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  A to Z Maps Online
Service = World Trade Press

Online database of downloadable maps for university and college libraries. Includes a diverse range of maps, including modern outline, political, thematic, topographic, scientific, and animated maps, as well as tens of thousands of antique maps of the world, individual countries, holy lands, U.S. states, and U.S. towns and cities, in several digital formats. A to Z Maps Online 
  ABI/INFORM Global
Service = ProQuest

ABI/INFORM GlobalT includes in-depth coverage for over 2,830 publications, with more than 1,850 available in full text, including business and financial information -- specifically business conditions, management techniques, business trends, management practice and theory, marketing, product development, industry conditions worldwide, corporate strategy and tactics, and competitive landscape. ABI/INFORM Global
  Academic LexisNexis
Service = LexisNexis

Academic (Lexis-Nexis) provides full text and citation access to information in the reference, business, medical, and legal disciplines. Newspapers, magazines, wire services, federal and state court opinions, federal and state statutes, federal regulations, and SEC filings such as 10-K's and 10-Q's. News information is updated daily and wire services several times daily. Academic LexisNexis
  Academic Search Premier
Service = EBSCO

The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier 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. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost. Academic Search Premier
  Access Science
Service = McGraw Hill

A collection of online science reference materials with access to all the articles, fully illustrated with thousands of illustrations, from the latest edition of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, Includes the latest Science News® headlines and biographies. Access Science
  American Chemical Society
Service = ACS

The American Chemical Society is the leading publisher of peer-reviewed research journals in the chemical and related sciences, serving scientific communities worldwide. American Chemical Society
  American History in Video
Service = Alexander Street Press

Collection of video available for the study of American history—2,000 hours and more than 5,000 titles on completion. A Critical Video Edition, American History in Video's suite of tools—searches and browses powered by Semantic Indexing and searchable transcripts synchronized to video—give the ability to drill down in seconds to find the footage of interest from thousands of hours of video. This collection is an exclusive collaboration with A&E Television Networks and features some of their most important documentaries and series from The History Channel®, A&E Network®, and Biography®. Historical coverage ranges from the early history of Native Americans, to the lost colony of Roanoke, to the 1988 Vicennes Affair in the Persian Gulf. Biographical coverage ranges from eighteenth century figures such as Benedict Arnold and Daniel Boone to modern day figures such as Thurgood Marshall and Helen Thomas. American History in Video 
  American Journal of Science
Service = American Journal of Science

Founded in 1818 by Benjamin Silliman, is the oldest scientific journal in the United States that has been published continuously. The Journal is devoted to geology and related sciences and publishes articles from around the world presenting results of major research from all earth sciences. Readers are primarily earth scientists in academia and government institutions. American Journal of Science
  American National Biography
Service = Oxford University Press

The ANB Online is updated with new biographies quarterly and includes features and materials not available in the print edition including illustrations, internal cross-references within the biographies, and links to external online resources. American National Biography
  AP Images
Service = Associated Press

Primary source database that takes users on a sensory journey of photographs, audio, graphics and text spanning over 160 years of history. Over 2 million photographs dating back 1826, more than 1 million sound bites dating from the 1920's, 2 million AP news stories from 1997, and collections of maps, graphs, charts, logos, flags and illustrations are included. Updated with more than 3 thousand photos daily. AP Images
  ARBA Online
Service = ABC-CLIO

American Reference Books Annual (ARBA) provides librarians with a reliable tool to select the best reference materials for their collections and inform them of the most current resources available including reviews of print and electronic reference works. Users can search by author, ISBN/ISSN, and content area or browse by subject and/or the monthly updates. ARBA Online 
  ArticleFirst
Service = OCLC

An OCLC FirstSearch multidisciplinary index of articles over 16,000 journals. It also provides a list of libraries that have the journal title for most journal issues. ArticleFirst
  ATLA Religion Index
Service = OCLC

A religion index that includes a full range of index citations to journal articles, essays, and book reviews from three ATLA print indexes: Religion Index One, Religion Index Two, and Index to Book Reviews in Religion, as well as international titles and multi-author works. Spans over 50 years with selected records going back to 1818, covering over 1500 journals. ATLA Religion Index
  ATLAS
Service = OCLC

Full-text articles on religion and theology from thousands of journal articles and book reviews from international titles and multi-author works. Spans over 50 years, covering over 60 journals. ATLAS
  Biblical Archaeology Society Archive
Service = Biblical Archaeology Society

The Biblical Archaeology Society (BAS) disseminates information about archaeology in Bible lands through its bi-monthly magazine, Biblical Archaeology Review and at www.biblicalarchaeology.org. Biblical Archaeology Society Archive
  Biography Index
Service = OCLC

Index to a wide range of biographical material, covering articles, books, and autobiographies for biographical subjects from antiquity to the present and includes individual and collective biographies from all fields and nationalities. Biography Index
  Biological and Agricultural Index Plus
Service = HW Wilson

Offers access to the core literature of biology and agriculture, much of it from peer-reviewed journals, featuring graphs, charts, diagrams, photos, and illustrations indispensable to science research. Biological and Agricultural Index Plus
  Book Review Digest Plus
Service = HW Wilson

Cites and excerpts reviews of current English-language fiction and nonfiction books for adults and children, covering periodicals published in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. Includes only reviews that have appeared within 18 months of the book's publication. Book Review Digest Plus
  Business and Management
Service = OCLC

Covers articles about the practical aspects of business management, providing real-world know-how that focuses on how organizations make and implement decisions, develop and launch new strategies, and plan for change. Includes case studies and how-to articles, and limiters for business concepts, industries, and specific departments within an organization. Business and Management
  Business Dateline
Service = OCLC

