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Academic Search Premier - Contains indexing for nearly 8,050 publications, with full text for more than 4,600 of those titles. PDF back files to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable references are provided for more than 1,000 titles. Academic Search Premier contains full text coverage in biology, chemistry, education, engineering, humanities, physics, psychology, religion and theology, sociology, etc. (Partial Full Text)
AgEcon - This index covers agricultural economics. It includes bibliographic citations plus full text of staff/working papers from several universities and U.S. (Partial Full Text)
Agricultural Science Collection - This database contains the leading agricultural journals published in North America. Database contains the complete text as well as complete images from many leading agriculture related journals. (Partial Full Text)
Agricultural Journals - Search journals in agriculture and related fields with the Agricola documents. (Partial full text)
BioOne - A full-text online aggregation of some 200 high-impact, peer-reviewed bioscience research journals, covering the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences. The titles are published by scientific societies and other nonprofit organizations, and most have, until now, been available only in print. (Full Text)
Biosis Previews - and Biological Abstracts - Monitors every area of the life sciences, abstracting and indexing in every available field and covers articles from over 3,700 serials each year. This interdisciplinary and in-depth approach to life sciences connects researchers with critical journal coverage on topics from agriculture and botany to microbiology to pharmacology. Biosis Previews is updated weekly and is more current than Biological Abstracts. Biological Abstracts coverage begins in 1980, Biosis Previews begins in 1996.
Flowering Plant Index - Searches over 150 periodicals and selected books. (Full Text)
Dissertation Abstracts - consists of more than two million entries for information about doctoral dissertations and master's theses. Dissertations published from 1980 forward include 350- word abstracts written by the author. Master's theses published from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. Most recent titles have free twenty-four page previews. (Citations and Abstracts Only)
Dissertation Abstracts@CIC Institutions (with text) -This is a subset of the Dissertation Abstracts database above which has links the complete text of recent theses from the University of Minnesota and other large research universities that belong to the CIC cooperative.
Ebsco Mega File - A multi-disciplinary database providing full text for more than 15,000 total publications and indexing & abstracting for more than 19,000 publications. Coverage spans every area of academic study and general interest subject area and offers information dating as far back as the 1800s. In addition, the database contains more than 84,000 biographies, 83,000 primary source documents, 10,000 company profiles and an image collection of more than 107,000 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily.
Flowering Plant Index - Searches over 150 periodicals and selected books. (Full Text)
GreenFILE™ offers information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,700 records. Ebsco had made this database available without charge.
HighWire - Hosts the largest repository of free full-text life science (including the health sciences) articles in the world. (Partial Full Text)
PLANTS National Database - Provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories. It includes names, plant symbols, checklists, distributional data, species abstracts, characteristics, images, plant links, references, crop information, and automated tools.
Plant Management Network - Indexing thousands of web-based resources, the PMN Plant Science Database provides quick and easy access to fact sheets, newsletters, product listings, training resources, and related information. The database indexes all articles published in Plant Health Progress, Forage and Grazinglands, and Crop Management, and thousands of web-based resources hosted at PMN's partner university, company, and association websites.
PubMed- Provides access to 10 million citations in Medline and other related databases with links to participating journals. UMC Library has enabled linking to the full text of articles from citations found by searching PubMed. The links use FindIt, the UMC Library Linking service.
Research reports Minnesota DNR - hundreds of research projects that provide natural resource managers and the public with information useful in conserving the state's nongame wildlife and rare plant and animal resources
ScienceDirect - This database contains full text, citations and abstracts from over 1100 journals. The Elsevier Science journal collection on ScienceDirect covers a wide spectrum of disciplines including Chemistry, Materials science, Engineering & technology, Environmental science, Economics, Business & management science, Neurosciences, Pharmacology & toxicology, Physics, Mathematics & computer science, Earth sciences, Social sciences, Biochemistry, Microbiology & immunology, Biological sciences and Clinical medicine. (Full Text)
Scirus a comprehensive science-specific search engine which searches over 167 million science-specific Web pages. Scirus also indexes thousands of journals from hundreds of publishers. In order to provide access to the text of the journal articles UMC Library has partnered with Scirus to enable the FindIt service in Scirus. To take advantage of this partnership go to the Scirus home page, select Search Preferences, check enable and select University of Minnesota, Crookston from the list of partners and save your preferences.
Social Sciences in Forestry - This database indexes publications in 41 subject areas relating the social sciences to forestry. Among them are: legislation, policy and planning, management, economic development, investment and finance. (Partial Full Text)
S-pac (Searchable Proceedings of Animal Conferences) is electronic database of proceedings from major animal production conferences held in the U.S. and Canada. Access requires a username and password which are available to UMC faculty, staff, and students on the linked page.
SpringerLink to provides access to some of the world's leading scientific, technical, and medical journals.
Turfgrass Information Center - Turfgrass Information File (TGIF) provides access to all types of works related to turfgrass culture including journals, monographs, fact sheets and pamphlets, images, and web documents. Most records in TGIF contain informative abstracts; some contain full text or are linked to web-accessible full text.
Urban Forestry - Indexes publications relating to the history of urban forestry; urban forest legislation; the benefits of urban forests, selection and planting of trees; maintenance of the urban forest; planning and management; and urban forestry programs. (Partial Full Text).
Wiley Online Library - Scientific, technical, medical, and professional journals, plus major reference works. . Subjects covered include: Chemistry, Medicine, Business, Finance, and Management, Computer Science, Earth Science, Education, Engineering, Law, Life and Medical Sciences, Mathematics & Statistics, Physics, and Psychology. (Full Text).
Academic Search Premier - Contains indexing for nearly 8,050 publications, with full text for more than 4,600 of those titles. PDF back files to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable references are provided for more than 1,000 titles. Academic Search Premier contains full text coverage in biology, chemistry, education, engineering, humanities, physics, psychology, religion and theology, sociology, etc. (Partial Full Text)
American Poetry Database - The American Poetry Full-Text Database features the works of more than 200 American poets, along with six landmark anthologies of American poetry. The database gathers the works of the most influential American poets, from the Colonial period to the early twentieth century.
Communication & Mass Media Complete - Communication & Mass Media Complete provides the most robust, quality research solution in areas related to communication and mass media. This database originated with the acquisition and subsequent merging of two popular databases in the fields of communication and mass media studies -- CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association (NCA)), and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Pennsylvania State University). Communication & Mass Media Complete provides an invaluable resource for students, researchers, and educators interested in any and all aspects of communication and mass media.
Database of African-American Poetry - This database covers the works of 54 African-American poets writing in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and, through their writings, provides a unique portrait of early America.
