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    Name Description Status Source
    JSTOR

    Explore the world's knowledge, concepts, and ideas.

    By combining scholarship and primary sources on one platform, JSTOR strengthens the depth and quality of research, sparks innovative connections, and generates unexpected discoveries. 

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    Academic OneFile (Gale OneFile)

    Academic OneFile is a complete source for peer-reviewed scholarly articles across all academic disciplines.

     

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    Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)

    Academic Search Complete supports high-level research in key areas of academic study by providing access to full-text journals, periodicals, reports, books and more.

     

    Features:

    • Over 3,000 active full-text, non-open access journals.
    • Over 2,000 active full-text, peer reviewed, non-open access journals.
    • Over 1,000 active full-text journals with no embargo.
    • Over 2,000 active full-text journals indexed in Web of Science or Scopus.
    • Ahead of Print content for relevant titles from key publishers.
    • Over 1,000 journals with searchable cited references.
    • More than 75,000 videos from Associated Press, updated monthly.
    • Access to scholarly vocabularies curated by experts for all subject types.
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    Agriculture Collection (Gale OneFile)

    Comprised of hundreds of full-text journals and magazines providing access to current and authoritative content that spans the industry -- from practical aspects of farming to cutting edge scientific research in horticulture Comprises over 200 agricultural periodicals as well as relevant, in-depth reference titles.

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    Applied Science & Technology Source

    Applied Science & Technology source covers the full spectrum of the applied sciences and computing disciplines - from acoustics and aeronautics to neural networks and nuclear engineering.

     

    Features:

    • Over 400 active full-text, non-open access journals
    • Over 300 active full-text, peer-reviewed journals
    • Over 300 active full-text, non-open access journals indexed in Web of Science or Scopus
    • Over 2,000 active indexed and abstracted journals
    • Access to over 800 rigorously curated and indexed open access journals
    • Access to over 500 journals with searchable cited references 
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    Art & Architecture

    Art & Architecture Source is the largest international full-text art research database covering fine, decorative and commercial art, as well as architecture and architectural design.

     

    Features

    • Over 300 active full-text, non-open access journals.
    • Over 200 active full-text, peer-reviewed journals.
    • Over 180 active full-text, non-open access journals indexed in Web of Science or Scopus.
    • Over 1,000 active indexed and abstracted journals.
    • Access to over 320 rigorously curated and indexed open access journals.
    • Access to over 350 journals with searchable cited references. 
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    Business (Gale OneFile)

    Company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies, and periodicals.

    Understand the activities of companies and industries worldwide through leading business and trade publications. Updated daily.   [Some full-text]

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    Business Insights Essentials (Gale InfoTrac)

    Business Insights Essentials gives you access to over 4,000 full-text publications including newspapers, trade journals, magazines, and peer-reviewed academic journals.

    Explore the world's companies through expert analysis such as SWOT analyses, financial statements, case studies and articles from academic journals, trade magazines, news outlets and more. 

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    Careers in Focus eBooks (Gale InfoTrac)

    Comprehensive series surveys a wide array of commonly held jobs.

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    Chilton Library (Gale InfoTrac)

    Automotive repair information.

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    CINAHL Complete (EBSCO)

    CINAHL® Complete is the world's most comprehensive source of full-text for nursing and allied health journals, providing full text for more than 1,300 journals indexed in CINAHL. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the CINAHL index, with no embargo. CINAHL® Complete is the definitive research tool for all areas of nursing and allied health literature. 

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    CINAHL Ultimate (EBSCO)

    CINAHL Ultimate provides leading full-text nursing journals, evidence-based care sheets, and quick lessons for clinical research. 

     

    Features:

    • Over 900 active full-text, non-open access journals. 
    • Over 700 active full-text, peer-reviewed journals.
    • Over 450 active full-text journals indexed in Web of Science or Scopus.
    • Access to over 1,300 active global open access journals.
    • Subject Headings following the structure of the National Library of Medicine for effective searching and information retrieval. 
    • Coverage of new concepts including COVID-19, social distancing, and vaping.
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    Communication and Mass Media Collection (Gale InfoTrac)

    Coverage of advertising, public relations, communications, literature, writing, and linguistics. [Full-text]

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    Computers and Applied Sciences Complete (EBSCO)

    Research and development of the computing and applied sciences disciplines. It contains collected knowledge on traditional engineering challenges and research and is a resource for research concerning the business and social implications of new technology. [Some full-text]

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    Computer Database (Gale InfoTrac)
    Locate computer-related product introductions, news, and reviews in disciplines, such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications, and the application of technology. [Some full-text]
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    Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text

    Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text covers a wide range of subjects related to criminal justice and criminology research.

