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Journal Databases
- Academic OneFile (Gale)
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Academic OneFile is the premier source of peer-reviewed full-text scholarly content across the academic disciplines. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. - Academic Search Elite (EBSCO)
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Academic institutions worldwide depend on this database as their core resource of scholarly information. Academic Search Elite contains full text for more than 2,100 journals, nearly 150 journals have PDF images dating back to 1985. - Arts & Humanities Database (ProQuest)
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Art, Architecture, Design, History, Philosophy, Music, Literature, Theatre and Cultural Studies – journal articles
Subject Area(s): History , The Arts , Literature & Language - Career & Technical Education Database (ProQuest)
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The definitive source for vocational information and career search resources.
Subject Area(s): Unassigned - Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP)
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The CGP is the finding tool for federal publications that includes descriptive information for historical and current publications as well as direct links to the full document, when available. - Digital Public Library of America
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The DPLA is a discovery tool, or union catalog, for public domain and openly licensed content held by the United States’ archives, libraries, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions - Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
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Free, full-text and peer-reviewed scientific journals - Diversity Studies Collection (Gale)
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Diversity Studies Collection provides access to scholarly journals and magazines that explore cultural differences, contributions, and influences in the global community. The database is a must-have for social science, history and liberal arts coursework. - EBSCOhost
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A large collection of scholarly and popular articles in a broad range of subjects.
Use this Toolkit for tips on how to use EBSCOhost. - European Views of the Americas: 1493-1750 (EBSCO)
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This new bibliographic database is a valuable index for libraries, scholars and individuals interested in European works that relate to the Americas. EBSCO Publishing, in cooperation with the John Carter Brown Library, has created this resource from “European Americana: A Chronological Guide to Works Printed In Europe Relating to The Americas, 1493-1750,” the authoritative bibliography that is well-known and respected by scholars worldwide. The database contains more than 32,000 entries and is a comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750. - Europeana Collections
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A collection of over 50 million digitized items from archives, libraries, and museums across Europe. - Gale Cengage Learning
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Gale hosts a number of databases that cover a wide array of topics including both scholarly and popular articles
Use this Toolkit for tips on how to use Gale Cengage Learning. - General Reference Center Gold (Gale)
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General Reference Center Gold provides access to magazines, newspapers, trade publications, and reference books through one easy interface. This general interest database offers the latest content covering current events, popular culture, business and industry trends, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more. - Global Breaking Newswires (Proquest)
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Global Breaking Newswires is a library news product which provides timely access to the best newswire content available globally as well as growing archive of news that may not be captured in any of the traditional print sources.
Subject Area(s): News & Newspapers - Gun Regulation and Legislation in America
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Includes over 550 titles focusing on gun control, the 2nd amendment, and other legal aspects surrounding guns. - ImageQuest
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This resource from Encyclopedia Britannica provides access to thousands of free images that can be inserted into academic assignments. Note: for educational use only. - InfoTrac Newstand (Gale)
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InfoTrac Newsstand provides access to full-text newspapers and allows users to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, newspaper section, or other fields. The database offers a one-stop source for current news and searchable archives. - International Newsstream (ProQuest)
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International Newsstream provides the most recent news content outside of the US and Canada, with archives which stretch back decades featuring newspapers, newswires, and news sites in active full-text format.
Subject Area(s): News & Newspapers - Military & Government Collection (EBSCO)
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Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites. The Military & Government Collection provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for more than 400 titles. - Military and Intelligence Database (Gale)
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Military and Intelligence Database Collection provides access to scholarly journals, magazines, and reports covering all aspects of the past and current state of military affairs. The database offers content in key subject areas including governmental policies, the socioeconomic effects of war, the structure of the armed forces, and more. - Military Database (ProQuest)
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A full-text database supported by a specialized A&I file. Covers comprehensive scholarly output, managed by an expert editorial team overseeing content selection and indexing supported by a controlled vocabulary.