Discovering Collection - Provides in-depth content for five core curriculum areas, specifically literature, history, biography, science, and social studies. The Discovering Collection is aimed at grades 6-12 and contains all the content in Junior Reference Collection plus the DISCovering products to offer thousands of overview essays, literary criticisms, timelines, primary source documents, audio and video clips, and over 15,000 maps, images, and flags.
Dissertation Abstracts - consists of more than two million entries for information about doctoral dissertations and master's theses. Dissertations published from 1980 forward include 350- word abstracts written by the author. Master's theses published from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. Most recent titles have free twenty-four page previews. (Citations and Abstracts Only) Only)
Dissertation Abstracts@CIC Institutions (with text) - This is a subset of the Dissertation Abstracts database above which has links the complete text of recent theses from the University of Minnesota and other large research universities that belong to the CIC cooperative.
Ebsco Mega File - A multi-disciplinary database providing full text for more than 15,000 total publications and indexing & abstracting for more than 19,000 publications. Coverage spans every area of academic study and general interest subject area and offers information dating as far back as the 1800s. In addition, the database contains more than 84,000 biographies, 83,000 primary source documents, 10,000 company profiles and an image collection of more than 107,000 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily.
English Poetry Database - This database comprises the works of almost 1,350 poets from 600-1900.
English Verse Drama Database - English Verse Drama contains more than 2,000 works by around 450 named authors and approximately 230 anonymous works, from the Shrewsbury Fragments of the late thirteenth century to the end of the nineteenth century.
Ethnic News Watch - Ethnic NewsWatch is an interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.
Expanded Academic ASAP - From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images!
General Reference Center Gold - A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources in one easy-to-use interface. Use General Reference Center Gold to find articles from newspapers, reference books, and periodicals, many with full-text and images. Find the latest current events, popular culture, business and industry coverage, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more. (Partial Full Text)
InfoTrac Student Edition - Use this database designed for schools, to search magazines, newspapers, and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, etc.
JSTOR - Full text to over 100 scholarly journals. (Full Text)
Literature Criticism Online This is a searchable compilation of literary commentary publications from following Gale print publications: Contemporary Literary Criticism, Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism,Shakespearean Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400–1800, Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Poetry Criticism, Short Story Criticism, Drama Criticism. and Children's Literature Review. The collections provides indexing and access to tens of thousands of essays.
MasterFILE Premier - MasterFILE Premier contains full text for 2,053 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more. This database also contains full text for more than 350 reference books, 84,074 biographies, 86,132 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. MasterFILE Premier now offers PDF back files (as far back as 1975) for key publications including American Libraries , Foreign Affairs , History Today , Judaism , Library Journal , National Review , Saturday Evening Post , etc.
MLA International Bibliography MLA indexes material that relates to all forms of human communication. Topics include literary criticism and theory, dramatic arts (film, radio, television, theater), and history of printing and publishing. Linguistics and language materials range from history and theory of linguistics, comparative linguistics, semantics, stylistics, and syntax to translation. The items indexed date back to the 1920s. The index contains over 1.8 million citations from more than 4,400 journals & series and 1,000 book publishers.
Professional Collection - A custom selection of more than 300 full text journals for educators that is updated daily and provides 24-hour access from school or home. It offers balanced coverage for any professional educator in the following areas: arts and humanities; child and adolescent psychology and development; drug and alcohol abuse; health/nutrition/fitness; learning disabilities; literature; school law; science and technology; social sciences; and sports/athletic training.
Project Muse Journals in Full Text - Provides access to the full text of the Johns Hopkins University Press's 40+ scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics. (Full Text)
Psychology Journals - With complete full-text coverage from top psychology and related publications, this database meets the needs of both students and mental-health professionals.
Academic Search Premier - Contains indexing for nearly 8,050 publications, with full text for more than 4,600 of those titles. PDF back files to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable references are provided for more than 1,000 titles. Academic Search Premier contains full text coverage in biology, chemistry, education, engineering, humanities, physics, psychology, religion and theology, sociology, etc. (Partial Full Text)
Accounting Literature -LEXISNEXIS® Academic Accounting search page which provides full text access to journals and other resources in the area of accounting.
AgEcon - This index covers agricultural economics. It includes bibliographic citations plus full text of staff/working papers from several universities and U.S. (Partial Full Text)
Business and Company Resource Center - Business and Company Resource Center is a fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information. (Full Text)
Business Insights: Essentials combines all of the content formerly found in Business & Company Resource Center (see above) with a new interface designed around the research goals and workflows of your diverse business research community. Easily find information on companies, industries and more in the context of timely news, statistical data, and in-depth reports.
Business File ASAP - Analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics. Access to a combination of broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and company directory listings with full text and images available. (Partial Full Text)
Business Source Premier - Contains 2,804 full text scholarly journals and business periodicals covering management, marketing, economics, finance, accounting, international business, etc. Use the Enhanced Business Searching Interface - EBSCOhost to search by specific company (DataMonitor company reports). (Full Text)
Dissertation Abstracts - consists of more than two million entries for information about doctoral dissertations and master's theses. Dissertations published from 1980 forward include 350- word abstracts written by the author. Master's theses published from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. Most recent titles have free twenty-four page previews. (Citations and Abstracts Only)
Dissertation Abstracts@CIC Institutions (with text) - This is a subset of the Dissertation Abstracts database above which has links the complete text of recent theses from the University of Minnesota and other large research universities that belong to the CIC cooperative.
LEXISNEXIS® Academic - Contains full-text documents from over 6,000 news, business, and legal publications, with a variety of flexible search options. News which searches more than 1000 newspapers, newsletters and journals. Legal search provides access to case law, statutes and regulations and to legal news and law reviews. Business search provides access to business and financial news, company financial information, market research, industry reports, and actual SEC filings. Search features permit comparison of companies based on criteria such as sales, income and number of employees. People for searching for biographical information from directories and other information sources. (Full Text)
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. This database is updated on a daily basis.
Small Business Resource Center Search this database to learn how to start, finance or manage your small business. Resources include sample business plans, how to guides, articles and websites. Includes material from the print version of the Small Business Sourcebook, Encyclopedia of Busness Information Sources, numerous Dummies books, and articles from many trade publications.
ScienceDirect - This database contains full text, citations and abstracts from over 1100 journals. The Elsevier Science journal collection on ScienceDirect covers a wide spectrum of disciplines including Chemistry, Materials science, Engineering & technology, Environmental science, Economics, Business & management science, Neurosciences, Pharmacology & toxicology, Physics, Mathematics & computer science, Earth sciences, Social sciences, Biochemistry, Microbiology & immunology, Biological sciences and Clinical medicine. (Full Text)
Sports Discus - Provided by the Sport Information Resource Centre, SPORTDiscus offers comprehensive, bibliographic coverage of sport, fitness and related disciplines. This database contains over 650,000 records with journal and monograph coverage going back to 1800.
