Complete List of Resources
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The APS Archive of Teaching Resources is a digital library of peer-reviewed science teaching resources that is free and open to educators worldwide. As of January 2009, the Archive contained more than 2,200 peer-reviewed teaching resources including audiovisual materials, lesson plans, teaching journal articles, and scientific content materials. (http://www.apsarchive.org/)
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Academic OneFile (InfoTrac) is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily.
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Academic Search Premier (EbscoHost) is a multi-disciplinary database that provides full text for more than 4,500 journals, including full text for more than 3,700 peer-reviewed 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.
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AccessMedicine is an innovative online resource that provides access to more than 50 medical titles from the best minds in medicine, updated content, hundreds of photos and illustrations, interactive self-assessment, case files, diagnostic tools, a comprehensive search platform, and the ability to download content to a mobile device.
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Access World News allows you to find current and archived articles on issues, events, people, government and more with the world's largest collection of state, regional, and national full-text newspapers and other news sources, including the Commercial Appeal, The Tennessean, Chattanooga Times Free-Press, Knoxville News Sentinel, and the New York Times.
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| A.D.A.M. Interactive Anatomy |
A.D.A.M. Interactive Anatomy Online contains a comprehensive digital database of detailed anatomical images, including illustrated, fully dissectible male and female bodies. The database includes point-and-click identification capabilities of over 20,000 anatomical structures and is peer-reviewed by a team of leading anatomists to ensure anatomical accuracy. You can dissect anatomy layer by layer, identify and review pinned atlas anatomy structures, understand anatomy in a clinical context, and interact with 3D models. Please contact Jen Green at greenj@bethelu.edu for a username/password combination. |
| African Newspaper Archive | African Newspaper Archive (NewsBank/Readex) provides a full-text database of newspaper from Africa, spanning from 1800-1924. |
| Agriculture Collection | Agriculture Collection (InfoTrac) provides broad coverage of agriculture and its related fields. Comprised of nearly 200 titles, researchers will have access to current and authoritative content that spans the industry -- from practical aspects of farming to cutting edge scientific research in horticulture. |
| American Memory (Library of Congress) | American Memory, from the Library of Congress, provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html) |
| Artcyclopedia | The Artcyclopedia indexes over 700 arts sites to create a searchable database of visual arts images, information about visual arts and locations of original works. (http://artcyclopedia.com) |
| ATLA Religion Database | ATLA Religion Database, from the American Theological Library Association, is one of the most important databases in the field. It contains articles in biblical studies, world religions, church history, and religion in social issues. |
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BigChalk eLibrary serves as a starting point for student inquiry. eLibrary features a powerful user interface designed to make research easy. Students find the answers they need from more than 2,500 fulltext magazines, newspapers, reference books, and transcripts - plus thousands of pictures, maps, web links, and audio/video files.
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Biological Soil Crusts catalogs definitions and compositions of biological soil crusts, and links to related resources. Other names for these organic communities are cryptogamic, microbiotic, cryptobiotic, and microphytic crusts. (http://www.soilcrust.org/index.htm)
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BioMed Central is an STM (Science, Technology and Medicine) publisher which has pioneered the open access publishing model. All original research articles published by BioMed Central are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication. BioMed Central views open access to research as essential in order to ensure the rapid and efficient communication of research findings. (http://www.biomedcentral.com/browse/journals/)
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Britannica Online includes the Encyclopaedia Britannica as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, the Britannica Student Encyclopaedia, and the Britannica Book of the Year. It also provides an Internet directory to more than 300,000 sites selected by Britannica editors. This is also filed under Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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The Budget of the United States Government is a collection of documents that contains the budget message of the President, information about the President's budget proposals for a given fiscal year, and other budgetary publications that have been issued throughout the fiscal year. Other budget items, such as related publications and supporting materials, are included, which may vary from year to year. (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/)
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| Bureau of Justice Statistics | The Bureau of Justice Statistics' mission is to collect, analyze, publish, and disseminate information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government. These data, offered free on the web, are critical to federal, state, and local policymakers in combating crime and ensuring that justice is both efficient and evenhanded. (http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs) |
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Business and Company Resource Center (InfoTrac) is a fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information.
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| Business Economics and Theory Collection | Business Economics and Theory Collection (InfoTrac) has a strong emphasis on titles covered in the EconLit database, providing academic journals and magazines focusing on topics in economics. Perfect for business classes, users will find more than 150 full-text journals to support their research. |
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Business Source Premier (EbscoHost) 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.
