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Academic OneFile | 1980-present | Full Text  | Vendor: Gale Group
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Contents/Info: Academic OneFile is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources with extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects.  Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995.

Biography and Genealogy Master Index  | Vendor: Gale Group
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Contents/Info: The Biography and Genealogy Master Index is a comprehensive index to more than 12.7 million biographical sketches in over 3400 volumes and editions of current and retrospective reference books, covering both contemporary and historical figures throughout the world.

Biography Resource Center + The Complete Marquis Who's Who®  | Full Text | Vendor: Gale Group 
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Contents/Info: A comprehensive database of biographical information on more than one million people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.

Business and Company Resource Center  | 1980-present | Some Full Text | Vendor: Gale Group
Instructions for off-campus access via EZproxy
Contents/Info: Includes company profiles, company brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies, and full-text articles.

Business and Industry  | 1994-present | Some Full Text | Vendor: Gale Group
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Contents/Info: Business & Industry is a broad-based business information database that focuses on facts, figures, events and market information about companies, industries, products and markets.  It covers all industries and is international in scope. 

Computer Database | 1980-present | Some Full Text | Vendor: Gale Group
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Contents/Info:  This database provides access to computer-related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications and the application of technology.

Contemporary Authors see Literature Resource Center  | Some Full Text | Vendor: Gale Group
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Contents/Info:  Delivers biographical and bibliographical information on authors and their works. Covers authors of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, history, and journalism. [Under 'Limit the current search,' select the desired database.]

Contemporary Literary Criticism - Select see Literature Resource Center  | Some Full Text | Vendor: Gale Group
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Contents/Info:  E
ncompasses more than 600 significant authors and includes more than 266 major retrospective authors re-crafted from the series' earlier volumes. [Under 'Limit the current search,' select the desired database.]

Contemporary Women's Issues   | 1992-present | Some Full Text | Vendor: Gale Group
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Contents/Info: A multidisciplinary, full-text database that brings together relevant content from mainstream periodicals, "gray" literature, and the alternative press -- with a focus on the critical issues and events that influence women's lives in more than 190 countries.

Dictionary of Literary Biography see Literature Resource Center   | Some Full Text | Vendor: Gale Group
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Contents/Info: Delivers biographical and bibliographical information on authors and their works. Covers authors of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, history, and journalism. [Under 'Limit the current search,' select the desired database.]

Eighteenth Century Collection Online | 1701-1800 | Full Text | Vendor: Gale Group
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Contents/Info: Online access to the digital images of books published between 1701 and 1800.  This collection includes ancient and contemporary history, accounts of voyages and discoveries, historical biographies and memoirs, genealogical collections, gazetteers, works on church antiquities and tourist guides of Britain. Topics include chronologies, recreation (travel, sports, parlor games), military history, maps, local history, and topography.

Expanded Academic ASAP  | 1980-present | Some Full Text | Vendor: Gale Group
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Contents/Info: Includes scholarly journals, news magazines and newspaper articles regarding arts and humanities, social sciences and science and technology disciplines.

Gale Directory Library | Full Text | Vendor: Gale Group
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Contents/Info:
Gale Directory Library is an online collection of premier directories, expanding your power to search for directory entries in a variety of ways, as well as giving you quick and easy digital ways to view and store the data you find. You can search a single eDirectory or across an entire collection of eDirectories.

Gale Virtual Reference Library | Full Text | Vendor: Gale Group
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Contents/Info: Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7. Because each library creates its own eBook collection, the content you see may vary if you use the database at different libraries (your school, your public library, or your office).

Gale's General Reference Center Gold | 1980-present | Some Full Text | Vendor: Gale Group
Instructions for off-campus access via EZproxy
Contents/Info:
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.

Gale's Ready Reference Shelf see Gale Directory Library | Full Text | Vendor: Gale Group
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Contents/Info:
Integrates 14 of Gale's most popular reference directories. It contains more than 320,000 listings for associations, research centers, publishers, publications, databases, television and radio stations, and more.

General BusinessFile ASAP | 1980-present | Some Full Text | Vendor: Gale Group
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Contents/Info: Covers all business and management topics. Includes directory listings for over 150,000 companies and investment analysts' reports on major companies and industries.

General OneFile | 1980-present | Some Full Text | Vendor: Gale Group
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Contents/Info: 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.

Health and Wellness Resource Center | 1980-present | Full Text | Vendor: Gale Group
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Contents/Info: Topics in health and medicine, medications, and wellness. Includes encyclopedias, directories, medical dictionary, magazines, journals, and newspapers.

Health Reference Center - Academic  | 1980-present | Full Text | Vendor: Gale Group
Instructions for off-campus access via EZproxy
Contents/Info: Provides articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc.

History Resource Center: U.S. | Full Text | Vendor: Gale Group
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Contents/Info: Contains a vast collection of primary sources, magazine and newspaper articles, and reference works covering U.S. history.

Informe | 1994-present | Full Text | Vendor: Gale Group
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Contents/Info:
A collection of Spanish language journals in full text. (Una colección de revistas hispánicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnología, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias.)

