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Arts and Humanities
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Academic Search Premier
The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for more than 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost.
ArchiveGrid
ArchiveGrid is an important destination for searching for historical documents, personal papers and family histories held in archives throughout the world. ArchiveGrid is an online service that provides access to detailed archival collection descriptions. It includes nearly a million descriptions of archival collections held by thousands of libraries, museums, historical societies and archives worldwide.
ARTstor
ARTstor is a digital library of nearly one million searchable art images to be used by educators and students.
Biography Resource Center
This database integrates award-winning biographies from respected Gale Group sources with related full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals, as well as tens of thousands of images and links to hand-picked web sites. Search for people---both current and historic from all eras and fields of endeavor---based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, as well as keyword and full text. Or, combine search criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search.
Britannica Online Academic Edition
The award-winning Britannica Online® delivers fast and easy access to high-quality, comprehensive information. The rich combination of Encyclopedia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, magazines and periodicals, and many other research tools provides the variety of reliable sources that students need to consult when conduction thorough research – all from one database.
CAMIO
CAMIO—Catalog of Art Museum Images Online—is a premiere resource of works of art from around the world contributed and described by leading museums. Showcasing a wide range of fine and decorative art, CAMIO provides high-quality art images for education, research and enjoyment. All content is rights-cleared for educational use.
Career and Technical Education
Subjects include automobile, electronic, and computer technology; the building trades; graphic arts; medicine, nursing, and pharmacy; child care; food service and hotel management; office skills; veterinary technology; retail work; public safety; and other practical studies. Coverage dates from 1991 forward.
Chronicle of Higher Education
The Chronicle is a major news source that provides a source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty and administration.
ClasePeriodica
Index of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities; Offer access to more than 400,000 bibliographic citations from documents published in 2,600 scholarly journals published in the Spanish, Portuguese, French and English languages. Contain information from articles, essays, book reviews, monographs, conference proceedings, technical reports, interviews and brief notes published in journals edited in 24 different countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as from publications that focus on Pan-American issues.
Columbia Granger's® Poetry
Columbia Granger's® Poetry Database, produced by Columbia University Press, contains works of poetry found in anthologies, and volumes of collected works and selected works for individual poets. Currently, there are over 500,000 poem citations and 175,300 poems in full text (with thousands of additional poems in full text to be added with each update). Also included is bibliographic information for over 1,800 anthologies. Supplemental information includes nearly 900 commentaries and approximately 450 biographies. Hyperlinking exists throughout the commentaries, biographies, and poem full text. Users can easily jump from poems to relevant commentary or author biographies when appropriate. A glossary is also provided, giving users detailed definitions for over 300 poetry specific terms.
Credo Reference
Credo Reference is a collection of over 485 online reference sources from over 70 publishers, Credo covers every major subject from the world's best publishers of reference.
Discovering Collection
Use this comprehensive database to retrieve in-depth reference content for the core curriculum areas of Literature, History, Biographies, Science, and Social Studies.
Educator's Reference Complete
The perfect complement for any library that utilizes the ERIC database, because it provides full-text results for nearly half of the journal titles found in ERIC. This database covers multiple levels of education from preschool to college, and every educational specialty -- such as technology, bilingual education, health education, and testing.
Expanded Academic ASAP
Coverage from more than 2,500 full-text titles in a wide variety of disciplines including: social science journals, humanities journals, science and technology journals, national news periodicals, general interest magazines, newswires, The New York Times and many others. More than 2,800 journals are refereed, and more than 20 years of backfile coverage are included.
FirstSearch (Complete Access - WSU Students Only)
Complete access to OCLC's FirstSearch. For authorized patrons, this link does provide access to all available full-text files.
LexisNexis (Academic)
Access to a wide range of full-text articles in domestic and international newspapers such as the New York Times. Also provides access to legal, medical, business, and reference information.
Literature Resource Center
Full-text journal articles, literary criticism, reviews, biographical information, and overviews on over 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.
LitFinder
An index to 550,000 poems and access to 40,000+ complete full-text poems.
MasterFILE Premier
Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 2,050 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also includes more than 350 full text reference books, 84,074 biographies, 86,132 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.
MnLINK Gateway
An internet site with links to a variety of academic, public and government library catalogs throughout Minnesota. Also has links to various electronic indexes.
Naxos Music Library
Naxos Music Library is the world's largest online music library offering streaming access to more than 28,830 CDs with more than 411,200 tracks. Includes classical, jazz, pop, and world music. New material is added every month.
Newsbank  (Access World News)
The most comprehensive collection of full-text newspapers globally, Access World News provides extensive coverage at any level—local, state, regional, national and international. This fully searchable Web-based resource features the vast majority of U.S. newspapers by circulation, along with almost one thousand hard-to-find local and regional titles, the majority of which are unavailable elsewhere. Additionally, Access World News offers searchable news video clips and over a thousand international news sources from scores of countries on six continents, translated into English when written in other languages.
OAIster
OAIster, Union catalog of digital resources, contains digital resources from open archive collections. It represents multidisciplinary resources from more than 1000 contributors worldwide.
OCLC ArticleFirst
Index of articles from the contents pages of journals.
OCLC Electronic Collections Online (ECO)
An OCLC collection of scholarly journals.
OCLC WorldCat Dissertations and Theses (WorldCatDissertations)
OCLC catalog of dissertations and theses available in OCLC member libraries.
Oxford English Dictionary
"The Oxford English Dictionary is 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. It traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books."--OED website
Polling the Nations
An online database of public opinion polls containing the full text of 500,000 questions and responses from 14,000 surveys conducted from 1986 through the present in the U.S. and 100 other countries. It covers over 6,800 topics such as gun control, abortion, government, women, race relations, the economy and children.
ProQuest Newsstand
Access current issues and archives for almost 300 newspapers via the Proquest Newsstand.
Reference Universe
Reference Universe includes index terms and article titles to both electronic and print reference works. Over 20,000 reference works are represented in the database.
