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Magazine and On-line Databases
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MAGAZINE & NEWSPAPER INDEXES
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Magazine & Newspaper Indexes
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ACADEMIC
ONEFILE
Academic OneFile is the premier source for peer-reviewed,
full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources.
With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine,
social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic
OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive.
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ARTICLEFIRST
DATABASE
Citations from science, technology, medicine, social science, business and
humanities journals from 1990.
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DETROIT
NEWS
Full text of this local newspaper from 1999.
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ELIBRARY
ELEMENTARY
Reference information specially selected for K-6 school students. It includes
complete full-text content from select magazines, books, newspapers, TV
Transcripts, pictures, and maps.
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GRAND RAPIDS PRESS
Full text of this newspaper from 2000.
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INFOTRAC CUSTOM
NEWSPAPERS
This database provides full text coverage from 1996-current of 120 of the
most prolific newspapers in the U.S. and the world.
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INFOTRAC GENERAL
REFERENCE CENTER 
Use this general interest database to search magazines, reference books, and
newspapers for information on current events, popular culture, the arts and
sciences, sports, and more.
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LANSING
STATE JOURNAL
Full text of this newspaper from 1999.
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NEW YORK TIMES
Full text of this newspaper for the past 12 months. Updated daily.
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READERS’
GUIDE ABSTRACTS
Citations and abstracts of popular periodicals in the U.S. and Canada. Coverage from 1983 in all
subject areas.
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SIRS DISCOVERER
This database, geared towards kids, contains thousands of full-text articles
selected from more than 1000 magazines, newspapers, and government documents.
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WILSON
SELECT
Full text articles from more than 439 periodical titles.
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Arts & Humanities
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ART
ABSTRACTS
Citations from 1984 and abstracts from 1994. Provides international coverage
of the art world.
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ESSAY
AND GENERAL LITERATURE INDEX
This database cites essays and articles contained in collections of essays
and other works published in the United States,
Great Britain and Canada.
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HUMANITIES
ABSTRACTS
Citations from 1984 and abstracts from 1994. Coverage of archaeology, art,
classics, film, folklore, journalism, linguistics, music, the performing
arts, philosophy, religion, world history and world literature.
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MICHIGAN
AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS DATABASE
Michigan Authors and Illustrators (MIAI) is a database of information on
authors and illustrators born in Michigan, who live in Michigan, or who have
written books about or set in Michigan. Each entry includes biographical
information, lists of works by the person and lists of works about the
person. Click on the link labelled "Search MIAI Database
Only" to begin searching.
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Business & Economics
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INFOTRAC GENERAL
BUSINESSFILE
General Business File ASAP includes full-text journals, investment reports,
directory listings, and newswire releases. Specific titles include: Crain's
Detroit Business and Forbes, as well as listings from Ward's Business
Directory. It covers 1980 to the present.
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WILSON
BUSINESS ABSTRACTS
Citations from 1986 and abstracts from 1990 of 345 leading English language
business magazines. Coverage includes accounting, finance, management and
small business.
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Conference & Proceedings
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PAPERSFIRST
Citations from 1993. Covers papers presented at worldwide meetings,
conferences, expositions, workshops and congresses in all subject areas.
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PROCEEDINGS
FIRST
Citations of every congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and
meeting received at The British Library.
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Education
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EDUCATION
ABSTRACTS
Citations from 1983 and abstracts from 1994 of 400 leading periodicals in
education.
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ERIC
Citations and abstracts of educational resources from 1966. Includes journal
articles, theses, conference papers and curriculum.
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EXPANDED ACADEMIC
ASAP
Expanded Academic ASAP includes indexing, abstracts, full-text and images
covering all academic disciplines. Included are over 3,000 indexed and 1,900
full-text titles.
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INFOTRAC K12
PROFESSIONAL COLLECTION
InfoTrac K12 Professional includes more than 300 full text journals for
educators. Resources are updated daily.
