| Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost) |
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Most areas of academic study with some information dating back to 1975. Some full text. |
| Access World News |
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"Access World News from NewsBank provides full-text information and perspectives from over 600 U.S. and over 700 international sources, each with its own distinctive focus offering diverse viewpoints on local, regional and world issues." |
| ACLS Humanities E-Book Project |
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Includes over 1230 full-text, cross-searchable books in the fields of humanities and history selected by historians for their continuing importance to students and scholars. |
| Alt-HealthWatch (EBSCO) |
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This database focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It offers libraries full text articles for more than 180 international, and often peer-reviewed journals and reports. In addition, there are hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts. Alt HealthWatch provides in-depth coverage across the full spectrum of subject areas covered by complementary and alternative medicine. This database features indexing and abstracts going back as far as 1984, and full text going back as far as 1990. |
| American History in Video |
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"With 2,000 hours and more than 5,000 titles on completion, this collection allows the analysis of historical events, and their presentation over time, through commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries." |
| ArchiveGrid (OCLC) |
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ArchiveGrid is an important destination for searching for historical documents, personal papers and family histories held in archives throughout the world. ArchiveGrid is an online service that provides access to detailed archival collection descriptions. It includes nearly a million descriptions of archival collections held by thousands of libraries, museums, historical societies and archives worldwide. |
| Atlas of Minnesota, Online Edition |
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"Features social, demographic, and economic data in map form at the county and school district level." From the Center for Rural Policy and Development. |
| BAESL: Bibliography of Archaeological Excavations |
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"The intent of [the beta version of BAESL] is to provide comprehensive access to the scholarly literature on archaeological excavations in the southern Levant, including present-day Israel, the West Bank, the Palestinian Authority and Jordan. It includes over 15,000 citations to books, reports and articles from magazines and journals ranging from the early 19th century to the present." |
| Britannica Online Academic Edition |
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Written by Nobel laureates, historians, curators, professors, and other notable experts, the Encyclopædia Britannica articles are trusted resources with balanced, global perspectives and unique insights that users will not find anywhere else. |
| Clase/Periodica (OCLC) |
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Index of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities. |
| Consumer Health Complete (EBSCO) |
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Consumer Health Complete (CHC) is EBSCO's interface designed for the everyday consumer of health care information. CHC provides convenient access to easily understandable health and medical information. Consumers can search and browse within medical encyclopedias, popular reference books, and magazine articles. |
| CQ Researcher |
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In-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues. |
| CREDO Reference |
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A full-text online reference service. Credo’s collection is integrated with millions of cross-references and contains dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias, quotations and atlases, plus a wide range of subject-specific titles covering everything from art to accountancy, science to Shakespeare and law to literature. |
| Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) |
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Full-text, scholarly, open-access journals. |
| eBooks (ACLS Humanities E-Book Project) |
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Includes over 1230 full-text, cross-searchable books in the fields of humanities and history selected by historians for their continuing importance to students and scholars. |
| eBooks (Gale Virtual Reference Library) |
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A selective collection of electronic reference books in a range of subject areas. |
| eBooks (NetLibrary) |
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Collection of over 12,000 copyrighted and public domain eBooks available for patrons of Concordia University in collaboration with CLIC and MINITEX. |
| EBSCO MegaFILE |
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Multidisciplinary resource that combines Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, MasterFILE Premier, and Regional Business News into one database. |
| Ethnic NewsWatch (ProQuest) |
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Interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) full-text database of ethnic, minority, and native press publications (Coverage from 1990). |
| Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale) |
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Coverage is available through more than 4,200 indexed and more than 2,500 full-text titles in a wide variety of disciplines including: social science journals, humanities journals, science and technology journals, national news periodicals, general interest magazines, newswires, The New York Times and many others. |
| Gale Virtual Reference Library (eBooks) |
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A selective collection of electronic reference books in a range of subject areas. |
| Google Scholar |
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Search for scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations. |
| GPO Monthly Catalog (OCLC) |
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U.S. government publications. |
| Health Source: Consumer Edition (EBSCO) |
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This database is the richest collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Health Source: Consumer Edition provides access to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines. |
| Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCO) |
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This database provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition also features the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names. |
| In the First Person: Index to Letters, Diaries, Oral Histories, and Other Personal Narratives |
