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Databases by Academic Subject
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Business and Technology
- 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.
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Careers and Jobs
- 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.
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Education and K-12
- 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.
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History
- 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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- 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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Literature, Philosophy and Spanish Language
- 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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Nursing and Allied Health
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- 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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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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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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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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Social Sciences and Psychology
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