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AbbreviationZ: The A-Z of Acronyms and Abbreviations on the Net
Search engine for acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms.

ABI Inform Global (ProQuest)
Scholarly and trade publications from around the world offering in-depth coverage of a wide range of business topics.  International and domestic company profiles.

ABI/INFORM Dateline
Local and regional business news, not typically found in national news sources.
ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry
The latest news on every major industry from business periodicals and newsletters.

Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
Full text journal coverage for most academic areas of study.

ACLS History E-book Project

An online, fully searchable collection of high-quality books in history, recommended and reviewed by historians.

AMDOCS: Documents for the Study of American History
Primary documents for the study of American history from 1000 CE to the present.

American Medical Association
(ProQuest)
Provides abstracts and a limited amount of full-text for articles in 13 publications from the American Medical Association.

American Memory/Library of Congress
A digital record of American history and creativity in written and spoken words, sound records, moving images, print, maps, and sheet music. 

ArticleFirst (OCLC FirstSearch)
Journal indexing for a wide variety of subjects (no full-text).

Avalon Project (Yale Law School)
Digital documents relevant to the fields of law, history, economics, politics, diplomacy, and government from the 18th through the 21st centuries.

Barrons (ProQuest)

A weekly publication oriented toward investors providing in-depth articles on companies, industries, and finance and economic trends.  Full-text coverage from 1988 to present.

Bartleby.com 
Full-text works in reference, fiction, non-fiction, and verse.

Biology Journals (ProQuest) 
Provides access to a wide range of biology topics and includes some of the most popular information resources for users in the academic environment.

Bookshelf: Online Books

Over 50 searchable full-text biomedical books.

Britannica Online
Online version of the Encyclopedia Britannica: Academic Edition.

Business & Company Resource Center (Gale - NOVEL)

Brings together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, industry overviews and information, chronologies, and periodical articles.

Business Full Text (Wilson)
Full-text access to the leading research journals, trade publications, and business magazines.

Business Source Elite (EBSCO)

Articles from peer-reviewed journals and other business publications.  International and domestic company profiles.

Chicago
Tribune (ProQuest)
Full-text coverage from 1985 to present.

Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database

Critical reviews and other information about children’s books, multimedia, audiobooks, etc.  Contains book jacket images, links to author and illustrator web sites, information on award-winning titles, plus best books lists and all state reading lists.  Reading measurement parameters of the Accelerated Reader, Degrees of Reading Power, Lexile, and Reading Counts are provided.

CINAHL with Full Text (EBSCO)

The definitive research tool for all areas of nursing and allied health literature.

Clase Periodica (OCLC FirstSearch)
Articles, essays, book reviews, conference proceedings, interviews, etc. from Latin American journals covering the social sciences, humanities, science, and technology.  Includes material in Spanish, Portuguese, French, and English.

CollegeSource Online

Complete and printable college catalogs for 2-year, 4-year, and graduate schools in the U.S. and internationally.  Detailed college profiles.  Search for colleges by major, location, enrollment, tuition, etc.

The Columbia Gazetteer of North America

Comprehensive encyclopedia of geographical places and physical features in the United States , Canada , Mexico, and the Caribbean.

Communication and Mass Media Complete (EBSCO)
Quality research articles in areas related to communication studies and mass media.

Computing
(ProQuest)
An excellent resource for computing topic, including software, hardware, e-commerce, web site development, intranets and extranets, systems design, databases, and technology management.

CountryWatch

Up-to-date news and information on each of the recognized countries of the world, including demographic, political, economic, business, cultural, and environmental information.  Daily news coverage, news archive, maps, and other images.

CQ Researcher/Global Researcher
The CQ Researcher and Global Researcher databases are excellent research tools in American government, international affairs, politics, history, public policy, and current affairs.

Custom Newspapers (Gale – NOVEL)
150+ full-text newspapers from across the U.S.

EBSCO Animals (NOVEL)

Easy-to-read entries about mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, dinosaurs and prehistoric animals for elementary school students.

Education Full Text (Wilson)

Comprehensive coverage of periodicals, monographs, and yearbooks in education.

Education Journals (ProQuest)

The database covers not only the literature on primary, secondary, and higher education but also special education, home schooling, adult education, and hundreds of related topics.

Education Research Complete (EBSCO)

The world’s largest and most complete collection of full text education journals, covering all areas of education.

Encarta Dictionary

Dictionary definitions and audible pronunciations for 100,000+ English words.

ERIC (EBSCO)

Citations and abstracts for 1000+ education and education-related journals, plus lesson plans, reports, and other types of documents.

EuroDocs: Online Sources for European History

Western European primary historical documents that shed light on key historical happenings within the context of political, economic, social and cultural history.