Includes information about library resources that describe regional business activities, trends and major stories on local firms, their products, and executives. Provides online articles from regional publications, Business Wire press releases, and major newspapers. Business Dateline
  Business Industry
Service = OCLC

Contains important facts, figures and key events for international public and private companies, industries, products, and markets for manufacturing and service industries. Covers all the primary business information sources - from leading trade magazines, newsletters, and the general business press to international business dailies. Business Industry
  Business Source Elite
Service = EBSCO

Provides full text coverage for nearly 1,100 business publications and economics journals, including nearly 500 peer-reviewed publications. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 1,750 journals. Includes full text coverage dating from 1985, and detailed company profiles for the world's 10,000 largest companies. Updated daily on EBSCOhost. Business Source Elite
  CAMIO
Service = OCLC

OCLC's Catalog of Art Museum Images Online represents the collections of prominent museums highlighting the creative output of cultures around the world, from prehistoric to contemporary times, and covering the complete range of expressive forms. It is licensed for use by students, faculty, and researchers at subscribing institutions. Works of art may be used for educational and research purposes during the term of the subscription, if they are properly credited. Images may not be published or otherwise distributed. CAMIO
  Chicago Tribune (Current)
Service = ProQuest

Provides reporting and analysis of Midwest regional, national, and international news. Chicago Tribune (Current)
  Chicago Tribune (Historical)
Service = ProQuest

The Chicago Tribune (1849-1986) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue. Chicago Tribune (Historical)
  Children's Core Collection
Service = HW Wilson

Children's Catalog is a selective annotated list of fiction and nonfiction books and magazines for children from preschool through sixth grade, along with review sources and other professional aids for children's librarians and school media specialists. Children's Core Collection
  Children's Magazine Guide
Service = Children's Magazine Guide (CMG)

Children's Magazine Guide Online provides fast access to a wealth of carefully annotated citations of recent articles (fiction and nonfiction) from more than 65 children's magazines, plus Websites. Children's Magazine Guide
  Choice Reviews Online
Service = Choice Reviews Online

ChoiceReviews.online provides a database of past reviews from CHOICE as well as electronic access to reviews in a single issue of the magazine. Use Current Issue to browse titles and reviews from the most recent issue by major subject category. Use QuickSearch or Advanced Search to search for older materials that may have been reviewed as far back as September 1988. Choice Reviews Online
  Christian Periodical Index
Service = EBSCO

The Christian Periodical Index indexes more than 130 English language periodicals over the period from 1976 to the present, containing over 200,000 records including both journal articles and reviews. The journals included cover a broad spectrum of knowledge, including the Christian aspects of science, literature, medicine, political science, music, philosophy, history, sociology, nursing, and education, representing a wide range of doctrinal positions within evangelical Christianity. Christian Periodical Index
  Chronicle of Higher Education
Service = The Chronicle of Higher Education

The Chronicle is published every weekday and is the top destination for news, advice, and job listings for people in academe; the website articles date from September 1989; also contains vibrant discussion forums, career-building tools such as online CV management, salary databases, and more. Chronicle of Higher Education
  Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Service = Library of Congress

Contains more than 226,000 pages of public-domain newspapers from California, Florida, Kentucky, New York, Utah, Virginia and the District of Columbia published between 1900 and 1910. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
  CINAHL Plus
Service = EBSCO

Comprehensive source for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 560 journals indexed in CINAHL. It has more than 600,000 full-text articles dating back to 1937. CINAHL Plus
  CollegeSource Online
Service = CollegeSource Online

A virtual library representing over 37,519 College Catalogs in complete cover-to-cover, original page format with 2-year, 4-year, graduate, professional and international schools. Includes hyperlinked table of contents and index, weekly updates and a search feature that includes finding colleges by: major, enrollment, tuition, degrees, state, or affiliation. Includes profiles of every accredited college in U.S along with added links. CollegeSource Online
  Communication and Mass Media
Service = EBSCO

A research and reference resource encompassing the breadth of the communication discipline. Cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for over 370 journals, and selected coverage of over 230 more. Includes full text for more than 240 journals. Communication and Mass Media
  Consumer Health Complete
Service = EBSCO

Consumer Health Complete is a comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. It is designed to support patients' information needs and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. Consumer Health Complete provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. In addition, Consumer Health Complete includes the Clinical Reference System and the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which provides access to up-to-date, concise and clinically relevant drug monographs. The database is updated on a weekly basis. Consumer Health Complete 
  Counseling and Psychotherapy Transcripts, Client Narratives and Reference Works
Service = Alexander Street Press

Will contain more than 2,000 transcripts of actual therapy sessions, together with almost 40,000 pages of client narratives and 25,000 pages of major reference works. There are diaries, letters, autobiographies, oral histories, and personal memoirs along with the full text of therapy and counseling sessions themselves. All accounts are non-fiction, delivered in the first person and, where possible, contemporaneous. The database will be updated biweekly. Counseling and Psychotherapy Transcripts, Client Narratives and Reference Works
  CQ Researcher
Service = CQ Press

The CQ Researcher Online contains original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news. Controversial topics are addressed in a balanced, unbiased manner in the CQ tradition. CQ Researcher
  CQ's Vital Statistics on American Politics Online Edition
Service = CQ Press

Vital Statistics on American Politics from 1788-2006. Covers a wide range of topics including data on elections, Congress, the presidency, the judiciary, the media, campaign finances, foreign, social, and economic policy, issues related to state and local government, votes cast and offices won, rankings of public officials' reputations, and public opinion data about policy issues. CQ's Vital Statistics on American Politics Online Edition
  CQ Weekly
Service = CQ Press

Expert coverage of the U.S. Congress: status of bills, votes and amendments, floor and committee activity, and backroom maneuvering. Produced by the largest news team on Capitol Hill. CQ Weekly
  Credo Reference
Service = Credo Reference formerly Xrefer

