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Art
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Art Full Text
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The
database of nearly 200 journals, as far back as 1997, covers
fine, decorative, and commercial art as well as photography,
folk art, film, architecture, and much more. In recent years,
its coverage of Latin American, Canadian, Asian, and non-Western
art has expanded greatly, along with its material on new
artists, contemporary art, exhibition reviews, and feminist
criticism.
CAMIO® - Catalog
of Art Museum Images Online
CAMIO® - Catalog of Art
Museum Images Online is a premiere resource of works of art from
around the world contributed and described by leading
museums. Showcasing a wide range of fine and decorative
art, CAMIO provides high-quality art images for education,
research and enjoyment. All content is rights-cleared for
educational use. Every work in CAMIO is represented by at
lest one high-resolution image and a description. Many
have additional views of the work, sound, video and curatorial
notes.
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Art & Rare Book Sales Catalogs
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Colleges and universities. Art and Rare Book Sales Catalogs is
the only online union catalog of auction catalog records in
existence. This database provides bibliographic access to
auction sales catalogs from all major North American and
European auction houses as well as private sales—valuable
sources of information on the provenance of art objects and rare
books, the history of collection, and contemporary and
historical market trends.
SIRS
Renaissance
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Recommended for: High school,
College and University. Provides dynamic information on the
following topics: architecture and design, culture, literature,
multimedia, music, performing arts, philosophy and religion, and
visual arts. Full-text articles are selected from more than
1,200 domestic and international publications. Many articles are
accompanied by full-color images, including art reproductions,
photographs, and illustrations. Full text.
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Biography
Biography and Genealogy
Master Index
Biography and Genealogy
Master Index indexes current, readily available reference
sources, as well as the most important retrospective works that
cover individuals, both living and deceased, from every field of
activity and from all areas of the world. Bibliographic
citations only - no full-text.
Biography
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Full-text coverage of biographical
information from reference sources, magazines and
journals. Search for people by name, birth/death
year, nationality or ethnicity, occupation, gender, or a
combination of criteria.
Dictionary
of Literary Biography
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Extensive
career biographies and criticism places writers in the larger
perspective of literary history.
Includes authors of all eras, genres and nations.
Michigan
Authors & Illustrators
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for: General user, Reading Advice. A searchable
database of Michigan authors and illustrators. Provides
biographical and contact information. Indicates whether person
will do library presentations. No log-in required.
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Books
& Reading
Books
& Authors
Recommended for: General
user, Reading advice. A database to help you decide what to read
next. Search by character, topic, setting, time period, genre,
title, author, and series. Includes over 140,000 titles, 50,000
authors, and thousands of read-alike, award winner, and
librarian's favorites lists. Titles include both fiction and
non-fiction. Michigan residents or Michigan library access only.
Heritage
of the Printed Book
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for: Colleges and Universities. The Hand Press Book Database is
a unique and growing catalog of European printing in the early
modern era or “hand-press period” (15th century to the
1830s). This resource integrates descriptive records for major
European national, university and research library holdings. It
is especially valuable for research in intellectual history,
social history and transmission of thought - as well as the
history of printing and the history of the book.
Novelist
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Recommended for: Readers of fiction (all ages), librarians, and
teachers. Helps to find the next best fiction book to read.
Search by author, title, series, plots, or even books like the
one you just finished. Browse lists of award winners, lists of
genres, and lists based on age. Create and save lists of your
own favorites. Find book discussion guides and more. This has
something for children, young adults, and adults, plus specific
information for teachers, and librarians.
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Business
Business
and Company Resource Center
Business and Company Resource Center is a fully
integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand
information, rankings, investment reports, company histories,
chronologies, and periodicals. Search this database to find
detailed company and industry news and information. Mostly
full text.
Financial
Ratings Series (formerly The Street.com)
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safety ratings on more than 13,000 financial institutions,
including banks, brokerage firms, HMOs, life and health
insurers, Blue Cross Blue Shield plans, and property and
casualty insurers. TheStreet.com also rates the risk-adjusted
performance of more than 20,000 mutual funds and more than 6,000
stocks.
General
Business File ASAP
Analyze
company performance and activity, industry events and trends as
well as the latest in management, economics and politics. Access
to a combination of broker research reports, trade publications,
newspapers, journals and company directory listings with full
text and images available. All full text.
