Selected Databases

• Academic Search Complete

  Service = EBSCOadmin (databases)

  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. (Some fulltext)

• Communication and Mass Media

  Service = EBSCOadmin (databases)

  A research and reference resource encompassing the breadth of the communication discipline. Cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for over 570 journals, and selected coverage of nearly 200 more. Includes full text for more than 450 journals. (Some fulltext)

• Filmakers Library Online

  Service = Alexander Street Press, LLC

  Provides documentaries with relevance across the curriculum race and gender studies, human rights, globalization and global studies, multiculturalism, international relations, criminal justice, the environment, bioethics, health, political science and current events, psychology, arts, literature, and more. It presents points of view and historical and current experiences from diverse cultures and traditions world-wide. (Multimedia)

• Gale Literature Criticism

  Service = Cengage Learning

  Full text literary criticism from the Drama Criticism and Short Story Criticism series. (All fulltext)

• GreenFILE

  Service = EBSCOadmin (databases)

  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. (Some fulltext)

• Issues and Controversies

  Service = Infobase Learning

  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. (All fulltext)

• MasterFILE Premier

  Service = EBSCOadmin (databases)

  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. (Some fulltext)

• OAIster

  Service = OCLC (305)

  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. (Citation/abstract only)

• OmniFile Full Text Select

  Service = EBSCOadmin (databases)

  Full text-only database that contains a wealth of essential material for learning and research across the disciplines. Full-text articles are available from approximately 2,700 publications, many of which are peer-reviewed. (All fulltext)

• Statista

  Service = Statista Inc

  Statistical data from over 18,000 sources. (All fulltext)

Selected eJournals

• Special Events Galore!

  Service = Wiley

  A monthly publication that provides nonprofit professionals profiles of various types of nonprofit special events, detailing valuable how to information for step-by-step success in their own event-planning strategy. (All fulltext)

Selected eBooks

• Books to Film: Cinematic Adaptations of Literary Works

  Service = Cengage Learning

  Covers literary adaptations in four main categories: classic literature; contemporary bestsellers and popular fiction; nonfiction, encompassing biography, true crime, history, and memoirs; and children’s and young adult literature. Sidebars will highlight people, such as authors, film directors, screenwriters, actors, producers, who are particularly identified with adaptation or a particular work. (All fulltext)

• Encyclopedia of Communication and Information

  Service = Cengage Learning

  Explores the full spectrum of communication, from careers to information technologies, in an interdisciplinary fashion. Emphasis is on both historical and current issues, topics, and people. (All fulltext)

• ProCon (through Credo)

  Service = Credo

  ProCon "provides the pros and cons of controversial issues shaping our society. Entries are supported with background information that delves into the issue, with pro and con arguments, verified facts and additional reading." --taken from publisher site (Some fulltext)