Articles & Databases

Academic Search™ Complete

• Contains thousands of full-text journals spanning a broad range including: anthropology, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, geology, law, materials science, mathematics, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion & theology, veterinary science, women's studies, zoology, and many other fields.
• Contains nearly 13,000 abstracted and indexed journals and nearly 9,000 full-text journals
• Contains PDF content dating back as far as 1887

Access World News

• Contains articles covering social, economic, environmental, government, sports, the arts, people, health and science issues and events from more than 500 U.S. regional and national newspapers, wire services, and broadcasts.

America: History and Life™ with Full Text

• Is the definitive database of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present
• Selective indexing for over 1,700 journals from 1955 to present
• Provides full-text coverage of more than 230 journals and nearly 100 books
• Includes citations and links to book and media reviews
• Includes abstracts in English of articles published in more than 40 languages

Annals of American History

• Contains over 2,000 primary source documents and 700 pieces of multimedia
• Is an excellent resource for expanding your understanding of the history and culture of the United States

Auto Repair Reference Center™

• Contains information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles
• Includes more than 37,000 vehicles covered from 1945 to present
• Includes millions of drawings and step-by-step photographs
• Includes approximately 110,000 technical service bulletins & recalls issued by the original equipment vehicle manufacturer
• Includes over 180,000 enhanced wiring diagrams for easy viewing and printing, specifications & maintenance schedules, Labor Time Guide & Estimator, AutoIQ, Quick Tips (a complete guide to vehicle ownership & maintenance), diagnostic information, and much more
• New repair procedures, TSBs and updates are continually added
• All of the content has been created by ASE certified technicians

Book Index with Reviews™

• Provides information on over 5 million popular and classic book titles in a wide range of formats, including large print, books on tape, etc
• Fiction and non-fiction titles are included, in all genres
• Contains over 800,000 full-text searchable reviews
• Contains close to 700,000 music, DVD, and video titles

Business Source® Elite

• Provides full-text coverage of scholarly business, management and economics journals
• Includes coverage of accounting, banking, finance, international business, marketing, sales, etc.
• Offers full text for nearly 1,000 business publications
• Contains expanded PDF backfiles for more than 150 titles (back to 1985 or the first issue published for that journal)
• Includes more than 10,100 substantial company profiles from Datamonitor

Consumer Health Complete

• Is a comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content
• Designed to support patients' information needs and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics
• Provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine
• Includes the Clinical Reference System and the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, providing access to up-to-date, concise and clinically relevant drug monographs.

Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography

• Contains details on approximately 116,000 modern novelists, poets, playwrights, nonfiction writers, journalists and scriptwriters. The Dictionary of Literary Biography records the achievements of the world's most influential literary figures.

CountryWatch

• Provides up-to-date information and news on the countries of the world and for the public and private sector organizations with global operations and interests
• Offers a key set of political, economic, and business information, daily news, and data for its users

ERIC®

• Provides access to education literature and resources
• Provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index
• Contains more than 1.4 million records and links to more than 337,000 full-text documents

Films on Demand

• Is a web-based digital video delivery platform that allows you to view streaming videos from Films Media Group anytime, anywhere, 24/7!
• Makes available thousands of videos for in-class use and remote viewing

FirstSearch

• Provides lists of individual databases, with links to detailed information on each including subjects and dates covered, sources, publisher and index labels

GreenFILE

• Indexes scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports
• Offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the environment
• Serves as an informative resource for anyone concerned about the issues facing our planet by drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology
• Contains nearly 300,000 records, full text for selected titles and searchable cited references for more than 200 titles as well

Health Source®: Consumer Edition

• Is a rich collection of consumer health information
• Provides access to more than 80 full text, consumer health magazines, including American Fitness, Better Nutrition, Harvard Health Letter, Men's Health, Muscle & Fitness, Prevention, Vegetarian Times, and many others
• Includes searchable full text for current, health-related pamphlets and nearly 130 health reference books, including books published by the People's Medical Society
• Contains more than 9,900 Clinical Reference Systems reports (in English and Spanish) and Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary
• Covers topics such as AIDS, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, aging, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, children's health, women's health, etc.