InfoTrac Junior Edition - K12 | Some Full Text | Vendor: Gale Group
Instructions for off-campus access via EZproxy
Contents/Info: Formerly SuperTOM Junior, this periodical database is designed for students in junior high and middle school, with magazines, newspapers and reference books (most are full-text) for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

InfoTrac Kid's Edition - K12 | Some Full Text | Vendor: Gale Group
Instructions for off-campus access via EZproxy
Contents/Info: Formerly PrimaryTOM, this periodical database is designed for elementary school students, with easy access to full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

InfoTrac OneFile now General OneFile | 1980-present | Some Full Text | Vendor: Gale Group
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Contents/Info: 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.

InfoTrac Professional Collection | Some Full Text | Vendor: Gale Group
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Contents/Info: A collection of educational journals picked for their relevance in the modern world for todays professional.

InfoTrac Student Edition - K12 | Some Full Text | Vendor: Gale Group
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Contents/Info: Formerly SuperTOM, this database is designed for high school students, with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

Investext Plus  | 1998-present | Full Text | Vendor: Gale Group
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Contents/Info: Search this database to find investment, company and industry reports from over 500 brokers in North America, Europe, Asia/Pacific, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East.

LegalTrac  | 1980-present  | Vendor: Gale Group
Instructions for off-campus access via EZproxy
Contents/Info: Indexes major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals, and international legal journals.

Literature Resource Center - LRC, Scribner, Twayne US, Twayne English, and Twayne World Authors  | Some Full Text | Vendor: Gale Group
Instructions for off-campus access via EZproxy
Contents/Info:  Delivers biographical and bibliographical information on authors and their works. Covers authors of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, history, and journalism. [Under 'Limit the current search,' select the desired database.]

MLA International Bibliography | 1926-present | Vendor: Gale Group (InfoTrac)
Instructions for off-campus access via EZproxy
Contents/Info: Provides access to more than 1.5 million bibliographic citations to journal articles, books, and dissertations from 1963 to the present in academic disciplines such as: language, literature, folklore, linguistics, literary theory and criticism, and the dramatic arts. [MLA International Bibliography is now accessible via EBSCO.]

MLA International Bibliography  | 1926-present | Vendor: Gale Group
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Contents/Info: Modern Language Association (MLA) International Bibliography provides access to more than 1.5 million bibliographic citations from 1963 to the present in academic disciplines such as: language, literature, folklore, linguistics, and film. The MLA Directory of Periodicals: A Guide to Journals and Series in Languages and Literatures is also included and contains entries on 4,400 of the most frequently cited MLA Bibliography journals. A companion volume to the MLA International Bibliography, the MLA Directory of Periodicals assists scholars with placing their intellectual work by providing the following types of information in its entries: 1) Name of journals or series, 2) Contact information (street address, phone, etc.), and 3) Editorial Details (years first published ISSN frequency of publication, languages accepted, electronic availability, subscription information, etc.) [MLA International Bibliography is now accessible via EBSCO.]

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center | 2003-present | Vendor: Gale Group
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Contents/Info: Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center draws on the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources to provide a complete one-stop source for information on social issues. Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.

RDS Business Reference Suite  | Some Full Text | Vendor: Gale Group
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Contents/Info: The RDS Business Reference Suite allows you to search one or more of the databases from Responsive Database Services (Business and Industry, Business and Management Practices, and TableBase).

Scribner Writers Series see Literature Resource Center   | Some Full Text | Vendor: Gale Group
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Contents/Info: Provides access to 1,600 original and detailed bio-critical essays on the lives and works of important authors from around the world. Each entry averages 15-20 pages in length and includes a concise essay, hyperlinks for cross-referencing, a citation and biographical information that places the author's work in personal and historical context. [Under 'Limit the current search,' select the desired database.]

TableBase  | 1994-present | Some Full Text | Vendor: Gale Group
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Contents/Info: International in scope and covering more than 90 industries, this database provides tabular data on companies, industries, products and demographics.

Times Digital Archive | 1785-1985 | Full Text | Vendor: Gale Group
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Contents/Info: Researchers can search through the complete digital edition of The Times (London), using keyword searching and hit-term highlighting to retrieve full facsimile images of either a specific article or a complete page. The entire newspaper is captured, with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos divided into categories to facilitate searching. 

Twayne's English Authors see Literature Resource Center   | Some Full Text | Vendor: Gale Group
Instructions for off-campus access via EZproxy
Contents/Info: Offers in-depth introductions to the lives and works of writers, the history and influence of literary movements and to the development of literary genres. [Under 'Limit the current search,' select the desired database.]

Twayne's US Authors see Literature Resource Center   | Some Full Text | Vendor: Gale Group
Instructions for off-campus access via EZproxy
Contents/Info: Offers in-depth introductions to the lives and works of writers, the history and influence of literary movements and to the development of literary genres. [Under 'Limit the current search,' select the desired database.]

Twayne's World Authors see Literature Resource Center   | Some Full Text | Vendor: Gale Group
Instructions for off-campus access via EZproxy
Contents/Info: Offers in-depth introductions to the lives and works of writers, the history and influence of literary movements and to the development of literary genres. [Under 'Limit the current search,' select the desired database.]

What Do I Read Next? | Full Text | Vendor: Gale Group
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Contents/Info:
What Do I Read Next? includes over 100,000 recommended titles, more than 58,000 plot summaries, and awards information from 562 awards, all to help users uncover new reading adventures, find long-remembered favorites, and discover award-winning titles. Search by genre, subject, author, title, series, and more. A monthly highlights page allows the user to see selections of award winners, upcoming titles, and titles that revolve around different subjects each month.


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