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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. Mostly full text.
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ARTICLEFIRST
Recommended for: Colleges and Universities. Index only. OCLC's ArticleFirst
contains articles and other items listed on the table of contents pages of
journals.
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DETROIT FREE PRESS
Full Text of this local newspaper from 1982 to the present. Also
includes other Media Stream newspapers.
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DETROIT NEWS
Full text of this local newspaper from 1999. Updated daily.
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eLIBRARY ELEMENTARY
Recommended for: K-12. Video, audio, books, pictures, magazines, maps,
newspapers, & transcripts of TV and radio shows. All full text.
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GENERAL REFERENCE CENTER
GOLD
General Reference
Center Gold on InfoTrac Web provides
one-stop access to general interest magazines, business periodicals, reference
books, maps, historical images, and newspaper articles. Records are available
with a combination of indexing, abstracts, image, or full text formats.
Mostly full text.
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INFOTRAC CUSTOM
NEWSPAPERS
A collection of approximately 900 full text newspapers from around the
country and the world.
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NEW YORK
TIMES
Recommended for:
General user. The daily newspaper New York Times 1995-present. All full text.
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SIRS DISCOVERER DELUXE
Recommended for: K-9. A children's database of articles, books, video, audio
on all topics. The interface is appropriate to children and includes reading
levels; teachers help pages, over 3,000 maps, and more. All full text.
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WILSON
SELECT PLUS
Recommended for: High School, College. All full text articles in science,
humanities, education and business.
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Arts & Humanities
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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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MICHIGAN
AUTHORS & ILLUSTRATORS
Recommended for: General user, Reading Advice. A searchable database of Michigan authors and
illustrators. Provides biographical and contact information. Indicates
whether person will do library presentations. No log-in required
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Business & Economics
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GENERAL BUSINESSFILE
ASAP
Analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well
as the latest in management, economics and politics. Access to a combination
of broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and
company directory listings with full text and images available. All full
text.
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Conference & Proceedings
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Education
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ARCHIVEGRID
Thousands of libraries, museums, and archives have
contributed nearly a million collection descriptions to ArchiveGrid.
Researchers can learn about the many items in each of these collections,
contact archives to arrange a visit to examine materials, and order copies.
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ERIC
Contains annotated references to non-journal material issued in the monthly
Resources in Education (RIE) and to journal articles issued in the monthly
Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE). Mostly full text.
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EXPANDED ACADEMIC ASAP
Recommended for: Junior and Community Colleges. Magazine, newspaper and journal
articles appropriate to college and university-level research. All topics.
Mostly full text.
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LEARNINGEXPRESS LIBRARY
Recommended for: General user. LearningExpress Library provides a completely
interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course
series designed to help patrons, students, and adult learners succeed on the
academic or licensing tests they must pass. You'll get immediate scoring,
complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results.
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OAISTER
This catalog of digitized materials includes books, articles and
multimedia, representing multidisciplinary resources from more than 1,000
contributors worldwide.
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READTHEBOOKS
With the use of state-of-the-art 3D animation and the latest
streaming video technology, ReadtheBooks.com offers an innovative and
entertaining solution to connect kids with books. Even if they
can't read, are just beginning to read, can't read
English, have a reading or physical disability, or have no interest
in reading.
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Government & Law
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GPO MONTHLY
CATALOG
The GPO Monthly Catalog through OCLC includes thousands of U.S. government documents,
including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary
materials; and documents issued by executive departments (Defense, State,
Labor, Office of the President, etc.). Includes a bibliographic citation in
each record. This is not full-text. Index only.
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LEGALTRAC
Recommended for: General user, professional. Some full text. Students, law
school faculty and legal researchers will all find the legal publications they
need in LegalTrac®. Drawing on a wide variety of the most highly regarded
legal publications; LegalTrac® provides indexing for more than 1,400 titles
including major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and
international legal journals. Each title included in LegalTrac® is selected
on the basis of criteria provided by a special advisory committee of the
American Association of Law Libraries. LegalTrac® also contains law-related
articles from over 1,000 additional business and general interest titles.
