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ABI/Inform Global	full text of articles from nearly 1800 U.S. and international business journals
Academic OneFile (InfoTrac)	9,000 academic journals in all subject areas, 5,500 of them full text, and 2,300 of those refereed (more than twice the number in the Expanded Academic ASAP)
ACM Digital Library citations only- use Citation Linker or search in Google Scholar	citations with abstracts for 344 journals, magazines, transactions, proceedings, and newsletters of the Association for Computing Machinery and affiliated organizations
AGRICOLA	citations to resources on all aspects of agriculture, forestry, and animal science, including equestrian studies
AIDS and Cancer Research	indexes literature in virology, immunology, and oncology, covering the most recent six years
Alternative Press Index
Alternative Press Archive
American Film Scripts Online	776 film scripts by 856 writers, plus detailed information on scenes and characters; will eventually include 1,000 scripts
American National Biography	full-text biographies of prominent Americans who are now deceased. Continues and updates the Dictionary of American Biography, 1928-1985 Reference Collection: E 176 .D56
Annual Reviews (citations and abstracts)	citations and abstracts for review articles from 29 annual volumes in biomedical, physical, and social sciences
ArticleFirst	index to articles from 12,000 sources; 1990 to present
Arts & Humanities Search	index to 1,300 arts and humanities journals, 1980-
Asian American Drama	252 plays by 42 playwrights, together with information on productions, theaters, production companies
Associations Unlimited	directory of trade and not-for-profit organizations
ATLA Religion Index	index to 1,400 international journals (600 current) and 15,500 multi-author works, 1949- Note: This subscription permits only one connection at a time. Please try again if access is blocked.
Averett Library Catalog	lists books, electronic books, videos, DVD's and other media available from the library
Biography and Genealogy Master Index	comprehensive index to biographies in the best known print reference sources, including Who's Who and many biographical dictionaries
BioOne	full text research journals in biology, ecology, and environmental science
Black Drama, 1850 to Present	1200 plays by 201 playwrights, with information on productions, theaters, production companies; selected playbills and production photographs
Blackwell-Synergy Collection	over 750 full text scholarly and professional journals in science, technology, medicine; also includes humanities and social sciences journals
Books in Print [cancelled]	We regret that our Books in Print subscription is cancelled. Please use http://amazon.com.
Britannica Online	full text of Britannica, plus Internet Guide and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
Business Source Premier (alternate: "Business interface")	expands and globalizes Business Source Elite content with full text of 8,200 accounting, business, management, marketing and economics journals (1,100 peer reviewed), company and industry profiles for the world's 10,000 largest companies, country economic reports from the EIU, Global Insight, ICON Group and CountryWatch, market research reports, and SWOT analyses; updated daily
The Chronicle of Higher Education	premier source for higher education news and commentary, book reviews, statistics, job listings, and research grants information
Clase / Periódica	Clase indexes documents published in Latin American journals specializing in the social sciences and humanities; Periódica indexes science and technology journals; articles may be in Spanish, Portuguese, French or English.
Classical Music Library	multi-label database of Classical music recordings and reference sources for music education; over 32 labels and 50,000 tracks
Columbia Earthscape \| New Sources!	full text environmental science resources for teachers, students, scientists, and decision-makers
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)	full text and abstracts of working papers, proceedings, articles, books, policy brief, economic indicators
Consumers Index	index to consumer information from over 170 sources, 1986-present
Contemporary Authors in Literature Resource Center	full text bio-bibliographical guide to more than 120,000 authors, including those who were active prior to 1960, but continue to influence contemporary literature; now included in the Literature Resource Center
Contemporary Women's Issues	index to over 1,500 sources (books, journals, newsletters, research reports) from nonprofit groups, government and international agencies, 1992-
CQ Public Affairs Collection [cancelled]	We regret that our CQ Public Affairs subscription is cancelled. Please use CQ Researcher, Pro & Con, Government Information on the Internet, or Thomas.
CQ Researcher	weekly full text reports on social issues from Congressional Quarterly, 1991-
Dissertation Abstracts	index to dissertations on all academic topics, 1861- \| Purchase a dissertation reprint through document delivery.
