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  Databases by Subject
Databases by Alphabet

What is a database?
A database is a collection of articles from books, newspapers, magazines, journals and other sources available via computer. A database eliminates the need to retain paper copies of these items.

 Search multiple sources for  magazine and journal articles:
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ACADEMIC ONEFILE
• Full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources
• Extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects

ALLDATA
• A comprehensive resource for automotive diagnostic and repair information.

ANCESTRY LIBRARY EDITION
• This database offers full-text information on genealogy resources.

BIOGRAPHY & GENEALOGY MASTER INDEX
• Indexes current and the most important retrospective works/reference sources that cover individuals, both living and deceased, from every field of activity and from all areas of the world
• Bibliographic citations only -- no full-text

BIOGRAPHY IN CONTEXT
• 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.

BOOKFLIX
• An interactive experience that allows beginning readers to explore fiction and non-fiction designed to increase understanding and fluency

BRITANNICA SCHOOL
• Suite of Britannica School resources at four levels - Learning Zone, Elementary, Middle, and High

BRITANNICA SCHOOL - ELEMENTARY
• Find information on countries, animals, and people in articles, media, and a world atlas

BRITANNICA SCHOOL - HIGH
• Primary sources for quick facts and in-depth information on history, geography, people, places, science, and much more

BRITANNICA SCHOOL - LEARNING ZONE
• Activity-centered learning to explore, play, read, and build technology skills

BRITANNICA SCHOOL - MIDDLE
• Homework help and discovery learning

BUSINESS DECISION
Detailed company profiles, product and brand information
Includes investment reports, rankings and market share data

BUSINESS INSIGHTS: GLOBAL
Combines international perspective and sophisticated research tools
Resource especially useful to business faculty and students

CHILTON'S
• Most authoritative automotive repair information available to car owners
• There are thousands of year, make, and model combinations covering the most popular vehicles of the past 30 years, plus additional coverage of specialty models

COMPUTER DATABASE
• Over 2,687,481 articles from journals, trade magazines and popular computing magazines

CONSUMER REPORTS.ORG
• CU publishes Consumer Reports, one of the top-ten-circulation magazines in the country, and ConsumerReports.org, which has the most subscribers of any Web site of its kind, in addition to two newsletters, Consumer Reports on Health and Consumer Reports Money Adviser

DEMOGRAPHICS NOW: BUSINESS & PEOPLE
• Business and demographic information valuable to assess business viability and much more

EARLY WORLD OF LEARNING
• Early elementary: Follow Trek and Taffy the cat around the world learning about colors, numbers and other fun things

EBOOK COLLECTION
• Over 20,000 eBooks available on all topics (formerly NetLibrary)

EBOOK K-8 COLLECTION
• Fiction and nonfiction books that can read online - for school and for fun

ENCICLOPEDIA ESTUDIANTIL HALLAZGOS
• A bilingual visual dictionary including thousands of images and more than 12,000 labels for early learners

ERIC (free version)
• 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)

EXPANDED ACADEMIC ASAP
• Magazine, newspaper and journal articles appropriate to college and university-level research

FDSYS (Federal Digital System)
• Official Federal Government publications including Congressional, Presidential and Federal agency materials

FREEGAL
• Freegal allows patrons to legally download music to a computer or mobile device
•Each patron is allowed five downloads per week and up to 3 hours streaming

GALE DIRECTORY LIBRARY
• Ward's Business Directory of Private and Public Companies in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, and Business Rankings Annual

GALE LEGAL FORMS LIBRARY
• Copies of actual forms and documents to help users with legal needs
• For business, personal or litigation purposes

GALE VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY--Part 1
GALE VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY--Part 2
• Database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research

GALE VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY: BUSINESS COLLECTION
• Database of business-related titles pulled from Gale Virtual Reference Library

GENERAL ONEFILE
• 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

GENERAL REFERENCE CENTER GOLD
• General interest magazines, business periodicals, reference books, maps, historical images, and newspaper articles

GLOBAL ROAD WARRIOR
• A comprehensive country cultural database featuring in-depth information on 175 countries such as: culture and society, food and recipes, music and much more

HEALTH & WELLNESS RESOURCE CENTER
• 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

HEALTH REFERENCE CENTER ACADEMIC
• Access to professional and personal health magazines, journals and reference sources

HERITAGE QUEST ONLINE--In-Library Use
HERITAGE QUEST ONLINE--Remote Access
• Includes all of the images and extensive indexing from the 1790 - 1930 U.S. federal censuses
• Offers more than 22,000 digitized book titles, including early family histories and local histories

INFORME! ACADEMICO
• Recommended for: Spanish Language Resources. Una colecci•n de revistas hisp•nicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnolog•a, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias.