FirstSearch (OCLC)

Includes articles, government documents, conference papers, and proceedings.  Select subject area or specific database from the pull-down menu.

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
(EBSCO)
25,000+ encyclopedia entries covering all subject areas.

Gale Virtual Reference Library (NOVEL)
Contains 16 full-text reference books focusing on history, business, health, biography, world cultures, and science.

General Science Collection (EBSCO - NOVEL)
Offers full-text coverage for more than 60 of the most popular science publications, 1992 - present.

General Science Full Text (Wilson)

Peer-reviewed science journals and popular magazines, including the New York Times Science Section.  Full-text coverage back to 1995.

Gray’s Anatomy

A digital version of Gray’s Anatomy of the Human Body from 1918 with color engravings and a comprehensive subject index.

Green File (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 approximately 295,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,600 records.  

Harvard Classics: The Shelf of Fiction 

A comprehensive anthology covering the work of every major literary figure, philosopher, religion, folklore and historical subject through the twentieth century.

Health and Wellness Resource Center with Alternative Health (Gale - NOVEL)

Full-text access to health and medical journals, general interest magazines, medical reference materials and pamphlets, as well as hundreds of health-related videos.

Health Reference Center Academic (Gale - NOVEL)

Full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus a wide variety of personal health information sources.

HealthSource: Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCO)

Full-text peer-reviewed journals and other periodicals on many medical disciplines, with emphasis on nursing and allied health.

HighWire Press (Stanford University Libraries)
Full-text content of peer-reviewed journals on all subjects.

Hoover
’s Online
Company profiles and histories, news, financial data, competitors, SEC filings, industry information, and more.


Hudson River Valley Heritage
Online access to historical materials from New York State’s Hudson River Valley, including  photographs, maps, letters, postcards, manuscripts, scrapbooks, memorabilia and ephemera, audio and video clips, and many other materials from libraries, archives, and museums.

Humanities Full Text (Wilson)
 
Full-text articles and abstracts of the most noted scholarly sources in the humanities, as well as numerous lesser-known but important specialized journals. 

Information Please

A wide array of reference tools, including an encyclopedia, almanac, atlas, dictionary, and thesaurus.

Informe! Revistas en Espanol (NOVEL)
Contains full-text Spanish-language and bilingual magazine articles, reports, and maps.

InfoTrac Junior Edition (Gale - NOVEL)

Designed for junior high and middle school students, includes full-text articles from magazines, newspapers, and reference books, as well as full color maps.

JSTOR Language and Literature Collection

Full-text and full-image of 58 journals covering the literary cultures of many different countries.  Contains articles in several languages, including Arabic, Italian, German, and English.

JSTOR Life Sciences Collection
This is the largest of all of the JSTOR journal collections. There are articles in several languages and includes many of the high-impact journals in the life sciences.

Kids Search (EBSCO - NOVEL)

Designed for students in grades K-8. Search by keyword or topic to find images, dictionary entries, or articles in magazines or encyclopedias.   Includes teacher resources.

Lexis-Nexis: Academic Edition

Includes general news, business, legal and medical information, along with reference sources.

LexisNexis Statistical Universe
This database has statistics issued by the U.S. government back to 1973 through CIS' American Statistics Index.  It pulls from over 1,000 statistical publications of private and state government sources from 1980 forward through CIS' Statistical Reference Index, 2,000 international intergovernmental organizations since 1983.

Library, Information Science, & Technology Abstracts (LISTA)
Indexes 600+ journals, plus books, research reports, and proceedings on   librarianship, online information retrieval, information management, and other information technology topics.

Literary Reference Center (EBSCO)

A comprehensive full-text literature resource that includes information from reference works, books, and literary journals.  Includes the content of MagillOnLiterature Plus.

Los Angeles
Times  (ProQuest)
Full-text coverage from 1985 to present.

Luminarium 

Links to essays, resources, and texts from Medieval, Renaissance, and 17th Century English literature.

The Making of America (University of Michigan)

Primary sources from the 19th century covering in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.

MathSciNet

Database of reviews, abstracts, and bibliographic information for the mathematical sciences literature.  Continues the print publication, Mathematical Reviews.

Medline (EBSCO)

Authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and other health-related topics in more than 4,800 biomedical journals.

MLA Directory of Periodicals (EBSCO)

Editorial contacts, submission guidelines, and other information for about 7,000 journals.

MLA International Bibliography (EBSCO)

An extensive bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations. Produced by the Modern Language Association and considered one of the premiere research tools for languages, literature, folklore, and linguistics.

The National Academies Press

Full-text publications from the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council covering science, health, and engineering.

National Newspapers (ProQuest)
Includes coverage of 27 newspapers including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post, plus other important U.S., international and minority interest papers.

NetLibrary
Complete content of thousands of e-books in all subject areas.