Student Resource Center - Gold
Full-text articles from more than 1,200 magazines and newspapers, updated daily, periodical back files from 1980, nearly 50,000 biographies, criticisms, essays and overviews.
World Almanacs
Offers a fundamental reference source for students, library patrons, library reference staff, and scholars alike.
WorldCat
Records of any type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries. Includes manuscripts written as early as the 12th century.
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Business
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Academic Search Premier
The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for more than 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost.
Biography Resource Center
This database integrates award-winning biographies from respected Gale Group sources with related full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals, as well as tens of thousands of images and links to hand-picked web sites. Search for people---both current and historic from all eras and fields of endeavor---based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, as well as keyword and full text. Or, combine search criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search.
Britannica Online Academic Edition
The award-winning Britannica Online® delivers fast and easy access to high-quality, comprehensive information. The rich combination of Encyclopedia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, magazines and periodicals, and many other research tools provides the variety of reliable sources that students need to consult when conduction thorough research – all from one database.
Business Source Premier
As the world’s largest full text business database, Business Source Premier provides full text for nearly 3,800 scholarly business journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business. This database provides full text (PDF) for more than 350 of the top scholarly journals dating as far back as 1922. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost.
Career and Technical Education
Subjects include automobile, electronic, and computer technology; the building trades; graphic arts; medicine, nursing, and pharmacy; child care; food service and hotel management; office skills; veterinary technology; retail work; public safety; and other practical studies. Coverage dates from 1991 forward.
Chronicle of Higher Education
The Chronicle is a major news source that provides a source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty and administration.
CQ Researcher
For research on contemporary and controversial issues, The CQ Researcher - in print or web - is one of the most frequently used resources in the library today. Useful for term papers, debates, speeches, articles, and other types of researchers, the CQ Researchercovers a wide range of social, economic, political and environmental issues.
Credo Reference
Credo Reference is a collection of over 485 online reference sources from over 70 publishers, Credo covers every major subject from the world's best publishers of reference.
EBSCO MegaFILE
A conglomeration of EBSCO databases, including Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, MasterFILE Premier, and Regional Business News databases. MegaFILE is a multi-disciplinary database providing full text for nearly 12,000 total publications and indexing & abstracting for more than 16,000 publications. Coverage spans every area of academic study and general interest subject area and offers information dating as far back as the 1800s.
EBSCOhost Research Databases
EBSCOhost is a powerful online reference system accessible via the Internet. It offers a variety of proprietary full text databases and popular databases, including Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, MasterFILE Premier and Regional Business News. The comprehensive databases range from general reference collections to specially designed, subject-specific databases for public, academic, medical, corporate and school libraries.
Educator's Reference Complete
The perfect complement for any library that utilizes the ERIC database, because it provides full-text results for nearly half of the journal titles found in ERIC. This database covers multiple levels of education from preschool to college, and every educational specialty -- such as technology, bilingual education, health education, and testing.
Expanded Academic ASAP
Coverage from more than 2,500 full-text titles in a wide variety of disciplines including: social science journals, humanities journals, science and technology journals, national news periodicals, general interest magazines, newswires, The New York Times and many others. More than 2,800 journals are refereed, and more than 20 years of backfile coverage are included.
FirstSearch (Complete Access - WSU Students Only)
Complete access to OCLC's FirstSearch. For authorized patrons, this link does provide access to all available full-text files.
Informe
A collection of hispanic magazines with full text. Covers business, health, technology, culture, current topics and other subjects. 1994 to the present.
LexisNexis (Academic)
Access to a wide range of full-text articles in domestic and international newspapers such as the New York Times. Also provides access to legal, medical, business, and reference information.
MasterFILE Premier
Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 2,050 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also includes more than 350 full text reference books, 84,074 biographies, 86,132 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.
MnLINK Gateway
An internet site with links to a variety of academic, public and government library catalogs throughout Minnesota. Also has links to various electronic indexes.
Newsbank  (Access World News)
The most comprehensive collection of full-text newspapers globally, Access World News provides extensive coverage at any level—local, state, regional, national and international. This fully searchable Web-based resource features the vast majority of U.S. newspapers by circulation, along with almost one thousand hard-to-find local and regional titles, the majority of which are unavailable elsewhere. Additionally, Access World News offers searchable news video clips and over a thousand international news sources from scores of countries on six continents, translated into English when written in other languages.
OCLC ArticleFirst
Index of articles from the contents pages of journals.
OCLC Electronic Collections Online (ECO)
An OCLC collection of scholarly journals.
OCLC WorldCat Dissertations and Theses (WorldCatDissertations)
OCLC catalog of dissertations and theses available in OCLC member libraries.
Polling the Nations
An online database of public opinion polls containing the full text of 500,000 questions and responses from 14,000 surveys conducted from 1986 through the present in the U.S. and 100 other countries. It covers over 6,800 topics such as gun control, abortion, government, women, race relations, the economy and children.
Professional Collection
Full Text Periodicals for the Professional Development Collection.
ProQuest Newsstand
Access current issues and archives for almost 300 newspapers via the Proquest Newsstand.
Reference Universe
Reference Universe includes index terms and article titles to both electronic and print reference works. Over 20,000 reference works are represented in the database.
Regional Business News
This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. This database is updated on a daily basis.
World Almanacs
Offers a fundamental reference source for students, library patrons, library reference staff, and scholars alike.
WorldCat
Records of any type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries. Includes manuscripts written as early as the 12th century.
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Education
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Academic Search Premier
The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for more than 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost.
Biography Resource Center
This database integrates award-winning biographies from respected Gale Group sources with related full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals, as well as tens of thousands of images and links to hand-picked web sites. Search for people---both current and historic from all eras and fields of endeavor---based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, as well as keyword and full text. Or, combine search criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search.
Britannica Online Academic Edition
The award-winning Britannica Online® delivers fast and easy access to high-quality, comprehensive information. The rich combination of Encyclopedia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, magazines and periodicals, and many other research tools provides the variety of reliable sources that students need to consult when conduction thorough research – all from one database.