Credo Reference is a customizable ready-reference solution for learners and librarians. Its full-text, aggregated content covers every major subject from over 50 publishers of reference materials. Credo Reference
  Criminal Justice Periodicals
Service = ProQuest

Comprehensive database of U.S. and international criminal justice journals. The database provides research support for students interested in careers in criminal justice, law enforcement, corrections administration, drug enforcement, rehabilitation, family law, and industrial security. Criminal Justice Periodicals
  Dissertations and Theses
Service = ProQuest

Over 2 million doctoral dissertations and master's theses. Citations in more recent years include abstracts written by the author. More than 600,000 are available in native or image PDF formats for immediate free download. Coverage: 1861 - Current Dissertations and Theses
  DRAM
Service = DRAM

DRAM is a resource that provides high-quality (192kbps/MP4) streaming access to over 1500 audio CDs complete with original liner notes and essays, covering American music, folk, opera, Native American music, jazz, 19th century classical, rock, musical theater, contemporary and electronic music styles. QuickTime 6.5.2 or later is the preferred player for DRAM streaming media. DRAM
  EBSCO Animals
Service = EBSCO

EBSCO's Encyclopedia of Animals offers indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals. Some full text records include image links. EBSCO Animals
  EBSCO Host
Service = EBSCO

Search multiple databases in EBSCO. EBSCO Host
  ECO
Service = OCLC

An OCLC collection of scholarly journals. Includes full text of all the original content and images of articles as well as the bibliographic information for all journals. ECO
  Economics Literature
Service = OCLC

Journals, books, and working papers on economics. Provides citations for dissertations and articles in more than 620 collective volumes each year. Economics Literature
  Education Journals
Service = ProQuest

Citations for over 745 top educational publications, including nearly 600 of the titles in full text. 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 charts, tables, diagrams, and other graphics. Education Journals (ProQuest)
  Education Research Complete
Service = EBSCO

Education Research Complete is a full-featured online resource for education research. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing. 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. Education Research Complete
  EJS
Service = EBSCO

Multi-disciplinary access to over 12,000 e-journals and more than 6.4 million e-journal articles from EBSCOhost. EJS
  Encyclopedia Judaica
Service = Thomson Gale

Provides exhaustive and organized encyclopedic overview of Jewish life and knowledge from the Second Temple period to the contemporary State of Israel, from Rabbinic to modern Yiddish literature. Encyclopedia Judaica
  Encyclopedia of Associations
Service = Thomson Gale

Comprehensive source for detailed information on nonprofit American membership organizations of national scope. Each entry features a range of valuable data, typically including the organization’s complete name, address, e-mail, Web site and phone; the primary official’s name and title; founding date; purpose and activities; dues; national and international conferences; and more. Encyclopedia of Associations
  ERIC at ed.gov
Service = Eric at ed.gov

ERIC - the Education Resources Information Center - is an internet-based digital library of education research and information sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education. ERIC provides access to bibliographic records of journal and non-journal literature indexed from 1966 to the present. ERIC also contains a growing collection of full-text materials in Adobe PDF format, including reports from the What Works Clearinghouse. ERIC at eric.ed.gov
  ERIC (FirstSearch)
Service = OCLC

Journal articles and reports in education. Contains annotated references to non-journal material issued in the monthly Resources in Education (RIE) and to journal articles issued in the monthly Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE). ERIC (FirstSearch)
  Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Service = EBSCO

Indexes over 25,000 records, covering an array of topics. Full text for each record may be accessed by double clicking on the topic from the display. The database contains images, brief biographies as well as information in a variety of subject areas. Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
  Gale Literary Index
Service = Thomson Gale

Master index to over 130 literature products, this database combines and cross-references over 159,000 author names and over 210,000 titles into one source. Each product contains complete biographies on authors and critical essays on their writings. Gale Literary Index
  Gale Virtual Reference Library
Service = Thomson Gale

Gale Virtual Reference Library offers you an online collection of premier reference eBooks. You can search a single eBook or across an entire eBook collection - a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Gale Virtual Reference Library
  GeoBase
Service = OCLC

Worldwide literature on geography, geology, and ecology. Covers journals, books, monographs, conference proceedings, and reports. Includes over 600,000 records with abstracts. GeoBase
  Global Road Warrior
Service = World Trade Press

Includes coverage on 175 countries, easy-to-use format in the traditions, habits, and social norms of people around the globe. Global Road Warrior 
  GPO Monthly
Service = OCLC

Covers all types of U.S. government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by executive departments (Defense, State, Labor, Office of the President, etc.). Includes a bibliographic citation in each record. GPO Monthly Catalog
  GrantSelect
Service = Schoolhouse Partners

GrantSelect, the online version of the GRANTS Database, compiled and edited by Schoolhouse Partners, contains over 10,000 funding opportunities provided by more than 4,000 sponsoring organizations. GrantSelect
  GreenFILE
Service = EBSCO

GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,700 records. GreenFILE
  Guide to Social Science and Religion
Service = National Periodical Library (NPL)

Includes citation entries for each periodical article in the subject areas of the social sciences and religion, including the approximate number of words in the article. The full text of each published index since 1993 is available on the website. Guide to Social Science and Religion
  Harper's Weekly
Service = Harper's Weekly

A 19th century illustrated newspaper, searchable by keyword, subject headings and additional finding aids. Harper's Weekly
  Health and Psychosocial Instruments
Service = EBSCO

Provides ready access to information on measurement instruments (i.e., questionnaires, interview schedules, checklists, index measures, coding schemes/ manuals, rating scales, projective techniques, vignettes/scenarios, tests) in the health fields, psychosocial sciences, organizational behavior, and library and information science. Health and Psychosocial Instruments
  Health Source Consumer Edition
Service = EBSCO

