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ACADEMIC SEARCH COMPLETE -- Comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database. It includes indexing, abstracts, and full text for scholarly publications covering all academic areas of study.

ACCESS SCIENCE -- Online science reference material; provides access to articles, fully illustrated, from McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology and more.

ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) -- A vast collection of citations and full text from ACM journal and newsletter articles and conference proceedings.

AFRICAN-AMERICAN POETRY, 1760-1900 -- a collection of over 2,500 poems, based on William French's bibliography, Afro-American Poetry and Drama 1760-1975.

ALT HEALTHWATCH -- Index, abstracts, and full text covering complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It includes full text articles for journals and reports, pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts.

AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY -- Online access to peer-reviewed journals and magazines of the American Chemical Society.

AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY -- Online access to publications by the American Mathematical Society.

AMERICAN POETRY -- Gathers the works of influential American poets, from the Colonial period to the early twentieth century; includes 40,356 poems from works by 209 poets, along with anthologies of American poetry.

ANNUAL REVIEWS OF THE BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES -- Provides researchers, professors, and scientific professionals with a definitive academic resource in the biomedical sciences; synthesizes the vast amount of primary research literature and identifies the principal contributions in the various disciplines.

ANNUAL REVIEWS OF THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES -- Provides researchers, professors, and scientific professionals with a definitive academic resource in the physical sciences; synthesizes the vast amount of primary research literature and identifies the principal contributions in the various disciplines.

ANNUAL REVIEWS OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Provides researchers, professors, and scientific professionals with a definitive academic resource in the social sciences; synthesizes the vast amount of primary research literature and identifies the principal contributions in the various disciplines.

ASSOCIATES PROGRAM SOURCE -- This database, designed for junior & community colleges, focuses on degrees and certification programs including: accounting, agricultural sciences, child care services, cosmetology, culinary arts, forestry, food service management, graphic arts, hair dressing, hospitality management, interior design, journalism, plumbing, heating & air conditioning, veterinary technology and welding.

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BOOKS IN PRINT-- Bibliographic database of over 9 million book, audio book, and video titles.

BUSINESS SOURCE COMPLETE -- Definitive scholarly business database, providing bibliographic and full text content for scholarly business journals back as far as 1886.

CIAO (COLUMBIA INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS ONLINE) -- Comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs; includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, conference proceedings, books, journals and policy briefs.

CINAHL-- Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health database; provides authoritative coverage of the literature related to nursing and allied health.

COMMUNICATION & MASS MEDIA COMPLETE -- Provides indexing, abstracts, and full text for journals in communication and mass media.

COMPUTERS & APPLIED SCIENCES COMPLETE -- Covers research and development of the computing and applied sciences disciplines. It includes indexing, abstracts and full text of articles in engineering disciplines, computer theory, and new technologies, from academic journals, professional publications, and reference sources.

CONSUMER HEALTH COMPLETE -- Comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. This database covers all areas of health and wellness, including topics such as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, children's health, men & women's health, etc. It includes: full text for health reference books and encyclopedias, health reports, medical images and diagrams, videos, pamphlets, and health related periodicals.

CQ (CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY) RESEARCHER -- In-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues, with reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, environment, technology and the U.S. economy; each 12,000-word report is investigated and written by a seasoned journalist and includes background and chronology; assessment of the current situation; tables and maps; pro/con statements from representatives of opposing positions; and bibliographies of key sources.

CRC HANDBOOK OF CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS -- Online version of the classic Handbook; provides a concise source of data needed by R&D professionals, engineers, and students, including conversion factors, terminology and nomenclature, physical constants, and properties spanning the full range of the physical sciences.

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ECONOMIA Y NEGOCIOS (in Spanish) -- Citations for articles on business and economics from Spanish and Portuguese-language periodicals published in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Spain, the United States and elsewhere.

EDUCATION RESEARCH COMPLETE-- Online resource for education research, providing indexing, abstracts, and full text for journals, books, monographs, and conference papers. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing.

ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA-- The complete encyclopedia, with more than 118,000 articles and over 14,000 illustrations; also included are Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, Britannica Student Encyclopedia and the Britannica Book of the Year.

ENGLISH POETRY -- Contains poems in English from Anglo-Saxon times to the end of the nineteenth century by writers from the British Isles.

