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Academic OneFile
Peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. Extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily.

AccuNet/APMultimedia Archive
Over 750,000 Associated Press photographs that are as recent as a minute ago and date as far back as the 1840s.


ArticleFirst
OCLC index from the contents pages of journals.

ECO – Electronic Collections Online
An OCLC collection of scholarly journals.

eLibrary
2,000 full-text magazines, newspapers, books, and transcripts--plus thousands of maps, pictures, educator-approved websites from Homework Central®, and audio/video files.

Expanded Academic ASAP
Includes arts and the humanities, social sciences, science and technology. Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images!

FACTS.com
Facts On File World News Digest @ FACTS.com links to articles directly related to information in this and other Reference Suite databases, by means of more than half a million internal editorial hyperlinks. Full content of the three other databases -- Issues & Controversies, Today's Science, and the World Almanac Reference Database -- is available.

Grolier Online
Includes Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia and the New Book of Knowledge.

InfoTrac General Reference Center Gold
A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources - newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications. Find articles on current events, popular culture, business and industry trends, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more.

InfoTrac OneFile
A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social sciences, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles. Updated daily.

InfoTrac Student Resource Center
A fully integrated database containing thousands of curriculum-targeted primary documents, biographies, topical essays, background information, critical analyses, full-text coverage of over 450 magazines, newspapers, over 20,000 photographs and illustrations, and more than 8 hours of audio and video clips.

Newsbank America's News Magazines
Coverage of U.S. and international news, business, lifestyle, entertainment, sports, science and technology from familiar magazines.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center 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.

SIRS Discoverer
SIRS Discoverer® is an award-winning database designed with the young researcher in mind. This interactive tool strengthens research, reading, writing and computer skills. Articles and graphics from more than 1,400 U.S. and international magazines, newspapers and U.S. government documents are carefully selected for their educational content, interest and level of readability.

WilsonSelectPlus
Full text articles in science, humanities, education and business.

World Almanac
Includes Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and four almanacs.

WorldCat
OCLC catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide.


 

 

 

 

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