Career and Technical Education
Subjects include automobile, electronic, and computer technology; the building trades; graphic arts; medicine, nursing, and pharmacy; child care; food service and hotel management; office skills; veterinary technology; retail work; public safety; and other practical studies. Coverage dates from 1991 forward.
Chronicle of Higher Education
The Chronicle is a major news source that provides a source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty and administration.
Credo Reference
Credo Reference is a collection of over 485 online reference sources from over 70 publishers, Credo covers every major subject from the world's best publishers of reference.
Educator's Reference Complete
The perfect complement for any library that utilizes the ERIC database, because it provides full-text results for nearly half of the journal titles found in ERIC. This database covers multiple levels of education from preschool to college, and every educational specialty -- such as technology, bilingual education, health education, and testing.
Educator's Reference Desk (formerly AskERIC)
An Internet site with education information primarily for educators, librarians, and parents. Provides access to the ERIC index, and an electronic library of educational resources some full-text articles available.
ERIC
ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) indexes and abstracts materials in education and related fields. It includes document citations (from Resources in Education--RIE), journal article citations from over 775 professional journals (from the Current Index to Journals in Education--CIJE), and ERIC digest full-text records. The database also includes full-text from nearly 500 journals and full-text of most of the ERIC documents from 1996 to the present.
ERIC Educational Resources Center
Provides a centralized ERIC Web site for searching the ERIC bibliographic database for more than 1.1 million citations.
Expanded Academic ASAP
Coverage from more than 2,500 full-text titles in a wide variety of disciplines including: social science journals, humanities journals, science and technology journals, national news periodicals, general interest magazines, newswires, The New York Times and many others. More than 2,800 journals are refereed, and more than 20 years of backfile coverage are included.
FirstSearch (Complete Access - WSU Students Only)
Complete access to OCLC's FirstSearch. For authorized patrons, this link does provide access to all available full-text files.
Gateway to 21st Century Skills
The Gateway to 21st Century Skills is a Consortium effort to provide educators with quick and easy access to thousands of educational resources found on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites.
LexisNexis (Academic)
Access to a wide range of full-text articles in domestic and international newspapers such as the New York Times. Also provides access to legal, medical, business, and reference information.
MAS Ultra-School Edition
This comprehensive database, designed specifically for high school libraries, contains full text for more than 500 popular, high school magazines including America's Civil War, American Heritage, American History, Archaeology, Astronomy, Bioscience, Careers & Colleges, Civil War Times, Congressional Digest, Discover, Economist, History Today, Nation, National Review, New Republic, New Scientist, Popular Science, Science News, Scientific American, Smithsonian, World War II, etc.
Middle Search Plus
Middle Search® Plus contains full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays.
MnLINK Gateway
An internet site with links to a variety of academic, public and government library catalogs throughout Minnesota. Also has links to various electronic indexes.
Newsbank  (Access World News)
The most comprehensive collection of full-text newspapers globally, Access World News provides extensive coverage at any level—local, state, regional, national and international. This fully searchable Web-based resource features the vast majority of U.S. newspapers by circulation, along with almost one thousand hard-to-find local and regional titles, the majority of which are unavailable elsewhere. Additionally, Access World News offers searchable news video clips and over a thousand international news sources from scores of countries on six continents, translated into English when written in other languages.
OCLC Electronic Collections Online (ECO)
An OCLC collection of scholarly journals.
OCLC WorldCat Dissertations and Theses (WorldCatDissertations)
OCLC catalog of dissertations and theses available in OCLC member libraries.
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.
Points of View Reference Center
Points of View Reference Center™ is a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides 250 topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument),counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide. Topics covered include: affirmative action, cloning, DNA profiling, HIV/AIDS status disclosure, immigration, Iraq, Israel & the Palestinians, Katrina and FEMA response, nuclear proliferation, separation of church and state, standardized testing, stem cell research, tax cuts, voting machines, and many more.
Polling the Nations
An online database of public opinion polls containing the full text of 500,000 questions and responses from 14,000 surveys conducted from 1986 through the present in the U.S. and 100 other countries. It covers over 6,800 topics such as gun control, abortion, government, women, race relations, the economy and children.
Primary Search®
Primary Search® contains full text for more than 70 popular, elementary school magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Additionally, Primary Search includes the Encyclopedia of Animals™, and features the Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, which provides students with easy-to-read encyclopedic entries written specifically for kids. This database also provides the American Heritage® Children's Dictionary, 3rd Edition from Houghton Mifflin, and an Image Collection of 400,972 photos, maps and flags.
Professional Collection
Full Text Periodicals for the Professional Development Collection.
Professional Development Collection
Professional Development Collection™ includes full text for nearly 520 high quality education journals including: Booklist, Education, Education Digest, Education Week, Educational Leadership, High School Journal, Journal of Education, Journal of Educational Research, Journal of Learning Disabilities, Phi Delta Kappan, Reading Teacher, School Library Journal, and many others. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports.
ProQuest Newsstand
Access current issues and archives for almost 300 newspapers via the Proquest Newsstand.
PsycARTICLES
PsycARTICLES®, from the American Psychological Association (APA), is a definitive source of full text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology.
PsycBOOKS
PsycBOOKS®, from the American Psychological Association (APA), is a database of more than 25,000 chapters in PDF from over 1,600 books published by APA and other distinguished publishers. It also includes over 900 classic books of landmark historical impact in psychology dating from the 1600s and the exclusive electronic release of more than 1,500 authored entries from the APA/Oxford University Press Encyclopedia of Psychology.
PsycINFO
The PsycINFO database, , American Psychological Association's (APA) renowned resource for abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, is the largest resource devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health. It contains over 2.6 million citations and summaries dating as far back as the early 1800s. Ninety-eight percent of the covered material is peer-reviewed.
Reference Universe
Reference Universe includes index terms and article titles to both electronic and print reference works. Over 20,000 reference works are represented in the database.
Social Services Abstracts
CSA Social Services Abstracts provide bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development.
