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Title Vendor Description Fulltext Type
Academic Search Premier EBSCO Provides full text for nearly 2,050 publications, including nearly 1,500 peer-reviewed journals. Indexing and abstracts are provided for all 3,393 journals. Includes information in nearly every area of academic study including including the social and physical sciences, the humanities and arts & literature, engineering and computer science, humanities, education, and more. Yes Article
Biographies Plus Illustrated H.W. Wilson Over 46,000 biographical profiles, many with illustrations. Coverage includes all of Wilson's Current Biography from 1940-present, World Authors Series, World Artists, Nobel Prize Winners, World Musicians, Handbook of American Women's History. Yes Article, reference
Books In Print R. R. Bowker Information about 5 million books (including e-books), audio books, and videos which are currently available from publishers, those that are soon to be available, and those that are no longer in print. Also includes book reviews, author biographies, annotations, cover images, and tables of contents for many titles and detailed information on over 200,000 publishers. Over 400 bestseller lists and awards are tracked and browseable. Includes information from publishers as well as book and media reviews which have been published in magazines and newspapers. Yes Reference
Business Source Elite EBSCO This business database provides full text for more than 1,100 scholarly business journals, including full text for more than 450 peer-reviewed business publications. Yes Article
Chicago Sun-Times ProQuest Citation access to the Sun-Times from 1985-2007. No Article
Chicago Tribune ProQuest Complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Yes Article
Chronicle of Higher Education Chronicle of Higher Ed The Chronicle of Higher Education is the premier source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators. The Chronicle is published every weekday and is the top destination for news, advice, and jobs for people in academe. The Chronicle's Web site features the complete contents of the latest issue; daily news and advice columns; thousands of current job listings; articles published since September 1989. Yes Article
CQ Researcher Congressional Quarterly Covers controversial issues of the day with complete summaries, insight into many sides of the issues, and bibliographies.This resource includes access to the full text of all articles published since 1983. Yes Article
EBSCO core modules EBSCO Offers the largest selection of fulltext periodical literature. Over 1,000 fulltext journals, magazines and newspapers. There are several specific modules available, for instance one devoted to the health sciences and another to business. Yes Article
EBSCO database menu EBSCO Offers a large selection of fulltext periodical literature. Over 1,000 fulltext source titles. Journals, magazines and newspapers. There are several specific modules available, for instance one devoted to the health sciences and another to business. Yes Article
ERIC OCLC/FirstSearch Contains more than 850,000 annotated references to non-journal material issued in the monthly Resources in Education (RIE) and to journal articles issued in the monthly Index to Journals in Education (CIJE). Yes Article
Ethnic NewsWatch ProQuest Provides comprehensive access to the ethnic, minority and native press in the United States. Yes Article
FirstSearch core modules OCLC/FirstSearch All FirstSearch academic database modules No Citation
Gale Virtual Reference Library Gale Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7. Yes E-books
GPO Monthly Catalog OCLC/FirstSearch More than 450,000 records for documents printed by the U.S. government. It covers all types of U.S. government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records, judiciary materials, and documents issued by executive departments. No Citation
Grove Music Online Oxford University Press Widely regarded as the standard on all aspects of music, this resource includes articles, biographies, bibliographies and multimedia, and can be searched in a number of different ways. Yes Reference
Harper's Historical Archive Harper's Weekly Articles from Harper's historical archive dating back to the second half of the nineteenth century. Yes Article
Health Source Nursing/Academic EBSCO This database provides 600 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition also features abstracts and indexing for more than 850 journals. Yes Article
Illinois Sanborn Maps ProQuest Fire insurance maps of Illinois cities. No Reference
Individual Academic E-Journals in Full Text Mary Ann Liebert Browse the full text of a selection of 56 academic journals. Yes Article
Literature Resource Center Gale Literature Resource Center is comprised of content from journal articles and traditional reference sources including Dictionary of Literary Biography, Contemporary Authors, and Contemporary Literary Criticism. There are over 400,000 full-text articles from 250 academic journals, as welll as thousands of critical essays, work overviews, plot summaries and explications, author biographies, and links to authoritative content-related Web sites. Other features include a student guide to conducting literary research, an interactive literary historical timeline, and Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature. Yes Article, reference
Medline OCLC/FirstSearch Covers all areas of medicine. It indexes 3,500+ journals published internationally. Most records from 1975 to the present include abstracts. It is produced by the National Library of Medicine. No Citation, reference
netLibrary E-Books netLibrary This database offers the full text of housands of books from netLibrary's subscription collections as well as a selection of books in the public domain. Most of the subscription e-books have been published relatively recently. The 7,000+ e-books in the netLibrary collection are included in the online catalog Yes E-Books
New York Times ProQuest Fulltext access to the New York Times from 1980. Yes Article
Newspaper Source EBSCO Provides selected full text from over 180 U.S. and international newspapers, newswires, columns as well as indexing and abstracts for national newspapers. journals, magazines and newspapers. There are several specific modules Yes Article
Opposing Viewpoints E-Books Gale Draws on content from Greenhaven Press, Gale and Macmillan to provide a complete one-stop source for information on social issues. Access articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, Web sites, and full-text periodical articles. Yes E-Books
Oxford English Dictionary Oxford University Press The authoritative reference on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. Includes etymologies, variant spellings, pronunciation & examples of words in context. No Reference
Professional Development Collection EBSCO Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of over 500 full text journals, including nearly 350 peer-reviewed titles. Yes Article
ProQuest all modules ProQuest Fulltext access to a broad range of source titles across all academic disciplines including the social and physical sciences, the humanities and arts & literature, engineering and computer science, humanities, education, and more. Yes Article
ProQuest database menu ProQuest Fulltext access to a broad range of source titles across all academic disciplines including the social and physical sciences, the humanities and arts & literature, engineering and computer science, humanities, education, and more. Yes Article
Regional Business News EBSCO 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. Yes Article
Science E-Journals Mary Ann Liebert Browse the full text of a selection of 56 academic journals. Yes Article
World Almanac OCLC/FirstSearch Includes the contents of The World Almanac and Book of Facts (1998), The World Almanac of the U.S.A., The World Almanac of U.S. Politics, and The World Almanac for Kids. Yes Reference
World Cat OCLC/FirstSearch Contains more than 32 million records describing items owned by libraries around the world. Each record contains library holdings. Entries include books, journals, musical scores, magazines, newspapers, manuscripts, videotapes, maps, etc. No Citation, reference

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