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ABI/INFORM Complete (Proquest)
Search business journals, key trade publications, dissertations, conference proceedings, and market reports.
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Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
Multidisciplinary database with significant full text. Find scholarly, trade, and popular titles.
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Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
Multidisciplinary database offering a wide range of topic coverage and publications.
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Academic Video Online (Alexander Street Press)
Search tens of thousands of full length streaming videos. Create and share custom clips and playlists.
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Accessible Archives
Eyewitness accounts of historical events, editorial observations, and genealogical records are available in a userfriendly online environment.
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African American Music Reference (Alexander Street Press)
Comprehensive coverage of blues, jazz, spirituals, civil rights songs, slave songs, minstrelsy, rhythm and blues,
gospel, and more.
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African American Newspapers (1827-1998)
Offers valuable primary sources for such diverse disciplines as cultural, literary and social history; ethnic studies and
more.
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African American Periodicals (1825-1995)
Featuring news, commentary, advertisements, literature, drawings and photographs. Great for primary source
material.
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AGRICOLA Articles (NAL)
Compiled by the National Agricultural Library of the U.S. Department of Agriculture this database indexes materials
relating to all aspects of agriculture.
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AHFS Consumer Medication Information (formerly Lexi-PALS Drug Guide)
A database of Patient Advisory Leaflets from Lexi-Comp that provides vital education on medications for patients.
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Alt-HealthWatch (EBSCO)
Focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and
wellness.
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America: History & Life (EBSCO)
Covers the history, culture, area studies, and current affairs literature of the U.S. and Canada, from prehistory to the
present.
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American Chemical Society Journals
Search the journals of the American Chemical Society.
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American History in Video
2,000 total hours of streaming video content. More than half is contemporaneous video from the 1890s to the 1980s
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American National Biography
Biographies of thousands of men and women whose lives have shaped the U.S.
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Ancestry Library
Ancestry Library is a geneological database that includes Census, Birth, Death and Marriage records, Military
records and much more.
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Annual Reviews
Comprehensive critical reviews summarizes a topic and provokes discussion that will lead to new research activity.
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Art Source (EBSCO)
Covers a broad range of subjects, from fine, decorative and commercial art, to various areas of architecture and
architectural design.
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ARTFL
Nearly 2000 texts, ranging from classic works of French literature to various kinds of non-fiction prose and technical
writing from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.
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Arts & Humanities Citation Index (ISI)
A multidisciplinary index covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities.
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ARTstor
Work with the more than one million images: create groups, print, save, and share.
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Associations Unlimited
Contains information for approximately 144,000 international and US national, regional, state, and local nonprofit
organizations.
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Auto Repair Reference Center (EBSCO)
Full text repair manuals covering domestic and foreign automobiles from 1945 to the present.
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Bartleby
Literature and reference books on the web.
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Bartlett Quotations (Bartleby)
Including over 11,000 quotations, the first new edition of John Bartlett’s corpus to be published after his death in
1905 keeps most of his original work intact.
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Belgian-American Research Collection
This is a multi-media resource of Belgian immigrants to Wisconsin. It contains digitized photographs, e-fascimiles of
books, and digitized audio.
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Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Biography and Genealogy Master Index is a comprehensive index to nearly 12 million biographical sketches.
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Biological Abstracts (ISI)
Search articles in the life sciences.
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BioOne
Search full-text of high-impact bioscience research journals.
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Birds of North America
A comprehensive reference covering the life histories of North American birds.
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Bizjournals
Access local business news and information from major metropolitan cities across the country.
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Black Drama: 1850-present (Alexander Street Press)
Includes almost 1,200 rare plays written from the 1850's to the present.
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Black Studies in Video
Contains over 500 hours of film covering African American history, politics, art and culture, family structure, gender
relationships, and social and economic issues.
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Book Collection Nonfiction: Elementary School Edition (EBSCO)
Designed for school-aged children, contains fully searchable full text and informative abstracts for popular non…fiction books.
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Book Collection Nonfiction: High School Edition (EBSCO)
Designed for high school-aged children, contains fully searchable full text and informative abstracts for popular nonfiction books used in schools today.
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Book Collection Nonfiction: Middle School Edition (EBSCO)
Designed for middle school-aged children, contains fully searchable full text and informative abstracts for popular
non…-fiction books used in schools today.