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Cancer.gov is produced by the National Cancer Institute. This website provides consumer-friendly information on many forms of cancer and includes information on prevention, treatment, prognosis, and coping with cancer. (http://www.cancer.gov/)
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| Cardiac Auscultation | Cardiac Auscultation provides free reference for auscultatory information and training. (http://www.easyauscultation.com/) |
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is the CDC's primary online communication channel. From August 2007–July 2008, there were 489 million page views to the site, averaging 41 million page views per month. CDC.gov provides users with credible, reliable health information on: data and statistics, diseases and conditions, emergencies and disasters, healthy living and more. (http://www.cdc.gov/)
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The Checklist of Online Vegetation and Plant Distribution Maps provides vegetation and plant distribution maps from throughout the world, including links to other sites. (http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/vegmaps3.html)
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ChemSpider is a free access service providing a structure-centric community for chemists. Providing access to millions of chemical structures and integration to a multitude of other online services, ChemSpider is the richest single source of structure-based chemistry information. (http://www.chemspider.com/)
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The Cheresources.com: Online Chemical Engineering Information provides the very best online content and tools to chemical engineers all over the world. They provide many FREE chemical engineering resources as well as premium ($$) content and software. (http://www.cheresources.com/indexzz.shtml)
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| Chronicling America | Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers provides free access to America's historic newspapers pages from 1836-1922 and the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/) |
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CINAHL with Full Text (EbscoHost) is the world's most comprehensive source of full text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 600 journals indexed in CINAHL. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the CINAHL index - with no embargo. Full-text coverage dates back to 1981.
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| Communications and Mass Media Collection | Communications and Mass Media Collection (InfoTrac) provides current and accurate information from more than 100 journals focused on all aspects of the communications field. Key subjects covered include: advertising and public relations, literature and writing, linguistics, and many more. |
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The Company of Biologists Journals is a United Kingdom website created by and for biologists. Access is provided to four peer-reviewed journals. Abstracts/summaries are available for free. (http://www.biologists.com/index.html)
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Computer Database (InfoTrac) is useful for finding computer-related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications and the application of technology.
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Copernicus Publications provides access to 21 open-access journals covering geography, chemistry and earth sciences. (http://publications.copernicus.org/open_access_journals/index.html)
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County Business Patterns provides annual economic profiles of business and industry by county, state, and the United States. Includes statistics, by industry, on employment, payroll, and number of establishments, arranged by SIC and NAICS code. (http://www.census.gov/econ/cbp/index.html)
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| Criminal Justice Collection | Criminal Justice Collection (InfoTrac) provides sources helpful for those studying to become lawyers, law enforcement officers, paralegals, for those preparing a career in Homeland Security, and much more. Users will have access to 150 journals. |
| Criminal Justice Periodicals | Criminal Justice Periodicals (ProQuest) is a comprehensive database supporting research on crime, its causes and impacts, legal and social implications, as well as litigation and crime trends. The database bridges theory with practice by providing information geared to those interested in careers in criminal justice, law enforcement, corrections, drug enforcement, rehabilitation, family law, and industrial security -- as well as scholars and other researchers who study the causes, trends, and societal impacts of crime. |
| Culinary Arts Collection | Culinary Arts Collection (InfoTrac) includes 150 of the major cooking and nutrition magazines. Coverage includes thousands of searchable recipes, restaurant reviews, and industry information. |
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Custom Newspapers (InfoTrac) allows you to search a collection of more than 650 newspapers, both national and international.
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DGRweb: American Chemical Society Directory of Graduate Research, from the ACS Directory of Graduate Research, (DGR) is the most comprehensive source of information on chemical research and researchers at universities in the U.S. and Canada. It provides information on 668 academic departments; 10,118 faculty members; and 68,243 publication citations and covers a wide variety of subjects, including chemistry, chemical engineering, biochemistry, medicinal/pharmaceutical chemistry, polymers and materials science, marine science, toxicology, and environmental science. (http://dgr.rints.com/)
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The Directory of Open Access Journals provides over 4216 open access journals (1500 of which are searchable at the article level) that include large collections in biology, education, health sciences, history, library and information science, mathematics and the social sciences. (http://www.doaj.org/)
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| Diversity Studies Collection | Diversity Studies Collection (InfoTrac) explores cultural differences, contributions and influences in our global community. |
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The Department of Energy (DOE) Data Explorer provides access to scientific research data - such as computer simulations, numeric data files, figures and plots, interactive maps, multimedia, and scientific images - generated in the course of DOE-sponsored research in various science disciplines. (http://www.osti.gov/dataexplorer/)
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The e-Skeletons Project is an interactive website that allows the user to compare human and primate anatomy. Primate skeletons included are: the chimpanzee, the orangutan, the common marmoset, and the ruffed lemur. Choose one bone, view it from all directions (dorsal, ventral, etc.) and compare it to other species' bones. (http://www.eskeletons.org/)
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EarthTrends is a comprehensive online database, maintained by the World Resources Institute, that focuses on the environmental, social, and economic trends that shape our world. (http://earthtrends.wri.org/index.php)
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Ebrary is a comprehensive subscription database of e-books and other authoritative materials that includes more than 37,000 titles in 16 key subject areas. Students will need to download the ebrary reader onto their computer in order to read the available items. There is a download tab on the main page of ebrary that you may click to download.
