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■ Academic Search™ Premier
Containing indexing and abstracts for over 8,450 journals —
with full text for more than 4,650 of those titles — this scholarly
collection offers information in nearly every area of academic
study, including biology, chemistry, engineering, physics,
psychology, religion & theology and more.
■ Auto Repair Reference Center™
Containing information on most major manufacturers of domestic
and imported vehicles, this database provides information on
more than 33,800 vehicles, including drawings and step-by-step
photographs, technical service bulletins & recalls, enhanced
wiring diagrams, specifications & maintenance schedules, a
Labor Time Guide & Estimator and much more.
■ Business Source® Premier
Providing full text for more than 2,150 journals dating back as
far as 1965, this superior business resource covers all disciplines
of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM,
accounting, finance and economics. Additional full-text, nonjournal content includes market research reports, industry
reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.
■ Career Library™
As a comprehensive information resource for career and college
research, Career Library offers five user-friendly components
that help users match their interests to occupations, education
prospects and more: Exploration Center, Planning Center,
Resource Center, Help Center and Activity Center.
■ CINAHL® with Full Text
This is the is the definitive research tool for all areas of nursing
and allied health literature, providing full text for nearly 600
journals indexed in CINAHL, as well as access to nearly 3,000
indexed journals. This resource also includes continuing education
modules, research instruments records and much more.
■ Consumer Health Complete™
Designed to support patients’ information needs and foster
an overall understanding of health-related topics, this fulltext database provides content covering all areas of health and
wellness, from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of
complementary, holistic and integrated medicine.
Information provided in this database should not be viewed as a means for self-diagnosis or
a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.
■ ERIC®
ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, provides
access to education literature and resources. The database
provides information from journals included in the Current
Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index,
and contains more than 1,282,000 records and links to more than
314,000 full-text documents from ERIC.
■ GreenFILE
This collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles
includes content on the environmental effects of individuals,
corporations and local/national governments, and what can be
done at each level to minimize these effects.
■ Health Source®: Consumer Edition
This database offers a rich collection of consumer health
information, providing access to nearly 80 full-text consumer
health magazines and many other related resources. Topics
include cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, aging, fitness, nutrition
& dietetics, children’s health and more.
Information provided in this database should not be viewed as a means for self-diagnosis or
a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.
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■ Health Source®: Nursing/Academic Edition
This resource provides nearly 550 scholarly full-text journals
focusing on many medical disciplines, and offers access to 822
abstracted and indexed journals. Coverage of nursing and allied
health is particularly strong.
■ Library, Information Science & Technology
Abstracts™ (LISTA)
LISTA indexes more than 550 core journals, 50 priority journals
and nearly 125 selective journals, plus books, research reports
and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship,
classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information
retrieval, information management and more.
■ Literary Reference Center
™
This full-text database provides users with a broad spectrum
of information on thousands of authors and their works across
literary disciplines and timeframes, combining information from
major respected reference works, books and literary journals, and
much more.
■ MAS Ultra™ – School Edition
Designed specifically for high school libraries, this comprehensive
database contains full text for more than 500 popular high school
magazines, as well as full-text biographies, primary source
documents, reference books and an extensive Image Collection.
■ MasterFILE™ Premier
Designed specifically for public libraries, this resource contains
full text for nearly 1,750 periodicals covering general reference,
business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues
and much more.
■ Middle Search® Plus
This database contains full text for more than 140 popular
middle school magazines, as well as thousands of biographies
and historical essays. Additionally, Middle Search Plus contains
primary source documents, reference books and an extensive
Image Collection.
■ Military & Government Collection™
Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of
the military and government, this database offers a thorough
collection of periodicals, academic journals and other content
pertinent to the increasing needs of these sites.
