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Academic Search Complete Tutorial or Tutorial
Article abstracts and full text from over 4400 scholarly journals published worldwide. Coverage includes the social sciences, humanities, education, sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts and literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. Updated monthly.
American History Online Tutorial
Biographies, primary sources, timelines and image gallery...
American Indian Experience
Searchable by topic. Includes history, biographies, timelines, videos, images, charts, and primary sources.
Applied Science and Technology Full Text
Provides indexing (1983+), abstracts (1993+) and full text (1997+) for 500+ leading trade and industrial publications, professional and technical society journals, specialized subject periodicals, plus buyers' guides, directories, and conference proceedings.
Art Index Full Text
Full text(1997+) for international publications with coverage of Latin American, Canadian, Asian and other non-Western art, new artists, contemporary art, exhibition reviews, and feminist criticism. Indexing (1984+), abstracts(1994+) and full-text (1997+) from over 400 international periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins.
Art Index Retrospective
International publications with coverage of Latin American, Canadian, Asian and other non-Western art, new artists, contemporary art, exhibition reviews, and feminist criticism.
Art Museum Image Gallery Tutorial
Includes over 96,000 images with full description. Many include curatorial text, provenance data, detail or multiple views for many images, and related multimedia where available.
Bibliography of American Literature
Bibliography of Native North Americans
Biography Reference Bank Tutorial
Book Review Digest Plus 1983 to present
Provides index coverage for reviews of current fiction and non-fiction, and provides review excerpts from over 100,000 reviews.
Books in Print
The largest web-based bibliographic resource of 5 million book, audio book, and video titles. Provides ordering and publisher information on these materials. Books in Print allows may types of searching from quick search by either author, title,keyword or ISBN with options for print status & format, to advanced search.
Business Source Complete
Article abstracts and full text from over 3300 scholarly business journals. Includes coverage of management, economics, finance, and accounting. Updated monthly.
Business Source Complete -BSI (industry and company profiles)
Chadwyck-Healey Literature Collections
Chronicle of Higher Education
A national daily newspaper for higher education. The Chronicle of Higher Education Community College newsletter is available once a week.
CINAHL Full Text Basic Tutorial Advanced Tutorial Quick Guide
Articles from the fields of nursing and allied health.
CollegeSource Online Current
Features over 21,000 College Catalogs. Includes 2-year, 4-year, graduate, and professional schools.
Columbia Granger's World of Poetry Online
Search for a poem by author, title, first line, last line, subject, or keyword. Some poem listings contain the full text of the poem, a biography of the poet, and poem commentary discussing the poem's meaning.
Consumer Health Complete Tutorial
Contemporary Authors Current
A primary resource for information on over 110,000 current modern writers from a wide range of media.
Contemporary Literary Criticism 1960 to present
Significant published criticism on the works of novelists, poets, playwrights, short story writers, and other creative writers who died after December 31, 1959 or now living. Each entry contains the following: a biographical essay that discusses the author'slife, works, and critical importance; critical essays or excerpts taken from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers, andscholarly journals; and, where available, interviews with featured authors. Entries also provide suggestions for further reading.
CQ Researcher Tutorial Quick Tips
The CQ Researcher explores a single "hot" issue in the news in depth each week. Topics range from social and teen issues to environment, health, education and science and technology. There are 44 reports produced each year including four expanded reports.
CQ Weekly Online 1983 to present
Readers get in-depth reports on issues looming on the congressional horizon, plus a complete wrap up of the previous week's news, including the status of bills in play, behind-the-scenes maneuvering, committee and floor activity, debates and all roll-call votes.
CultureGrams Online (country information) Tutorial
Current Issues: Reference Shelf Plus
Daily Life Through History Online
Historical information about life during various time periods in world history.
Dallas Morning News or Dallas Morning News Historical
Primary Dallas daily newspaper. Covers Dallas and the surrounding area. Complete full-text of local and regional Dallas, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community.
Dallas Observer
A weekly publication known for its investigative stories about government, politics and business, sports, music and the arts in Dallas.
Dictionary of Literary Biography
Directory of Open Source Journals
Early American Fiction, 1789-1875
EBSCO Espanol
Spanish version of the EBSCO databases for locating articles from thousands of magazines.
Eighteenth Century Prose Fiction
eLibrary Curriculum Tutorial
Resources from seven different media types: magazines, newspapers, reference books, TV/radio transcripts, pictures, maps, and streaming audio and video.
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Quick and easy answers for simple or complex questions at a variety of reading levels by searching any/all of Encyclopædia Britannica, Britannica Student Encyclopedia, Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia and Britannica Concise Encyclopedia.
ERIC or ERIC
National education database sponsored by the US Department of Education. Contains over 700,000 citations covering research documents, journal articles, technical reports, program descriptions andevaluations, and curricular materials in the field of education.