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Book Review Digest Retrospective: 1905-1982 (EBSCO)
Reflecting nearly eight decades of Book Review Digest, this database provides excerpts from and citations to
reviews of adult and juvenile fiction and non-fiction.
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Brill E-book Collections
Full text e-books in the humanities and social sciences.
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Britannica Escolar
Provides a Spanish Elementary Encyclopedia with 1,500 articles, images, Spanish-language videos, and Spanish
Learning Materials.
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Britannica Online School Edition
For PreKindergarten - 12th grade audience, encyclopedias link out to external web sites; and hundreds of video
clips.
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British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries
The initial database contains writings of women from Great Britain and Northern Ireland from diverse backgrounds.
Mainly primary source material.
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Brown, Door, Kewaunee & Shawano Counties: Historical Atlases, Directores & Plat Maps (UWDC)
Includes plat books, atlases and school yearbooks and school newspapers that document early Northeastern
Wisconsin.
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Business Source Premier (EBSCO)
Business Source Premier is a full text business database, covering management, economics, finance, accounting,
and international business.
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Cabell's Business Directory
Cabell's helps an author determine which journal will most likely accept his/her manuscript.
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Cabell's Computer Science & Business Information Systems Directory
Cabell's helps an author determine which journal will most likely accept his/her manuscript.
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Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
This online catalog consists of bibliographic records published in the Monthly Catalog of United States Government
Publications.
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CenStats Databases
Point-and-click access to several popular Census Bureau databases.
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CINAHL PLUS With Full Text (EBSCO)
Gain access to informative health literature, contains resources for nursing and allied health professionals, students,
educators and researchers.
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Civil War Collection (Accessible Archives)
Includes selected Midwestern and southern newspapers, soldiers' journals, the memoirs of military leaders, and
regimental histories of selected units.
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Communication & Mass Media Complete (EBSCO)
Provides robust, quality research in areas related to communication and mass media.
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Consumer Health Complete (EBSCO)
Designed to support patients' information needs and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics.
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Contemporary Authors
A bio-biographical guide to current writers in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures,
television, and other fields.
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COS Conference Papers Index (Proquest)
Provides citations to papers and poster sessions presented at major scientific meetings around the world.
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Counseling and Therapy in Video (Alexander Street Press)
provides the largest and richest online collection of video available for the study of social work, psychotherapy,
psychology, and psychiatric counseling.
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CQ Researcher Online (CQ Press)
The CQ Researcher is a collection of reports covering political and social issues.
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CQ Weekly (CQ Press)
CQ Weekly is a weekly source of information on government, politics and public policy.
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Early American Newspapers
Searchable American newspapers enable users to explore America's past.
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Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures, and the Environment
Documents the relationships among peoples and the environment in North America from 1534 to 1850.
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Early English Books Online (Proquest)
Contains digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and
British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700
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eBook Collection (EBSCO)
Ebsco's eBook Collection offers the content of thousands of books in an electronic format. Formerly called
NetLibrary.
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Education Research Complete (EBSCO)
Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational
specialties.
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Educational Administration Abstracts (EBSCO)
Covers areas related to educational administration, including educational leadership, educational management,
educational research, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline.
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eHRAF World Cultures (eHRAF)
Information is organized into cultures and ethnic groups and the full-text sources are subject-indexed at the
paragraph level.
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Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO)
Contains significant English-language and foreign-language titles printed in the United Kingdom during the 18th
century.
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Emerald Journals (Emerald)
Covers the major management disciplines including strategy, leadership, information management, marketing and
human resource management.
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Environment Complete (EBSCO)
Offers deep coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, energy, natural resources, marine & freshwater science,
geography, pollution & waste management, and more.
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Environmental Science & Pollution Management (Proquest)
This multidisciplinary database provides unparalleled and comprehensive coverage of the environmental sciences.
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ERIC (EBSCO)
Education Resource Information Center provides access to education literature and resources.
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Ethnic NewsWatch (Proquest)
Features newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press, providing researchers access to
essential, often overlooked perspectives.
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Europa Sacra (Brepols)
Provides information on medieval Church prelates including information on all 1300 medieval bishoprics,
archdioceses and patriarchates under obedience to Rome.
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European Views of the Americas: 1493-1750 (EBSCO)
This bibliographic database is a valuable index for libraries, scholars and individuals interested in European works
that relate to the Americas.