     

    Features:

    • Over 150 active, full-text, non-open access journals.
    • Over 100 active, full-text, non-open access journals not found in any version of Academic Search.
    • Over 150 active, full-text, peer-reviewed journals.
    • Over 100 full-text journals indexed in Web of Science or Scopus.
    • Access to 100 global open access journals.
    • Over 200 journals with searchable cited references.
    • Over 450 active indexed and abstracted journals. 

     

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    Criminal Justice Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Contains over 200 publications related to the field of criminal justice. [Some full-text]
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    Culinary Arts Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    250 major cooking and nutrition magazines including recipes, restaurant reviews, industry information, and instruction. [Full-text]
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    Diversity Studies Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Explores cultural differences, contributions and influences in our global community. [ Full-text journals]
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    eBook Academic Collection (EBSCO)

    This multidisciplinary collection includes more than 200,000 e-books with unlimited user access. New titles are added regularly.

     

    Subjects Covered: 

    • Business and economics
    • Education
    • Language arts and disciplines
    • Literary criticism
    • Medical
    • Religion 
    • Social Sciences
    • Technology and engineering
    • World History

     

     

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    eBook Collection (EBSCO)
    Search, view, and download the full text of eBooks. (Includes Academic and Community College collections.)
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    eBook Community College Collection (EBSCO)

    This collection offers more than 60,000 eBooks focused on the academic and trade information needs of community colleges, as well as Choice OAT and workforce development titles from notable publishers. All with unlimited user access. 

     

    Subjects covered:

    • Agriculture
    • Education
    • Fine Arts
    • History of the Americas
    • Language and Literature
    • Medicine
    • Military Science
    • Naval Science
    • Political Science
    • Science
    • Social Sciences
    • Technology

     

     

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    Education Research Complete (EBSCO)

    Education Research Complete is a robust database that provides hundred of full-text journals covering all levels of education from early childhood to higher education.

     

    Features:

    • Over 500 active full-text, non-open access journals.
    • Over 400 active full-text, peer-reviewed journals.
    • Over 300 active full-text journals indexed in Web of Science or Scopus.
    • 298 full-text journals not available in any version of Academic Search.
    • More than 4,000 full-text education-related conference papers.
    • Over 1,000 active indexed and abstracted journals.
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    Energy & Power Source

    This full-text database provides top journals and magazines with energy and power industry-related content. It includes benchmarks and best practices from top industry experts worldwide.

     

    Subjects Covered:

    • Coal
    • Electric power
    • Natural gas
    • Nuclear power
    • Petroleum
    • Renewable energy (including hydroelectric power, wind power, solar power and alternative fuels)

     

    Features: 

    • Over 350 full-text journals, magazines and trade publications,
    • Over 400 indexed and abstracted journals and magazines. 
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    Environment Complete (EBSCO)
    Coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine and freshwater science, geography, pollution and waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more. [Some full-text]
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    Environmental Studies & Policy Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Coverage of environmental issues and policies, including diverse perspectives from the scientific community, governmental policy makers, as well as corporate interests. [Some full-text]
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    Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale InfoTrac)
    Scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images
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    Facts on File News Services Databases
    Contains World News Digest, Today's Science, and more. [Full-text]
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    Fine Arts and Music Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    More than 100 full-text magazines and journals covered in databases such as the Wilson Art Index and RILM with resources to support research in areas such as drama, music, art history, and filmmaking.
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    Gale Virtual Reference Library (Gale InfoTrac)
    Database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research
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    Garden, Landscape, and Horticulture (Gale InfoTrac)
    Information on gardening, landscaping, landscape architecture, and general horticultural information  [Some full-text]
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    General Business File ASAP (Gale InfoTrac)
    Broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and company directory listings with full text and images for analyzing company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics
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    General OneFile (Gale InfoTrac)
    A source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, healthcare, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and general interest  [Full-text]