ENGLISH VERSE DRAMA -- Contains works by named and anonymous works, from the Shrewsbury Fragments of the late thirteenth century through the unparalleled output of the Elizabethan and Jacobean period to the end of the nineteenth century.

ENGnetBASE: ENGINEERING ELECTRONIC LIBRARY -- An online, searchable collection of more than 200 engineering reference works. Published by CRC Press, one of the world's leading publishers of engineering handbooks, it covers subject areas such as: aerospace engineering, biomedical engineering, computer engineering, electrical engineering, electronics, lasers and optical engineering, materials science, and mechanical engineering.

ENVIRONMENT COMPLETE -- Indexing, abstracts, and full text of articles and monographs on: agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more.

ERIC -- (NOT FULLTEXT) Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education; contains over one million citations covering research documents, journal articles, technical reports, program descriptions and evaluations, and curricular materials in the field of education.

ESSAYS IN HISTORY -- Peer-reviewed journal publishing articles based on primary sources in all fields of history by all scholars, from undergraduates to tenured professors.

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FACTIVA -- News and business information not available on the free Web, allowing users to conduct in-depth research on companies, industries, regional affairs, or news. 

FIRSTSEARCH-- Catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide.

FUENTE ACADEMICA (in Spanish) -- Provides full text for scholarly Spanish language journals in academic areas including business & economics, medical sciences, political science, law, computer science, library & information sciences, literature, linguistics, history, philosophy and theology.

GENERAL REFERENCE CENTER GOLD -- A general interest database that includes articles from newspapers, reference books, and periodicals, many with full-text and images. Topics covered include current events, popular culture, business and industry coverage, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more.

HARPWEEK (HARPER’S WEEKLY) -- Provides electronic access to Harper’s Weekly, the illustrated 19th century "Journal of Civilization."

HEALTH SOURCE: CONSUMER EDITION -- Consumer health information on topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Full text from magazines, pamphlets, and reference books.

HEALTH SOURCE: NURSING/ACADEMIC EDITION -- Provides indexing, abstracts, and scholarly full text journal articles focusing on many medical disciplines, particularly nursing and allied health. It also features the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names.

HISTORY REFERENCE CENTER -- Offers full text from history reference books and encyclopedias, history magazines, historical documents, biographies and historical photos, maps and other images.

HOSPITALITY & TOURISM COMPLETE -- Covers scholarly research and industry news relating to hospitality and tourism, including full text for periodicals, company & country reports, and books. Subjects include: culinary arts, demographics & statistics, development & investment, food & beverage management, hospitality law, hotel management & administrative practices, leisure & business travel, market trends, and technology.

HUMANITIES INTERNATIONAL COMPLETE -- Index, abstracts, and full text for journals, books and other resources in the humanities. Produced by Whitston Publishing, it includes all data from Humanities International Index plus unique full text content.

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ISSUES & CONTROVERSIES -- Combines authoritative factual analysis, covering clear explanations of opposing points of view and numerous special features. Also included are chronologies, illustrations, maps, tables, sidebars, bibliographies and contact information.

LEGAL COLLECTION -- Index, abstracts and full text of articles from scholarly law journals. It includes law and legal topics such as: criminal justice, international law, federal law, organized crime, medical, labor & human resource law, ethics, the environment and more.

LIBRARY, INFORMATION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ABSTRACTS (LISTA) -- Indexes journals, books, research reports and proceedings on librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more.

LITERATURE RESOURCE CENTER-- Biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of more than 120,000 authors from every age and literary discipline.

MAGILLONLITERATURE PLUS --Literary database including literary works, reviewed critical analyses, brief plot summaries, biographies, and author essays.

MAJOR 21ST-CENTURY WRITERS -- Source of detailed biographical, critical, and bibliographical information on the most influential authors studied at the turn of the 21st century. More than one thousand entries on the most widely known writers are included.

MASTERFILE PREMIER -- Multidisciplinary database providing full text for general reference publications covering subject areas of general interest. It includes full text from reference books, biographies, and primary source documents, as well as an image collection of photos, maps and flags.

MEDICLATINA (in Spanish) -- Collection of medical research and investigatory journals from renowned Latin American and Spanish publishers. This Spanish language database contains full text for peer-reviewed medical journals in native Spanish. Topics include neuroscience, cardiology, nephrology, biomedicine, clinical research, pediatrics, human reproduction, clinical pathology, cancer research, and hematology.

