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1960s in America
Covers the impact of the 1960s in the United
States and Canada. Subject category: History.
2000s in America
Centers on the impact of the 2000s in the United
States and Canada. Subject category: History.
A to Z World Culture
Provides history, culture, geography, climate, people, travel, business, maps, flags,
sports, religion, food, business and much more for 175 countries. Subject category:
Humanities/Social Sciences.
A to Z World Food
Discover thousands of international recipes, cultural facts and culinary resources.
Subject
category: Reference.
ABI/INFORM Collection (ProQuest Central)
The database features thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers,
key
business and economics periodicals such as the Economist, country and industry-focused
reports, and downloadable data. Subject category: Business
Academic OneFile (Gale) (TEL)
Provides articles from a variety of academic sources, including journals, magazines,
newspapers, and reference sources. Audio files from National Public Radio and other
news programs are also included. The database is updated daily. Subject Category
- General Periodicals.
Academic Video Online
Large collection of streaming videos to support undergraduate curriculum needs. Coverage
ranges across academic disciplines. Subject category: Multimedia.
Accounting, Tax & Banking Collection (ProQuest Central)
This database contains essential publications for information about the financial
services industry, including accounting, tax, banking, and industry trends. Subject
category: Business
Addictions, Substance Abuse & Alcoholism, Salem Health
Provides authoritative and essential information pertaining to addictions and substance
abuse in easy-to-understand language. Subject category: Medicine/Health.
Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database (ProQuest Central)
Features research in aeronautics, astronautics, computer and information technology,
and solid-state materials, among other areas of advanced technology study. Subject
category: Science.
Agriculture (Gale OneFile) (TEL)
Provides practical aspects of farming to cutting-edge scientific research in horticulture.
With strong emphasis on titles covered in the Agricola database. Subject category:
Science.
Agriculture Science Database (ProQuest Central)
Contains the leading agricultural journals published in North America. Subject category:
Science.
Ambrose Video
Streaming videos on topics in literature, art, history, biology, chemistry, geography,
and civil rights. Subject category: Multimedia.
American Environmental Leaders: From Colonial Times to the Present
A comprehensive collection of biographies of the most important figures in American
environmentalism. Subject category: Humanities/Social Sciences.
American History Online
Spans more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history to
cover the American experience. Subject category: History.
Arts & Humanities Database (ProQuest Central)
This database features hundreds of titles covering Art, Architecture, Design, History,
Philosophy, Music, Literature, Theatre and Cultural Studies. Subject category: Humanities
& Social Sciences.
Asian & European Business Collection (ProQuest Central)
This database features hundreds of titles covering Art, Architecture, Design, History,
Philosophy, Music, Literature, Theatre and Cultural Studies. Subject category: Humanities
& Social Sciences.
Associates Programs Plus Source
Covers key subjects in two-year college settings, ranging from cosmetology and fashion
design to biotechnology, forensics and veterinary assisting. In addition to full-text
journals and magazines, it offers full-text country reports and market research reports.
Subject category: Education
Australian & New Zealand Database (ProQuest Central)
This database includes ongoing full-text academic journals published in Australia
and New Zealand. The subjects cover major areas of study, including business, science,
technology, engineering, social sciences, education, and humanities. Subject category:
Humanities & Social Sciences.
Biography (Gale in Context) (TEL)
Biography in Context is a comprehensive database of biographical information on more
than 335,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines
and subject areas. It combines more than 422,000 biographies from respected Gale Group
sources such as Contemporary Authors, Encyclopedia of World Biography, and Newsmakers,
with full-text articles from nearly 300 periodicals. Subject category: Biographies.
Biological and Agricultural Index Plus
Offers researchers online access to the literature of biology and agriculture. Subject
category: Science.
Biological Science Database (ProQuest Central)
Provides depth of coverage and search precision through over 25 science and technology
specific indexes. Subject category: Science.
Biology Database (ProQuest Central)
This database provides access to a wide range of biology topics including some of
the most popular information resources for users in academic, government and public
research environments. Subject category: Science.
Black Studies in Video
The collection contains 500 hours of film covering African American history, politics,
art and culture, family structure, gender relationships, and social and economic issues.
Subject category: Ethnic/Gender.
Black Women in America
Provides expanded coverage of the achievements and contributions of African American
women. Subject category: Biographies.
Blood Collection - Special Procedure
Streaming video for healthcare professionals. Subject category: Medicine/Health.
Blood Collection - the Pediatric Patient
Streaming video for healthcare professionals. Subject category: Medicine/Health.
Blood Collection Routine-Venipuncture
Streaming video for healthcare professionals. Subject category: Medicine/Health.
Books and Authors (Gale) (TEL)
Contains descriptions of thousands of highly recommended adult, teen and children's
fiction titles from multiple genres. This database is very useful if you would like
to know the sequence of a series of titles by one author or if you are looking for
other authors who write in a similar genre or style. Subject category: Language and
Literature.
Britannica Online
Includes the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
and Thesaurus. Topical articles contain references that link to full-text journal
articles and to web sites selected by the encyclopedia’s editorial staff. Subject
category: Encyclopedias.
Business (Gale OneFile) (TEL)
Provides full-text coverage of all business disciplines including accounting, economics,
finance, marketing, management and strategy, as well as business theory and practice.
Subject category: Business.
Business Insights: Essentials (TEL)
Covers business news, research, and intelligence. Includes company and industry profiles,
company histories, SWOT, market, and financial reports. Subject category: Business.
Business Market Research Collection (ProQuest Central)
Conduct company, industry, economic and geopolitical market research with information
from these sources: Hoover's Company Profiles - covering 40,000 global public and
non-public companies including financials, competitors, officers, and more. Subject
category:
Business.
Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database (ProQuest Central)
This database is a longstanding, comprehensive Canadian periodical collection covering
multiple subjects and topics, with millions of full-text records. Subject category:
Current Affairs.
