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Premier (EBSCO)
Scholarly, multi-disciplinary, full text database. Full text for 3,393 scholarly
publications for nearly all academic areas of study - including social sciences,
humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language
and linguistics, arts and literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, etc.
Access World News (Newsbank)
Full text of local and regional newspapers: over 600 U.S. and over 700 international sources.
Agricola (EBSCO)
This bibliographic database provides more than 2.5 million citations from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National
Agricultural Library. Coverage for this database dates back to 1979. AGRICOLA offers a
variety of source types related to agriculture.
Alt HealthWatch (EBSCO)
Complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.
Full text articles, from more than 170 international, and often peer-reviewed,
reports, proceedings, and association and consumer newsletters and hundreds
of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts.
America's News Magazines (Newsbank)
U.S. and international news, business, lifestyle, entertainment, science and technology and sports.
ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials (EBSCO)
Combines the premier index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion with ATLA's online collection of major religion and theology journals. The ATLA Religion Database includes more than 488,000 article citations from more than 1,500 journals (506 currently indexed), more than 215,000 essay citations from over 15,700 multi-author works, and more than 446,000 book review citations. This database begins in 1949 although indexing for some journal titles extends back into the nineteenth century. This database is produced by the American Theological Library Association. Limited number of simultaneous users. If you can't login, try again later.
BioOne
Bioscience research journals. Over 70 full text, peer-reviewed journals and
bulletins in the biological, ecological and environmental sciences. Access
from Chaminade IP addresses uses the BioOne Abstracts and Indexes Database
(BAID) search. Remote access from non-Chaminade IP addresses uses the BioOne
search interface.
Books in Print
Search or browse information on books, audio and videos. Includes reviews and synopsis, publisher information, awards, bestseller lists from Publishers Weekly and author biographies. Chaminade campus use only. Limited number of simultaneous users. If you can't login, try again later.
Business Searching Interface (EBSCO)
Use this interface to search EBSCO's business databases.
Business Source
Premier (EBSCO)
Over 2,700 full text scholarly journals and business periodicals covering management,
economics, finance, accounting, international business, etc.
Computer
Source (EBSCO)
Nearly 300 full text journals and magazines covering topics such as computer
science, programming, artificial intelligence, cybernetics, information systems,
robotics, and software.
Criminal Justice Periodicals Index
CJPI provides information on virtually any criminal justice topic, including
corrections administration, law enforcement, social work, industrial security,
drug rehabilitation, and criminal and family law. The database offers about 50 titles most frequently accessed by criminal justice researchers. CJPI also includes complete indexing and abstracts for another 140 relevant U.S. and international journals.
Current Issues: Ref Shelf Plus
Selected articles from key publications in social, scientific, health, political, and global issues.
Ebrary Academic Complete
More than 25,000 full-text books, reports and other authoritative content from leading publishers. Subject areas include Business & Economics, Computer, Engineering & Applied Sciences, Humanities, Science, Medicine & Allied Health, and Social Sciences. Note: Ebrary ebooks are available off-campus through the Web Portal Login to the Web Portal and click on the Online Services tab. Under Research Databases, click "ebrary". Follow the directions to download the Ebrary reader plugin.
EBSCO Animals (EBSCO)
Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. The
database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the
nature and habitat of familiar animals.
ERIC (EBSCO)
Access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals
in Education (CIJE) and Resources in Education (RIE) Index. Full text of more
than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations
and abstracts from over 980 educational and education-related journals.
Facts on File - News and Current Events
FACTS.com brings together complete content from the Facts on File World News
Digest since 1940 and selected content from six other reference databases
to answer questions about events, issues, statistics and people of the last
60+ years. It also delivers additional special features including maps, photographs,
historic documents, and overviews of key issues, newsmakers and events.
FORENSICnetBASE/LawENFORCEMENTnetBASE
Over 120 forensic science, law enforcement and criminal justice references (online books).