Standard & Poor’s NetAdvantage is a comprehensive source of business and investment information, offering on-line access to Standard & Poor’s independent research, data and commentary on stocks, bonds, funds, and industries.
Wiley Online Library - Scientific, technical, medical, and professional journals, plus major reference works. . Subjects covered include: Chemistry, Medicine, Business, Finance, and Management, Computer Science, Earth Science, Education, Engineering, Law, Life and Medical Sciences, Mathematics & Statistics, Physics, and Psychology. (Full Text).
Academic Search Premier - contains indexing for nearly 8,050 publications, with full text for more than 4,600 of those titles. PDF back files to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable references are provided for more than 1,000 titles. Academic Search Premier contains full text coverage in biology, chemistry, education, engineering, humanities, physics, psychology, religion and theology, sociology, etc. (Partial Full Text)
Business Source Premier - EBSCOhost - Contains 2,804 full text scholarly journals and business periodicals covering management, marketing, economics, finance, accounting, international business, etc. (Full Text)
Engineering Village / Compendex -Provides worldwide coverage of significant applied engineering and technology literature. (Partial Full Text)
Dissertation Abstracts - consists of more than two million entries for information about doctoral dissertations and master's theses. Dissertations published from 1980 forward include 350- word abstracts written by the author. Master's theses published from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. Most recent titles have free twenty-four page previews. (Citations and Abstracts Only)
Dissertation Abstracts@CIC Institutions (with text) - This is a subset of the Dissertation Abstracts database above which has links the complete text of recent theses from the University of Minnesota and other large research universities that belong to the CIC cooperative.
Ebsco Mega File - A multi-disciplinary database providing full text for more than 15,000 total publications and indexing & abstracting for more than 19,000 publications. Coverage spans every area of academic study and general interest subject area and offers information dating as far back as the 1800s. In addition, the database contains more than 84,000 biographies, 83,000 primary source documents, 10,000 company profiles and an image collection of more than 107,000 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily.
First Monday - Is one of the first free, openly accessible, peer–reviewed journals on the Internet, solely devoted to the Internet.
IEEExplor - Includes the following publication categories: IEEE magazines, IEEE Computer Society magazines since about 1997, IEEE Computer Society conference proceedings since about 1998, IEEE Communications Society journals and magazines since about 1997 and IEEE Standards. (Full Text)and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily.
LEXISNEXIS® Academic - Contains full-text documents from over 6,000 news, business, and legal publications, with a variety of flexible search options. News which searches more than 1000 newspapers, newsletters and journals. Legal search provides access to case law, statutes and regulations and to legal news and law reviews. Business search provides access to business and financial news, company financial information, market research, industry reports, and actual SEC filings. Search features permit comparison of companies based on criteria such as sales, income and number of employees. People for searching for biographical information from directories and other information sources. (Full Text)
Professional Collection - A custom selection of more than 300 full text journals for educators that is updated daily and provides 24-hour access from school or home. It offers balanced coverage for any professional educator in the following areas: arts and humanities; child and adolescent psychology and development; drug and alcohol abuse; health/nutrition/fitness; learning disabilities; literature; school law; science and technology; social sciences; and sports/athletic training.
ScienceDirect - This database contains full text, citations and abstracts from over 1100 journals. The Elsevier Science journal collection on ScienceDirect covers a wide spectrum of disciplines including Chemistry, Materials science, Engineering & technology, Environmental science, Economics, Business & management science, Neurosciences, Pharmacology & toxicology, Physics, Mathematics & computer science, Earth sciences, Social sciences, Biochemistry, Microbiology & immunology, Biological sciences and Clinical medicine. (Full Text)
SpringerLink provides access to some of the world's leading scientific, technical, and medical journals. A browse list of titles is available on the SpringerLink home page
Wiley Online Library - Scientific, technical, medical, and professional journals, plus major reference works. . Subjects covered include: Chemistry, Medicine, Business, Finance, and Management, Computer Science, Earth Science, Education, Engineering, Law, Life and Medical Sciences, Mathematics & Statistics, Physics, and Psychology. (Full Text).
Academic Search Premier - Contains indexing for nearly 8,050 publications, with full text for more than 4,600 of those titles. PDF back files to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable references are provided for more than 1,000 titles. Academic Search Premier contains full text coverage in biology, chemistry, education, engineering, humanities, physics, psychology, religion and theology, sociology, etc. (Partial Full Text)
Dissertation Abstracts - consists of more than two million entries for information about doctoral dissertations and master's theses. Dissertations published from 1980 forward include 350- word abstracts written by the author. Master's theses published from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. Most recent titles have free twenty-four page previews. (Citations and Abstracts Only)
Dissertation Abstracts@CIC Institutions (with text) - This is a subset of the Dissertation Abstracts database above which has links the complete text of recent theses from the University of Minnesota and other large research universities that belong to the CIC cooperative.
Ebsco Mega File - A multi-disciplinary database providing full text for more than 15,000 total publications and indexing & abstracting for more than 19,000 publications. Coverage spans every area of academic study and general interest subject area and offers information dating as far back as the 1800s. In addition, the database contains more than 84,000 biographies, 83,000 primary source documents, 10,000 company profiles and an image collection of more than 107,000 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily.
Ebsco Education Research Complete The database provides indexing and abstracts for thousands journals, as well as full text for over one thousand journals. 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. This database also includes full text for hundreds of books and monographs, and full text for numerous education-related conference papers.
Educator's Reference Complete provides access to over 760 top educational publications, including more than 600 of the titles in full text. The coverage spans the literature on primary, secondary and higher education as well as special education, home schooling and adult education.
ERIC - This database is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education to provide extensive access to education-related literature. ERIC provides coverage of journal articles, conferences, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, books and monographs.
Expanded Academic ASAP - From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images!
Kids InfoBits Kids InfoBits is a database developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5. Featuring a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, the most popular search method is moving from a broad subject to a narrower topic using the subject-based topic tree. The curriculum-related, age appropriate, full-text content is from the best elementary reference sources and magazines. This database covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Kid's Edition - K12
Formerly PrimaryTOM, this periodical database with almost 125 titles, is designed for elementary school students, with easy access to full- text magazines, from publishers such as Cobblestones and Scholastic and Time, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts Library/Information Sciences & Technology Abstracts (LISTA). Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, and information management, the information industry. LISTA indexes more than 600 periodicals plus books, research reports, and proceedings.
