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These databases are available to currently enrolled Central Florida Community College students through any Internet-accessible computer. They provide information about articles in magazines, journals, and newspapers, and in many cases provide the full text of the articles. Some databases also index and/or provide the full text of other types of sources, including essays from reference books, statistics, and pamphlets. |
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Art Full Text  Coverage dates: Indexing 1984+, Abstracting 1994+, Select Full Text 1997+ This database offers select full text plus abstracts and indexing of an international array of peer-selected publications—now with expanded coverage of Latin American, Canadian, Asian and other non-Western art, new artists, contemporary art, exhibition reviews, and feminist criticism. ARTstor A digital library of approximately 550,000 images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences. Essay & General Literature Index Coverage dates: Indexing 1985+ This database offers access to nearly 65,000 essays contained in some 5,300 anthologies and collections. 300 single and multi-author collections are indexed annually, plus more than 20 selected annuals and serials. Grove Art Online Grove Art Online provides access to the entire text of The Dictionary of Art (34 volumes, covering all aspects of the visual arts of every civilization from prehistory to the 1990s) with annual additions of new material and updates to the text, plus extensive image links. Grove Music Online Grove Music Online is an integrated music resource, including the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Humanities Full Text Coverage dates: Indexing 1984+, Abstracting 1984+, Select Full Text 1994+ The most comprehensive resource available in its field, Humanities Full Text provides full text plus abstracts and indexing of the most noted scholarly sources in the humanities, as well as numerous specialized magazines. The database indexes, abstracts and delivers the full text of feature articles, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, original works of fiction, drama, and poetry, book reviews, and reviews of ballets, dance programs, motion pictures, musicals, operas, plays, and radio and television programs. JSTOR The JSTOR archive holds the complete digitized full text of back issues of 700 core scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, some dating as far back as the 1600s. From the homepage, click on Browse, then a subject heading to obtain the list of specific journal titles and dates of coverage. |
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Business Full Text Coverage dates: Indexing 1982+, Abstracting 1984+, Select Full Text 1995+ Wilson Business Full Text is a full text database that indexes and abstracts articles from 850 periodicals published in the United States and elsewhere, including the leading business magazines and trade and research journals, plus the full text of selected periodicals. Users will find feature articles, product reviews, interviews, biographical sketches, corporate profiles, obituaries, surveys, book reviews, reports from associations, societies, trade shows and conferences, and more. Over 600,000 corporate names with cross-references to specific industries and countries are also included. Business Source Complete The industry’s most used business research database, providing the full text for more than 8,800 serials, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications, and offering comprehensive coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Additional full text content includes detailed company profiles for the world's 10,000 largest companies, financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, and SWOT analyses. General BusinessFile ASAP JSTOR
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Applied Science and Technology Full Text Coverage dates: Indexing 1983+, Abstracting 1993+, Select Full Text 1997+ This database features full text for selected periodicals (including peer-reviewed journals), graphs, charts, diagrams, photos, and illustrations that convey an abundance of data in scientific and technical articles. Computer Database Offers access to computer, telecommunications and electronics publications. Science Complete Offers the complete content and simultaneous searching of three Wilson science databases at one time: Applied Science and Technology Full Text, Biological & Agricultural Index Plus, and General Science Full Text. Includes full text and abstracts for a wide range of scientific and general interest publications. |
