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CSM Library Databases

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ProQuest
Search these and other databases for journal, periodical, and newspaper articles in many different areas.  Search by keyword, publication title, article title, author's name, or a combination. Many full text articles are provided; others contain citations and abstracts only. 

ABI/Inform (business/economics/ marketing) Research Library (general info/
academic subjects/humanities)
Nursing & Allied Health Source Education Journals
Washington Post (1987-present) Psychology Journals
New York Times (current and historical databases) Wall Street Journal (1982-present)

EBSCO
Choose from these and other databases for journal, periodical, and newspaper articles in many subject areas. Search by keyword, publication title, article title, author's name or a combination. Many full text articles are provided; others contain citations and abstracts only.

Academic Search Premier
(multi-disciplinary)
CINAHL and Health Source
(nursing, allied health, and other medical disciplines)
Business Source Premier
(all aspects of business)
Military and Government Collection
(current news of all branches of military and govt.)
Communication & Mass Media Complete
(all aspects of communication)
MLA International Bibliography
(bibliography of journals, books, and dissertations)
ERIC (education article citations) PsychINFO and PsychARTICLES
(psychology)

Gale Group
Choose among the following databases.

Biography Resource Center
Search for articles about a notable person by last or full name, or by birth/death date.
Literature Resource Center
Search by author, title, genre, literary movement, or design your own search. Provides author biographies, criticism of works, and more.
Science Resource Center
Includes reference books, articles from 200 periodicals, and biographical information.  There are more than 2 1/2 million documents.
Gale Virtual Reference Collection This full text, ebook collection includes works in the following (and other) areas:  biography, business, education, history, law, and medicine.
Peterson's Testing & Education Reference Center
Practice for standardized tests.  Search for college and graduate programs.  Identify scholarship opportunities.
Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI)
Search many sources for biographical listings (citations).

Additional databases - full text unless otherwise noted

CollegeSource Catalogs
Search catalogs of almost 3000 American colleges and universities. (You must have Adobe Acrobat 3.0 or later to view.)
AccessScience
Access to the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology and to The McGraw- Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms.
netLibrary     [over 4500 titles]
Access ebooks.  Create a free account for off-campus access.
Greenwood Digital Collection
Access ebooks.  Includes reference, academic, & general interest works.  [57 titles]
Hoover's Academic
Research public and private companies and the industries to which they belong.
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Search the index or browse subjects to find 28,000 entries on a full range of topics.
The Statesman's Yearbook
Information about the countries of the world.
Oxford English Dictionary Online Look up word definitions and origins.
Ancestry--Library Edition
Search over 4000 collections for military, court, land, probate and census records. Contains more than 4 billion names.
 
HeritageQuest Online
Find ancestors and family names/histories. Search census records from 1790-1930 and more than 20,000 books.  Includes PERSI, an index of 1.9 million genealogy and local history articles.
The Nation Digital Archives
Carries full text PDF files of articles from The Nation, 1865-2002.
Health Information
From the National Library of Medicine--700 health topics plus drug information and a medical dictionary.
LION: Literature Online
Search for English and American Literature criticism and other information by author, work, literary period. Browse authors and their works, or search the text itself.
Medline/PubMed
Citations to journal articles in the areas of medicine, dentistry, nursing, health administration, and nutrition. Search by author, journal/article title or keyword.   (Not full text.)

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Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
Greenwood Digital Collection
Health Information
HeritageQuest Online
Hoover's Academic

LION: Literature Online
Medline/PubMed
The Nation Digital Archives
netLibrary
Oxford English Dictionary
The Statesman's Yearbook
 

 
   

 

 
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