes over 180 journals, reports, proceedings and newsletters.

 America: History and Life (ABC-CLIO) is a bibliographic database with approximately 16,000 new abstracts and citations added annually. 

 Annals of American History includes over 2,000 primary documents of U.S. history from the last 500+ years. 

 ArticleFirst (FirstSearch) is a bibliographic database of journal articles in wide variety of subjects.

 Arts and Humanities Search (FirstSearch) is a bibliographic database of journal articles from arts, humanities, social science, and science journals.

 Associations Unlimited is based on The Encyclopedia of Associations.  With over 150,000 detailed listings of organizations worldwide, it is the premier source on associations and professional organizations. 

 BasicBIOSIS (FirstSearch) is a bibliographic database of basic life science journals.  It covers the current year and the four previous years.

 BioDigest (FirstSearch) is a bibliographic database of life science information.  It contains abstracts from 1989 to the present.

 Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI) (InfoTrac/Gale) is a bibliographic database of biographical materials from all fields.

 Biography Reference Bank (Wilson Web) is an extensive biographical database covering ancient times to the present.  It includes over 500,000 people and 36,000 images.

 BioOne is a full-text database of bioscience research journals. 

 Book Collection: Nonfiction (EBSCOhost) is a cross-curricular database for school libraries that includes abstracts and searchable full-text for more than 3,300 nonfiction books.

 Book Review Digest Plus (Wilson Web) is a database of reviews for current fiction and non-fiction books.  It includes excerpts from reviews and more than 100,000 full-text reviews dating from 1983.

Books in Print with Reviews is a bibliographic database.  It includes over 12.5 million books, audio books, and videos from more than 40 countries.

 Business and Company Resource Center (InfoTrac/Gale) is a full-text database that includes company profiles, investment reports, company histories, industry news, and much more. 

 Business and Management Practices (FirstSearch) is a bibliographic database of articles and case studies regarding practical aspects and approaches to business management.

 Business Index ASAP (InfoTrac/Gale) is a full-text database that covers management issues, economic indicators, and business theories and practices from 1980 to the present.

 Business Source Premier (EBSCOhost) is a business research database with over 8,800 full-text periodical titles from 1965 to present.

 CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature) Plus with Full-Text (EBSCOhost) includes citations and abstracts from more than 3000 nursing and allied health periodicals and full text articles from more than 330 of those.

 Classical Music Library is a database of licensed classical music recordings that can be listened to over the Internet.

Clinical Pharmacology (EBSCOhost) is a health database that provides current information about prescription, over the counter, herbal, experimental and other drugs. 

CollegeSource Online includes full-text college catalogs from 34,515 2-year, 4-year, graduate, professional, and international schools.

Columbia Granger’s World of Poetry Online is a poetry resource that includes The Classic Hundred Poems, The Top 500 Poems, The Columbia Granger’s Index to Poetry in Anthologies, The Columbia Granger’s Index to Poetry in Collected and Selected Works, and The Columbia Granger’s Index to African-American Poetry.

Commerce Clearing House Tax Research Network includes federal, state, and international tax information.

Commerce Clearing House Accounting Research Manager is a financial reporting database that provides accounting, auditing, governmental, and SEC information.

Communication and Mass Media Complete (EBSCOhost) encompasses CommSearch and Mass Media Articles Index along with many other communication and mass media journals.  It provides full-text articles from more than 240 journals.

Computer Database (InfoTrac/Gale) is a full-text database of computer, telecommunications, and electronics periodicals.

Contemporary Authors (InfoTrac/Gale) includes biographical and bibliographical information on more than 120,000 authors.

 Contemporary Women’s Issues (FirstSearch) is a bibliographic database of books, journals, newsletters, etc. on the topic of women’s health and human rights.

 CQ Researcher includes full-text current topic reports that feature background information, pro/con statements from the opposing viewpoints, bibliographies, and much more.

 Criminal Justice Periodicals (ProQuest) is a full-text database of journals from 1961 to the present.

 Dissertation Abstracts (FirstSearch) is a bibliographic database of selected masters theses and dissertations.

 EBook Library contains electronic versions of books that can normally be found in print.

 ECO—Electronic Collections Online (FirstSearch) is a bibliographic database of scholarly journals from many fields.

 EconLit (FirstSearch) is a bibliographic database of journals, books, working papers, and dissertations on economics.

 Emerald Fulltext is a business and management database with over 100 titles. 

 Encyclopædia Britannica Online is the web based version of the classic print encyclopedia. 

 ERIC (EBSCOhost) is an education research database with full-text of 2,200+ digests and bibliographic information from more than 1,000 journals.