Sociological Abstracts
CSA Sociological Abstracts Database is a primary resource for accessing the latest research sponsored in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database draws information from an international selection of over 2,600 journals and other serials publications, plus conference papers, books, and dissertations. Records added after 1974 contain in-depth and nonevaluative abstracts of journal articles.
Teacher Reference Center
TRC provides indexing and abstracts for more than 270 periodicals. In addition, 96% of journals indexed in TRC are peer-reviewed. Topics include: Assessment, Best Practices, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Higher Education, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, School Administration, Science & Mathematics, and Teacher Education.
World Almanacs
Offers a fundamental reference source for students, library patrons, library reference staff, and scholars alike.
WorldCat
Records of any type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries. Includes manuscripts written as early as the 12th century.
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Health/Nursing
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Academic Search Premier
The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for more than 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost.
AccessScience
An online encyclopedia of science and technology.
Alt HealthWatch
This database focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It offers libraries full-text articles for more than 180 international and often peer-reviewed journals and reports.
Biography Resource Center
This database integrates award-winning biographies from respected Gale Group sources with related full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals, as well as tens of thousands of images and links to hand-picked web sites. Search for people---both current and historic from all eras and fields of endeavor---based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, as well as keyword and full text. Or, combine search criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search.
Britannica Online Academic Edition
The award-winning Britannica Online® delivers fast and easy access to high-quality, comprehensive information. The rich combination of Encyclopedia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, magazines and periodicals, and many other research tools provides the variety of reliable sources that students need to consult when conduction thorough research – all from one database.
Career and Technical Education
Subjects include automobile, electronic, and computer technology; the building trades; graphic arts; medicine, nursing, and pharmacy; child care; food service and hotel management; office skills; veterinary technology; retail work; public safety; and other practical studies. Coverage dates from 1991 forward.
Chronicle of Higher Education
The Chronicle is a major news source that provides a source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty and administration.
CINAHL® Plus with Full Text (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health)
CINAHL® Plus with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive nursing & allied health research database, providing full text for more than 750 journals and 220 books/monographs indexed in CINAHL with coverage dating back to 1937.
Consumer Health Complete
Consumer Health Complete™ (CHC) is the single most comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. It is designed to support the information needs of patients, and to foster an overall understanding of health-related topics.
Credo Reference
Credo Reference is a collection of over 485 online reference sources from over 70 publishers, Credo covers every major subject from the world's best publishers of reference.
Educator's Reference Complete
The perfect complement for any library that utilizes the ERIC database, because it provides full-text results for nearly half of the journal titles found in ERIC. This database covers multiple levels of education from preschool to college, and every educational specialty -- such as technology, bilingual education, health education, and testing.
Expanded Academic ASAP
Coverage from more than 2,500 full-text titles in a wide variety of disciplines including: social science journals, humanities journals, science and technology journals, national news periodicals, general interest magazines, newswires, The New York Times and many others. More than 2,800 journals are refereed, and more than 20 years of backfile coverage are included.
FirstSearch (Complete Access - WSU Students Only)
Complete access to OCLC's FirstSearch. For authorized patrons, this link does provide access to all available full-text files.
General Science Collection
A collection of over 200 journals, providing researchers with the information needed to stay current on the latest scientific developments -- including such topics as particle physics, advanced mathematics, and nanotechnology.
Health and Wellness Resource Center
Use this Resource Center to find magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, and information on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, Prescription Drugs, etc. Included are links to diet, cancer, and health assessment sites as well as government databases. The material contained in this Resource Center is intended for informational purposes only.
Health Source: Consumer Edition
Health Source®: Consumer Edition is a rich collection of consumer health information. This resource provides access to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines, including American Fitness, Better Nutrition, Fit Pregnancy, Harvard Health Letter, HealthFacts, Men's Health, Muscle & Fitness, Prevention, Vegetarian Times, and many others. This database also includes searchable full text for current, health-related pamphlets and more than 130 health reference books, including books published by the People's Medical Society
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
This resource provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong, including full text from Creative Nursing, Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing, Issues in Mental Health Nursing, Journal of Advanced Nursing, Journal of Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, Journal of Clinical Nursing, Journal of Community Health Nursing, Journal of Nursing Management, Nursing Ethics, Nursing Forum, Nursing Inquiry, and many more.
Informe
A collection of hispanic magazines with full text. Covers business, health, technology, culture, current topics and other subjects. 1994 to the present.
Journals@OVID
With over 530 aggregated titles (many available in pdf format for printing), Journals@Ovid is the largest 100% searchable STM full text journal database in the world, seamlessly integrated with databases and other resources.
LexisNexis (Academic)
Access to a wide range of full-text articles in domestic and international newspapers such as the New York Times. Also provides access to legal, medical, business, and reference information.
MasterFILE Premier
Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 2,050 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also includes more than 350 full text reference books, 84,074 biographies, 86,132 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.
MnLINK Gateway
An internet site with links to a variety of academic, public and government library catalogs throughout Minnesota. Also has links to various electronic indexes.
Newsbank  (Access World News)
The most comprehensive collection of full-text newspapers globally, Access World News provides extensive coverage at any level—local, state, regional, national and international. This fully searchable Web-based resource features the vast majority of U.S. newspapers by circulation, along with almost one thousand hard-to-find local and regional titles, the majority of which are unavailable elsewhere. Additionally, Access World News offers searchable news video clips and over a thousand international news sources from scores of countries on six continents, translated into English when written in other languages.
OCLC ArticleFirst
Index of articles from the contents pages of journals.
OCLC Electronic Collections Online (ECO)
An OCLC collection of scholarly journals.
OCLC WorldCat Dissertations and Theses (WorldCatDissertations)
OCLC catalog of dissertations and theses available in OCLC member libraries.
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.
Points of View Reference Center
Points of View Reference Center™ is a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides 250 topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument),counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide. Topics covered include: affirmative action, cloning, DNA profiling, HIV/AIDS status disclosure, immigration, Iraq, Israel & the Palestinians, Katrina and FEMA response, nuclear proliferation, separation of church and state, standardized testing, stem cell research, tax cuts, voting machines, and many more.
