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ABI/Inform
Contains international, national, local, and regional business news coverage for 60,000+ public and private companies. Information on advertising, marketing, finance, economics, human resources, taxation, computers, etc., plus industry news. Includes both Hoover’s Company Capsules and Company Profiles.
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Applied Science and Technology Index
Citations and abstracts to international and English language periodicals, covering engineering, mathematics, physics, and computer technology.
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Art Index
Citations to American and foreign periodicals, covering the fields of archaeology, architecture, art history, interior design, and others.
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ATLA Religion Database with ATLAserials
Full text version of the ATLA Religion Database (ATLA), offering a collection of major religion and theology journals. Journals representing all major religious faiths, major denominations, and language groups are included.
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Biography Index
Index to biographical material in books and journals.
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Biological and Agricultural Index
Citations to the agricultural and biological science literature.
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Catholic Periodical and Literature Index
The Catholic Periodical and Literature Index Online is the product of a partnership between ATLA and the Catholic Library Association. The database includes indexed citations to articles published in Roman Catholic periodicals, papal documents, church promulgations, and books about the Catholic faith that are authored by Catholics and/or produced by Catholic publishers. This database contains more than 300,000 records covering Roman Catholic publications.
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CINAHL
Citations and abstracts to nursing, allied health, and biomedicine literature. Citations link to Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition for full-text.
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Cochrane Library
The Cochrane Library is a unique source of reliable and up-to-date information on the effects of interventions in health care. Published on a quarterly basis, The Cochrane Library is designed to provide information and evidence to support decisions taken in health care and to inform those receiving care.
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Communication and Mass Media Complete
Communication & Mass Media Complete indexes journals in areas related to communication and mass media. CMMC incorporates the content of CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Penn State) along with numerous other journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields of study to the communication discipline.
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CQ Global Researcher
Modeled after the award-winning CQ Researcher, CQ Global Researcher provides students with definitive, in-depth coverage of global affairs from a number of international viewpoints. Available exclusively online, CQ Global Researcher offers focused, readable, single-topic reports on vital world issues. Written by seasoned journalists with years of international experience, these reports make use of such popular sections as "current situation," "pro-con," and a new feature called "voices from abroad." By exposing students to a wide range of viewpoints CQ Global Researcher provides a comprehensive snapshot of today's most pressing issues.
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CQ Researcher
CQ Researcher explores a single hot issue in U.S. and world news in depth each week. Topics range from social and teen issues to environment, health, education and science and technology.
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EBSCOHost Electronic Journals Service
Access to over 300 full-text journals, and abstracts for the full collection of EBSCO Online journal titles.
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EconLit
Citations and abstracts to economic literature. Books, dissertations, and working papers are included.
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General Science Index
Citations and abstracts to journals in the areas of anthropology, astronomy, biology, chemistry, computer science, earth science, and others.
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Hartford Courant -- Historical
The Hartford Courant - Historical 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.
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Health Source: Nursing and Academic
Covers nearly 540 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also featured are abstracts and indexing for over 570 journals.
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History Reference Center
Provides articles from magazines, journals, reference and non-fiction books; biographies, documents and speeches; maps and photographs. Also includes film and video clips of social, political and cultural historical events of the 20th Century from 1893 to 1985.
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Hoover's Company Records
Find brief information on over 15,000 companies. This resource delivers information on a company's location, summary financials, top competitors, top officers, and more. Use the title or company field to search company names.
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Library Literature and Information Science Abstracts
This bibliographic database provides coverage on subjects such as librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more.
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Literature Online (LION)
A fully searchable library of English and American poetry, drama and prose, plus biographies, bibliographies and key criticism and reference resources. Searches the MLA International Bibliography (MLAIB) and Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL) as part of the Criticism & Reference portion of LION.
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Medline (via PubMed)
Citations and abstracts to the journal literature in the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, and much more. Currently indexing approximately 4,300 biomedical journals published in the U.S. and 70 foreign countries.
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MLA International Bibliography
Part of the Literature Online (LION) Database, MLA Bibliography includes citations and abstracts to literary criticism, linguistics, language, folklore, etc.
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New York Times Historical
The New York Times - Historical 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.
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Poets on Screen
The Poets On Screen Library contains audio-visual clips of poets reading their own and other poets' work.
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Proquest Biology
Provides access to a wide range of biology topics. The database includes over 285 titles, with more than 250 available in full text. With thousands of articles available online, ProQuest Biology Journals includes some of the most popular information resources for users in academic, government, and public research environments.
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Proquest Computing
Includes over 350 titles, with nearly 300 available in full text. Topics include: Artificial intelligence, Computer games, Computer graphics, Computer networks, Computer programming, Computer security, Computer systems, Database management, Electronic data processing, Hardware, Information science and information theory, and Software.
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Proquest Education Journals
Gives users access to over 745 top educational publications, including nearly 600 of the titles in full text. Topics include not only the literature on primary, secondary, and higher education but also special education, home schooling, adult education, and hundreds of related topics.
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Proquest Health Management
This database is designed to meet the needs of researchers studying the field of health administration. This high-demand healthcare management content provides the most reliable and relevant information on a wide range of topics, including hospitals, insurance, law, statistics, business management, personnel management, ethics, health economics, and public health administration.
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Proquest Newspapers
Provides access to some of the most respected newspapers from all over the country, each with its own unique geographic perspective. Coverage includes: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Christian Science Monitor, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Boston Globe, and USA TODAY.
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Proquest Nursing and Allied Health Source
Provides users with healthcare information covering nursing, allied health, alternative and complementary medicine, and much more. This database is geared towards researchers at healthcare facilities as well as nursing and allied health programs at academic institutions. Provides abstracting and indexing for more than 690 titles, with over 570 titles in full-text.
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Proquest Psychology Journals
Provides abstracts and indexing for more than 610 titles, with over 520 titles available in full text, as well as full-text access to 4000 dissertations. Users get access to charts, diagrams, graphs, tables, photos, and other graphical elements essential to psychological research.
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Proquest Science Journals
Features over 490 titles—with more than 380 available in full text. In full-text format, researchers have access to all the charts, diagrams, graphs, tables, photos, and other graphical elements so vital to scientific and technical literature. Areas covered include: Physics, Engineering, Astronomy, Biology, Earth Science, and Chemistry.
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Proquest Social Science Journals
Includes over 510 titles, with more than 280 available in full text on topics that include: Addiction Studies, Family Studies, Urban Studies, and International Affairs.
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PsycARTICLES
Covers general psychology and specialized basic, applied, clinical, and theoretical research in psychology. Over 28,000 full-text articles are available from journals published by American Psychological Association, Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe & Huber.
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PsycINFO
Citations and abstracts to journals, book chapters, and dissertations in the field of psychology. Citations link to PsycARTICLES for full-text.
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Science Reference Center
Science Reference Center contains more than 630 full text titles including leading science encyclopedias, reference books, and periodicals, as well biographies and images. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health and medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science and society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.
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Serials Directory
Information on approximately 180,000 U.S. & international periodicals. Coverage includes description, where indexed & abstracted, publisher, frequency, price, and more.
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