Subject Area(s): Science & Technology - New York Heritage
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New York Heritage is a research portal for students, educators, historians, genealogists, and anyone else who is interested in learning more about the people, places and institutions of New York State. The collections in New York Heritage represent a broad range of historical, scholarly, and cultural materials held in libraries, museums, and archives throughout the state. - New York State Newspapers (Gale)
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Search this database of newspapers published in the state of New York, including the New York Times and the New York Post. - New York Times
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Full online access to all articles, videos, images, recipes, and more. Register with your Trocaire eMail account. Activate your Pass for this free access to NYTimes.com by clicking here and following the simple instructions. You may also wish to view this short video. - Newspaper Source (EBSCO)
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Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for more than 40 (U.S.) & international newspapers. The database also contains selective full text for 389 regional (U.S.) newspapers. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts are also provided. - Opposing Viewpoints In Context (Gale)
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Opposing Viewpoints In Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today’s hottest social issues. Drawing on the acclaimed Greenhaven Press series, the solution features continuously updated viewpoints, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files, and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience. - Political Science Database (ProQuest)
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International relations and political science – journal articles
Subject Area(s): Social Sciences - Pop Culture Collection (Gale)
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Pop Culture Collection provides access to scholarly journals and magazines that both analyze and contribute to popular culture. The database offers useful information for researchers in social science, history, art or liberal arts courses. - Popular Magazines (Gale)
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Popular Magazines provides access to the most searched magazines across the InfoTrac products. All of the titles are selected based on actual publication searches performed by library patrons and the database includes many titles recommended by Bowker’s “Magazines for Libraries”. - ProQuest Central
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A large collection of scholarly and popular articles on a broad range on subjects.
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Multidisciplinary subject coverage from scholarly, trade, and consumer publications
Subject Area(s): Unassigned - SIRS Knowledge Source
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Information on current events, social issues, PRO/CON arguments
Use this Toolkit for tips on how to use SIRS. - Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law
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Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law brings together every statute passed by every colony and state on slavery, all federal statutes related to slavery, and all reported state and federal cases on slavery. The database also contains hundreds of books and pamphlets written about slavery. - U.S. History Collection (Gale)
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U.S. History Collection provides access to scholarly journals and magazines useful to both novice historians as well as advanced academic researchers. The database offers balanced coverage of events in U.S. history and scholarly work being established in the field. - US Newsstream (ProQuest)
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US Newsstream enables users to search the most recent premium U.S. news content, as well as archives which stretch back into the 1980s featuring top newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in active full-text format.
Subject Area(s): News & Newspapers - War and Terrorism Collection (Gale)
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Vocations and Careers Collection provides access to journals and magazines that aid users in researching a vocation, finding an appropriate institution of learning, job searching, and maintaining a career. The database offers current and applicable content from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals. - World History Collection (Gale)
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World History Collection provides access to scholarly journals and magazines useful to both novice historians as well as advanced academic researchers. The database offers balanced coverage of events in world history and scholarly work being established in the field.
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eBook Databases
- Ebook Central
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Online and offline access to eBooks on a wide range of subjects- On a public computer, read online.
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- eBooks from EBSCOhost
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Over 4,000 eBooks in science, medicine, technology and liberal arts. In addition to new books, this database contains NetLibrary titles. - Hathi Trust
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Hathi Trust is a digital library with over 15 million fully text searchable volumes, over 7 million of which are in the public domain and are fully accessible.
Reference Databases
- Credo Reference
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An excellent place to begin your research on an unfamiliar topic. - Encyclopedia Britannica Online Academic Edition
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Online version of the respected Encyclopedia Britannica - Historical Encyclopedia of American Business
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Comprehensive coverage of all major historical aspects of American business and finance. - ImageQuest
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This resource from Encyclopedia Britannica provides access to thousands of free images that can be inserted into academic assignments. Note: for educational use only. - Salem Press Reference Books Online
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Salem Press offers a number of great reference books online in Health, History, Science and Literary Criticism. - World Factbook from the CIA
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Facts and maps on every country, dependency, and geographic entity in the world.The collection includes people, society, economy, energy, and more.
Video Databases
- Films on Demand
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Hospitality, Nursing, Imaging, Anatomy, Human Resources, Theban Plays (Sophocles)
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Films from PBS, Nevco, Criterion Collection, BBC, Medcom and more.
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Guides
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