Canadian Newsstream (ProQuest Central)
This database offers unparalleled access to the full text of over 190 Canadian newspapers
from Canada's leading publishers. Subject category: Newspapers.
Career & Technical Education Database (ProQuest Central)
The definitive source for vocational information. The database includes nearly 600
titles, with more than 500 available in full text for quick access to research on
virtually any technical topic. Subject category: Careers.
Career Interest Assessment
Discover your personal interests and apply that knowledge toward choosing a future
occupation. Subject category: Careers.
Career and Workplace Preparation (PrepSTEP)
Prepare for an entrance or profession exam. Subject category: Exam.
Peterson’s Career Prep (TEL)
Features career path information. Provides resume, cover letter, and other job searching
help and tips. Practice your interviewing skills and match your experience to a career.
Subject category: Careers.
Chronicle of Higher Education
Weekly news and job-information source for college and university faculty members,
administrators, and students. Subject category: Education.
Civil Disobedience, Social Justice, Naturalism and Populism…
Provides essays on current topics including civil disobedience, social justice, nationalism
& populism, violent demonstrations, and race relations. Subject category: History.
Civil Rights Literature: Past and Present, Critical Insights
Examines key works of the African-American civil rights debate past and present, it
also explores issues of gender equality and sexual orientation integral to civil rights
studies. Subject category: Language & Literature.
College Success Skills
The center helps build essential skills that many students do not possess when they
enter college, such as time management, goal setting, organization and multitasking.
Subject category: Education.
Communications and Mass Media (Gale OneFile) (TEL)
Locate articles on all aspects of the communications field, including advertising,
public relations, linguistics, and literature. Subject category: Humanities/Social
Sciences
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Covers all aspects of complementary and alternative medicine, both past and present,
providing sound medical advice on a controversial and sometimes confusing field. Subject
category: Medicine/Health.
Computer Science Database (ProQuest Central)
This database is a premium resource for those who need access to comprehensive coverage
of computer topics. Subject category: Computers.
Computer Skills Center (Learning Express Library)
Video courses to learn the basics of computers, searching the internet and using popular
software programs. Subject category: Computers.
Consumer Health Database (ProQuest Central)
This database includes journals and magazines covering an enormous range of health
subjects, from sports injuries to women's health, from food and nutrition to midwifery,
from eye care to dentistry. Subject category: Medicine/Health.
Contemporary Women’s Issues (Gale OneFile)
Provides access to current content covering topics including civil rights, health,
education, professional development, and entrepreneurship. Subject category: Ethnicity/Gender.
Continental Europe (ProQuest Central)
This database includes ongoing full-text academic journals published in certain European
countries. The subjects cover major areas of study, including business, science, technology,
engineering, social sciences, education, and humanities. Subject category: Humanities/Social
Sciences.
Core English Skills Review
Locate tutorials and eBooks to enhance reading, grammar, writing and vocabulary skills.
Subject category: Exams
Core Math and Science Review
Locate tutorials and eBooks to update math skills. Subject category: Mathematics.
Credo Reference
Digital reference library that places a world of factual information at your fingertips.
Containing a selection from 500 high-quality reference books from leading publishers,
Credo Reference is the ideal place to start any research. Offering access to over
1.7 million individual entries, Credo Reference contains all the types of reference
books: dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauri, and books of quotations, as well as
subject-specific titles covering everything from the arts to accountancy and law to
literature. Subject category: Electronic Books.
Criminal Justice (Gale OneFile) (TEL)
Focuses on all aspects of the criminal justice field. Topic areas covered include
criminal justice, paralegal studies, law, homeland security. Subject category: Law.
Criminal Justice Database (ProQuest Central)
Includes citations, abstracts and some full-text articles in the following subjects:
corrections, criminal law, criminology, drug abuse, family law, juvenile justice,
police studies, prison administration, rehabilitation, and security systems. Subject
category: Law.
Criminal Justice System
Covers the most important aspects of the Criminal Justice System in the United States,
including individual crimes, broad issues of law enforcement, prosecution, and punishment
of wrongdoers. Subject category: Law.
Critical Thinking in the Nursing Process
Streaming video for nurses and nursing students. Subject category: Medicine/Health.
Culinary Arts (Gale OneFile) (TEL)
Includes 150 of the major cooking and nutrition magazines. Coverage includes thousands
of searchable recipes, restaurant reviews, and industry information. Subject category:
Business.
Dance in Video
The collection includes performances, documentaries, interviews, and instructional
videos from the most influential performers and companies. Subject category: Music.
Dance Studies Collection
Presents the historical context of 20th and 21st century dance through photographs,
magazines and reference materials. Subject category: Music
Davis's Drug Guide
Includes regularly updated drug monographs for thousands of trade name and generic
drugs. Administer drugs with confidence using the detailed entries, pill pictures,
and integrated dosing calculators. Subject category: Medicine/Health.
Dictionary of American Family Names
Contains more than 70,000 of the most commonly occurring surnames in the United States,
giving their comparative frequencies, linguistic and historical explanations, selected
associated forenames, and occasional genealogical notes. It explains the meanings—some
intuitive, some amusing, and some quite surprising—of the family names for more than
90 percent of the U.S. population. Subject category: Electronic Books.
Dictionary of Literary Biography
Locate biographical and critical essays on the lives, works and careers of the world's
most influential literary figures. Subject category: Language and Literature.
Diversity Studies Gale OneFile (TEL)
Explores cultural differences, contributions and influences in the global community.
Subject category: Ethnic /Gender.
Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science Database (ProQuest Central)
An interdisciplinary resource of A&I combined with full text from journals, conference
proceedings, and other sources. Subject category: Science.
East & South Asia Database (ProQuest Central)
Ongoing full-text academic journals locally published in various East Asian and South
Asian countries. Subject category: Ethnic/Gender.
