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- Business Source Complete [from Ebsco] Full articles from journals and news magazines covering all aspects of business.
- Internet and Personal Computing Abstracts [from Ebsco] Journals and magazines for Internet and personal computer users with article summaries with links into other databases if full text is available.
- Lexis-Nexis/Academic [from Reed Elsevier] Company, industry and accounting information, business trade magazines and journals.
- NetLibrary [from OCLC] Electronic books (ebooks) of recently published books on all topics. Off campus access requires setting up a free Netlibrary account.
- Regional Business News [from Ebsco] More than 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires covering business in all U.S. metropolitan and rural areas.
- ScienceDirect [from Elsevier] Collection of scholarly journals including many from business fields.
- College Source [from Career Guidance Foundation] Complete information about colleges and universities.
- Ferguson's Career Guidance Center [from Facts on File] Career information including career preparation, typical day on the job, salary expectations, job hunting advice and techniques.
- NetLibrary [from OCLC] To find career books, search using the phrase “vocational guidance” and a large number of recently published books on various careers will appear. Off-campus access requires setting up a free Netlibrary account.
- Vault Career Information [from Vault] Career research center. Research best career choices for personality types, aptitudes, skills and interests.
- Vocational and Career Collection [from Ebsco] Professional journals and magazines covering career and job news in all industries and occupations.
- Academic Search Complete [from Ebsco] Scholarly journals and popular magazines; citations with article summaries, but many also include full text. Many of the scholarly journals are for education professionals.
- Ebsco Animals [from Ebsco] K-12 encyclopedia of animals.
- eLibrary Curriculum [from ProQuest] Multi-level resource for articles on all topics with separate collections for literature and history articles and primary sources.
- ERIC [from Ebsco] Educational Resource Information Center is the prime index of information for educators at all levels from journals and other documents sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. Documents are full text. Journal article citations have links to full articles when available in other databases.
- Gale Virtual Reference Library [from Gale] Ten subject encyclopedias covering philosophy, ethics, religion, the arts, education, history, political science, sociology and criminal justice.
- MasterFILE Premier [from Ebsco] Full articles from more than 2,000 popular magazines on a broad range of topics.
- MASUltra School Edition [from Ebsco] Articles from magazines plus many other reference materials for high school students.
- Middle Search Plus [from Ebsco] Articles from popular magazines plus other reference material at middle level.
- NetLibrary [from OCLC] Electronic books (ebooks) of recently published books on all topics including many for educators and K-12 ages. Off-campus access requires setting up a free Netlibrary account.
- Primary Search [from Ebsco] Articles from magazines and other reference materials at the lower elementary level.
- Professional Development Collection [from Ebsco] Articles from journals and magazines for educators at all levels.
- Academic Search Complete [from Ebsco] Journals and popular magazines including full articles for most.
- AMDOCS Documents for the study of American history.
- American Civil War Homepage Major military, political and social perspectives of the war.
- AmericanPresident.org Presents a gallery of Presidents and associated history.
- AmericanRhetoric.com Famous speeches from all time periods, many as audio files.
- Digital History Primary source material and timeline of American history.
- Documenting the American South
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eLibrary Curriculum [from ProQuest] multi-level resource for articles on all topics with separate collections for literature and history articles and primary sources.
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Encyclopedia Americana [from Grolier] Full-text versions of encyclopedia articles.
- Gale Virtual Reference Library [from Gale] Ten subject encyclopedias covering philosophy, ethics, religion, the arts, education, history, political science, sociology and criminal justice.
- Handbook of Texas Encyclopedia of Texas covering its people, places, history and culture.
- HeritageQuest Online [from ProQuest] Provides research materials for tracing family histories and American culture. Includes U.S. Census data for 1790-1930.
- Historical Newspapers [from ProQuest] The New York Times newspaper from 1851 to 2004 in PDF format.
- History Matters Gateway to Web materials about U.S. history.
