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Dates |
Type |
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Academic
Search Premier (Ebsco)
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1975- |
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Multi-disciplinary database provides full text for nearly 4,500
journals, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed
titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well
over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are
provided for 1,000 titles.
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Agricola
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1970- |
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An index to publications in agriculture, zoology, entomology,
plant sciences, forestry, food and human nutrition, and earth
and environmental sciences.
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AltHeathWatch |
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1990- |
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This database focuses on the many perspectives of complementary,
holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.
It offers libraries full text articles for nearly 180 international,
and often peer-reviewed journals and reports. In addition, there
are hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original
research and book excerpts. Alt HealthWatch provides in-depth
coverage across the full spectrum of subject areas covered by
complementary and alternative medicine.
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American
Chemical Society Publications
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Variable |
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Search all ACS chemistry journals, with access to full text
for many titles. Check Periodicals Holdings for specific title
coverage.
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American
Civil War Letters & Diaries
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1855-1875
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First-person accounts of the US Civil War. |
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American
Institute of Physics Publications
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1968-
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Search all AIP physics journals, with access to full text for
a few titles.Check Periodicals Holdings for specific title coverage.
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American Memory
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Variable |
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Multimedia collections of digitized documents, photographs,
recorded sound, moving pictures, and text from the Library of
Congress.
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American
Society for Microbiology Publications
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1992-
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Search all ASM microbiology journals, with access to full text
from 1995.
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Annie Online |
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1250-
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The Library catalog lists all books, journal titles, and media
materials in campus collections.
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Annual
Reviews
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1996-
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Search review publications in physical sciences, life sciences,
and social sciences.
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AP
Multimedia Archive |
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1826- |
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Searchable archive of over one million photographs from the
Associated Press |
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ArticleFirst
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1990-
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Citations to articles from over 15,000 journal titles in all
subject areas.
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ARTStor |
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B.C -
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A searchable collection of over 300,000 images from art, architecture, and
archaeology.
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ATLA
with Serials |
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1949- |
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An index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections
of essays in all fields of religion. Some titles available full
text. |
-B-
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Biography
Resource Center
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Variable
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Biographical information on over 320,000 people from throughout
history, around the world, and across all subject areas
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BioOne
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2000-
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Searchable database of core journals in biology.
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Britannica
Online
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Current
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Updated encyclopedia articles on a wide variety of topics,
plus Britannica Book of the Year covering current events.
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Business
Source Elite (Ebsco)
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1985-
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An index and full text database of articles from core business
journals, with access to regional business news.
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-C-
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CSA:
Biology
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1982-
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An
index to journal articles and research reports in the life
sciences.
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CSA:
Computer Technology
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1981-
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An
index to journal articles on information technology, computing,
and the Internet.
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CINAHL with Full-Text
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1982-
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Citations
to articles from over 1,700 journal titles in nursing and related
health care professions. Includes some full-text.
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Communication & Mass
Media Complete |
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Variable |
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Research
and reference resource of unprecedented scope and depth encompassing
the breadth of the communication discipline Communication & Mass
Media Complete offers full text for over 200 titles and contains
citation coverage for additional sources.
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Contemporary Women's Issues |
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Variable |
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Contemporary
Women’s Issues on the Web provides access
to publications from over 200 domestic and international organizations.
to an eclectic mix of relevant, hard-to-find content from mainstream
periodicals, “gray” literature, and the alternative
press. |
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Country
Watch |
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Current |
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Demographic,
political, economic, business, cultural and environmental information;
daily news coverage from several regional news services for
every country and more |
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CQ
Electronic Library |
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1991- |
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CQ
Electronic Library (CQEL) is the definitive reference resource
for research in American government, politics, history, public
policy, and current affairs. |
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Credo
Reference |
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Variable |
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Credo
Reference is a giant online reference library that provides
you with access to a selection of reference books from a total
of 240. Credo Reference includes encyclopedias, dictionaries,
thesauri and books of quotations, not to mention a range of
subject-specific titles covering everything from art to accountancy
and literature to law |
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Criminal
Justice Periodicals Index |
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1981-Present | |
ProQuest Criminal Justice
Periodicals Index™ is
a comprehensive database of U.S. and international criminal justice
journals. The database includes abstract and indexing for 240 titles,
with more than 80 available in full-text. |
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Digital Library of Appalachia
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Variable
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Archival and historical materials related to the culture of
the southern and central Appalachian region
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DOAJ: Directory of Open Access
Journals |
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Variable |
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Produced by the University of Lund Libraries, DOAJ is the most
comprehensive directory of open access journals, offering access
to 2,125 titles and nearly 91,000 articles. |
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Early
American Imprints |
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1639-1800
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Primary resource material on every aspect of life in 17th-
and 18th-century America, from agriculture through foreign affairs,
literature, music, religion, the Revolutionary War, witchcraft,
and more. Based on the renowned American Bibliography by Charles
Evans.
