Resources by type (basic outline)
A description of each database follows the basic outline.
1. Business. Includes these databases:
i. Business Source Premier
ii. GreenFILE
iii. Military & Government Collection
iv. Newspaper Source Plus
v. Regional Business News
2. Health. Includes these databases:
i. Alt HealthWatch
ii. Consumer Health Complete
iii. Health Source – Consumer Edition
iv. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
v. Lexi-PALS Drug Guide
vi. MEDLINE
3. Literature. Includes these databases:
i. Humanities International Complete
ii. Literary Reference Center
4. Magazines. Includes these databases:
5. Newspapers. Includes these databases:
i. Access NewspaperARCHIVE
ii. Newspaper Source Plus
iii. Regional Business News
Descriptions of the databases in the above outline in order
mentioned
Business Source Premier. Provides full text for more than 2300 journals. Provides full text back to
1886, and searchable cited references back to 1998. Full coverage of all
disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting,
finance and economics.
GreenFILE: Offers information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection
of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global
warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy,
recycling, and more.
Military & Government Collection: Current news pertaining to all branches of the military and
government. A thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals and other
content.
Newspaper Source Plus: Includes more than 1530 full-text newspapers. Also features television and
radio news transcripts.
Regional Business News: Comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications, both
metropolitan and rural areas.
Alt HealthWatch: Focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated
approaches to health care and wellness. Full text articles, and hundreds of
pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts.
Consumer Health Complete: A comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. Designed
to support patients’ information needs and foster an overall understanding of
health-related topics. All areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine
to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine.
Includes the Clinical Reference System and the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which
provide concise and clinically relevant drug monographs.
Health Source – Consumer Edition: The richest collection of consumer health information, providing
information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and
nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Provides access to almost
80 full text, consumer health magazines.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition: Provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on
many medical disciplines. Also features the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which covers
1300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4700 brand names.
Lexi-PALS Drug Guide: A database of Patient Advisory Leaflets that provide vital education on
medications for patients, in an easy to follow and understand question-and-answer
format.
MEDLINE: Provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary
medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more.
Humanities International Complete: Provides full text of hundreds of journals, books and other
published sources from around the world. All aspects of the humanities. With
worldwide content pertaining to literary, scholarly and creative thought.
Library Reference Center: Provides a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their
works across literary disciplines and timeframes: plot summaries, synopses and
work overviews, articles/essays of literary criticism, author biographies, literary
journals, book reviews, classic and contemporary poems, classic and contemporary
short stories, author interviews, and classic texts.
LitFINDER: Offers access to more than 135,000 full-text poems, stories, plays and more. Also
biographies, essays, and explanations.
NoveList: A readers’ advisory. Provides access to 155,000 fiction titles, and a wide range of feature
content. Includes author read-alikes, book discussion guides, reading lists and
more.
NoveList K-8: Designed for elementary and middle school students. Full-text reviews are available for
many titles.
TeachingBooks Author Programs: A chance to see and hear directly from the creators of the very best
books for children and young adults through original, in-studio movies of authors
and illustrators, audio excerpts of professional book readings, and guides to
thousands of titles and a wealth of multimedia resources.
Magazines: MasterFILE Premier is the default, but click on “Choose Databases” to see and select more
databases.
Access NewspaperARCHIVE: Contains tens of millions of searchable newspaper pages, dating as far
back as the 1700s.
Newspaper Source Plus: Includes over 1500 full-text newspapers and newswires, television and radio
news transcripts, videos and podcasts. Includes nine Wisconsin newspapers.
Regional Business News: Comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications.
Descriptions of the databases in the above outline in
alphabetical order
Access NewspaperARCHIVE: Contains tens of millions of searchable newspaper pages, dating as far
back as the 1700s.
Alt HealthWatch: Focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated
approaches to health care and wellness. Full text articles, and hundreds of
pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts.
Business Source Premier. Provides full text for more than 2300 journals. Provides full text back to
1886, and searchable cited references back to 1998. Full coverage of all
disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting,
finance and economics.
Consumer Health Complete: A comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. Designed
to support patients’ information needs and foster an overall understanding of
health-related topics. All areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine
to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine.
Includes the Clinical Reference System and the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which
provide concise and clinically relevant drug monographs.
GreenFILE: Offers information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection
of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global
warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy,
recycling, and more.
Health Source – Consumer Edition: The richest collection of consumer health information, providing
information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and
nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Provides access to almost
80 full text, consumer health magazines.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition: Provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on
many medical disciplines. Also features the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which covers
1300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4700 brand names.
Humanities International Complete: Provides full text of hundreds of journals, books and other
published sources from around the world. All aspects of the humanities. With
worldwide content pertaining to literary, scholarly and creative thought.
Lexi-PALS Drug Guide: A database of Patient Advisory Leaflets that provide vital education on
medications for patients, in an easy to follow and understand question-and-answer
format.
Library Reference Center: Provides a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their
works across literary disciplines and timeframes: plot summaries, synopses and
work overviews, articles/essays of literary criticism, author biographies, literary
journals, book reviews, classic and contemporary poems, classic and contemporary
short stories, author interviews, and classic texts.
LitFINDER: Offers access to more than 135,000 full-text poems, stories, plays and more. Also
biographies, essays, and explanations.
Magazines: MasterFILE Premier is the default, but click on “Choose Databases” to see and select more
databases.
MEDLINE: Provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary
medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more.
Military & Government Collection: Current news pertaining to all branches of the military and
government. A thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals and other
content.
Newspaper Source Plus: Includes over 1500 full-text newspapers and newswires, television and radio
news transcripts, videos and podcasts. Includes nine Wisconsin newspapers.
Newspaper Source Plus: Includes more than 1530 full-text newspapers. Also features television and
radio news transcripts.
NoveList K-8: Designed for elementary and middle school students. Full-text reviews are available for
many titles.
NoveList: A readers’ advisory. Provides access to 155,000 fiction titles, and a wide range of feature
content. Includes author read-alikes, book discussion guides, reading lists and
more.
Regional Business News: Comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications, both
metropolitan and rural areas.
Regional Business News: Comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications.
TeachingBooks Author Programs: A chance to see and hear directly from the creators of the very best
books for children and young adults through original, in-studio movies of authors
and illustrators, audio excerpts of professional book readings, and guides to
thousands of titles and a wealth of multimedia resources.