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Allows "users [to] perform in-depth field and keyword searches across all letters, diaries, oral histories, memoirs, and autobiographies within scholarly materials that are freely available on the Web and Alexander Street databases." This resource is updated quarterly and will eventually include citations for resources found within proprietary databases as well. |
| Informe (Gale) |
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Hispanic magazines with full text. Covers business, health, technology, culture, current topics, etc. |
| JSTOR |
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Full text as a digital image in range of disciplines. (Coverage: Begins with first issue. Most recent available issue will be 3-5 years old depending upon publisher contract.) |
| LexisNexis Academic Universe |
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Search major U.S. and world news publications, web publications, business and company information, TV and radio broadcast transcripts, legal information, and blogs. |
| Making of America (Cornell University holdings) |
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"...a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. The collection currently contains approximately 9,500 books and 50,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints. For more details about the project, see About MoA. Making of America is made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation." |
| Making of America (University of Michigan holdings) |
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"...a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. The collection currently contains approximately 9,500 books and 50,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints. For more details about the project, see About MoA. Making of America is made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation." |
| MasterFILE Premier (EBSCOhost) |
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General interest subject areas in the form of full-text reference books, biographies, primary source documents, and images. |
| Minnesota Reflections |
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"...the first collection in the Minnesota Digital Library, brings you more than 6,000 digital images of the state's first 50 years." |
| Minnesota State Demographic Center |
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Analyzes and distributes data from the state, U.S. Census Bureau, and other sources. |
| Minneapolis Tribune (Historical, 1867-1922) (ProQuest) |
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Searchable full page images from the Minneapolis Morning Tribune, 1867-1922. |
| MN Datanet |
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Minnesota statistics about social, economic, and demographic conditions. |
| MnLINK |
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Minnesota?s web-based virtual library. Search public and academic library catalogs as well as various electronic databases. |
| NetLibrary (eBooks) |
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Collection of over 12,000 copyrighted and public domain eBooks available for patrons of Concordia University in collaboration with CLIC and MINITEX. |
| NYPL Digital Gallery |
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"NYPL Digital Gallery provides access to over 337,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera, and more." |
| OAIster (OCLC) |
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Union catalog of digital resources. |
| OCLC FirstSearch: WorldCat |
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OCLC catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide. |
| OCLC PapersFirst |
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OCLC index of papers presented at conferences worldwide. |
| OCLC WorldCat Dissertations and Theses |
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A database of all dissertations and theses available in WorldCat. |
| OCLC ProceedingsFirst |
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OCLC index of worldwide conference proceedings. |
| Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (Thomson Gale) |
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"...features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to websites." |
| PBS Video |
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Online repository of PBS programs, streaming on demand. Popular titles include Frontline, Nature, NewHour, and Nova. |
| Points of View Reference Center (EBSCO) |
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Points of View is designed to assist researchers in understanding the full scope of controversial subjects. High school and undergraduate students can use Points of View as a guide to debate, developing arguments, writing position papers, and for development of critical thinking skills. Each Points of View Essay includes a series of questions and additional material to generate further thought. Also included are thousands of supporting articles from the world’s top political and societal publications. |
| Project Muse |
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Full text of scholarly journals in a range of subject areas. |
| ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times |
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Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. |
| ProQuest Newspapers |
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Some full text of 500+ U.S. and international news sources. |
| Sage Journals Online (formerly Sage Full-Text Collections) |
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Search Sage scholarly journals in the areas of Communication Studies, Criminology, Education, Management and Organization Studies, Materials Science, Nursing and Health Sciences, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, and Urban Studies and Planning. |
| Science Reference Center (EBSCO) |
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Science Reference Center is a comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full text science-oriented content. This database contains full text for nearly 640 science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, etc. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife. |
| Student Resources in Context (Gale) |
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General purpose reference portal centered around topic pages which include reference sources, journals, magazines, newspapers, primary documents, creative works, and multimedia, Also includes hours of video and audio clips and podcasts. A good starting point for research. |
| U.S. Census Bureau |
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Browse for information on various census-related topics or use American FactFinder, a resource for population, housing, economic, and geographic data. |
| World Almanac /Book of Facts (OCLC) |
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Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia and four almanacs. |
| World Factbook |
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Online version of the current CIA World Factbook, a resource for country-specific information. |
