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Professional CollectionA custom database of more than 300 full-text journals for educators, covering the areas of 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 CollectionDesigned for professional educators. Includes full text for more than 550 education and library science journals. This database also provides full text for 167 education pamphlets and scholarly monographs.

   Multidisciplinary 

Academic Search EliteA multi-disciplinary resource that spans virtually every area of academic study.             

ClasePeriodicaThis index provides access to Latin American journal article citations and is actually two Spanish-language indexes joined together in one service. The CLASE database indexes over 1200 Latin American journals in the social sciences and the humanities, while the PERIODICA database indexes over 1400 Latin American science and technology journals.

Directory of Open Access JournalsThis service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals

EBSCOhost WebSearches our EBSCOhost databases simultaneously, covering a very wide range of subjects.          

EmeraldFull text articles from over 150 journals in management and information science.    

Expanded Academic ASAP A combination of indexing, abstracts, images, and full text for scholarly and general interest journals embracing all academic disciplines Freely Accessible Arts & Humanities Journals.   

Funk & Wagnalls New World EncyclopediaFunk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia includes 25,000 full text encyclopedic entries that are searchable by subject or keywords. Audience: middle school through college, general public. 

Gale Power SearchAccesses all Gale databases with a single search engine.  

General Reference Center Gold Provides one-stop access to general interest magazines, business periodicals, reference books, maps, historical images, and newspaper articles.           

Gale Virtual Reference LibraryA database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.

InfoTrac General OneFileProvides access to periodical and news information on a diverse set of topics, including humanities, education, business, science, current events, art, politics, economics, social science, law, health care, computers, technology, environmental issues, and general interest topics.

InformeProvides magazine articles in Spanish to meet the needs of the Hispanic community and those studying Spanish.

JSTORJSTOR includes archives of over one thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as select monographs and other materials valuable for academic work. 

LitFinderLocate poetry, plays, essays, short stories and speeches in publications. Also includes biographical information on authors.

MAS Ultra - School Edition          

MasterFILE PremierProvides full text for more than 2,050 general periodicals covering a broad range of disciplines including general reference, business, education, health, general science, multi-cultural issues and much more.

OCLC FirstSearchOCLC FirstSearch provides electronic access to dozens of databases and more than 10 million full-text and full-image articles.

OCLC FirstSearch Core CollectionOCLC FirstSearch (Core Collection) is an aggregator of databases in several subject areas. Databases include ArticleFirst, ECO, Ebooks, OAIster, WorldCat and WorldCatDissertations.    

OmniFile Full Text MegaElectronic access to full text articles, page images, article abstracts, and citations from over 4,000 journals.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource CenterOpposing Viewpoints Resource Center is a full-text resource covering today’s social issues, from Terrorism to Endangered Species, Stem Cell Research to Gun Control.

Oxford JournalsFull text from over 150 journals published by the Oxford University Press.   

Oxford Reference Online PremiumAllows cross-searching of prestigious reference works published by Oxford University Press.

Readers' Guide Full TextContains comprehensive indexing and abstracting of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and Canada, plus the full text of selected periodicals.      

SIRS Knowledge SourceSIRS Knowledge Source (SKS) is a comprehensive database portal which is comprised of several distinct reference databases.

WilsonWeb   

WorldCat Dissertations and ThesesWorldCat Dissertations and Theses contains more than 5 million records of dissertations and theses with approximately 7500 dissertations and theses available in full text.

   K-12

EBSCO AnimalsEBSCO Animals provides thousands of easy-to-read entries about mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, dinosaurs and prehistoric animals. Each entry begins with a simple category breakdown of the animal including Kingdom, Class, Order, Genus & Species, and Geographical Locale as well as a detailed description. Many entries include colorful images.

Kids InfoBitsKids InfoBits meets the needs of young students with simple, quick access to curriculum-related information on current events, arts, sciences, health, people, government, sports, history and more

Kids SearchThe Kids Search interface combines the EBSCOhost search engine with a child-friendly, graphically-rich design.

InfoTrac Student EditionDesigned for high school students, with access to a variety of magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

SIRS Knowledge SourceSIRS Knowledge Source (SKS) is a comprehensive database portal which is comprised of several distinct reference databases.

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