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Educational Media Reviews Online Database contains more than 3500 reviews of educational videos, DVDs and CD-ROMs, written by librarians and teaching faculty from the United States and Canada. The University at Buffalo-SUNY sponsors the database, which focuses on adult media, but also contains reviews for grades K-12 media. (http://libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/emro/search.asp)
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Educator's Collection (InfoTrac) is perfect for educating future teachers and administrators. This set covers the latest technologies, developments, instruction and coaching breakthroughs as well as background information on child health and development. Included in this set are 250 journals.
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Educator's Reference Complete (InfoTrac) This comprehensive database covers multiple levels of education from preschool to college and includes virtually every educational specialty, such as bilingual studies, health, technology and testing. The database also includes resources on issues related to administration, funding and policy in education.
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The EIA Library provides policy-neutral data, forecasts, and analyses to promote sound policy making, efficient markets, and public understanding regarding energy and its interaction with the economy and the environment. The website includes energy-related databases, directories, software applications, and full-text publications from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. (http://www.eia.doe.gov/bookshelf.html)
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| Encyclopaedia Britannica |
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online includes the Encyclopaedia Britannica as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, the Britannica Student Encyclopaedia, and the Britannica Book of the Year. It also provides an Internet directory to more than 300,000 sites selected by Britannica editors. This is also filed under Britannica Online.
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The Encyclopedia of Life includes individualized pages for more than 1,000,000 species of plants, animals, and microorganisms (though some pages are less complete than others). Eventually, the Encyclopedia will be an online reference and database on all 1.8 million species currently known to science and will stay current by capturing information on newly discovered and formally described species. The Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) is an ambitious, even audacious project to organize and make available via the Internet virtually all information about life present on Earth. (http://www.eol.org/)
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The Energy Citations Database provides free access to over 2.6 million science research citations with continued growth through regular updates. There are over 218,000 electronic documents, primarily from 1943 forward, available via the database. Citations and documents are made publicly available by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). ECD includes scientific and technical research results in disciplines of interest to DOE such as chemistry, physics, materials, environmental science, geology, engineering, mathematics, climatology, oceanography, computer science and related disciplines. It includes bibliographic citations to report literature, conference papers, journal articles, books, dissertations, and patents. (http://www.osti.gov/energycitations/)
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| Environmental Studies and Policy Collection | Environmental Studies and Policy Collection (InfoTrac) provides robust coverage of the field of environmental issues and policy. This collection, which includes nearly 200 journals, provides instant access to the multiple viewpoints of this volatile field of study, including perspectives from the scientific community, governmental policy makers, as well as corporate interests. |
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ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) is the world's most widely used index to educational-related literature. Established in 1966, ERIC is supported by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educational Research and Improvement and is administered by the U.S. National Library of Education (NLE). ERIC is the largest education database in the world—containing over one million records of journal articles, research reports, curriculum and teaching guides, conference papers, and books.
To access this database, you must change the database listed from ProQuest Educational Journals. To do this, click on the link on the left side of the page (right under the tabs). This link is called "Databases Selected." On the next screen select ERIC. When the next screen pops up you can continue your search. |
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The European Geosciences Union is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence and free, universal accessibility of scientific publications in all areas of geosciences and planetary and solar system sciences for the benefit of the scientists worldwide. Provides full-text to 18 journals and several book series provided by the European Geosciences Union. (http://www.egu.eu/publications/list-of-publications.html)
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Expanded Academic ASAP (InfoTrac) provides information on topics from arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology. This database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images!
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| Eyewitness to History | Eyewitness to History is a free site providing access to lots of primary sources. The site contains materials from the ancient world to present. Text, photos, audio, and film clips are all included. It does include some advertisements. (http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/) |
| FBI Uniform Crime Reports | The FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program was conceived in 1929 by the International Association of Chiefs of Police to meet a need for reliable, uniform crime statistics for the nation. In 1930, the FBI was tasked with collecting, publishing, and archiving those statistics. Today, several annual statistical publications, such as the comprehensive Crime in the United States, are produced from data provided by nearly 17,000 law enforcement agencies across the United States. (http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/ucr) |
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Field Biology Electronic Field Guides were created by students in the Field Biology class at Brandeis University from 2002 - 2006. While not a truly authoritative resource, these are interesting to see and are useful for background information. (http://www.bio.brandeis.edu/fieldbio/)
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| Films On Demand | Films On Demand offers streaming educational videos in a variety of subjects, including the humanities, social sciences, business, science, math, health and medicine. |
| Fine Arts and Music Collection | Fine Arts and Music Collection (InfoTrac) has more than 100 full-text magazines and journals covered in databases such as the Wilson Art Index and RILM. This collection provides resources to support research in areas such as drama, music, art history, and filmmaking. |
| Free Books 4 Doctors | Free Books 4 Doctors was created to provide free access to medical books online. It contains a number of useful medical reference texts. (http://www.freebooks4doctors.com/index.htm) |
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Gale Virtual Reference Library (InfoTrac) is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7. Because each library creates its own eBook collection, the content you see may vary if you use the database at different libraries (your school, your public library, or your office).