Polling the Nations
An online database of public opinion polls containing the full text of 500,000 questions and responses from 14,000 surveys conducted from 1986 through the present in the U.S. and 100 other countries. It covers over 6,800 topics such as gun control, abortion, government, women, race relations, the economy and children.
ProQuest Newsstand
Access current issues and archives for almost 300 newspapers via the Proquest Newsstand.
ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source
ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health SourceTM provides users with reliable healthcare information covering nursing, allied health, alternative and complementary medicine, and much more. This versatile database is designed to meet the needs of researchers at healthcare facilities as well as nursing and allied health programs at academic institutions. ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source provides abstracting and indexing for more than 850 titles, with over 715 titles in full-text, plus more than 12,000 full text dissertations representing the most rigorous scholarship in nursing and related fields.
PsycARTICLES
PsycARTICLES®, from the American Psychological Association (APA), is a definitive source of full text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology.
PsycBOOKS
PsycBOOKS®, from the American Psychological Association (APA), is a database of more than 25,000 chapters in PDF from over 1,600 books published by APA and other distinguished publishers. It also includes over 900 classic books of landmark historical impact in psychology dating from the 1600s and the exclusive electronic release of more than 1,500 authored entries from the APA/Oxford University Press Encyclopedia of Psychology.
PsycINFO
The PsycINFO database, , American Psychological Association's (APA) renowned resource for abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, is the largest resource devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health. It contains over 2.6 million citations and summaries dating as far back as the early 1800s. Ninety-eight percent of the covered material is peer-reviewed.
PubMed (Medline)
An electronic index with over 11 million citations and abstracts to medical literature. Search the index using either PubMed or Internet Grateful Med.
Reference Universe
Reference Universe includes index terms and article titles to both electronic and print reference works. Over 20,000 reference works are represented in the database.
Salem Health
Online version of Magill's Medical Guide. Over 1000 articles on all kinds of medical topics. Up-to-date and easy-to-use, it is suitable for student research as well as for general readers, including patients and caregivers. Print versions of these books are located in the Reference Area.
ScienceDirect
ScienceDirect® is the premier electronic information service for the interdisciplinary research needs of academic, corporate and educational institutions, offering comprehensive coverage of literature across all fields of science.
World Almanacs
Offers a fundamental reference source for students, library patrons, library reference staff, and scholars alike.
WorldCat
Records of any type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries. Includes manuscripts written as early as the 12th century.
YourJournals@OVID
YourJournals@Ovid is a subset of the larger Journals@Ovid database that is limited to only the journals to which your institution subscribes, for when a user wants to see only the citations to which they have access. It provides all of the basic functionality of Journals@Ovid, including 100% searchability, seamless integration with databases, and the ablity to browse by journal and by subject.
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Literature
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Academic Search Premier
The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for more than 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost.
Biography Resource Center
This database integrates award-winning biographies from respected Gale Group sources with related full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals, as well as tens of thousands of images and links to hand-picked web sites. Search for people---both current and historic from all eras and fields of endeavor---based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, as well as keyword and full text. Or, combine search criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search.
Britannica Online Academic Edition
The award-winning Britannica Online® delivers fast and easy access to high-quality, comprehensive information. The rich combination of Encyclopedia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, magazines and periodicals, and many other research tools provides the variety of reliable sources that students need to consult when conduction thorough research – all from one database.
Chronicle of Higher Education
The Chronicle is a major news source that provides a source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty and administration.
Columbia Granger's® Poetry
Columbia Granger's® Poetry Database, produced by Columbia University Press, contains works of poetry found in anthologies, and volumes of collected works and selected works for individual poets. Currently, there are over 500,000 poem citations and 175,300 poems in full text (with thousands of additional poems in full text to be added with each update). Also included is bibliographic information for over 1,800 anthologies. Supplemental information includes nearly 900 commentaries and approximately 450 biographies. Hyperlinking exists throughout the commentaries, biographies, and poem full text. Users can easily jump from poems to relevant commentary or author biographies when appropriate. A glossary is also provided, giving users detailed definitions for over 300 poetry specific terms.
Credo Reference
Credo Reference is a collection of over 485 online reference sources from over 70 publishers, Credo covers every major subject from the world's best publishers of reference.
Educator's Reference Complete
The perfect complement for any library that utilizes the ERIC database, because it provides full-text results for nearly half of the journal titles found in ERIC. This database covers multiple levels of education from preschool to college, and every educational specialty -- such as technology, bilingual education, health education, and testing.
Expanded Academic ASAP
Coverage from more than 2,500 full-text titles in a wide variety of disciplines including: social science journals, humanities journals, science and technology journals, national news periodicals, general interest magazines, newswires, The New York Times and many others. More than 2,800 journals are refereed, and more than 20 years of backfile coverage are included.
FirstSearch (Complete Access - WSU Students Only)
Complete access to OCLC's FirstSearch. For authorized patrons, this link does provide access to all available full-text files.
Literature Resource Center
Full-text journal articles, literary criticism, reviews, biographical information, and overviews on over 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.
LitFinder
An index to 550,000 poems and access to 40,000+ complete full-text poems.
MasterFILE Premier
Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 2,050 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also includes more than 350 full text reference books, 84,074 biographies, 86,132 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.
MnLINK Gateway
An internet site with links to a variety of academic, public and government library catalogs throughout Minnesota. Also has links to various electronic indexes.
Newsbank  (Access World News)
The most comprehensive collection of full-text newspapers globally, Access World News provides extensive coverage at any level—local, state, regional, national and international. This fully searchable Web-based resource features the vast majority of U.S. newspapers by circulation, along with almost one thousand hard-to-find local and regional titles, the majority of which are unavailable elsewhere. Additionally, Access World News offers searchable news video clips and over a thousand international news sources from scores of countries on six continents, translated into English when written in other languages.
OCLC Electronic Collections Online (ECO)
An OCLC collection of scholarly journals.
