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April 2008:

GreenFILE

Coverage: Varies - Present
Updated: Regularly

      GreenFILE is a freely accessible research database focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment, with well-researched but accessible information on topics ranging from global warming to recycling to alternate fuel sources and beyond. Contains both scholarly and general interest articles.

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AccessScience

Updated: Regularly

      AccessScience features fully searchable content from the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, Yearbook of Science & Technology, and the Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms.

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International Political Science Abstracts

Coverage: 1989 - Present
Updated: Regularly

      International Political Science Abstracts (IPSA), produced by the International Political Science Association, includes current indexing and abstracts of the leading journals in political science.

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March 2008:

Student Research Center (for K-12)

Coverage: 1995 - Present
Updated: Regularly

      Student Research Center provides a variety of curriculum and general interest articles especially designed for grades 6 through 12. Includes magazine and newspaper articles, biographies, photos, video, and primary source documents.

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InfoTrac Student Edition (for K-12)

Coverage: 1985 - Present
Updated: Regularly

      InfoTrac Student Edition provides curriculum and general interest articles especially designed for secondary schools. It also contains reference materials, and podcasts and broadcast transcripts from National Public Radio, NASA, the U.S. Census Bureau and more.

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Kids InfoBits (for K-12)

Coverage: 1992 - Present
Updated: Daily

      Kids InfoBits is designed especially for students in kindergarten through grade five. Complete with an engaging, developmentally appropriate graphic interface, premier reference content and the best magazines for elementary students.

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InfoTrac Junior Edition (for K-12)

Coverage: 2005 - Present
Updated: Daily

      InfoTrac Junior provides junior high and middle school students with a wide variety of reference resources as well as age appropriate articles from newspapers and magazines.

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January 2008:

Literature Criticism Online

Updated: Regularly

      Provides online access Contemporary Literary Criticism, Drama Criticism, Poetry Criticism, Shakespearean Criticism, Short Story Criticism, Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, Nineteenth Centuary Literary Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400-1800, Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, and Children's Literature Review. For access to Dictionary of Literary Biography, Contemporary Authors, and other literature products from Gale, St. James Press, and Twayne Publishers, please use Gale's Literary Index.

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December 2007:

Westlaw

Updated: Regularly

      Includes American Jurisprudence 2d and American Law Reports. Also includes U.S. Code Annotated, all federal, state, and Supreme Court cases, plus state statutes and regulations and 800 law reviews and journals. Covers U.S. law only; news sources are not included.

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October 2007:

Facts on File World News Digest

Coverage: 1940 - Present
Updated: Continually

      Coverage of news and significant events from around the world. It includes features on Key People, Key Events, Key Issues, and Country profiles, as well as a searchable hourly news feed from Reuters. Special "Ahead in Time" and "Back in Time" links allow researchers to see how events unfold over time.

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RefWorks

Updated: Not Applicable

      RefWorks is a Web-based bibliography and database manager that allows users to create their own personal database by importing references from text files or online databases. They can use these references in writing their papers and automatically format the paper and the bibliography in seconds. You can freely create your own personal account. Also, try the Microsoft Word Write-N-Cite plug-in. Consult the RefWorks Guide for more information. For off-campus access: enter the group code you were given in your registration confirmation email, or retrieve the group code now, using your StagWeb login and password.

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Value Line

Updated: Weekly

      Comprehensive source of information and advice on approximately 1700 stocks, over 90 industries, the stock market, and the economy.

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PAIS International & Archive

Coverage: 1915 - Present
Updated: Monthly

      Citations and abstracts to articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, and statistical directories in economic, political science, public administration, and international law.

