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ABI/InformDatabase covering more than 1500 academic journals and publications in management, marketing and business, plus information on 60,000+ companies with coverage from 1971-present. More Information
Abstracts in Social GerontologyIndexes nearly 62.000 records of publications since 1966 covering geriatric studies, including society and the elderly, the psychology of aging, and elder abuse. More Information
Academic Search Ultimate Multi-disciplinary index to academic journals, magazines and other periodicals, books, reports and videos, providing full text of articles in nearly 10,000 peer-reviewed journals as well as more than 60,000 videos. More Information
Access Engineering Digital collection of engineering reference books such as Perry's Handbook for Chemical Engineers and Mark's Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers, in addition to tools and media including more than 3900 interactive graphs and nearly 700 instructional videos and tutorials. More Information
ACS Publications Database of all journals published by the American Chemical Society beginning with the first issue of publication, as far back as 1879 to present. More Information
AgricolaDatabase created from National Agricultural Library consisting of over 4.8 million citations to articles, monographs, reports, etc. with coverage from 1970-present. (primarily citations) More Information
AHFS Consumer Medication InformationDatabase of Patient Advisory Leaflets that provides education on medications for patients on over 1,450 products. More Information
Alt HealthWatch Article database from 180 publications covering complementary and alternative medicine with coverage from 1984-present. More Information
AP NewsMonitor CollectionProvides near real-time access to world-wide news from Associated Press which includes AP Top News, WorldStream, Financial News, AP Online, & U.S. Politics. Full text content is held for a rolling 30-day archival period.
APS Journals Archive Provides access to approximately a dozen physics journals published by the American Physical Society with coverage from 1893 to 2000. More Information
Art & Architecture Complete Indexing, abstracts and full text of art journals, magazines and books, as well as more than 63,000 digitized images. More Information
Art Index RetrospectiveDatabase covering 55 years of art journalism that researches leading English-language sources and others published in French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Dutch. Besides periodicals, provides access to data from important yearbooks and select museum bulletins. More Information
Avery Index (Proquest Platform)Indexes and selectively provides articles in more than 700 U.S. and international scholarly journals, popular magazines and publications of professional associations on architecture and design since 1934. Updated weekly. More Information
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations Tenth edition of 1919 contains over 11,000 searchable quotations and was the first new edition of John Bartlett’s corpus to be published after his death in 1905.
Index of over 70 Louisiana periodicals in areas of science and business from 1985 - 2004. (primarily citations)
Biography in Context Comprehensive source that indexes nearly 300 periodicals and 427,000 biographies of more than 335,000 people. More Information
Biological Abstracts Comprehensive life science and biomedical research database from more than 4,300 journals containing more than 13.2 million citations with coverage from 1969-present. (primarily abstracts) More Information
The Black Life in America series from Readex offers wide-ranging coverage of the African American experience from the early 18th century to 1975. This series is sourced from more than 19,000 American and global news sources, including over 400 current and historical Black publications. This online resource is updated daily to support your institution as it works toward social justice and racial equity
Book Collection: Non-Fiction Research database for school and public libraries that includes articles on civics, science, careers, health, sports, technology, biographies, etc. from more than 4,100 nonfiction books. More Information
BuildingGreen Suite Authoritative online resource for reliable content on sustainable design, including Environmental Building News, Green Building Products, and case studies.
Business Source Complete Definitive scholarly business database containing comprehensive access to active and peer-reviewed collection of business related journals. Indexing and abstracts for the most important business journals back to 1886 are included. More Information
Business Source Complete: Enhanced Interface An alternative interface for Business Source Complete and includes country economic data, company profiles, industry information and market research.
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Cambridge History of English and American LiteratureContains over 303 chapters and 11,000 pages, with essay topics ranging from poetry, fiction, drama and essays to history, theology and political writing.
CAS SciFinder-n is the latest scientific information solution from CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society. In addition to the reference, substance, reaction and supplier content found in CAS SciFinder®, CAS SciFinder-n includes relevance-ranked results, step-by-step procedures and protocols, citation mapping, biosequence searching, retrosynthetic analysis, patent landscape mapping, touch-screen enabled structure drawing and much more—all accessible in a simple, easy-to-use interface. You must be registered to use this link. More Information
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Online access to the Commerce Clearing House Tax Service. To login, a new user is required to create a user ID and password.