East Europe, Central Europe Database (ProQuest Central)
This database includes ongoing full-text academic journals published in East and Central
Europe. Subject category: Ethnic/Gender.
eBooks (Gale) (TEL)
A database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary
research. Subject category: Electronic Books
Economics and Theory (Gale OneFile) (TEL)
Offers a wealth of business theory and economics research. Subjects include Economics,
macroeconomics, microeconomics, business, and accounting. Subject category: Business.
Education Database (ProQuest Central)
Journal literature coverage on primary, secondary, and higher education. Also includes
such areas special education, home schooling, and adult education. Subject category:
Education.
Educator’s Reference Complete (Gale OneFile) (TEL)
Intended for professional educators and undergraduate and graduate students in the
field of education, this database contains more than 1,100 full-text periodicals covering
a variety of disciplines and levels from preschool to college, 200 reports from the
U.S. Department of Education, and resources on educational specialties and issues
related to administration, funding, and policies. Subject category: Education.
Elementary (Gale in Context) (TEL)
The perfect educational product for today's young learners. It is a content-rich,
authoritative, easy-to-use digital resource featuring age-appropriate, reliable, curriculum-related
content covering a broad range of educational topics. Subject category: Education.
Encyclopedia of African American History: 1619-1895
Coverage of the history of African Americans in the United States from their first
arrival in British North America in 1619 through the present day. Subject category:
History.
Encyclopedia of American Immigration
Electronic reference book covering various cultural groups and significant individuals
who immigrated to the U.S. and their impact after arriving. Subject category: History.
Encyclopedia of Aesthetics
A comprehensive survey of major concepts, thinkers, and debates about the meaning,
uses, and value of all the arts. Subject category: Humanities/Social Sciences.
Encyclopedia of Evolution
Electronic reference book covers the essentials of evolutionary biology including
basic concepts and theories; models, methods, and findings; schools of thought; current
controversies; biographies; and more. Subject category: Science.
Encyclopedia of Global Change
Electronic reference guide to the impact of politics, population, economics, and technology
on the planet. Subject category: Humanities/Social Sciences.
Encyclopedia of Global Resources
Provides a wide variety of perspectives on both traditional and more recent views
of Earth's resources. Subject category: Humanities/Social Sciences. Encyclopedia of
the Middle Ages An essential new reference work covering all key aspects of European
history, society, and culture from 500 to 1500 A.D. Subject category: History.
Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages An essential new reference work covering all key aspects of European history, society, and culture from 500 to 1500 A.D. Subject category: History.
Encyclopedia of Rhetoric
Contains 150 entries on classical studies, philosophy, literature, literary theory,
cultural studies, speech, and communications. The Encyclopedia combines theory, history,
and practice, with a special emphasis on public speaking, performance, and communication.
Subject category: Humanities/Social Sciences.
Encyclopedia of Semiotics
A comprehensive reference guide to concepts in semiotics, sign theory, and cultural
studies. Subject category: Language and Literature.
Encyclopedia of Social Work
Includes demographic changes from immigration, technology, the implications of managed
care, faith-based assistance, evidence-based practice, gerontology, and trauma and
disaster. Subject category: Humanities/Social Sciences.
Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment
Captures the entire range of philosophic and social changes wrought by this revolutionary
period. Subject category: History.
Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls
One of the most fascinating mysteries of ancient history. Embedded in the 850 manuscripts
eventually uncovered were questions about everything from the Qumran community that
produced the scrolls to their impact on our understanding of biblical studies. Subject
category: History.
Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
Provides 3,000 concise and detailed articles on all aspects of the period from the
fifth to the fifteenth century. It explores art, architecture, religion, law, science,
language, philosophy, and theology, as well as cultural, religious, intellectual,
social and political history. With a focus on focus on Europe and Christendom, the
Encyclopedia also covers the rise of Islam and people of other cultures with whom
Europeans came into contact. Subject category: History.
Energy and the Environment Online
Examines the history, technology, science, environmental, and social implications
associated with energy production. Subject category: Science.
Engineering Database (ProQuest Central)
Contains engineering related full-text articles and a comprehensive index to world
literature on technological and engineering innovations going back to 1966. Subject
category: Science
Entrepreneurship (Gale Business) (TEL)
A comprehensive database that covers all aspects of starting and operating a business,
including accounting, finance, human resources, management, marketing, tax, and more.
Subject category: Business
Environmental Science Database (ProQuest Central)
It provides the most complete collection of resources available to support research
and learning in environmental science and related fields. Subject category: Science.
Environmental Studies (Gale in Context)
Explore topics and events within the Earth systems, global change, pollution, populations,
and more. Subject category: Science.
Environmental Studies and Policy (Gale OneFile) TEL
Covers inquiries about environmental concerns with coverage of more than 5.4 million
articles. Subject category: Science
Exploring Race in Society
Provides an in-depth look at the history of race and delivers critical context on
topics related to race, ethnicity, diversity and inclusivity. Subject category: Ethnic
/Gender.
Faculty Select
Through EBSCO Faculty Select’s single interface, faculty can search and access quality
open textbooks, Open Educational Resources (OER), and request access to unrestricted
library e-books from top academic publishers. Subject category: Education.
Feature Films for Education Collection
Offers hundreds of full-length feature films for educational instructional purposes.
Subject category: Multimedia. Ferguson's Career Guidance Center Thorough coverage
of job and career profiles and resources. Assess your career interests, find a school,
decide on a college major, and get other job-hunting help. Subject category: Multimedia.
Ferguson Career Guidance
Thorough coverage of job and career profiles and resources. Assess your career interests,
find a school, decide on a college major, and get other job-hunting help. Subject
category: Careers.
Fine Arts (Gale OneFile) (TEL)
Collection contains more than 100 full-text magazines and journals providing resources
for research in drama, music, art history, and filmmaking. Subject category: Humanities/Social
Science.
Flipster
Collection of digital magazine titles that can be viewed from your tablet. Subject
category: Digital Magazines. FOD: Allied Health Videos This collection will help prepare
future allied health professionals for practice across a diverse range of health care
settings. Subject category: Periodical.