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| Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection | Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection (InfoTrac) provides nearly 50 journals focused specifically on key issues in gardening, landscaping, and other areas of horticulture. A fertile and growing collection, this collection includes content relating to both the practical aspects as well as the scientific theory of horticulture studies. |
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The Gateway to Educational Materials allows you to search for educational resources, such as lesson plans and curriculum units. GEM draws from some of the country's best museums, universities, and government programs, including NASA, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC, the National Science Foundation, and the Exploratorium in San Francisco. GEM is sponsored by the National Education Association (NEA). (http://www.thegateway.org/)
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General Business File ASAP (InfoTrac) allows you to analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics. Access to a combination of broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and company directory listings with full text and images available.
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General Business File International (InfoTrac) allows you to analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics. Access to a combination of broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and directory listings with full text and images available.
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General OneFile (InfoTrac) is a one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily.
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General Reference Center Gold (InfoTrac) is a general interest database that integrates a variety of sources - newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications. Find articles on current events, popular culture, business and industry trends, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more.
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| General Science Collection | General Science Collection (InfoTrac) offers millions of articles from over 1,600 magazines, journals and reference materials on all aspects of the sciences. |
| GLBT Life and Issues Collection | GLBT Life and Issues Collection (InfoTrac) offers nearly 40 journals. It aims to provide balanced coverage of this significant aspect of our culture, covering such topics as gender studies, family and marital issues, health aspects, and many more. |
| Google Art Project | Google Art Project provides images from seventeen museums across the world. Users can zoom in on selected works, review information about the artwork and find out more about the creating artist. (http://www.googleartproject.com) |
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Health and Wellness Resource Center (InfoTrac) provides instant access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials. Includes nearly 400 health/medical journals, numerous reference volumes, over 700 health videos from partner Healthology, Inc., hundreds of pamphlets and health-related articles from 2,200 general interest publications in addition to a broad collection of Gale reference titles. Material contained in this Resource Center is intended for informational purposes only.
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Health Reference Center Academic (InfoTrac) is a multi-source database providing access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus the wide variety of personal health information sources in InfoTrac's award-winning Health Reference Center. All in a single, easy-to-use database, the material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only.
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| Heritage Quest (ProQuest) | HeritageQuest (ProQuest) provides online and film products including census records, for genealogy and family history research. This collection is for both genealogical and historical researchers, with coverage dating back to the late 1700s. Use HeritageQuest to find your ancestors, trace their paths across America, and learn what life was like in the areas where they settled. |
| Home Improvement Collection | Home Improvement Collection (InfoTrac) helps hobbyists and professional carpenters alike will immediately put their projects on a more solid foundation with nearly 100 home improvement focused titles, . Coverage includes such topics as architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and many more. |
| Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Collection | Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Collection (InfoTrac) provides well-rounded coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism field, with current and relevant content from over 500 industry journals. At the same time, it also allows for focused study of specialized aspects of the industry - including cultural aspects of travel, leisure activities, economic aspects of tourism, and more. |
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Household Products Database from the National Library of Medicine links over 8,000 consumer brands to health effects from Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) provided by manufacturers and allows scientists and consumers to research products based on chemical ingredients. (http://hpd.nlm.nih.gov/)
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The Indian Academy of Sciences aims at promoting the progress and upholding the cause of science in pure and applied branches. Major activities include publication of scientific journals and special volumes, organizing meetings of the Fellowship and discussions on important topics, recognizing scientific talent, improvement of science education and taking up other issues of concern to the scientific community. The subjects included in the journals include chemistry, mathematics, earth science, genetics, and science education. (http://www.ias.ac.in/)
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Informe' (InfoTrac) is a Spanish-language database covering a wide variety of topics.
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Information Science & Library Issues Collection (InfoTrac) This collection, comprised of content from nearly 100 leading industry journals, provides current and accurate information for this fast-moving field. Information professionals and other knowledge workers – from the research specialist to the information architect – will find appropriate and useful information in their areas of expertise, including such topics as information infrastructure, data processing techniques, metadata architectures, and more.
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| Insurance & Liability Collection | Insurance & Liability Collection (InfoTrac), comprised of nearly 40 journals, takes a broad view of the insurance and liability industry, covering such topics as labor relations, mortgage banking, legal issues, and more. |
| International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship | International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship is the first fully electronic peer-reviewed journal in which original papers on nursing education issues and research are published. Papers involving theory, research, innovations, issues and perspectives about nursing education, as well as responses to articles are published in IJNES. |
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International Plant Names Index
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International Plant Names Index is a database of the names and associated basic bibliographical details of seed plants, ferns and fern allies. Its goal is to eliminate the need for repeated reference to primary sources for basic bibliographic information about plant names. The data are freely available and are gradually being standardized and checked. IPNI will be a dynamic resource, depending on direct contributions by all members of the botanical community. (http://www.ipni.org/index.html)
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| IPL2 | The Internet Public Library (IPL2) provides a free index for online resources covering a wide range of subjects. The user can browse by subject and by audience. (http://ipl.org) |
| Islamic Collection (Metropolitan Museum of Art) | The Islamic Collection at the Met includes 12,000 items, including 712 Islamic manuscripts. (http://metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/islamic_art/listview.aspx?page=1&sort=6&sortdir=asc&keyword=manuscript&fp=1&dd1=14&dd2=0&vw=0) |
| Islamic Heritage Project | The Islamic Heritage Project, part of the Open Collections at Harvard University, has more than 280 manuscripts in subjects ranging from literature, Sufi texts, law, theology, and more. (http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ihp/) |
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JSTOR provides access to archived backfiles of journals in arts & sciences, language & literature, general science, ecology & botany, and music. The full-text of journals is provided for each title beginning with Volume 1. Recent volumes may or may not be included, depending on the agreement between JSTOR and the publishers. Some titles may be from 2 to 5 years behind current publishing. Journals may be browsed or searched.