MasterFILE Premier - Contains full text for 2,053 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more. This database also contains full text for more than 350 reference books, 84,074 biographies, 86,132 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. MasterFILE Premier now offers PDF back files (as far back as 1975) for key publications including American Libraries , Foreign Affairs , History Today , Judaism , Library Journal , National Review , Saturday Evening Post , etc.
MLA International BibliographyMLA indexes material that relates to all forms of human communication. Topics include literary criticism and theory, dramatic arts (film, radio, television, theater), and history of printing and publishing. Linguistics and language materials range from history and theory of linguistics, comparative linguistics, semantics, stylistics, and syntax to translation. The items indexed date back to the 1920s. The index contains over 1.8 million citations from more than 4,400 journals & series and 1,000 book publishers.
Professional Collection - A custom selection of more than 300 full text journals for educators that is updated daily and provides 24-hour access from school or home. It offers balanced coverage for any professional educator in the following areas: arts and humanities; child and adolescent psychology and development; drug and alcohol abuse; health/nutrition/fitness; learning disabilities; literature; school law; science and technology; social sciences; and sports/athletic training.
Professional Development Collection provides a focused collection of electronic information especially for professional educators, professional librarians and education researchers. Professional Development Collection includes full text for Chronicle of Higher Education, Educational Leadership, Journal of Education, Journal of Higher Education, Journal of Learning Disabilities, Theory Into Practice, and nearly 520 high quality education journals
Psychology Journals - With complete full-text coverage from top psychology and related publications, this database meets the needs of both students and mental-health professionals.
PubMed- Provides access to 10 million citations in Medline and other related databases with links to participating journals. UMC Library has enabled linking to the full text of articles from citations found by searching PubMed. The links use FindIt, the UMC Library Linking service.
Teacher Reference Center - This index of over 260 titles from the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals, periodicals, and books is offered free via the EBSCOhost platform. This database provides coverage on key education topics such as Assessment, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, Science & Mathematics, and more.
Testing & Education Reference Center contains over 100 practice tests and courses including practice tests for the usual college entrance exams, as well as for the GRE and other graduate school exams. It also contains tests for many professional and civil service exams including Accountant/Auditor Exams, American Foreign Service Officer Exam, Correction Officer Exam, Court Officer Exam, Parole Officer Exam, and the Police Officer Exam. The Center also includes online versions of the Peterson's preparation guides for many of these tests. It has in-depth information on colleges and universities, graduate and professional programs, distance learning, corporate training, available scholarships and awards.
Wiley Online Library - Scientific, technical, medical, and professional journals, plus major reference works. . Subjects covered include: Chemistry, Medicine, Business, Finance, and Management, Computer Science, Earth Science, Education, Engineering, Law, Life and Medical Sciences, Mathematics & Statistics, Physics, and Psychology. (Full Text).
Academic Search Premier - Contains indexing for nearly 8,050 publications, with full text for more than 4,600 of those titles. PDF back files to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable references are provided for more than 1,000 titles. Academic Search Premier contains full text coverage in biology, chemistry, education, engineering, humanities, physics, psychology, religion and theology, sociology, etc. (Partial Full Text)
America's News Magazines NewsBank's full text collection of 28 popular magazines including: Baby Talk, Foreign Affairs, Life, Money, Popular Science, Sports Illustrated, Time and U.S. News and World Report,
APS Online - Over 1,100 periodicals that first began publishing between 1740 and 1900, including special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, children's and women's magazines, and many other historically-significant periodicals.
Biography Resource Center This database contains biographies from many Gale sources supplemented by full-text articles from hundreds of magazines and newspapers, as well as tens of thousands of images and links to vetted websites.
Encyclopedia Americana,Grolier's Multimedia Encyclopedia, La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre (Spanish language), and Grolier Online Kids are part of Grolier Online. These resources from Grolier are easy to use colorful online versions of well known print encyclopedias. La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre is a Spanish-language encyclopedia which provides extensive coverage of curriculum- aligned topics.
Encyclopedia Britannica - provides easy access to high-quality, comprehensive information with articles written by Nobel laureates, historians, curators, professors, and other experts, The Encyclopædia Britannica articles are trusted resources with balanced, global perspectives and unique insights.
Discovering Collection - Provides in-depth content for five core curriculum areas, specifically literature, history, biography, science, and social studies. The Discovering Collection is aimed at grades 6-12 and contains all the content in Junior Reference Collection plus the DISCovering products to offer thousands of overview essays, literary criticisms, timelines, primary source documents, audio and video clips, and over 15,000 maps, images, and flags.
Dissertation Abstracts - consists of more than two million entries for information about doctoral dissertations and master's theses. Dissertations published from 1980 forward include 350- word abstracts written by the author. Master's theses published from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. Most recent titles have free twenty-four page previews. (Citations and Abstracts Only)
Dissertation Abstracts@CIC Institutions (with text) - This is a subset of the Dissertation Abstracts database above which has links the complete text of recent theses from the University of Minnesota and other large research universities that belong to the CIC cooperative.
Ebsco Mega File - A multi-disciplinary database providing full text for more than 15,000 total publications and indexing & abstracting for more than 19,000 publications. Coverage spans every area of academic study and general interest subject area and offers information dating as far back as the 1800s. In addition, the database contains more than 84,000 biographies, 83,000 primary source documents, 10,000 company profiles and an image collection of more than 107,000 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily.
Ethnic News Watch - An interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.
Expanded Academic ASAP - From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images!
General Reference Center Gold - A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources in one easy-to-use interface. Use General Reference Center Gold to find articles from newspapers, reference books, and periodicals, many with full-text and images. Find the latest current events, popular culture, business and industry coverage, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more. (Partial Full Text)
InfoTrac Junior Edition (Middle Schools) - Use this database designed for schools, to search magazines, newspapers, and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, etc.
InfoTrac Student Edition - Use this database designed for schools, to search magazines, newspapers, and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, etc.
Informe ! - English Version - Was created exclusively for Spanish-speaking users, providing indexing, images, and full text of popular Hispanic magazines-not just translations. Also included is a thesaurus and interface that are uniquely designed for Spanish-speaking users.
Junior Reference Collection - With nearly 12,000 documents, 8,500 photographs and illustrations, 50 video and audio clips, and 3 complete Merriam-Webster's dictionaries (Collegiate, Biographical, and Geographical), the Junior Reference Collection is a complete reference source. The Junior Reference Collection is a comprehensive, cross-curricular research tool that combines the following U*X*L products into one database that is simple to navigate, easy to comprehend, and supports classroom learning. The JRC's search paths are distinguished by subject area-People, Places, Subjects, Authors, Books, Timeline-and the results are categorized by document type-Overview Essay, Biography, and Timeline Event.