FOD: Allied Health Videos
This collection will help prepare future allied health professionals for practice
across a diverse range of health care settings. Subject category: Medicine/Health.
FOD: Nursing Video Collection
This collection is designed not only to help nursing students excel in their studies
and pass licensure exams, but also to prepare them for long-term job success. Subject
category: Medicine Health.
Gale Literary Sources (TEL)
Brings together Gale's premier literary databases in a single digital environment
that allows researchers to search across a library's resources to discover and analyze
content in entirely new way. Subject category: Language and Literature.
Gardening and Horticulture (Gale OneFile) (TEL)
A collection of more than 80 journals focused on key issues in gardening, landscaping,
and other areas of horticulture, with the addition of over 20 subject specific reference
sources from Delmar, this collection provides information for gardening enthusiasts
and professionals alike. Subject category: Science.
Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online
Comprehensive reference work covering the music of the world’s peoples. For each area
provides an overview of the region, a survey of its musical heritage, traditions and
themes; and a description of specific musical genres, practices, and performances.
Articles include detailed photographs that show musicians, musical instrument, and
the cultural context of dances, rituals, and ceremonies. Other images include drawings,
maps, and musical examples for further study. Subject category: Humanities/Social
Science.
Gender Studies (Gale OneFile) (TEL)
Provides journal coverage in the areas of gender studies, including topics such as
sexual behavior, family and marital issues, conversion therapy, gay and lesbian rights,
homophobia, health topics related to gender and gender identity. Subject category:
Music.
General OneFile (Gale) TEL
A general-interest periodical resource. Subject category: Periodicals
Genetics and Inherited Conditions, Salem Health
An A-Z encyclopedia offering non specialist information about 460 topics in genetics.
Subject category: Medicine/Health.
Global Breaking Newswires (ProQuest Central)
A library news product which provides timely access to the best newswire content available
globally as well as growing archive of news that may not be captured in any of the
traditional print sources. Subject category: Newspapers.
Grammarly
An app that automatically detects potential grammar, spelling, punctuation, word choice,
and style mistakes in writing. Subject category: Grammar.
Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture
Provides art historical and cultural information about art forms, artists, rulers,
philosophers, architecture, renowned works of art, archaeological sites and stylistic
developments from the Classical era, from Cycladic, Minoan, Helladic, and Etruscan
art to the fall of the Roman Empire. Subject category: Humanities/Social Sciences.
Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Art
Reference work covering "thousands of years of decorative arts production throughout
western and non-western culture. Included are hundreds of entries on artists and craftsmen,
the qualities and historic uses of materials, as well as concise definitions on art
forms and style. Subject category: Humanities/Social Sciences.
Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Most comprehensive reference work in the complex and diverse area of art history.
Subject category: Humanities/Social Sciences.
Grove Encyclopedia of Materials & Techniques
Offers the most comprehensive, up-to-date information on all aspects of this fundamental
area of the visual arts. Subject category: Humanities/Social Sciences.
Health and Medical Collection (ProQuest Central)
This database offers reliable, comprehensive journal coverage of clinical and biomedical
topics, consumer health, health administration and more. Subject category: Medicine/Health.
Health and Medicine (Gale OneFile) (TEL)
Provides up-to-date information on the complete range of health care topics. With
more than 2,500 embargo-free, full-text periodicals, reference books, pamphlets, and
hundreds of videos demonstrating medical procedures and live surgeries. Subject category:
Medicine/Health.
Health and Wellness (Gale) (TEL)
Includes full text articles on health and alternative medicine, as well as material
from pamphlets, reference books, and newspapers. Subject category: Medicine/Health.
Healthcare Administration Database (ProQuest Central)
This database is a collection of reliable and relevant resources in the field of health
administration, including journals and dissertations. Subject category: Medicine/Health.
HeinOnline
Contains the entire Congressional Record, Federal Register, and Code of Federal Regulations,
complete coverage of the U.S. Reports back to 1754, and entire databases dedicated
to treaties, constitutions, case law, world trials, classic treaties, international
trade, foreign relations, U.S. Presidents, and much more. Subject category: Law
Heritage Quest Online
An important genealogical research tool that contains United States census information
from 1790 to 1940. Provides indexing for journals in this subject area and contains
information from many resources and primary documents. There are approximately 3.9
million individuals noted on the 1860 U.S. Census Slave Schedule, about 40% of the
population of the southern states at the time. Freedman’s Bank records can also provide
clues when searching for African-American ancestors. Subject category: History.
High School (Gale in Context) (TEL)
Offers cross-curricular content aligned to national and state curriculum standards
and reinforces the development of skills such as critical thinking, problem solving,
communication, collaboration, creativity, and innovation. Subject category: Education.
Home Improvement (Gale OneFile) (TEL)
Full text journal and magazine articles for the “do-it-yourselfer.” Subject category:
Reference.
Hospitality and Tourism Complete
Covers scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and
tourism. Subject category: Business.
Hospitality and Tourism (Gale OneFile) (TEL) Provides access to scholarly journals, magazines, and trade publications that cover topics including the cultural and economic aspects of travel and tourism. Subject category: Business.
Image Quest
Access more than two million rights-cleared images from over 50 collections. Filter
your results by collection or by shape of the image. Subject category: Multimedia.
India Database (ProQuest Central)
ProQuest Indian Journals is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary resource providing
full-text, scholarly journals, all published in India. Subject category: Ethnic Gender.
Infectious Diseases and Conditions
Encyclopedia covering all aspects of infectious diseases and their prevention, offering
historical and technical background with a balanced discussion of discoveries, developments,
and prognoses. Subject category: Medicine/Health.
InfoBase eBooks Collection
Select group of electronic books across all academic disciplines. Subject category:
Electronic Books.
Information Science (Gale OneFile) (TEL)
Updated daily with articles covering all aspects of managing and maintaining information
and technology, including usability, cataloging, circulation, business information,
and more. Subject category: Computers.