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    General Reference Center Gold (Gale InfoTrac)
    Broad coverage, general interest database that integrates a variety of sources - newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications  [Some full-text]
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    Health Reference Center Academic (Gale InfoTrac)
    Resources for medicine, health, nursing, and allied health professions including peer-reviewed journals, videos of medical procedures and surgeries, news coverage, and topical overviews
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    History Reference Center (EBSCO)
    Offers full-text from more than 2,400 reference books, encyclopedias, and non-fiction, cover-to-cover full-text for more than 130 leading history periodicals, more than 61,100 historical documents, 66,000 biographies of historical figures, more than 110,200 historical photos and maps, and more than 80 hours of historical video. [Full-text]
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    History Reference Center (HRC Interface)
    See above.
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    Home Improvement Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Covers topics on home improvement from varied magazines and journals. [Some full-text]
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    Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    The historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism field  [Full-text]
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    Information Science and Library Issues (Gale InfoTrac)
    Content from more than 100 leading industry journals [Full-text]
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    Informe Académico (Gale InfoTrac)

    Esta colección multidisciplinaria provee material iberoamericano confiable de carácter académico, científico y de interés general.

    This collection provides multidisciplinary Latin American scientific, academic, and general interest materials. [Full-text]
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    Insurance and Liability Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    This collection of journals takes a broad view of this multimillion dollar industry, covering such topics as labor relations, mortgage banking, legal issues, and more. [Full-text]
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    Junior Edition (Gale InfoTrac)
    Designed for students in middle school: access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports, and more. [Full-text]
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    Kid's Edition - K12 (Gale InfoTrac)
    Designed for elementary school students, and provides easy access to full-text magazines, from publishers, such as Cobblestones and Scholastic and Time, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports, and more. [Full-text]
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    Kids Infobits (Gale InfoTrac)
    A database developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5. Features a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, and a popular search method - moving from a broad subject to a narrower topic using the subject-based topic tree. The curriculum-related, age appropriate, full-text content is from elementary reference sources and magazines. This database covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports, and more. [Full-text]
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    LegalTrac (Gale InfoTrac)
    Indexes more than 1,400 titles including major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals. Each title included in LegalTrac ® is selected on the basis of criteria provided by a special advisory committee of the American Association of Law Libraries. Also contains law-related articles from over 1,000 additional business and general interest titles. [Some full-text]
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    Literary Reference Center (EBSCO)
    Information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and time frames. [Some full-text]
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    Literary Reference Center (LRC Interface)
    Information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and time frames. [Some full-text]
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    Military and Intelligence Database (Gale InfoTrac)
    Full-text from over 400 journals
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    Newsstand (Gale InfoTrac)
    Full-text of New York Times, Albuquerque Tribune, Quay County Sun, Santa Fe New Mexican. [Full-text]
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    Nursing & Allied Health Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    All aspects of the Nursing profession from direct patient care to health care administration - 400 titles
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    Opposing Viewpoints in Context (Gale InfoTrac)
    Resource for locating information and articles on controversial topics [Some full-text]
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    Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine (Gale InfoTrac)
    Predominantly full-text collection includes over 50 titles in the fields of physical therapy and sports medicine
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    Professional Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Journals for Education Professionals [Full-text]
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    Points of View Reference Center (EBSCO)
    Essays that present multiple sides of current issues; provides 250 topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument),counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide  [Full-text]
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    Pop Culture Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    More than 100 full-text journals
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    Popular Magazines (Gale InfoTrac)
    More than 1,000 titles with a strong focus on current events, sports, science and health [Full-text]
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    Psychology Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    A basic understanding of the study of the mind, emotions, and how the human mind develops - and diminishes - over time  [Full-text]
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    Religion and Philosophy (Gale InfoTrac)
    Research different religions, philosophies and how they impact our daily lives  [Full-text]
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    Small Business Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    Learn how to start, finance or manage your small business with sample business plans, how to guides, articles and websites.
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    Small Business Resource Center (Gale InfoTrac)

    Complete small business management resources via a combination of periodicals and reference content

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    Student Edition (Gale InfoTrac)
    Designed for high-school students: access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers, podcasts, and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports, and more. [Full-text]
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    Student Edition – K12 (Gale InfoTrac)
    Designed for K-12: access to a variety of full-text encyclopedias, magazines, maps, newspapers, and reference books
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    US History (Gale InfoTrac)
    Coverage of both the current thinking and events in US History. [ Full-text]
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    Vocation and Careers Collection (Gale InfoTrac)
    400 full-text journals
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    War and Terrorism (Gale InfoTrac)
    Full-text journals
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    World History (Gale InfoTrac)
    Full-text journals
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    Small Engine Repair Reference Center (EBSCO)
    Repair information for: ATVs, commercial mowers, farm tractors, generators, motorcycles, marine (boats), outdoor power equipment, PWC (personal watercraft/jet ski), snow blowers, snowmobiles, tillers, and other small engines  [Full-text]
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