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Junior Edition (InfoTrac) has over 330 titles, cross-searchable with E-Books. This periodical database is designed for students in junior high and middle school, with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
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Junior Edition K-12 (InfoTrac) now has over 330 titles, cross- searchable with E-Books. This periodical database is designed for students in junior high and middle school, with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
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Kids InfoBits (InfoTrac) is a database developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5. Featuring a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, the most popular search method is moving from a broad subject to a narrower topic using the subject-based topic tree. The curriculum-related, age appropriate, full-text content is from the best elementary reference sources and magazines. This database covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
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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. You'll get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results.
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| Library Music Source | Library Music Source provides sheet music for more than 35,000 Western classical works, including music by Chopin, Schubert, Bach, and Beethoven. |
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Literary Reference Center (Ebsco) is a comprehensive literary reference database, which provides users with a broad spectrum of reference information from antiquity to the present day. LRC is a comprehensive database that combines information from over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, hundreds of literary journals, and unique sources not available anywhere else. LRC contains detailed information on the most studied authors and their works.
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Literature Resource Center (InfoTrac) allows you to find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world. The optional MLA International Bibliography module adds citations for hundreds of thousands of books, articles and dissertations from 1926 to the present, linked to full text where available.
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Literature Resources (InfoTrac) allows you to research authors and their works, literary movements and genres. Search across several major literature databases to find full text of literary works, journal articles, literature criticism, reviews, biographical information and overviews.
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| Mango Languages | Mango Languages offers a 100-lesson course that digs much deeper and is designed to provide a more complete understanding of the entire language and culture. It is available in nine foreign language and three ESL courses. Foreign language courses include Chinese, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. ESL courses include Polish, Spanish and Portuguese. |
| McGraw-Hill Medical eLibrary | McGraw-Hill Medical eLibrary contains full-text medical reference books and medical test preparation manuals from FirstAid. |
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Military & Intelligence Database (InfoTrac) has over 10 million articles (80% full-text) from more than 500 titles and basic reference materials.
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Mosby's Nursing Consult is brought to you by Elsevier, publisher of Mosby and Saunders, the world leader in nursing information. Mosby's Nursing Consult is the most trusted and comprehensive online resource for nurses, offering authoritative information to help provide better patient care. Resources are also excellent for other allied health professions.
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National Academies Press is the publisher for reports produced by the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council. PDF copies of all of NAP's books are now available for free download. Find the book, then select "Download Free PDF." (http://www.nap.edu)
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National Center for Biotechnology Information has been charged with creating automated systems for storing and analyzing knowledge about molecular biology, biochemistry, and genetics; facilitating the use of such databases and software by the research and medical community; coordinating efforts to gather biotechnology information both nationally and internationally; and performing research into advanced methods of computer-based information processing for analyzing the structure and function of biologically important molecules. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/)
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National Criminal Justice Reference Service |
The National Criminal Justice References Service (NCJRS) is a free government database offering extensive reference and referral services to help you find answers to your questions about crime and justice-related research, policy, and practice. Search Questions & Answers to access hundreds of questions related to juvenile and criminal justice, victim assistance, drug policy, and NCJRS services. (http://ncjrs.gov/index.html) University of Maryland provides a guide to using NCJRS.(www.lib.umd.edu/guides/ncjrs.html) |
| National Digital Newspaper Project | The National Digital Newspaper Project, a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress, is a long-term effort to develop an Internet-based, searchable database of U.S. newspapers with descriptive information and select digitization of historic pages.(http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/) |
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National Environmental Publications Information System is the EPA’s premier site for accessing EPA publications, with more than 7,000 in stock and 31,000 digital titles, free of charge! EPA’s print publications are available through the National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP), and EPA’s digital publications are stored in the National Environmental Publications Internet Site (NEPIS) database! You can search and retrieve, download, print and/or order only EPA publications from this site. (http://www.epa.gov/nscep/)
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National Image Library (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service) contains the National Image Library--the Service's collection of public domain still photos. You may search all the images through the National Image Library link, or you may search by individual collections, which are listed underneath. (http://images.fws.gov/)
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| National Institute of Justice | National Institute of Justice is the research, development and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice. NIJ produces print and electronic publications, tools, and training materials about crime and justice. (http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/publications/welcome.htm) |
| Nelson Mandela Digital Archive Project | The Nelson Mandela Digital Archive Project is a free archive aiming to locate, document, digitize, and provide access to all archival materials related to Nelson Mandela, former South African president and anti-apartheid activist. It includes photographs, videos, diaries, manuscripts, and much more. (http://archive.nelsonmandela.org/#!home) |
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology Gateway provides access to a variety of databases covering everything from the structure of the HIV virus to biofuels to atomic weights and measures. Over 80 scientific and technical databases are available. (http://srdata.nist.gov/gateway/gateway?dblist=0)
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National Newspaper Index (InfoTrac) provides quick access to the indexing of America's top five newspapers in one seamless search: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post.