INFOTRAC BUSINESS COLLECTION
• Indexing, abstracts and full text for nearly 4,000 leading business and trade publications from international, US and regional news sources

INFOTRAC NEWSSTAND
• A collection of more than 1,000 major U.S. regional, national and local newspapers as well as leading title from around the world

INFOTRAC STUDENT EDITION
• Access to 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

KIDS INFOBITS
• Database developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5
• Covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more

LEARNINGEXPRESS LIBRARY
• 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

LEGAL FORMS
• Provides a wide selection of state-specific (and multi-state) legal forms across the most popular legal areas. Includes real estate contracts, wills, pre-marital agreements, bankruptcy, divorce, landlord tenant and many others. Also included is a comprehensive attorney state directory and a dictionary of legal definitions explained in laymen's language.

LEGALTRAC
• Indexing for more than 1,400 titles including major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals
• Law-related articles from over 1,000 additional business and general interest titles

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.

THE MAKING OF MODERN MICHIGAN
• Michigan's unique heritage is represented through photographs, family papers, oral histories, genealogical materials and much more from local history collections around the state

MAKING THE RIGHT CONNECTION
• A user-friendly directory for Macomb County school personnel to help link students and their families with community services

MEDLINEPLUS (free versioni)
• Covers all areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing
• From the National Library of Medicine

MeLCAT
• A catalog of materials available through Michigan libraries
• Patrons of participating libraries can order items from other statewide participating libraries and have them delivered to their local library branch

MICHIGAN AUTHORS & ILLUSTRATORS
• A searchable database of Michigan authors and illustrators
• Provides biographical and contact information

MICHIGANA: SOURCES IN U.S. HISTORY ONLINE
• Digital archive that documents state history including: personal narratives and memoirs, pamphlets and political speeches, sermons and songs, legal treatises and children's books

MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE DATABASE
• Content from scholarly journals, magazines and reports covering all aspects of the past and current state of military affairs

NEW YORK TIMES
• The daily newspaper New York Times 1995-present.

NOVELIST K-8 PLUS
• Find just the right book by subject, age, awards won, Lexile Reading levels, Common Core standards

NURSING RESOURCE CENTER
• Disease and drug overviews, care plans, relevant journal results and animated anatomy and physiology diagrams to complement the core encyclopedia texts

OAISTER (free version)
• This catalog of digitized materials includes books, articles and multimedia, representing multidisciplinary resources from more than 1,000 contributors worldwide

OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS IN CONTEXT
• Features contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues

PHYSICAL THERAPY AND SPORTS MEDICINE COLLECTION
• Authoritative content in this collection, which includes over 100 titles covering the fields of physical therapy and sports medicine

PRONUNCIATOR
• You can learn over 80 languages as well as study English (ESL) for 50 languages
•It features speech recognition, scored quizzes, a virtual coach, downloadable MP3s, and virtual conversations

PSYCHOLOGY COLLECTION
• This collection gives individuals a basic understanding of the study of the mind, emotions and how the human mind develops and diminishes over time

RBDIGITAL MAGAZINES
• Formerly known as Zinio for libraries, the world's largest newsstand, offers full-color, interactive digital magazines
• Browse from your library's collection of popular titles with no holds, no checkout periods, and no limit to the number of magazines you can download

RESEARCH IN CONTEXT
• Includes the most-studied topics for grades 6-8 - literature, science, social studies, and U.S. and world history

SLC DIGITAL MEDIA ARCHIVE
• Historical and genealogical materials in digital form
• Old pictures, maps, and documents from Macomb County, Troy, and Harper Woods

SMALL BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER
• Learn how to start, finance or manage your small business
• Includes sample business plans, how to guides, articles and websites

TURFGRASS INFORMATION FILE (TGIF)
• This combined collection is recognized as the most extensive public collection of turfgrass material in existence

TUTOR.COM
• Live Homework Help is a service that connects students of all ages with professionally screened tutors

WORLDBOOK KIDS
• Contains Arts, History and Government, People, Places, Plants and Animals, Science and Mathematics, Sports and Hobbies, and World Religions

WORLDCAT
• The world's largest online catalog of books and magazines
• Includes a description of the item and which libraries own the item

2010 Ken Valyi-Hax & Amy Shaughnessy