Fuente Academica (EBSCO)
Fuente Academica is a unique collection of scholarly academic journals from renowned Latin American, South American and Spanish publishers. This database provides full text and PDFs for more than 100 scholarly Spanish language journals.
GreenFILE
(EBSCO)
Scholarly and general interest titles, government documents and reports, GreenFILE offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the ecology.
Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (EBSCO)
Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries. Searchable by subject or keyword
within the entry.
Health
Source: Consumer Edition (EBSCO)
More than 200 full text consumer health periodicals, covering topics such as
AIDS, cancer, diabetes, drugs and alcohol, aging, fitness, nutrition and dietetics,
children's health, women's health, etc.
Health
Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCO)
More than 575 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines.
Homeland Security Digital Library
U.S. policy documents, presidential directives and national strategy documents and other resources such as theses and reports.
Kids Search (EBSCO)
Kids Search is an easy-to-use, graphically-appealing interface designed for students in grades K through 8.
Legal Collection (EBSCO)
More than 250 full text scholarly law journals. Law and legal topics such as criminal justice, international law, federal law, organized crime, medical, labor & human resource law, ethics, the environment and more.
LexisNexis Academic
Full text articles in general news; business and financial information including accounting, auditing and taxation; federal, state and international legal materials; medical and health information and general reference sources. Chaminade campus use only.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) (EBSCO)
Indexes more than 600 periodicals plus books, research reports and proceedings. Includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, online information retrieval, information management and more.
Library
of Congress Classification Web (Chaminade IP Addresses)
Library of Congress classification system and subject headings. Limited number of simultaneous users. If you can't login, try again later.
Literature Resource Center
Includes biographies, critical essays, overviews, plot summaries and explications, author portraits and full-text criticism from Contemporary Authors, Dictionary
of Literary Biography, and Contemporary Literary Criticism (CLC) Select, full-text
articles from over 230 literary journals, links to related web sites, Miriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature.
LWW Total Access Collection (Biomedical) (Chaminade IP Addresses)
Over 200 full-text biomedical journals for researchers, clinicians, students
and teachers from Ovid.
MAS Ultra-School Edition (EBSCO)
545 indexed and abstracted titles, plus 490 full text titles for the secondary
and intermediate school market. A valuable resource for education majors and
others wishing to develop school based curriculums for various projects. Also
features 1,100 full text Essential Documents of American History, 266 Country
Profiles with maps, 541 pamphlets/ brochures in full text, and 149 full text
books.
MasterFILE Premier (EBSCO)
Full text coverage for nearly 1,900 periodicals covering general reference,
business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much
more. Also contains full text for more than 160 reference books, 88,000 biographies,
60,000 primary source documents and an Image Collection of 91,000 photos, maps
and flags.
MedicLatina (EBSCO)
MedicLatina is a Spanish language collection of medical research and investigative
journals published by renowned Latin American medical publishers. This unique database
provides access to full text for nearly 125 periodicals, including over 50 peer-reviewed
medical journals.
MEDLINE (EBSCO)
Authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary
medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and more. Created
by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings)
indexing with tree numbers, tree hierarchy and explosion capabilities to search
abstracts from over 4,000 current biomedical journals. Included are citations
from Index Medicus, International Nursing Index, Index to Dental Literature,
PREMEDLINE, AIDSLINE, BIOETHICSLINE, and HealthSTAR.
Mergent
U.S. Company Data, covering 10,000 public companies and their SEC filings.
Limited number of simultaneous users. If you can't login, try again later.
Middle Search Plus (EBSCO)
Full text for nearly 150 popular, middle school magazines. All full text articles
are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available
for thousands of biographies, historical essays and student pamphlets. Also
contains primary source documents including Essential Documents in American
History, reference books including the Funk and Wagnall's New Encyclopedia and
American Heritage Dictionary, 4th Edition from Houghton Mifflin, the Encyclopedia
of Animals, and an Image Collection.
Military and Government Collection (EBSCO)
Collection of military titles, trade publications and newsweeklies. Abstracts
and indexing for nearly 400 titles with full text for nearly 350 titles and
245 pamphlets.