Investment
Mergent
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Mergent
Online's subscription includes U.S. Company Data and
International Company Data providing a wealth of detail on items
including business description, history, property, subsidiaries,
officers and directors, long-term debt and capital stock.
Financial statements are presented in "as-reported"
form and in native currencies, maintaining the full integrity of
this critical information.
Plunkett
Research Online
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business intelligence, industry trends, statistics, market
research, sales leads and corporate profiles.
Small
Business
Standard
& Poor's NetAdvantage
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Provides industry-leading research
on companies, industries, stocks, bonds, funds, and the economy.
This subscription includes:
- Stock
Reports
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Profiles
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Records
- Mutual
Fund Reports
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- Register
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- Industry
Surveys
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Outlook
Uniworld
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Database
covering: American firms operating in foreign countries
and foreign firms operating in the United States.
Wall Street
Journal 1992-Present
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Click on “Publications.” Scroll down to listings for Wall
Street Journal. Click on each entry to see dates of
coverage and search box.
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Careers
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Career
Cruising
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Career Cruising has been designed with one goal in mind: to help students plan their future. With exceptional
assessment tools, detailed occupation profiles, and comprehensive post-secondary
education information, students move seamlessly through the career exploration
and planning process.
Job and Career Accelerator
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Provides detailed information on
over 1,000 different occupations, local and national job
postings, preparation of resumes and cover letters and practice
on interview techniques.
LearningExpress
Library
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for: General user. LearningExpress
Library provides a completely interactive online learning
platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed
to help patrons, students, and adult learners succeed on the
academic or licensing tests they must pass. You'll get immediate
scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized
analysis of your results.
Plunkett
Research Online
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Offers
business intelligence, industry trends, statistics, market
research, sales leads and corporate profiles.
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E
Books
NetLibrary
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for: General user. Over 20,000 eBooks available on all topics.
Michigan residents or Michigan library access only. All full
text.
NOTE: You must first register at
the Reference Center or a library before you can
access this resource.
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Education
Educator's
Reference Complete
Educator's Reference Complete is a selection of
more than 450 full-text academic journals, hundreds of full-text
reports and many premier reference sources. Included
content focuses on educational principles, child development and
psychology and best practices in education. Majority of
the full-text titles included are also found in the ERIC
database. The database is updated daily and provides
24-hour access from school or home. All full text.
ERIC
Documents
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ERIC is the world's largest index to
journal articles and documents in education. ERIC is a
gateway to full-text education resources from 1993 forward in
electronic image format. Some documents not available
electronically will be available on microfiche.
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Foreign
Language/ESL
Byki Online Application
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a foreign language (including ESL).
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Byki
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Genealogy
America's
Obituaries and Death Notices
The largest and most comprehensive
collection of newspaper obituaries and death notices.
Dates vary according to source. See a list of newspaper
sources across the U.S. by clicking on "see a list" on
the map search page.
Ancestry
Library Edition
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This database offers full-text
information on genealogy resources.
Biography and Genealogy
Master Index
Biography and Genealogy
Master Index indexes current, readily available reference
sources, as well as the most important retrospective works that
cover individuals, both living and deceased, from every field of
activity and from all areas of the world. Bibliographic
citations only - no full-text.
Fold3 History &
Genealogy Archives
(formerly Footnote)
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Fold3 helps patrons find and share historic documents.
It is particularly
useful for U.S. military records. Fold3 is able to bring patrons
many never-before-seen historic documents through a
unique partnership with The
National Archives, the Library of Congress and other
institutions.
HeritageQuest
Online
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Recommended for:
Genealogy, local history and biography researchers. HeritageQuest
Online includes all of the images and extensive indexing from
the 1790 - 1930 U.S. federal censuses. It offers more than
22,000 digitized book titles, including early family histories
and local histories. Additionally, there are more than 250
primary-source documents such as tax lists, city directories,
probate records and more. It also includes Periodical Source
Index (PERSI), Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant
Application Files, the Freedman’s Bank Records, and the U.S.
Serial Set Private Relief Actions, Memorials and Petitions. Some
full text.
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Government,
Law & Politics
CQ Press Political
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Historical
information and statistics on the U.S. Congress, the Presidency,
and the Supreme Court plus the Encyclopedia
of Religion and Politics, Historic
Documents 1972-, Political History of America’s Wars and
The
Contemporary Middle East, a Documentary
History.
