A source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles that covers the physical and social sciences, technology, medicine, engineering, the arts, literature, and many other subjects
Academic Search Complete is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,400 journals.
Opposing Viewpoints In Context is an online resource covering today’s hottest social issues, from capital punishment to immigration, to marijuana. Its informed, differing views present each side of an issue.
US Newsstream provides current coverage from major national newspapers including: The New York Times (1980-present), The Wall Street Journal (1984-present), Washington Post (1987-present), Los Angeles Times (1985-present), The Christian Science Monitor (1988-present), The Atlanta Journal Constitution (2001-present), The Boston Globe (1980-present) and many regional publications from across the United States.
The following databases are newly acquired or being evaluated for a future subscription.
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Africa and the Atlantic, 500-1500 to New Millennium, 2001- present
WPA Slave Narrative Center
Interviews of more than 2,000 formerly enslaved peoples from 17 states
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Indigenous Americas, Precontact -1600’s to Modern Native Nations, 1988- Present
WPA Narrative Collection on Removal to Oklahoma
WPA oral history project collection, 86 narratives about Indian Removal and aftermath, organized by tribe with reference entries
CINAHL Plus® with Full Text is a robust collection of full text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 770 journals indexed in CINAHL®. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the CINAHL index, with no embargo. CINAHL Plus with Full Text is the core research tool for all areas of nursing and allied health literature. Full text coverage dates back to 1937.
Dentistry & Oral Science Source covers all facets relating to the areas of dentistry including dental public health, endodontics, facial pain & surgery, odontology, oral & maxillofacial pathology/surgery/radiology, orthodontology, pediatric dentistry, periodontology, and prosthodontics. The database is updated weekly on EBSCOhost.
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Indigenous Americas, Precontact – 1500’s to New Millennium, 2000 to Present
Bracero Program Collection
1942-1964, First-person narratives, photos, and audio clips
Aztec Codices Collection
Imagery from Aztec codices, 16th century, with scholarly commentary
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