Selected Databases

• Academic Search Complete

  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 full text) Service = EBSCOadmin (databases)

• Communication and Mass Media

  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 full text) Service = EBSCOadmin (databases)

• Filmakers Library Online

  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) Service = Alexander Street Press, LLC

• Gale Literature Criticism

  Full text literary criticism from the Drama Criticism and Short Story Criticism series. (Full text) Service = Cengage Learning

• GreenFILE

  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 full text) Service = EBSCOadmin (databases)

• Issues and Controversies

  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. (Full text) Service = Infobase Learning

• MasterFILE Premier

  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 full text) Service = EBSCOadmin (databases)

• OAIster

  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. (No full text: Citation/abstract only) Service = OCLC (305)

• Statista

  Statistical data from over 18,000 sources. (Full text) Service = Statista Inc

Selected eBooks

• Books to Film: Cinematic Adaptations of Literary Works

  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. (Full text) Service = Cengage Learning

• Encyclopedia of Communication and Information

  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. (Full text) Service = Cengage Learning

• ProCon (through 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." -- copied from publisher's site (Some full text) Service = Credo

• Wiley eBooks

  All titles have unlimited access for CARLI members and may be used as course materials or for course reserves. Direct links may be embedded into course management systems. Titles purchased in perpetuity in July 2021 may be used to fulfill interlibrary loan requests; however, until that time, members may not use these titles to fulfill interlibrary loan requests.
  

  All CARLI Governing Members have access to ebooks on the Wiley Online Library platform with the publication dates of 2017-June 2021. The collection will grow monthly with newly published titles added through the end of our access period of June 30, 2021. (Full text) Service = Wiley

Selected eJournals

• Special Events Galore (2001-2015)

  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. (Full text) Service = Wiley