GPO
Monthly Catalog
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The GPO Monthly Catalog through OCLC includes thousands of U.S.
government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings,
debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued
by executive departments (Defense, State, Labor, Office of the
President, etc.). Includes a bibliographic citation in each
record. This is not full-text. Index only.
Legal
Forms
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Provides a wide selection of
state-specific (and multi-state) legal forms across the most
popular legal areas. Includes real estate contracts, wills,
pre-marital agreements, bankruptcy, divorce, landlord tenant and
many others. Also included is a comprehensive attorney state
directory and a dictionary of legal definitions explained in
laymen's language.
LegalTrac
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for: General user, professional. Some full text. Students, law
school faculty and legal researchers will all find the legal
publications they need in LegalTrac®.
Drawing on a wide variety of the most highly regarded legal
publications, LegalTrac® provides
indexing for more than 1,400 titles including major law reviews,
legal newspapers, bar association journals and international
legal journals. Each title included in LegalTrac®
is selected on the basis of criteria provided by a special
advisory committee of the American Association of Law Libraries.
LegalTrac® also contains
law-related articles from over 1,000 additional business and
general interest titles.
Thomas
Thomas is a U.S. government database produced by the Library of
Congress to make federal legislative information
available to the public. Content includes: Bills,
Resolutions, Activity in Congress, Congressional Record,
Schedules, Calendars, Committee Information, Presidential
Nominations, Treaties and Government Resources.
West Law
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Federal); the Michigan library module; and Results Plus (access
to ALR, AmJur, etc).
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Grants
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Foundation
Directory Online Platinum
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Detailed
profiles of all current U.S. foundations, corporate donors, and
grant making public charities, as well as the extensive database
of recent grants.
31 search fields including keyword search.
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Health
& Medicine
CINAHL
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CINAHL provides indexing
for 2, 931 journals with 1,000,000 records dating back to 1981,
covering nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship,
complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health
disciplines. In addition, this database offers indexing to
health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference
proceedings, standards of practice, educational software,
audiovisuals and book chapters. Searchable cited
references for more than 1,200 journals are also included.
Limited full text material includes 70 journals plus legal
cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records,
research instruments and clinical trials.
Health &
Wellness Resource Center
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for: Students, Patients, Health
Professionals. Provides instant access to carefully
compiled and trusted medical reference materials. Includes
nearly 400 health/medical journals, hundreds of pamphlets, over
700 health-related videos from partner Healthology,
Inc., and articles from 2,200 general interest publications in
addition to a broad collection of Thomson Gale reference
titles. Includes video. Mostly full text.
Health
Reference Center Academic
Recommended for: Students, Patients and Health Professionals.
Provides access to professional and personal health magazines,
journals and reference sources. Mostly full text.
History
of Science, Technology & Medicine (HSTM)
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Recommended for: Colleges and universities. HSTM integrates four
premier tools (Isis Current Bibliography of the History of
Science, Current Bibliography in the History of Technology, Bibliografia
Italiana di
Storia della
Scienza and citations from the Wellcome
Library) to create an international bibliography for the history
of science, technology and medicine. It reflects the influence
of these fields on society and culture from prehistory to the
present and offers outstanding value for interdisciplinary
research. Database records describe journal articles, conference
proceedings, books, book reviews and dissertations in all
scientific disciplines and related fields. Citations reflect the
contents of nearly 9,500 journals.
Medline
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Recommended for: Patients and health professionals. Covers all
areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing. From the
National Library of Medicine. Some full text.
Well Connected
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Reliable,
current, in-depth health reports about prevention and treatment
of medical conditions and diseases.
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History/Social
Studies
American
History in Video
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A large collection of
documentaries, newsreels and clips covering U.S. history and
biography from Native Americans and the colonial period up to
the modern day. Resources from the History Channel,
PBS, A&E Network and Biography, United News and Universal
Newsreel are among those included.
ArchiveGrid
Thousands of libraries, museums and
archives have contributed nearly a million collection
descriptions to ArchiveGrid. Researchers can learn about
the many items in each of these collections, contact archives to
arrange a visit to examine materials and order copies.
