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Academic Search Premier

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"The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier contains indexing for over 8,000 publications, with full text for more than 4,450 of those titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles."

Expanded Academic ASAP

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For college-level and adult researchers and advanced high school students
(1980 - present)

  • Comprehensive periodical database covering all academic disciplines
  • Millions of full-text articles from 2000+ scholarly, refereed and professional journals and selected general interest magazines
  • Indexing of additional professional and general periodicals
  • AAUP Journal of Academic Freedom

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    The American Association of University Professors introduces a new online project-the AAUP Journal of Academic Freedom. "Scholarship on academic freedom...is typically scattered across a wide range of disciplines." There is now "...one place to track the developing international discussion about academic freedom and its collateral issues."

    Academic OneFile

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    Academic OneFile is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of all academic disciplines, Academic OneFile is authoritative and comprehensive. Millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, including full-text coverage of the New York Times since 1995. Updated daily.

    America: History and Life

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    America: History and 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 without question the most important bibliographic reference tool for students and scholars of U.S. and Canadian history.

    Biography Resource Center + The Complete Marquis Who's Who®

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    This database integrates award-winning biographies from respected Gale sources with related full-text articles from hundreds of magazines and newspapers, as well as tens of thousands of images and links to vetted websites. Search for people---both current and historic from all eras and fields of endeavor---based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, as well as keyword and full text. Or, combine search criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search.

    Book Review Index Online Plus

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    Book Review Index Online Plus, like Book Review Index Online , includes more than 5 million review citations; it also includes more than 634,000 full-text reviews from InfoTrac OneFile and InfoTrac Expanded Academic. Access to full-text reviews allows users to conduct research in numerous disciplines, including literature, history, education, psychology, and more.

    Books & Authors

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    For librarians, teachers and readers of all ages

    Readers' advisory resource for fiction and nonfiction.

  • Numerous search criteria, genre lists, plot summaries, author information, award lists, etc.
  • Book jacket images, book reviews from more than 30 sources
  • User-friendly tools that allow users to store reading and search lists and create reviews and ratings
  • Visual search technology for narrowing choices and graphically viewing search term relationships
  • Business Source Premier



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    "Business Source Premier is the industry's most used business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. Business Source Premier is superior to the competition in full text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost."

    The Chronicle of Higher Education

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    The Chronicle is a source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators. Online, The Chronicle is published every weekday and is the top destination for news, advice, and jobs for people in academe. The Chronicle's Web site features the complete contents of the latest issue; daily news and advice columns; thousands of current job listings; articles published since September 1989; vibrant discussion forums; and career-building tools such as online CV management, salary databases, and more.

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    CINAHL Plus with Full-Text

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    "CINAHL® Plus with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive nursing & allied health research database, providing full text for more than 750 journals indexed in CINAHL. Of those, 426 are not found with full text in any version of Academic SearchT, Health Source® or Nursing & Allied Health CollectionT. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the CINAHL index - with no embargo."

    Communication & Mass Media Complete

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    "Communication & Mass Media Complete provides the most robust, quality research solution in areas related to communication and mass media. CMMC incorporates the content of CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Penn State) along with numerous other journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields of study to create a research and reference resource of unprecedented scope and depth encompassing the breadth of the communication discipline. CMMC offers cover-to-cover ("core") indexing and abstracts for over 390 journals, and selected ("priority") coverage of 200 more, for a combined coverage of nearly 600 titles. Furthermore, this database includes full text for 285 journals."

    Computer Source



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    "This database contains more than 300 full text journals and magazines covering topics such as computer science, programming, artificial intelligence, cybernetics, information systems, robotics, and software. Computer SourceT provides a balance of full text technical journals and full text consumer computer titles."

    Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

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  • A full-text, open-access source of peer-reviewed or editorial-quality journal articles
  • Includes journals that report primary results of research or overviews of research results to a scholarly community
  • "The aim of the Directory of Open Access Journals is to increase the visibility and ease of use of open access scientific and scholarly journals thereby promoting their increased usage and impact."

    Educator's Reference Complete

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    Educator's Reference Complete is a selection of more than 450 full-text academic journals, hundreds of full-text reports, and many premier reference sources. Included content focuses on educational principles, child development and psychology, and best practices in education. Majority of the full-text titles included are also found in the ERIC database. The database is updated daily and provides 24-hour access from school or home.

