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(Multi-Discipline)
EBSCOhost Databases -- About * Basic searching practice * Advanced searching
Lexis-Nexis Academic -- About * Online help and tutorials
Wiley InterScience -- Online help
CQ Researcher. -- About * Online help
FirstSearch Databases -- Online tutorial
(Newspaper Sources)
Cedar Rapids Gazette -- About NewsBank * Online help and tutorial
NewsBank: Access World News Research Collection -- About * Online help and tutorial
Lexis-Nexis Academic. -- About * Online help and tutorials
Newspaper Source -- About * Online help and tutorial
Wall Street Journal (WSJ) -- About * Online help
Today's Newspaper Front Pages from Newseum
(Legal Information)
Lexis-Nexis Academic -- About * tutorial: selecting resources * tutorial: working with results
LexisNexis Congressional -- About * tutorial: selecting resources * tutorial: working with results
(General Reference Collections)
Credo Reference -- About * Online help and tutorial
Encyclopedia Britannica -- About * Online help
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia -- Online help and tutorial
Oxford English Dictionary -- About * Online help and tutorial
Oxford Reference Online -- About * Online help
WorldCat -- WorldCat (on-campus) -- About * Online help and tutorial
Business Source Complete -- About * Online help and tutorials
Wiley InterScience -- Online help
Business Source Elite -- About * Online help and tutorials
Regional Business News -- About * Online help and tutorials
Value Line -- About * Online help
MorningStar -- About * Online help and tutorial
Wall Street Journal (WSJ) -- About * Online help
American National Biography: Over 20,000 online biographies -- About * Online help and tutorial
Encyclopedia Britannica: Complete, electronic version -- About * Online help
Education Research Complete 1800 education journals -- About * Online help and tutorial
ERIC from EBSCOhost -- About * Online help and tutorial
Wiley InterScience -- Online help
ERIC: Offered by the U.S. Department of Education (DOE)
Middle Search Plus Useful for middle and junior high school teachers -- About * Online help and tutorial
Primary Search Useful for elementary school teachers -- About * Online help and tutorial
Professional Development Collection For practicing teachers -- About * Online help and tutorial
PsychINFO Psychological literature from 1887 to the present -- About * Online help and tutorial
(Databases for the Humanities)
America: History and Life: U.S. and Canadian history -- About * Online help and tutorial
American National Biography: Over 20,000 online biographies -- About * Online help and tutorial
Encyclopedia Britannica -- About * Online help
MLA International Bibliography Literature and languages -- About * Online help and tutorials
Wiley InterScience -- Online help
CINAHL with Full Text from EBSCOhost -- About * CINAHL support center
Tutorials: Basic searching tutorial * advanced searching techniques
Cochrane Library Evidence-based reviews of nursing interventions -- About * Online help and tutorial
Micromedex Healthcare Series: Drug toxicology, interactions, and patient education
* About * Online help and tutorial
MEDLINE -- About * Online help and tutorial
Wiley InterScience -- Online help
PubMed Medline from the National Library of Medicine -- About * Online help and tutorial
Health Source: Consumer Edition General healthcare information -- About * Online help and tutorial
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition 625 scholarly journals -- About * Online help and tutorials
Annual Review of Immunology: Online version; print copy available (QR180 .A5x) -- About * Online help
Annual Review of Medicine: Online version; print copy available (R 101 .A5) -- About * Online help
Annual Review of Nutrition: Online version; print copy available (QP141.A1 A64) -- About * Online help
Annual Review of Physiology: Online version; print copy available (QP1 .A535) -- About * Online help
Annual Review of Public Health: Online version; print copy available (RA421 .A66) -- About * Online help
Wiley InterScience -- Online help
Annual Review of Biochemistry: Online version; print copy available (QP501 .A7) -- About * Online help
Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics: Online version; print copy available (QH540 .A53) -- About * Online help
Annual Review of Genetics: Online version; print copy available (QH431.A1 A54) -- About * Online help
Annual Review of Microbiology: Online version; print copy available (QR1 .A5) -- About * Online help
Annual Review of Plant Physiology: Online version; print copy available (QK1 .A48) -- About * Online help
Biodigest: Abstracts from biology journals -- About * Online help and tutorial
Science.gov: Search engine for federal government science and technology information
TOXNET: Toxicology Data Network -- About * Online help and tutorial
Chemistry Reference Materials from Knovel. Collection includes: (1) International Critical Tables of Numerical Data, Physics, Chemistry, and Technology. (2) Knovel Critical Tables (2nd edition). (3) Smithsonian Physical Tables (9th revised edition) -- About Knovel Reference * Online help and tutorials
(Databases for the Social Sciences)
PsychArticles Full text, scholarly journals from the APA -- About * Online help and tutorial
PsychINFO Psychological literature from 1887 to the present -- About * Online help and tutorial
SocINDEX from EBSCOhost: Full text, sociological literature. About * Online help and tutorial
Wiley InterScience -- Online help
NewsBank: Access World News Research Collection -- About * Online help and tutorial
ERIC from EBSCOhost -- About * Online help and tutorial
Communication and Mass Media Complete from EBSCOhost -- About * Online help and tutorial
Annual Review of Anthropology: Online version; print copy available (GN4 .A5x). About * Online help
Annual Review of Psychology: Online version; print copy available (BF30 .A56). About * Online help
Annual Review of Sociology: Online version; print copy available (HD7255 .A2 A55). About * Online help
Oxford Reference Online: Collection of online reference books and dictionaries -- About * Online help
netLibrary: Electronic book collection with strength in social sciences -- About * Online help
(Other Databases: Biography and Geography)
American National Biography: Over 20,000 online biographies -- About * Online help and tutorial
National Geographic Society : Xpeditions Atlas: Maps available for download, printing, and copying.
World Almanac from FirstSearch: Global facts and figures of interest -- About * Online tutorial
(Other Databases: Book and Publishing Information)
ArticleFirst from FirstSearch: Index to citations from over 12,600 journals -- About * Online tutorial
Books in Print from FirstSearch: Books currently available for purchase -- About * Online tutorial
GPO Monthly Catalog from FirstSearch: Information printed by the U.S. GPO -- About * Online tutorial
National Geographic Magazine Index
Time Magazine Archive: Index from January 1923 to the present.
American History in Video -- About * FAQ