Provides access to more than 130 full text, consumer health magazines. This database also includes searchable full text for more than 1,000 health-related pamphlets and 130 health reference books, and more than 4,500 Clinical Reference Systems reports (in English and Spanish); Health Source Consumer Edition
  Health Source Nursing/Academic Edition
Service = EBSCO

Features abstracts & indexing for nearly 850 journals (550 are full text and 450 are peer-reviewed) focusing on many medical disciplines. Text dates back to 1975. Health Source Nursing/Academic Edition
  History Study Center
Service = ProQuest

History Study CenterT includes over 40,000 documents of historical reference material from ancient times through today's current events. This database consists of seven integrated resources that can be cross-searched through a single interface: 1) Study Units-500+ Study Units containing 30-80 items; 2) Reference Works-20,000+ articles from atlases, biographical collections, encyclopedias, and research guides; 3) Picture Library-3,000+ captioned historical photos, political cartoons, woodcuts; 4) Video Library-hundreds of historical video clips, captioned for context and searching; 5) Web Gateway-annotated links to thousands of reliable websites, from the major primary source collections down to individual pages; 6) KnowledgeNotesT History Guides-text-based topic guides about trends, events, and the science of history; and 7) Journal Library-cover-to-cover full text of 60 journals. History Study Center
  Hoovers Online
Service = Hoovers

Hoover's, Inc., delivers comprehensive company, industry, and market intelligence that drives business growth via a database of 16.5 million companies, with in-depth coverage of 43,000 of the world's top business enterprises. Hoovers Online
  International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship
Service = Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress)

Publishes fully electronic peer-reviewed research nursing journal articles, including theory, research, innovations, issues and perspectives about nursing education. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship
  iPreach
Service = Cokesbury

A comprehensive collection of tools for the study of Scripture including biblical commentaries, dictionaries, and other reference resources. iPreach
  Issues and Controversies
Service = Facts on Files News Service

Analyzes and explains controversial topics with balance and accuracy, probing hot public policy issues. Covers more than 70 controversial topics yearly; online access includes frequent updating, interviews with experts, statistical overviews of major issues, selected newspaper editorials, editorial cartoons, primary documents, a directory of contact organizations and curriculum/study aids. Issues and Controversies
  John Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism
Service = JHUP (Johns Hopkins University Press)

The Johns Hopkins Online Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism is compiled by 275 specialists from around the world, presenting a comprehensive historical survey of the field's most important figures, schools, and movements, including more than 240 alphabetically arranged entries on critics and theorists, critical schools and movements, and critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods. John Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism
  Journal of Homeland Security & Emergency Management
Service = Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress)

The Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management publishes peer-reviewed articles, news and communiqués from researchers and practitioners, and book/media reviews in the fields of engineering, political science, public administration, policy analysis, decision science, and health and medicine, as they relate to homeland security and emergency management. Journal of Homeland Security & Emergency Management
  JStor
Service = JStor

An archive of scholarly journal historical issues of high-resolution, scanned images of journal articles as they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated. The journals archived span many disciplines. JSTOR is not a current issues database so there is a gap, typically from 1 to 5 years, between the most recently published journal issue and the back issues available in JSTOR. JStor
  Kids Search
Service = EBSCO

Kids Search is designed especially for youth in grades K-8. Includes 3 EBSCO databases: Primary Search, Newspaper Source, Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia. Kids Search
  Kraus Curriculum
Service = KCDL (Kraus Curriculum Dev. Library)

A database of curricula, frameworks, and standards that brings together educational objectives, content, instructional strategies, and evaluative techniques for all subjects covered in PreK-12 and Adult Basic Education. Kraus Curriculum
  LexisNexis Business
Service = Lexis Nexis

Use the Business tab to search for information such as corporate news, financial and business information for specific companies. LexisNexis Business
  LexisNexis Gallup Poll News
Service = Lexis Nexis

The Gallup Poll News Service is the internet's leading polling-based news source. The Gallup Poll News Service provides news centered on public opinion. Published each business day, articles from the Gallup Poll News Service analyze findings and trends in politics, business, social issues, and Americans' lifestyles. LexisNexis Gallup Poll News
  LexisNexis Gallup Poll Tuesday Briefings
Service = Lexis Nexis

The Gallup Poll Tuesday Briefing is Gallup's premier weekly online news publication. Each Tuesday, the Gallup Poll Tuesday Briefing publishes in-depth articles on the opinions and issues Gallup is investigating in government, in the workplace, in schools, in hospitals, and in faith communities. LexisNexis Gallup Poll Tuesday Briefings
  LexisNexis Legal Research
Service = Lexis Nexis

Use the Legal tab to search within law review journals, federal and state cases or codes, tax law, and international legislation. LexisNexis Legal Research
  LexisNexis News
Service = Lexis Nexis

Search across large groups of sources such as all English-language news or all U.S. newspapers, or select one of the individual titles included in the drop-down list such as The New York Times. Many titles are available on the Sources tab. LexisNexis News
  Lexis Nexis People
Service = Lexis Nexis

Search for biographical information about individuals using the biographical search form. LexisNexis People
  Library Literature
Service = OCLC

Indexes materials on libraries and information science, including records for selected library journals, books, conference proceedings, library school theses, pamphlets, and book reviews. Library Literature
  Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts
Service = EBSCO

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts indexes more than 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, and information management. Coverage in the database extends back to the mid-1960s. Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts
  Literature Online
Service = ProQuest

A fully searchable library of more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, 197 full-text literature journals, and other key criticism and reference resources. Literature Online
  MagillOnLiterature
Service = EBSCO