LEXISNEXIS® Academic - Contains full-text documents from over 6,000 news, business, and legal publications, with a variety of flexible search options. News which searches more than 1000 newspapers, newsletters and journals. Legal search provides access to case law, statutes and regulations and to legal news and law reviews. Business search provides access to business and financial news, company financial information, market research, industry reports, and actual SEC filings. Search features permit comparison of companies based on criteria such as sales, income and number of employees. People for searching for biographical information from directories and other information sources. (Full Text)
MasterFILE Premier - MasterFILE Premier contains full text for 2,053 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more. This database also contains full text for more than 350 reference books, 84,074 biographies, 86,132 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. MasterFILE Premier now offers PDF back files (as far back as 1975) for key publications including American Libraries , Foreign Affairs , History Today , Judaism , Library Journal , National Review , Saturday Evening Post , etc.
New York Times Historical Database - The New York Times (1851-2001) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue
Newspaper Search - Access full-text articles from 5 major newspapers : the Minneapolis Star Tribune , The Los Angeles Times , The New York Times (90-day rolling file only of full text), The Wall Street Journal , and The Washington Post . It also includes articles from a number of other regional newspapers.
Professional Collection - A custom selection of more than 300 full text journals for educators that is updated daily and provides 24-hour access from school or home. It offers balanced coverage for any professional educator in the following areas: arts and humanities; child and adolescent psychology and development; drug and alcohol abuse; health/nutrition/fitness; learning disabilities; literature; school law; science and technology; social sciences; and sports/athletic training.
St. Paul Pioneer Press - Comprehensive coverage of issues that affect St. Paul, Minnesota, the twin cities and the nation.
APS Online - - Over 1,100 periodicals that first began publishing between 1740 and 1900, including special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, children's and women's magazines, and many other historically-significant periodicals. (Full Text)
ArchiveGrid - Provides access to nearly a million descriptions of detailed archival collections held by thousands of libraries, museums, historical societies, and archives worldwide
Archives of Americana -This family of historical collections contains books, pamphlets, broadsides, newspapers, government documents and ephemera printed in America over three centuries.
American State Papers, 1789-1838 Legislative and executive documents, many originating from the important period between 1789 and the beginning of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set in 1817
Chadwyck-Healey Collection
Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800 Books, pamphlets, broadsides and other imprints listed in the renowned bibliography by Charles Evans
Early English Books Online (EEBO) contains over 125,000 titles listed in Pollard and Redgrave's Short-Title Catalogue (1475-1640), Wing's Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700), the Thomason Tracts (1640-1661), and the Early English Tract Supplement - all in full digital facsimile from the Early English Books microfilm collection
Historical Statistics of the United States The online version of the Millennial Edition of Historical Statistics of the United States is the single most comprehensive compendium of historical U.S. statistics available. It covers the social, economic, political and geographic data collected by the Census Bureau and other agencies of the United States govenment. Each chapter provides extensive documentation for the sources of the statistics. Data can downloaded in Excel or CSV. Custom tables can be created which can also be downloaded, printed, or graphed.
New York Times Historical Database The New York Times (1851-2001) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.
U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1980 Reports, documents and journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, originally published in approximately 13,800 bound volumes
Serial Set Maps, 1817-1980 The maps published as part of U.S. Congressional Serial Set publications.
Academic Search Premier - Contains indexing for nearly 8,050 publications, with full text for more than 4,600 of those titles. PDF back files to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable references are provided for more than 1,000 titles. Academic Search Premier contains full text coverage in biology, chemistry, education, engineering, humanities, physics, psychology, religion and theology, sociology, etc. (Partial Full Text)
AccessUN (1945-) - The index to United Nations documents including Official Records, documents, draft resolutions, meeting records, and the UN Treaty Series citations.
Business Source Premier - EBSCOhost - Contains 2,804 full text scholarly journals and business periodicals covering management, marketing, economics, finance, accounting, international business, etc. Use the Enhanced Business Searching Interface - EBSCOhost to search by specific company (DataMonitor company reports) (Full Text).
Criminal Justice Abstracts This database abstracts and indexes journals, books, reports, dissertations and unpublished papers on criminology and related disciplines from around the world. Topics covered include crime trends, crime prevention and deterrence, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, police, courts, punishment and sentencing. There are links to full text through FindIt.
Criminal Justice Periodicals Search a comprehensive collection of U.S. and international criminal justice journals including information for professionals in law enforcement, corrections administration, drug enforcement, rehabilitation, family law, and industrial security. (Partial Full Text)
Criminology Information Service and Library CrimDoc (Criminology Library Grey Literature) - Comprises the "grey literature" from the field of Criminology, as well as other, related areas of specialization, including criminal justice, penology and corrections, juvenile delinquency/young offenders, policing and law enforcement, and private policing.
Dissertation Abstracts - consists of more than two million entries for information about doctoral dissertations and master's theses. Dissertations published from 1980 forward include 350- word abstracts written by the author. Master's theses published from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. Most recent titles have free twenty-four page previews. (Citations and Abstracts Only)
Dissertation Abstracts@CIC Institutions (with text) - This is a subset of the Dissertation Abstracts database above which has links the complete text of recent theses from the University of Minnesota and other large research universities that belong to the CIC cooperative (University of Michigan, Ohio State University, Indiana University, University of Chicago, University of Wisconsin, University of Iowa, Pennsylvania State University, Michigan State University and others).
Ebsco Mega File - A multi-disciplinary database providing full text for more than 15,000 total publications and indexing & abstracting for more than 19,000 publications. Coverage spans every area of academic study and general interest subject area and offers information dating as far back as the 1800s. In addition, the database contains more than 84,000 biographies, 83,000 primary source documents, 10,000 company profiles and an image collection of more than 107,000 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily.
Expanded Academic ASAP - From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images!
FindLaw - Law, Lawyer, Lawyers, Attorney, Attorneys and Legal Resources - Searchable full text of codes, laws, cases, and legal news for the federal and state governments.
Lawguru.com - Legal Research Page - Search 160 legal search engines and tools from one Web page
LEXISNEXIS® Academic - Contains full-text documents from over 6,000 news, business, and legal publications, with a variety of flexible search options. News which searches more than 1000 newspapers, newsletters and journals. Legal search provides access to case law, statutes and regulations and to legal news and law reviews. Business search provides access to business and financial news, company financial information, market research, industry reports, and actual SEC filings. Search features permit comparison of companies based on criteria such as sales, income and number of employees. People for searching for biographical information from directories and other information sources. (Full Text)
National Criminal Justice Abstracts Database - The National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts Database contains summaries of more than 150,000 criminal justice publications, including Federal, State, and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, and unpublished research. (Partial Full Text) Proquest's version of this database is called Criminal Justice Abstracts There are links to full text through FindIt
National Institute of Corrections - NIC's catalog of digital resources offers flexible searching of more than 2,800 items, accessible online, that have been produced by NIC or other sources.
