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MAGAZINE ARTICLES
NEWSPAPERS
ENCYCLOPEDIA AND REFERENCE BOOKS
ARTS
AUTO REPAIR
BUSINESS
EDUCATION
GARDENING & AGRICULTURE
HEALTH
LEARN A LANGUAGE
SCIENCE
GENEALOGY
PSYCHOLOGY

MAGAZINE ARTICLES

Academic Search Elite - covers a wide range of topic areas including business, social sciences, humanities, general academic, general science, education and multi-cultural.

Canadian Periodical Index Quarterly (CPI.Q) - publication information and sometimes full text of articles from Canadian and international journals, magazines and selected sections of the Globe and Mail.

Canadian Reference Centre - Canadian magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books to create a large collection of regional and international full text content, including full text articles, full text reference books, full text biographies and an image collection.

General Reference Centre GOLD - full text of magazines, reference books, and newspapers with information on current events, popular culture, the arts and sciences, and sports. Note: the content is primarily American in focus.

MasterFILE Premier - full text articles from more than 1,900 general reference, business, consumer health, general science, and multicultural magazines.

NEWSPAPERS

Canadian Newsstand - full text of major Canadian newspapers, including Alberta dailies and weeklies.

Press Display - complete digital versions of over 300 newspapers and magazines from more than 60 countries in 35 languages. Articles may be translated into 8 major languages. RSS feeds are available for some major papers.

Regional Business News - 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

ENCYCLOPEDIA AND REFERENCE BOOKS

Associations Unlimited - the premier source for information on associations and professional societies. The database has information on 22,000 US associations, 23,000 International associations, 106,000 regional, state, and local associations, and IRS Data on 300,000 non-profit associations.

Gale Virtual Reference Library - Electronic book (eBook) reference sources covering the environment, history, multicultural studies and science.

World Book Online - An electronic version of the popular encyclopedia.

ARTS

Canadian Literary Centre - books and reference material from the Canadian Press, including author biographies, essays, literary criticism, and book reviews.

Contemporary Authors - biographical details on approximately 116,000 modern novelists, poets, playwrights, nonfiction writers, journalists and scriptwriters.

Film & Television Literature Index With Full Text - is the definitive online tool for film and television research. Subject coverage includes film & television theory, preservation & restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews. The database will provide cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 270 publications (and selected coverage of more than 300), as well as full text for more than 70 journals.

International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text - the definitive research tool for the study of theatre and the performing arts. This database was initiated by the American Society for Theatre Research, and since 1984, the Theatre Research Data Center (TRDC) at Brooklyn College has published 14 volumes of the IBTD. These volumes comprise a fully indexed, cross-referenced and annotated databank of over 60,000 journal articles, books, book articles and dissertation abstracts on all aspects of theatre and performance in 126 countries. International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text contains full text for more than 100 periodicals and more than 100 books & monographs.

NoveList - reviews, annotations, and more for over 120,000 fiction titles. Special content for readers includes author read-alikes, book discussion guides, book talks, and feature articles.

AUTO REPAIR

Auto Repair Reference Centre (EBSCO) - Auto Repair Reference Center contains information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles. Database content includes more than 31,660 vehicles covered from 1945 to present; over 205,000 drawings and step-by-step photographs; approximately 75,000 technical service bulletins & recalls issued by the original equipment vehicle manufacturer; over 130,000 enhanced wiring diagrams for easy viewing and printing; specifications & maintenance schedules

BUSINESS

Business Source Elite - full text for more than 1,100 scholarly business journals, including 450 peer-reviewed business publications. This database is updated daily.

Regional Business News - 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

EDUCATION

ERIC - over 1 million abstracts of education-related documents and journal articles.

Education Research Complete - the definitive online resource for education research. 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. Education Research Complete provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,820 journals, as well as full text for more than 900 journals, and includes full text for more than 71 books and monographs, and for numerous education-related conference papers.

GARDENING & AGRICULTURE

AGRICOLA - provided by the U.S. National Department of Agriculture’s National Agriculture Library. It contains books and articles on all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines, including animal and veterinary sciences, plant sciences, fisheries, farming, and agricultural economics.

Garden, Landscape, & Horticulture Index - the premier resource for access to articles about gardens and plants. Topics include horticulture, botany, garden and landscape design & history, ecology, plant and garden conservation, garden management, and horticultural therapy. This index and abstract product is designed for gardening enthusiasts, professionals, and students of horticulture and of garden and landscape design & history. Indexed and abstracted are more than 350 core titles, the majority of which are published in English.

HEALTH

ALT Health Watch - full text information on alternate, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness, and includes many peer-reviewed journals.

Health Source Consumer - a rich collection of consumer health information, which features searchable full text for nearly 300 journals. Topics include medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health.

Health Source Nursing/Academic - more than 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on several medical disciplines, especially nursing.

MEDLINE - authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, preclinical sciences and much more. Search abstracts from over 4,600 current biomedical journals.

LEARN A LANGUAGE

Auralog - Tell Me More: This immersion method is based on years of academic research and is aligned for ease of use. The program centers on developing the specific skills needed to succeed in learning a language, including: reading, writing, listening, speaking, vocabulary, grammar, and culture. You will have to create an account after you sign in, and check that your computer is compatible with the program.

SCIENCE

Enviroment Complete - offers deep coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more. Environment Complete contains more than 1,772,000 records from more than 1,660 domestic and international titles going back to the 1940s (including 1,094 active core titles) as well as more than 100 monographs. The database also contains full text for more than 600 journals.

Computer & Applied Sciences Complete - covers the research and development spectrum of the computing and applied sciences disciplines. CASC provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,470 academic journals, professional publications, and other reference sources from a diverse collection.

GENEALOGY

Heritage Quest Online - An excellent source for genealogical information and research.

PSYCHOLOGY