CultureGrams
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CultureGrams offers concise,
reliable and up-to-date information on the cultures of the
world, including the history, customs and lifestyles of the
world's people. CultureGrams Online has photo and recipe
collections, biographies of famous people, maps and more.
History
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Features full-text for over 50 leading history
periodicals. Also includes more than 400 full-text
reference books and encyclopedias, and thousands of historical
documents, photos and maps.
MeL:
Michigana
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Explore Michigan's heritage through
photographs, diaries, oral histories, local records and
historical data.
Michigana
(Sabin Collection): Sources in U.S. History Online
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This
digital archive documents state history. Drawn from the
Sabin collection and other Gale sources, the archive provides
access to a wide variety of documents: personal narratives and
memoirs, pamphlets and political speeches, sermons and songs,
legal treatises and children's books.
New
York Times
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Recommended
for: General user. The daily newspaper New York Times
1980-present. All full text.
New
York Times Archive 1851-1993
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Opposing
Viewpoints in Context
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Opposing
Viewpoints Resource Center draws on the social issues series
published by Greenhaven Press as
well as content from other Gale sources. The database is a
dynamic online library of current event topics – the facts and
arguments of each topic’s proponents and detractors.
Oxford
Reference Online Premium and Western Civilization
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A broad-based reference source
offering over 185 subject dictionaries
and many Oxford Companion
handbooks covering 25 subject areas.
Also includes the Oxford Western Civilization collection
of sources on ancient history through the Reformation
and Renaissance.
Suburban Library Cooperative
Digital Media Archive
This resource gives users access to
historical and genealogical materials in digital form.
View old pictures, maps, and documents from Macomb County, Troy,
and Harper Woods.
U.S.
History in Context
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Primary
and secondary multidimensional, full-text journals and documents
covering U.S. history from pre-colonial times to the present.
World
History in Context
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A
multi-cultural, research-based, global database of primary and
secondary full-text sources on world history.
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Investment
Financial
Ratings Series (formerly The Street.com)
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safety ratings on more than 13,000 financial institutions,
including banks, brokerage firms, HMOs, life and health
insurers, Blue Cross Blue Shield plans, and property and
casualty insurers. TheStreet.com also rates the risk-adjusted
performance of more than 20,000 mutual funds and more than 6,000
stocks.
Morningstar
Investment Research Center
Portfolio
management tools, personalized portfolio analysis, select
investment ideas, and independent, in-depth analyst reports to
help you earn returns on stocks, mutual funds and ETFs.
Standard
& Poor's NetAdvantage
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Provides industry-leading research
on companies, industries, stocks, bonds, funds, and the economy.
This subscription includes:
- Stock
Reports
- Company
Profiles
- Bond
Reports
- Corporation
Records
- Mutual
Fund Reports
- Security
Dealers of North America
- Register
of Corporations, Directors & Executives
- Industry
Surveys
- The
Outlook
Valueline
Research Center
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Collects data and analyzes performance of approximately 8,000
stocks, 15,000 mutual funds, 80,000 options and other
securities. Includes full subscriptions to:
- The
Value Line Investment Survey
- The
Value Line Investment Survey - Small and Mid-Cap Edition
- The
Value Line Fund Advisor - Plus
- The
Value Line Daily Options Survey
- The
Value Line Special Situations Service
- The
Value Line Convertibles Survey
Valueline
Investment Survey Reports
(Publication
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Literature
Columbia Grangers World
of Poetry
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250,000
poems in full text as well as brief biographies of poets, short
commentaries on the poems and definitions of poetic terms.
Dictionary
of Literary Biography
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Extensive
career biographies and criticism places writers in the larger
perspective of literary history.
Includes authors of all eras, genres and nations.
Literature
Criticism Online
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A range of historical to modern
views of authors and their works from the following Gale
anthologies.
- Contemporary
Literary Criticism®
- Twentieth-Century
Literary Criticism®
- Nineteenth-Century
Literature Criticism®
- Shakespearean
Criticism
- Literature
Criticism from 1400-1800
- Classical
and Medieval Literature Criticism
- Poetry
Criticism
- Short
Story Criticism
- Drama
Criticism
Literature
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Provides full-text access to biographies, bibliographies and
critical analyses of authors from every age and literary
discipline. Covers over 120,000 writers, with in-depth
coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors.
