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| Database: | Vendor (interface): | What you'll get: |
| Academic Search Complete | EBSCO | Full text articles for academic and general audience. Can limit to peer-reviewed publications. |
| Academic OneFile | GaleGroup | Citations and full text articles for scholarly and general interest journals embracing all academic disciplines. |
| AGRICOLA | EBSCO | Citations from U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library. Dates back to 1970. |
| ArchiveGrid | OCLC | Provides access to detailed archival collection descriptions. Researchers can learn about the contents of these collections, contact archives to arrange a visit to examine materials or order copies. |
| Alt HealthWatch | EBSCO | Alternative health database that provides full text. Includes peer-reviewed journals. |
| ArticleFirst | OCLC | Citations for academic and general audiences. |
| Bibliography of Native North Americans | EBSCO | Covers native North American culture, history, and life. Citations for books, essays, journal articles, and government documents of the U.S. and Canada. |
| Business Economics & Theory Collection | GaleGroup | Journals and magazines focusing on topics in economics. Some full text. |
| Business Source Complete | EBSCO | Includes scholarly business journals back to 1886. Collection of bibliographic and full text content. |
| CAMIO | OCLC | Digital versions of fine and decorative art from leading museums around the world. |
| Chilton Library | GaleGroup | Automotive repair information for thousands of year, make and model combinations covering the most popular vehicles. |
| CINAHL (Nursing & Allied Health) | EBSCO | Full text and citations for nursing and allied health periodicals. |
| ClasePeriodica | OCLC | Index of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities. |
| Computer Database | GaleGroup | Computer-related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications and the application of technology. |
| Computer Source | EBSCO | Latest information and current trends in high technology. Some full text and abstracts. |
| Communications & Mass Media Collection | GaleGroup | Over 100 journals focused on: advertising, public relations, literature, writing, and linguistics. |
| Consumer Health Complete | EBSCO | Supports patients' information needs and fosters an overall understanding of health-related topics. Medical image collection is included. |
| Contemporary Authors | GaleGroup | Complete biographical and bibliographical information on U.S. and international authors |
| Contemporary Literary Criticism | GaleGroup | Critical essays on contemporary authors, with biographical, critical, principal works, and further study information. |
| Criminal Justice Collection | GaleGroup | 150 journals for lawyers, law enforcement, and paralegals. |
| Dictionary of Literary Biography | GaleGroup | Biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of influential literary figures from all eras and genres. |
| Directory of Open Access Journals | Lund University Libraries | Free, full text, international scientific and scholarly journals, covering all subjects. |
| Diversity Studies Collection | GaleGroup | This collection explores cultural differences, contributions and influences in our global community. |
| EBSCO databases | EBSCO | A listing of all available databases from the EBSCO vendor. Users can select multiple databases for a simultaneous search. |
| EBSCO Español | EBSCO | (interfaz en español contraduccion de los articulos) Base de datos sobre muchos temas - incluye texto completo. Los articulos están traducidos por un programa de la computadora del inglés. Spanish language interface for all EBSCO databases. |
| Economía y Negocios | EBSCO | Collaborative effort between EBSCO Publishing and ESAN (Escuela de Administración de Negocios para Graduados). Research areas of business and economics. |
| Educators Collection | GaleGroup | Articles cover the latest technologies, developments, instruction and coaching breakthroughs. |
| Electronic Collections Online (ECO) | OCLC | Index of scholarly journals, searchable at article level, which indicates library holdings. |
| eLibrary Curriculum | Proquest | Designed specifically for K-12. Full-text magazines, newspapers, reference books, and transcripts-plus pictures, maps, educator-approved websites from Homework Central® and audio/video content. |
| Encyclopedia of Animals | EBSCO | Detailed entry begins with a simple category breakdown of the animal including Kingdom, Class, Order, Genus & Species, and Geographical Locale. Many include colorful images. |
| Environmental Issues & Policy Collection | GaleGroup | Journals covering viewpoints from the scientific community, governmental policy makers and corporate interests. |
| ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) | EBSCO |
Digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 1,000 educational and education-related journals. Also available through U.S. Department of Education. |
| Fine Arts & Music Collection | GaleGroup | Full text coverage in journals and magazines. Art history, music, drama and filmmaking are covered |
| FirstSearch databases | OCLC | Collection of 11 OCLC databases. |
| Fuente Academica | EBSCO | Provides full text coverage for scholarly Spanish language journals. |
| Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia | EBSCO | Encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas. |
| Gale Literature databases | GaleGroup | Collection of 3 Gale databases: Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism and Dictionary of Literary Biography. |
| Gale Virtual Reference Library | GaleGroup | Database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. |
| Gardening, Landscape & Horticulture Collection | GaleGroup | Almost 50 journals focusing on horticulture, gardening and landscaping. |