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FedStats
FEDSTATS provides easy access to the full range of statistics and information produced by more than 70 agencies
in the United States Federal Government
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Films on Demand Master Academic (Films Media Group)
Provides online access to over 6,000 educational videos and video clips across a wide range of academic
disciplines.
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Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (EBSCO)
Features over 25,000 informative segments of the encyclopedia.
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Gale Virtual Reference Library - ebooks (Gale)
Business Plan Handbook and The Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
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Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online (Alexander Street Press)
The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online is the first comprehensive online resource devoted to music
research of all the world's peoples.
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GenderWatch (Proquest)
A full-text collection of international journals, magazines, newsletters, regional publications, special reports and
conference proceedings devoted to women's and gender issues.
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Geobib
Online Geographical Bibliography (Geobib) is a searchable online database of all bibliographic entries found in
Current Geographical Publications.
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GeoRef (EBSCO)
A comprehensive geoscience database containing over 2.2 million bibliographic records from more than 3,000
journals and other sources.
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GeoRef In Process (EBSCO)
This database contains unedited records that are still in the process of being indexed prior to their integration in the
main GeoRef database.
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Gerritsen Collection--Women's History Online, 1543-1945 (Proquest)
A cross-cultural resource for information on women's history. It spans more than four centuries and 15 languages
and includes over two million pages in full image.
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Gilded Age
Photographs, songs, and other primary materials as well as scholarly essays. Themes include race, labor,
immigration, commerce, western expansion, and women’s suffrage.
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GPO Resources (U.S. Government Printing Office)
Search the Federal Digital System (FDsys) and the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) through a
single search box.
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GreenFILE (EBSCO)
GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment.
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Handbook Latin American Studies
The Handbook is a bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars.
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Health Source: Consumer (EBSCO)
Health Source: Consumer Edition provides access to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines.
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Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCO)
This resource provides nearly 550 scholarly full-text journals focusing on many medical disciplines.
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HeritageQuest Online (Proquest)
A comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources—rich in unique primary sources, local and family
histories, and finding aids.It delivers an essential collection of genealogical and historical sources—with coverage
dating back to the 1700s
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Historical Newspapers: The New York Times (1851-2007) (Proquest)
Contains full text and full image articles from the New York Times dating back to the 19th century.
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History Reference (EBSCO)
The database features cover-to-cover full text for more than 650 historical encyclopedias and other non-fiction
books, including award winning titles from many top publishers.
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Hoover’s Company Profiles (Proquest)
Find up to date proprietary editorial content covering public and non-public companies and key executives.
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Humanities E-Books (ACLS)
An online collection of approximately 4,000 books that have been recommended by scholars as significant
contributions to their fields.
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Humanities Int'l Complete (EBSCO)
Humanities International Complete is an essential collection for comprehensive coverage of the humanities with full
text content.
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IEEE Xplore
IEEE Xplore is an online delivery system providing full text access to the world's highest quality technical literature in
electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics.
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In the First Person (Alexander Street Press)
A landmark index to English language personal narratives, including letters, diaries, memoirs, autobiographies, and
oral histories.
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Intelliconnect
Includes a comprehensive federal tax library as well as numerous state publications.
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International Medieval Bibliography (Brepols)
An interdisciplinary bibliography of the European Middle Ages, covering Europe, the Middle East and North Africa in
the period 400-1500.
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IOP Journals (IOP)
Search electronic journal articles from the Institute of Physics.
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JSTOR
Scholarly content that spans many disciplines, primarily in the humanities and social sciences.
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AHFS Consumer Medication Information (formerly Lexi-PALS Drug Guide)
A database of Patient Advisory Leaflets from Lexi-Comp that provides vital education on medications for patients.
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LearningExpress Library
LibraryExpress Learning consists of online practice tests, courses, and e-books for people of all ages to improve test
preparation and test-taking skills.
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Lexikon des Mittelalters Online and International Encyclopaedia for the Middle Ages (Brepols)
A research tool based upon the most important encyclopaedia in the world for medievalists , covering all aspects of
medieval studies within the period 300 to 1500.
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Lexis Nexis Academic
Academic Universe provides access to nearly 5,000 publication on a wide range of news, business, legal, and
reference information.