Earthscape	See Columbia Earthscape
EconLit	index to journals, working papers, books in economics from 620 sources, 1969-
Encyclopaedia Britannica	full text of Britannica, plus Internet Guide and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
ERIC	comprehensive index to ERIC clearinghouse documents and to articles from 1,000 journals in education and related fields, plus technical reports, media, program descriptions, evaluations, and curricular materials, from 1966 to the present. Includes full text online for ERIC documents published since 1993. ERIC documents: ED; Journal articles: EJ
Expanded Academic ASAP (InfoTrac) For more peer reviewed journals, use Academic OneFile	full text articles and abstracts in all subject areas
Factiva	full text of over 8,000 business, news, and professional sources, plus investment analysis, company, and industry information. Full text of the Wall Street Journal, 1984 to present. Read front pages and link to web sites of daily newspapers from 23 countries, including Le Figaro, Le Monde, Die Welt, The Jerusalem Post, An-Nahar (Lebanon), El Mundo, The Guardian. (See Factiva Tour for a guide to searching the database.)
FirstSearch databases	citation databases, some with abstracts, in various subject areas
Gale Virtual Reference Library	18 major reference works in searchable electronic books format
GEOBASE	index to literature in geography, geology, and ecology, from 2,060 sources, 1980-
Google Scholar at Averett	Internet index to scholarly literature, with access to Averett subscriptions in selected databases (ACM). Search cited sources also in our Journal Locator. More info...
Government Information on the Internet	annotated descriptions and links to 5,000 URLs for federal, state, local, international, and intergovernmental Web sites; search by subject, keyword, agency, publication
GPO Monthly Catalog	catalog of U.S. Government Documents, 1976 to present
Granger's World of Poetry	over 200,000 poem citations and more than 23,000 full text poems, plus commentaries, author biographies and glossary
GroveMusic	comprehensive encyclopedia of western and world music, composers, and musicians; includes New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd ed.), New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (2nd ed.)
HarpWeek: The Civil War Era and Reconstruction I (1857-1877)	full text of Harpers Weekly, with illustrations
HighWire Press \| Browse free backfiles (1 to 24 months after publication)	search full text articles in Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Microbiology and Virology, Immunology, Neurosciences, Physiology, Botany, Medicine, Psychiatry and Psychology
Hoover's Online	company, industry, and market data
InfoTrac Academic OneFile Expanded Academic ASAP	full text articles in all subject areas; for peer reviewed content, use Academic OneFile
Internet and Personal Computing Abstracts	indexes over 240 popular magazines and professional journals on microcomputing for business, education, industry, and home, 1985-
Internet Public Library Books	13,000 free electronic books that can be selected by author, title, subject, keyword or Dewey Decimal class
KBR Web	calculates 14 key business ratios covering solvency, efficiency and profitability, for comparison of selected companies or all in an industry; click "Help" at KBR for more information
Latino Literature	"... approximately 299 plays and over 51,000 pages of prose and poetry by Chicano, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Dominican and other Latin writers working in the United States."
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe	full text news, business, legal, medical, and general reference sources; includes 4,288 full text journals, plus full text of the New York Times (1980 to present). See also, New York Times, 1851 to 1998
Lexis-Nexis Statistical Universe	full content statistics from federal, state, private, and international sources
Literature Online	full text of more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama, and prose, plus film clips and new poets on screen; literary works are cross-referenced to critical works, including biographies, bibliographies, key reference resources, and 120 full text journals
Literature Resource Center	compendium of full text literary reference sources, including the Dictionary of Literary Biography, Scribner's and Twayne's authors series, the MLA International Bibliography, and an encyclopedia of literature; includes extensive bibliographies of works and criticism
Media Review Digest	reviews of educational and entertainment media not widely available through traditional reviewing sources; useful for research in media and film studies; provides citations of media source and review, rating, and brief synopsis of review; over 200 review sources, 1989-
MEDLINE	search abstracts from over 4,800 current biomedical journals; link out to full text in other databases
Mergent Online [cancelled Fall 2006]	Database subscription cancelled. Please use EDGAR and/or Factiva.
MLA International Bibliography	comprehensive index to scholarly materials in literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore, including articles, books, essays, working papers, proceedings, dissertations and bibliographies, 1963-
Nature Online	full content of the journal Nature, from June 1997 through the current issue
netLibrary: create account \| netLibrary: search	full text of 27,000 nonfiction electronic books, which are also listed in the library catalog. If you are off-campus, create a personal netLibrary account here before connecting to eBooks through the catalog.