Federal Register 1995 to present
The official government daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations. Also includes Executive Orders and other Presidential documents.
Ferguson's Career Guidance Center Tutorial
First Search (Quick Guide on How to Use)
Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia
Gale Literary Databases
Simultaneously searches Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select (CLC Select) and Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB). Provides biographical information and criticisms for over 100,000 authors.
Gale Literary Index
A master index to 109 major literature series published by The Gale Group. Combines and cross references more than 138,000 author names, including pseudonyms and variant names, and more than 176,000 titles.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Online ebooks on hundreds of different topics.
General Science Full Text
Coverage of core journals in all areas of science such as anthropology, astronomy, biology, computers, medicine, and health. Full-text is available for 61 journals starting with January 1995.
Handbook of Texas 1996
A multidisciplinary encyclopedia of over 23,000 articles dealing with Texas history, geography, and culture. Includes information on people, places, events, historical themes, institutions, and more.
Health & Wellness Resource Center Tutorial
Articles from magazines, medical periodicals, reference books and pamphlets on general health-related topics. This database is intended for informational purposes only and should not replace a visit to your doctor.
Health Reference Center-Academic
Articles on medicine, diseases and medical disorders, HMOs, prescription drugs, fitness, pregnancy, nutrition, occupational health and safety, alcohol, drug abuse, etc. This database is intended for informational purposes only and should not replace a visit to your doctor.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic
HeritageQuest Online 1790 to present
Family histories, public records, genealogical serials, American cultural resources and the US Census from 1790-1930.
Humanities Full Text
Full-text scholarly articles focusing on the arts and humanities.
Information Please Almanac
Combines the contents of an encyclopedia, a dictionary, and several almanacs. Includes statistics, facts, and historical data.
Information Science and Technology Abstracts
InfoTrac Newspapers Tutorial
Articles from over 100 newspapers from the U.S. and around the world, including several Texas newspapers. Includes articles from: Dallas Morning News, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Austin American Statesman, Houston Chronicle, International Herald Tribune, New York Times and The Guardian (London, England).
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Internet & Personal Computering Abstracts
Issues and Controversies on File
Lexis-Nexis Academic Basic Tutorial Searching Tips
Includes current news, legal (research, news, cases) and some medical information (news and journals) Full-text for business news and articles, company financials, SEC filings, and company anuual reports. Includes articles from: newswires (Associated Press, PR Newswire, Business Wire, Marketwire, UPI), NPR, New York Times, USA Today, Washington Post, Washington Times, Sunday London Times, Los Angeles Times, Christian Science Monitor, Dallas Observer.
Literary Reference Center (EBSCO) Tutorial
Literature Resource Center (Gale) Basic Tutorial ~ Advanced Tutorial ~ Article Options
Includes 90,000 biographies, criticism on major literary works, plot summaries and explications for more than 2,000 works, the full text of Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature, and 12,000 articles, critical essays and recommended reading lists on over 2,000 of the most-studied authors.
LOUIS: Library Of Unified Information Sources
LOUIS searches simultaneously: Congressional Reports, Congressional Record, Congressional Hearings, Federal Register, Presidential Documents, GAO Reports, Bills and Resolutions.
Making of America Pre-Civil War to 1900
MOA is a digital library of primary sources in American history from pre-Civil War through reconstruction. The collection covers the following subjects: education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, science and technology. The collection contains over 8,500 books and 50,000 journal articles.
MasterFILE Premier 1975 to present
Full-text articles from over 1900 popular magazines, along with abstracts from over 2510 additional magazines. Also includes Essential Documents in American History - a database of over 1,000 documents, speeches, charts, and graphs.The database also contains full text for nearly 200 reference and travel books; 88,000 biographies; 60,000 primary source documents; and 91,000 photos, maps, and flags.
Medline 1965 to present
Additional access point to The National Library of Medicine's database of references to more than 11 million articles published in 9580 biomedical journals. This access point allows you to narrow down by type of journal and/or journal title.
Military & Government Collection 1984 to present
Full text from over 330 military and general interest publications. Designed to bring current news to all branches of the military. This database also offers indexing and abstracts for over 380 magazines. This database carries everything from Naval Aviation News to National Geographic.
MLA International Bibliography
Natural and Alternative Treatments
Naxos Music Library
Classical, jazz, blues, world and Chinese music.
netLibrary
Links to e-books. Readers can search by keyword or title. Books can be checked out and read online through your computer. DCCCD subscribes to 300+ titles.
New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
Cultural history.
New York Times
A daily newspaper considered to be the "official" U.S. newspaper because it publishes the complete text of important documents, speeches and presidential press conferences. Includes the New York Times Book Review and the New York Times Magazine.