OCLC WorldCat Dissertations and Theses (WorldCatDissertations)
OCLC catalog of dissertations and theses available in OCLC member libraries.
Oxford English Dictionary
"The Oxford English Dictionary is 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. It traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books."--OED website
Polling the Nations
An online database of public opinion polls containing the full text of 500,000 questions and responses from 14,000 surveys conducted from 1986 through the present in the U.S. and 100 other countries. It covers over 6,800 topics such as gun control, abortion, government, women, race relations, the economy and children.
Reference Universe
Reference Universe includes index terms and article titles to both electronic and print reference works. Over 20,000 reference works are represented in the database.
World Almanacs
Offers a fundamental reference source for students, library patrons, library reference staff, and scholars alike.
WorldCat
Records of any type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries. Includes manuscripts written as early as the 12th century.
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Science
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Academic Search Premier
The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for more than 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost.
AccessScience
An online encyclopedia of science and technology.
Alt HealthWatch
This database focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It offers libraries full-text articles for more than 180 international and often peer-reviewed journals and reports.
Biography Resource Center
This database integrates award-winning biographies from respected Gale Group sources with related full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals, as well as tens of thousands of images and links to hand-picked web sites. Search for people---both current and historic from all eras and fields of endeavor---based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, as well as keyword and full text. Or, combine search criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search.
Britannica Online Academic Edition
The award-winning Britannica Online® delivers fast and easy access to high-quality, comprehensive information. The rich combination of Encyclopedia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, magazines and periodicals, and many other research tools provides the variety of reliable sources that students need to consult when conduction thorough research – all from one database.
Career and Technical Education
Subjects include automobile, electronic, and computer technology; the building trades; graphic arts; medicine, nursing, and pharmacy; child care; food service and hotel management; office skills; veterinary technology; retail work; public safety; and other practical studies. Coverage dates from 1991 forward.
Chronicle of Higher Education
The Chronicle is a major news source that provides a source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty and administration.
Consumer Health Complete
Consumer Health Complete™ (CHC) is the single most comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. It is designed to support the information needs of patients, and to foster an overall understanding of health-related topics.
Credo Reference
Credo Reference is a collection of over 485 online reference sources from over 70 publishers, Credo covers every major subject from the world's best publishers of reference.
Criminal Justice Periodicals
Covering crime prevention and deterrence, juvenile delinquency, police issues, courtroom procedures, and other criminal justice issues.
Discovering Collection
Use this comprehensive database to retrieve in-depth reference content for the core curriculum areas of Literature, History, Biographies, Science, and Social Studies.
Educator's Reference Complete
The perfect complement for any library that utilizes the ERIC database, because it provides full-text results for nearly half of the journal titles found in ERIC. This database covers multiple levels of education from preschool to college, and every educational specialty -- such as technology, bilingual education, health education, and testing.
Expanded Academic ASAP
Coverage from more than 2,500 full-text titles in a wide variety of disciplines including: social science journals, humanities journals, science and technology journals, national news periodicals, general interest magazines, newswires, The New York Times and many others. More than 2,800 journals are refereed, and more than 20 years of backfile coverage are included.
FirstSearch (Complete Access - WSU Students Only)
Complete access to OCLC's FirstSearch. For authorized patrons, this link does provide access to all available full-text files.
General Science Collection
A collection of over 200 journals, providing researchers with the information needed to stay current on the latest scientific developments -- including such topics as particle physics, advanced mathematics, and nanotechnology.
GreenFILE
A research database focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment, with well-researched but accessible information on topics ranging from global warming to recycling to alternate fuel sources and beyond. Comprised of scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports. Full text is provided for more than 4,600 records from open access titles.
Health Source: Consumer Edition
Health Source®: Consumer Edition is a rich collection of consumer health information. This resource provides access to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines, including American Fitness, Better Nutrition, Fit Pregnancy, Harvard Health Letter, HealthFacts, Men's Health, Muscle & Fitness, Prevention, Vegetarian Times, and many others. This database also includes searchable full text for current, health-related pamphlets and more than 130 health reference books, including books published by the People's Medical Society
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
This resource provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong, including full text from Creative Nursing, Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing, Issues in Mental Health Nursing, Journal of Advanced Nursing, Journal of Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, Journal of Clinical Nursing, Journal of Community Health Nursing, Journal of Nursing Management, Nursing Ethics, Nursing Forum, Nursing Inquiry, and many more.
LexisNexis (Academic)
Access to a wide range of full-text articles in domestic and international newspapers such as the New York Times. Also provides access to legal, medical, business, and reference information.
MnLINK Gateway
An internet site with links to a variety of academic, public and government library catalogs throughout Minnesota. Also has links to various electronic indexes.
Newsbank  (Access World News)
The most comprehensive collection of full-text newspapers globally, Access World News provides extensive coverage at any level—local, state, regional, national and international. This fully searchable Web-based resource features the vast majority of U.S. newspapers by circulation, along with almost one thousand hard-to-find local and regional titles, the majority of which are unavailable elsewhere. Additionally, Access World News offers searchable news video clips and over a thousand international news sources from scores of countries on six continents, translated into English when written in other languages.
OCLC ArticleFirst
Index of articles from the contents pages of journals.
OCLC Electronic Collections Online (ECO)
An OCLC collection of scholarly journals.
OCLC PapersFirst
OCLC index of papers presented at conferences worldwide.
OCLC ProceedingsFirst (Proceedings)
An OCLC index of worldwide conference proceedings.
OCLC WorldCat Dissertations and Theses (WorldCatDissertations)
OCLC catalog of dissertations and theses available in OCLC member libraries.
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.
Points of View Reference Center
Points of View Reference Center™ is a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides 250 topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument),counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide. Topics covered include: affirmative action, cloning, DNA profiling, HIV/AIDS status disclosure, immigration, Iraq, Israel & the Palestinians, Katrina and FEMA response, nuclear proliferation, separation of church and state, standardized testing, stem cell research, tax cuts, voting machines, and many more.
