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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 searchible 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.
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)
AGRICOLA (Proquest). The database contains the indexing and abstracts form AGRICOLA the National Library of Agriculture's index.
Agriculture Journals (Proquest) This database contains many of the leading agricultural journals published in North America. The database includes indexing and abstracts form AGRICOLA and full text from ProQuest Agriculture Journals. 
Alt HealthWatch - Focuses on health issues from the perspective of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It contains 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.
Alt-Press Watch (APW) - A full text database comprised of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the alternative and independent press.
Anthropological Index Online - The Anthropological Index to Current Periodicals in the Anthropology Library at the British Museum. (Full Text)
American Periodical Series 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.
Archives USA - Access to holdings and contact information of more than 5,400 repositories. Indexes to 124,466 special collections. (Full Text)
ArticleFirst - OCLC's index of articles from the contents pages of journals.
Biography in Context - 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. 
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 and Biological Abstracts are a part of ISI's Web of Knowledge which also includes the Web of Science and you can search Biosis, Biological abstracts and Web of Science in Web of Knowledge under the All Databases tab. .
Birds of North America (BNA) - is a comprehensive reference covering the life histories of North America’s breeding birds, contents are updated frequently, with contributions from researchers, citizen scientists, and designated reviewers and editors. The references tab contains an extensive bibliography, In addition, BNA Online contains image and video galleries showing plumages, behaviors, habitat, nests and eggs, and more. Most online BNA accounts now feature recordings of the songs and calls of their species.
Brill eBooks and Journals Online Brill Online Books and Journals icontains scholarly sources with the full text of over 175,000 book chapters and journal articles, covering the Humanities, International Law and Biology.
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 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 Business Searching Interface to search for Company Profiles, Industry Profiles and Market Research Reports. (Full Text).
CAMIO - OCLC's Catalog of Art Museum Images Online is a collection documenting works of art from around the world, representing the collections of 24 prominent museums including The Minneapolis Institute of Arts and Walker Art Center
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (U.S. GPO) - The Catalog of United States Government publications indexes print and electronic Government information products created by Federal agencies including reports, books, and articles. (Citations and Abstracts Only)
Children's Core Collection (H.W. Wilson) This database covers fiction and nonfiction works, story collections, picture books and magazines recommended for readers in preschool through sixth grade. Professional literature for the children's librarian—both periodicals and books—is also covered. Selected and recommended by collection development specialists, books within Children’s Core Collection encompass a wide variety of topics, including social sciences, science, math and reading.
CLASE / PERIÓDICA - indexes documents published in Latin American journals specializing in the social sciences and humanities. PERIÓDICA covers journals specializing in science and technology. Together, these databases contain 2,600 scholarly journals published in the Spanish, Portuguese, French, and English languages.
Chadwyck-Healey Collection
Communication & Mass Media Complete - Communication & Mass Media Complete provides the most robust, quality research solution in areas related to communication and mass media. Communication & Mass Media Complete provides an invaluable resource for students, researchers, and educators interested in any and all aspects of communication and mass media.
Compendex - Compendex is a bibliographic database of scientific and technical engineering research covering all engineering disciplines. It includes millions of bibliographic citations and abstracts from thousands of engineering journals and conference proceedings. Access is through Engineering Village site which searches both Insspec and Compendex. (Partial Full Text)
Computer Database - Use this database to find computer-related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications and the application of technology. (Partial Full Text)
Consumer Health Complete - is a 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.
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)
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 (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).
Dissertations and Theses - is an OCLC database of all dissertations and theses available in WorldCat.
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.
eBook Collection (EBSCOhost):
This collection consists of more than 85,000 titles from leading publishers (13,000 Netlibrary owned titles). eBook Academic Subscription Collection™ supplies full-text eBooks covering a broad spectrum of academic subjects from business to science and engineering to the humanities. Nearly 70,000 titles are included in eBook Academic Subscription Collection. 
ebrary Academic Complete - Academic Complete is an e-book collection with more than 70,900 titles from a wide variety of publishers including many University Press titles, and titles from Wiley, Kaplan, Kluwer, Random House, Springer and Taylor & Francis.. It has an easy-to-use interface with simple searching and tools including personal bookshelves, automatic citations, highlighting and annotating. Unlimited simultaneous users so there are no turnaways.