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Project MUSE

Updated: Continually

      Project MUSE is a unique collaboration between libraries and publishers providing 100% full-text access to over 300 high quality humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from 60 scholarly publishers.
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ABI/INFORM

Coverage: 1971 - Present
Updated: Monthly

      Contains international, national, local, and regional business news coverage for 60,000+ public and private companies. Information on advertising, marketing, finance, economics, human resources, taxation, computers, etc., plus industry news. Includes both Hoover’s Company Capsules and Company Profiles.
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CINAHL

Coverage: 1982 - Present
Updated: Bimonthly

      Citations and abstracts to nursing, allied health, and biomedicine literature. Citations link to Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition for full-text.
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September 2007:

CQ Global Researcher

Coverage: 2007 - Present
Updated: Regularly

      Modeled after the award-winning CQ Researcher, CQ Global Researcher provides students with definitive, in-depth coverage of global affairs from a number of international viewpoints. Available exclusively online, CQ Global Researcher offers focused, readable, single-topic reports on vital world issues. Written by seasoned journalists with years of international experience, these reports make use of such popular sections as "current situation," "pro-con," and a new feature called "voices from abroad." By exposing students to a wide range of viewpoints CQ Global Researcher provides a comprehensive snapshot of today's most pressing issues.

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August 2007:

EconLit

Coverage: 1969 - Present
Updated: Monthly

      Citations and abstracts to economic literature. Books, dissertations, and working papers are included.

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July 2007:

LexisNexis People

Coverage: Varies - Presnet
Updated: Continually

      Access to biographical information, including obituaries, information on elected officials.

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Pre-CINAHL

Updated: Regularly

      A companion database to CINAHL, Pre-CINAHL is intended to provide current awareness of new journal articles which are available to searchers while these articles are being prepared to go into the main CINAHL database. Once the bibliographic records are complete, they are added to the CINAHL database and removed from Pre-CINAHL.

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ProQuest Curriculum Package

Updated: Regularly

      The Proquest Curriculum Package is a custom package of Proquest full-text databases that includes the following subjects: Biology, Computing, Education, Health and Nursing, Psychology, Science, and Social Science. Includes newspaper and journal articles.

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ProQuest Biology Journals

Coverage: 1992 - Present
Updated: Regularly

      Provides access to a wide range of biology topics. The database includes over 285 titles, with more than 250 available in full text. With thousands of articles available online, ProQuest Biology Journals includes some of the most popular information resources for users in academic, government, and public research environments.

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ProQuest Health Management

Coverage: 1986 - Present
Updated: Regularly

      This database is designed to meet the needs of researchers studying the field of health administration. This high-demand healthcare management content provides the most reliable and relevant information on a wide range of topics, including hospitals, insurance, law, statistics, business management, personnel management, ethics, health economics, and public health administration.

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ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source

Coverage: 1986 - Present
Updated: Regularly

      Provides users with healthcare information covering nursing, allied health, alternative and complementary medicine, and much more. This database is geared towards researchers at healthcare facilities as well as nursing and allied health programs at academic institutions. Provides abstracting and indexing for more than 690 titles, with over 570 titles in full-text.

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ProQuest Psychology Journals

Coverage: 1971 - Present
Updated: Regularly

      Provides abstracts and indexing for more than 610 titles, with over 520 titles available in full text, as well as full-text access to 4000 dissertations. Users get access to charts, diagrams, graphs, tables, photos, and other graphical elements essential to psychological research.

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ProQuest Science Journals

Coverage: 1986 - Present
Updated: Regularly

      Features over 490 titles—with more than 380 available in full text. In full-text format, researchers have access to all the charts, diagrams, graphs, tables, photos, and other graphical elements so vital to scientific and technical literature. Areas covered include: Physics, Engineering, Astronomy, Biology, Earth Science, and Chemistry.

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ProQuest Social Science Journals

Coverage: 1994 - Present
Updated: Regularly

      Includes over 510 titles, with more than 280 available in full text on topics that include: Addiction Studies, Family Studies, Urban Studies, and International Affairs.

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ProQuest Computing

Coverage: 1990 - Present
Updated: Regularly

      Includes over 350 titles, with nearly 300 available in full text. Topics include: Artificial intelligence, Computer games, Computer graphics, Computer networks, Computer programming, Computer security, Computer systems, Database management, Electronic data processing, Hardware, Information science and information theory, and Software.

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ProQuest Education Journals

Coverage: 1991 - Present
Updated: Regularly

      Gives users access to over 745 top educational publications, including nearly 600 of the titles in full text. Topics include not only the literature on primary, secondary, and higher education but also special education, home schooling, adult education, and hundreds of related topics.

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