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General

Name of Database (Database Provider)	Database Description
Power Search (Gale)	Search all 16 Gale databases subscribed to by the library.
Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)	Coverage: 1975-current Number of Sources: 8,200+ Full Text: Yes, 55% Contains full text coverage in various disciplines.
Academic OneFile (Gale)	Coverage: 1980-current Number of Sources: 10,700+ Full Text: Yes This database is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources for a variety of topics.
Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale)	Coverage: 1980-current Number of Sources: 4225+ Full Text: Yes Find journal, newspaper, and magazine articles in arts, humanities, social sciences, science, and technology.
General OneFile (Gale)	Coverage: 1980-current Number of Sources: 11,700+ Full Text: Yes Find information on a wide range of topics: business, current events, humanities, law, literature, politics, sciences, etc.
JSTOR (JSTOR)	Coverage: depends on journal Number of Sources: 445+ Full Text: Yes Archived articles are from scholarly journals in political science, history, philosophy, mathematics, business, art, literature, language, music, religion, etc.
General Reference Center Gold (Gale)	Coverage: 1980-current Number of Sources: 6000+ Full Text: Yes General interest database with articles from newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications
Informe (Gale)	Coverage: 1994-current Number of Sources: 300+ Full Text: Yes Una coleccion de revistas hispanicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnologia, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias.
see also General Reference e-books

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Books (Electronic and Print)

Name of Database (Database Provider)	Database Description
Kansas Library Catalog	Allows SC patrons to self-initiate interlibrary loan requests for books. You can track your request through the Patron Menu. NOTE: The interlibrary loan feature is only available to members of the SC Community.
WorldCat (FirstSearch)	Coverage: before 1000 BC - current Number of Records: over 1 billion Full Text: No National and international catalog of book and other materials in libraries
E-Book Options	Go to the library's e-book web page for more options.

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Newspapers

Name of Database (Database Provider)	Database Description
LexisNexis Academic Universe (LexisNexis)	Number of Sources: over 6,000 Full Text: Yes State, national and international news, business, legal, medical and reference publications
Custom Newspapers (Gale)	Number of Sources: 160+ Full Text: Yes U.S. newspapers and English language foreign papers
National Newspaper Index (Gale)	Coverage: 1977-current Number of Sources: 5 Full Text: No Provides quick access to the indexing of America's top five newspapers in one seamless search: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post.
The Chronicle of Higher Education	The Chronicle of Higher Education is the No. 1 source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: New York Times (ProQuest)	Coverage: 1851-2003 Number of Sources: 1 Full Text: Yes (Some articles may not have full text. Contact the library for a copy of the article from our microfilm holdings.) Search full page and article images from every page and every available issue.
Niles' Register Cumulative Index, 1811-1849 (NISC)	Coverage: 1811-1849 Number of Sources: 1 Full Text: No The Register was a newspaper published 1811-1849. It was viewed as a comprehensive and reliable paper with national and international news. Full text articles can be requested through interlibrary loan. Also you may visit the following universities for full text: Emporia State, U of Kansas, Fort Hays State (1811-37), Washburn, and Pittsburg State.

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Business

Name of Database (Database Provider)	Database Description
ABI/INFORM (ProQuest)	Coverage: 1923-current Number of Sources: 4,155+ Full Text: Yes Search ABI/INFORM Dateline, Global, and Trade & Industry simultaneously. Use for business, economics, and finance.
ABI/INFORM Dateline (ProQuest)	Coverage: 1982-current Number of Sources: 175 journals Full Text: Yes, 97% Provides hard-to-find local and regional business publications with news about local companies, analysis, information on local markets, employment opportunities, benefits and compensation, etc.
ABI/INFORM Global (ProQuest)	Coverage: 1923-current Number of Sources: 2770+ Full Text: Yes, 96% Covers business topics such as management, corporate strategy and tactics, and product development. Archival articles offer historical perspectives.
ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry (ProQuest)	Coverage: 1975-current Number of Sources: 1210+ Full Text: Yes, 90% Find major trade and industry news, and compare specific trades and industries.
Business Source Premier (EBSCOhost)	Coverage: 1965-current Number of Sources: 3,200+ Full Text: Yes, 70% Covers all disciplines of business such as marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance, and economics. It has market research papers, industry reports, country reports, company profiles, and SWOT analyses.
Business and Company ASAP (Gale)	Coverage: 1980-current Number of Sources: 4000+ Full Text: Yes Search for information on companies, markets, industries, management theories, mergers, etc.
Business and Company Resource Center (Gale)	Coverage: Varies Number of Sources: 4,600+ Full Text: Yes Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information. Fully integrated resource of company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals
LexisNexis Academic Universe (LexisNexis)	Number of Sources: over 6,000 Full Text: Yes State, national and international news, business, legal, medical and reference publications
Oxford Scholarship Online: Economic and Finance (Oxford University Press)	Full text e-books on economic and finance published by Oxford University Press
Regional Business News (EBSCOhost)	Coverage: 1990-current Number of Sources: 75 Full Text: Yes Incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
see also Business Reference e-Books
Business Web Sites