Polling the Nations
An online database of public opinion polls containing the full text of 500,000 questions and responses from 14,000 surveys conducted from 1986 through the present in the U.S. and 100 other countries. It covers over 6,800 topics such as gun control, abortion, government, women, race relations, the economy and children.
ProQuest Newsstand
Access current issues and archives for almost 300 newspapers via the Proquest Newsstand.
ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source
ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health SourceTM provides users with reliable healthcare information covering nursing, allied health, alternative and complementary medicine, and much more. This versatile database is designed to meet the needs of researchers at healthcare facilities as well as nursing and allied health programs at academic institutions. ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source provides abstracting and indexing for more than 850 titles, with over 715 titles in full-text, plus more than 12,000 full text dissertations representing the most rigorous scholarship in nursing and related fields.
PsycARTICLES
PsycARTICLES®, from the American Psychological Association (APA), is a definitive source of full text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology.
PsycBOOKS
PsycBOOKS®, from the American Psychological Association (APA), is a database of more than 25,000 chapters in PDF from over 1,600 books published by APA and other distinguished publishers. It also includes over 900 classic books of landmark historical impact in psychology dating from the 1600s and the exclusive electronic release of more than 1,500 authored entries from the APA/Oxford University Press Encyclopedia of Psychology.
PsycINFO
The PsycINFO database, , American Psychological Association's (APA) renowned resource for abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, is the largest resource devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health. It contains over 2.6 million citations and summaries dating as far back as the early 1800s. Ninety-eight percent of the covered material is peer-reviewed.
Reference Universe
Reference Universe includes index terms and article titles to both electronic and print reference works. Over 20,000 reference works are represented in the database.
Science Reference Center
Science Reference Center™ is a comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full text science-oriented content. Designed to meet every student's science research needs, Science Reference Center contains full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources.
ScienceDirect
ScienceDirect® is the premier electronic information service for the interdisciplinary research needs of academic, corporate and educational institutions, offering comprehensive coverage of literature across all fields of science.
World Almanacs
Offers a fundamental reference source for students, library patrons, library reference staff, and scholars alike.
WorldCat
Records of any type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries. Includes manuscripts written as early as the 12th century.
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Social Science
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Academic Search Premier
The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for more than 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost.
ArchiveGrid
ArchiveGrid is an important destination for searching for historical documents, personal papers and family histories held in archives throughout the world. ArchiveGrid is an online service that provides access to detailed archival collection descriptions. It includes nearly a million descriptions of archival collections held by thousands of libraries, museums, historical societies and archives worldwide.
Biography Resource Center
This database integrates award-winning biographies from respected Gale Group sources with related full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals, as well as tens of thousands of images and links to hand-picked web sites. Search for people---both current and historic from all eras and fields of endeavor---based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, as well as keyword and full text. Or, combine search criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search.
Britannica Online Academic Edition
The award-winning Britannica Online® delivers fast and easy access to high-quality, comprehensive information. The rich combination of Encyclopedia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, magazines and periodicals, and many other research tools provides the variety of reliable sources that students need to consult when conduction thorough research – all from one database.
Career and Technical Education
Subjects include automobile, electronic, and computer technology; the building trades; graphic arts; medicine, nursing, and pharmacy; child care; food service and hotel management; office skills; veterinary technology; retail work; public safety; and other practical studies. Coverage dates from 1991 forward.
Chronicle of Higher Education
The Chronicle is a major news source that provides a source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty and administration.
ClasePeriodica
Index of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities; Offer access to more than 400,000 bibliographic citations from documents published in 2,600 scholarly journals published in the Spanish, Portuguese, French and English languages. Contain information from articles, essays, book reviews, monographs, conference proceedings, technical reports, interviews and brief notes published in journals edited in 24 different countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as from publications that focus on Pan-American issues.
Columbia Granger's® Poetry
Columbia Granger's® Poetry Database, produced by Columbia University Press, contains works of poetry found in anthologies, and volumes of collected works and selected works for individual poets. Currently, there are over 500,000 poem citations and 175,300 poems in full text (with thousands of additional poems in full text to be added with each update). Also included is bibliographic information for over 1,800 anthologies. Supplemental information includes nearly 900 commentaries and approximately 450 biographies. Hyperlinking exists throughout the commentaries, biographies, and poem full text. Users can easily jump from poems to relevant commentary or author biographies when appropriate. A glossary is also provided, giving users detailed definitions for over 300 poetry specific terms.
CQ Researcher
For research on contemporary and controversial issues, The CQ Researcher - in print or web - is one of the most frequently used resources in the library today. Useful for term papers, debates, speeches, articles, and other types of researchers, the CQ Researchercovers a wide range of social, economic, political and environmental issues.
Credo Reference
Credo Reference is a collection of over 485 online reference sources from over 70 publishers, Credo covers every major subject from the world's best publishers of reference.
Criminal Justice Periodicals
Covering crime prevention and deterrence, juvenile delinquency, police issues, courtroom procedures, and other criminal justice issues.
EBSCO MegaFILE
A conglomeration of EBSCO databases, including Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, MasterFILE Premier, and Regional Business News databases. MegaFILE is a multi-disciplinary database providing full text for nearly 12,000 total publications and indexing & abstracting for more than 16,000 publications. Coverage spans every area of academic study and general interest subject area and offers information dating as far back as the 1800s.
Educator's Reference Complete
The perfect complement for any library that utilizes the ERIC database, because it provides full-text results for nearly half of the journal titles found in ERIC. This database covers multiple levels of education from preschool to college, and every educational specialty -- such as technology, bilingual education, health education, and testing.
Educator's Reference Desk (formerly AskERIC)
An Internet site with education information primarily for educators, librarians, and parents. Provides access to the ERIC index, and an electronic library of educational resources some full-text articles available.
ERIC Educational Resources Center
Provides a centralized ERIC Web site for searching the ERIC bibliographic database for more than 1.1 million citations.