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Early
Encounters in North America
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1534-1860
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A collection of letters, diaries, memoirs, and published accounts
of exploration in North America between 1534 and 1860
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EbscoHost
Web
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Variable
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A collection of Ebsco databases indexing articles in academic
journals and newspapers
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ECO:
Electronic Collections Online
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1995-
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A searchable collection of electronic journals. Full text available
for a few titles.
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Education
Research Complete |
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Variable |
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Education Research Complete provides indexing and
abstracts for more than 1,500 journals, as well as full text
for more than 750 journals, and includes full text for more than
100 books and monographs, and for numerous education-related
conference papers.
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Educators Reference Desk |
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1966-
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Resource guides, lesson plans, and ERIC database covering topics
in education.
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Encyclopedia of Animals |
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Current |
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Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating
to animals. The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and
full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar
animals.
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Encyclopedia
of Life Sciences
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Current
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Articles covering a broad array of topics in biology, from
Nature publishing.
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Environmental
Science and Pollution Management
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1967-
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An index to scientific journals, conference proceedings, books
and government publications reporting research in environmental
science.
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ERIC
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1966-
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Abstracts of reports, documents, and journal articles on education
research and practice.
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Faulkner
Advisory on Information Technology Studies |
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Variable |
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Comprehensive, web-based library containing more than 1,200
reports that help students, educators, and administrators learn
about and keep up with the issues, trends, market conditions,
products, services, and vendors leading the charge in the IT
and communications industries.
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Faulkner
Security Management Practices |
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2002- |
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The
BEST intelligence resource on the Web for Security Executives – critical
IT, legal, financial, and physical security information. An invaluable
resource too, for students and instructors in enterprise security
courses of study. A dozen new reports every month covering topics
like deploying network security appliances, using biometric technologies
for network and physical security, managing organizational risk,
planning for disruptions, securing the enterprise network and
so much more. PLUS access to all archived reports and a weekly
digest to keep you on top of security industry-related news.
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Funk and Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia |
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Current |
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This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering
a variety of subject areas.
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Gale
Virtual Reference Library |
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2001- |
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A database of subject encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized
reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
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GPO Access
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Variable
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Official information from all three branches of the federal
government.
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GREENFile |
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Variable |
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GreenFILE indexes scholarly and general interest titles, as
well as government documents and reports. The
database contains nearly 300,000 records, full text for selected
titles and searchable cited references for more than 200 titles
as well. |
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Greenwood
eBooks |
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1990-
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A collection of over 3,000 academic books in the liberal arts
and sciences.
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Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia |
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Current |
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A quick reference rich with multimedia and news for researchers
plus activities for teachers and librarians to use with students.
You can search by word or browse by subject - search results
include multimedia and links to prescreened, constantly monitored
web sites. This resource requires a username
and password. Please see a librarian for assistance.
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Grove
Art Online
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Variable
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Web access to the entire text of The Dictionary of Art (1996,
34 vols.) with annual additions of new material and updates to
the text, plus extensive image links.
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Grove
Music Online
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Variable
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Full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
(29 volumes), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera (4 volumes) and
The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (3 volumes).
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-H-
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Health Source - Consumer Edition
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1984- |
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This database is the richest collection of consumer health
information available to libraries worldwide, providing information
on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences
and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health.
Health Source: Consumer Edition features more than 130 full text,
consumer health magazines. This database is updated on a weekly
basis.
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Health Source- Nursing Edition |
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1975- |
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This database provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals
focusing on many medical disciplines. Health Source: Nursing/Academic
Edition also features abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals.
This database is updated twice a week. |
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Highwire
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Variable
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A searchable archive of science journals, many available full
text.
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Historical Newspapers |
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1851-2003 (Variable) |
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Full-text access to major US newspapers from the very first
issues. Does not include the most recent years. |
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In the First
Person |
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Variable |
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Comprehensive archive of social memory yet created-a one-stop
starting point for historians, sociologists, genealogists, linguists,
and psychologists who want to find, explore, and analyze human
experiences. |
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International Index to Music Periodicals |
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1874-Present |
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A music
journal resource with more than half a million indexed articles,
plus detailed abstracts and full text from 1874 to
the present, covering the scholarly to the popular. |
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Issues
and Controversies |
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1995-
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Background information on controversial topics, including arguments
for and against, statistical snapshots, and editorials. From
Facts on File.
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-J-
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JSTOR
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Variable
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Archives of scholarly journals in many subject areas, several
starting from the 1800s.
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-K-
-L-
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Learning Express |
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Current |
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LearningExpress
Library is a comprehensive, interactive online learning platform
of practice tests and tutorial course series
designed to help patrons—students and adult learners—succeed
on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. Access
is provided by the WV Library Commission and users must enter for
the first time through the WV Info Depot. Once you create an account,
you can access from anywhere. |
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Lexis-Nexis
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Variable
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Newpapers, business information, and legal resources online.