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Academic Search Complete Designed specifically for academic institutions, this is the world's largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary database, containing full text for 5,300 periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. Updated daily. Education Full Text Coverage dates: Indexing 1983+, Abstracting 1994+, Select Full Text 1996+ Education Full Text covers an international range of English-language periodicals, monographs and yearbooks, and provides the full text of articles, with indexing cover to cover, from hundreds of journals. Coverage includes about 79 journals (37 with full text) not covered by ERIC’s CIJE. Education Research Complete The world’s largest and most complete collection of full text education journals. It is a bibliographic and full text database covering scholarly research and information relating to all areas of education. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing. The database also covers areas of curriculum instruction as well as administration, policy, funding, and related social issues. ERIC A guide to published and unpublished sources on thousands of educational topics, with information from RIE (Resources in Education) and CIJE (Current Index to Journals in Education). ERIC records now include full-text documents from the ERIC Digest at no extra charge. The database includes the ERIC thesaurus, a complete list of descriptive terms used by ERIC to index and search the database. Includes 1.1+ million records from 1,016 journals and other documents from 1966 to the present. Updated monthly. ERIC via FirstSearch A guide to published and unpublished sources on thousands of educational topics, with information from RIE (Resources in Education) and CIJE (Current Index to Journals in Education). ERIC records now include full-text documents from the ERIC Digest. The database includes the ERIC thesaurus, a complete list of descriptive terms used by ERIC to index and search the database. Includes 1.1+ million records from 1,016 journals and other documents from 1966 to the present. Updated monthly. InfoTrac Professional Collection A custom selection of more than 300 full-text journals for educators that is updated daily. The Professional Collection offers balanced coverage for any professional educator in the arts and humanities, child and adolescent psychology and development, drug and alcohol abuse, health/nutrition/fitness, learning disabilities, literature, school law, science and technology, social sciences or sports/athletic training. JSTOR
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CredoReference 220 online full-text reference books, covering art, languages, biography, business, food, geography, history, law, literature, medicine, music, philosophy, psychology, religion, science, social sciences, and technology, as well as providing dictionaries, encyclopedias, and collections of quotations. Digital Collection Provides reference, academic and general interest e-books. Titles come from Praeger, Greenwood Press, and Libraries Unlimited. This is a collection of complete texts, all searchable by keyword, subject, author, title, or any Boolean search method. eBooks Searchable collection of ebooks specifically selected for Florida's community colleges. Virtual Reference Library Offers more than 85 reference sources including encyclopedias, almanacs, and series. |
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Academic Search Complete OmniFile Full Text Mega Edition |
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CINAHL Plus Full Text CINAHL Plus with Full Text provides full text for more than 560 journals and indexing for 1,835 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health. Offering complete coverage of English-language nursing journals and publications from the National League for Nursing and the American Nurses Association, CINAHL with Full Text covers nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines. Health and Wellness Resource Center Health & Wellness Resource Center is a comprehensive database that provides access to up-to-date reference material as well as full-text magazines, journals, and pamphlets from a wide variety of authoritative medical sources. Health Reference Center Academic An advanced interface to the full-text nursing and allied health journals found in the Health and Wellness Resource Center database. Health Source: Consumer Edition Health Source: Consumer Edition features searchable full text for nearly 160 journals including Consumer Reports on Health and Men’s Health, as well as abstracts and indexing for nearly 180 general health, nutrition and professional health care publications. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition provides the full text of 550 scholarly journals, including 450 peer-reviewed journals on medical disciplines. Also featured are abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals. In addition, this database includes Clinical Pharmacology, which provides access to up-to-date, concise and clinically relevant drug monographs for all U.S. prescription drugs, hard-to-find herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products and new drugs. Full text information in this database dates as far back as 1975. MEDLINE via FirstSearch Covers all areas of medicine, including clinical medicine, experimental medicine, dentistry, nursing, health services administration, and nutrition. Includes the MeSH thesaurus and 12+ million records from 9,500+ sources from 1965 to the present. Updated daily. MEDLINE with Full Text Full text for nearly 1,200 journals, as well as abstracts and indexing for 4,000+ current biomedical journals, with coverage dating back to 1965. Nursing and Allied Health Source Access articles and graphics from more than 270 nursing-related publications. Physicians Desk Reference Index of hundreds of drugs and medications. Search by product name, manufacturer, product category, indications, contraindications, side effects, or drug interactions. Includes product photos. PsycArticles PsycARTICLES provides full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology from 56 journals, 45 published by the American Psychological Association (APA) and 11 from allied organizations. The database covers general psychology and specialized, basic, applied, clinical and theoretical research. Coverage spans 1985 to present. Thomson Healthcare Series Access gateway to several Thomson Healthcare products including: MICROMEDEX Health Care, which includes information about drugs, toxicology, diseases, acute care, and alternative medicine; CareNotes System, which provides patients with easy-to-understand information about all aspects of their care, medications, and health; and the PDR Electronic Library. |