New York Times Historical 1851-2001
Access to New York Times issues from 1851 - 2001. Click the pull-down menu to access the historical articles.
Newspaper Source
Includes articles from: Dallas Morning News, Fort Worth Star Telegram, Houston Chronicle, San Antonio Express-News, Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, Washington Post. Includes transcripts from radio/TV news shows, such as All Things Considered, 48 Hours, Face the Nation, and 60 Minutes.
Opposing Viewpoints Tutorial
Covers current event issues and controversies. Gives facts as well as the arguments of each topic's proponents and detractors.
Oxford African American Experience
Oxford Art
Full text coverage of the Oxford Dictionary of Art, with extensive image linking.
Oxford Music
Full text coverage of the New Oxford Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Includes links to sound, illustrations, and other related articles.
Professional Development Collection
Project Gutenberg
Electronic texts that are available for free electronically. You won't find the latest bestsellers or modern computer books here. You will find the classic books from the start of this century and previous centuries, from authors like Shakespeare, Poe, Dante, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes), the Tarzan and Mars books of Edgar Rice Burroughs, and Lewis Carroll (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland).
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
PubMed Tutorial
Index to articles found in full-text journals at the websites of participating publishers. Also provides access to molecularbiology databases.
Reader's Guide Full Text
Access to articles from a wide variety of popular magazines and journals.
Reader's Guide Retrospective 1890-1982
Readers' Guide Retrospective with links to full text, 1890 - 1982. Provides access to articles from a wide variety of popular magazines and journals.
Reference Universe
Encyclopedias Subject: index to brief articles on everything
Regional Business News
Full text newswire database that incorporates business wires from all over the world. Included in this database are Arizona Business, Business North Carolina, Crain's New York Business (and other Crain Communications editions), Des Moines Business Record, Enterprise Salt Lake City, Fort Worth Business Press, Orange County Business Journal, Westchester County Business Journal, etc.
Religion & Philosophy Collection
Science and Technology Collection
SIRS Researcher Tutorial How to Use Guide Quick Tips
Articles selected from over 1,500 publications exploring social, scientific, health, historic, economic, business, political and global issues. Also includes excerpts from The World Almanac and Book of Facts, and 300 maps spanning the globe.
STAT-Ref Current
Online medical reference books.
Student Research Center Tutorial
Includes pictures, e-books, newspaper and news articles, along with news transcripts. Good source of current, basic, and historical information.
Texas Digital Sanborn Maps
Large-scale maps of Texas cities from 1867-1970.
Thomas Register of Manufacturers
72,000 product and service headings, 170,000 companies, 135,415 trademark and brand names and 785,543 CAD drawings. This database provides links to more than 7,782 online catalogs or supplier web sites. These links are both product and company specific. This is a free database, but it does require user registration.
Today's Science on File
Science news from newspaper, journals, and magazines. Includes biographies, science fair projects, diagrams, pictures, and hot topics. Good source of information on animals, endangered species, nature, etc.
20th Century African American Poetry
Collection of poetry written by the most important and influential African American poets of the 20th century.
20th Century American Poetry 1900 to present
Collection of 50,000 poems drawn from 750 volumes by over 300 poets, including Adrienne Rich, Andrei Codrescu, Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, Denise Levertov, Wallace Stevens, Langston Hughes, Lucille Clifton, and Cathy Song.
20th Century English Poetry 1900 to present
Collection of poetry written by the most important and influential poets of the 20th century. It contains over 44,000 poems by 283 poets along with integral images. Twentieth-Century English Poetry includes such writers as W.B. Yeats, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Graves, D.H. Lawrence and many others. It also incorporates works by poets such as Sylvia Plath, T.S. Eliot, Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes, Louis MacNeice and Siegfried Sassoon from The Faber Poetry Library.
U. S. Government Online
Search engine to news articles and e-book chapters relevant to government - historical and current issues. Includes landmark court cases, justice biographies, federal agencies, Congress & its members, and basic information on how the government operaties. Includes biographies of Supreme Court justices, Presidents, Vice Presidents, and First Ladies. Includes organization charts for each President's Cabinet.
Wall Street Journal 1982 to present
A daily newspaper containing articles with a national/international business/financial emphasis. Also contains information on stock listings, bond ratings, currency exchange rates, and other financial data. Archived backfile covers 1986-1997.
Webster's Third New International Dictionary
Wilson OmniFile Full Text Mega Edition
Multi-database searching of: Applied Science & Technology Full Text, Art Full Text, Art Index Retrospective (1929-1984), Book Review Digest Plus, General Science Full Text, Humanities Full Text, Readers' Guide, and Readers' Guide Retrospective (1890-1982).
WorldCat Tutorial
Bibliographic citation for any type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries. Includes manuscripts written as early as the 12th century. Each listings lists libraries that own a copy and if that copy is available for inter-library loan.
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