CINAHL Ultimate is the new definitive resource for nursing and allied health research, providing full text for more of the most used journals in the CINAHL index than any other database. It covers more than 50 nursing specialties and includes quick lessons, evidence-based care sheets, CEU modules and research instruments.
Classical Music Library Streaming audio files (MPS or Windows Media 9) of tens of thousands of tracks of recorded orchestral, chamber, instrumental, vocal and choral music, opera and operetta, and music of the stage and screen, licensed from over 32 major labels, and searchable by composer, artist, conductor, ensemble, instrument, genre, period or label.
College and University Home Pages Directory listing of over 3,000 college & university Websites.
Indexes and abstracts more than 650 peer-reviewed journals in Communication Studies, articles from nearly 300 of which are available in full text. More Information
Computer Source Database of information and current trends in high technology. Offers full text for nearly 300 publications. More Information
CQ Researcher Single-themed reports offering in-depth, unbiased coverage of a pressing national political or social issue. Published 44 times a year covering topics in health, international affairs, education, public policy, the environment, technology, and the U.S. economy with bibliographies of key sources and links. More Information
Credo Reference General online reference service offering more than three and a half million entries, 570+ highly-regarded reference titles from over 80 publishers and over 300,000 art images, videos and audio files. More Information
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Design & Applied Arts Index Indexes design and applied arts periodicals, providing more than 150,000 bibliographic records, abstracts, articles, news, and reviews published since 1973. Updated twice weekly. More Information
Scholarly articles from over 1450 journals covering all subjects. (Open Access) More Information
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EBSCO Discovery Service Multidisciplinary resource that allows searching much of the Library's information resources from one search box. Because it is pre-indexed, the service offers unprecedented size and speedy response times. Try it out and let us know what you think of it! More Information
EBSCO E-Journals Database that provides article-level access for all e-journals available through EBSCO subscription services. More Information
EBSCO eBook Collection Full text of electronic books which were formerly available through the NetLibrary platform. These books can be located from the Library Catalog as well. More Information
EBSCOhost Search multiple databases at one time with the EBSCO platform. More Information
Educational Administration Abstracts Indexes more than 199,000 records of publications since 1966 covering such areas as educational leadership, educational management, and educational research. More Information
Articles from 150 peer-reviewed journals covering various business and management disciplines covering 1994-present. More Information
Encyclopedia.com Site features premier titles like The Columbia Encyclopedia, Oxford’s World Encyclopedia, and the Encyclopedia of World Biography.
Engineering Village 2 Comprehensive index to literature in all major fields of engineering. It provides primarily citations to journal articles, technical reports, books, conference proceedings, and patents. More Information
Environment Complete Indexing and full text of journals and books about environmental studies, including agriculture, ecology and sustainability. More Information
ERIC Premier educational database of journal and non-journal literature with more than 1.3 million citations and 323,000 full text documents dating back to 1966. More Information
European Views of the Americas: 1493-1750 Database of more than 32,000 records from a comprehensive bibliography of European writings about the Americas printed before 1750. More Information
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Family Studies Abstracts Indexes more than 100,000 records of publications since 1979 covering such areas as marriage, divorce, and family therapy. More Information
Fuente Academica Database for more than 450 scholarly Spanish language journals in many academic areas. More Information
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
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Gale Virtual Reference Library Full-text database which offers electronic access to over 140 titles (550+ volumes) with subjects ranging from Multicultural Studies to History to the Arts. More Information
GeoRef Comprehensive geoscience resource of primarily abstracts from AGI with over 2.8 million citations covering books, maps, reports, etc. Over 3,500 journals are reviewed for indexing. More Information
GeoRef In Process Database that contains records that in the process of being indexed and prior to their integration into the main GeoRef database. Majority of records are non-English and are not necessarily the most current records.
Getty Publications Virtual Library Free digital backlist titles from the Getty Publications Archives.
Google Scholar Popular search engine that searches across many disciplines and sources such as peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, articles, etc.