Professional Collection - A custom selection of more than 300 full text journals for educators that is updated daily and provides 24-hour access from school or home. It offers balanced coverage for any professional educator in the following areas: arts and humanities; child and adolescent psychology and development; drug and alcohol abuse; health/nutrition/fitness; learning disabilities; literature; school law; science and technology; social sciences; and sports/athletic training.
Psychology Journals - With complete full-text coverage from top psychology and related publications, this database meets the needs of both students and mental-health professionals.
Research reports Minnesota DNR - Hundreds of research projects that provide natural resource managers and the public with information useful in conserving the state's non-game wildlife and rare plant and animal resources.
Wiley Online Library scientific, technical, medical, and professional journals, plus major reference works. Subjects covered include: Chemistry, Medicine, Business, Finance, and Management, Computer Science, Earth Science, Education, Engineering, Law, Life and Medical Sciences, Mathematics & Statistics, Physics, and Psychology. (Full Text)
Academic Search Premier - Contains indexing for nearly 8,050 publications, with full text for more than 4,600 of those titles. PDF back files to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable references are provided for more than 1,000 titles. Academic Search Premier contains full text coverage in biology, chemistry, education, engineering, humanities, physics, psychology, religion and theology, sociology, etc. (Partial Full Text)
Alt HealthWatch- focuses on health issues from the perspective of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It offers libraries full text articles for more than 180 international, and often peer-reviewed journals and reports. In addition, there are hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts.
Biosis Previews - and Biological Abstracts- Monitors every area of the life sciences, abstracting and indexing in every available field and covers articles from over 3,700 serials each year. This interdisciplinary and in-depth approach to life sciences connects researchers with critical journal coverage on topics from agriculture and botany to microbiology to pharmacology. Biosis Previews is updated weekly and is more current than Biological Abstracts. Biological Abstracts coverage begins in 1980, Biosis Previews begins in 1996.
Consumer Health Complete- is the single most comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. It is designed to support the information needs of patients, and to foster an overall understanding of health-related topics.
Dissertation Abstracts - consists of more than two million entries for information about doctoral dissertations and master's theses. Dissertations published from 1980 forward include 350- word abstracts written by the author. Master's theses published from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. Most recent titles have free twenty-four page previews. (Citations and Abstracts Only)
Dissertation Abstracts@CIC Institutions (with text) - This is a subset of the Dissertation Abstracts database above which has links the complete text of recent theses from the University of Minnesota and other large research universities that belong to the CIC cooperative.
Ebsco Mega File - A multi-disciplinary database providing full text for more than 15,000 total publications and indexing & abstracting for more than 19,000 publications. Coverage spans every area of academic study and general interest subject area and offers information dating as far back as the 1800s. In addition, the database contains more than 84,000 biographies, 83,000 primary source documents, 10,000 company profiles and an image collection of more than 107,000 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily.
Expanded Academic ASAP - From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images!!
Health Source: Consumer Edition - is a collection of consumer health information. This resource provides access to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines, including American Fitness, Better Nutrition, Fit Pregnancy, Harvard Health Letter, HealthFacts, Men's Health, Muscle & Fitness, Prevention, Vegetarian Times, and many others. This database also includes searchable full text for current, health- related pamphlets and more than 130 health reference books, including books published by the People's Medical Society.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition - is a collection of consumer health information. This resource provides access to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines, including American Fitness, Better Nutrition, Fit Pregnancy, Harvard Health Letter, HealthFacts, Men's Health, Muscle & Fitness, Prevention, Vegetarian Times, and many others. This database also includes searchable full text for current, health-related pamphlets and more than 130 health reference books, including books published by the People's Medical Society.
HighWire - Hosts the largest repository of free full-text life science (including the health sciences) articles in the world.
IBIDS - International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements - IBIDS contains bibliographic records, including abstracts published in international scientific journals on the topic of dietary supplements, including vitamins, minerals, herbal and botanical supplements from the Office of Dietary Supplements at the NIH. (Citations and Abstracts Only)
InfoTrac Student Edition - Use this database designed for schools, to search magazines, newspapers, and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, etc.
InfoTrac Junior Edition (Middle Schools) - Use this database designed for schools, to search magazines, newspapers, and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, etc.
MasterFILE Premier - MasterFILE Premier contains full text for 2,053 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more. This database also contains full text for more than 350 reference b ooks, 84,074 biographies, 86,132 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. MasterFILE Premier now offers PDF back files (as far back as 1975) for key publications including American Libraries , Foreign Affairs , History Today , Judaism , Library Journal , National Review , Saturday Evening Post , etc.
Medline - OCLC Index to journal articles in all areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing. See Pubmed
Professional Collection - A custom selection of more than 300 full text journals for educators that is updated daily and provides 24-hour access from school or home. It offers balanced coverage for any professional educator in the following areas: arts and humanities; child and adolescent psychology and development; drug and alcohol abuse; health/nutrition/fitness; learning disabilities; literature; school law; science and technology; social sciences; and sports/athletic training.
PubMed- Provides access to 10 million citations in Medline and other related databases with links to participating journals. UMC Library has enabled linking to the full text of articles from citations found by searching PubMed. The links use FindIt, the UMC Library Linking service.
Psychology Journals - With complete full-text coverage from top psychology and related publications, this database meets the needs of both students and mental-health professionals.
ScienceDirect - This database contains full text, citations and abstracts from over 1100 journals. The Elsevier Science journal collection on ScienceDirect covers a wide spectrum of disciplines including Chemistry, Materials science, Engineering & technology, Environmental science, Economics, Business & management science, Neurosciences, Pharmacology & toxicology, Physics, Mathematics & computer science, Earth sciences, Social sciences, Biochemistry, Microbiology & immunology, Biological sciences and Clinical medicine. (Full Text)
Scirus - Scirus is the most comprehensive science-specific search engine on the Internet. Scirus searches over 167 million science-specific Web pages.
Smoking & Health Resource Library - Focuses on the scientific, medical, technical, policy, behavioral, legal, and historical literature related to smoking and tobacco use and its effect on health. (Citations and Abstracts Only)
SpringerLink provides access to some of the world's leading scientific, technical, and medical journals. A browse list of titles is available on the SpringerLink home page
Sports Discus - Provided by the Sport Information Resource Centre, SPORTDiscus offers comprehensive, bibliographic coverage of sport, fitness and related disciplines. This database contains over 650,000 records with journal and monograph coverage going back to 1800.
