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Academic Search Premier Provides full text for over 4,700 journals covering the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, and education.

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ArticleFirst (FirstSearch) Index of articles from the contents pages of journals. Campus

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Biography Resource Center

This database combines award-winning biographies from the Gale Group series and also includes full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals.  Search for people based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender.  Includes the complete Marquis Who's Who.  Includes complete information from the Contemporary Authors index.

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Books in Print (FirstSearch) In print, out of print, and forthcoming books, audios, and videos with optional reviews Campus

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Chicago Manual of Style The CMOS online is a searchable resource based on the Chicago Manual of Style 15th edition for citing sources and writing styles. It also contains tools, i.e, sample forms, letters and style sheets.

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CQ Researcher Offers comprehensive reporting and analysis and in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy. Campus

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CQ Weekly Reports on the world's most powerful legislative body completely and accurately every week. Gives a complete wrap-up of the previous week's news, including the status of bills in play, behind-the-scenes maneuvering, committee and floor activity, and debates. Campus

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Credo Reference A database that features online content from a hundred reference books in a broad range of subjects. Campus

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Dissertations (FirstSearch) Dissertations and theses from institutions in the North America and Europe. Campus

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InfoTrac Provides a variety of different subject databases providing access to scholarly journals, popular magazines, and newspapers.  Databases include the Expanded Academic ASAP. Campus

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EBSCOhost Many different subject databases are listed including PsycINFO, Medline, MLA, CINAHL, and Academic Search Premier. Campus

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FactSearch Facts and statistics on topics of current interest.
Note: This database is no longer being updated as of 4/2006.
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FirstSearch Over thirty databases with citations and abstracts of articles in the arts and humanities; business; education; the life, health, and medical sciences; and the social sciences. Some full text available. Campus

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Funk and Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas. Campus

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Gale Virtual Reference Library A mix of more than 20 full-text reference books covering the arts, biography, business, the environment, history, literature, medicine, multicultural studies, geography, and science. Campus

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General Reference Center Gold
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A general interest database for searching magazines, reference books, and newspapers for information on current events, popular culture, the arts and sciences, sports, etc. Campus

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JSTOR Search back issues of core journals (117 titles) in the humanities, social sciences and sciences. Campus
 
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Master File Premier (EBSCOhost) Provides full text for 2,000 periodicals covering nearly all subjects including general reference, business, health, and much more. Some titles indexed back to 1975. Campus

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Oxford English Dictionary The OED is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium.  It traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources. Campus

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PapersInvited Index of papers presented at conferences worldwide. Campus

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PerAbs

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Periodical abstracts, information on a wide range of subjects including: business, current affairs, economics, literature, psychology, religion, and women's studies from general and academic journals. General topics and radio/TV transcripts.

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SIRS Researcher (FirstSearch) Social, scientific, economic, and political issues worldwide. Campus

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WilsonSelectPlus (FirstSearch) Full text articles in science, humanities, education and
business
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World Almanac (FirstSearch) Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia and four almanacs - fundamental reference resources. Campus

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World Book Online World Book Online is based on the World Book Encyclopedia, developed by World Book Publishing, Inc. WBO includes access to over 31,000 encyclopedia articles; 6,000 Web links; 25,000 periodical articles; 800 videos, animations, and sounds; 400 interactive maps; and 3-D bubble views.  Campus


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WorldCat
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Catalog of books, web resources, and other material
worldwide. Includes millions of bibliographic records 
with records representing 400 languages.
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