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Academic OneFile
(formerly Expanded Academic ASAP)
Extensive journal coverage spanning virtually every area of academic study. Full text articles available for a large percentage of titles. Includes many peer reviewed titles.
Academic Search Complete
(formerly Academic Search Complete)
Extensive journal coverage spanning virtually every area of academic study. Full text articles available for a large percentage of titles. Includes many peer reviewed titles.
AccessScience Includes the latest content of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. Contains articles written by the leading figures in their fields—including 30 Nobel Prize winners.
ACS Web Editions Online access to over 30 journals published by the American Chemical Society.
AGRICOLA Topics covered include: animal & veterinary sciences, entomology, plant sciences, forestry, aquaculture & fisheries, farming & farming systems, agricultural economics, extension & education, food & human nutrition, and earth & environmental sciences. Some links to full-text.
Alt Health Watch Provides in-depth coverage across the full spectrum of subject areas covered by complementary and alternative medicine dating back to 1990. Includes full text for many peer-reviewed journals.
Alt-Press Watch
 
Articles from newspapers, magazines, and journals from 1970 to present from the alternative and independent press.
America: History and Life
Covers the history and culture of the U. S. and Canada from prehistory to the present. Contains abstracts and citations to journal articles, books and media reviews & dissertations.
ATLA Religion Database Coverage for research literature of religion in 35 languages. Contains more than 1.3 million bibliographic records.
Bibliography of Native North Americans Covers all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life, as well as wide range of topics including archaeology, multicultural relations, gaming, governance, legend, and literacy. BNNA contains more than 80,000 citations for books, essays, journal articles, and government documents of the United States and Canada . Dates of coverage for included content range from the sixteenth century to the present.
Biology Journals, Proquest Full-text articles on biological topics published since 1988 from scholarly
journals and popular magazines in science.
Books In Print Title, author, ISBN number, and publisher information for over 3.4 million books. Includes 600,000 full-text reviews.
Business Source Complete
Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business. Indexes over 8,000 periodicals, 1,782 of which are peer-reviewed, provides profiles for 10,000 companies
Catholic Periodical and Literature Index Online Indexes 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. Coverage from 1981 to present.
Choice Reviews Online
Contains brief reviews for scholarly books and electronic media, includingwebsites, from 1987 to present. Choice publishes approximately 7,000 reviews a year. Also contains bibliographic essays and lists of "outstanding academic titles". Users can create a personal profile to receive monthly alerts of newly published titles, as well as save and email lists of titles
College Source Online Over 30,695 College Catalogs with profiles of every accredited college in the U.S. along with link to college home pages.
Computer Source Access the latest information and current trends in high technology. This database offers full text for nearly 300 publications and indexing and abstracts for nearly 450 publications.
Communication & Mass Media Complete
Indexing and abstracts for journals in areas related to communication and mass media. Includes full text for nearly 200 journals.
Congressional - Lexis Nexis
A comprehensive resource for Congressional hearings, public issues, legislation, history, and legal research.
Consumer Health Complete Designed to support patients' information needs and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. This full text database covers topics such as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, children's health, men & women's health, etc.
Contemporary Authors An index of biographical and bibliographical information on modern writers.
Contemporary Literary Criticism
More than 35,000 critical essays on contemporary authors, with biographical, critical, principal works, and further study information.
CQ Electronic Library
 
One-stop source for finding full-text reports, histories, and primary documents on public policy issues. Searches CQ Researcher, CQ Weekly, CQ Public Affairs Collection, and CQ Supreme Court Collection.
CQ Public Affairs Collection
 
Historical and statistical summaries and analyses of vital public policy issues, historical documents, primary source materials, and a directory of key government, nonprofit, and private organizations in major policy areas.
CQ Researcher Explores a single "hot" issue in the news in depth each week with scrupulous objectivity and balance. Numerous charts, graphs and sidebar articles
CQ Supreme Court Collection
 
Analyses of thousands of Supreme Court decisions within the context of U.S. history and the Constitution. Case summaries include related links to help further research about specific constitutional or public policy topics.
CQ Weekly
 