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Computer Science

Name of Database (Database Provider)	Database Description
Computer Database (Gale)	Coverage: 1980-current Number of Sources: 970+ Full Text: Yes Find computer-related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, etc.
see also Computer Science Reference e-Books

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Education

Name of Database (Database Provider)	Database Description
ERIC	Coverage: 1966-current Number of Records: over 1,100,000 Full Text: Yes Journal articles and reports in education Click here for: Eric Thesaurus (to find terms for Eric searches in the ERIC database)
Professional Collection (Gale)	Coverage: 1980-current Number of Sources: 300+ journals Full Text: Yes Provides journal articles for educators and administrators.
Teacher Reference Center (EBSCOhost)	Number of Sources: 270+ Most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (EBSCOhost)	Coverage: 1965-current Number of Sources: 600+ Full Text: No Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more.
MAS ULTRA: School Edition (EBSCOhost)	Coverage: 1975-current Number of Sources: 500 magazines, 350 reference sources, 84,774 biographies and 100,554 primary source documents Full Text: Yes Designed specifically for high school libraries, all full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles).
Student Edition (Gale)	Designed for high-school students
Primary Search (EBSCOhost)	Coverage: 1990-current Number of Sources: 70 Full Text: Yes Primary Search provides full text for nearly 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles).
EBSCO Animals (EBSCOhost)	Full Text: Yes Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. High School/Freshman level. Note: Copying/downloading text or photos is an infringement of copyright. Printing one copy for individual use is permitted.
Junior Edition (Gale)	Coverage: 2004-current Designed for students in junior high and middle school
Kids InfoBits (Gale)	Developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5.
see also Education Reference e-Book
Education Web Sites

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English

Name of Database (Database Provider)	Database Description
MLA International Bibliography (ProQuest) Coming Soon!	Coverage: 1920s-current Number of Sources: 5,000+ Full Text: No Detailed bibliography of journal articles, books, and dissertations on language and literature.
Literature Resource Center (Gale)	Coverage: 1990-current Number of Sources: 300+ Full Text: Some Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on nearly 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.
JSTOR (JSTOR)	Coverage: depends on journal Number of Sources: 445+ Full Tex: Yes Archived articles are from scholarly journals in political science, history, philosophy, mathematics, business, art, literature, language, music, religion, etc.
LION - Literature Online (ProQuest)	Number of Sources: over 350,000 Full Text: Yes Search works of English and American poetry, drama, and prose and full-text literature journals
Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism (Johns Hopkins University Press)	Presents a comprehensive historical survey of the field's most important figures, schools, and movements. It includes more than 240 alphabetically arranged entries on critics and theorists, critical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods.
Oxford English Dictionary (Oxford University Press)	The accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past.
see also English Reference e-Books

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History

Name of Database (Database Provider)	Database Description
JSTOR (JSTOR)	Coverage: depends on journal Number of Sources: 445+ Full Text, Approximate percentage: Yes, 100% Archived articles are from scholarly journals in political science, history, anthropology, philosophy, mathematics, business, art, literature, language, music, religion, etc.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: New York Times (ProQuest)	Coverage: 1851-2003 Number of Sources: 1 Full Text: Yes (Some articles may not have full text. Contact the library for a copy of the article from our microfilm holdings.) Search full page and article images from every page and every available issue.
Niles' Register Cumulative Index, 1811-1849 (NISC)	Coverage: 1811-1849 Number of Sources: 1 Full Text: No The Register was a newspaper published 1811-1849. It was viewed as a comprehensive and reliable paper with national and international news. Full text articles can be requested through interlibrary loan. Also you may visit the following universities for full text: Emporia State, U of Kansas, Fort Hays State, Washburn, and Pittsburg State.
Heritage Quest Genealogy Database (ProQuest)	Search U.S. census, family and local history books, genealogy and local history articles, Revolutionary War Era Pension & Bounty-Land Warrant, and Freedman's Bank
see also History Reference e-Books
History Web Sites

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Military

Name of Database (Database Provider)	Database Description
Military & Government Collection (EBSCOhost)	Number of Sources: 700+ Full Text: Yes Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites.
Military and Intelligence (Gale)	Coverage: 1997-current Number of Sources: 681+ Full Text: Yes Collection of reference books and articles from magazines and newswires; excellent source for aviation topics
see also Security Administration Reference e-Books

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Nursing/Medicine

Name of Database (Database Provider)	Database Description
CINAHL (EBSCOhost)	Coverage: 1982-current Number of Sources: 2,857+ Full Text: Some CINAHL is the authoritative resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers.
ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source (ProQuest)	Coverage: 1986-current Number of Sources: 650+ Full Text: Yes, 89% Provides reliable healthcare information covering nursing, allied health, etc.
Health & Wellness Resource Center (Gale)	Coverage: 1980-current Number of Sources: 2,000+ Full Text: Yes Provides instant access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials.
Health Reference Center (Gale)	Coverage: 1980-current Number of Sources: 1,240+ journals, 64 e-books Full Text: Yes Access full text nursing and allied health journals plus reference books.
Medline Plus	Coverage: 1965-current Number of Sources: 10,582 Full Text: No All areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing
LexisNexis Academic Universe (LexisNexis)	Number of Sources: over 6,000 Full Text: Yes State, national and international news, business, legal, medical and reference publications
Clinical Xpert (Micromedex)	For class work only; not to be used in clinical settings. Search for information on drugs, toxicology, disease, labs, etc.
see also Nursing Reference e-Books
Nursing/Medicine Web Site