Information provided in this database should not be viewed as a means for self-diagnosis or a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

Health Source®: Nursing/Academic Edition

• Contains particularly strong coverage of nursing and allied health
• Provides nearly 550 scholarly full-text journals focusing on many medical disciplines
• Includes full text from Creative Nursing, Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing, Issues in Mental Health Nursing, Journal of Advanced Nursing, Journal of Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, Journal of Clinical Nursing, Journal of Community Health Nursing, Journal of Nursing Management, Nursing Ethics, Nursing Forum, Nursing Inquiry, and many more

History Reference Center®

• Provides features full text for more than 1,990 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books from leading history publishers, such as Branden Publishing, Compass Point Books, Houghton Mifflin, Lerner Publishing Group, Mason Crest Publishers, Morgan Reynolds Inc., Oliver Press, Oxford University Press, Rourke Publishing LLC., Salem Press, Stackpole Books, Toucan Valley Publications and more
• Includes full text for more than 150 leading history periodicals, including America's Civil War, American Heritage, American Historical Review, American History, Archaeology, Aviation History, British Heritage, Chinese America: History & Perspectives, Civil War Times, Foreign Affairs, German History, History, History Review, History Today (back to January 1975), History: Reviews of New Books, Kansas History, Journal of American History, Manitoba History, Military History, Naval History, North Carolina Historical Review, Virginia Magazine of History & Biography, Wild West, World War II and more
• Contains nearly 57,000 historical documents, more than 77,000 biographies of historical figures, more than 37,400 historical photos and maps, and more than 80 hours of historical video

Literature Resource Center

• Provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline.
• Covers more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors.

MAS Ultra - School Edition

• Contains full text for nearly 500 popular, high school magazines
• Provides more than 350 full text reference books, 84,774 biographies, 100,554 primary source documents
• Provides an Image Collection of 235,186 photos, maps and flags

MasterFILE™ Premier

• Contains full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more
• Contains full text for more than 500 reference books and tens of thousands of primary source documents
• Contains an Image Collection of over 597,000 photos, maps & flags
• Offers PDF backfiles (as far back as 1975) for key publications including American Libraries, Foreign Affairs, History Today, Judaism, Library Journal, National Review, Saturday Evening Post, etc.

MEDLINE®

• Provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more
• Uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree, tree hierarchy, subheadings and explosion capabilities to search citations from over 4,800 current biomedical journals
• Includes citations from Index Medicus, International Nursing Index, Index to Dental Literature, HISTLINE, SPACELINE, PREMEDLINE®, AIDSLINE®, BIOETHICSLINE®, and HealthSTAR®
• Created by the National Library of Medicine

Military & Government Collection™

• Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government
• Provides full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals
• Offers indexing and abstracts for more than 400 journals
• Includes Air Force Comptroller, Defence Studies, JFQ: Joint Force Quarterly, Military Technology, Combat Edge, FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, Foreign Affairs, Naval Forces, and many more

Newspaper Source™ Plus

• Includes more than 1,000 full-text newspapers, providing more than 38 million full-text articles
• Contains comprehensive full text for major newspapers such as The New York Times (from January 1985 to present), The Christian Science Monitor, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), The Times of London, The Toronto Star, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, and others
• Includes all staff articles from many newspapers, such as The Houston Chronicle, The Minneapolis Star Tribune, The Philadelphia Inquirer, etc.
• Features nearly 913,000 television and radio news transcripts, including: ABC News (American Broadcasting Company), ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), CBS News, CNBC, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, MSNBC, National Public Radio, PBS, and more

Primary Search

• Provides full text for nearly 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research
• Assigns a reading level indicator (Lexiles) for all full text articles
• Contains full text information dates as far back as 1990

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (OVRC)

• Draws on the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources to provide a complete one-stop source for information on social issues.
• Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.

Professional Development Collection™

• Provides a highly specialized collection of electronic information especially for professional educators, professional librarians and education researchers
• Includes full text for more than 520 high quality education journals including Chronicle of Higher Education, Education, Education Digest, Education Week, Educational Leadership, Journal of Education, Journal of Educational Research, Journal of Higher Education, Theory Into Practice, and many more
• Contains more than 230 full-text educational reports

Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection™

• Covers information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods
• Contains more than 560 full-text journals

Regional Business News™

• Provides full text for nearly 100 regional U.S. and Canadian business publications (including titles from Crain Communications)

Religion & Philosophy Collection™

• Covers topics such as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy
• Contains more than 300 full-text journals

Scientific American Archive Online

• contains the entire editorial contents of Scientific American Magazine, from January 1993 through to the present. The issues are presented in PDF format, which maintains the integrity of the printed page with all the graphics.

Student Research Center

• Is a visual interface which includes Academic Search Premier, Newspaper Source Plus, Health Source: Consumer Edition, MAS Ultra, ERIC, and Professional Development Collection.