Reports on the activities of the United States Congress. Includes announcements of upcoming Congressional events as well as a summary of the previous week's news, including the status of bills, committee and floor activity, debates and roll-call votes.
Credo Reference (formerly Xrefer) A digital reference library containing a selection from 169 high-quality reference books.
CRS Reports Originally written for members of Congress, these reports include nonpartisan, objective analysis and research on all legislative issues. Content spans from 1993 to the present and covers a range of subject areas including economics, the environment, foreign affairs, immigration, medicine, civil rights, national security, terrorism, and more. Current and archived versions of each report are included, providing comprehensive coverage of edits and amendments.
Dictionary of Literary Biography
Biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of influential literary figures from all eras and genres.
EBSCO Animals For elementary school students. Provides thousands of easy-to-read entries about mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, dinosaurs and prehistoric animals. Each entry begins with a simple category breakdown of the animal including Kingdom, Class, Order, Genus & Species, and Geographical Locale as well as a detailed description. Many entries include colorful images.
Economia y Negocios Provides coverage for over 200 Spanish and Portuguese-language periodicals published in Argentina , Brazil , Chile , Colombia , Spain , the United States and elsewhere. Covers areas of business and economics.
eLibrary Curriculum

Designed specifically for K-12 schools and libraries. Students find the answers they need from more than 2,000 full-text magazines, newspapers, reference books, and transcripts-plus thousands of pictures, maps, educator-approved websites from Homework Central®, plus audio/video content.

Emerald ManagementXtra
Indexes articles on various management topics including marketing, HR and organizational development, library & information management, and quality and operations management
Encyclopædia Britannica
Access the most up-to-date entries within Britannica, as well as a world
atlas, Merriam-Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus, and the World Data Analyst,
containing statistics for countries all over the world.
ERIC Index for all educational topics in journal articles, books, theses, curriculi, papers and standards & guidelines
Euromonitor Global Market Information Database International in scope, this provides information on consumer lifestyles, consumer market size, major market profiles, forecasts, companies and brands, and market analysis.
Expanded Academic ASAP
(now Academic OneFile)
Find peer-reviewed, full-text articles in all areas, including physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects.
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Fuente Academica Collection of scholarly academic journals from Latin American and Spanish publishers. Provides full text coverage for nearly 200 scholarly Spanish language journals. Content is provided in Spanish from respected publishers worldwide.
Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
Gale Virtual Reference Library Delivering reference content in a database format.
GalleryWatch CRS Reports Originally written for members of Congress, these reports include nonpartisan, objective analysis and research on all legislative issues. Content spans from 1993 to the present and covers a range of subject areas including economics, the environment, foreign affairs, immigration, medicine, civil rights, national security, terrorism, and more. Current and archived versions of each report are included, providing comprehensive coverage of edits and amendments.
Grove Art Online (now Oxford Art Online) Provides online access to the entire text of The Dictionary of Art and The Oxford Companion to Western Art. Also offers ongoing additions of new and updated articles, over 3,000 thumbnail art images and line drawings displayed in the text of articles, extensive image links, and sophisticated search and navigation tools.
GreenFILE

GreenFILE indexes scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports. This resource offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the environment. Drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, GreenFILE serves as an informative resource for anyone concerned about the issues facing our planet. The database contains nearly 300,000 records, full text for selected titles and searchable cited references for more than 200 titles as well. 

Handbook of Texas Provided by the Texas State Historical Association, this is a multidisciplinary encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture. It comprises more than 23,000 articles on people, places, events, historical themes, institutions, and a host of other topic categories. The scope is broad and inclusive, designed to provide readers with concise, authoritative, and accessible articles that provide factual, nonpartisan accounts on virtually every aspect of Texas history and culture.
Health and Wellness Resource Center Covers general interest health and fitness magazines, medical and professional periodicals, reference books and pamphlets.
Health Reference Center Academic Indexes selected general interest health and fitness magazines, medical and professional periodicals, reference books and pamphlets.
Health Source: Consumer Edition Contains consumer health information, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Features searchable full text for nearly 150 journals and updated on a daily basis
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also features abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals and updated on a daily basis.
HeritageQuest Online Contains genealogies, local histories, and more. Includes the complete U.S. Federal Census, 1790-1930.
Historical Statistics of the United States Contains historical statistics on almost all aspects of the U.S., including economics, population, industry, and government. Mainly covers 1790-2000, although some tables have expanded coverage to2003. Also contains explanatory essays on issues such as poverty, labor, education, etc.
Hoover's
 