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| Naxos Music Library | Naxos Music Library is the most comprehensive collection of classical music available online offering over 550,000 tracks of Classical music, Jazz, World, Folk and Chinese music. It includes the complete BIS, Chandos, Hänssler, Hungaroton, Marco Polo, Naxos, Ondine and selected titles of other leading independent labels, with over 1,000 albums added monthly. Users can select music by composer, artist, period, year of composition, instrument or genre. |
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NetLibrary contains electronic books you can read online. Through our subscription with NetLibrary, you have access to over 19,000 books covering a wide variety of issues. ***NetLibrary is now owned by EBSCO.***
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The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is the standard used by federal statistical agencies in classifying business establishments for the purpose of collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data related to the U.S. business economy. The official 2007 U.S. NAICS Manual, includes definitions for each industry, background information, tables showing changes between 2002 and 2007, and a comprehensive index. (http://www.census.gov/eos/www/naics/)
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| Nursing and Allied Health Collection | Nursing and Allied Health Collection (InfoTrac) covers all aspects of the nursing profession -- from direct patient care to health care administration. Including nearly 400 titles, this collection's current and authoritative content will be of use to both professionals already working in the field as well as students pursuing a nursing-focused curriculum. |
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Nursing Resource Center (InfoTrac) 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 nursing 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.
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O*NET serves as the nation's primary source of occupational information, providing comprehensive information on key attributes and characteristics of workers and occupations. This is a comprehensive database of the U.S. Employment and Training Administration that identifies and describes occupations, worker skills, knowledge, abilities, and workplace requirements. (http://online.onetcenter.org/)
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OAIster is a combined library catalog describing the digital collections of a number of libraries. Digital resources can range from an old-time advertisement of electric refrigerators (from the Library of Congress American Memory project) to Harriet Beecher Stowe memoirs (from the University of Michigan Digital Library Production Service Making of America collection). This resource provides access to resources from the "deep web" that are not normally returned by search engines such as Google and Yahoo. Some resources linked may have restricted access. (http://oaister.worldcat.org/)
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The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. Powered by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, OOH provides the employment outlook for hundreds of different occupations. Topics included for each occupation are: nature of the work; working conditions; employment, training, other qualifications, and advancement; job outlook; and earnings. (http://www.bls.gov/oco/)
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| Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention | The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) provides national leadership, coordination, and resources to prevent and respond to juvenile delinquency and victimization. OJJDP supports states and communities in their efforts to develop and implement effective and coordinated prevention and intervention programs and to improve the juvenile justice system so that it protects public safety, holds offenders accountable, and provides treatment and rehabilitative services tailored to the needs of juveniles and their families. (http://www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org) |
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The Online Library of Liberty is where electronic versions of classic books about individual liberty are stored. These texts go back some 4,000 years and cover the disciplines of economics, history, law, literature, philosophy, political theory, religion, war and peace. They are in a variety of formats - facsimile PDFs so scholars can view the original text, HTML for ease of searching and attractive layout, and text-based PDF EBooks for personal use. The Library also contains bibliographic information about the books as well as other "metadata" about the authors and editors. (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19&Itemid=110)
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Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (InfoTrac) is a one-stop source for information on today's hottest social issues. Drawing on acclaimed series published by Greenhaven Press and other Gale imprints, OVRC features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to websites. New to the database are Lexile reading levels for periodicals and an integrated national and state curriculum standards search with content correlated to the standards.
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| Oxford English Dictionary | The Oxford English Dictionary is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words— past and present—from across the English-speaking world. |
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Oxford Music Online is an award-winning resource that includes the full text of the acclaimed 29-volume New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd edition), the 4-volume New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and the 3-volume New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (2nd edition). Including over 55,000 articles, sophisticated search and browse capabilities, Sibelius-enabled musical examples, and extensive links to musical sites on the Internet, Grove Music Online is the unsurpassed authority on all aspects of music.
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| Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Collection | Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Collection (InfoTrac) includes over 100 titles covering the fields of physical therapy and sports medicine, providing researchers with access to many topics in the field, including proven treatment techniques, experimental research theses, and many more. |
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Points of View (Ebsco) is a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of 250 current issues. Similar to the Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center.