| General Reference Center Gold | GaleGroup | Collection of newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications covering areas of general interest. |
| General Science Collection | GaleGroup | 200 journals covering the latest scientific developments. |
| GPO Monthly Catalog | OCLC | Citations for government publications. |
| GreenFILE | OCLC | Focus on the relationship between human beings and the environment. Scholarly and general interest. |
| Handbook of Texas | Texas State Historical Association | Multidisciplinary encyclopedia of Texas history, geography and culture. |
| Health and Wellness Resource Center | GaleGroup | Medical reference resources, prescription information, health web sites and health-related pamphlets. |
| Health Reference Center Academic | GaleGroup | Collection of health and fitness magazines, medical and professional periodicals, and select reference materials. Abstracts and full-text formats. |
| Health Source - Consumer Edition | EBSCO | Full text articles on the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. |
| Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition | EBSCO | Scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines as well as abstracts and indexing for other journals. |
| HeritageQuest Online | Proquest | Collection of digitized research material to help trace family lineage and American culture. Full text place and person information. |
| History Study Center | Proquest | Collection of digitised primary and secondary sources for the study of history. |
| Information Science & Technology Abstracts | EBSCO | ISTA indexes journal articles from publications plus books, research reports, and conference proceedings and patents. |
| Info Trac Custom Newspapers | GaleGroup | Full text newspaper database that allows searches by title, headline, date, section, author, etc. |
| Information Science & Library Issues Collection | GaleGroup | Journals for information professionals with topics such as data processing techniques and metadata architectures. |
| Internet and Personal Computing Abstracts | EBSCO | Abstracts and indexing to trade publications, mainstream computer magazines, and professional journals. |
| Insurance & Liability Collection | GaleGroup | Journals covering the topics of labor relations, mortgage banking, legal issues and more. |
| Legal Collection | EBSCO | Full text for scholarly law journals. Information on current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world. |
| Lexis Nexis | Reed Elsevier Inc | Full text documents from news, business, legal, medical and reference publications. |
| Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts | Lund University Libraries | LISTA indexes journal articles from publications plus books, research reports, and conference proceedings dating back to 1966. |
| Library of Texas | Texas State Library and Archives Commission | Search multiple Texas library catalogs and the TexShare Databases. |
| Literature Resource Center | GaleGroup | Full text literary criticism and author biographical articles. |
| Literature | ProQuest | Collection of resources for the study of literature in K-12 schools |
| MAS Ultra - School Edition | EBSCO | Image collection of photos, maps and flags. Full text for general interest and current events publications. Pamphlets, reference books, biographies, primary source documents are also included. |
| MasterFILE Premier | EBSCO | Full text articles as well as an image collection, reference, biographies, and primary source documents. |
| MedicLatina | EBSCO | Spanish language collection of medical research and investigative journals published by Latin American medical publishers. |
| MEDLINE | EBSCO | Access to information from all journals indexed in the National Library of Medicine’s MEDLINE file. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) index is also included. |
| Middle Search Plus | EBSCO | Image collection of photos, maps and flags. Provides full text from popular magazines for middle and junior high school research. Also contains biographies and primary source documents. |
| Military & Government Collection | EBSCO | Information pertaining to branches of the military and government from periodicals, academic journals and other content sites. Full text articles and abstracts. |
| Military & Intelligence Database | GaleGroup | Over 500 titles and 7 million articles with links to related outside sources. |
| Modern Language Association (MLA) | EBSCO | International bibliography. Citations for books and articles on language and literature. |
| Natural & Alternative Treatments | EBSCO | Information on herbs and supplements, functional foods, and other alternative therapies such as acupuncture and homeopathy. |
| NetLibrary | NetLibrary | More than 42,000 full text electronic books. |
| Newspaper Source | EBSCO | Has selected full text from national and international newspapers. Also contains full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text from regional newspapers. |
| Nursing & Allied Health | GaleGroup | Articles on all aspects of the Nursing profession from patient care to administration. |
| OAIster | OCLC | Part of an open archive initive it is a database that includes audio files, movies, digitized books and articles, images and datasets. |
| One File Plus | GaleGroup | General database with over 6,300 full-text articles from 11,000 periodicals. |
| PapersFirst | OCLC | An index of papers presented at conferences worldwide from 1993 to the present. |
| Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine Collection | GaleGroup | Information on proven treatment techniques, experimental research theses and more. |
| Pop Culture Collection | GaleGroup | Full text coverage from periodicals in social science, history, and art. |
| ProceedingsFirst | OCLC | An index created by the British Library of worldwide conference proceedings. |