Profiles of U.S. and international companies, both public and private.
Information Plus (2005-Present)
Access Information Plus books online for current and past statistics,
court decisions, state and federal laws, tables and charts, results of
public opinion polls, as well as listings of relevant organizations.
Information Science & Technology Abstracts

Indexes journal articles from more than 450 publications plus books, research reports, and conference proceedings and patents, with ongoing comprehensive coverage of the most important periodicals in this field. Coverage dates back to the mid 1960s. Some links to full-text.

Infotrac Newspapers Full text articles from more than 100 newspapers, including the Austin American-Statesman and the New York Times as far back as 1996.
International Directory of Company Histories (2005 - Present)
Contains histories of companies that are a leading influence in a particular
industry or geographic location. Print volumes for company entrys written prior to 2005 are available in the reference collection.
Internet & Personal Computing Abstracts

Abstracts and indexing for literature related to personal computing products and developments in business, the Internet, the home, and all other applied areas. Over 400 of the most important trade publications, mainstream computer magazines, and professional journals are covered, including those that focus on specific topics such as Macintosh and Windows platforms, programming, web development and more.

JSTOR Full-text backfiles for over 200 scholarly journals, including major titles from disciplines such as mathematics, economics, social science, history, and literature. Does not include the last 3-5 years of each journal.
Legal Collection

Full text for nearly 250 of the world's most respected, scholarly law journals. The Legal Collection is an authoritative source for information on current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world.

LegalTrac Citations and some full-text articles from major law reviews, law journals, and legal newspapers. Coverage from 1980.
Lexis-Nexis Access to a wide range of news, business, legal, medical and reference information. Mostly full-text content.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts

Indexes more than 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s.

Library Literature Full Text Indexes English and foreign-language library-related periodicals, selected state journals, conference proceedings, pamphlets, books, and library school theses since 1984, plus over 300 books per year. Includes full-text of many articles published since 1997.
Literature Resource Center Contains biographical, bibliographical, and critical content on literary figures from all time periods & genres. Includes Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, and Dictionary of Literary Biography.
MAS Ultra: School Edition

For high school libraries, this database provides full text for more than 700 popular general interest and current events publications with information dating as far back as 1975 for key magazines. Also provides more than 500 full text pamphlets, more than 350 full text reference books, 84,011 biographies, 83,472 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 192,999 photos, maps and flags.

MasterFILE Premier Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 2,700 general interest non-scholarly periodicals. Includes full text general reference publications.
MathSciNet Provides coverage of the international research literature in mathematics as well as mathematically-related research in computer science, statistics, econometrics, and other disciplines.
MedicLatina

A Spanish language collection of medical research and investigative journals published by renowned Latin American medical publishers. This unique database provides access to full text for nearly 100 peer-reviewed medical journals

Medline Provides authoritative medical information. Coverage of over 4,800 current biomedical journals. Includes over 15 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's.
Middle Search Plus Full text for nearly 140 popular magazines for middle and jr. high school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990. Middle Search Plus also contains 84,011 biographies, 83,472 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 192,999 photos, maps and flags.
Mintel Marketing Reports
Market research reports covering the US and European marketplace. Each report combines data & analysis of the competitive landscape, market-share analysis and consumer profiles.
Military & Government Collection Collection of current news pertaining to all branches of the military taken from periodicals, pamphlets, and country reports.
MLA Bibliography Bibliographic records on criticism, drama, folklore, humanities, language, linguistics, and literature from over 3,500 sources. Coverage from 1963
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