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The PolicyArchive is digital archive of global, non-partisan public policy research that includes summaries and full texts, videos, reports, briefs, and multimedia material of think tank, university, government, and foundation-funded policy research. (https://www.policyarchive.org/)
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The Political Database of the Americas contains information about institutions and political processes, national constitutions, branches of government, elections, political constitutional studies, and other subjects related to the strengthening of democracy in the Americas. It contains 1,500 pages of information on 35 countries in the Western hemisphere. (http://pdba.georgetown.edu/)
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| Pop Culture Collection | Pop Culture Collection (InfoTrac) provides useful information for any researcher in a social science, history, art or liberal arts course. This collection is made up of 100 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals. |
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Preserving and Digitizing Plant Images: Linking Plant Images and Databases for Public Access is a result of a two-year project by the Missouri Botanical Garden, sponsored by a National Leadership Award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Their purpose was to create a repository for plant images to which other botanical organizations can contribute. Currently over 10,000 images are available. (http://www.mobot.org/mobot/imls/)
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Professional Collection (InfoTrac) has articles from more than 300 full-text periodicals covering a variety of topics for teachers/educators, including: health and fitness, school law, drug and alcohol abuse, learning disabilities, sports, arts and humanities, social sciences, and psychology.
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| Project Gutenberg | Project Gutenberg is a collection of free digitized books whose copyright has expired. It contains more than 100,000 online books, which can be read on your screen or downloaded to an ebook reader. |
| Project Muse | Project Muse provides full-text access to current content from scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences. |
| ProQuest® Education Journals gives users access to over 790 top educational publications, including more than 615 of the titles in full text. ProQuest Education Journals covers not only the literature on primary, secondary, and higher education, but also special education, home schooling, adult education, and hundreds of related topics. Image articles include all the charts, tables, diagrams, and other graphical elements often used to enhance the editorial value of articles that focus on education topics. | |
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PsycARTICLES (Ebsco), from the American Psychological Association (APA), is a definitive source of full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology. The database contains more than 137,000 articles from 66 journals - 50 published by the APA, and its imprint the Educational Publishing Foundation (EPF), and from allied organizations including the Canadian Psychology Association and Hogrefe Publishing Group.
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| Psychology Collection | Psychology Collection (InfoTrac) explores what makes people "tick" from childhood to death. This collection gives individuals a basic understanding of the study of the mind, emotions and how the human mind develops -- and diminishes -- over time, and provides instant access to 200 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals. |
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The Public Library of Science is a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a public resource. Journals are available for the fields of biology, medicine, genetics, and others. (http://www.plos.org/index.php)
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Regional Business News (Ebsco) 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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Religion & Philosophy Database (InfoTrac) has articles from more than 250 magazines and journals on religion, philosophy, archaeology, and anthropology, and covers the impact of religion on culture. Many articles are full-text.
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| ResearchGate | ResearchGate serves as a "Facebook for scientists," allowing for publication sharing, job searching, and for easy collaboration on research. Get feedback from fellow scientists on questions you encounter or obstacles you're facing. (http://www.researchgate.net/) |
| Salem Press History | Salem Press History provides online access to history reference titles currently held in the library collection. Currently, we have access to the Historical Encyclopedia of American Business, Milestone Documents of American Leaders, and Musicians and Composers of the 20th Century. |
| Salem Press Literature | Salem Press Literature provides online access to literature reference titles currently held in the library collection. Currently, we have access to the Critical Surveys on American Poets; British, Irish, & Commonwealth Poets; European Poets; World Poets; Cumulative Indexes, Poetry; and Topical Essays, Poetry. Currently, we are experiencing some difficulties with this website. After signing in and returning to this page, please delete ".ezproxy.bethelu.edu:8080/" from the URL, so that the address is "http://literature.salempress.com." This will provide access to the collection until we get this issue resolved. |
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Science Database (InfoTrac) contains millions of articles from over 1,600 magazines, journals and reference materials on all aspects of the sciences.
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Science.gov searches over 38 databases and 1,950 selected websites, offering 200 million pages of authoritative U.S. government science information, including research and development results. (http://www.science.gov/)
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Scientific American is the oldest continuously published magazine in America. Scientific American Archive Online is a comprehensive, searchable science and technology resource containing the full text and graphics of every Scientific American issue from 1993 to the present.
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SciFinder Scholar
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SciFinder Scholar is the electronic version of Chemical Abstracts. Over 1600 chemistry journals are indexed cover-to-cover and 8,000+ journals are monitored. Records go back to 1907. SciFinder Scholar will connect you to the full text of the articles IF the Library subscribes to the journal. The database is updated daily. Please see Jennifer Green in the library if you want access to this database. (Available ONLY at McKenzie Campus.)
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Scirus is a comprehensive science-specific search engine that searches over 300 million Web pages, preprint servers, digital archives, repositories, and patent & journal databases. Scirus enables users to find reports, peer-reviewed articles, patents, pre-prints and journals, including links to full-text articles and other useful resources. Scirus has both basic and advanced search options and, through Search Preferences, permits users to modify how results are displayed. (http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/)
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Scribner Writers Series (InfoTrac) includes 15-20 page signed essays on more than 2,000 authors and literary genres drawn from the acclaimed Scribner print series. It is now included in the Gale Virtual Reference Library.