    ERIC



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

    General BusinessFile ASAP

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    For college-level and adult researchers and advanced high school students
    (1980 - present)
  • Articles from academic and general business, industry & management periodicals, newspapers and newswires (3300+ indexed titles; 2600+ full-text)
  • Investment and broker research reports Company directory listings
  • InfoTrac interface
  • General Reference Center (Magazine Index)

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    For high school students through adults
    (1980 - present)
  • Magazine, newspaper and reference articles on a variety of topics of general interest
  • Millions of full-text articles from over 900 general magazine titles
  • Reference information from encyclopedias, dictionaries and almanacs
  • Coverage of school subjects, current events and consumer interest topics
  • Health and Wellness Resource Center (HWRC)

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    For advanced middle school students through adults
    (1980 - present)
  • Portal to health information from a variety of sources for general users; includes "Alternative Health Module" content
  • Full-text articles from 400 health, nursing, allied health and medical journals, including 30+ alternative health periodicals
  • Health-related articles from 2,200 general interest magazines
  • Medical encyclopedia articles, pamphlets, drug information and hospital directory, including alternative health reference titles and herbal medicine information
  • Access to health news and key health Web sites
  • Health Reference Center-Academic

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    For college-level and other adult researchers
    (1980 - present)
  • Health and medical periodicals and reference information for academic researchers
  • Full-text articles from 600+ health, nursing, allied health and medical journals
  • Health-related articles from 1,500 general interest magazines
  • Articles from medical reference titles and pamphlets
  • Health Source: Consumer Edition



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  • provides access to nearly 80 full-text, consumer health magazines
  • includes searchable full text for current, health-related pamphlets and more than 130 health reference books
  • contains more than 5,100 Clinical Reference Systems reports (in English and Spanish); Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names; and Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary
  • Health Source Nursing Academic Edition



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    "This resource provides more than 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong, including full text from Creative Nursing, Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing, Issues in Mental Health Nursing, Journal of Advanced Nursing, Journal of Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, Journal of Clinical Nursing, Journal of Community Health Nursing, Journal of Nursing Management, Journal of the Society of Pediatric Nurses, Nursing Diagnosis, Nursing Ethics, Nursing Forum, Nursing Inquiry, and many more. In addition, this database includes the Clinical Pharmacology database, providing access to up-to-date, concise and clinically relevant drug monographs for all U.S. prescription drugs, hard-to-find herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products and new drugs."

    History Cooperative

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    A premier resource for historians on the Web that provides access to the full-text of current issues of the following journals: The American Historical Review, The Journal of American History, Law and History Review, The William and Mary Quarterly, The History Teacher, The Western Historical Quarterly, Common-place, and Labour/Le Travail.

    InfoTrac OneFile

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    For college-level and adult researchers and advanced high school students
    (1980 - present)
  • Comprehensive periodical database covering all subjects and all types of periodicals
  • Periodicals from nearly all InfoTrac collections merged into a single database
  • Over 25 million full-text articles on all subjects from over 5000 periodical titles
  • Articles from newswires and general, professional, scholarly and children's periodicals
  • Indexing of the New York Times, other major newspapers and 8000+ periodicals
  • LegalTrac

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    For college-level and adult researchers and advanced high school students
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  • Index to law and legal periodicals with selected full-text articles
  • Indexing of over 1400 titles; full-text articles from 100+ titles
  • Major law reviews, legal newsletters, bar association journals and international titles
  • Law-related articles from over 1,000 additional business and general interest titles
  • LexisNexis Academic

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  • Provides access to more than 6,000 news, business, and legal sources
  • Offers full-text of newspaper, magazine, journal, and wire service articles; television and radio broadcast transcripts; blog postings and other Web publications; biographical information; foreign language news publications; law reviews; federal and state cases and codes; Canadian and European Union court cases and legislation; and patents
  • Also includes LexisNexis Company Dossier; company profiles; SEC filings; country profiles; and Shepard's Citations service for federal and state court cases going back to 1789
  • Liebert Online



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    "This service delivers electronic access to peer-reviewed journals published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. This critical mass of content exceeds 28,000 papers from more than fifty-five authoritative journals, all full-text searchable and linked to external bibliographic databases. Liebert Online is universally acknowledged for establishing authoritative peer-reviewed journals in the most promising areas of biotechnology, biomedical research/life sciences, clinical medicine and surgery, and law."

    Literature Resource Center

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    Full-text journal articles, literary criticism, reviews, biographical information, and overviews on over 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.

