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Library: Services- Periodical, Statistical and Other Online Databases

View a list of print format periodicals housed in the library.

Databases with an * are accessed through EBSCOhost

Just What is EBSCOhost?

General Magazine & Journal Databases

  • MasterFILE Premier* 
    General purpose database covering a wide selection of topics.  Indexes over 2,500 magazines and journals, over 1,900 of which are full text.  
  • Academic Search Premier*
    General purpose academic index of scholarly journals from many different fields.  Full text is available for almost 4,600 journals.
  • MAS Ultra - School Edition*
    Over 450 magazines suitable for high school or GED students.
  • Primary Search*
    Full text articles from 50 magazines and 100 pamphlets suitable for elementary school students.

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Library Union Catalogs & Publication Databases

  • Books In Print
    Database of books published or exclusively distributed in the United States.  Entries include, among other things, author, title, publisher, date, price, and ISBN. 
  • Books In Print--Quick Start Guide--tips for getting started using the database.
  • Library of Congress
  • COPAC
    Union catalog for research libraries in the UK and Ireland
  • Melvyl
    Union catalog for the University of California libraries and several other major academic special collections in the State of California.
  • Hollis Catalog
    Catalog of the Harvard University libraries.

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Statistical Databases

  • CountryWatch
    CountryWatch provides information for all 191 countries of the world.  Includes comprehensive, up-to-date political, economic, cultural, business and environmental information, plus current, country-specific news.
    Country Watch--Quick Start Guide--tips for getting started using the database.
    Search Country Watch from home.

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Newspapers

  • Newspaper Source*
    Selected full text articles from 25 national and international newspapers.
  • NewsBank InfoWeb
    NewsBank's America's Newspapers collection offers full text articles from more than 600 U.S. newspapers.
    NewsBank InfoWeb--Quick Start Guide (PDF format)--tips for getting started using the database.
    Search NewsBank from home.

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Encyclopedias

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Databases By Subject

Animals

  • Animals*
    Short articles on animals of the world.  Includes the kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus and species of each animal.

Business

Education

Literature

Military

Nursing/Health

Psychology

Religion & Philosophy

Science

  • Science Direct
    Scientific journals and books online from Elsevier Publishing.

Vocational/Careers

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