ERIC Plus Text (ProQuest) includes the bibliographic information from ERIC and incorporates the full-text from ProQuest Education Journals.

Ethnic NewsWatch Complete (ProQuest) is a full-text database of periodicals from the ethnic and minority press.

Europa World Plus is the web based version of The Europa World Year Book and Regional Surveys of the World.

Expanded Academic ASAP (InfoTrac/Gale) is a general academic database with many full-text journals, magazines, and newspapers. 

 FactSearch (FirstSearch) is a bibliographic database of facts and statistics.

 Fiction Connection is a database that recommends books based on what the user already likes.

Funk & Wagnall’s New World Encyclopedia (EBSCOhost) is the web based version of the classic print encyclopedia.

 General Business File ASAP (InfoTrac/Gale) is a full-text database of broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals, and company directory listings from 1980 to the present.

 General Reference Center Gold (InfoTrac/Gale) is a full-text database that covers a wide variety of subjects on many levels.

 GEOBASE (FirstSearch) is a bibliographic database covering geography, geology, and ecology.

GPO Access is a database provided by the Government Printing Office.  It provides full-text documents from the three branches of the Federal Government.

Health and Wellness Resource Center (InfoTrac/Gale) is a healthcare database that provides journal articles, reference materials, videos, and pamphlets. 

Health Source: Consumer Edition (EBSCOhost) is a full-text database with almost 300 consumer health periodicals.

Health Source: Nursing and Academic Edition (EBSCOhost) is a full-text database with over 500 scholarly health care journals.

Historical Abstracts (ABC-CLIO) is a bibliographic database of world (excluding the U.S. and Canada) history in journals from 1955 to the present. 

History Reference Center (EBSCOhost) is a full-text database of more than 1,500 books and encyclopedias. 

Hoover’s Company Profiles (LexisNexis) includes full-text information for more than 15,000 public and private companies.

Hoover’s Company Records (ProQuest) is a full-text database of profiles for 40,000+ companies, 600+ industries, and 225,000+ executives.

Humanities International Complete (EBSCOhost) is a full-text database of journals and books in the humanities.  It also includes the data from Humanities International Index.

Informe (InfoTrac/Gale) is a full-text database of Hispanic magazines from a wide variety of subjects.

 InfoTrac OneFile (InfoTrac/Gale) is a full-text multi-disciplinary database with contents from 1980 to the present. 

JSTOR-Arts and Sciences Collections is a full-text database of articles from 600+ journals in the arts, humanities and social sciences. 

Key Business Ratios is a full-text database financial information for comparing businesses.

LegalPeriodical (Index to Legal Periodicals) (FirstSearch) is a bibliographic database of international legal information from journals, yearbooks, law reviews, and more.

LegalTrac (InfoTrac/Gale) is a legal database that includes law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association publications, and more.

Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe is full-text database of over 5,600 sources from a wide range of subjects.

Lexis-Nexis Business is a full-text database of business and financial information, including news, industry reports, and SEC filings.

Lexis-Nexis Legal Research is a full-text database of primary sources, including case law and statues, and secondary sources, including law reviews and legal news.

Lexis-Nexis Medical is a partial full-text database of medical information on the consumer and scholarly levels.

Lexis-Nexis Statistical Universe is a full-text database of statistics compiled by the federal and state governments in easy to use tables.

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (EBSCOhost) is a bibliographic database of 600+ journals, books, reports and proceedings. 

Literature Resource Center (InfoTrac/Gale) is a database of biographies, bibliographies, and literary criticism that covers 120,000+ authors. 

Literary Reference Center (EBSCOhost) is a full-text database with plot criticisms, synopses, literary criticisms, author biographies, book reviews, and much more.

LitFinder (InfoTrac/Gale) is a partial full-text database of literature with biographies, overviews, and images.

MagillOnLiterature Plus (EBSCOhost) is a full-text literary database containing criticisms, biographies, images, and a glossary of literary terms.

MAS Ultra-School Edition (EBSCOhost) is a general full-text database for those in secondary education.

MasterFILE Premier (EBSCOhost) is a full-text database that covers a wide range of subjects.  It includes biographies, reference books, 1,900+ periodicals, maps, photos, and much more.

MathSciNet covers international mathematical literature from 1940 to the present.  It includes bibliographic information and reviews of the literature.

Mental Measurements Yearbook (EBSCOhost) is the web based version of the print Mental Measurements Yearbook.  It contains information about 2,000+ contemporary testing instruments.

Middle Search Plus (EBSCOhost) is a full-text database of 140+ popular, middle school magazines.  It also contains biographies, maps, photos, and flags.

Military and Government Collection (EBSCOhost) is a full-text database of military and government news about all the branches.