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Librarians' Index to the Internet
The mission of Librarians' Index to the Internet is to provide a well-organized point of access for reliable, trustworthy,
librarian-selected Internet resources, serving California, the nation, and the world.
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Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (EBSCO)
Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval,
information management and more.
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Lily (Accessible Archives)
The Lily is the first newspaper for women, and was issued from 1849 until 1853 under the editorship of Amelia
Bloomer (1818-1894).
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Literary Reference Center (EBSCO)
A full text database that combines content from major respected reference works, mongraphs, classic books and
anthologies, and literary journals.
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Literature Criticism Online (Gale)
Literature Criticism Online represent a range of modern and historical views on authors and their works across
regions, eras and genres.
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LitFinder (Gale)
International in scope, LitFinder covers all time periods and contains a wealth of primary literature content.
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MAS Ultra School Edition (EBSCO)
Designed specifically for high school libraries, contains full text for nearly 500 popular, high school magazines.
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MasterFILE Premier (EBSCO)
Gain access to information on a broad range of topics including general interest, business, health and multi-cultural
with MasterFILE Premier™.
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MathSciNet (AMS)
MathSciNet is a comprehensive database covering the world's mathematical literature of the past 61 years.
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MD Consult
MD Consult is a comprehensive clinical information resource.
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MEDLINE (EBSCO)
Research authoritative medical information from such fields as medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the
health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and more.
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Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print (EBSCO)
Provides a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments.
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Middle Search Plus (EBSCO)
Designed specifically for middle school libraries, contains full text for more than 140 popular, middle school
magazines.
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Military & Government Collection (EBSCO)
The Military & Government Collection provides current news pertaining to all branches of the military.
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MLA Directory of Periodicals (EBSCO)
The detailed entries include editorial contact information, as well as frequency, circulation, subscription prices and
submission guidelines.
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MLA International Bibliography (EBSCO)
Subjects consist of literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, and dramatic arts, as well
as the historical aspects of printing and publishing.
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Music Index Online (EBSCO)
The Music Index Online indexes over 850 music related periodicals from more than 40 countries.
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Music Online
Comprehensive database of streaming audio, video, reference, and music scores.
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National Criminal Justice Abstracts
Contains summaries of criminal justice publications, including government reports, books, research reports, journal
articles, and unpublished research.
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Nature (NPG)
Nature publishes high impact peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology.
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Newspaper Source Plus (EBSCO)
This database contains comprehensive full text for major newspapers.
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NewspaperARCHIVE.com
An excellent tool to research genealogy, history, culture and newsworthy events in a local context.
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Newswires (EBSCO)
Formerly AP Newsmonitor. Real-time access to top world-wide news from the Associated Press on a continuous
basis.
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Nineteenth Century Collections Online (Gale)
Focuses on primary source collections of the long nineteenth century. Topic covered include revolution, reform,
nation building, culture, education, more.
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North American Immigrants Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories
North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories (IMLD) provides a historical record of what it was like
to immigrate to the United States and Canada.
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North American Women's Letters and Diaries: Colonial to 1950
North American Women's Letters and Diaries (NAWLD) includes the immediate experiences of 107 women, as
revealed in more than 9,000 pages of diaries and letters.
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NoveList (EBSCO)
Fiction readers can find the perfect novel with this reader's advisory service.
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NoveList K-8 (EBSCO)
Find books for K-12 readers- reviews, recommendations, and more.
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Nursing Consult
Mosby's Nursing Consult brings leading resources together in one integrated online service to help nurses efficiently
find answers to pressing clinical questions.
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OECD iLibrary
OECD brings governments together to share experiences and seek solutions to common problems. Promotes
economic cooperation and development.
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Oxford English Dictionary
Traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language
sources.
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Oxford Music Online
Features a broad musical scope covering popular music of all genres and periods from 1900 to the present day
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Primary Search (EBSCO)
Primary Search contains full text for more than 50 popular, elementary school magazines.
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Professional Development Collection (EBSCO)
The database provides a highly specialized collection of electronic information especially for professional educators.
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Project Gutenberg
Offers over 42,000 free ebooks: choose among free epub books, free kindle books, download them or read them
online.
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Project Muse
High quality humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from scholarly publishers. Coverage: 1995 -
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Proquest Congressional
Contains: hearing transcripts and submitted testimony, Committee reports, Bills, Public laws, Selected committee
prints, Congressional documents, Congressional Record, Federal Register, Current Code of Federal Regulations,
and the current US Code.