Composed of 35,000 critical analyses of individual works, 6,500 biographical records, over 1,000 images, and a glossary of 1,310 terms, MagillOnLiterature Plus contains editorially reviewed critical essays, brief plot summaries, character profiles, and setting discussions covering works by more than 8,500 fiction writers, poets, dramatists, essayists, and philosophers, and also biographical essays reflecting coverage of 2,500 authors and their principal works and current secondary bibliographies. Also, 395 genre-driven overview essays provide details about literary genres, time periods, and national literatures. MagillOnLiterature Plus
  Maps: Digital Sanborn Maps
Service = ProQuest

Sanborn maps are large-scale plans of a city or town, drawn at a scale of 50 feet to an inch. They were created to assist fire insurance companies as they assessed the risk associated with insuring a particular property. They list street blocks and building numbers - numbers in use at the time the map was made as well as previous historical numbers. Maps: Digital Sanborn Maps
  MAS Ultra School Edition
Service = EBSCO

Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database contains full text for nearly 500 popular, high school magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for 84,774 biographies and 100,554 primary source documents. It contains more than 350 reference books, an Image Collection of 235,186 photos, maps, flags and color PDFs, and expanded full text backfiles (back to 1975) for key magazines. MAS Ultra School Edition
  MasterFILE Premier
Service = EBSCO

Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 1,700 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also contains full text for nearly 500 reference books and over 164,400 primary source documents, as well as an Image Collection of over 502,000 photos, maps & flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost. MasterFILE Premier 
  MathSciNet
Service = AMS (American Mathematical Society)

Database of reviews, abstracts and bibliographic information for much of the mathematical sciences literature. Authors are uniquely identified, enabling a search for publications by author rather than by name. Contains over 2 million items and over 700,000 direct links to original articles. Bibliographic data from retro-digitized articles dates back to 1864. This web of citations allows users to track the history and influence of research publications in the mathematical sciences. MathSciNet
  MEDLINE
Service = EBSCO

All areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing. Corresponds to the print indexes Index Medicus, Index to Dental Literature, and International Nursing Index. Includes thousands of records with substantial abstracts. MEDLINE
  Mental Measurements Yearbook
Service = EBSCO

Mental Measurements Yearbook, produced by the Buros Institute, contains full text information about and reviews of all English-language standardized tests covering educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology, and related areas as included in the printed "Mental Measurements Yearbooks." Mental Measurements Yearbook
  MergentOnline
Service = Mergent

Mergent Online is a source for finding fifteen years' worth of company financial information, personnel information, assets, SEC filings, and histories for more than 10,000 publicly owned companies from around the world. SEC filings are available as far back as 1993. Additionally, Mergent also provides tools for building comparative reports for companies from a variety of industries. SEC filings are updated daily. Summary equity reports are updated weekly. Company annual reports are updated quarterly. MergentOnline
  Micromedex
Service = Thomson

Access is password protected. Username and Password are available on Nursing course Blackboard pages or from the Library Reference Desk (815) 939-5355. Micromedex has information about drugs, toxicology, diseases, acute care, and alternative medicine. Micromedex
  Middle & Junior High Core Collection
Service = HW Wilson

This catalog provides indispensable help with collection development and maintenance, curriculum support, selection and purchasing, readers' advisory, and general reference for readers grades 5-9. Includes entries for nonfiction works, fiction and collections for children and adolescents, plus review sources and other professional aids for librarians and school media specialists. The Core Collection also includes entries for recommended CD-ROMs. Entries provide complete bibliographic data, price, subject headings, a descriptive annotation, and evaluative quotations from a review when available. Middle & Junior High Core Collection
  Military & Government Collection
Service = EBSCO

Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites. It provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals plus full text for 245 pamphlets; it offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 400 titles. Many full text titles are available in native (searchable) PDF, or scanned-in-color. Military & Government Collection
  MLA Bibliography
Service = OCLC

Covering the subjects of literature, language, linguistics and folklore, MLA Bibliography provides over one million citations for items from journals and series published worldwide. It indexes books, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies, each record containing a bibliographic citation for a journal article, book, or other item including information about the libraries that own the library resources. MLA Bibliography
  Naxos Music Library
Service = Naxos of America, Inc.

Online classical music library that offers streaming access to more than 17,000 CDs with more than 250,000 tracks. Offers the catalogs of more than 50 classical, jazz and world music labels with more labels joining every month. World music content is provided by ARC, Celestial Harmonies and others; and there is also jazz, film music, nostalgia, classic and contemporary rock content. Resources offered by NML include synopses of over 700 operas, a pronunciation guide for composer and artist names and a glossary of musical terms. A comprehensive online encyclopedia of classical music is in development. Music for Kids allows primary school teachers to teach young children how to sing and dance and the Story of Classical Music is an interactive entry-level course on all aspects of classical music. Provides playing times of individual works or movements, detailed music notes, and opera libretti. Subscribers can also create personalized playlists. It can be searched by composer, work and label; by keyword search and by a sophisticated advanced search engine with up to 10 combined search criteria. Naxos Music Library 
  NetLibrary
Service = OCLC

NetLibrary provides access to your library's eContent collection. eContent is the digital version of books, journals, and database content. NetLibrary
  Newsmaker Profiles
Service = Facts of File News Services

Biographies from World News Digest Newsmaker Profiles
  Newspaper Source
Service = EBSCO

Cover-to-cover full text for 25 national & international newspapers, including The Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The Times (London), and Toronto Star. Contains selected full text for more than 260 regional newspapers, including The Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Detroit Free Press, The Miami Herald, Daily News (New York), San Jose Mercury News, etc. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts are provided from CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, and NPR. Newspaper Source
  New York Times (Historical)
Service = ProQuest