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LEARNATEST
LearnATest.com Library contains test preparation materials and interactive
practice exams, based on official tests, that will help you improve your
scores on academic, civil service, military, and professional licensing and
certification exams. Immediate scoring, complete answer explanations,
and individualized analysis of your score is provided.
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Government & Law
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GPO
MONTHLY CATALOG
Citations of documents printed by the United States in all subject
areas. Coverage from 1976. Produced by the U.S. Government Printing Office.
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INDEX
TO LEGAL PERIODICALS & BOOKS
Citations from 1981 to articles from legal journals, law reviews, yearbooks,
institutes, bar association and government publications.
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LEGALTRAC
LegalTrac includes indexing from 1,800 titles: major law reviews, legal
newspapers, law specialty publications, bar association journals, and
international legal journals. Also included are law related articles from
over 1,000 additional business and general interest titles. It covers 1980 to
the present.
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Health & Medical
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HEALTH
AND WELLNESS RESOURCE CENTER
Provides access to articles for the last five years on Fitness, Pregnancy,
Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health &
Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, and more.
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MEDLINE
Citations and abstracts from 1985 to articles in all areas of medicine.
International coverage of 3,500 journals.
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Internet & Computers
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COMPUTER DATABASE
Computer Database provides full-text, index and image articles from
periodicals on the computer, telecommunications, and electronics industries.
This resource includes 150 indexed and 103 full-text titles. Time period
covered is the current year plus 3 years.
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People
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BIOGRAPHY
INDEX
Citations to biographical information for all subject areas from 1984.
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BIOGRAPHY RESOURCE CENTER
This is a comprehensive online biographical reference database that combines
approximately 50 of the most frequently consulted Gale biographical databases
with more than 250 full-text periodicals.
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LITERATURE RESOURCE CENTER
Provides access to biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of
authors from every age and literary discipline. Covers more than 90,000
novelists, poets, essayists, journalists and other writers, with in-depth
coverage of 2,000 of the most-studied authors.
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Reference
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GALE
POWERSEARCH
This link allows users to search in one convenient step all of the Gale
databases provided by the Michigan ELibrary (MeL).
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GALE
VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY
This link will take you to a list of reference books available
electronically. Titles range from subjects as broad as alternative
energy, business and finance, American history, and religion.
*ALTERNATIVE
ENERGY
*AMERICAN DECADES
*ANCIENT
CIVILIZATIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY
*CAREER
INFORMATION CENTER, 9TH ED.
*CHEMICAL
ELEMENTS: FROM CARBON TO KRYPTON
*COLONIAL
AMERICA REFERENCE LIBRARY
*DEVELOPMENT
OF THE INDUSTRIAL U.S. REFERENCE LIBRARY
*DICTIONARY
OF WOMEN WORLDWIDE: 25,000 WOMEN THROUGH THE AGES
*ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE AND HISTORY, 2ND ED.
*ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF BUSINESS AND FINANCE, 2ND ED.
*ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF CLOTHING AND FASHION
*ENCYCLOPEDIA OF
DRUGS, ALCOHOL, AND ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOR
*ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF OCCULTISM AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY
*ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF RELIGION
*GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF EVERDAY LAW, 2ND ED.
*GROWING AND
KNOWING: A SELECTION GUIDE FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
*GRZIMEK'S
ANIMAL LIFE ENCYCLOPEDIA
*UXL
GRAPHIC NOVELISTS
*WEST'S
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN LAW, 2ND ED.
*WITCHCRAFT
IN AMERICA
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HERITAGEQUEST
ONLINE
Recommended for: Genealogy, local history and biography
researchers.
HeritageQuest Online includes all of the images, and extensive indexing, from
the 1790 - 1930 U.S. federal censuses. It offers more than 22,000 digitized
book titles, including early family histories and local histories.
Additionally, there are more than 250 primary-source documents such as tax
lists, city directories, probate records and more. It also includes
Periodical Source Index (PERSI), Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land
Warrant Application Files, the Freedman’s Bank Records, and the U.S.
Serial Set Private Relief Actions, Memorials and Petitions.