Informe Academico (Gale OneFile) (TEL)
Provides Spanish-speaking users with a wide range of full-text Spanish- and Portuguese-language
scholarly journals and magazines both from and about Latin America. Subject category:
Language and Literature
Insurance and Liability (Gale OneFile) (TEL)
Connects researchers to hundreds of thousands of updated articles from leading journals,
including: Business Insurance, Claims, Employee Benefit News, National Underwriter
Life & Health, Pensions & Investments, Risk Management, and more. Subject category:
Business
International Encyclopedia of Dance
Provides authoritative information on all forms of worldwide traditional, classical,
and popular dance, from all periods of history up to the present. Includes survey
articles on countries and on topics such as costumes, lighting, and scenic design.
Covers techniques, companies, genres, dancers and choreographers, works, instruments,
steps, and more. Cross references and browse lists provide enhanced access to the
contents. Subject category: Music.
International Encyclopedia of Linguistics
Online reference book encompasses the full range of topics in linguistics, including
such areas as historical, comparative, formal, mathematical, functional, philosophical,
and sociolinguistics. Special attention is given to interrelations within these branches
of the field and to relations of linguistics with other disciplines. Subject category:
Humanities/Social Sciences.
International Newsstream (ProQuest Central)
Provides the most recent news content outside of the US and Canada, with archives
which stretch back decades featuring newspapers, newswires, and news sites in active
full-text format. Subject category: Newspapers.
Israel & Palestine
Features important information on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine
throughout world history.
Issues and Controversies
Helps researchers understand today’s crucial issues by exploring hundreds of hot topics
in politics, government, business, society, education, and popular culture. Subject
category: Current Events
Issues in U.S. Immigration
Offers a clear and innovative approach to immigration history that can also be used
by advanced students and scholars. Subject category: History.
IV Venipuncture Procedure
Streaming video for health care professionals. Subject category: Medicine/Health
Latin America & Iberia Database (ProQuest Central)
This database provides ongoing full-text academic journals that are locally published
by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions in many Latin American
countries, Spain, and Portugal. Subject category: Ethnic/Gender.
Leadership & Management (Gale OneFile) (TEL)
Provides access to academic journals and other reference content for educators. Subject
category: Education
Legal Trac (Gale OneFile) (TEL)
Provides articles from major law reviews, law journals, specialty law and bar association
journals, and legal newspapers. Subject category: Law.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
Provides indexing to more than 560 core journals, nearly 50 priority journals, and
nearly 125 selective journals. Subject category: Humanities/Social Sciences.
Library Science Database (ProQuest Central)
Library Science Database gives users full-text access to a selection of publications
relevant to library and information science. Subject category: Reference.
Linguistics Database (ProQuest Central)
This database includes full-text journals and other sources in linguistics, including
many titles indexed in Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA). It covers
all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax
and semantics. Subject category: Language & Literature.
Lit Finder (Gale Literature) (TEL)
Provides access to literary works and authors throughout history and includes more
than 150,000 full-text poems, short stories, plays and speeches. Subject category:
Language & Literature.
Literary Reference Center
Extensive full-text resource that includes plot summaries, author biographies and
interviews, and literary criticism. Also contains poetry, short stories, and classic
novels. Subject category: Language and Literature.
Literature Criticism Online
Find literary criticism and information on authors from several Gale resources. Subject
category: Language and Literature.
Literature Resource Center (TEL)
Provides access to biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of authors from
every age, literary discipline, and every place in the world. Subject category: Language
and Literature.
Magill's Literary Annual
Evaluates 200 major examples of serious literature published during the previous calendar
year. Subject category: Language and Literature.
Magill's Medical Guide
Covers diseases, disorders, treatments, procedures, specialties, biology, and issues
in an easy-to-use A-Z format. Subject category: Medicine/Health.
Master Academic Collection
Contains a large number of curriculum-focused streaming videos and video clips from
virtually any academic subject area. Subject category: Multimedia.
Material Sciences Database (ProQuest Central)
A full-text content along with expert indexing of global literature in materials science
and engineering. Subject category: Science.
Middle East and Africa Database (ProQuest Central)
Ongoing full-text academic journals published in Middle Eastern and African countries.
Subject category: Humanities/Social Sciences.
Middle School (Gale in Context) (TEL)
Combines the best of Gale's reference content with age-appropriate videos, newspapers,
magazines, primary sources, and much more. Categories cover a range of the most-studied
topics including cultures, government, people, U.S. and world history, literature,
and many more. Subject category: Education.
Military and Intelligence (Gale OneFile) (TEL)
Provides access to scholarly journals, magazines, and reports covering all aspects
of the past and current state of military affairs. Subject category: History.
Military Database (ProQuest Central)
The Military Database covers topics across all government and military branches, including
international relations, political science, criminology, defense, aeronautics and
space flight, communications, civil engineering, and more. Subject category: History.
Music and Dance Online
Combines audio and video that spans all time periods, hundreds of thousands of seminal
artists, composers, choreographers, and ensembles to provide an unparalleled learning
environment for the teaching of music. Subject category: Music.
Music Online: African American Music Reference
African-American Music Reference is a comprehensive reference database that chronicles
the rich history of African-American music through 1970. Subject category: Music.
Music Online: American Music
A history database that allows people to hear and feel the music from America's past.
The database includes songs by and about American Indians, miners, immigrants, slaves,
children, pioneers and cowboys. Included in the database are the songs of Civil Rights,
political campaigns, Prohibition, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War and anti-war
protests. Subject category: Music.
Music Online: Classical Performance in Video
Containing the most important opera and classical music performances, captured on
video through staged productions, interviews, and documentaries, these selections
represent the world’s best performers, conductors, and opera houses. Subject category:
Music.
Music Online: Classical Music Library
Supports the teaching and research of classical music with coverage of all major genres
and time periods from medieval to contemporary, from choral works to symphonies, operas
and the avant-garde. Subject category: Music.
Music Online: Classical Music Reference Library
Brings together a variety of essential reference materials, spanning the entire history
of Western classical music, in a unified online database. Subject category: Music.