MagillOnLiterature
Plus
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Critical
essays, brief plot summaries, extended character profiles, and
detailed setting discussions covering works by more than 8,500
long and short fiction writers, poets, dramatists, essayists,
and philosophers.
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Macomb
Community Services
Making the
Right Connection
A
user-friendly directory for Macomb County school personnel to
help link students and their families with community services.
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Magazines
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Academic
OneFile
Academic OneFile is the premiere
source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's
leading journals and reference sources. With extensive
coverage of the physical science, technology, medicine, social
sciences, the arts, theology, literature, and other
subjects. Academic OneFile is both authoritative and
comprehensive. Mostly full text.
ArticleFirst
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Recommended for: Colleges
and Universities. Index only. OCLC's ArticleFirst
contains articles and other items listed on the table of
contents pages of journals.
Consumer
Reports Online
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ECO
Electronic Collection Online
Michigan
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Recommended for colleges and
universities. A collection of scholarly journals in the
sciences and social sciences. Includes agriculture,
library science, anthropology, literature, business, medicine,
economics, philosophy, education, political science, fine arts,
psychology, geography, religion, history, science, language,
social science, law, and technology. Some full text.
Expanded
Academic ASAP
Recommended for: Junior and Community
Colleges. Magazine, newspaper and journal articles
appropriate to college and university-level research. All
topics. Mostly full text.
General
OneFile
A
one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range
of topics: business, computers, current events, economics,
education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies,
humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social
sciences, sports, technology and many general interest topics.
Millions of full-text articles. Updated daily.
General
Reference Center Gold
General Reference Center Gold on InfoTrac
Web provides one-stop access to general interest magazines,
business periodicals, reference books, maps, historical images
and newspaper articles. Records are available with a combination
of indexing, abstracts, image, or full text formats. Mostly full
text.
Informe
Recommended
for: Spanish Language Resources. Full text. Una
colección de revistas
hispánicas con textos
completos. Abarca
negocios, salud,
tecnología, cultura,
temas de actualidad
y otras materias.
InfoTrac
Student Edition
Recommended
for: High School. Over 1100 titles, cross searchable with
E-Books, this database gives access to a variety of indexed and
full-text magazines, newspapers, podcasts, and reference books
for information on current events, the arts, science, popular
culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Mostly full text.
OmniFile
Full Text Select (formerly Wilson SelectPlus)
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Announcing a new search
interface directly from WilsonWeb and a renamed database that
continues to be Recommended for: High School, College. All
full-text articles in science, humanities, education and
business. Michigan residents or Michigan library access only.
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Newspapers
America's
Newspapers
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The electronic
editions of record for valuable local, regional, and national
U.S. newspapers-all in one easy-to-search database. Each
paper provides unique coverage of local and regional news,
including companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural
activities, and people in the community. Paid ads are
excluded.
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America's
Obituaries and Death Notices
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The largest and most comprehensive
collection of newspaper obituaries and death notices.
Dates vary according to source. See a list of newspaper
sources across the U.S. by clicking on "see a list" on
the map search page.
Detroit
Free Press
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Full text of this local
newspaper from 1998 to present.
Once in the database, select GANNETT NEWSSTAND. Click on
“Publications.” Scroll down to Detroit Free Press. Click on
Detroit Free Press to bring up the search
box.
Detroit
News
Full text of this local
newspaper from 1999. Updated daily.
InfoTrac
Newsstand
A
collection of approximately 900 full text newspapers from around
the country and the world.
New
York Times
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for: General user. The daily newspaper New York Times
1980-present. All full text.
New
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Newsbank
Michigan Newspapers
Recommended
for: General user. Full text of the Detroit News
(1/1/1999-Current), Grand Rapids Press (2002-Current), and
Lansing State Journal (1/1/1999-Current).
ProQuest Gannett
Newsstand
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85 full-text newspapers including
Arizona Republic, Detroit Free Press,
Indianapolis Star and Cincinnati Enquirer.
ProQuest
Newsstand
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A collection of over 850 newspapers, including
over 575 full-text titles, many with back files dating back to
the 1980s and 1990s. Includes the New York Times and
the Wall Street Journal.