The New York Times (1851-2003) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue. Coverage: Sept 18, 1851-Dec 31, 2003. New York Times (Historical)
  NoveList Plus
Service = EBSCO

NoveList Plus is a fiction and nonfiction database that provides subject heading access, reviews, and annotations for over 150,000 fiction titles and 50,000 readable nonfiction titles. It also includes other content of interest to fiction readers, such as Author Read-alikes, What We're Reading, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Annotated Book Lists. For school media specialists and teachers there are Picture Book Extenders and articles on Teaching with Fiction. NoveList
  NoveList K-8 Plus
Service = "EBSCO

NoveList K-8 allows you to discover the fiction and nonfiction titles that are popular with young readers as well as titles to use in the classroom. The NoveList Learning Center provides learning tools about how to meet the reading needs of students. NoveList K-8 Plus
  Nutrition Care Manual
Service = American Dietetic Association

Provides disease-specific information and evaluation, printable client handouts, calculators that compute BMI/weight range, customization tools and more. Nutrition Care Manual
  OAIster
Service = OCLC

Contains digital resources from open archive collections, including digitized books and articles, born-digital texts, audio files, images, movies, and datasets. It represents multidisciplinary resources from more than 1000 contributors worldwide and the records contain a digital object link allowing users access to the object in a single click. OAIster
  Oxford African American Studies
Service = Oxford University Press

Explore the world of African American history and the African diaspora through: Core content – (five major Oxford encyclopedias covering all aspects of the African American past and more than 18 Oxford reference sources), images (over 1,300 images), primary sources (250 primary sources) charts, tables and graphs (more than 200 charts, tables, and graphs representing demographic information in the areas of history, government and politics, business and labor, education, law and crime, the arts, and much more), maps (30 and 50 thematic maps), and timelines. Includes a Learning Center - designed for the school market with ready reference tools such as country profiles, suggested lesson plans by grade level, and study guides to match the curriculum. Oxford African American Studies 
  Oxford Art Online
Service = Oxford University Press

Grove Art Online comprises the full text of The Dictionary of Art, edited by Jane Turner (1996, 34 vols) and The Oxford Companion to Western Art, edited by Hugh Brigstocke (2001). Articles that have been added or updated since their appearance in print are date-stamped in the upper right corner of the screen. Oxford Art Online
  Oxford English Dictionary
Service = Oxford University Press

According to The Times, the Oxford English Dictionary is "the ultimate authority on the English language as well as a history of English speech and thought from its infancy to the present day." It is a unique source of scholarly information on the meaning, history and pronunciation of words both past and present. The OED provides authoritative definitions of over 500,000 words, traces the usage of words from their first recorded occurrence to the modern period through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international language sources, offers etymological analysis and detailed listings of variant spellings, and uses the International Phonetic Alphabet to show pronunciation. Oxford English Dictionary
  Oxford Music Online
Service = Oxford University Press

Comprises the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London, 2001), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, edited by Stanley Sadie (London, 1992), and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, second edition, edited by Barry Kernfeld (London, 2002). Articles that have been updated since their appearance in print are date-stamped in the upper right corner of the screen. Oxford Music Online
  PapersFirst
Service = OCLC

PapersFirst is an OCLC index of papers presented at conferences worldwide. It covers every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received by the British Library Document Supply Centre. PapersFirst
  Philosophers Index
Service = OCLC

Philosophers Index covers all major fields of philosophy such as aesthetics, epistemology, ethics, logic, metaphysics, etc., and philosophy of related interdisciplinary fields such as education, history, law and religion. It contains citation information and author-written abstracts for journal articles, books, contributions to anthologies, and book reviews, published from 1940 to the present and indexes over 560 journals from more than 40 countries in 30 languages. Philosophers Index
  Physical Education Index
Service = CSA

Covers physical education curricula, sports medicine, dance, sport law, kinesiology, motor learning, recreation, standardized fitness tests, sports equipment, business and marketing, coaching and training, sport sociology/psychology, health education and physical therapy. Records are indexed and classified from peer-reviewed journals, report literature, conference proceedings, trade magazines, patents, articles from the popular press, and other publications. Physical Education Index
  Primary Search
Service = EBSCO

Contains full text for nearly 70 popular elementary school magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator. Includes indexing and abstracts for nearly 100 magazines. Provides the American Heritage Children's Dictionary and a collection of 235,186 photos, maps and flags. Primary Search
  Proceedings
Service = OCLC

An OCLC index of worldwide conference proceedings. Covers every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received by The British Library Document Supply Centre. Contains in each record a list of the papers presented at each conference. Proceedings
  Professional Development Collection
Service = EBSCO

Designed for professional educators, provides a highly specialized collection of 520 high quality education journals, including nearly 350 peer-reviewed titles and contains more than 200 educational reports. The majority of full text titles included in the database are available in native (searchable) PDF, or scanned-in-color. Full text information in the Professional Development Collection dates as far back as 1965. Professional Development Collection
  Project Muse
Service = Project Muse

Project MUSE is a unique collaboration between libraries and publishers providing 100% full-text, affordable and user-friendly online access to over 300 high quality humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from 60 scholarly publishers. Project Muse
  ProQuest Education Journals
Service = ProQuest

Gives users access to over 745 top educational publications, including nearly 600 of the titles in full text, covering 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 charts, tables, diagrams, and other graphical depictions. ProQuest Education Journals
  PsycARTICLES
Service = OCLC

Full-text articles in general and specialized psychology. Includes all articles from the journal issues indexed, as well as errata and letters to the editor. Indexes selected U.S., Canadian and European psychology journals. PsycARTICLES
  PsycINFO
Service = OCLC