■ Newspaper Source™ Plus
This resource contains full text coverage for 1,520 major
national (U.S.) and international newspapers, and features
more than 601,300 television and radio news transcripts,
videos and podcasts. ■ NoveList® K-8 Plus
Providing information on thousands of fiction and nonfiction
titles designed to support the curriculum and kids’ pleasure
reading, this resource has a colorful, graphic-rich homepage
created especially for kids.
■ NoveList® Plus
In addition to providing robust information on fiction and
nonfiction titles, NoveList Plus includes special sections for
Teens, Older Kids and Younger Kids that are dedicated to
integrating fiction and narrative nonfiction in the classroom and
across the curriculum.
■ Primary Search®
Designed with elementary school libraries in mind, this database
contains full text for more than 70 popular elementary school
magazines, and includes reference resources with content written
specifically for kids.
■ Regional Business News™
This resource provides full text for more than 80 regional business
publications (including titles from Crain Communications).
■ Science Reference Center™
Designed to meet every student’s science research needs, this
research database contains full text for hundreds of science
encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals and other sources,
providing easy access to a multitude of science-oriented content.
■ The Serials Directory™
This database provides access to the most up-to-date and accurate
bibliographic information, as well as current pricing structures
for popular serials. This invaluable resource contains U.S. and
international titles, including newspapers; data from publishers
worldwide (including e-mail and Internet addresses); and Library
of Congress and Dewey Decimal Classifications for every entry.
■ Teacher Reference Center
Providing indexing and abstracts for more than 270 periodicals,
this resource covers topics including Assessment, Best Practices,
Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum
Development, Elementary Education, Higher Education,
Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, School
Administration, Science & Mathematics and Teacher Education.
■ TOPICsearch™
This current events database allows researchers to explore
social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and
other popular topics discussed in today’s classrooms, including
controversial opinions and viewpoints. TOPICsearch contains
full text for over 60,000 articles from diverse sources, including
international and regional newspapers, periodicals, biographies,
public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets and government
information.
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EBSCO Interfaces for Any Age…
■ EBSCOhost®
More than 300 full-text and secondary databases are available via
EBSCOhost. According to School Library Journal (August 2008),
“EBSCO has not only completely redesigned its interface, it has
taken database searching into the 21st century, creating a model
certain to motivate change in future databases.”
It is this premise that makes EBSCOhost the most-used reference
resource around the world. A customizable, intuitive search
experience, EBSCOhost is designed to cater to various user needs
and preferences at every level of research. EBSCOhost is available
24 hours per day, 365 days per year.
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■ Student Research Center
™
The Student Research Center provides students in secondary schools
with the most appropriate research tools for easily obtaining the
information that they seek from their EBSCO databases. Through
the Student Research Center, users can easily pre-determine which
content sources (e.g., Magazines, Newspapers, Biographies,
Country Reports, Film & Video) will be included with their
search. They can also search their databases by topic heading,
make use of an online dictionary and encyclopedia, explore the
top searches of the day, and even limit their search according to
appropriate Lexile reading levels where applicable.
■ Kids Search™
Designed specifically for middle/elementary school students,
the Kids Search interface combines a state-of-the-art search engine
(powered by EBSCOhost) with a child-friendly, graphicallyrich design that is both powerful and fun to use. Kids Search
makes it easier for students to look for their subjects of interest
by automatically searching across all applicable databases
simultaneously. Important features and functionality of Kids
Search include a visually appealing look and feel; the ability to
search by topic, subtopic or keywords; simultaneous searching
across all subscribed databases; and much more. Some databases
may include Lexiles in citation information.
■ Searchasaurus®
Searchasaurus is an exciting and easy way for young researchers
to experience online searching. It is an animated interface with
a dinosaur theme that encourages students to enhance and
develop basic search methodologies. Students will be riveted
by the colorful, animated interface, complete with erupting
volcanoes and a dinosaur guide, as they gather information on a
wide range of topics. Searchasaurus offers Lexile limiters (reading
level), making it easy for students to read and research only
appropriately challenging materials.
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