- History Reference Center [from Ebsco] History resource including primary and secondary sources for all historical periods of world and U.S. history.
- Library of Congress See especially the American Memory section for history studies.
- Making of America Primary sources from U.S. social history from 1850-1877
- NetLibrary [from OCLC] Electronic books (ebooks) of recently published books on all topics. The library catalog shows ebooks as links into the NetLibrary database. Off-campus access into ebooks requires setting up a free NetLibrary account.
- Nineteenth Century Documents Project Links to primary sources for history studies.
- OurDocuments.gov Important documents for the study of U.S. history from the National Archives.
- Research Library [from ProQuest] Popular and scholarly magazines and journals from all disciplines including full articles for most.
- Texas Reference Center [from Ebsco] Collection of books and reference materials about Texas.
- Timeline of Art History Chronological, geographical and thematic exploration of the history of art.
- U.S. Historical Census Data Browser Covers censuses from 1790-1960.
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
- World History Collection [from Ebsco] Articles from journals and magazines.
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- Academic Search Complete [from Ebsco] Journals and popular magazines including full articles for most.
- AmericanRhetoric.com Famous speeches from all time periods, many as audio files.
- Encyclopedia Americana [from Grolier] Full-text versions of encyclopedia articles.
- Encyclopedia of Philosophy Articles about the philosophers and their philosophies.
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eLibrary Curriculum [from ProQuest] Multi-level resource for articles on all topics with separate collections of articles and primary sources for literature and history.
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Fuente Academic [from Ebsco] Academic journals and magazines in Spanish from Latin American publishers.
- Gale Virtual Reference Library [from Gale] Ten subject encyclopedias covering philosophy, ethics, religion, the arts, education, history, political science, sociology and criminal justice.
- Literary Criticism Online [from Gale] 93 volumes of the literary reference set Short Story Criticism.
- Literature Resource Center [from Thompson Gale] Author biographical info, critical essays on their works. Covers all time periods and all types of literature.
- MagillOnLiterature Plus [from Ebsco] Information about authors and their works from standard literary reference books from Salem Press. Includes philosophers and their philosophies.
- NetLibrary [from OCLC] Electronic books (ebooks) of recently published books on all topics. Our library catalog shows these books as links into this database. Off-campus access into ebooks requires setting up a free Netlibrary account.
- Opposing Viewpoints [from Gale] Articles from books and other publications on current hot topics. Great for persuasive speeches or essays on controversial topics.
- Religion and Philosophy [from Ebsco] Journals and magazines.
- Research Library [from ProQuest] Popular magazines and scholarly journals from all disciplines including full articles for most.
- TOPICsearch [from Ebsco] Research recent topics or issues being discussed and debated. Great for persuasive speeches or essays.
- Twentieth Century Poetry (American and English) [from Chadwyck-Healey] Poems by prominent poets from the last 100+ years.
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Academic Search Complete [from Ebsco] Journals and popular magazines including full articles for most.
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Alternative Health Watch [from Ebsco] Journals and magazines about alternative/complementary health care.
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CINAHL Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature [from Ebsco] Index to articles with links to full articles when available in other Ebsco databases.
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Consumer Health Complete [from Ebsco] Health information from leading magazines and journals for consumers. Also includes reference books such as health dictionaries.
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Drugs.com Click the pill identification tab to access the drug identification wizard.
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Health Reference Center/Academic [from Gale] Scholarly journal articles including medical encyclopedia and dictionary.
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Health Source: Consumer Edition [from Ebsco] Health information from leading magazines and journals for consumers.
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Health Source: Nursing/Academic [from Ebsco] Journals and professional magazines for nurses.
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Lab Tests Online Descriptions of lab tests for diagnosing diseases and conditions.
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Lexis-Nexis/Academic [from Reed Elsevier] Includes medical journals and health magazines
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MedlinePlus A collection of many databases of free health information created for public use.