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Performing Arts

Name of Database (Database Provider)	Database Description
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (EBSCOhost)	Coverage: 1967-current Number of Records: 530,000+ Full Text: No Covers all document types: articles, books, bibliographies, catalogues, dissertations, Festschriften, iconographies, critical commentaries to complete works, ethnographic recordings, and more.
JSTOR (JSTOR)	Coverage: depends on journal Number of Sources: 445+ Full Text: Yes Archived articles are from scholarly journals in political science, history, philosophy, mathematics, business, art, literature, language, music, religion, etc.
Naxos Music Library (Naxos)	75,000 classical, jazz, or world tracks to stream. Only 5 simultaneous users. Copying, burning, etc are violations of copyright. Please observe copyright law.
see also Performing Arts Reference e-Books
Performing Arts Web Sites

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Political Science/Criminal Justice

Name of Database (Database Provider)	Database Description
LegalTrac (Gale)	Coverage: 1980-current Number of Sources: 1,400+ Full Text: Some Provides articles from major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals. Each title included is selected on the basis of criteria provided by a special advisory committee of the American Association of Law Libraries.
JSTOR (JSTOR)	Coverage: depends on journal Number of Sources: 445+ Full Text: Yes Archived articles are from scholarly journals in political science, history, philosophy, mathematics, business, art, literature, language, music, religion, etc.
LexisNexis Academic Universe (LexisNexis)	Number of Sources: over 6,000 Full Text: Yes State, national and international news, business, legal, medical and reference publications
Military & Government Collection (EBSCOhost)	Number of Sources: 700+ Full Text: Yes Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites.
Oxford Scholarship Online: Political Science (Oxford University Press)	Full text e-books on political science published by Oxford University Press
see also Criminal Justice Reference e-Book
Political Science/Criminal Justice Web Sites

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Psychology

Name of Database (Database Provider)	Database Description
PsycARTICLES (EBSCOhost)	Coverage: 1894-current Number of Sources: 59 journals Full Text: Yes Definitive source of full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology. It includes all journal articles, letters to the editor and errata from each journal.
PsycINFO (EBSCOhost)	Coverage: 1800s-current Number of Sources: 2,100+ Full Text: No Contains citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines. 97 percent of the covered material is peer-reviewed.
Psyc Books (APA PsycNet)	Number of Sources: 400+ e-books Full Text: Yes Contains full books and chapters from APA books, classic books published by others, and the full Encyclopedia of Psychology.

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Religion/Philosophy

Name of Database (Database Provider)	Database Description
ATLA Religion Database (EBSCOhost)	Coverage: 1949-current Number of Records: Over 1.4 million Full Text: very little Provides information on topics such as biblical studies, world religions, church history, and religion in social issues as well as in social sciences, history, and humanities. This database is produced by the American Theological Association.
Religion and Philosophy (Gale)	Coverage: 1980-current Number of Sources: 248+ Full Text: Yes Magazines and academic journals covering religion, philosophy, archaeology and anthropology.
Philosopher's Index (CSA)	Coverage: 1940-current Full Text: No Philosophy, ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, logic, and aesthetics Note: You will need to select the database from the list before searching.
JSTOR (JSTOR)	Coverage: depends on journal Number of Sources: 445+ Full Text: Yes Archived articles are from scholarly journals in political science, history, anthropology, philosophy, mathematics, business, art, literature, language, music, religion, etc.
iPreach: Sermon and Bible Commentary (Cokesbury)	Extensive collection of commentaries, Bible dictionaries, and other reference works provides a breadth of substantial, searchable materials with which to prepare sermons and lessons. Note: If unable to log on, you may need to clear the cookies in your web browser.
Oxford Scholarship Online: Philosophy (Oxford University Press)	Full text e-books on philosophy published by Oxford University Press
Oxford Scholarship Online: Religion (Oxford University Press)	Full text e-books on religion published by Oxford University Press
see also Religion Reference e-book
Religion/Philosophy Web Sites

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Science

Name of Database (Database Provider)	Database Description
GreenFile (EBSCOhost)	Full Text: Some Well-research information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment.
Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (CSA)	Coverage: 1971-current Full Text: No Aquatic Science, Aquatic Organisms, Fisheries, Oceanography Note: You will need to select the database from the list before searching.
Oceanic Abstracts (CSA)	Coverage: 1981-current Full Text: No Oceanography, marine and brackish-water environment Note: You will need to select the database from the list before searching.
see also Science Reference e-Books
Science Web Sites

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Sport/Fitness

Name of Database (Database Provider)	Database Description
SPORTDiscus (EBSCOhost)	Coverage: 1800-current Number of Records: over 800,000 Full Text: No Offers comprehensive, bibliographic coverage of sport, fitness, and related disciplines.

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