Newspaper Source (EBSCO)
Selected full text coverage for nearly 225 newspapers, newswires and other sources.
This collection includes cover-to-cover full text for The Christian Science
Monitor and The Los Angeles Times as well as selected full text from hundreds
of regional newspapers. International newspaper coverage includes cover-to-cover
full text for The Times (London), The Toronto Star, The Australian, and more.
Newswire coverage includes AP Online (Associated Press), Asia Pulse, Canadian
Press Wire, World Stream Newswires and more.
New York Times Historical
Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. 1851- 2002.
NoveList
Contains full text book reviews and descriptions for over 40,000 books. Extensive
subject and keyword access to over 90,000 fiction titles for readers of all
ages.
NoveList
K-8
NoveList (K-8) allows you to discover the fiction titles that are popular
with young readers as well as titles to use in your classroom. This database
contains materials for all K-8 grade levels and includes picture books, children's
"chapter" books and young adult titles.
Oxford
English Dictionary
Words from the English-speaking world, including pronunciation, etymological
analysis and variant spelling. Updated quarterly.
Primary Search (EBSCO)
Full text for more than 50 popular, elementary school magazines. All full text
articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full-text is also
available for over 100 student pamphlets. Also includes the Encyclopedia of
Animals, the Funk and Wagnall's New Encyclopedia, which provides students with
easy-to-read encyclopedic entries written specifically for kids, American Heritage
Children's Dictionary, 3rd Edition, and an Image Collection of 91,000 photos,
maps and flags.
Professional Development Collection (EBSCO)
Specialized collection especially for professional educators, professional librarians
and education researchers. Full text of nearly 480 education and library science
journals and full text for more than 165 education pamphlets and will soon contain
full text for scholarly monographs.
PsycARTICLES (EBSCO)
Full text articles on current issues in psychology from respected
sources, spanning from 1988 to the present. PsycARTICLES includes more than
25,000 full-text articles from 42 journals published by American Psychological
Association and allied organizations.
PsycBOOKS (EBSCO)
Full text database of chapters from over 600 books from the American Psychological
Association and other publishers, including about 500 APA books (1953-2004),
100 out-of-print books, 70+ classic titles, and Encyclopedia of Psychology.
Updated monthly.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCO)
Comprehensive database of almost 500 full text journals, covering topics in
emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry and psychology, mental
processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.
PsycINFO (EBSCO)
More than one million citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters,
books, dissertations and technical reports, all in the field of psychology.
It also includes information about the psychological aspects of related disciplines
such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology,
physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business and law. Journal coverage,
which spans from 1887-present, includes international material selected from
more than 1,700 periodicals in over 35 languages. Full text for over 500 journals.
Regional Business News (EBSCO)
Comprehensive full text for more than 50 business newswires and regional business
publications.
Religion and Philosophy Collection (EBSCO)
Covers topics such as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies,
religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language,
moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. More than 280 full text journals.
RIACheckpoint
Checkpoint is the most complete and authoritative tax research
tool. One centralized, integrated and customizable service provides
the entire spectrum of tax information you need online: complete tax law, expert
RIA analysis, practitioner insights in WG&L treatises and journals, tax-related
news, cases, rulings and more.
Searchasaurus
An animated interface with a dinosaur theme for elementary or middle school students, Searchasaurus offers access to two databases, Primary Search and Middle Search Plus. Includes Lexile limiters (reading levels).
Student Research Center (EBSCO)
Provides for students in grades 6 through 12 the most appropriate research tools to easily obtain information.
TOPICsearch (EBSCO)
This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political
and economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed
in today's classrooms. Full text for over 50,000 articles from more than 3,000
sources including international and regional newspapers, periodicals, biographies,
public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, government information and EBSCO's
Current Issues database.
Vocational & Career Collection (EBSCO)
Full text coverage for nearly 400 trade and industry-related periodicals.