Expanded Academic ASAP
Coverage from more than 2,500 full-text titles in a wide variety of disciplines including: social science journals, humanities journals, science and technology journals, national news periodicals, general interest magazines, newswires, The New York Times and many others. More than 2,800 journals are refereed, and more than 20 years of backfile coverage are included.
FirstSearch (Complete Access - WSU Students Only)
Complete access to OCLC's FirstSearch. For authorized patrons, this link does provide access to all available full-text files.
Gateway to 21st Century Skills
The Gateway to 21st Century Skills is a Consortium effort to provide educators with quick and easy access to thousands of educational resources found on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites.
GPO Monthly Catalog
Covers all types of U.S. government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by executive departments (Defense, State, Labor, Office of the President, etc.).
GreenFILE
A research database focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment, with well-researched but accessible information on topics ranging from global warming to recycling to alternate fuel sources and beyond. Comprised of scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports. Full text is provided for more than 4,600 records from open access titles.
Informe
A collection of hispanic magazines with full text. Covers business, health, technology, culture, current topics and other subjects. 1994 to the present.
LexisNexis (Academic)
Access to a wide range of full-text articles in domestic and international newspapers such as the New York Times. Also provides access to legal, medical, business, and reference information.
Literature Resource Center
Full-text journal articles, literary criticism, reviews, biographical information, and overviews on over 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.
MasterFILE Premier
Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 2,050 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also includes more than 350 full text reference books, 84,074 biographies, 86,132 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.
MnLINK Gateway
An internet site with links to a variety of academic, public and government library catalogs throughout Minnesota. Also has links to various electronic indexes.
Newsbank  (Access World News)
The most comprehensive collection of full-text newspapers globally, Access World News provides extensive coverage at any level—local, state, regional, national and international. This fully searchable Web-based resource features the vast majority of U.S. newspapers by circulation, along with almost one thousand hard-to-find local and regional titles, the majority of which are unavailable elsewhere. Additionally, Access World News offers searchable news video clips and over a thousand international news sources from scores of countries on six continents, translated into English when written in other languages.
OAIster
OAIster, Union catalog of digital resources, contains digital resources from open archive collections. It represents multidisciplinary resources from more than 1000 contributors worldwide.
OCLC ArticleFirst
Index of articles from the contents pages of journals.
OCLC Electronic Collections Online (ECO)
An OCLC collection of scholarly journals.
OCLC PapersFirst
OCLC index of papers presented at conferences worldwide.
OCLC ProceedingsFirst (Proceedings)
An OCLC index of worldwide conference proceedings.
OCLC WorldCat Dissertations and Theses (WorldCatDissertations)
OCLC catalog of dissertations and theses available in OCLC member libraries.
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.
Points of View Reference Center
Points of View Reference Center™ is a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides 250 topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument),counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide. Topics covered include: affirmative action, cloning, DNA profiling, HIV/AIDS status disclosure, immigration, Iraq, Israel & the Palestinians, Katrina and FEMA response, nuclear proliferation, separation of church and state, standardized testing, stem cell research, tax cuts, voting machines, and many more.
Polling the Nations
An online database of public opinion polls containing the full text of 500,000 questions and responses from 14,000 surveys conducted from 1986 through the present in the U.S. and 100 other countries. It covers over 6,800 topics such as gun control, abortion, government, women, race relations, the economy and children.
Professional Collection
Full Text Periodicals for the Professional Development Collection.
Professional Development Collection
Professional Development Collection™ includes full text for nearly 520 high quality education journals including: Booklist, Education, Education Digest, Education Week, Educational Leadership, High School Journal, Journal of Education, Journal of Educational Research, Journal of Learning Disabilities, Phi Delta Kappan, Reading Teacher, School Library Journal, and many others. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports.
ProQuest Newsstand
Access current issues and archives for almost 300 newspapers via the Proquest Newsstand.
PsycARTICLES
PsycARTICLES®, from the American Psychological Association (APA), is a definitive source of full text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology.
PsycBOOKS
PsycBOOKS®, from the American Psychological Association (APA), is a database of more than 25,000 chapters in PDF from over 1,600 books published by APA and other distinguished publishers. It also includes over 900 classic books of landmark historical impact in psychology dating from the 1600s and the exclusive electronic release of more than 1,500 authored entries from the APA/Oxford University Press Encyclopedia of Psychology.
PsycINFO
The PsycINFO database, , American Psychological Association's (APA) renowned resource for abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, is the largest resource devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health. It contains over 2.6 million citations and summaries dating as far back as the early 1800s. Ninety-eight percent of the covered material is peer-reviewed.
Reference Universe
Reference Universe includes index terms and article titles to both electronic and print reference works. Over 20,000 reference works are represented in the database.
Salem History
Online version of The Decades in America and Great Athletes series of reference books. The Decades Series covers all aspects of life in America from the fifties through the nineties. Great Athletes gives a comprehensive look at over 1,400 sports heroes and legends. Print editions of these books are located in the Reference Area.
Social Services Abstracts
CSA Social Services Abstracts provide bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development.
Sociological Abstracts
CSA Sociological Abstracts Database is a primary resource for accessing the latest research sponsored in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database draws information from an international selection of over 2,600 journals and other serials publications, plus conference papers, books, and dissertations. Records added after 1974 contain in-depth and nonevaluative abstracts of journal articles.
Student Resource Center - Gold
Full-text articles from more than 1,200 magazines and newspapers, updated daily, periodical back files from 1980, nearly 50,000 biographies, criticisms, essays and overviews.
Teacher Reference Center
TRC provides indexing and abstracts for more than 270 periodicals. In addition, 96% of journals indexed in TRC are peer-reviewed. Topics include: Assessment, Best Practices, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Higher Education, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, School Administration, Science & Mathematics, and Teacher Education.
Westlaw Campus
Westlaw Campus is a Web-based legal research tool for undergraduate and graduate students who need to research law-related issues.
World Almanacs
Offers a fundamental reference source for students, library patrons, library reference staff, and scholars alike.
WorldCat
Records of any type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries. Includes manuscripts written as early as the 12th century.
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