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Merck Manual Home Edition Medical encyclopedia for the general public.
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NetLibrary [from OCLC] Electronic books (ebooks) of recently published books on all topics. Off-campus access requires first setting up a free NetLibrary account.
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Nursing and Allied Health [from ProQuest] Full-text articles from major nursing journals.
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Nutrition.gov Nutritional information sponsored by the National Agricultural Library.
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Pubmed Citations for articles appearing in biomedical journals and magazines worldwide, including fields of nursing, medicine, dentistry and pharmacology with links to some full-text or full-image format.
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Research Library [from ProQuest] Popular magazines and scholarly journals from all disciplines including full articles for most.
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StatRef [from Teton Data] More than 80 textbook-type clinical and drug reference resources, such as Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment, Mosby's Drug Consult and Griffith's 5-Minute Clinical Consult.
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ScienceDirect [from Elsevier] Collection of scholarly journals including many from medical, nursing and other health science journals.
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Academic Search Complete [from Ebsco] Journals and popular magazines including full articles for most.
- Computer Source [from Ebsco] More than 300 titles in full-text for high technology, computer science, programming, artificial intelligence, cybernetics, information systems, robotics and software.
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Encyclopedia Americana [from Grolier] Full-text versions of encyclopedia articles.
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Eric Weisstein's World of Science Biographies and explanations of topics in mathematics, physics, astronomy and chemistry appropriate for advanced high school or undergraduate college level.
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GrayLit Network: A Science Portal for Technical Reports Technical reports by federally funded research and development projects from federal agencies such as Defense, Energy, Agriculture, EPA and NASA.
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Internet and Personal Computing Abstracts [from Ebsco] Journals and magazines for Internet and PC users.
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NationalGeographic.com Site of the National Geographic Society designed for educators and students providing access to geographic knowledge and promoting global awareness of environmental issues.
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NetLibrary [from OCLC] Electronic books (ebooks) of recently published books on all topics. Off-campus access requires first setting up a free NetLibrary account.
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Research Library [from ProQuest] Popular magazines and scholarly journals from all disciplines including full articles for most.
- Science and Technology Collection [from Ebsco] Journals and professional magazines.
- ScienceDirect [from Elsevier] Collection of scholarly journals including many articles from science journals.
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- Academic Search Complete [from Ebsco] Journals and popular magazines including full articles for most.
- Bibliography of Native North Americans [from Ebsco] Scholarly journals and magazines with some full-text. Covers topics of current interest to Native Americans.
- Encyclopedia Americana [from Grolier] Full-text versions of encyclopedia articles.
- Gale Virtual Reference Library [from Gale] Ten subject encyclopedias covering philosophy, ethics, religion, the arts, education, history, political science, sociology and criminal justice.
- Legal Collection [from Ebsco] Scholarly, peer-reviewed publications including law journals and case studies.
- Lexis-Nexis/Academic [from Reed Elsevier] Includes state and federal laws and codes, state and federal court cases and articles from law review journals.
- NCJRS National Criminal Justice Reference Service U.S. Dept. of Justice site for criminal justice information.
- NetLibrary [from OCLC] Electronic books (ebooks) of recently published books on all topics. Off-campus access into ebooks requires first setting up a free Netlibrary account.
- OpenSecrets.org Guide to the money in U.S. elections.
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Opposing Viewpoints [from Gale] Articles from books and other publications on current hot topics. Great for essays in social science or political science.
- PsycArticles [from Ebsco] Full-text articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association.
- Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection [from Ebsco] Journals and professional magazines.
- RAND Texas [from Rand] Texas and U.S. statistics including the 2000 census data.Research Library [from ProQuest] Popular magazines and scholarly journals from all disciplines including full articles for most.
- ScienceDirect [from Elsevier] Collection of scholarly journals including many from sociology and psychology.
- TOPICsearch [from Ebsco] Research recent topics or issues being discussed and debated.
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