Psychology and related fields since 1806. including international material from periodicals written in over 25 languages. Includes current chapter and book coverage with worldwide English-language material published from 1987-present. PsycINFO
  Public Library Core Collection: Fiction
Service = HW Wilson

A selective annotated list of fiction for adults including both established and contemporary works either written in or translated into English. The catalog is intended for collection development and for readers' guidance and reference service in public and undergraduate libraries. Public Library Core Collection: Fiction
  Public Library Core Collection: Nonfiction
Service = HW Wilson

Public Library Catalog provides recommended readings for a broad readership. Entries provide complete bibliographic data, prices, subject headings, descriptive annotations, evaluative quotations from reviews, plus information on electronic editions of works where available. Reference works in all subject fields are included. Public Library Core Collection: Nonfiction
  Regional Business News
Service = EBSCO

Regional Business News incorporates 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Included in this database are Arizona Business, Business North Carolina, Crain's New York Business (and other Crain Communications editions), Des Moines Business Record, Enterprise Salt Lake City, Fort Worth Business Press, Orange County Business Journal, Westchester County Business Journal, etc. Regional Business News
  Religious & Theological Abstracts
Service = Religious & Theological Abstracts

Provides summaries of articles appearing in scholarly journals in the fields of Religion and Theology, a list a wide variety of periodical literature (including Christian, Jewish, and other World religions), and English language abstracts of articles in English, Hebrew, Afrikaans, and major European languages. Religious & Theological Abstracts
  Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Service = Routledge

In addition to the full content of the classic 10-volume set which remains at its core and regular additions of new articles, REP Online also provides editorially reviewed links to other sites and resources on the web, revisions and updates of key entries. It contains a wide breadth of subject matter, including Anglo-American, ethical and political, cross-cultural, interdisciplinary, continental and contemporary philosophy, and over 25,000 hot-linked cross-references between articles and new links to other editorially reviewed websites. Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  Routledge Politics & International Relations Resource
Service = Routledge

Provides full text of over 25 encyclopedias, dictionaries, and more. Examples: China Handbook, Dictionary of the European Union, Dictionary of Human Rights, Encyclopedia of Democratic Thought, Encyclopedia of Government and Politics, Encyclopedia of Human Rights, Encyclopedia of Political Economy, Encyclopedia of the UN and International Agreements, European Union Handbook, International Encyclopedia of Environmental Politics, Major International Treaties of the Twentieth Century, Reader's Guide to the SocialSciences, Routledge Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Political Thinkers, Routledge Encyclopedia of International Political Economy, and Terrorism Reader. Routledge Politics & International Relations Resource
  Routledge Religion Resource
Service = Routledge

Consists of the contents of about 30 key religion reference works (encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographical sources) on many aspects of religious studies. Titles include Encyclopedia of Protestantism, The Papacy: an Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia of Early Christianity, The Encyclopedia of Ethics, The Reformation World. Routledge Religion Resource
  Sage eReference Encyclopedias
Service = Sage

Search available SAGE eReference Encyclopedias. Sage eReference Encyclopedias
  Salem Health
Service = Salem Press

Salem Health includes Salem Press' five volume Magill's Medical Guide. an authoritative reference source that bridges the gap between medical encyclopedias and popular self-help guides. It is an up-to-date and easy-to-use compendium of medical information suitable for student research, general readers, patients and caregivers. The Guide covers diseases, disorders, treatments, procedures, specialties, anatomy, biology, and issues in an A-Z format, with sidebars addressing recent developments in medicine and concise information boxes for all diseases and disorders. with illustrations and sidebars, indexes, appendixes, and cross-references. Salem Health
  Salem History
Service = Salem Press

Includes the complete content of three printed reference series of historical reference: Milestone Documents - A new, primary source series, The Decades - Salem's critically acclaimed American history series, and Great Lives from History - The definitive, worldwide biographical resource. Salem History
  Saskia Image Archive
Service = Scholars Resource

The collection contains 30,000 digital images of paintings, sculpture and architecture, including images from many important collections: the Prado, the Kunsthistorisches Museum, the Uffizi, and the Louvre as well as archaeological sites in Greece, Italy, Turkey and Egypt. The images can be displayed and downloaded in high-resolution format. Descriptive data about the images includes references to the occurrences of these images in 19 major art history texts. Saskia Image Archive
  ScienceDirect
Service = Elsevier B.V.

Includes ScienceDirect College- Physical Sciences and is the world's largest electronic collection of science, technology and medicine full text and bibliographic information. It offers a wide variety of features and content. ScienceDirect offers more than a quarter of the world's scientific, medical and technical information online. Over 2,000 peer-reviewed journals. Hundreds of book series, handbooks and reference works. ScienceDirect
  ScienceWeek
Service = Science Week

ScienceWeek is a free educational resource on the web. The archive contains thousands of reports in the biological and physical sciences, published continuously every week since 1997. The reports in ScienceWeek are selected to cross barriers between the sciences, to illuminate breakthroughs, ideas, concepts, policy, and historical aspects. Many reports include useful definitions of specialized terminology. Each new ScienceWeek report is amplified by the inclusion of one or more related reports, the group usually providing an extensive review of the subject, often including lengthy excerpts from new books in the sciences - excerpts of cross-disciplinary interest. ScienceWeek
  Searchasaurus
Service = EBSCO

Searchasaurus makes it easy for elementary school students to search by keyword or by simple topics of high interest to children to find the most useful search results. Includes the American Heritage Dictionary for Children, Funk and Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia, and an Image Collection of 235,000 images that illustrates the subjects of history, politics, animals, news, science, maps, cityscapes, landmarks, and entertainment. Also included is a visual search that uses circles for categories of results and squares for links to articles. Searchasaurus
  Senior High Core Collection
Service = H.W. Wilson