Music Online: Classical Music Scores Library
Contain 400,000 pages of the most important classical music scores, manuscripts, and
previously unpublished material, allowing for the study and analysis of more than
8,000 musical scores. Subject category: Music.
Music Online: Contemporary World Music
The collection delivers the sounds of all regions from every continent. Subject category:
Music.
Music Online: Jazz Music Library
The largest and most comprehensive collection of streaming jazz available online —
with thousands of jazz artists, ensembles, albums, and genres. Subject category: Music.
Music Online: Music Periodicals of the 19th Century
Explore the impact of music on the social, political, and economic history of the
United States, through publications devoted to musical life in the 19th to early 20th
centuries. Subject category: Music.
Music Online: Music Reference Collection
Contains a variety of essential reference materials allowing users to chronicle the
history of music of diverse origins and walks of life. Subject category: Music.
Music Online: Music Video Collection
Allows users to experience music with a window into more than 2,000 performances,
masterclasses, documentaries, scores, and interviews. Subject category: Music.
Music Online: Opera in Video
Contains five hundred hours of the most important opera performances, captured on
video through staged productions, interviews, and documentaries. Subject category:
Music.
Music Online: Popular Music Library
Contains a wide range of popular music from around the world, including hundreds of
thousands of tracks from major genres in pop. Subject category: Music.
Music Online: Smithsonian Global Sounds for Libraries Produced in partnership with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, is a virtual encyclopedia of the world's musical and aural traditions. Subject category: Music.
National Theater Collection
Brings the stage to life through access to high-definition streaming video of world-class
productions offering insight into theatre and performance studies. Subject category:
Humanities/Social Sciences
Net Library (Ebscohost)
A subset of EBSCO’s Net Library, the academic collection contains some 235,000 ebooks
covering all academic disciplines. Subject category: Electronic Books.
News (Gale OneFile) (TEL)
Provides access to more than 2,300 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers,
as well as leading titles from around the world. It also includes thousands of images,
radio and TV broadcasts and transcripts. Subject category: Newspapers.
Newspaper.com Southeast Collection Archive
Provides access to newspapers from the southeast United States including 2000+ historical
and recent newspapers in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. Subject category: Newspapers.
Nursing and Allied Health Database (ProQuest Central)
This database offers reliable, comprehensive coverage of the fields of nursing and
allied health including journals, video, dissertations, reference books and more.
Subject category: Medicine/Health.
Nursing and Allied Health (Gale OneFile) (TEL)
Subset of Gale’s InfoTrac, this collection contains full-text articles in nursing
and allied health subjects. Subject category: Medicine/Health.
Nursing and Allied Health Premier
Designed to support the teaching, learning, and research needs of nursing and allied
health students and educators combines the Nursing & Allied Health Database and Alexander
Street's Nursing Education in Video. Subject category: Medicine/Health
Nursing and Mental Health in Video: a Symptom Media Collection
Features over 240 videos of the most common mental health disorders nurses may encounter
– whether in a primary care setting, emergency room, medical, psychiatric or other.
Subject category: Medicine/Health.
Nursing Process
Streaming video for student nurses discussing each step of the nursing process. Subject
category: Medicine/Health.
Nursing Reference Center Plus
Provides evidence-based information for point of care, continuing education, nursing
research and more. Subject category: Medicine/Health
Opposing Viewpoints (Gale in Context) (TEL)
Portal of “pro” and “con” information about topics of the day. Choose a topic on the
main page or else click “View All” to explore more topics under categories like “Society
and Culture” or “Science, Technology and Ethics.” There are links to Featured Video
and Featured News on the right sidebar. Click on “Issues” on the top navigation strip
to browse all issues. Subject category: Current Events.
Overdrive Audio Collection
Offers downloadable audiobooks and ebooks for your portable device or computer. Subject
category: Multimedia.
OVID (LWW Nursing and Allied Health Professions Collection)
Full text access to core nursing and allied health journals published by Lippincott
Williams & Wilkins. Subject category: Medicine/Health.
Oxford African American Studies Center
Comprehensive collection of scholarship focused on the lives and events which have
shaped African American and African history and culture, coupled with precise search
and browse capabilities. Subject category: Ethnic/Gender.
Oxford Classical Dictionary
Over 6,700 entries. Subject category: Reference.
Oxford Companion to American Literature
A guide to America’s literary culture, providing one of the finest resources to this
country’s rich history of great writers. Subject category: Language and Literature
Oxford Companion to World Exploration
Offers information on all topics of exploration worldwide, including advances in navigation,
the discovery of the New World, polar expeditions, and the space age. In addition
to examining the lives and expeditions of heroic and influential explorers, the 800
entries cover navigational and marine sciences and ranges from ancient cultures through
modern space exploration. Subject category: History.
Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
With more than 5,000 entries by an international group of eminent historians, this
is the standard research tool on 1,100 years of Byzantine history. Exhaustive in its
coverage, entries on patriarchy and emperors coexist with entries on surgery, musical
instruments, and the baking of bread, bringing to life this vastly important culture
and empire, from the 4th century to the 15th. Subject category: History.
Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Indispensable reference work on all aspects of all aspects of the Christian Church.
It contains over 6,000 entries of all aspects of the subject, from theology, churches
and denominations and the bible. Subject category: Humanities/Social Sciences.
Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance
Provides rich detail on all aspects of the Renaissance in 14th to 17th century Europe.
Includes comprehensive coverage of the art, literature, science, culture, philosophy,
religion, economics, history, and conflict of the period. The text explores the influence
that this intense intellectual and cultural revival continues to have on modern thought
and society. Nearly half the entries are biographical, covering artists, thinkers,
statesman, and reformers. A table of European ruling houses and a table showing the
dates when cities and countries changed from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar
are also included. Subject category: History.
Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature
Contains 350 essays from leading scholars, encompassing the range and depth of American
literary history from the 1600s to the present day. The Encyclopedia includes essays
on poets, play-wrights, essayists, and novelists, as well as major works and essays
on literary movements, periods, and themes. No mere catalog of dates, events, and
synopses, the Encyclopedia's articles offer historical perspective and social context
along with a range of possibilities with regard to critical approach. Subject category:
Language and Literature.
Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt
Covers prehistoric, pre-dynastic, and dynastic phases of ancient Egypt and neighbors
through the Islamic conquest of 642 CE. All branches of Egyptology: archaeology, anthropology,
architecture, linguistics, history, art history, religion, economics, etc. Subject
category: History.
Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature
Includes 500 entries on literature- from the Abbey Theatre to Israel Zangwill- and
covers the history of literature in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland
in the major literary languages (Anglo-Saxon, English, Welsh, Scots, Irish, and Latin).
It includes accounts of individual authors (e.g., Spenser, Pope, Austen) and histories
of particular themes, movements, genres, and institutions, whose impact upon the writing
or the reading of literature was significant (e.g., The Stationers' Company, the sonnet,
the ‘School of Night,’ or the Sublime). Subject category: Language & Literature
Oxford Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature
Comprehensively documents and interprets the books read by children throughout the
world with articles on individual authors and illustrators, genres, trends, themes,
and many individual works. Subject category: Language and Literature.
Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History
International in scope and spanning all time periods of human history," it includes
900 original articles by "noted scholars from more than thirty-five countries. With
coverage ranging from ac-counting and advertising to zoning and zoos, this landmark
works stands at the busy intersection of history and the social sciences. Subject
category: Humanities/Social Sciences.
Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America
Covers the significant events, inventions, and social movements in American history
that have affected the way Americans view, prepare, and consume food and drink, including
regions, people, ingredients, foods, drinks, publications, advertising, companies,
historical periods, and political and economic aspects pertinent to American cuisine.
Subject category: Reference.
Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States Offers comprehensive, reliable, and accessible information about the fastest growing minority population in the United States. Subject category: Ethnic/Gender.
Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History
Covers the entire history of seafaring, from ancient Egyptian shipbuilders to the
nuclear submarines and supertankers of today. Over nine hundred articles written by
leading historians examine all aspects of maritime history, including naval history,
shipbuilding, biographies of major figures, navigation and scientific instrumentation,
maritime art and literature, commerce and economics, and international law. Subject
category: History.
Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures
Chronicles Pre-Hispanic, colonial, and modern Mesoamerica, de-fined as the lands stretching
from Mexico to the southern tip of Central America. Subject category: Ethnic/Gender.
Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World
Provides information about major world developments from 1750 to the present, with
close attention to social, economic, cultural, and political topics. Subject category:
History.
Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation
Offers information about the entire range of religious and social changes that altered
the face of Europe in the sixteenth century, encompassing not only issues of church
polity and theology but also developments in politics, economics, demographics, art
and literature. This broadly cast, interdisciplinary definition allows for a comprehensive
social and intellectual history of early modern Europe. Subject category: Humanities/Social
Sciences.
Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance
Provides authoritative and up-to-date information about theatre and performance from
ancient Greek theatre to the latest development in London, Paris, New York, and around
the globe. In addition to performances in playhouses, it covers dance, opera, radio,
film, television, and popular performance, including carnivals, circus, and public
executions. Entries range from short definitions of terms to length considerations
of genres and movements such as feminism and psychoanalytic criticism. Entries on
cities and regions place performance in its local social and political context. Written
in accessible language, this encyclopedia brings together an international case of
over 300 specialist contributors. Subject category: Humanities/Social Sciences.
Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History
Captures the experiences of women throughout history in a far-reaching, four-volume
work. Subject category: Biographies.
Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History
The first encyclopedia of law to provide both historical and contemporary comparisons
of the world legal systems. Subject category: Law
Patient Monitoring in Mechanical Ventilation
Streaming video for health care professionals. Subject category: Medicine/Health.
Peterson’s Test and Career Prep (TEL)
Provides standardized test preparation, researching undergraduate and graduate programs,
finding tuition assistance, and exploring careers. Subject category: Exams.
Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine (Gale OneFile) (TEL)
Full text journal articles from the fields of physical therapy and sports medicine.
Subject category: Medicine/Health.
Points of View
A series of essays on controversial topics that present multiple sides of a current
issue. The articles provide questions and materials for further thought and study
and are accompanied by supporting references from political and societal publications.
Subject category: Current Events.
Political Science Database (ProQuest Central)
Access to hundreds of leading political science, public policy, and international
relations journals. Subject category: Humanities/Social Sciences.
Pop Culture Studies (Gale OneFile) (TEL)
Full-text collection of carefully chosen articles relevant to popular culture. This
col-lection is a subset of the Gale’s more general databases, General OneFile and
Academic OneFile. Subject category: Humanities/Social Sciences.
Popular Magazines (Gale OneFile) (TEL)
Full-text articles (no photos) from a wide selection of popular magazines and newspapers
from across the country. Provides access to the most searched magazines across the
InfoTrac product. Subject category: Periodicals.
PrepSTEP for College
Online eLearning platform that can help you prepare for success in school and the
workplace. Subject category: Exams.
ProQuest Central
A full-text database providing access to 40 ProQuest titles, with a variety of content
types across over 175 subjects. Subject category: Database Collection
ProQuest Ebook Central
Electronic book platform allows downloading of ebooks on various devices. Wide variety
of academic subject areas. Users may create personal Create a free account to keep
track of titles of interest to them. Subject category: Electronic Books.
ProQuest Historical Newspaper: Memphis Commercial Appeal
A definitive newspaper digital archive offering full-text and full-image articles
for the Commercial Appeal covering 1847-current. Subject category Newspapers
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Nashville Tennessean
Provide fully searchable cover-to-cover access to historical newspaper content. Subject
category Newspapers
Psychology (Gale OneFile) (TEL)
Gives individuals a basic understating of the study of the mind, emotions, and how
the human mind develops over time. Subject category: Humanities and Social Sciences.
