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Central (360) Search (Search tips)
Search multiple library databases at the same time with our powerful new federated search tool.Find a Specific Journal Title (Search tips)
Locate full-text journals by title in our online databases (on campus only).
Academic Search Premier (Tutorial) (Search tips)
Multi-disciplinary database with full text for 4,513 journals, including 3,630 peer-reviewed titles.Expanded Academic ASAP (Search tips)
Multi-disciplinary database with 3,000 indexed and 1,900 full-text titles from 1980 to present.General OneFile (Search tips)
In-depth full-text news, business, legal, medical and reference information, including more than 4,200 full-text titles, five newspaper indexes – a total of nearly 8,000 titles in all with more than 20 years of backfile coverage from 1980 to present.General Reference Center Gold (Search tips)
Multi-source general interest reference tool, including national news magazines and encyclopedias. Coverage is available through more than 2,000 titles including 1,200 full-text from 1980 to present.MasterFILE Premier (Tutorial) (Search tips)
General purpose database with full text for over 2,000 periodicals.Opposing Viewpoints (Search tips)
Complete one-stop source for information on social issues. Includes opinion articles, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.
Credo Reference (Tutorial) (Search tips)
An online collection of encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and books of quotations, with a range of subject-specific titles covering everything from art to medicine, literature and law.Encyclopaedia Britannica (Tutorial) (Search tips)
The Encyclopedia Britannica Online includes the complete print version of the encyclopedia plus links to web sites selected and reviewed by Britannica editors.Gale Virtual Reference Library (Search tips)
Encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for research on business, history, literature, medicine, science, and sociology.
ABI/Inform Dateline (Tutorial) (Search tips)
Local and regional business news coverage of large corporations, privately held companies, local start-ups, executive profiles, marketing, finance, and industry news. News and analysis, information on local markets, and more gathered from major business tabloids, magazines, daily newspapers, wire services, and city, state, and regional business publications. Covers 1985 to present.ABI/Inform Global (Tutorial) (Search tips)
Nearly 1,800 worldwide business periodicals for in-depth coverage of business and management information with full-text articles and images. Fast access to information on 60,000 + companies with business and executive profiles. 1971 to present.ABI/Inform Trade & Industry (Tutorial) (Search tips)
Contains publications on every major industry, including finance, insurance, transportation, construction, and many more. Industry news, product and competitive information, marketing trends, and a wide variety of other topics. 750 business periodicals and newsletters with a trade or industry focus. 1971 to present.Business and Company Resource Center (Tutorial) (Search tips)
Comprehensive company and industry news information.Business Source Premier (Tutorial)
2,329 full-text business magazines and journals plus industry and market reports.Hoover’s Company Records (Search tips)
Up to date coverage of more than 40,000 public. Industry analyses, information on a company's location, summary financials, top competitors, top officers, and more.
Computer Database (Search tips)
Contains computer-related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications and the application of technology. Coverage begins in the 1980s.LISTA: Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts (Tutorial) (Search tips)
Indexing of more than 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject areas include librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Coverage extends back to the mid-1960s.
Criminal Justice Periodical Index (Search tips)
Information on criminal justice topics, including corrections administration, law enforcement, social work, industrial security, drug rehabilitation, and criminal and family law. Full-text coverage from 50 criminal justice journals from 1994 to the present, plus indexing and abstracting for 140 titles from 1981 to the present. Updated weekly.LegalTrac (Search tips)
Includes 109 full text and 1,400 indexed titles including major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals.
Educator's Reference Complete (Search tips)
Covers more than 450 full-text academic journals, hundreds of full-text reports, and many premier reference sources. Subjects include educational principles, child development and psychology, and best practices in education. Updated daily.ERIC (Tutorial) (Search tips)
U.S. Department of Educations' Educational Resource Information Center database. Contains full-text of more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 1,000 educational and education-related journals.Professional Development Collection (Tutorial) (Search tips)
Provides a highly specialized collection of electronic information especially for professional educators. This collection offers information on everything from children's health and development to cutting-edge pedagogical theory and practice. Full-text information, some dating back as far back as 1965.
CINAHL (Tutorial) (Search tips)
Indexing and abstracting for over 1,600 current nursing and allied health journals and other publications dating back to 1982.Health and Wellness Resource Center (Tutorial) (Search tips)
Medical information for health professionals and general readers. Coverage is from 1980 to present.Health Reference Center Academic (Search tips)
Articles on fitness, pregnancy, medicine, nutrition, diseases, public health, occupational health and safety, alcohol and drug abuse, HMOs, prescription drugs, etc. 1980 to present.Health Source: Nursing & Academic (Tutorial) (Search tips)
More than 550 full text journals focusing on medical disciplines plus abstracting and indexing for nearly 850 journals.Medline (Tutorial) (Search tips)
More than 1,750 full text medical journals plus abstracts and indexing for over 4,800 journals.
History Reference Center (Tutorial) (Search tips)
Full-text from 1,500 history reference books and 100 periodicals. Includes historical documents, biographies, maps, photos and video.Hartford Courant Historical, 1764 - 1922 (Tutorial) (Search tips)
Full-text coverage of The Hartford Courant from its inception to December 31, 1922.Military and Intelligence Database (Search tips)
Military-related general interest periodicals, with more than 500 of them full text.
MagillOnLiterature Plus (Tutorial) (Search tips)
This database is composed of approximately 35,000 critical analyses of individual works of literature, 6,500 biographical records, more than 1,000 images, and a glossary of 1,310 literary terms.
PsycARTICLES (Tutorial) (Search tips)
Information on current issues in psychology, 35,000 full text searchable articles from 41 APA and 8 allied organization journals from 1987 to the present.Psychology & Behavioral Science Collection (Tutorial) (Search tips)
Information concerning topics in psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods. Over 500 full-text titles.PsycINFO (Tutorial) (Search tips)
Indexing and abstracting for psychology and the psychological aspects of related disciplines.
Science Full Text Select (Tutorial)
Full text from Wilson’s Applied Science & Technology Full Text, Biological & Agricultural Index Plus, and General Science Full Text, plus additional related full text science titles indexed by other Wilson databases including Readers’ Guide Full Text and Wilson OmniFile Full Text. Covers ~320 Journals.Science Reference Center (Tutorial) (Search tips)
Full-text coverage of the sciences consisting of over 600 titles.
Newspaper Source (Tutorial) (Search tips)
Contains full text for 245 regional U.S. newspapers, eighteen international newspapers, six newswires, nine newspaper columns, The Christian Science Monitor, and The Los Angeles Times (for a total of 245 full text newspapers and other sources).Proquest Newspapers (Search tips)
Full-text coverage of The New York Times (1999-current), Wall Street Journal (1982-current), Christian Science Monitor (1988-current), Hartford Courant (1992-current), Los Angeles Times (1985-current), Washington Post (1987-current).Hartford Courant Historical, 1764 - 1922 (Tutorial) (Search tips)
Full-text coverage of The Hartford Courant from its inception to December 31, 1922.
Associated Press Multimedia Archive (Search tips)
Photographs, audio, graphics and video from the Associated Press.¡Informe! Revistas en Español (Search tips)
Full-text Spanish-language and bilingual periodicals. Coverage is from 1980 to present.What do I Read Next? (Search tips)
Reader’s advisory tool for all age groups.