MLA Directory of Periodicals (EBSCOhost) provides publication information about literary journals.

MLA International Bibliography (EBSCOhost) is a bibliographic database of journal articles, books, and dissertations in literature, language & linguistics, folklore, and dramatic arts.

Music Index (EBSCOhost) is a partial full-text database that covers 775 music periodicals from 1976 to the present. 

National Newspaper Abstracts (ProQuest) provides abstracts and indexing for New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today.

NetLibrary contains electronic versions of books that can normally be found in print. 

Newspaper Source (EBSCOhost) is a full-text database of 20 national and international newspapers, as well as  television & radio news transcripts.

North American Women’s Letters and Diaries is collection of the personal experiences of 1,300+ women spanning over 300 years of history.

Opposing Viewpoints  (InfoTrac/Gale) is a database about current social topics that includes viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text articles, and much more. 

Oxford Online Collection is a database of the 180+ journals published by Oxford University Press.

Oxford English Dictionary is the web based version of the print OED.  The OED is the most authoritative resource on the English language. 

Primary Search (EBSCOhost) is a full-text database of 65+ popular, elementary school magazines, student pamphlets, photos, maps, and flags.

Professional Development Collection (EBSCOhost) is a full-text database of 500+ education journals, most of which are peer-reviewed.

ProQuest Newspapers is a full-text database of more than 350 local, regional, national, and international newspapers.

ProQuest Nursing Journals is a full-text database of nearly 400 healthcare journals with contents from 1986 to the present.

ProQuest Psychology Journals is a full-text database of 380+ journals in the field of psychology.

PsycARTICLES (EBSCOhost) is a full-text database produced by the American Psychological Association (APA).  It contains articles from 46 journals from the APA and 11 journals from allied organizations dating from 1985 to the present.

PsycBOOKS (EBSCOhost) is full-text database produced by the American Psychological Association (APA).  It contains chapters from more than 800 scholarly books with copyright dates from 1953 to the present.

Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCOhost) is a full-text database of almost 600 psychology and behavioral science journals.

PsycInfo (EBSCOhost) is a bibliographic database of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations on medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, and much more.

Public Library of Science (PLoS) is a full-text database of science and medical articles published in open access (free to all at the time of publication) model.

PubMed is a bibliographic database from the National Library of Medicine.  It contains over 16 million citations from the 1950s to the present.

PubMed Central is a full-text database from the National Library of Medicine of life science journal articles.

Regional Business News (EBSCOhost) is a full-text database of more than 50 regional business journals, newspapers, and newswires.

Research Library Complete (ProQuest) is a multi-disciplinary database with contents dating back to 1972.  It includes more than 2,500 full-text titles.

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (EBSCOhost) is a bibliographic database of music literature.  It contains a broad range of topics regarding music.

RIPM (Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals) (FirstSearch) is a bibliographic database of music literature regarding musical history, musical life, and related fields.

Scribner Writers Series (InfoTrac/Gale) is a full-text database of signed essays on 1,600+ authors and literary genres.

SIRS Discoverer is a full-text database for elementary and middle school students. 

SIRS Knowledge Source is a database portal that accesses SIRS Researcher, SIRS Government Reporter, SIRS Renaissance, and SIRS WebSelect. It contains information on arts, humanities, science, and social sciences. 

SIRS Renaissance is a full-text database for the arts and humanities.  It contains articles from more than 1,200 publications. 

SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCOhost) is a full-text database of sociology resources.  It contains full-text articles from more than 350 journals, 547 books and monographs, and 6,700 conference papers.

SPORTDiscus (EBSCOhost) is a bibliographic database with coverage of sports, physical fitness, sports medicine, kinesiology, and much more.

Standard & Poor’s NetAdvantage is a full-text database of business and investment information.  Its contents include industry surveys, stock reports, corporate records, private company information, and much more. 

THOMAS is a database of government information.  It includes bills, resolutions, activity in congress, congressional record, presidential nominations, and much more.

Twayne Authors Series is a full-text database of 600 titles from Twayne World, US, and English Authors.

Vocational and Career Collection (EBSCOhost) is a full-text database of 300+ trade and industry-related periodicals.

Westlaw is a full-text legal research database.  It includes statutes, case law information, public records, and more.

Wiley Interscience is a partial full-text database from 2,500+ journals, books, laboratory manuals, etc.  It also includes The Cochrane Library, a well-known evidence-based medicine resource.

WilsonSelectPlus is a bibliographic database of science, humanities, education, and business journals.

World History Collection (EBSCOhost) is full-text database that includes 140+ journals with coverage from 1964 to the present.

WorldCat (FirstSearch) is a bibliographic database of books, web resources, and other materials.

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