Ebsco MegaFile - EBSCO MegaFILE is a multi-disciplinary database providing full text for nearly 12,000 total publications and indexing & abstracting for more than 16,000 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, 86,000 primary source documents, 10,000 company profiles and an image collection of more than 107,000 photos, maps and flags. MegaFILE is comprised of EBSCO’s Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, MasterFILE Premier and Regional Business News databases. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.
Ebsco Education Research Complete Ebsco Education Complete crovides 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 - Educator's Reference Complete is contains a selection of more than 450 full-text academic journals, hundreds of full-text reports, and many premier reference sources. Included content focuses on educational principles, child development and psychology, and best practices in education. Majority of the full-text titles included are also found in the ERIC database.
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. Britannica Online School Edition Homepage includes links to High School Edition, Middle School, Elementary School, and Preschool versions.
Electronic Collections Online A&I - An OCLC collection of scholarly journals with indexing and abstracts, FindIt enabled.
ERIC - Ebsco's version of ERIC provides access using the Ebsco interface to the ERIC database. ERIC contains over 800,000 references to thousands of educational topics. The sources it indexes include journal articles, books, theses, curriculi, conference papers, and standards and guidelines. Ebsco provides access to the ERIC database using its own interface. It is FindIt enabled. The library has access to Proquest's version of ERIC, OCLC's version of ERIC and the public US government version of ERIC - Education Resource Information Center The content is essentially the same the interface varies. .
Ethnic NewsWatch (ENW) - An interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full text database of newspapers, magazines and journals from ethnic, minority and native presses. This current database begins its coverage in 1990.
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!
First Monday - Is one of the first free, openly accessible, peer–reviewed journals on the Internet, solely devoted to the Internet.
Flowering Plant Index - Searches over 150 periodicals and selected books. (Full Text)
Foundation Directory Online provides the details on U.S. funders and their grants. Over 98,000 U.S. foundations and corporate donors, 1.8 million recent grants, and more than 400,000 key decision makers. ( Password access - login for passwords).
Gale Virtual Reference Library Contains electronic reference books from Gale and their publishing partners and provides access to eBook content on a variety of subjects..
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.
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)
General Science Collection - A collection of over 200 journals, providing researchers with the information needed to stay current on the latest scientific developments -- including such topics as particle physics, advanced mathematics, and nanotechnology.
Google Scholar (Beta) - A Google search engine which indexes peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts, and other scholarly literature from a variety of academic publishers and professional societies, as well as scholarly articles available across the web. UMC Library has enabled linking to the full text of articles located in Google Scholar using FindIt the UMC Library Linking service.
GPO Monthly Catalog - Index to U.S. government publications.
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.
Health and Medicine in the News - Health and Medicine in the News provides quick access to journal literature and meeting abstracts on subjects discussed in health and medicine newspaper articles. (Citations and Abstracts Only)
Health Source: Consumer Edition is a collection of consumer health information produced by Ebsco. 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 - provides access to nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong.. 
HighWire - Hosts the largest repository of free full-text life science (including the health sciences) articles in the world. (Partial Full Text)
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 government. 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.
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)
IEEE - 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)
In the First Person - In the First Person is a high quality, professionally published, in-depth index of close to 4,000 collections of personal narratives in English from around the world.
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)
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.
Inspec Inspec includes bibliographic citations and indexed abstracts from publications in the fields of physics, electrical and electronic engineering, communications, computer science, control engineering, information technology, manufacturing and mechanical engineering, operations research, material science, oceanography, engineering mathematics, nuclear engineering, environmental science, geophysics, nanotechnology, biomedical technology and biophysics. Access is through Engineering Village site which searches both Insspec and Compendex.
JSTOR - Full text to over 100 scholarly journals. (Full Text)
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.
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 - This is a periodical database with almost 125 titles 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.