Wall Street
Journal 1992-Present
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Street Journal. Click on each entry to see dates of
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Philosophy
Routledge
Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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REP
is now regarded as the definitive resource in the field,
featuring 2,000 original entries from a team of over 1,300 of
the world's most respected scholars and philosophers.
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Psychology
PsycARTICLES
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PsycARTICLES
is a definitive
source of searchable full text articles on current issues in
psychology. The PsycARTICLES
database covers general psychology and specialized, basic,
applied, clinical and theoretical research in psychology.
The database contains more than 35,000 searchable full text
articles from 41 journals published by the APA and eight
journals from allied organizations. It contains all
journal articles, letters to the editor and errata from each of
the 49 journals. Coverage now spans 1987 to the present.
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Reference
ArchiveGrid
Thousands of libraries, museums and
archives have contributed nearly a million collection
descriptions to ArchiveGrid. Researchers can learn about
the many items in each of these collections, contact archives to
arrange a visit to examine materials and order copies.
Consumer
Reports Online
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Dictionary
of American Family Names
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Documents
70,314 surnames giving their meaning, nationality, alternate
spellings, common forenames associated with them, and the
frequency of each surname and forename.
Encyclopedia
Britannica Online
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An online version of three Britannica encyclopedias with extra
features and links to related information sources.
Includes a dictionary, thesaurus, and world atlas.
Gale
POWERsearch
This link allows users to search in
one convenient step all of the Gale databases provided by the
Michigan ELibrary (MeL).
Gale
Virtual Reference Library
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May Be Required
This link
will take you to a list of reference books available
electronically. Titles range from subjects as broad as
alternative energy, business and finance, American history, and
religion.
Biography
Business
Career
Environment
General Reference
History
Law
Literature
Medicine
Multicultural
Studies
Nation &
World
Religion
Science
Social Science
GPO
Monthly Catalog
Michigan
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The GPO Monthly Catalog through OCLC includes thousands of U.S.
government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings,
debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued
by executive departments (Defense, State, Labor, Office of the
President, etc.). Includes a bibliographic citation in each
record. This is not full-text. Index only.
Michigan
State University Extension - Gardening in Michigan
There's
new interest in gardening. Whether you are looking to save
money, love fresh flavor, or just enjoy working with nature,
Michigan is a great place for growing fruit, vegetables, flowers
and other landscape plants. This web site highlights the
resources at Michigan State University for gardeners.
OAIster
Michigan
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This
catalog of digitized materials includes books, articles and
multimedia, representing multidisciplinary resources from more
than 1,000 contributors worldwide.
Oxford
Reference Online Premium and Western Civilization
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And Or Password May Be Required
A broad-based reference source
offering over 185 subject dictionaries
and many Oxford Companion
handbooks covering 25 subject areas.
Also includes the Oxford Western Civilization collection
of sources on ancient history through the Reformation
and Renaissance.
Turfgrass
Information File (TGIF)
Michigan
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Recommended
for: General user. In the 1960s, the Michigan State University
(MSU) Library began to collect printed turfgrass
materials. In 1968, the personal collection of the late O.J. Noer,
pioneer turf agronomist, was added to the library holdings
through the O.J. Noer Foundation.
Today, the combined collection is recognized as the most
extensive public collection of turfgrass
material in existence.
Between 1983 and 1992, the United States Golf Association (USGA)
Turfgrass Research Program supported
the development of the USGA Turfgrass
Information File (TGIF). Using the Noer
Collection as a foundation, TGIF was designed to systematically
inventory published turf research and make the bibliographic
information available via a computerized database. Michigan
residents or Michigan library access only. Some full text.
World
Almanacs
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Recommended for: General user. Contains full text of Funk & Wagnalls
New Encyclopedia, The World Almanac and Book of Facts, The World
Almanac for Kids, The World Almanac of the U. S. A., The World
Almanac of U. S. Politics.
WorldCat
Michigan Driver's
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Recommended for: General user. The world's largest online
catalog of books and magazines. Includes a description of the
item and which libraries own the item.
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Repair
ChiltonLibrary.com
Michigan
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ChiltonLibrary.com
represents the most authoritative automotive repair information
available to car owners. There are thousands of year, make
and model combinations covering the most popular vehicles of the
past 30 years, plus additional coverage of specialty
models. ChiltonLibrary.com gives you the confidence to
service or repair virtually any system on your vehicle.