Wiley Online Library - Scientific, technical, medical, and professional journals, plus major reference works. . Subjects covered include: Chemistry, Medicine, Business, Finance, and Management, Computer Science, Earth Science, Education, Engineering, Law, Life and Medical Sciences, Mathematics & Statistics, Physics, and Psychology. (Full Text).
Biography Resource Center This database contains biographies from many Gale sources supplemented by full-text articles from hundreds of magazines and newspapers, as well as tens of thousands of images and links to vetted websites.
Britannica Online School Edition Provides access to four encyclopedias that ensure consistency with classroom topics and age-appropriate language. Designed for all levels of learning K-12. For PreK-2, look for the Britannica Learning Zone. Preschool (Learning Zone). Elementary School Middle School, High School Edition
Encyclopedia Americana Contains the complete text of the latest edition of America's oldest general encyclopedia, containing 45,000 articles written by 6,500 contributors--a 25,000,000-word repository of text and images maintained by the encyclopedia's editorial staff.
Encyclopedia Britannica provides easy access to high-quality, comprehensive information with articles written by Nobel laureates, historians, curators, professors, and other experts, The Encyclopædia Britannica articles are trusted resources with balanced, global perspectives and unique insights.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
Gale Virtual Reference Library The Gale Virtual Reference library is a collection of electronic reference books from Gale and its publishing partners. Easy to search it providess access to many popular reference titles.
Gallop Brain- The Gallup Brain is a searchable, living record of more than 70 years of public opinion. Inside, you'll find answers to hundreds of thousands of questions, and responses from millions of people interviewed by The Gallup Poll since 1935.
Grolier Atlas is an interactive atlas with maps featuring geopolitical, historical, thematic maps and detailed maps of exploration of the world and North America. Interactive atlas contains 830 maps
Grolier's Multimedia Encyclopedia based on the full text of the Academic American Encyclopedia, is a fact-filled reference resource, rich in multimedia content. Designed for the young researcher,
Grolier Online Dictionaries contains searchable versions of The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition,The American Heritage® Student Dictionary, The American Heritage® Children’s Dictionary, The American Heritage® Spanish to English Dictionary, The American Heritage® English to Spanish Dictionary, Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition, Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
Grolier Online Kids designed students in grades 3–5 for age-appropirate content customized for beginning researchers.
Historical Statistics of the United States - The online version of the Millennial Edition of Historical Statistics of the United States is the single most comprehensive compendium of historical U.S. statistics available. It covers the social, economic, political and geographic data collected by the Census Bureau and other agencies of the United States govenment. Each chapter provides extensive documentation for the sources of the statistics. Data can downloaded in Excel or CSV. Custom tables can be created which can also be downloaded, printed, or graphed.
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology presents a wide scope of articles on chemical substances—including their properties, manufacturing, and uses. It also focuses on industrial processes and unit operations in chemical engineering, as well as covering fundamentals and scientific subjects related to the field. Additionally, environmental and health issues concerning chemical technology are also addressed.
La Nueva Enciclopedia CumbreSpanish-language encyclopedia written from the Latin American perspective provides extensive coverage of all curriculum-aligned topics so English Language Learners can conduct authentic research in their native language.
Literature Criticism Online This is a searchable compilation of literary commentary publications from following Gale print publications: Contemporary Literary Criticism, Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, Shakespearean Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400–1800, Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Poetry Criticism, Short Story Criticism, Drama Criticism. and Children's Literature Review. The collections provides indexing and access to tens of thousands of essays.
Testing & Education Reference Center contains over 100 practice tests and courses including practice tests for the usual college entrance exams, as well as for the GRE and other graduate school exams. It also contains tests for many professional and civil service exams including Accountant/Auditor Exams, American Foreign Service Officer Exam, Correction Officer Exam, Court Officer Exam, Parole Officer Exam, and the Police Officer Exam. The Center also includes online versions of the Peterson's preparation guides for many of these tests. It has in-depth information on colleges and universities, graduate and professional programs, distance learning, corporate training, available scholarships and awards.
Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry is the world's largest reference in applied chemistry, industrial chemistry, and chemical engineering in the broadest sense.With some 1000 articles written by more than 3000 experts from the top chemical companies and research institutes Ullmann's Encyclopedia is the first-stop source for any query or question concerning chemicals, processes, physical and chemical data, and much more.
Academic Search Premier - Contains indexing for nearly 8,050 publications, with full text for more than 4,600 of those titles. PDF back files to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable references are provided for more than 1,000 titles. Academic Search Premier contains full text coverage in biology, chemistry, education, engineering, humanities, physics, psychology, religion and theology, sociology, etc. (Partial Full Text)
Agricultural Science Collection - Search this definitive bibliographic database for all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines. Contains citations to books, audiovisual materials, serial publications, journal articles, books chapters, reports, and reprints.
Agricultural Journals - Search journals in agriculture and related fields with the Agricola documents. (Partial full text)
BioOne - A full-text online aggregation of some 200 high-impact, peer-reviewed bioscience research journals, covering the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences. The titles are published by scientific societies and other nonprofit organizations, and most have, until now, been available only in print.
Biosis Previews - and Biological Abstracts - Monitors every area of the life sciences, abstracting and indexing in every available field and covers articles from over 3,700 serials each year. This interdisciplinary and in-depth approach to life sciences connects researchers with critical journal coverage on topics from agriculture and botany to microbiology to pharmacology. Biosis Previews is updated weekly and is more current than Biological Abstracts. Biological Abstracts coverage begins in 1980, Biosis Previews begins in 1996.
Compendex-Provides worldwide coverage of significant applied engineering and technology literature. (Partial Full Text)
Discovering Collection - Provides in-depth content for five core curriculum areas, specifically literature, history, biography, science, and social studies. The Discovering Collection is aimed at grades 6-12 and contains all the content in Junior Reference Collection plus the DISCovering products to offer thousands of overview essays, literary criticisms, timelines, primary source documents, audio and video clips, and over 15,000 maps, images, and flags.Dissertation Abstracts - consists of more than two million entries for information about doctoral dissertations and master's theses. Dissertations published from 1980 forward include 350- word abstracts written by the author. Master's theses published from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. Most recent titles have free twenty-four page previews. (Citations and Abstracts Only)
Dissertation Abstracts@CIC Institutions (with text) - This is a subset of the Dissertation Abstracts database above which has links the complete text of recent theses from the University of Minnesota and other large research universities that belong to the CIC cooperative.
Ebsco Mega File - A multi-disciplinary database providing full text for more than 15,000 total publications and indexing & abstracting for more than 19,000 publications. Coverage spans every area of academic study and general interest subject area and offers information dating as far back as the 1800s. In addition, the database contains more than 84,000 biographies, 83,000 primary source documents, 10,000 company profiles and an image collection of more than 107,000 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily.