A selective list of books recommended for grades 9-12 will prove invaluable for collection development and maintenance, readers' advisory, and curriculum support in the high school library. More than 10,000 entries for fiction and nonfiction works, as well as recommended CD-ROMs, offer listings of review sources and other aids for librarians and school media specialists. Entries provide complete bibliographic data, price, subject headings, a descriptive annotation, and evaluative quotations from a review when available. Senior High Core Collection
  SocINDEX
Service = EBSCO

This research database offers comprehensive coverage of sociology, encompassing all sub-disciplines and closely related areas of study. These include abortion, criminology & criminal justice, demography, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, political sociology, religion, rural & urban sociology, social development, social psychology, social structure, social work, socio-cultural anthropology, sociological history, sociological research, sociological theory, substance abuse and other addictions, and violence. SocINDEX
  Statesman's Yearbook Online
Service = Palgrave Macmillan

The Statesman's Yearbook, regularly updated to reflect chronologies of recent world events and accurate descriptions of International Organizations, contains information essential for diplomats, politicians and statesmen involved with international affairs and for anyone needing reliable, concise information on any country in the world. It has been published continuously since 1864, with expanding coverage of history, politics, economics, trade and infrastructure for each country worldwide. It also provides extensive further reading lists and web links for further research. Statesman's Yearbook Online
  Teacher Reference Center
Service = EBSCO

Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 270 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators. Teacher Reference Center
  TeachingBooks.net
Service = TeachingBooks.net

TeachingBooks.net provides original, in-studio movies of authors and illustrators and a wealth of multimedia resources on K-12 books that generate enthusiasm for books and reading. TeachingBooks.net
  Tests in Print
Service = EBSCO

Produced by the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements at the University of Nebraska, Tests in Print (TIP) serves as a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language. TIP provides vital information to users including test purpose, test publisher, in-print status, price, test acronym, intended test population, administration times, publication date(s), and test author(s). Tests in Print
  Today's Science
Service = Facts on File News Services

Accessible information on the latest developments in science for middle school through college. Articles include background information, useful Internet resources, and suggestions for further reading. It features overview articles linked to detailed news coverage, extensive use of illustrations, editorial cartoons, an automatic glossary, thorough linking to other FACTS.com databases, biographies of scientists and curriculum materials targeting multiple grade levels. Today's Science
  UlrichsWeb
Service = CSA

Ulrich's is a global and authoritative bibliographic reference and serials management tool that includes publications on all subjects that are published regularly or irregularly and are circulated free of charge or by paid subscription. Ulrich's was first published in 1932. UlrichsWeb
  Vault Career Insider
Service = Vault

The Vault Career Insider contains more than 80 career guides and employer profiles, covering a wide range of industries, including accounting, advertising, biotech, fashion, media, investment management, real estate and venture capital. Vault Career Insider
  Westlaw Campus Research
Service = Thomson West

Provides students with access to a comprehensive collection of news and business information and law-related resources. It is divided into two content tabs, "News and Business" and "Law." An advanced search feature provides boolean search connectors such as AND and OR to further refine searches. Westlaw Campus Research
  Wiley InterScience
Service = Wiley InterScience

Includes full-text articles of over 850 journals, covering subjects throughout medicine, science, social science and the humanities. Wiley InterScience
  Wilson Select (Omnifile Full Text)
Service = HW Wilson

A multidisciplinary, 100% full-text database with their accompanying indexing and abstracts, from the following Wilson periodical databases: Art Full Text, Applied Science & Technology Full Text, Biological & Agricultural Index, Education Full Text, General Science Full Text, Humanities Full Text, Index to Legal Periodicals & Books, Library Literature & Information Science Full Text, Readers' Guide Full Text, Social Sciences Full Text, Wilson Business Full Text. Coverage begins in 1994. Wilson Select (Omnifile Full Text) 
  Wilson Select Plus
Service = OCLC

Full text articles in science, humanities, education and business. Provides indexed and abstracted records with accompanying full-text periodical articles, many of which are linked to citations in other FirstSearch databases. Includes US and international professional publications, academic journals, and trade magazines. Wilson Select Plus
  Women and Social Movements
Service = Alexander Street Press

Organized around the history of women in social movements in the U.S. between 1600 and 2000, this collection seeks to advance scholarly debates and understanding at the same time that it makes the insights of women's history accessible to teachers and students at universities, colleges, and high schools. The collection currently includes 85 document projects with more than 2600 documents and 150,000 pages of additional full-text documents, and more than 2,000 authors. It includes as well book, film, and website reviews, notes from the archives, and teaching tools. Women and Social Movements
  World Almanac
Service = OCLC

Created especially for schools and libraries, World Almanac includes the most current and previous editions of The World Almanac and Book of Facts, with the complete updated and enhanced World Almanac Encyclopedia (Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia). Editorial hyperlinking leads from detailed tables in The World Almanac to related statistical material, background articles, and biographies in The World Almanac Encyclopedia, the most recent developments as reported in the World News Digest, and related coverage in Today's Science and Issues & Controversies. World Almanac
  World News Digest
Service = Facts on File News Service

Includes a live Reuters newsfeed, "Top Stories" timelines deliver, decade by decade, listings linked to original coverage of top news stories back to October 1940. Includes original feature essays, primary documents, editorial cartoons, and selection of newspaper editorials. "Ahead In Time" and "Back In Time" links allow researchers to follow the thread of one story as it develops. Hundreds of thousands of other editorial web links. Hundreds of photos, maps, charts, and graphs are included. World News Digest
  WorldCat
Service = OCLC

OCLC catalog of books and other materials that libraries own worldwide. Contains all the records cataloged by OCLC member libraries. Offers millions of bibliographic records, including records representing 400 languages. WorldCat