New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd ed.	See Grove Music
New York Times, 1851 to 2001	full content of the New York Daily Times, 1851-1857, and New York Times, 1857-2001
New York Times, 1980 to present	See Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe for current indexing and full text of the New York Times (1980-present)
North American Theatre Online	numerous reference works on the theatre, with over 2,700 scripts (and growing) in five collections: North American Drama, Asian American Drama, Black Drama, Latino Drama, North American Women's Drama; playbills, images, theatres, theatrical companies, awards
North American Women's Drama	1,021 plays by 247 playwrights, with detailed information on productions, theaters, production companies
Oral History Online [cancelled]
Oxford English Dictionary Current, web version	upgraded to the ongoing web edition, with full text of the 22-volume 2nd ed. (1989), plus draft material for the upcoming 3rd ed.; provides definitions, word origins, quotations from the English speaking world, as illustrated in historic and current publications; updated quarterly
Oxford Reference Online Premium	Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, Oxford Companions series, 100+ dictionaries and thesauruses, bilingual dictionaries, subject encyclopedias, 50,000 signed entries with bibliographies
PAIS International and PAIS Archive	index to articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, statistical directories on public affairs, from over 3,600 sources, 1972-
PapersFirst	index to papers presented at conferences worldwide, 1993-
Polling the Nations	"a compilation of more than 14,000 surveys conducted by over 1000 polling organizations in the United States and 100 other countries from 1986 to the present time" ... more information
Pro & Con	nonpartisan analysis of controversial issues before Congress, the Supreme Court, and the United Nations; includes Teaching Resources, Civil Rights and the Judiciary, Economic and Environmental Policy, Government and Politics, and Foreign Policy; online access to Congressional Digest, Supreme Court Debates, and International Debates
ProceedingsFirst	index to worldwide conference proceedings, 1993-
Project Muse See also Literature Online.	index to university press journals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Connect to full text and interlibrary loan with Citation Linker.
PsycArticles Search APA journals directly	full-text, peer-reviewed articles in psychology from 59 journals published by the American Psychological Association and allied organizations
PsycInfo \| Start here: Link to APA and other psychology journals	comprehensive index to scholarly books and journals in psychology and related disciplines from the late 1800's to the present; 97 percent of the material covered is peer-reviewed; coverage is international; link out to full text in PsycArticles and other sources. Guide to searching PsycInfo.
Pub Med	access to over 14 million citations in MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE, and other related databases, with links to participating online journals, plus links to molecular biology databases of DNA/protein sequences and 3-D structure data
PLoS (Public Library of Science)	open access publication of peer reviewed articles
Regional Business News	full text of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from U.S. metropolitan and rural areas
Science Online (limited access - subscription cancelled)	includes citations and some full text articles from Science Magazine and Science Now
Social Services Abstracts	index with abstracts to research in social work, human services, social welfare, social policy, and community development; covers over 1,500 serials; cites articles, dissertations and book reviews
Sociological Abstracts	comprehensive index to international literature in sociology and related disciplines, 1963 to present, abstracts 1974 to present; covers over 1700 journals, plus book reviews, books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers
SportDiscus	index to journals and books in recreation, exercise physiology, sports medicine, coaching, physical fitness, the psychology, history and sociology of sport, training, and conditioning, 1800- Note: This subscription permits only one connection at a time. Please try again if access is blocked
Testing & Education Reference Center [canceled - Fall 2006]
Twentieth Century North American Drama	319 plays by 53 playwrights, including Eugene O'Neill, William Saroyan, Paul Green, and Thornton Wilder; 25 plays published here for the first time; includes selected playbills, photos, production details
Ulrich's Web	comprehensive index of periodicals, including links to tables of contents, article abstracts, full-text, and document delivery; includes content of Ulrich's Periodicals Directory.
Union List of Serials	identify specific journal holdings of OCLC libraries
World Shakespeare Bibliography	"... annotated entries for all important books, articles, book reviews, dissertations, theatrical productions, reviews of productions, audiovisual materials, electronic media, and other scholarly and popular materials related to Shakespeare and published or produced between 1964 and 2005. "
World Almanacs	Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia The World Almanac and Book of Facts The World Almanac of the U.S.A. The World Almanac of U.S. Politics The World Almanac for Kids --coverage from 1998 to the present
World Fact Book	CIA maps and demographic information on countries and regions (published annually)
WorldCat	comprehensive catalog of books, film, Internet resources selected by libraries, with limit to Internet sources option
Worldscope

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