| Primary Search | EBSCO | Full text from popular magazines for elementary school research dating as far back as 1990. |
| Professional Development Collection | EBSCO | Collection of high quality education journals, including peer-reviewed titles. Also has educational reports. |
| Psychology Collection | GaleGroup | Full text periodicals focused on how the mind develops and diminishes over time. |
| Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection | EBSCO | Full text publications, including peer-reviewed titles. |
| PubMed | National Library of Medicine | Citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. Includes links to full text articles and other related resources. |
| Regional Business News | EBSCO | Full text for regional business publications. |
| Religion and Philosophy Collection | EBSCO | Full text journals, including peer-reviewed titles. |
| Religion & Philosophy Collection | GaleGroup | Coverage of different religions, philosophies and how they impact our daily lives. |
| Science & Technology Collection | EBSCO | Full text journals covering aeronautics, astrophysics, chemistry, computer technology, geology, aviation, physics, archaeology, and materials science. |
| Scribner Writers | GaleGroup | Access to original and detailed bio-critical essays on the lives and works of authors from around the world. |
| Searchasaurus | EBSCO | Search interface designed specifically for elementary school children. |
| Serials Directory | EBSCO | Most up-to-date and accurate bibliographic information as well as current pricing structures for popular serials. |
| Stat!Ref | Teton Data Systems | Full text medical library, includes medical resources such as Mosby's Drug Consult®, and the Griffith 5 Minute Clinical Consult. |
| Student Research Center | EBSCO | Search interface designed specifically for secondary school students. Content sources include magazines, newspapers, biographies, country reports and film & video. |
| TDNet Journal Locator | TexShare | Searchable list of ALL the journal titles available from all of the different TexShare database providers. List includes available holdings and indication if full-text is available. |
| Teacher Reference Center (TRC) | EBSCO | Journal information for K-12 teachers and librarians. Provides coverage on key education topics. |
| Texas Digital Sanborn Maps | Proquest | Find current and historic maps for various towns, counties, and regions of Texas. |
| Texas Reference Center | EBSCO | Full text journals and books about Texas history, ethnic & cultural diversity, gender studies, literature, public health, business as well as home & garden and sports & leisure. |
| TOPICsearch | EBSCO | Explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics. Full text from diverse sources. |
| Tourism, Hospitality & Leisure Collection | GaleGroup | Industry journals providing well rounded coverage of the hospitality and tourism field. |
| Twayne's Authors Series | GaleGroup | Features the content of nearly 600 books that comprise three print series. |
| Twentieth-Century Poetry | Proquest | American and English collections. Entire text of each poem is included. |
| Vocational & Career Collection | EBSCO | Full text coverage from trade and industry-related periodicals. |
| Vocations, Careers & Technical Education Collection | GaleGroup | This collection provides content from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals. |
| War and Terrorism Collection | GaleGroup | Articles covering the history of conflicts and their causes. |
| Westlaw (Reese only) | Thomson West | Requires password and ID assigned by instructor. Legal resources for paralegals. Available to legal assisting students only. |
| World Almanac | OCLC | Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and four almanacs. Includes biographies, facts, and statistics. |
| World History Collection | EBSCO | Full text, including many peer-reviewed journals. Dates as far back as 1964. |
| WorldCat | OCLC | Catalog of books and other materials found in libraries worldwide. |
Definition of Database: A database is a collection of information organized and searchable so that you can easily find what you are looking for. An example of a database would be a phone book. It is organized alphabetically by last name or by subject. In libraries, databases are used to find articles and citations.
Libraries subscribe to databases that provide the same information that periodical indexes in print form provide. Databases (believe it or not) actually make research easier. In the past, researches would search for information by first selecting the multi-volume print index they wanted to use and then searching each year's volume to find what was published that year on their subject.
Now indexes can be searched online by entering keywords into a search engine. The search engine then retrieves relevant citations and often times the full text of the article. Searches can often be limited to a specific publication, a set of dates, peer reviewed publications, or a particular language.
Definition of Citation:A citation is a statement that gives researchers the information they need to locate a book, video, or an article. A citation tells you how to find the article, it does not give you the text of the article.
In the following example of a citation, Andrew DuBrock is the author, "Singing and Playing at the Same Time" is the title of the article, and Acoustic Guitar is the title of the publication the article was published in. If you wanted to read this article, you would first find out if South Plains College Library subscribed to Acoustic Guitar (we do!), then you would locate the July 2009 issue, turn to page 40 and there would be the article.
Example:
DuBrock, Andrew. "Singing and playing at the same time." Acoustic Guitar. July 2009, p 40-42.