Full text.
Michigan
State University Extension - Home Maintenance and Repair
Simple
procedures for making home repairs and performing home
maintenance are covered.
Mitchell 1
Reference Center Use
Only
Mitchell
1 is an online automotive repair database. It contains
repair information on all domestic and import models from 1983
to date. Coverage includes engine performance &
emissions, power accessories. heating & air conditioning,
suspension and steering, brakes and ABS, wheel alignment,
transmission servicing & diagnostics, wiring diagrams, and
Tech Bulletins and Recalls.
Small
Engine Repair Reference Center
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Repair
information for all-terrain vehicles, generators, boat/marine
motors, motorcycles, outdoor power equipment, personal
watercraft, snowmobiles and tractors.
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Science
& Technology
Computer Database
Computer Database has
over 2,687,481 articles from journals, trade magazines and
popular computing magazines. Some full text.
CRCnetBASE
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May Be Required
CRCnetBASE
collections allow access to full text handbooks, references, and
monographs published by CRC Press. Each subject specialized
collection is updated with the latest e-books as they are
published. MCRRC
subscribes to the 10 collections listed below.
GreenFILE
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A database
covering topics ranging from global warming to recycling to
alternate fuel sources and beyond. Some full text.
GREENR
Reference Center Use
Only
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Provides
news, video, primary source documents and authoritative content
on the development of emerging green technologies and
discusses issues on the environment, energy, sustainability and
more.
History
of Science, Technology & Medicine (HSTM)
Michigan Driver's
License or Library Card Required
Recommended for: Colleges and universities. HSTM integrates four
premier tools (Isis Current Bibliography of the History of
Science, Current Bibliography in the History of Technology, Bibliografia
Italiana di
Storia della
Scienza and citations from the Wellcome
Library) to create an international bibliography for the history
of science, technology and medicine. It reflects the influence
of these fields on society and culture from prehistory to the
present and offers outstanding value for interdisciplinary
research. Database records describe journal articles, conference
proceedings, books, book reviews and dissertations in all
scientific disciplines and related fields. Citations reflect the
contents of nearly 9,500 journals.
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Small
Business
Business Decision Pro
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A database for small and medium businesses.
Combines consumer household data, population forecasts
and demographic data with GIS mapping technology to conduct
market analysis aimed at identifying new business locations,
finding new customers, and selecting the right merchandise mix.
ProQuest
Entrepreneurship
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This database is aimed at small business owners
and startups. It features start-up toolkits with templates and
guides, market research, business cases and sample business
plans.
Small
Business Resource Center
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This comprehensive, online database offers a combination of
unparalleled periodical and reference content, covering all
major areas of starting and operating a business, including
accounting, finance, human resources, management, marketing, tax
and more.
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Test
Preparation
LearningExpress
Library
Recommended
for: General user. LearningExpress
Library provides a completely interactive online learning
platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed
to help patrons, students, and adult learners succeed on the
academic or licensing tests they must pass. You'll get immediate
scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized
analysis of your results.
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Youth
Resources
eLibrary
Elementary
Michigan
Driver's License or Library Card Required
Recommended for: K-12. Video,
audio, books, pictures, magazines, maps, newspapers and
transcripts of TV and radio shows. All full text.
InfoTrac
Junior Edition
Recommended
for: Middle and Junior High School. Over 330 titles, cross
searchable with E-Books, this database is designed for students
in junior high and middle school with access to a variety of
indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books
for information on current events, the arts, science, popular
culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Full text.
Kids
InfoBits
Michigan Driver's
License or Library Card Required
Recommended
for: K-6. Kids InfoBits is a
database developed especially for beginning researchers in
Kindergarten through Grade 5. Featuring a developmentally
appropriate, visually graphic interface, the most popular search
method is moving from a broad subject to a narrower topic using
the subject-based topic tree. The curriculum-related, age
appropriate, full-text content is from the best elementary
reference sources and magazines. This database covers geography,
current events, the arts, science, health, people, government,
history, sports and more. All full text.
SIRS
Discoverer Deluxe
Michigan Driver's
License or Library Card Required
Recommended for: K-9. A children's
database of articles, books, video, audio on all topics. The
interface is appropriate to children and includes reading
levels, teacher's help pages, over 3,000 maps, and more. All
full text.
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