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Britannica

General encyclopedia providing information on a variety of topics.

Discovery Education Streaming Video

EBSCO Academic Search Premier

This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 3,100 journals, including full text for nearly 2,700 peer-reviewed titles. 

EBSCO Business Source Elite

This business database provides full text for over 1,000 business publications. The rich collection of titles in Business Source Elite provides information dating back to 1985. More than 10,100 substantial company profiles from Datamonitor are also included. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost. 

EBSCO eBooks

EBSCO ERIC

ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and research. The database provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. Content includes journal articles, research reports, curriculum and teaching guides, conference papers, dissertations and theses, and books dating back to 1966. 

EBSCO European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750

This new bibliographic database is a valuable index for libraries, scholars and individuals interested in European works that relate to the Americas. EBSCO Publishing, in cooperation with the John Carter Brown Library, has created this resource from “European Americana: A Chronological Guide to Works Printed In Europe Relating to The Americas, 1493-1750,” the authoritative bibliography that is well-known and respected by scholars worldwide. The database contains more than 32,000 entries and is a comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750. 

EBSCO Explora Secondary

Topic overviews, essays, articles, primary source documents, and videos. Searchable by Lexile and reading level. 

EBSCO Funks & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia

This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas. 

EBSCO GreenFile

GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,000,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 15,000 records. 

EBSCO Health Source-Consumer Edition

This rich collection of consumer health information provides access to full-text consumer health magazines. It also includes searchable full text for current health pamphlets.  

EBSCO Health Source-Nursing/Academic Edition

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition is a trusted full-text database covering nursing and allied health topics, including pediatric nursing, critical care, mental health, nursing management, medical law and more. 

EBSCO Legal Information Reference Center

Legal Information Reference Center is an online database designed to assist the general public in legal matters of all kinds. It includes exclusive full text for many top consumer legal reference books, as well as thousands of legal forms. 

EBSCO Library, Information Science, & Technology Abstracts

EBSCO Literary Reference Center

Literary Reference Center (LRC) is a full-text database that combines information from major respected reference works, books, literary journals as well as original content from EBSCO Publishing. Literary Reference Center contains full text for more than 35,000 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, nearly 100,000 articles/essays of literary criticisms, more than 253,000 author biographies (including more than 22,000 in-depth bios), more than 460 literary journals, more than 693,000 book reviews, nearly 78,000 classic and contemporary poems, more than 19,600 classic and contemporary short stories, more than 6,500 author interviews, more than 8,200 classic texts and much more. 

EBSCO Literary Reference Center eBook Collection

EBSCO MasterFile Elite

Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 1,050 general reference publications with coverage dating as far back as 1984. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Elite also includes 52 full text reference books and an Image Collection of over 502,000 photos, maps and flags. 

EBSCO MasterFILE Reference eBook Collection

EBSCO Middle Search

Middle Search provides full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays. Middle Search Plus also contains 84,774 biographies, 105,786 primary source documents, and a School Image Collection of photos, maps and flags 

EBSCO Middle Search Reference eBook Collection

EBSCO Military & Government

EBSCO Newspaper Source Plus

Newspaper Source Plus provides a full-text digital collection of the world's major news content. It includes millions of articles from newspapers and newswires and offers television and radio transcripts and ongoing daily updates from popular news sources. 

EBSCO Newswires

EBSCO NoveList K-8

Readers' advisory database of fiction titles for students K-8

EBSCO NoveList

Readers' advisory database of fiction titles 

EBSCO Open Dissertations

OpenDissertations is an open-access database built to assist researchers in locating both historic and contemporary dissertations and theses. Created with the generous support of the H.W. Wilson Foundation and the Congregational Library & Archives in Boston, it incorporates EBSCO’s previously released American Doctoral Dissertations, and features additional dissertation metadata contributed by select colleges and universities from around the world. Providing researchers with citations to graduate research across a span of time, from the early 20th century to the present, this database will continue to grow through regular updates and new partnerships with graduate degree-granting institutions. 

EBSCO 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 controversial essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. 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. 

EBSCO Primary Search

EBSCO Primary Search Reference eBook Collection

EBSCO Referencia Latina

This full-text Spanish-language database covers a broad array of subjects inside and outside academia. It offers content from a variety of sources, including reference books, general interest magazines and health reports. 

EBSCO Regional Business News

This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. 

EBSCO Small Business Information Center

Information on small business and entrepreneurial subject areas 

EBSCO Teacher Reference Center

Teacher Reference Center provides indexing and abstracts for 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators. 

EBSCO Web News

Gale Biography in Context

Multidisciplinary collection of more than 600,000 biographical entries — on more than 528,000 individuals — spanning world history and geography

Gale Custom Newspaper

Searchable full-text of 300 plus newspapers, both national and international.

Gale eBooks

Reference titles covering the most-studied subject areas

Infobase Multiproduct Home

Infobase African American History and Culture

Features thousands of cross-referenced entries, covering the entire spectrum of African-American history over the past 500 years

Infobase American History Online

Spans more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history to cover the American experience.

