Research Resources

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• Explora for High Schools allows users to simultaneously search or browse the following databases using a single interface:

  • American Heritage Children's Dictionary

  • Biography Reference Bank

  • Biography Reference Center

  • Consumer Health Complete

  • EBooks - Full-text reference books. Title List: PDF

  • Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia

  • GreenFILE

  • Legal Information Reference Center

  • MAS Complete

  • Middle Search Plus

  • Points of View Reference Center

  • Primary Search

  • Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection

  • Science & Technology Collection

  • Topic Overviews 6-12 - Topic Overviews appear in the search results list for thousands of popular topics and include links to citable, authoritative summary articles. If a Topic Overview is available, it will appear at the top of the search results list. Topic Overview content comes from Salem Press.

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• Academic Search Premier Best Bet Popular
  Covering the humanities, sciences and social sciences, which indexes more than 7,000 journals, 4,000 of which are full text.

• Alexander Street National Theatre Collection Best Bet
  Brings the stage to life through access to high definition streaming video of world-class productions and unique archival material offering significant insight into theatre and performance studies, through a collaboration with the U.K.'s National Theatre.

• Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries Best Bet
  Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries span over 86 volumes and is one of the most trusted and long-running scholarly commentaries series for Biblical Studies scholars. It includes a book-by-book translation and exegesis of the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and the Apocrypha to make available all the significant historical and linguistic knowledge which bears on the interpretation of the Bible, drawn from Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish resources from around the world.

• Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary Best Bet
  The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary is a state-of-the-art dictionary of the Bible offering the most up-to-date and comprehensive treatment of biblical subjects and topics. More than 6,000 entries and 7,000,000 words, the print version in six volumes covers over 7,000 pages.

• arXiv: Electronic Scientific Journals Best Bet
  These are e-journals in the subjects of Math, Physics, Non-Linear Science, Computer Science, and Quantitative Biology which are made available for free by Cornell University.

• ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials Best Bet
  A collection of major religion and theology journals; contains full text journals representing all major religious faiths, denominations and language groups. Coverage in this collection dates back to 1949.

• Biblical Archaeology Society Library Best Bet
  BAS Library includes all current and previous issues of Biblical Archaeology Review, Bible Review and Archaeology Odyssey. Content includes full text and photographs of every article from each issue.

• Biography Reference Bank Best Bet
  Full text biographical resource for world-renowned personalities. Prior to 2012, this was known as Wilson Biographies.

• Biography Reference Center
  Find full text biographies of current world leaders, scientists, athletes, explorers, authors, artists, and others from reference works and magazines.

• Britannica Online Academic Edition Best Bet
  Full text, multimedia online encyclopedia, including pre-selected website links, timelines, world data analyst and more.

• Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology Best Bet
  Information about Christian hymns and hymn writers from all times and places around the world. If you encounter a "certificate security error" when accessing this database off-campus, please allow the exception. The database is safe to use.

• Choice Reviews Online Best Bet
  Choice provides reviews of books, websites and other information sources specifically for academic use.

• Christian Cyclopedia Online Best Bet
  A compendium of historical and theological data, ranging from ancient figures to contemporary events published by the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod.

• CINAHL Plus with Full Text Best Bet
  CINAHL contains a large collection of nursing and allied health information sources and journals, providing full text for more than 770 journals.

• Consumer Health Complete
  This database provides convenient access to easily understandable health and medical information. Consumers can search and browse within medical encyclopedias, popular reference books, and magazine articles.

• Directory of Open Access Journals Best Bet
  A collection of links to free, full-text e-journals in quality controlled scientific and scholarly areas.

• eBooks on EBSCOhost
  Collection of online electronic books; formerly known as NetLibrary.

• ERIC Best Bet
  Abstract and index for education resources, NO full text.

• Films on Demand Best Bet Popular
  Films On Demand is a streaming collection of several thousand videos licensed for educational uses. Subjects vary widely: geography, sciences, business, health, and many more. Playlists, bookmarks and other tools make your viewing time productive.