Expanded Academic ASAP - From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images!
HighWire - Hosts the largest repository of free full-text life science (including the health sciences) articles in the world.
IEEExplor - Includes the following publication categories: IEEE magazines, IEEE Computer Society magazines since about 1997, IEEE Computer Society conference proceedings since about 1998, IEEE Communications Society journals and magazines since about 1997 and IEEE Standards. (Full Text)
GreenFILE™ offers information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,700 records. Ebsco had made this database available without charge.
InfoTrac Student Edition - Use this database designed for schools, to search magazines, newspapers, and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, etc.
InfoTrac Junior Edition (Middle Schools) - Use this database designed for schools, to search magazines, newspapers, and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, etc.
MasterFILE Premier - MasterFILE Premier contains full text for 2,053 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more. This database also contains full text for more than 350 reference books, 84,074 biographies, 86,132 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. MasterFILE Premier now offers PDF back files (as far back as 1975) for key publications including American Libraries , Foreign Affairs , History Today , Judaism , Library Journal , National Review , Saturday Evening Post , etc.
Plant Management Network - Indexing thousands of web-based resources, the PMN Plant Science Database provides quick and easy access to fact sheets, newsletters, product listings, training resources, and related information. The database indexes all articles published in Plant Health Progress , Forage and Grazinglands , and Crop Management, and thousands of web-based resources hosted at PMN's partner university, company, and association websites.
PubMed- Provides access to 10 million citations in Medline and other related databases with links to participating journals. UMC Library has enabled linking to the full text of articles from citations found by searching PubMed. The links use FindIt, the UMC Library Linking service.
Psychology Journals - With complete full-text coverage from top psychology and related publications, this database meets the needs of both students and mental-health professionals.
Science.gov - Science.gov is a gateway to over 50 million pages of authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. government agencies, including research and development results.
ScienceDirect - This database contains full text, citations and abstracts from over 1100 journals. The Elsevier Science journal collection on ScienceDirect covers a wide spectrum of disciplines including Chemistry, Materials science, Engineering & technology, Environmental science, Economics, Business & management science, Neurosciences, Pharmacology & toxicology, Physics, Mathematics & computer science, Earth sciences, Social sciences, Biochemistry, Microbiology & immunology, Biological sciences and Clinical medicine. (Full Text)
Scirus - Scirus is the most comprehensive science-specific search engine on the Internet. Scirus searches over 167 million science-specific Web pages.
SpringerLink provides access to some of the world's leading scientific, technical, and medical journals. A browse list of titles is available on the SpringerLink home page.
Wiley Online Library - Scientific, technical, medical, and professional journals, plus major reference works. . Subjects covered include: Chemistry, Medicine, Business, Finance, and Management, Computer Science, Earth Science, Education, Engineering, Law, Life and Medical Sciences, Mathematics & Statistics, Physics, and Psychology. (Full Text).
Academic Search Premier - Contains indexing for nearly 8,050 publications, with full text for more than 4,600 of those titles. PDF back files to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable references are provided for more than 1,000 titles. Academic Search Premier contains full text coverage in biology, chemistry, education, engineering, humanities, physics, psychology, religion and theology, sociology, etc. (Partial Full Text)
Anthropological Index Online - The Anthropological Index to Current Periodicals in the Anthropology Library at the British Museum. (Full Text)
APS Online - Over 1,100 periodicals that first began publishing between 1740 and 1900, including special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, children's and women's magazines, and many other historically-significant periodicals.
Criminal Justice Periodicals - database focuses on U.S. and international criminal justice journals, providing research support for students interested in careers in criminal justice, law enforcement, corrections administration, drug enforcement, rehabilitation, family law and industrial security.(Partial Full Text)
Discovering Collection - Provides in-depth content for five core curriculum areas, specifically literature, history, biography, science, and social studies. The Discovering Collection is aimed at grades 6-12 and contains all the content in Junior Reference Collection plus the DISCovering products to offer thousands of overview essays, literary criticisms, timelines, primary source documents, audio and video clips, and over 15,000 maps, images, and flags.
Dissertation Abstracts - consists of more than two million entries for information about doctoral dissertations and master's theses. Dissertations published from 1980 forward include 350- word abstracts written by the author. Master's theses published from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. Most recent titles have free twenty-four page previews. (Citations and Abstracts Only)
Dissertation Abstracts@CIC Institutions (with text) - This is a subset of the Dissertation Abstracts database above which has links the complete text of recent theses from the University of Minnesota and other large research universities that belong to the CIC cooperative.
Ebsco Mega File - A multi-disciplinary database providing full text for more than 15,000 total publications and indexing & abstracting for more than 19,000 publications. Coverage spans every area of academic study and general interest subject area and offers information dating as far back as the 1800s. In addition, the database contains more than 84,000 biographies, 83,000 primary source documents, 10,000 company profiles and an image collection of more than 107,000 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily.
Ethic News Watch - Is an interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.
Expanded Academic ASAP - From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images!
General Reference Center Gold - A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources in one easy-to-use interface. Use General Reference Center Gold to find articles from newspapers, reference books, and periodicals, many with full-text and images. Find the latest current events, popular culture, business and industry coverage, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more. (Partial Full Text)
Informe ! - English Version - Was created exclusively for Spanish-speaking users, providing indexing, images, and full text of popular Hispanic magazines-not just translations. Also included is a thesaurus and interface that are uniquely designed for Spanish-speaking users. (Partial Full Text)
Informe!-Spanish version of Informe!- - A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily.
Junior Reference Collection - With nearly 12,000 documents, 8,500 photographs and illustrations, 50 video and audio clips, and 3 complete Merriam-Webster's dictionaries (Collegiate, Biographical, and Geographical), the Junior Reference Collection is a complete reference source. The Junior Reference Collection is a comprehensive, cross-curricular research tool that combines the following U*X*L products into one database that is simple to navigate, easy to comprehend, and supports classroom learning. The JRC's search paths are distinguished by subject area-People, Places, Subjects, Authors, Books, Timeline-and the results are categorized by document type-Overview Essay, Biography, and Timeline Event.
LEXISNEXIS® Academic - Contains full-text documents from over 6,000 news, business, and legal publications, with a variety of flexible search options. News which searches more than 1000 newspapers, newsletters and journals. Legal search provides access to case law, statutes and regulations and to legal news and law reviews. Business search provides access to business and financial news, company financial information, market research, industry reports, and actual SEC filings. Search features permit comparison of companies based on criteria such as sales, income and number of employees. People for searching for biographical information from directories and other information sources. (Full Text)
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