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Health & Medical
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HEALTH & WELLNESS
RESOURCE CENTER
Recommended for: Students, Patients, and Health Professionals. Provides
instant access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials.
Includes nearly 400 health/medical journals, hundreds of pamphlets, over 700
health-related videos from partner Healthology, Inc., and articles from 2,200
general interest publications in addition to a broad collection of Thomson
Gale reference titles. Includes video. Mostly full text.
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MEDLINE
Recommended for: Patients and health professionals. Covers all areas of
medicine, including dentistry and nursing. From the National Library of
Medicine. Some full text.
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Internet & Computers
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COMPUTER DATABASE
Computer Database has over 2,687,481 articles from journals, trade magazines
and popular computing magazines. Some full text.
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OVERDRIVE
Overdrive is a downloadable media shared collection, which includes audiobooks,
video and music. Now you can browse and download titles from the comfort of
your home- 24/7! Check out, download, and enjoy!
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People
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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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Reference
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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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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
*BEACHAM'S
GUIDE TO THE ENDANGERED SPECIES OF NORTH AMERICA
*BIOLOGY
*CAREER INFORMATION CENTER, 9TH ED.
*CHEMICAL ELEMENTS: FROM CARBON TO KRYPTON
*COLONIAL AMERICA REFERENCE LIBRARY
*COUNTRIES
AND THEIR CULTURES
*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
*ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF SMALL BUSINESS
*THE
GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
*THE
GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CANCER
*GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EVERDAY LAW, 2ND ED.
*THE
GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GENETIC DISORDERS
*THE
GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MEDICINE
*GALE
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MULTICULTURAL AMERICA
*GALE
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF U.S. ECONOMIC HISTORY
*GROWING AND KNOWING: A SELECTION GUIDE FOR
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
*GRZIMEK'S ANIMAL LIFE ENCYCLOPEDIA
*ST.
JAMES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF POPULAR CULTURE
*UXL GRAPHIC NOVELISTS
*WEST'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN LAW, 2ND ED.
*WITCHCRAFT IN AMERICA
*WORLD
OF EARTH SCIENCE
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GENERAL ONEFILE
A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics:
business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental
issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics,
science, social sciences, sports, technology, and many general interest
topics. Millions of full-text articles. Updated daily.
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INFOTRAC JUNIOR
EDITION
Recommended for: Middle and Junior High School. Over 330 titles, cross
searchable with E-Books, this database is designed for students in junior
high and middle school with access to a variety of indexed and full-text
magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events,
the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history,
sports and more. Full text.
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INFOTRAC STUDENT
EDITION
Recommended for: High School. Over 1100 titles, cross searchable with
E-Books, this database gives access to a variety of indexed and full-text
magazines, newspapers, podcasts, and reference books for information on
current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people,
government, history, sports and more. Mostly full text.
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KIDS INFOBITS
Recommended for: K-6. Kids InfoBits is a database developed especially for
beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5. Featuring a
developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, the most popular
search method is moving from a broad subject to a narrower topic using the
subject-based topic tree. The curriculum-related, age appropriate, full-text
content is from the best elementary reference sources and magazines. This
database covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people,
government, history, sports and more. All full text.
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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
Recommended for: General user. Michigan's
unique heritage is represented through photographs, family papers, oral
histories, genealogical materials and much more from local history
collections around the state. No login required. Some full text.
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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
Recommended for: General user. Over 20,000 eBooks available on all topics. Michigan residents or Michigan library access only. All full
text.
NOTE: You must first register at your library
before you can access this resource.
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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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WORLD
ALMANAC
Recommended for: General user. Contains full text of Funk & Wagnalls New
Encyclopedia, The World Almanac and Book of Facts, The World Almanac for
Kids, The World Almanac of the U. S. A., The World Almanac of U.
S. Politics.
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WORLDCAT
Recommended for: General user. The world's largest online catalog of books
and magazines. Includes a description of the item and which libraries own the
item.
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Science & Technology
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COMPUTER DATABASE
Computer Database has over 2,687,481 articles from journals, trade magazines
and popular computing magazines. Some full text.
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Social Sciences
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