• FirstSearch
  Search libraries worldwide using OCLC's advanced FirstSearch interface. Select from these databases: ArticleFirst, ClasePeriodica, Ebooks, ERIC, GPO, MEDLINE, OAIster, PapersFirst, Proceedings, WorldCat, and WorldCatDissertations.

• GreenFILE Best Bet
  GreenFILE offers information covering human impact on the environment. Its collection includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.

• JSTOR Best Bet Popular
  An archive of complete, full-text back issues of a variety of journals if the arts and sciences. Coverage varies by journal, but most issues are not archived until they are three years old. Some recent issues are available, but for back issues JSTOR is great!

• Legal Information Reference Center
  This database offers the everyday user the necessary tools and detailed “how-to” instructions to independently address a wide range of legal issues including business law, financial planning, family law, property & real estate and rights & disputes.

• Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
  Library, Information Science & Technology Abstract (LISTA) indexes hundreds of periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings on every aspect of librarianship and information management. Coverage extends back to the mid-1960s.

• Literary Index Best Bet
  Easy-to-use online index to many literature reference works.

• MasterFILE Complete Best Bet
  This database contains full text for magazines and journals covering an extensive range of subject areas including business, health, education, fitness, sports & leisure, personal finance, general science, multicultural issues, DIY, fashion and much more. Full-text reference books, primary source documents, and an extensive image collection are also included.

• Medline Best Bet
  Abstract and index for medical and scientific resources, NO full text

• MyHeritage Library Edition
  This database contains genealogy resources with more than five billion historical records from 48 countries including census and other government records, historical records, and photographs. The search interface is available in 40 languages. New collections are added monthly.

• Nature Best Bet
  Nature Research is here to serve the research community by publishing its most significant discoveries—findings that advance knowledge and address some of the greatest challenges that we face as a society today. Our journals publish not only primary research but also reviews, critical comment, news and analysis.

• NoveList Plus
  NoveList Plus is a complete readers's advisory resource for fiction and nonfiction titles.

• Points of View Reference Center
  Points of View Reference Center is a full text database designed to provide students and schools with a series of essays that present multiple sides of current controversial issues. Essays provide questions and materials for further thought and study and are accompanied by thousands of supporting articles from the world's top political and societal publications.

• PsycARTICLES Best Bet Popular
  Collection of APA journals, providing content from across psychology and the behavioral and social sciences,

• Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
  This comprehensive resource is an essential tool for psychologists, counselors, researchers and students, providing extensive full text coverage for a broad range of subjects in the fields of psychology, behavioral sciences and related disciplines.

• PubMed Best Bet
  PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and includes over 16 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources.

• RILM Best Bet
  Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale (International Repertory of Music Literature) is a comprehensive bibliography of over one million articles and other writings on music, in more than 200 languages. RILM contains no full text articles, but has many direct links to full text in Academic Search Premier. Articles in RILM may also be found in other databases or requested by interlibrary loan.

• Science and Technology Collection
  Full text from more than 830 leading scholarly journals covering a many scientific and technological subject areas.

• Small Business Reference Center Best Bet
  This database offers a wide variety of information on small business and entrepreneurial subject areas, common business types, a help and advice section, and provides information on how to create business plans that lead to successful funding.

• Teacher Reference Center Best Bet
  Provides indexing and abstracts for over 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals to assist professional educators.

• United Nations iLibrary Best Bet
  UN iLibrary is the comprehensive global search, discovery, and viewing source for digital content created by the United Nations. It contains e-books, e-journals, reports, statistics, and other publications.

• WorldCat Best Bet
  Online catalog of resources available at libraries worldwide (including Concordia), using the FirstSearch search interface.

The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world, with millions of books, films and video, audio recordings, photographs, newspapers, maps and manuscripts in its collections. The Library is the main research arm of the U.S. Congress and the home of the U.S. Copyright Office. 

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