Psychology and Mental Health
Explores a fascinating array of subjects in the field of psychology and mental health.
Subject category: Medicine/Health
Psychology Database (ProQuest Central)
This database provides abstracts and indexing for key Psychology titles, many which
are available in full text. Many titles are indexed in PsycINFO. Subject category:
Humanities/Social Sciences.
Public Health Database (ProQuest Central)
This database allows you to search the core literature in the field of public health.
Subject category: Medicine/Health.
Publicly Available Content Database (ProQuest Central)
Designed to complement other databases and collections, this database brings together
or links to full text for publicly available scholarly content from a number of different
sources from around the world. It includes content from major subject repositories
such as arXiv as well as open access journals. Subject category: Periodicals.
Racial & Ethnic Relations in America
Covers concepts, themes, and issues in race relations in America, both from a historical
perspective and in today's modern society. Subject category: Ethnic/Gender.
Religion and Philosophy (Gale OneFile) (TEL)
Features a selection of more than 200 magazines and academic journals--everything
from Anglican Journal to Zygon--covering religion and the related areas of philosophy
and anthropology. Subject category: Humanities/Social Sciences.
Religion Database (ProQuest Central)
Provides a wide range of primarily full-text periodicals and other sources for diverse
religious and spiritual studies, covering formal theological studies and commentary
on topics of general interest from the perspectives of many worldwide religions. Subject
category: Humanities/Social Sciences.
Research Library (ProQuest Central)
ProQuest Research Library provides one-stop access to thousands of full-text periodicals
from one of the broadest, most inclusive general reference databases. Subject category:
Periodicals.
Science Database (ProQuest Central)
This database is a definitive resource for students studying both the applied and
general sciences. Subject category: Science.
Science (Gale OneFile) (TEL)
Locate the latest scientific developments in particle physics, advanced mathematics,
nanotechnology, geology, and hundreds of other areas. Subject category: Science
Science Online Databases
Features 10 science eLearning Modules—Biomes of the Earth, Cells, Energy and the Environment,
Essential Chemistry, Genetics and Evolution, Global Warming, Green Technology, The
Human Body: How It Works, Physics in Action, and The Plant World. Subject category:
Science
Slave Narratives, Critical Insights
Presents recent critical work on antebellum slave narratives as well as postbellum
novels of slavery and twentieth-century neo-slave narratives. Subject category: History.
Social Science Database (ProQuest Central)
Social Science Database offers indexing and full text for hundreds of academic journals,
providing extensive coverage across a wide range of social science disciplines including
anthropology, communication, criminology, economics, education, political science,
psychology, social work, and sociology. Subject category: Humanities/Social Sciences.
Sociology Database (ProQuest Central)
Covers the international literature of sociology and social work, including relevant
titles from related fields such as social policy, social care, social services, social
anthropology, gender studies, gerontology, social psychology and population studies.
Subject category: Humanities/Social Sciences.
Swank Digital Campus
Academic streaming collection with rights to view outside the classrooms. Subject
category: Multimedia.
Taber's Medical Dictionary
Online version of well-known medical dictionary. Subject category: Medicine/Health.
Teacher Reference Center
Index to some 280 journals in education important to teachers and school administrators.
Some full-text articles are provided. Subject category: Education.
Telecommunications Database (ProQuest Central)
This database is an essential resource for anyone researching the industry or its
technology. Subject category: Reference.
Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL)
Platform made available to access and cross-search the databases made available to
Tennesseans by the Tennessee State Library and Archives. All of the titles are listed
individually with annotations. Subject category: Database Collections.
Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture
A joint project of the Tennessee Historical Society and the University of Tennessee
Press. This fully searchable version of the print edition, originally published in
1998, contains over 1,500 entries. The online version has updates to existing entries,
new entries, more than five hundred additional images, plus audio and video files.
Subject category: History.
Tennessee Records (Ancestry.com)
In partnership with Ancestry.com, the Tennessee State Library and Archives is providing
access to several important collections of Tennessee records. Subject category: History.
Transparent Language (TEL)
Language learning software to learn over 100 languages. Subject category: Language
and Literature.
Turkey Database (ProQuest Central)
This database provides ongoing full-text academic journals that are locally published
by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions in Turkey. Major
subject areas of study are represented, including business, science, technology, engineering,
social sciences, education, and humanities. Subject category: Humanities/Social Sciences.
UK & Ireland Database (ProQuest Central)
Ongoing full-text academic journals published in the United Kingdom and the Republic
of Ireland. Subject category: Ethnic/Gender.
US Newsstream (ProQuest Central)
Enables users to search the most recent premium U.S. news content, as well as archives
which stretch back into the 1980s featuring top newspapers, newswires, blogs, and
news sites in active full-text format. Subject category: Newspapers.
Visible Body
Interactive 3D anatomy and physiology app. Subject category: Science.
Vocations and Careers (Gale OneFile) (TEL)
Provides content from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals.
Subject category: Careers.
Volunteer Voices (TEL)
Website that serves as a central point for accessing digital collections of primary
sources (photos, letters, diaries, oral histories, artifacts, etc.) that document
the history and culture of Tennessee. This site searches the original Volunteer Voices
database, a growing number of digital collections across the state, and the Tennessee
Encyclopedia of History and Culture. Subject category: History.
War and Terrorism (Gale OneFile) (TEL)
Sub collection of Gale’s larger databases, this set provides perspective on global
conflict and terrorist incidents. Subject category: History.
World Book Encyclopedia (TEL)
Provides HTML full-text reference articles, ebooks, literary criticism, U.S. Supreme
Court cases, U.S. presidential papers, special reports, research guides, timelines,
maps, images, and multimedia in all academic disciplines. Subject category: Encyclopedias.
World History (Gale OneFile) (TEL)
Subject area sub-collection of Gale’s larger databases. Examines current thinking
on recent world events as well as past events, people, and places. Subject category:
History.
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