GreenFILE Information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment including content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, and recycling with more than 384,000 records. More Information
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Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition Database providing scholarly articles for nearly 550 scholarly journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also features Lexi-PAL Drug Guide by generic and brand names. More Information
Highwire Press Free database of over 1,360,000 articles and 3,568,324 total citations covering all areas of science. More Information
Hispanic Life in America is the single most comprehensive digital archive of primary source documents related to Hispanic American life, sourced from more than 17,000 publications, including 700 Spanish-language newspapers and periodicals. Series 1: 1704-1942: Spanish colonialism through World War II. More Information
History Reference Center Database of full text from more than 1,620 reference books, 150 history periodicals, 57,000 historical documents and 113,000 historical photos and maps. More Information
Hospitality & Tourism Index Database covering scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism and containing more than 749,000 records from nearly 650 titles. Coverage dating back to 1965. More Information
Human Resources Abstracts Indexes more than 470,000 records of publications since 1975 covering such areas as human resources management, employee assistance, and organizational behavior. More Information
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IBISWorld Provides U.S. industry reports, risk ratings, and business environment profiles with key statistics and marketing analysis for more than 700 industries. More Information
IEEE Xplore Access to IEEE and IET (IEE) transactions, journals, magazines, and conference proceedings published since 1988 with select content since 1913. All current IEEE standards are also included. More Information
IMechE Proceedings Archive 1847-1998 Institution of Mechanical Engineers Provides direct access to over 200,000 pages of unique material, including technical papers, obituaries, meeting reports, technical drawings, and editorial comment covering influential and innovative years of engineering development
Information Please Almanac A large compendium of statistics and up-to-date facts and figures.
Information Science & Technology Abstracts (ISTA) Leading database in the area of information science, consisting of more than 450 publications extending back to the mid 1960's. More Information
Institute of Physics Provides an electronic table of contents with abstracts and articles to over 50 journals published by the IOP since 1994. Historic archive extends coverage on some titles from 1874 to 1993. More Information
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JSTOR (Journal Storage) Database of over 500 peer-reviewed journals in humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Coverage extends from beginning year of publication up to the last 5 years. More Information
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Knovel Electronic book database which offering access to over 500 scientific and engineering reference resources including subjects such as Food Science, and BioEngineering. More Information
KnowLA: Encyclopedia of Louisiana An online reference guide to Louisiana art, architecture, folklife, history, literature, and music.
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Learning Express Interactive online practice tests and tutorial courses designed to help users succeed on the academic or licensing tests. Please Note: You must register to use. Choose "New User" under Please Sign In and create a Username and Password of your choice. You do NOT need to use a library card to register. If you are on-campus it will recognize you as a Tech student. If you are off-campus, the Tech login screen will open and after you login, you will be recognized as Tech student. More Information
Legal Source Indexing and full text of law journals. More Information
Library, Information Science, & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) Index of more than 580 journals published since 1970, providing full text articles from 334 journals. More Information
Literary Index Indexes biographies of literary authors and collections of reprinted literary criticism about their works. Searchable by more than 152,000 authors and 202,000 titles. More Information
Literary Reference Center Plus Full text of poems, short stories, critical essays, literary journals, reference books and author biographies. More Information
Literati General online reference service offering more than three and a half million entries, 570+ highly-regarded reference titles from over 80 publishers and over 300,000 art images, videos and audio files. More Information
Literature Resource Center Provides biographies from biographical dictionaries, excerpts or reprints of articles or essays, and overviews and bibliographies of literary criticism. More Information
LOUIS eLibrary Catalogs Access to Louisiana Academic library catalogs through the LOUIS consortium.
Louisiana Digital Library Louisiana's doorway to the unique cultural and historical resources of Louisiana's libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions.
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MAS Complete Indexing and full text of high school magazines and reference books about a variety of subjects. More Information
MasterFILE Complete Indexing and full text of popular magazines, reference books and other resources, including photographs and maps. More Information
MathSciNet Produced by the American Mathematical Society, this database offers access to mathematical reviews and current mathematical publications from 1940 to the present. More Information
MedicLatina Spanish language databases containing collection of medical research and investigative journals from Latin American medical publishers. More Information
MEDLINE Authoritative source on the life sciences created by the National Library of Medicine which uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree, tree hierarchy, subheadings and explosion capabilities to search primarily citations from over 4,800 current biomedical journals. More Information
MEDLINE with Full-Text Comprehensive source of full text from international biomedical literature from the National Library of Medicine covering more than 1,470 journals. More Information
Mental Measurements Yearbook Comprehensive guide to over 2,700 contemporary testing instruments containing essential information for test evaluation in such diverse areas as psychology, business, education, and leadership. More Information
Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary Updated annually with more than 10,000 new words and phrases and 40,000 usage examples, along with 165,000 entries and 225,000 definitions.