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InfoTrac Junior Edition This periodical 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, and sports. InfoTrac Kids Edition this periodical database is designed for elementary school students, with easy access to full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, and sports. InfoTrac Student Edition This periodical database is designed for high-school students 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, and sports. MAS Ultra - School Edition Designed for high school students. Contains the full-text of 490 popular high school magazines as well as biographies, primary source documents, pamphlets and reference books. Primary Search Designed for elementary school students. Contains the full-text of 50 popular elementary school magazines as well as pamphlets and reference books such as the Encyclopedia of Animals and Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia. |
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Book Review Digest Plus Coverage dates: 1983+ Book Review Digest Plus now has select full text, with entries drawn from over 8,000 periodicals covered by other Wilson databases. Book Review Digest Plus indexes reviews of current fiction and non-fiction, and provides review excerpts and over 100,000 full text reviews. Every book in Book Review Digest Plus appears with all of its reviews together. The database includes children’s books as well as books for adults and young adults. Entries currently encompass some 1,300,000 reviews covering over 550,000 books. Updated daily. Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers Offers access to criticism and analysis of the works of 46 of the most widely read contemporary writers. Critical Companions helps students easily compare and contrast plot devices, style, character development and themes. Each online “companion” in this collection provides: author background; character, plot, and theme analysis; and alternative literary analysis (such as Marxist, feminist, deconstructionist). Essay & General Literature Index Coverage dates: Indexing 1985+ This database offers access to nearly 65,000 essays contained in some 5,300 anthologies and collections. 300 single and multi-author collections are indexed annually, plus more than 20 selected annuals and serials. Grangers World Poetry For over a century, Grangers has been the definitive source in English for locating a poem in anthologies on library shelves. First published in 1904, The Columbia Grangers Index to Poetry is now in its 13th edition. In 1999, Granger’s went online as The Columbia Granger’s World of Poetry. Included in the online version are a series of key Columbia poetry titles, from which are drawn the full text of many of the indexed poems. JSTOR The JSTOR archive holds the complete digitized full text of back issues of 700 core scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, some dating as far back as the 1600s. From the homepage, click on Browse, then a subject heading to obtain the list of specific journal titles and dates of coverage. Library Literature & Information Science Full Text Coverage dates: Indexing 1984+, Abstracting 1984+, Select Full Text 1994+ This database provides full text articles from over a hundred select publications, and indexes English and foreign-language periodicals, selected state journals, conference proceedings, pamphlets, books, and library school theses, plus over 300 books per year. Lit Finder Includes access to three databases: Poem Finder, Story Finder, and Essay/Speech/Play Finder. Poem Finder is the largest, most comprehensive and most current poetry database available. It is international in scope, and covers poetry from antiquity to the present. It is a one-stop resource for locating over 4 1/2 million lines of poetry. Story Finder provides thousands of full-text short stories plus explanations, biographies, pictures and more. The database will be updated constantly with classic and contemporary stories. Speeches represent the finest examples of recorded oratory, covering the milestones of history as well as the minutiae of everyday life. Over 1,000 complete plays cover the range of dramatic expression from many countries, including one-act plays, puppet plays, Harlinquinades, tragedies, gothic, childrens, religious, romantic, historical, childrens and comedic plays. Literary Reference Center Includes biographies, literary criticism, plot summaries, reviews, interviews, reference books, periodicals, poems, short stories, and images. Literature Resource Center Provides full-text literary criticism, biographical information, works overviews, reference essays, journal articles, and reviews for nearly 130,000 writers from all disciplines, time periods, and countries. Shakespeare Collection Provides the subject's most comprehensive and authoritative online resource, bringing together general reference data, full-text scholarly periodicals, reprinted criticism, primary source material and the full-text annotated works from The Arden Shakespeare, the world's most recognized scholarly edition. What Do I Read Next? A readers' advisory tool offering the expertise of specialists, critics and librarians to find the best examples of internationally known fiction and nonfiction. Contains over 120,000 titles, more than 66,000 plot summaries, 562 awards titles, recommended reading lists and biographical information. Genres include inspirational, mystery, romance, science fiction, fantasy, horror, western and historical novels, general fiction, classic fiction and nonfiction. |