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INFOTRAC JUNIOR
EDITION
InfoTrac Junior Edition is designed for junior high and middle school
students.Contents include more than 100 indexed and 90 full text magazines
plus several basic reference titles, images, and maps.
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INFOTRAC
KID’S EDITION
Kids Edition is a full text database for elementary school students (K-6). This
database contains full text articles taken from over 35 magazines, along with
several newspapers and reference books. The database covers the current year
plus the previous three years.
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INFOTRAC ONEFILE
InfoTrac OneFile includes more than 25 million database records from nearly
8,000 titles, with more than 20 years of backfile coverage from 1980 to the
present. Topics include agriculture, anthropology, arts, business,
communications, economics, engineering, health care, history, law,
literature, psychology, political science, religion, sciences, technology,
and more.
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INFOTRAC STUDENT
EDITION
InfoTrac Student is designed for secondary school students and includes some
of the topics students most often research. Includes newspapers, reference
books, historical images and maps. Contents include over 330 indexed and 270
full text titles.
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KIDS
INFOBITS
Geared towards juvenile patrons, this new database from Gale contains full
text articles, charts, graphs and maps from periodicals and encyclopedias.
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LITERATURE
RESOURCE CENTER
Provides access to biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of
authors from every age and literary discipline. Covers more than 90,000
novelists, poets, essayists, journalists and other writers, with in-depth
coverage of 2,000 of the most-studied authors.
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THE MAKING OF
MODERN MICHIGAN
This database is a collaborative project involving more than 50 Michigan libraries. It
includes local history materials from communities around the state. Michigan's unique
heritage is represented through photographs, family papers, oral histories,
genealogical materials, and much more.
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MAKING THE
RIGHT CONNECTION
A user-friendly directory for Macomb
County school personnel
to help link students and their families with community services.
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NETLIBRARY
A collection of netLibrary electronic books funded by the AccessMichigan
project. This collection, which includes more than 8,000 titles, has books on
a wide variety of subjects including science, business, consumer law,
self-help, and literary criticism.
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SLC DIGITAL
MEDIA ARCHIVE
This resource gives users access to historical and genealogical materials in
digital form. View old pictures, maps, and documents from Macomb County,
Troy, and Harper Woods.
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UNION
LIST OF PERIODICALS
Holdings of 7 million journals throughout the United States of America. Useful to
determine if a library owns a specific journal issue.
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WHAT
DO I READ NEXT?
A reader's advisory database featuring more than 70,000 recommended titles.
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WORLD
ALMANAC
Full text access to the following printed products: The World Almanac and
Book of Facts 1998, The World Almanac of the U.S.A., The World Almanac of U.S.
Politics, and The World Almanac for Kids. Coverage of the arts and
entertainment, U.S. cities and states, people in the news, the nations of the
world, sports, the environment, vital statistics, science and technology,
computers, taxes and much more.
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WORLDCAT
Over 36 million citations of all types of materials owned by libraries
throughout the United
States of America.
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Science & Technology
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APPLIED
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ABSTRACTS
Citations and abstracts provided for trade and industrial publications as
well as professional journals from 1983.
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BIOLOGICAL
& AGRICULTURAL INDEX
Citations to biology and agriculture journals from 1983.
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COMPUTER DATABASE
Computer Database provides full-text, index and image articles from
periodicals on the computer, telecommunications, and electronics industries.
This resource includes 150 indexed and 103 full-text titles. Time period
covered is the current year plus 3 years.
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GENERAL
SCIENCE ABSTRACTS
Citations from 1984 and abstracts from 1993 of 150 journals covering
anthropology, astronomy, biology, computers, earth sciences, medicine and
health.
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Social Sciences
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LIBRARY
LITERATURE
Citations from 1984 of the library and information science fields. Coverage
of over 200 periodicals and more than 600 monographs per year.
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SOCIAL
SCIENCES ABSTRACTS
Citations from 1983 and abstracts from 1994 of 400 international periodicals.
Coverage of sociology, anthropology, geography, economics, political science and
law.
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