LEXISNEXIS® Academic - Contains full-text documents from over 6,000 news, business, and legal publications, with a variety of flexible search options. The default search page is to general news sources. In addition there are specialized search pages for:
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.
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.
MAS Ultra-School Edition - provides full text from over 460 periodicals covering general reference, health, science, and other areas. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for over 520 magazines. This database also includes charts, tables and graphs.
MEDLINE - Index to journal articles in all areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing.
Middle Search Plus - Contains full text for more than 150 popular, middle school magazines. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 200 magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles) .
Minnesota Grants Online Database from the Minnesota Council on Foundations database of more than 1,300 Minnesota foundations and corporate grant makers and an online database of more than 100,000 grants of $2,000 or more awarded by Minnesota's largest grant makers. ( Password access - login for passwords).
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.
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)
National Criminal Justice Abstracts Database - ProQuest's version of the National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts Database. Uses Proquest search and FindIt links to full text.
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.
New York Times Comprehensive digital coverage back to 1980. The articles are in the test format. The New York Times Book Review and Sunday Magazine are provided in PDF format. .
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.
OAISter - Union catalog of digital resources derived from OCLC's database of records.
OpenThesis is a free repository of theses, dissertations, and other academic documents, coupled with powerful search, organization, and collaboration tools.
PapersFirst - OCLC index of papers presented at conferences worldwide.
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 - Indexes 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.
Points of View Reference Center - is an Ebsco full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides 255 topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument),counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide.
Primary Search - designed specifically for elementary school libraries and public library children's rooms, contains full-text for nearly 70 popular, elementary school magazines. All full-text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). In addition to the full-text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 100 magazines.
ProceedingsFirst - An OCLC index of worldwide conference proceedings.
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.
Project Muse Journals in Full Text - Provides networked, subscription 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.
PubMed - Provides access to the more than 10 million citations in Medline and related databases. The PubMed URL (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?otool=mnumclib) found on this page is unique to the UMC Library. Using this URL enables FindIt, the UMC Library Linking service and connects the PubMed citation to the text of the article.
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.
St. Paul Pioneer Press - Comprehensive coverage of issues that affect St. Paul, Minnesota, the Twin Cities and the nation.
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 Tex).
Science Reference Center - is a comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full text science-oriented content.It contains full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources.Science Reference Center also satisfies the demand for standards-based content by providing teachers and librarians with articles correlated to state and national curriculum standards.
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.
Scopus is an abstract and citation database containing both peer-reviewed research literature and quality web sources. With over 19,000 titles from more than 5,000 international publishers, SciVerse Scopus offers researchers a quick, easy and comprehensive resource to support their research needs in the scientific, technical, medical and social sciences fields and, more recently, also in the arts and humanities.
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 Business Information Sources, numerous Dummies books, and articles from many trade publications.
Smoking & Health Database - 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)
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.
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..
SpringerLink provides researchers with access to millions of scientific documents from journals, books, series, protocols and reference works.from some of the world's leading scientific, technical, and medical journals. A simple search interface is available with a link to an advanced search. A browse list of titles is available on the SpringerLink site.
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.
Student Resource Center - Gold - offers content based on national curriculum standards. Covering all core curriculum areas, including history, literature, science, social studies, and more,. The database contains reference material, more than 1,100 full-text periodicals and newspapers, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video and audio clips and podcasts.The collectionthe American Journey Series, American Decades, Career Information Center and the SRC Health Module. New to the database are Lexile reading levels for periodicals, an integrated national and state curriculum standards search with content correlated to the standards, and popular topic picklists.
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.
Thomson Gale PowerSearch - PowerSearch searches all (or a selected subset) of the Thompson Gale Infotrac databases. Select the databases you wish to search and click the Submit button.
Turfgrass Information Center - Turfgrass Information File (TGIF) provides bibliographic and descriptive records of 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)
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Web of Science is a database which indexes of multidisciplinary content covering over 10,000 of the highest impact journals worldwide, including Open Access journals and over 110,000 conference proceedings. There are FindIt links to the text of articles to which UMC Library has online access.
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)
World Almanac/Book of Facts - Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and four almanacs.
WorldCat - OCLC catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide
