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- Academic Search Premier (info)
The world's largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary, full text database designed specifically for academic institutions. This scholarly collection provides full text journal coverage for nearly all academic areas of study - including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, etc. and currently counting 3,834 full text scholarly publications.
Close - BioOne (info)
BioOne is the product of innovative collaboration between scientific societies, libraries, academe and the private sector. BioOne brings to the Web a uniquely valuable aggregation of the full-texts of high-impact bioscience research journals.
Close - CQ Researcher (info)
CQ Researcher is often the first source that librarians recommend when researchers are seeking original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news. Founded in 1923 as Editorial Research Reports, CQ Researcher is noted for its in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy.
Close - Choice Reviews Online (book reviews) (info)
Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries is the premier source for reviews of academic books, electronic media, and Internet resources of interest to those in higher education. More than 35,000 librarians, faculty, and key decision makers rely on Choice magazine and ChoiceReviews.online for collection development and scholarly research.
Close - EBSCOhost Family of Databases (info)
Ebscohost family of databases include Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, EconLit, among others.
Close - EconLit (info)
EconLit, the American Economic Association's electronic database, is the world's foremost source of references to economic literature. EconLit adheres to the high quality standards long recognized by subscribers to the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) and is a reliable source of citations and abstracts to economic research dating back to 1969.
Close - GeoScienceWorld (info)
GeoScienceWorld (GSW) is a nonprofit corporation formed by a group of leading geoscientific organizations for the purpose of making geoscience research and related information easily and economically available via the Internet. GSW is an unprecedented collaboration of six leading earth science societies and one institute.
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- Gold Rush Journal Finder (info)
Gold Rush is a tool to help you find the best databases to search for information on a specific topic or from a specific journal. If you know a title, author, or other specific information about an article, Gold Rush can help you determine if you have access to the article in one of the databases. Gold Rush will also help to determine whether or not you have access to a particular database. If you do have access to a database, Gold Rush will provide you with a link to search that database
Close - JSTOR (info)
With participation and support from the international scholarly community, JSTOR has created a high-quality, interdisciplinary archive of scholarship, is actively preserving over one thousand academic journals in both digital and print formats, and continues to greatly expand access to scholarly works and other materials needed for research and teaching globally
Close - LION (Literature Online) with MLA (info)
Welcome to Literature Online, a fully searchable library of more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, 228 full-text literature journals, and other key criticism and reference resources.
Close - LexisNexis Academic (info)
LexisNexis' web-based research services provide solutions to fit your needs, including comprehensive access to government, news, business and legal information.
Close - ScienceDirect College Edition (info)
ScienceDirect is the world's largest electronic collection of science, technology, and medicine full-text and bibliographic information. It offers a wide variety of features and content.
Close - Visual Thesaurus (info)
The Visual Thesaurus is an interactive dictionary and thesaurus which creates word maps that blossom with meanings and branch to related words. Its innovative display encourages exploration and learning. You'll understand language in a powerful new way.
Close - WilsonOmniFile (info)
Dramatically expanding the periodical resources of your library, Wilson OmniFile: Full Text Select Edition is a multidisciplinary, 100% full-text database providing full text articles, with their accompanying indexing and abstracts
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