Military & Government Collection Offers current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government through a thorough collection of academic journals. Provides indexing and abstracts for nearly 400 titles. More Information
MLA Directory of Periodicals Detailed information on over 5,500 journals indexed by the MLA International Bibliography, including editorial contact information, submission guidelines, frequency, subscription rates and circulation. More Information
MLA International Bibliography Authoritative Index covering articles in more than 4,400 international journals & series and 1,000 book publishers dating back to the 1920's. More Information
Momentum Press Collections Nearly 100 ebooks in such fields as advanced energy engineering, applied mechanics, applied physics and chemistry, civil and structural engineering, materials science, mechanical engineering, nanotechnology, sensors and controls engineering, and sustainable technology.
Music Index Comprehensive guide to music periodical literature featuring digitized content from 1970 to present. Full coverage of more than 475 periodicals and selective coverage for more than 230 periodicals. More Information
Music Online: Classical Scores Library Music scores of the classical canon and contemporary works, totaling more than 51,000 titles by nearly 5000 composers. More Information
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National Center for Educational Statistics Primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.
Naxos Music Library Streaming audio files of over 85,000 tracks of Classical, Jazz, World, Folk and Chinese music from the Naxos, Marco Polo, and Da Capo catalogs. Media Player 9.0+ is required in addition to MS IE 6.0, Mozilla 1.7, Netscape 7.1 or Opera 7.53 on a PC (Windows 92SE/2000/XP/7) or Mac (OS 8.6+). Downloading or burning any of this music to compact disk is NOT permitted. More Information
New York Times, The (1851-2010) ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times provides searchable full text of articles dating back to the first issue, September 18, 1851, through 2010.
Newspaper Source Plus Indexing and full text of articles from newspapers, newswires and news magazines worldwide. More Information
News, legal cases, law reviews, and company information.
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Oxford English Dictionary An historical dictionary of the English language tracing through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of sources the usages, variant spellings, pronunciations and senses of more than half a million words. Updated quarterly. More Information
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Peace Research Abstracts Indexes more than 267,000 records of publications since 1964 covering such areas as conflict resolution, international affairs, and peace psychology. More Information
Provides access to approximately a dozen physics journals published by the American Physical Society with coverage from 1893 to 2000. More Information
Provides practice tests for college and graduate school admissions and placement as well as tutorials and other resources for college success, computer, English, Math and Science skills, and career preparation. Register, create an account and sign in to use. More Information
Prescott Memorial Library Catalog Access to online catalog covering the Library's collection of materials.
Primary Search Database of nearly 70 popular magazines for elementary school research. All articles are assigned a reading level indicator. Articles date back to 1990. More Information
Professional Development Collection Database designed for professional educators with a highly specialized collection of nearly 520 high quality education journals, including more than 350 scholarly, peer-reviewed journals and over 200 educational reports. More Information
Project Muse Multi-disciplinary database of articles from over 3,000 scholarly journals with coverage of 1993-present. More Information
ProQuest Databases Search multiple databases at one time with the Proquest platform.
Proquest Digital Dissertations Database for doctoral dissertations and selected master's theses from the U.S. and other countries dating to 1861.
Proquest Nursing & Allied Health Premium Database is designed to meet the needs of researchers at healthcare facilities as well as nursing and allied health programs at academic institutions by providing abstracting and indexing for more than 650 titles. More Information
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection Database covering topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, and anthropology including nearly 400 peer-reviewed titles. More Information
PsycINFO Index published by the APA and contains more than 3 million citations from scholarly journal articles, book chapters, and dissertations in psychology and related disciplines, dating back to 1600's. More Information
PubChem National Institutes of Health database which provides information on the biological activities of small molecules and a fast chemical structure similarity search tool. It is a component of NIH's Molecular Libraries Roadmap Initiative. It combines PubChem Substance, PubChem Compound, and PubChem BioAssay.
Public Administration Abstracts Indexes more than 93,600 records of publications since 1974 covering such areas as public administration theory, administration and economy, administration and politics, administration and society, administrative structures and organization, public and social services, public service personnel and theory and methods. More Information
PubMed National Library of Medicine web site with over 16 million citations to biomedical articles covering 1950's to current and including links to articles and other related resources.