MERRIAM-WEBSTER DICTIONARY -- More than 215,000 entries--including definitions, pronunciation guides, and word histories from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus.

MILITARY & GOVERNMENT COLLECTION -- Index, abstracts and full text. Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers periodicals, academic journals, and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites.

MLA INTERNATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Provides access to bibliographic citations to journal articles, books, and dissertations in academic disciplines such as: language, literature, folklore, linguistics, literary theory and criticism, and the dramatic arts.

MLA STYLE SHEET -- MLA style examples to help properly format citations for research papers.

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NATURE -- Online version of the international weekly journal of science.

NEWS SOURCES -- A link to general, higher education, and Virginia news websites. 

NEWSPAPER SOURCE PLUS -- Full text for regional and national newspapers, international newspapers, newswires, and newspaper columns. This database also contains full-text television & radio news transcripts.

OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS -- Complete one-stop source for information on social issues, including viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.

OVID JOURNALS -- An aggregate of hundreds of scientific, technical, and medical journals from over 50 publishers and societies.

OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY -- Contains the entire text of the 22-volume Oxford English Dictionary, including definitions for most words in the English language and information on origins and quotations.

OXFORD REFERENCE ONLINE -- Over 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press; also includes titles in the world-renowned Oxford Companions Series.

PROJECT MUSE -- One of the academic community's primary electronic journals resources; covers the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and others.

PsycARTICLES -- PsycARTICLES is a definitive source of searchable full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology. The database contains more than 40,000 articles from 53 journals - 45 published by the American Psychological Association (APA) and 8 from allied organizations. It includes all journal articles, letters to the editor and errata from each journal. Coverage spans 1985 to present.

PSYCHOLOGY & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES COLLECTION -- Index, abstracts, and full text covering topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry and psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.

PSYCINFO -- Citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations, and technical reports in the field of psychology and the psychological aspects of related disciplines.

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REGIONAL BUSINESS NEWS -- Provides full text coverage for regional business publications, business journals, newspapers, and newswires from metropolitan and rural areas in the United States.

RELIGION & PHILOSOPHY COLLECTION -- Comprehensive database providing full text journal coverage on such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and history of philosophy.

SALUD EN ESPANOL (in Spanish) -- Provides comprehensive reports and fact sheets in Spanish on consumer health and wellness. Reports offer overviews on diseases, conditions, procedures and various treatments. Content includes a diverse collection of health related themes: first aid, infant/ child care and illnesses, alternative medicine, aging and wellness. (Spanish version of Consumer Health Complete database)

STAT-USA -- State of the Nation provides financial and economic data on the United States’ domestic economy from the federal government and related entities.  GLOBUS (Global Business Opportunities) offers daily trade leads from the Trade Opportunities Program (TOPS), as well as the Department of Agriculture.  GLOBUS also offers daily procurement activity from the Defense Logistics Agency, the United Nations, and the Commerce Business Daily leads.  The NTDB (National Trade Data Bank) provides access to Country Commercial Guides, Market Research reports, Best Market reports and other programs. The International Trade Library is a comprehensive collection of over 40,000 documents related to international trade.

STATISTICAL UNIVERSE -- Statistics produced by the U.S. government, major international intergovernmental organizations, professional and trade organizations, commercial publishers, independent research organizations, state government agencies, and universities.

TODAY’S SCIENCE -- Presents the latest scientific discoveries and fundamental concepts that underlie them. Drawing on major scientific journals, magazines and newspapers in the United States and abroad, Today's Science covers health, the environment, technology, life science, physical science, earth and space science, and science and society.

ULRICH’S -- Comprehensive database of regularly and irregularly published journals, magazines, newspapers, and full-text electronic resources from more than 200 countries.  

VENTE ET GESTION (in French) -- Full text coverage for French language business journals. It also includes publications covering topics such as accounting & tax, administration, industry & manufacturing, marketing, logistics, technology and others.

WOMEN’S STUDIES INTERNATIONAL -- Covers the core disciplines in Women’s Studies to the latest scholarship in feminist research. This database supports research in the areas of sociology, history, political science & economy, public policy, international relations, arts & humanities, business and education.

WORLD ALMANAC -- Contains authoritative, complete, up-to-date information on thousands of topics.

WORLD ALMANAC ENCYCLOPEDIA -- Contains complete full text of the more than 22,000 articles in Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia, as well as “Special Reports” on important topics that reveal the full story behind the news.

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