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Excellent resource for researchers seeking original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news. Founded in 1923 as Editorial Research Reports, CQ Researcher is noted for its in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. Reports are published weekly in print and online 44 times a year by CQ Press, a division of Congressional Quarterly Inc.

Online access to citations and abstracts for every title in the Dissertation Abstracts database. Titles published since 1997 are available in PDF digital format and have 24 page previews available. The Dissertation Abstracts database is the single, authoritative source for information about doctoral dissertations and master's theses. The database represents the work of authors from over 1,000 graduate schools and universities. 47,000 new dissertations and 12,000 new theses are added to the database each year. The full text of over 100,000 dissertations is available now at this Web site. Dissertations are available in two formats: Full PDF and TIFF images wrapped in PDF.

EBSCO's A-to-Z service provides library patrons with a single, comprehensive list of titles to which they have access. With A-to-Z, users can quickly locate and link to journals of interest. Users can search for journals by keyword or browse an alphabetical list by title or subject.

Academic Search Premier The world’s largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for more than 4,000 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,100 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCO host.

This link provides access to several different databases, including Book Index with Reviews, Business Source Complete, and Literary Reference Center. Book Index with Reviews (BIR) is a comprehensive database that provides information on over 3.8 million book titles in a wide range of formats, including large print, books on tape, etc. Fiction and non-fiction titles for juvenile and adult audiences are included in the database, in all genres. The product contains over 800,000 full-text searchable reviews from the sources that you trust: Library Journal, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, CHOICE, and others. Literary Reference Center is a comprehensive database that provides users with a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes. It has been specifically designed for public libraries, secondary schools, junior/community colleges, and undergraduate research. Literary Reference Center is a full text database that combines information from major respected reference works, books, literary journals as well as original content from EBSCO Publishing. Literary Reference Center includes more than 10,000 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, 75,000 articles of literary criticism, 130,000 author biographies, full text of over 300 literary journals, 500,000 book reviews, 25,000 classic and contemporary poems, 11,000 classic and contemporary short stories, full text of over 7,500 classic novels (anticipated by Fall 2006), 3,000 author interviews, and over 1,000 images of key literary figures.

Gale Group - Includes 4 Databases Literature Resource Center - LRC, Scribner, Twayne US, Twayne English, and Twayne World Authors Jun 2003 Access biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of more than 120,000 authors from every age and literary discipline. Scribner Writer's Series includes 15-20 page signed essays on more than 1,600 authors and literary genres drawn from 13 acclaimed Scribner print series. Twayne World, US, and English Authors each contains the full text of 200 frequently used Twayne Literary Masters books on individual World, US, or English authors, for a total of 600 full-text titles. Scribner Writers Series Scribner Writer's Series includes 15-20 page signed essays on more than 1,600 authors and literary genres drawn from 13 acclaimed Scribner print series. The Twayne Authors Series Twayne World, English, and US Authors Twayne World, US, and English Authors each contains the full text of 200 frequently used Twayne Literary Masters books on individual World, US, or English authors, for a total of 600 individual full-text titles. Biography Resource Center & The Complete Marquis Who’s Who ® Jun 2003 This database combines award-winning biographies from respected Gale Group sources. Biography Resource Center also includes full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals. Search for people based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender, or combine criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search.

The Scholarly Journal Archive 23 Databases available for searching: African American Studies; African Studies; Anthropology; Archaeology; Asian Studies; Business; Ecology; Economics; Education; Finance; Geography; History; History of Science; Language & Literature; Latin American Studies; Mathematics; Middle East Studies; Philosophy; Political Science; Population Studies; Slavic Studies; Sociology; Statistics.

Contains the content (encyclopedia articles, dictionary entries, photos, illustrations, diagrams, and maps) of the original World Book Student Discovery Encyclopedia, as well as a visual dictionary in both French and English, with thousands of images with over 12,000 descriptive labels (English links can be disabled if French only is desired). Written for younger readers that are native French speakers and older students and adults for whom French is a second language

This resource provides practice tests and tutorials aimed at individual success. Skills assessment and improvement, subject help, and career placement exams are all provided. Each tool offers immediate scoring, answer explanation, and analysis of individual results. To use LearningExpress you will need to first create a user account from within the library. After your account is created you will be able to access LearningExpress remotely.

Web-based service that provides access to nearly 6,000 titles in news, business and legal information.

Mathematical Reviews is a reviewing journal of international mathematics literature. The MathSciNet database contains signed reviews and bibliographic data from the first issue in January 1940 to the present. Journals, conference proceedings, and books of mathematics research are covered. Items listed in the annual indexes of Mathematical Reviews but not given an individual review are also included.

can only be accessed by coming to the library and creating your own personal account from the netLibrary website, enabling remote access from anywhere. Provides access to over 50,000 reference volumes.

The AASC provides students, scholars and librarians with online access to the finest reference resources in African American studies. At its core, AASC will features the new Encyclopedia of African American History 1619-1895; the much-anticipated African American National Biography project (estimated at 8 volumes), edited by Henry Louis Gates, scheduled for publication in 2008; and the Encyclopedia of African American Art and Architecture, due for publication 2007. AASC also features the three-volume Black Women in America, Second Edition, edited by Darlene Clark Hine, published in March 2005. The Center also includes the highly acclaimed Africana, a five-volume history of the African and African American experience. In addition to these major reference works, AASC offers other key resources from OUP's reference program, including the Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature and selected articles from other reference works.

The ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source database provides users with reliable healthcare information covering nursing, allied health, alternative and complementary medicine, consumer health, and much more. This versatile database is designed to meet the needs of researchers at healthcare facilities as well as nursing and allied health programs at academic institutions. ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source provides abstracting and indexing for more than 620 titles, with over 560 titles in full-text.

A Visual expression of history. Produced for over a century, more than 660,000 Sanborn maps chart the growth and development of more than 12,000 American towns and cities.

Offers access to the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary and 3-volume Additions Series.

World Book Advanced is a powerful reference tool that includes encyclopedia, multimedia, e-book, and primary source databases, fully integrated in a single search.

This collection includes reference articles, text-to-speech capabilities, learning and life skills activities, research tools, multimedia, and interactive video to draw students into curriculum-related topics and subjects relevant to older students.

Designed especially for younger users, English language learners and reluctant readers. Great for visual learners of any age. Activities tied to national curriculum standards include teacher guides which provide instructive and stimulating ways to use the content in the classroom setting.

The premier online general encyclopedia and reference resource. This comprehensive site includes all of the articles from the 22-volume print set, plus thousands more. In addition, there are more than 9,500 pictures and maps, 115 videos and animations, 9,300 sounds, and more than 100 simulated historic web sites.

The online version of World Book's award-winning Student Discovery Encyclopedia in Spanish. Article text is available in Spanish only.

WorldCat (the OCLC Online Union Catalog) provides citations to more than 44 million books, videos, sound recordings, maps, scores, manuscripts, archives, and more--representing 400 languages.