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Library of Congress Online
Catalog
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B.C. -
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Catalog of books, serials, computer files, manuscripts, cartographic
materials, music, sound recordings, and visual materials in the
Library of Congress.
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Literature
Resource Center
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Variable
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Literature resources including biographies, criticism, and
bibliographies of over 115,000 authors from all times and places.
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LitFinder
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Variable
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Searchable database of poetry, short stories, essays, plays,
and speeches.
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-M-
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MLA:
Modern Language Assoc.
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1926-
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An
index of journal articles, books and dissertations on literature,
language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism,
and dramatic arts.
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Making
of America |
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1800-1899 |
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A digital library of primary sources in American social history
from the antebellum period through reconstruction. MoA contains
nearly 10,000 books and 50,000 journal articles |
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MasterFile
Premier (Ebsco)
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Variable
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More than 350 full text reference books, 84,074 biographies,
86,132 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135
photos, maps and flags as well as references to magazine articles.
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Medline (PubMed)
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1950-
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An index of journal articles in the biomedical sciences.
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-N-
-O-
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Oxford
English Dictionary
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1989-
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A comprehensive dictionary providing the meaning, history,
and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present
and past, with quotations that demonstrate usage.
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-P-
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Physical
Education Index
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1970-
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An index to journal articles addressing topics in physical
education, coaching, and athletic training.
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Polling
The Nations
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1986-
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Survey results from public opinion polls
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Pre-CINAHL |
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Current |
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A companion database to CINAHL, Pre-CINAHL is intended to provide
current awareness of new journal articles, and includes a rotating
file of limited bibliographic information (no subject searching),
which are available to searchers only for the time when these
articles are being assigned additional indexing.
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Primary Search |
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1990- |
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Primary Search provides full text for nearly 70 popular, magazines
for elementary school research. All full text articles included
in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles),
and full text information dates as far back as 1990. This database
is updated daily on EBSCOhost.
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Project
Muse
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1993-
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A collection of electronic journals primarily in the humanities
and social sciences
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PsycInfo
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1887-
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An index to journal articles in psychology and related areas.
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PubMed (Medline)
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1950-
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An index of journal articles in the biomedical sciences. |
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-R-
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Reference
USA |
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Current |
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The ReferenceUSA database contains, in module format, detailed
information on more than 14 million U.S. businesses and 210 million
U.S. residents. |
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RefWorks |
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Variable |
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An online research management tool that allows users to create
personal databases and use them for a variety of research activities.
References are quickly and easily imported from text files or
online databases. The databases can then be used to manage, store,
and share the information. Users can automatically insert references
from their database into their papers and generate formatted
bibliographies and manuscripts in seconds.
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Regional Business News |
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1990- |
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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.
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ScienceDirect
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Variable
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A searchable collection of electronic journals in the sciences.
Full text available for a few titles. |
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Scitation
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Variable
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A searchable collection of electronic journals in physics and
engineering. Full text available for a few titles. |
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Searchasaurus
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Variable
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A children's database of magazine and encyclopedia articles. |
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Social
Services Abstracts
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1980-
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An index to current research focused on social work, human
services, and related areas. |
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Sociological
Abstracts
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1963-
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An index to journal articles in sociology and related behavioral
sciences. |
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Scribners
Writers Series |
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Variable |
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Approximately 1,600 original biocritical essays about key authors
written and signed by noted scholars
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State
Academies of Science Abstracts
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Variable
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State Academies of Science Abstracts is an authoritative reference
on studies specific to states and regions of the U.S.
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SYB
World (Statesman's Year Book)
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Current
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Country profiles, maps, graphics, data, and text about nations
around the world. |
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STAT-USA
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Current
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Data sets and reports on U.S. and international economic activity
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Teacher
Reference Center |
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Variable |
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This index
covers over 260 titles from the most popular teacher and administrator
trade journals, periodicals, provideing
coverage on key education topics such as Assessment, Continuing
Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development,
Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, Science & Mathematics,
and more for K-12 Teachers & Librarians.
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Thomas
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Variable
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Current and historical U.S. legislative information, from Library
of Congress |
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TOPIC Search |
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Current |
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This
current events database allows researchers to explore social,
political & economic issues, scientific discoveries
and other popular topics discussed in today’s classrooms.
TOPICsearch contains full text for over 139,800 articles from
more than 4,800 diverse sources.
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Twaynes
Authors Series |
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Variable |
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In-depth introductions to the lives and works of writers, to
the history and influence of literary movements and to the development
of literary genres.
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West Virginia Authors |
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Variable |
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Created and maintained by the Annie Merner Pfeiffer Library,
West Virginia Authors contains biographical and critical information
about authors associated with the Mountain State. |
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WV InfoDepot |
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Variable |
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Database
access provided to WV residents by the WV Library Commission.
The West Virginia | |