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Small Business Collection (InfoTrac) is perfect for business schools and entrepreneurs. This compilation provides insights, tips, strategies and success stories. Users will find 250 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals.
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Southern Life (InfoTrac) contains nearly 5 million full-text articles on topics that relate directly to Southern living, both past and present, including people, places, historical events and more.
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STAT!Ref® is an online, healthcare reference that integrates core titles with evidence-based resources and innovative tools.
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Student Edition (InfoTrac) now has over 1100 titles, cross-searchable with E-Books. This periodical database is designed for high-school students, with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers, podcasts, and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
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Student Edition K-12 (InfoTrac) now has over 1100 titles, cross-searchable with E-Books. This periodical database is designed for high-school students, with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers, podcasts, and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
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The Survey of Current Business is the Bureau of Economic Analysis' definitive source of information about its economic accounts. Articles in the Survey present the latest national, international, regional, and industry estimates; describe the methodologies used to prepare the estimates; provide information about major revisions; discuss on-going innovations; and generally keep users up to date on relevant BEA issues and initiatives. Each issue includes numerous tables and charts of various economic estimates. It includes full text articles and statistical data about current business at regional, national, and international levels. (http://www.bea.gov/scb/index.htm)
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| TEL Lesson Plans | TEL Lesson Plans are a collection of over 50 lesson plans available for use via the Tennessee Electronic Library portal. These lesson plans cover many different grade levels and subjects and incorporate the Curriculum Standards for Tennessee as well as a variety of the TEL databases. (http://tnsos.org/tntel/LessonPlans/index.php?showall) |
| Tennessee Virtual Archive (TeVA) | Tennessee Virtual Archive (TeVA) is a program of the State Library and Archives to create a digital repository of Tennessee history and culture. Its mission is to bring electronic versions of the state’s rich collections to a wider audience. TeVA provides a searchable array of historical records, photographs, documents, maps, postcards, film, audio and other original materials of enduring value. (http://teva.contentdm.oclc.org/) |
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Twayne Authors Series (InfoTrac) comprises 600 full-text titles from the Twayne Literary Masters series, 200 each from Twayne World, US, and English Authors. It is now included in the Gale Virtual Reference Library.
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| UpToDate | UpToDate is the largest clinical community in the world dedicated to synthesizing evidence-based knowledge for clinicians and patients. The resource uses over 4,400 expert clinicians who function as authors, editors and peer reviewers and over 400,000 users who provide feedback and questions to our editorial group. |
| US History Collection | US History Collection (InfoTrac) has over 40 journals providing balanced coverage of both the current thought and events in US History, as well as scholarly work being established in the field; useful both to the novice historian and to the advanced academic researcher. |
| Visual Arts Data Service | Visual Arts Data Service (VADS) is a searchabout collection of images "covering all subject areas of the visual arts, from textiles to architecture, including their practise, study and curation." (http://www.vads.ac.uk/index.php) |
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Vocations, Careers & Technical Education Collection (InfoTrac) Finding the right career can be a daunting and high stakes task. Finding an appropriate institution of learning, job searching, and maintaining a career are all topics covered by this collection, providing current and applicable content for all vocational milestones. Offering content from nearly 400 journals, this collection provides content from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals.
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| Volunteer Voices | Volunteer Voices is a statewide digital collection from Tennessee academic institutions. Among its goals are to develop digital collections that document Tennessee's history and culture and to facilitate use of these collections in K-16 classrooms and by the general public. (http://www.volunteervoices.org) |
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War & Terrorism Collection |
War & Terrorism Collection (InfoTrac) is a definitive collection for students of history, social science and current events, providing insight into conflicts and their multiple causes. References include 100 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals. |
| Westlaw | Westlaw Campus Research provides a comprehensive collection of news, business and law related information for students. |
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WilsonWeb OmniFile Full Text (now owned by EBSCO) dramatically expands your periodical resources with electronic access to full text articles, page images, article abstracts, and citations from over 4,000 journals. Coverage back as early as 1982 ensures that every search is as deep as it is broad. Users have access to information on virtually any subject.
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| World Book Encyclopedia | World Book Online provides online access to the popular encyclopedia. |
| World Digital Library | The World Digital Library, started as a joint venture between the Library of Congress and UNESCO, makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world. (http://www.wdl.org) |
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The World Factbook is produced by the US Central Intelligence Agency and provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 world entities. The Reference tab includes: maps of the major world regions, as well as flags of the world, a physical map of the world, a political map of the world, and a standard time zones of the world map. (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html)
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World History Collection (InfoTrac) is a collection of over 40 journals, providing balanced coverage of both the current thought and events in World History, as well as scholarly work being established in the field; useful both to the novice historian and to the advanced academic researcher.
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