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Name of Database
(Database Provider)
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Database Description |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Academic Search Premier
(EBSCOhost) |
Coverage: 1975-current
Number of Sources: 8,200+
Full Text: Yes, 55%
Contains full text coverage in various disciplines. |
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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.
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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. |
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Name of Database
(Database Provider) |
Database Description |
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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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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Name of Database
(Database Provider) |
Database Description |
Chadwyck-Healey Literature Collection
(Chadwyck-Healey) |
Various sources with full text focusing on poetry, drama,
and prose. |
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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. |
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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.
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Clinical Xpert
(Micromedex) |
For class work only; not to be used in clinical settings.
Search for information on drugs, toxicology, disease, labs, etc. |
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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. |
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Custom Newspapers
(Gale) |
Number of Sources: 160+
Full Text: Yes
U.S. newspapers and English language foreign papers |
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Name of Database
(Database Provider) |
Database Description |
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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. |
ERIC
(EBSCOhost)Free online access ERIC
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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)
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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. |
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Name of Database
(Database Provider) |
Database Description |
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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. |
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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 |
GreenFile
(EBSCOhost) |
Full Text: Some
Well-research information covering all aspects of human
impact to the environment. |
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Name of Database
(Database Provider) |
Database Description |
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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. |
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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. |
Health Source - Consumer Edition
(EBSCOhost) |
Full Text: Some
Collection on consumer health information from magazines,
pamphlets, and reference books |
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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 |
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Name of Database
(Database Provider) |
Database Description |
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Informe
(Gale) |
Coverage: 1994-current
Number of Sources: 300+
Full Text: Yes
Una colección de revistas hispánicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias.
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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.
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Name of Database
(Database Provider) |
Database Description |
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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. |
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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. |
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Name of Database
(Database Provider) |
Database Description |
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Kansas Library Catalog
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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. |
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Name of Database
(Database Provider) |
Database Description |
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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.
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LexisNexis Academic Universe
(LexisNexis) |
Number of Sources:
over 6,000
Full Text: Yes
State, national and international news, business, legal, medical and reference publications
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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.
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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.
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LION - Literature Online
(Chadwyck-Healey) |
Number of Sources: over 350,000
Full Text: Yes
Search works of English and American poetry, drama, and prose and full-text literature journals |
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Name of Database
(Database Provider) |
Database Description |
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MAS ULTRA: School Edition
(EBSCOhost) |
For high school, all full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). |
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Free online access
Medline
Plus
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Coverage: 1965-current
Number of Sources: 10,582
Full Text: No
All areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing
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Middle Search Plus
(EBSCOhost) |
For middle school students, a collection of
magazines, biographies, primary sources, and images. |
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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. |
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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 |
MLA International Bibliography
(Chadwyck-Healey) |
Coverage:
1920s-current
Number of Sources: 5,000+
Full Text: No
Detailed bibliography of journal articles, books, and
dissertations on language and literature. |
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Name of Database
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Database Description |
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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.
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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.
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Newspaper Source
(EBSCOhost) |
Number of Sources:400+
Full Text: Yes
Cover-to-cover full text of national and international
newspapers; full text transcripts of television and radio
news |
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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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Name of Database
(Database Provider) |
Database Description |
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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. |
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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. |
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Oxford Scholarship Online: Economic and Finance
(Oxford University Press) |
Full text e-books on economic and finance published by Oxford University Press |
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Oxford Scholarship Online: Philosophy
(Oxford University Press) |
Full text e-books on philosophy published by Oxford University Press |
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Oxford Scholarship Online: Political Science
(Oxford University Press) |
Full text e-books on political science published by Oxford University Press |
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Oxford Scholarship Online: Religion
(Oxford University Press) |
Full text e-books on religion published by Oxford University Press |
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Name of Database
(Database Provider) |
Database Description |
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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.
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Power Search
(Gale) |
Search all 16 Gale databases subscribed to by the library. |
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Primary Search
(EBSCOhost) |
For elementary
school, 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). |
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Professional Collection
(Gale) |
Coverage: 1980-current
Number of Sources: 300+ journals
Full Text: Yes
Provides journal articles for educators and administrators. |
Professional Development Collection
(EBSCOhost) |
Coverage:1965-cuurent
Number of Sources: 700+
Full Text: Yes
Comprehensive collection of full text education journals |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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PsycBooks
(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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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. |
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Name of Database
(Database Provider) |
Database Description |
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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. |
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Religion and Philosophy
(Gale) |
Coverage: 1980-current
Number of Sources: 248+
Full Text: Yes
Magazines and academic journals covering religion, philosophy, archaeology and anthropology. |
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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. |
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Name of Database
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Database Description |
Searchasaurus
(EBSCOhost) |
For
elementary school, a collection of articles, dictionary,
encyclopedia, and teacher resources |
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SPORTDiscus
(EBSCOhost) |
Coverage: 1800-current
Number of Records: over 800,000
Full Text: No
Offers comprehensive, bibliographic coverage of sport, fitness, and related disciplines. |
Student Research Center - High School & Middle
School
(EBSCOhost) |
For
high school and middle school, collection of articles, country
reports, biographies, primary documents, and more |
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Name of Database
(Database Provider) |
Database Description |
Teacher Reference Center
(EBSCOhost) |
Number of Sources: 270+
Most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to
assist professional educators. |
TOPICsearch
(EBSCOhost) |
Number of Sources: 4,800+
This current events database allows researchers to explore
social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and
other popular topics discussed in today’s classrooms. |
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Name of Database
(Database Provider) |
Database Description |
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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 |
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