Infobase American Indian History and Culture

Information on more than 600 Native American groups and over 15,000 years of American Indian culture and history

Infobase Ancient and Medieval History Online

Focuses on Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, Africa, Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Islamic Empire from prehistory through the 1500s

Infobase Bloom's Literature

Examines great writers, important works, memorable characters, and influential movements and events in world literature

Infobase Classroom Video on Demand

Infobase Curriculum Resource Center

Provides a library of printable teacher-handout material for the middle, high school, and junior college curriculum.

Infobase eBooks

Infobase Ferguson's Career Guidance Center

Provides profiles of nearly 3,400 jobs and 94 industries

Infobase Health Reference Center

Information on conditions and diseases, health and wellness, mental health, and the human body

Infobase History Research Center

Infobase Modern World History Online

Covers people, places, and events from the mid-15th century to the present

Infobase Science Online

Essays, definitions, diagrams, videos, animations, illustrations, images, biographies, experiments, activities, and current news articles about a broad range of scientific disciplines

Infobase World Geography and Culture

Provides exclusive, extensive coverage of hundreds of today's hot topics, with unbiased analysis and rich related resources.


JSTOR

Provides access to more than 12 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines.

ProQuest Research Prep

This resource provides access to nearly 5,000 titles that offer global coverage on a wide range of subjects: arts, business, current events, education, health, language arts, sciences, social sciences, and more. It features a diversified mix of scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and newspapers.

ProQuest SIRS Issues Researcher

Background and current analysis necessary for researching more than 300 current leading issues

ProQuest STEM (AP Science)

The database is comprised of more than 500 scholarly journals and popular science magazines. These publications support research and instruction in science, technology, engineering, and math.

Teen Health and Wellness

Covers topics on teen health issues


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Business & Technology

Britannica

Discovery Education Streaming Video

EBSCO Business Source Elite

EBSCO Academic Search Premier

EBSCO Explora Secondary

EBSCO Legal Information Reference Center

EBSCO MasterFile Elite

EBSCO MasterFILE Reference eBook Collection

EBSCO Newspaper Source Plus

EBSCO Regional Business News

EBSCO Small Business Information Center

Gale Biography in Context

Gale Custom Newspaper


Education & Teaching

Britannica

Discovery Education Streaming Video

EBSCO ERIC

EBSCO Academic Search Premier

EBSCO Explora Secondary

EBSCO MasterFile Elite

EBSCO Middle Search

EBSCO NoveList

EBSCO Points of View Reference Center

EBSCO Teacher Reference Center

Gale Biography in Context

Gale Custom Newspaper



English

Britannica

Discovery Education Streaming Video

EBSCO Academic Search Premier

EBSCO Explora Secondary

EBSCO Literary Reference Center

EBSCO Literary Reference Center eBook Collection

EBSCO MasterFile Elite

EBSCO NoveList

Gale Biography in Context

Gale Custom Newspaper



Fine & Practical Arts

Britannica

Discovery Education Streaming Video

EBSCO Academic Search Premier

EBSCO Explora Secondary

EBSCO Health Source-Consumer Edition

EBSCO Health Source-Nursing/Academic Edition

EBSCO MasterFile Elite

Gale Biography in Context

Gale Custom Newspaper



Health & Physical Education

Britannica

Discovery Education Streaming Video

EBSCO Academic Search Premier

EBSCO Explora Secondary

EBSCO Health Source-Consumer Edition

EBSCO Health Source-Nursing/Academic Edition

EBSCO MasterFile Elite

EBSCO Points of View Reference Center

Gale Biography in Context

Gale Custom Newspaper


Math

Britannica

Discovery Education Streaming Video

EBSCO Academic Search Premier

EBSCO Explora Secondary

EBSCO MasterFile Elite

Gale Biography in Context

Gale Custom Newspaper


Science

Britannica

Discovery Education Streaming Video

EBSCO Academic Search Premier

EBSCO Explora Secondary

EBSCO GreenFile

EBSCO Health Source-Consumer Edition

EBSCO Health Source-Nursing/Academic Edition

EBSCO MasterFile Elite

EBSCO MasterFILE Reference eBook Collection

EBSCO Points of View Reference Center

Gale Biography in Context

Gale Custom Newspaper



Social Studies

Britannica

Discovery Education Streaming Video

EBSCO Academic Search Premier

EBSCO Explora Secondary

EBSCO MasterFile Elite

EBSCO MasterFILE Reference eBook Collection

EBSCO Military & Government

EBSCO Newswires

EBSCO Newspaper Source Plus

EBSCO Points of View Reference Center

Gale Biography in Context

Gale Custom Newspaper



World Languages

Britannica

EBSCO Academic Search Premier

EBSCO Explora Secondary

EBSCO MasterFile Elite


EBSCO MasterFILE Reference eBook Collection

EBSCO Referencia Latina


Gale Biography in Context

Gale Custom Newspaper



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