    LitFinder

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    Covering world literature and authors throughout history, LitFinder contains a wealth of literary works including over 150,000 full-text poems and 800,000+ poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays. For students or patrons seeking a deeper view into literature, LitFinder also includes secondary materials like biographies, images, and more! From Shakespeare's sonnets to poems by Donald Hall or short stories from Edgar Allan Poe to works by Annie Proulx, LitFinder has you covered.

    MEDLINE



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    "MEDLINE® provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree numbers, tree hierarchy and explosion capabilities to search abstracts from over 4,800 current biomedical journals. Included are citations from Index Medicus, International Nursing Index, Index to Dental Literature, HISTLINE, SPACELINE, PREMEDLINE®, AIDSLINE®, BIOETHICSLINE®, and HealthSTAR®. Users of MEDLINE will be excited to learn that this is now a 'full text database'."

    Military & Government Collection



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    "Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites. The Military & Government Collection provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for nearly 400 titles."

    MLA International Bibliography



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    "MLA International Bibliography offers a detailed bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations. Produced by the Modern Language Association, the electronic version of the bibliography dates back to the 1920s and contains over 1.8 million citations from more than 4,400 journals & series and 1,000 book publishers."

    Nursing Resource Center

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    Designed for nursing students, the Nursing Resource Center brings together in an easy-to-use interface disease and drug overviews, care plans, relevant journal results and animated anatomy and physiology diagrams to complement the core encyclopedia texts. The information is written in accessible language for students completing class assignments and preparing for clinicals as they learn how to care for and treat patients. Search results are returned in tabs that correspond to steps in the nursing process.

    Ovid Nursing Collection

    PASCAL

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    "Journals@Ovid is a single database that contains the Ovid Full Text and graphics of every full text journal offered by Ovid. Regardless of the number of subscribed Journals@Ovid titles, every Journals@Ovid subscriber gets access to all of the Tables of Contents, Bibliographic citations, Abstracts, and references in the entire database."

    PLOS
    (Public Library of Science)

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    "PLOS is a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource." Open access to 7 online peer-reviewed journals in the fields of Biology, Medicine, Computational Biology, Genetics, Pathogens and Neglected Tropical Diseases.

    Project Muse

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    "Provides online, worldwide institutional subscription access to the full text of over 200 scholarly journals in the arts and humanities, social sciences, and mathematics."

    Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection



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    "This database provides nearly 575 full text publications, including nearly 550 peer-reviewed titles. Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Nearly every full text title included in this database is indexed in PsycINFO. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost."

    PubMed

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    "PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to over 11 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources."

    Regional Business News



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    "This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. This database is updated on a daily basis."

    Science In Context

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    Gale Science in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics. The new solution merges Gale's authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, experiments, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.

    SIRS Knowledge Source

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    For advanced middle school students through adults

  • Articles, images, reference information, Web sites and more on all subjects
  • Articles selected from 2,500+ U.S. and international magazines, newspapers, government publications and reference sources
  • News, current events and organized links to evaluated Web sites
  • Includes special features on - literature, terrorism and other topics
  • Interactive textbook on citizenship with teacher resources
  • Images, maps, country profiles, primary sources and Supreme Court decisions
  • *This database is only available on the Columbia College campus.

    SIRS Discoverer

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    For students in grades 1-9, their teachers and parents
  • Articles, pictures, reference information and Web sites on all subjects
  • Age appropriate, full-text articles and images selected from 1,600+ U.S. and international magazines, newspapers, government publications and reference sources
  • Reading levels assigned to all articles Maps, pictures, photo essays, activities, biographies, country facts, current events
  • Links to age appropriate Web sites with reading level indicators.
  • SocINDEX (with full-text)

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    "SocINDEX with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive and highest quality sociology research database. The database features more than 1,910,000 records with subject headings from a 19,300 term sociological thesaurus designed by subject experts and expert lexicographers. SocINDEX with Full Text contains full text for 397 "core" coverage journals dating back to 1908, and 150 "priority" coverage journals. This database also includes full text for more than 720 books and monographs, and full text for 6,743 conference papers."

    Twayne's Authors Series

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    The acclaimed Twayne's Authors Series of literary criticism offers in-depth introductions to the lives and works of writers, the history and influence of literary movements and to the development of literary genres. This online series features the content of nearly 600 books that comprise three print series --United States Authors, English Authors and World Authors -- each of which were carefully coordinated with input from librarians and educators to include authors universally studied in high schools and colleges.

    U.S. History In Context

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    Gale U.S. History in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in U.S. History. The new solution merges Gale's authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.

    World History In Context

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    Gale World History in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in World History. The new solution merges Gale's authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.