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America ’s Newspapers Updated daily, this comprehensive national news resource offers the complete electronic editions of more than 600 U.S. newspapers. America's Newspapers also includes many local Florida newspapers, and their Spanish-language versions, where available. CQ Researcher Explores a single "hot" issue each week, ranging from social and teen issues to environment, health, education, and science. 44 reports produced each year, including four expanded reports. Includes charts, graphs and sidebar articles. Florida Newspapers A collection of Florida newspapers within the America’s Newspapers database. Hoover’s Premium Offers a comprehensive company database, profiles of key executives, complete industry coverage, detailed company fact sheets with financials, executives, and more, breaking news and lists of IPOs, and the ability to find companies using stock and financial performance parameters. Issues and Controversies Current information on 600+ research topics, including discussions of opposing points of view on controversial issues, timelines, statistics, key news events, and selected historical source documents. New York Times Full text coverage of The New York Times, from 2000 forward to the present day. New York Times – Historical Provides full-text New York Times articles, covering the period from 1851-2001. The New York Times is the nation's most honored newspaper—the winner of 89 Pulitzer Prizes, providing national coverage, breaking news, perspective, overviews and entertainment. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center Search viewpoint articles, contextual topic overviews, government and organizational statistics, court cases, profiles of government agencies and special interest groups, newspaper and magazine articles and more concerning social issues. Regional Business News Provides the full text for about 75 regional business publications, newspapers and newswires covering metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. |
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Academic Search Complete Designed specifically for academic institutions, Academic Search Premier is the world's largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary database, containing full text for nearly 4,650 periodicals, including more than 3,600 scholarly journals. It is updated daily. This database covers nearly every area of study including: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, arts and literature, language and linguistics, and medical sciences. CredoReference 220 online full-text reference books, covering art, languages, biography, business, food, geography, history, law, literature, medicine, music, philosophy, psychology, religion, science, social sciences, and technology, as well as providing dictionaries, encyclopedias, and collections of quotations. Digital Collection The Greenwood Digital Collection provides reference, academic and general interest e-books. Titles come from Praeger, Greenwood Press, and Libraries Unlimited. This is a collection of complete texts, all searchable by keyword, subject, author, title, or any Boolean search method. Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia database contains over 25,000 records, covering a wide range of topics. GPO via FirstSearch Consists of nearly 500,000 records published by the GPO since July 1976. Includes references for documents to congressional committee reports and hearings, debates, and documents from executive departments. Oxford English Dictionary Searchable online version of the complete text of the Oxford English Dictionary's twenty-volume Second Edition and three-volume Additions Series. Updated quarterly. ProceedingsFirst via FirstSearch Provides tables of contents of papers presented at conferences worldwide. Each record contains a list of the papers presented at each conference. Like its companion, PapersFirst, ProceedingsFirst provides access to The British Library Document Supply Centre's collection of conference proceedings. Includes 153,000+ records from 1993 to the present. Testing & Education Reference Center Helps prepare students for specialized tests for college, graduate school, the military or trade school. The database includes preparatory tests from the GED (General Educational Development) to the GRE (Graduate Record Examination General Test) and provides information on private high schools, distance education, two-year programs, undergraduate and graduate programs and executive education programs. Virtual Reference Library Gale Virtual Reference Library offers more than 85 reference sources including encyclopedias, almanacs, and series. World Almanac via FirstSearch Includes the full text of all of the current Almanac titles: The World Almanac and Book of Facts; The World Almanac of the U.S.A.; The World Almanac of US Politics; The World Almanac for Kids; and the Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia. Updated annually (encyclopedia updated quarterly). WorldCat via FirstSearch The world's most comprehensive bibliography, with more than 55 million bibliographic records representing over 400 languages. WorldCat includes information from 2100 BC to the present with thousands of records containing evaluative content such as tables of contents, cover art, book summaries and notes about the authors. It uses the Library of Congress Subject Headings as its thesaurus. Users can also directly browse issues of periodicals in the ArticleFirst database from bibliographic records for these titles in WorldCat. Updated daily. |
