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General and Reference Databases

 

 
General -- Covers All Subjects
Academic Search Premier [EBSCOhost] Off-Campus Full-Text
Covers all academic disciplines
 
Alternative Press Index (1991-present) [FirstSearch Advanced] Off-Campus
Indexes journals covering cultural, economic, political, and social change
 
Alternative Press Index Archive (1969-1990) [FirstSearch Advanced] Off-Campus
Indexes journals covering cultural, economic, political, and social change
 
ArticleFirst (1990-present) [FirstSearch Basic] Off-Campus
Citations that describe articles listed on the table of contents pages
 
Book Collection: Nonfiction [EBSCOhost] Off-Campus Full-Text
Contains abstracts and full text for over 3,100 nonfiction books
 
Credo Reference Off-Campus Full-Text
Interdisciplinary database containing over 250 full-text and searchable reference sources.
 
ECO Electronic Collections Online (1995-present) [FirstSearch Basic] Off-Campus
Citations to 2,000 scholarly journals; no full-text articles
 
Ingenta (1988-present) Off-Campus 
        Indexes 17,000 magazines and journals on all academic disciplines
JSTOR Off-Campus Full-Text
Hundreds of cover-to-cover journals with some dating back to the 1800s. Various disciplines are represented.  
MasterFILE Premier [EBSCOhost] Off-Campus Full-Text
Covers all disciplines, with more general-interest magazines than journals 
ReferenceUSA Off-Campus Full-Text
Online telephone directory featuring individual and company profiles
 
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Biographies
 
History Reference Center [EBSCOhost] Off-Campus Full-Text
Approximately 50,000 biographies of historical figures

Wilson Biographies Off-Campus Full-Text
Full-text of biographies from over 100 print resources. Professions range all the way from abolitionists to zoologists.  

Books/Serials
 

Books in Print (1979-present) [FirstSearch Advanced] Password Library
Contains bibliographic information for in-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming books, audios, and videos 
 
CHOICE Reviews (1988-present)  Full-Text
Reviews of over 30,000 books, CD-ROMS and Web sites of interest to academics
 
Electronic Books [FirstSearch Basic] Off-Campus  
OCLC catalog of online electronic books available through libraries worldwide

NetLibrary Off-Campus Password Full-Text
Access to 27,000+ e-books  
 
NoveList [EBSCOhost] Off-Campus Full-Text
Readers' advisory service with full-text book reviews
 
Serials Directory [EBSCOhost] Off-Campus
Listings for over 150,000 serial titles
   
WorldCat OCLC On-Line Union Catalog [FirstSearch Basic] Off-Campus
41 million bibliographic records of holdings of libraries around the world 
 
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Dissertations

Dissertation Abstracts (1861-present) [FirstSearch Advanced] Off-Campus
Citations and summaries of doctoral dissertations 
   
Encyclopedias

EBSCO Animals [EBSCOhost] Off-Campus Full-Text
Information on familiar animals, including classification 
  
Encyclopaedia Britannica Off-Campus Full-Text
Web site of the Encyclopaedia Britannica 
 
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia [EBSCOhost] Off-Campus Full-Text
A universal encyclopedia for everyone  
 
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Government Documents

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (1994-present)Off-Campus Full-Text
Catalog of recent federal publications; if available online, a URL is provided 
  
GPO Access Off-Campus Full-Text
80+ databases on law, legislation and other government information  
 
MarciveWeb Docs (1976-present) Off-Campus Full-Text
Catalog of government publications from 1976 to the present. If available online, a URL is provided 
 
Newspapers
 
Clarion Ledger Index Off-Campus
Subject index for the Jackson Clarion Ledger going back to 1985 
 
Commercial Appeal Index Off-Campus
Index to articles in the Memphis Commercial Appeal going back to 1990
 
Newspaper Source [EBSCOhost] Off-Campus Full-Text
Indexing/abstracting of 5 major and hundreds of regional newspapers
 
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Statistics
 
Census Statistics Off-Campus Full-Text
Provides population and demographics of cities, counties, and states
 
County Business Patterns Off-Campus Full-Text
Provides data covering the economy county by county
 
Educational Statistics Off-Campus Full-Text
Tables of statistics from the U.S. Department of Education
 
Health Statistics Off-Campus Full-Text
Statistics from the National Center for Health Statistics
 
LexisNexis Statistical Off-Campus Full-Text
Indexes and abstracts sources of statistical information, along with some full-text statistical tables and links to Web sites
 
STAT-USA Off-Campus Password Full-Text
U.S. Department of Commerce database with economic statistics
 
USA Trade Online Off-Campus Password Full-Text
Access statistics on U.S. foreign trade
 
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Women's Studies

Contemporary Women's Issues (1992-present) [FirstSearch Advanced] Off-Campus
 
Citations to articles from around the world about women
 

 

 

 

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