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Race Relations Abstracts Indexes more than 65,300 records of publications since 1975 covering areas such as ethnic studies, discrimination, and immigration studies. More Information
Regional Business News Comprehensive coverage for regional business publications including 80 business journals, newspapers, and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. More Information
Religion and Philosophy Collection Indexes articles in more than 300 journals covering such topics as world religions, major denominations, Biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy, and the history of philosophy. More Information
Respectfully Quoted A dictionary of quotations requested from the Congressional Research Service with 2,100 entries in this eminently researched collection form the constellation of collected wisdom in American political debate.
RIA Checkpoint Tax information about federal, state, and local taxes, international taxation, pension and payroll estate planning. Password required for all users.
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This collection includes 58 peer-reviewed journals published by SAGE and participating societies, encompassing over 47,728 articles. Complimentary access back to 1999, where available, is included while the current collection subscription is maintained. More Information
SAGE Knowledge An eBook platform providing more than 5000 scholarly monographs, reference works, handbooks, professional development titles and case studies in Business, Counseling and Education, Health and Social Care, Criminology, Media, Communication and Cultural Studies, Politics and International Relations, Psychology and Sociology. More Information
This collection of over 130 hours of video draws upon a vast network of SAGE’s authors and editors. It includes many tutorials, interviews, and demonstrations, along with many more films addressing practitioner issues. More Information
Sanborn Maps Provides digital access to more than 660,000 large-scale fire insurance maps, featuring construction details about building materials and uses, of more than 12,000 American towns and cities. More Information
Science & Technology Collection Contains over 830 leading journals and more than 1,740 publications covering relevant aspects of the scientific and technical community. Topics include aeronautics, astrophysics, chemistry, computer technology, geology, aviation, physics, archaeology, and materials science. More Information
Science.gov This site searches over 40 databases and 2,000 selected websites, offering 200 million pages of authoritative U.S. government science information, including research and development results.
Aggregator of peer-reviewed journals, articles, book chapters and open access content in the physical sciences and engineering, life sciences, health sciences, social sciences and humanities.
SCOAP3 Repository The Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics provides open access to articles in ten high energy physics journals published since January 2014.
Scopus Index of scientific, technical, medical, and social science disciplines covering 1966-present. (primarily abstracts) - This is a "hub" link to its new platform through SciVerse. More Information
Scribner's Writers Series Database of biographical essays about more than 1,600 literary authors. More Information
Serials Directory, The Provides access to the most up-to-date and accurate bibliographic information as well as current pricing structures for popular serials. More Information
Shock & Vibration Digest Indexes more than 100,000 records of publications since 1969 covering such topics as noise, vibration technologies, nuclear engineering, wave motion, wind and structures, and acoustics. More Information
Smithsonian Image Gallery Contains a sampling of visual records that are part of the Smithsonian Institution Research Information System's main catalog which includes over 138,000 electronic images from several archival repositories and museums at the Smithsonian.
SocINDEX with Full Text Comprehensive database featuring more than 2.1 million records on sociological topics with full text for more than 860 journals dating back to 1908. More Information
SPORTDiscus with Full Text Full text articles from more than 650 journals, of 970 abstracted, on sports and sports medicine, kinesiology, nutrition and physical education. More Information
Statista Portal to statistical data on over 80,000 topics from more than 18,000 sources including market research reports, scientific journals, and trade publications.
Statistical Abstracts of the United States (1879-2012) U.S. Census Bureau summary of statistics on the social and economic conditions in the United States.
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Teacher Reference Center Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators. More Information
Thomas Register Find a product, service or company from a database of 155,000 U.S. and Canadian companies.
Twayne Author Series Full text archive of 600 titles in literary biography and criticism of American, British, and other international authors. More Information
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Urban Studies Abstracts Indexes more than 99,000 records of publications since 1973 covering such topics as community development, urban affairs, and urban history. More Information
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Vente et Gestion Provides coverage for French language business journals serving both the academic and the professional reader. More Information
Violence & Abuse Abstracts Indexes more than 77,700 records of publications since 1995 covering such areas as emotional abuse, family violence, and sexual assault. More Information
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WorldCat OCLC online catalog to participating worldwide library collections. More Information
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Zack's University Analyst Enter a ticker symbol for comprehensive company research with highly detailed information on each company.