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Applied Science and Technology Full Text Coverage dates: Indexing 1983+, Abstracting 1993+, Select Full Text 1997+ This database features full text for selected periodicals (including peer-reviewed journals), graphs, charts, diagrams, photos, and illustrations that convey an abundance of data in scientific and technical articles. Biological & Agricultural Index Plus Coverage dates: Indexing 1983+, Abstracting 1994+, Select Full Text 1994+ Biological & Agricultural Index Plus offers access to the core literature of biology and agriculture, much of it from peer-reviewed journals, plus full text. Full text citations also link to PDF page images, featuring graphs, charts, diagrams, photos, and illustrations indispensable to science research. Clase and Periodica via FirstSearch CLASE indexes documents published in Latin American and Caribbean journals specializing in social sciences and humanities. PERIÓDICA covers journals specializing in science and technology. CLASE and PERIÓDICA offer access to more than 400,000 citations from documents published in 2,600 selected scholarly journals. Includes 400,000+ records from 2,600 journals from 1975 to the present. Updated quarterly. General Science Full Text Coverage dates: Indexing 1984+, Abstracting 1984+, Select Full Text 1994+ Easy-to-use and designed specifically for students and non-specialists, General Science Full Text features full text, plus scientific graphs, charts, diagrams, photos, and illustrations. JSTOR The JSTOR archive holds the complete digitized full text of back issues of 700 core scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, some dating as far back as the 1600s. From the homepage, click on Browse, then a subject heading to obtain the list of specific journal titles and dates of coverage. Science Complete Offers the complete content and simultaneous searching of three Wilson science databases at one time: Applied Science and Technology Full Text, Biological & Agricultural Index Plus, and General Science Full Text. Includes full text and abstracts for a wide range of scientific and general interest publications. Science Resource Center A multi-source database designed for high schools and community colleges, providing full-text science-related reference books and periodical articles, and images. |
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CQ Researcher Explores a single "hot" issue each week, ranging from social and teen issues to environment, health, education, and science. 44 reports produced each year, including four expanded reports. Includes charts, graphs and sidebar articles. Criminal Justice Periodicals Index Covers a wide variety of criminal justice topics, including corrections administration, law enforcement, social work, industrial security, drug rehabilitation, and criminal and family law. Full-text and image coverage for about 50 journals. Daily Life Online Based on the Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life, Daily Life Online provides content from a vast number of reference works, monographs, and primary documents. History Reference Center History Reference Center offers full text from more than 750 history reference books and encyclopedias, and 60 history magazines. The database also contains 58,000 historical documents; 43,000 biographies of historical figures; more than 12,000 historical photos and maps; and 87 hours of historical film and video. Issues and Controversies Current information on 600+ research topics, including discussions of opposing points of view on controversial issues, timelines, statistics, key news events, and selected historical source documents. JSTOR
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Clase and Periodica via FirstSearch CLASE indexes documents published in Latin American and Caribbean journals specializing in social sciences and humanities. PERIÓDICA covers journals specializing in science and technology. CLASE and PERIÓDICA offer access to more than 400,000 citations from documents published in 2,600 selected scholarly journals. Includes 400,000+ records from 2,600 journals from 1975 to the present. Updated quarterly. Informe! Revistas en Espanol Created exclusively for Spanish-speaking users, this full-text database provides indexing, images and the full text of popular Hispanic magazines. Also included is a thesaurus and interface that are uniquely designed for Spanish-speaking users. Terms and thesaurus are based on the expressions Spanish-speakers commonly use, allowing users to easily navigate through the database without experiencing inaccurate search terms. |
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