New York State Newspapers (Gale – NOVEL)
16 full-text newspapers from cities in New York State.

New York Times (ProQuest)
Complete full text from 1980 to the present.

New York Times Historical, 1851-2004 (ProQuest)
Offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. Provides access to every page (including advertising, editorials, obituaries, photos, as well as articles) from every available issue.

Newspaper Source (EBSCO)
Selected full text for nearly 30 major U.S. and international newspapers, as well as 200+ regional papers.  Also includes full-text radio and television news transcripts.

NewsVoyager.com
Comprehensive gateway to newspaper sites around the world.

NursingCenter  
Portal to articles from 50 leading nursing journals, as well as clinical resources, drug updates, and career information.

Nursing & Allied Health Source (ProQuest) 
Offers full-text for over 560 nursing and related publications.

The Online Books Page (University of Pennsylvania)
Full-text access to significant books written in English.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (GALE)
A resource for current controversial issues. Features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to websites.

Oxford English Dictionary
The leading authority on the meanings, history, and evolution of the English language.

Oxford Reference Online
English dictionaries and thesauruses, bilingual dictionaries, and other reference material on a wide variety of subjects.

Perry-Casteñeda Library Map Collection (University of Texas)
Over 5,000 U.S., state, county, international, and topical maps, both current and historical.

Philosopher’s Index Online
(CSA)

Informative abstracts covering scholarly research in all areas of philosophy from 1940 to present.  Covers journal articles, books, book chapters, and book reviews.

Points of View Reference Center
(EBSCO)

Full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue.

Primary Search (EBSCO - NOVEL)

Full-text articles from popular magazines and reference materials suitable for elementary school research.  Lexile reading level indicators assigned to each article.

Professional Development Collection (EBSCO)

Highly specialized collection of journals and reports for professional educators.  More than half the journals are peer-reviewed.

Project Gutenberg
Nearly 20,000 e-books in full-text.

Proquest Central
Articles on all subjects.

ProQuest Health Management

Leading publications covering all aspects of health administration, including finance, personnel management, insurance, labor relations, and others.

ProQuest Newspapers (ProQuest)
Full-text access to 25+ major U.S. newspapers, including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, USA Today, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times, plus The Guardian from London.

PsycArticles (American Psychological Association – APA)
Full-text, peer-reviewed articles on general, applied, clinical, and theoretical psychology from APA and other journals, most going back to the first issue.

PsycINFO (EBSCO)
It contains a huge percentage of full-text material in psychology and related disciplines.

Psychology Journals (ProQuest)

Articles and abstracts from journals in clinical and social psychology, as well as genetics, psychology of business and economics, communication, criminology, addiction, education, gerontology, linguistics, hypnosis, psychiatry, neurology and social welfare.

PubMed
The NCBI provides free, online access to biomedical and biological research publications and data, including PubMed, a database of over 15 million biomedical abstracts, many of which link to free full text.

PubMed Central
U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.


Romantic Circles (University of Maryland)
A refereed scholarly web site, including articles, essays, and chronologies, devoted to the study of Romantic-period literature and culture.

Safari Tech Books Online
This is an excellent collection of information technology and software support books that is maintained with regularity to reflect new software in the market.

Science Journals (ProQuest)
Subject coverage includes computers, engineering, physics, telecommunications, and transportation.

Social Science Journals (ProQuest)

Provides access to a variety of social science journals.

Searchasaurus (EBSCO - NOVEL)

An animated, dinosaur-themed search interface designed for the very young researcher.  Contains the same content as Primary Search.

The Serials Directory (EBSCO)

Descriptions of 200,000+ U. S. and international periodicals.

Social Science Journals (ProQuest)

Search full-text periodicals covering the social sciences.

Social Science Full Text (Wilson)

Full-text coverage of the latest concepts, trends, opinions, theories, and methods from both applied and theoretical aspects of the social sciences.

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Dynamic reference work covering all aspects of philosophy, continually updated by experts.

TOPICsearch (EBSCO - NOVEL)
Current events database geared toward students in grades 5-12. 

Twayne’s Author Series (NOVEL)
Full-text articles on literary critical interpretation from three reference book series: United States Authors, English Authors, and World Authors.

Wall Street Journal (ProQuest)
The leading financial newspaper in the U.S., with excellent general news reporting.  Full-text coverage from 1984 to present. 

Wilson OmniFile Fulltext Mega (Wilson)
Search across all topics or select specific subject areas.
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WilsonSelectPlus
Full-text articles in business, science, technology, education, health, art, broadcasting, and engineering.

The World Factbook (CIA)
Comprehensive resource of facts and statistics on more than 250 countries and other entities.

WorldCat (OCLC FirstSearch)
Catalog of books and other materials held by libraries worldwide.