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PsycArticles (EBSCO)
Covers general psychology and specialized, basic, applied, clinical and theoretical research in psychology.
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PsycINFO (EBSCO)
Contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports, as well as
citations to dissertations, all in the field of psychology.
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PsycNET (APA)
Electronic access to the full text of selected APA-published scholarly and professional books in PDF format.
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PubMed
The National Library of Medicine's database covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine,
the health care system, and the preclinical sciences.
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Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982 (EBSCO)
Indexes the most popular, general-interest periodicals published in the United States from 1890 to 1982.
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Reaxys (Elsevier)
Reaxys ® is a web-based workflow solution for research chemists.
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Recollection Wisconsin
A collaborative project of Wisconsin cultural heritage institutions. A digital resource for teachers, students,
genealogists, and history buffs.
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Regional Business News (EBSCO)
This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications.
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Royal Society of Chemistry Online Journals-Archive
Full-text of the journals of the RSC (Royal Society of Chemistry), the largest organization in Europe for advancing
the chemical sciences.
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Science Citation Index (ISI)
Find information in areas such as agricultural, biological, and environmental sciences, engineering, technology,
applied science, medical and life sciences, and physical and chemical sciences.
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Science Reference Center (EBSCO)
A comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full text science-oriented content.
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Scottish Women Poets of the Romantic Period
Covers 60 volumes of rare lyric poetry from over 50 Scottish women poets.
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Social Sciences Citation Index (ISI)
Find information in areas such as anthropology, sociology, urban studies, business and communication, criminology,
penology, law, nursing, rehabilitation, and information and library sciences.
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Social Services Abstracts (Proquest)
Provides coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social
welfare, social policy, and community development.
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Social Work Abstracts (EBSCO)
Offers extensive coverage of more than 450 social work and human services journals dating back to 1965.
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Sociological Abstracts (Proquest)
A primary resource for accessing the latest research sponsored in sociology and related disciplines in the social and
behavioral sciences.
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Combines an online encyclopedia of philosophy with peer reviewed publication of original papers in philosophy.
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Statistical Abstract of the United States
The authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the
United States.
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Teacher Reference Center (EBSCO)
Provides indexing and abstracts for over 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals to assist
professional educators.
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THOMAS
Includes bill summaries & status, full text of bills, major legislation enacted into law and more.
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TOXLINE (Proquest)
Includes information in all areas of toxicology, including chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pesticides, environmental
pollutants, and mutagens and teratogens.
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Twentieth Century Advice Literature
Focuses on gender roles and relations, American consumerism, views of democratic citizenship, character
development for children, and more.
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Ulrich's
Provides users with essential serials bibliographic and access information that ranges from subscription rates to the
latest web access.
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University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
The University of Wisconsin Digital Collections provide quality digital resources from its academic libraries to UW
faculty, staff and students, citizens of the state and scholars at large.
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USA.gov
USA.gov is the official U.S. gateway & search engine for all government information on the internet.
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Web of Science (ISI)
Provides seamless access to the Science Citation Index®, Social Sciences Citation Index®, and Arts & Humanities
Citation Index™.
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Wiley Online Library
A multidisciplinary collection of online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the
humanities.
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WISCAT Catalog
Combined catalog of books and other materials in over 1000 Wisconsin libraries
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Wisconsin Media Lab
High-quality video programs for Wisconsin's K-12 students and teachers.
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Wisconsin Newspapers Digital Research Site
Provides access to the daily and weekly newspapers in Wisconsin, starting in 2005 to the present, with an embargo
delay of 60 days.
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Women and Social Movements US 1600-2000: Basic Edition (Alexander Street Press)
Includes 78 projects with more than 2,300 documents, 31,000 pages of additional full-text documents, and 1,678
primary authors.
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Women's Studies International (EBSCO)
Covers the core disciplines in Women’s Studies to the latest scholarship in feminist research.
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WorldCat (OCLC)
OCLC WorldCat database is the OCLC online catalog. It contains over 43 million records describing library holdings.
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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (Proquest)
Includes research in the area of international relations, law, public administration, and public policy.
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Wisconsin Digital Archives
A collaborative effort managed by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
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